Perseus scowled angrily at the ocean, Sally had taken him here and he thought it was better than being with Gabe. When he found out that was his stepfather he flipped, why was Sally married to that piece of trash? He couldn't even touch his toes much less put money on the table. He was, for lack of better terms, ugly. Sally was beautiful, tough, and hard working. She needed to stand up for herself, Gabe treated her like a beaten down dog and Perseus wasn't okay with it. He buried his hand in the sand and squeezed it tightly before standing up. If he was a son of Poseidon what was the extent of his power? He put one foot into the sea, energy coursed through him and he smiled before raising his hand high in the air. The water rushed to him and it was leaping out of the ocean to get to his hand. Maybe this was somewhat cool, controlling the sea, bending water to his will. He began moving it around and experimentally stepped out of the ocean as he continued making the water dance in the air, he found it much harder to control. Sweat beaded down his forehead as he focused on keeping the water where he wanted it, he wasn't a natural at water control but he could improve in time. It's what his father had always told him, he was to act invincible or be eaten alive by the world. His strength began to fail him before he threw his foot back in the sea, he felt rejuvenated and his smile broadened.
"Perseus what are you doing?" Sally yelled as she sprinted outside to him. He flicked his wrist and the water flew back into the ocean. He watched the woman run towards him and wondered if his time powers were actually still intact. His eyes flashed a brilliant gold and time slowed down, he frowned in confusion, he couldn't completely stop time anymore. Those hags had cut off a chunk of his power and he was furious. He sighed as he watched the woman run to him in slow motion; though it was humorous he was still frustrated with the lack of time powers he possessed. He glanced out at the sea as the waves slowly lapped the shore and he sighed before snapping his fingers. Time returned to normal and Sally finally reached him.
Perseus looked up at her in slight annoyance,"I know I'm a-" He was cut off by a loud roar; he looked up to see a Minotaur. The giant bull man glared at them, he wore bright pink underwear and stamped his hooves angrily.
Sally was as white as a ghost,"Percy get to the car."
Perseus frowned,"Sally I can handle a simple Minotaur-"
"Get to the car now young man!" She screamed and he glared at her defiantly. He was the one who gave orders not some mortal, how could she even see through the mist? Suddenly a mini van drove wildly on the sand, one of the doors were open and Perseus frowned when he saw the satyr Grover driving. One of the side doors was open and before Perseus could move he was shoved into the van by his mother who leapt in after him. Grover floored it making Perseus fly backwards and slam his head into the back seat. His head stung and he heard Sally shut the van door, he growled and sat back in his seat.
"Who said this animal could drive?" He snapped. Sally looked at him in shock but Grover kept driving crazily as the bull man continued to chase them. They weaved in and out of traffic, Perseus sighed at their stubbornness and leaned back in his chair. If they didn't want to listen then fine, it would be their own downfall not his. He was taught that a good soldier always listened to their superiors, in this case he should have been the superior but they treated him like a baby and he felt like murdering someone. The satyr preferably.
"Percy there's something I have to tell you." Sally whispered nervously,"You're a demigod. Half god half human." She explained shakily, her eyes were wide with fear and Perseus decided to ignore the incorrect name she had called him. He was intrigued be how much Sally cared for him, for her real son, he must have been great. The way she constantly beamed at him, or how she would hug him and kiss his forehead affectionately, even the blue food she had made him because apparently he liked blue food. He couldn't fathom why but he did. The bond that this old Percy character had with his mother was a beautiful one and Perseus couldn't deny that. He just nodded along acting surprised, but he did it for her sake because she was a kind woman. She deserved more than a brat like him, a trashy husband like Gabe, and a terrible apartment. Why would the fates put him here? It was cruel that anyone like Sally Jackson had to live like this.
"Your father gave me this before he went away and-" She cut off almost in tears and Perseus felt compelled to hug her. She was acting as if she was about to die. She reached in her pocket and pulled out a pearl, it was fairly big, the size of an eyeball. It was a bright white color and she reached out for his hand and gently grabbed it. She gave him the pearl and slowly closed his fingers over it, Perseus looked at her in surprise. The way she had so delicately held the object showed she treasured it, he held a raw hatred for Poseidon. Perseus could see that Sally had spent her years pining away after he left her, suffering a fat, ugly husband and a terrible home. Poseidon could have given her so much, but instead he abruptly left her when she needed him.
"No mom," He whispered softly,"It's yours, you keep it." He had called her mom, it sounded so much better than Sally to him. Mom just fit her; she was everything a mother needed to be and way more.
She bit her lip and shook her head fiercely,"Percy I want you to have it. I know I couldn't offer you much and this pearl is so you can remember me. I love you Percy." Tears cascaded down her cheeks and Perseus looked at her mournfully before wrapping the now sobbing woman in his arms. He didn't know how she did it, but she had easily stole his heart and made him see her as a mother. They'd only really known each other for a day but with her it seemed like a lifetime. Although he hated the name Percy he decided that Sally, or his mom, was the only exception. She felt guilty for them living in poverty which was something she struggled with by the looks of the bills he had seen scattered on the floor when he first arrived at his new home.
"Mom, you tried. It wasn't your fault; we're going to be okay. You gave me so much today, thank you. I love you too mom." He choked out. Oh how strange this felt, but it felt right. Her confessions, her gifts, her love. She gave him so much more than he needed and it was astonishing, he barely knew the woman but she already had him saying he loved her. Part of it was for her sake, but the other part of it was because she had easily wormed her way into his heart. How could she do it so fast? He slipped the pearl into his pocket and just held his mom, so this is what it felt like to have a mother? He liked it. They were driving on a forestry road and Perseus had forgotten all about the Minotaur until it had crashed into their car.
Time seemed to slow and it wasn't Perseus's doing, he hadn't had time to register the crash as he flew through the windshield. He heard his mom scream but he continued to fly until he smashed into the ground, he could feel blood seep down his face and his hands. He had tried to somewhat lessen the damage of the fall but he had only hurt himself more, one of his arms were out of its socket and his head was ringing, his hands stung painfully because the concrete had ripped up his flesh. He groggily stood to his feet, his left arm was obsolete now and he used his other fingers to slide his ring off. He squeezed the pitch-black ring in his hand and a spear took its place. The mini van was destroyed and laid uselessly on its side. The Minotaur roared and ran forward again but instead of charging for Perseus he charged for the car, he ripped Sally Jackson out of the damaged vehicle and Perseus's heart stopped. She was laying limp in the beast's arms and he suddenly squeezed her, her eyes popped open and she looked at Perseus frantically.
"Run Percy!" She choked out before the beast reduced her into gold liquid that seeped into the earth. Perseus felt fury erupt inside of him like a volcano; his mother was killed in front of his very eyes. He had barely known her but she had easily gained his favor, he felt bitter and shook in rage as he glared murderously at the Minotaur who roared loudly and charged at him. Perseus, despite his injured arm, met the charge with his own. He swung his spear with his right hand while leaping over the beast and slamming a foot into the bull man's spine. His spear had cut off one of the Minotaur's horns and the monster screamed in pain. A storm swirled around Perseus and lighting flashed, he frowned, this was not his doing. He ignored it and rain began to fall, he stayed completely dry but raised a hand in the air. Water flew towards his palm and with deep concentration he blasted the water at the monster hitting him square in the chest, the Minotaur flew backwards and smashed into the ground and Perseus slowly advanced on him. The beast stood up groggily and roared again before charging at Perseus, the twelve year old noticed a black haired girl watching him out of the corner of his eye. He was momentarily distracted and was tackled to the ground, his teeth clashed together and his ears were ringing from the force he had been hit with. His spear flew out of his hand and the wind was knocked out of him. He was going to murder this thing, this monster had killed his mom and he had never felt so angry in his entire life. The fact that Sally Jackson already had a crappy life and now she was dead was enough to make his blood boil. He groaned and threw a sharp punch at the bull man who laid on top of him, the punch hit the bull man in the snout making him rear back. This gave Perseus an opportunity; he reached up with his good arm and grabbed the Minotaur's other horn.
"This is for my mom." He snarled before ripping it clean off. The beast roared in pain and Perseus shoved the tip of the horn in his mouth until it punctured a wound in the back of his throat.
"Shut up." He snapped before pushing the corpse off of him. The body soon blew up into golden dust leaving a panting Perseus lying in the middle of the street. The water from the rain had begun to close up his wounds and he felt his arm pop back in place, the only thing the beast had left behind was both of his horns. Perseus grabbed the one beside him and squeezed it in his hands, he had been weak and now his mother was gone, he fought back tears and mentally scolded himself for caring so much. But why shouldn't he? She was the mother he never had and he loved her, he barely got to know her and now she was dead. He regretted his coldness towards her a few hours before but wherever she was now he hoped she knew that he did love her. He could hear footsteps coming his way but he ignored it and continued looking up at the grey sky. Dark, ominous clouds had gathered overhead and lightning flashed. Rain continued drizzling on him and he relished in the relief it brought him.
"You sure knew how to fight that Minotaur." A voice said in slight awe but he continued staring up at the sky and barely acknowledged the person who had found him.
"Of course." He muttered before slowly standing to his feet, he held his head high and ignored the girl who had tried speaking to him. He walked back to the mini van wreckage and noticed Grover was still unconscious in the driver seat, he pulled the satyr out of the destroyed car and slung him over his shoulder. He didn't owe this worthless animal anything but he couldn't just leave him there.
"That's it? You killed one of the toughest monsters and all you can say is of course?" The girl asked in disbelief and he finally turned to her. She had long black hair that was tied in a ponytail, she wore a denim jacket and black studded combat boots. Her jeans had holes in them and they were ripped, she was attractive and watched him with curious blue eyes. They seemed an electric blue and she had a couple freckles that decorated her cheeks, she was extremely pale and had her arms crossed over her chest. The rain made some of her hair cling to her face and she wet her lips as she watched him.
"He certainly wasn't my worst monster encounter, he killed my mom and had to pay for his actions." Perseus said angrily as went to retrieve his spear.
The girl nodded as if deep in thought,"I heard her call you Percy so I assume that's your name."
Perseus scowled as he picked up his spear,"Only she could call me that. To you and everyone else my name is Perseus." He said with authority lacing his tone,"Now, where the heck is this Camp Halfblood?" He snapped as he walked back to the girl who frowned at him.
"Look Perseus, I'm sorry about your mom and all but you don't have to act like a jerk." She growled and Perseus snorted and rolled his eyes.
"My apologies, I'm just a bit bitter about this stupid camp my mom died taking me to." He grumbled before looking at the girl curiously,"What is your name daughter of Zeus?" He asked and her eyebrows shot up in surprise.
"Thalia, how did you know that?" She asked suspiciously, rain continued to fall and Perseus merely shrugged.
"When I was fighting the Minotaur I saw you, rain began to fall and a storm came. I know I have some influence with storms but not that much. Not to mention your eyes, they're unnaturally blue." He said flippantly before looking at her expectantly.
He noticed how she fought to show any more surprise,"Well I know you're a son of Poseidon by the way you could control the water. Camp is this way and like I said earlier, I'm sorry about your mom." She tried making amends with the son of Poseidon; he was only in a fowl mood because his mother had died in front of his very eyes. She hadn't engaged in the fight because Perseus seemed to have the whole thing under control, she had only arrived in time to see his mother be squeezed to death. That very Minotaur had been sent by Hades to try to kill her, she had barely escaped no thanks to Zeus who could have just struck the beast down at anytime. She was bitter with her father; he was one of those deadbeat dad types and was jealous of Perseus's mother. While Thalia's mom had been an angry alcoholic Perseus's had died to get him to safety.
"I am too." He whispered before his spear transformed back into a ring. He slipped it on his finger before shoving his hand into his pocket and caressed the pearl in his pocket,"She was a wonderful woman."
Perseus decided that Thalia, unlike many other demigods he had encountered, was tolerable. She gave off this aura of superiority and he knew she thought she was one of the most powerful demigods alive. She was wrong. Camp Halfblood was more different than he imagined, instead of a disciplinary training center it was full of laid back demigods. Children were having fun and laughing, they continuously climbed up a lava wall and fought each other leisurely. This disgusted him. This is why the army of Kronos prevailed in the other dimension, they had more training and discipline than the campers at Camp Halfblood. He had to admit though, it was nice and he could see why so many children fought for the gods. It wasn't the gods themselves they fought for it was each other. They fought for their demigod family not the gods who didn't care for them at all. He found it admirable but when it came down to the nitty gritty he would still abandon the gods in a heartbeat as well as the halfbloods. Poseidon could have helped him save his mom, he could have given his mom better, he could have helped her live in peace. No he just treated her like a piece of trash and he hated him for it. Perseus was drawing a lot of attention as he walked beside the daughter of Zeus, he placed the satyr on the ground next to the infirmary and continued keeping up with Thalia. Shoulders back, head high, walk proudly. That's what he had always been taught to do and he found it efficient in showing that he was fearless. He stood a tiny bit taller than Thalia but not by much, not even an inch, gods how he missed being sixteen. He would gain everyone's respect, he was a general and it's what he deserved.
Thalia glanced over at him as they continued walking,"So what other monsters have you faced?" She asked and Perseus grinned.
"Several." Back when he was a son of Kronos not all monsters were the best listeners. He would execute those who questioned or failed his father and this struck fear into the hearts of both beast and demigod. Many would attempt to fight him off but to no avail, they were no match.
"Wanna elaborate." Thalia was getting impatient of his vagueness making Perseus's grin broaden.
"Classified." He turned somber and Thalia huffed in frustration at his lack of details, she began to think he was lying about killing monsters. He was, after all, a momma's boy. It was obvious that he wasn't a run away and he wasn't that impressive. He was scrawny but not overly so, had it not have been for his jet-black hair and sea green eyes he would have no appeal whatsoever. If he gained a bit of muscle he would have any girl he wanted wrapped around his finger, he had a troublemaker gleam in his eyes and his smile was nearly infectious. A guy like him just needed to work out and he'd be a babe magnet.
"You're infuriating." She growled as they approached the big house, all eyes still on Perseus.
He nodded,"So I've been told. Thank you for the lovely chat Thalia." He said curtly before walking into the big house leaving Thalia standing alone. He was a strange one, far too formal and dignified. He looked unimpressed at the camp and she had seen him sneer at it in disdain, she didn't know what his problem was but he better keep himself in check because Thalia wasn't afraid to fry a son of Poseidon. Perseus unnerved her because she was the most powerful demigod in this camp until he came along, no, surely she could still defeat the son of Poseidon. But she wasn't so sure, her fatal flaw like her father was power and Perseus was a threat to her. She had seen him easily rip off the Minotaur's horns as though they were butter; if the twelve year old daughter of Zeus knew one thing it was that Perseus was dangerous to her. And she hated dangerous.
Sorry if there are many mistakes, I'm extremely sick and that's the only reason I was able to update this. Gosh I feel awful and I'm sorry if this chap sucks. I got many people who agree with PercyxThalia Perila...is that how you spell it? Eh whatever. But others want some Percabeth action. I honestly don't care who he ends up with because I like both pairings but I really don't think I could write Percabeth that well because Rick makes that couple so fantastic that almost every percabeth story on this site sucks in comparison. Anyway just tell me what you think and who Percy should be with. PD11 out.