Disclaimer:
I don't own any characters in this story except for an OC which will not yet appear till further chapters.. All belongs to Rick Riordan
A/N:
Sorry for the long wait! I hoped I didn't let you guys wait too long. Anyway second chapter is here and don't forget to review. I tried my best to improve my grammar and put the comma's at their right place this time! :D
The Company of Light
Chapter 1: A Hero's Mourning
Percy POV
Tears immediately fell from my eyes as I quietly remembered all the dreadful things to me in the last few weeks. Why? Because that was the most terrible weeks of my life. Who knows that the reputation, friends, and loved ones you worked hard for, for the last few weeks can be obliterated or be undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or wearing away in less than a month.
For a few weeks or so I have lived in the wilderness. No friends, No family, Or better yet, No pulse. Little by little I learned to hunt for food using all the weapons that the gods have given me as a gift when we won the battle against Gaea and her army.
A pen just like Riptide, when uncapped will turn into a 5 foot long sea green colored spear with pointed head made of celestial bronze. A matching necklace and bracelet which can magically turn into Bow and a quiver that never runs out of arrow.
Now I know what you're thinking, Hey, aren't you really terrible at archery?, but I already managed to improve my archery skills with the help of Lord Apollo, when he dragged me against my will to go with him for archery practice from his chariot as we fly over the U.S. Note: Against my will.
I couldn't help but smile while remembering all those funny moments when I was in Camp Half-Blood, but no matter I do, I know that the best I can do is to never let my woeful misfortunes be covered up by a thin veil of ignorance. In other words, I must yield to the fact that the second home I considered in the last few years have already betrayed me.
They chewed me up and spit me out like I was poison in their mouth. They took my light and drained me down. SHE ripped me off, HER love was cheap, was always tearing at the seams. I fell deep and she let me drown…
Actually, what is happening to me is not unusual. Not all heroes have a happy ending. I guess I was expecting that I will be an exception but Alas, I am not.
And with that I finally succumb to my urge to sleep, but still even in my dreams, my woeful misfortunes won't leave me alone, because I kept on dreaming on how this all happened. How my friends lost their trust to me one by one, and on how I finally lost my girlfriend, Annabeth Chase, to another boy named Brian Anderson, another Son of Poseidon. It's like being killed and annialated again and again.
It was a beautiful and magnificent day at Camp Half-Blood. I was at the beach laying down with my girlfriend her blonde hair was pulled back in a ponytail and she wore an orange Camp-Halfblood t-shirt and jeans, her head was using my chest as a pillow while I can't stop petting her hair.
Anyway we were watching the sunset. We were talking about our future when we become Mr. and Mrs. Jackson. This is one of those moments where I wish the time will stood still and stay here forever
"Hey Seaweed Brain, how will we get married If we don't have the permission of my mom?"
"Don't worry, Wise Girl, I have a plan."
"Are you sure It's a good one?"
"Hey, I can be smart."
"I know."
Suddenly Rachel come running towards them
"Hey, I hope I'm not interrupting anything, but Chiron asked me to call Percy." Rachel said.
"Why? What's this all about?" Annabeth asked, a little bit annoyed that their Romantic time where interrupted.
"Well, Grover just sent him a distress call regarding to the Demigod he is guarding"
"Oh Gods, Tell Chiron that I'll be there in a sec." I told Rachel.
Now you might be wondering, Isn't Grover the Lord of the Wild? Well, after the war with Gaea, Almost half of the Satyrs' population died, so to help aid the loss even the Lord of the Wild started helping in recruiting demigods
When I arrived in the Big House, I saw Chiron sitting in the Porch reading a book, and I'll bet my own money that Chiron is reading the same book he was reading in the Yancy Academy Field Trip when I was 12 yrs old. When he saw me he immediately closed the book he's reading then trotted towards me.
"I hope you know why I called you here."
"Yeah, I heard that Grover sent you a distress call and needed help."
"Yes, and If the Lord of the Wild need help in recruiting a demigod, then this must be something serious."
"When do we leave?"
"As soon as possible. Tyson already helped packed all the things you'll need and Argus is already waiting outside with the van. Here's the address of the school."
"Okay, Thank Tyson for me."
When I got to the school, my heart skipped a bit, It was already too late. The battle has begun. The Lord Of The Wild VS The Lernaean Hydra that Hera herself raised to destroy Hercules.
I saw the demigod he is protecting who is hiding behind a tree and I was very surprised. He was about the same age as me with the same black raven hair.
I remember when I was on the quest to retrieve the Golden Fleece, Annabeth and I almost died when we face that beast.
Grover put his lips on his reed pipe and began to play, It was an eerie melody like a creek flowing over stones. Immediately gnarled roots quickly wrapped around the hydra's leg, but the middle fire breathing hydra head easily extinguished it.
I'm no fool, I know that Grover will not last any longer because he will tire out eventually or rather the hydra will have a lucky shot at him.
I quickly uncapped riptide and It quickly grew into a three foot long of pure celestial bronze mayhem.
Just as I was about to call his name, things started to go horribly wrong. The hydra lunges its tail at Grover, he tried to sidestepped but the hydra seems to know what he's trying to do and quickly change directions thus hitting him and sending him off flying of, hitting a tree in the process.
"Hey, you spineless fool!" I shouted at the hydra.
The hydra quickly faced me and spew a gigantic fireball at me, but fortunately, I was able to sidestepped It at the last seconds. I jumped when It lashed Its tail at me and used It like a springboard and was about to decapitate It's head when suddenly, I remembered Annabeth's warning "When you're fighting a hydra, never decapitate one of its head because If you do, two more grow back.". I quickly racked my memory to find any clues on how to beat this foul beast. Then suddenly, like being poured by cold water, I remembered.
FIRE! I was suppose to use fire. I clearly remembered the story of how Hercules defeated the Hydra, After decapitating one of its head, Hercules will burn the place where the head used to be with fire, to prevent it from growing back again.
I quickly made my way into the forest, and snap two stems of branch and rubbed it together, creating a fire. When I again arrived at the battlefield, I saw that I arrived at the right time, just when the demigod, grover was protecting was about to get attacked by the Hydra.
I quickly lunged at the Hydra and quickly swung my sword, decapitating the middle head, and quickly placed the roaring fire at where used to be the head. The other 4 hydra let out a horrendous shriek, but I was not affected by It. Knowing what to do, I quickly decapitated all four heads, using its body as a springboard and dodging all the headbutt attacks of the others.
After defeating the hydra, that's when the adrenaline left my body. I passed out hitting head first at the grass.
I don't know how long was I out, but when I woke up, I was in Camp Half-Blood's Infirmary. I was surprised when the first person I saw was my dad, Poseidon. No matter how shocking It Is, the conversation that took place was even more shocking.
"How could you do it, Perseus?"
"What do you mean, dad?"
"Don't act dumb! You know what I'm talking about! You left an untrained demigod fighting a hydra!"
"WHAT? So that's what that demigod is telling everybody?"
"That demigod is Brian Anderson and he is my son and your half-brother!"
"Oh My Gods, Dad believe me! That's not even close to what really happ-"
"Not another word, Perseus, don't let this thing happened again."
And with that he vanished with a hint of a smell of ocean breeze. Little do I know that that's only the beginning. Everybody believed every word that came out of Brian's mouth. Everybody started ignoring me.
I lost my friends, The Stolls, Katie, Clarisse.
"Well well well, If It isn't Perseus Jackson, the jealous brother of Brian Anderson."
"What do you guys want?"
"Why did you do It?"
"What did I do now?"
"Drenched the whole Hermes Cabin with water….."
"Destroyed my third Maimer Intentionally….."
"Killed the Demeter Cabin's Plants….."
"That's INSANE!"
"Your Insane Percy! What happened to you? Why do you have to be so jealous?"
"I did not do It! I wouldn't even dare do that stuff to you guys! Brian is nothing but, A Big, Fat, Liar."
"I think that description fits you really well Percy..."
I lost my Girlfriend, Annabeth Chase.
"Percy, I'm breaking up with you."
"WHAT? WHY?"
"Now your acting dumb?"
"I have no Idea on what you're talking about!"
"Well, try telling that to the Aphrodite Girl your kissing girl last night. Brian told me, He saw you with his own eyes."
"Please don't tell me you believed him…."
"It's over Percy, It's over between you and me."
And to top It all off, I saw Annabeth and Brian sitting at the beach, Kissing, right at OUR favorite spot.
Suddenly, I was no longer Percy Jackson, slayer of Kronos and Gaea. I was now known as Percy Jackson, the Jealous brother. To say that I was angry at everyone was a complete understatement. Heck, I was even replaced as a Sword Instructor and the Counsilor of Cabin 3.
The last straw happened at Capture the Flag.
At the Red team there was Poseidon, Ares, Hermes, Apollo, while at the blue team was the Athena, Demeter, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Dionysus
As usual, Brian was being a show-off, and I'm ready to bet 1000 drachmas that Annabeth is the one who taught him the strategy we were using.
"Okay, Connor, take half the Hermes Cabin to guard the left flank while you, Travis go take the other half and guard the right plank."
"You can count on us."
"Will, you go take the Apollo for northern defense while Clarisse, you go take the Ares for Offense."
"On It."
"While Percy and I will guard the Zeus's fist."
"Well, good luck dealing with him."
Ouch. That hurts. And even more when I heard the mocking laughter that followed.
When we were already alone…..
"Jackson, your days at Camp Half-Blood is numbered."
"What do you mean by that, Anderson?"
"Isn't obvious? I want you gone!"
"GONE? ISN'T WHAT YOU'VE DONE ENOUGH? YOU'VE TAKEN MY FRIENDS, MY GIRLFRIEND! WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT? YOU AREN'T EVEN A DECENT FIGHTER AND YET THEY'VE LET YOU TEACH SWORD FIGHTING! YOU ONLY DEFEATED A HYDRA, HECK,I WAS THE ONE WHO DEFEATED THE HYDRA WHILE YOU WERE COWERING UP THAT TREE!"
"WELL IT ISN'T ENOUGH!"
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY NOT ENOUGH? IT WAS MORE THAN ENOUGH!"
"I WANT YOU TO SUFFER THE WAY I SUFFERED! "
"WHAT DID I EVER DO TO YOU? I EVEN SAVED YOU FROM THAT HYDRA!"
"IT'S ALWAYS YOU, YOU, YOU! I WANT TO BE MORE POPULAR THAN YOU BUT I KNOW I CAN'T DO THAT WITH YOU STILL BEING HERE!"
"So what are you going to do? Kill me? I'd like to see you do that."
"Of course not, I'm going to maim myself, and blame it to you!
"Your Insane! Your more power and fame hungry than Octavian!"
"Oh really? PERCY PLEASE STOP, I SAID I'M SORRY! YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE VIOLENT! EVERYBODY HELP ME! PERCY'S GONE BERSERK! AAAAGGGHHHH!"
and with that word, the fool impaled himself with his sword, unfortunately not too deep to kill him, but enough to hurt him.
The next thing I knew, I was in the big house with all 12 Olympian Gods and Chiron at the center, shaking their head in disapproval on what they THOUGHT I did.
The first one to break the ice was my father, with a fast and hard slap on my cheek. The slap hurts, but the way that slap let me feel was a million times worse.
"Peace brother." Zeus said, trying to calm my angry father. "an earthquake with 8.9 magnitude had already hit Japan with an impending tsunami"
"Peace? That thing-" pointing at me. "just injured my favorite son!" pointing at Brian, and I swear that with all the acting, that fool deserves an Oscar Award.
"Father, Believer this is all just an a-" I tried to argued, but father cuts me off with another hard slap on my left cheek.
"Another word, and I swear I'll send your soul to the depths of tartarus."
I was forced to sit at the big house alone for another hour while the gods are voting on how to kill me. Finally, Lady Athena arrived with a scroll that I'm sure was my verdict.
"After an hour of investigation, this council votes that you, Perseus Jackson, will be banned from Camp Half-Blood. Effective Immediately."
I woke up with a start hoping that all that was just a dream but knew that It was Impossible.
I started preparing my breakfast. I prepared the fire to roast my food.A turkey, I shot yesterday, and some left-over rabbits. The turkey has delicious meat that's so fatty, the grease drips down your face when you bite into it
Suddenly I heard the snapping of twigs from the forest and quickly uncapped riptide.
"Who's there?"
No answer.
"Reveal yourself, I'm not scared of you."
"Really?" says a voice that's so awfully familiar. From the dark forest out step Prometheus, a titan who once tricked the gods.
"Why are you here? To finish me off? Well I'm not stopping you, I'm no longer needed here and everyone I loved betrayed me. So, go ahead and kill me now, just make it quick." I said dropping my weapons as a sign of yielding.
"No, I'm not here to finish you off. In fact I'm here to offer you to join our side."
"What do you mean?"
"Well we are planning on raising the Titans and the Giants all at the same time."
"What? Are you insane? The gods might be a terrible ruler but, combine the giants and the titans that's a million times worse!"
"Who says that you have a choice anyway?"
Those words where the last one I've heard before losing my consciousness after being hit hard by something at my head.
A/N:
Holy Hades! Percy has been kidnapped! Will he join the titans? Of course not! He will join the Company of Light. Don't you wanna beat the living crap out of Brian? The 3rd chapter is where Percy will meet Crystal Maiden, the demigod daughter of Oceanus. Expect the next update at June 16-18.
Don't forget to review! And I tried my best to improve all the mistakes. That my reviewer pointed out