Disclaimer: I only own the mortals and plot. All of the other characters and stories belong to Rick and the CW.
3rd Pov.
"Hey, Nico, did something feel off to you about Percy's friend Rebekah?" Annabeth asked as the two of them made their way to Percy's apartment after their first day of school.
Nico gave a noncommittal shrug. "I dunno, maybe. I wasn't really paying that much attention to her." He looked down at his feet as he walked and played with the silver skull ring he always wore on his middle finger.
"I just kept getting a really weird feeling around her. It really feels like there's something off about her. Maybe she's a monster. She definitely gives me the heebie jeebies,"
"Are you sure this isn't just because she got you out?" Nico asked.
Annabeth shot him an annoyed look.
"Hey, I'm just saying. It's no secret that you don't like to lose. Are you sure this weird feeling isn't just you not wanting to lose to a mere mortal?"
"I'm pissed because I lost. I'm suspicious because I'm right," Annabeth said, stopping short. "I have had enough experience to know to trust my instincts. If they say she is a monster, I am going to at least be on my guard." She resumed walking again, but she left her hand on her hip, where her Drakon bone sword was hidden.
"Ok. You can tell the other to be on their guard if your so worried," Nico agreed, "but you really shouldn't act on your suspicions. For all we know, she's just a creepy mortal. Innocent until proven guilty."
"Fine," Annabeth replied. She begrudged waiting, but she understood her friend's logic. "This is it." she told Nico. Who had stopped in front of a tall apartment building. Nico nodded and the pair strode inside the building.
"Yeah?" a voice asked from the intercom. Annabeth had impatiently pressed the button three times before she received an answer.
"Hey! It's us," Annabeth responded while rolling her grey eyes at the small white box.
"Oh, come on up," Percy said.
"So . . . You guys never did tell me why you are going to Goode," said Percy. He flopped down on the couch and Annabeth and Nico soon followed suit. Annabeth joined Percy on the couch while Nico claimed a comfy chair.
"Our parents were making us go to school, and everyone figured Goode would be the most convenient option," Annabeth explained. She and Percy were now cuddling on the couch.
"Ohhhh," was Percy's only response to this explanation. He was glad that his friends had come to Goode. It would be nice to have people around who understood what it was like to be a halfblood, and they could help him if there were any monster attacks.
"Your friends seemed nice," Nico commented. Percy nodded, but Annabeth made no response.
"You didn't like them?" Percy asked his girlfriend. He wasn't hurt, but he was curious as to why his mortal friends had received this response from Annabeth. He couldn't expect all of his friends to get along, but it would be preferable.
"They were all right," Annabeth corrected. "I just didn't like Rebekah. Something about her rubbed me the wrong way."
"What do you think is wrong with her?" asked Percy. His eyebrows were furrowed in concern. Annabeth was a powerful demigod, not to mention an experienced fighter. If she thought something was up with Rebekah, they should be careful.
"Don't pay any attention to what she says, Perc," Nico said playfully.
"I thought you agreed with me?" Annabeth argued in order to legitimize her opinion.
"I agreed we should be careful. I did not say I thought you were right about Rebekah." Nico amended.
Percy nodded thoughtfully. "If you think we should be careful around Rebekah, Annabeth, then we should be." He kissed his girlfriend on the cheek. "Now, onto food. What do you guys want to eat?"
Over the course of the next couple days, Percy's mortal and demigod friends, including Rebekah, got to know each other. There was still the occasional feeling of competition for the title of knowing Percy the best and the occasional argument between the different parties, but for the most part, everything was well. In fact that Friday, they had all decided to go out and get pizza. They all walked to the pizzeria together and had fun laughing and joking along the way.
"What table do you guys want?" Annabeth asked turning to the rest of the group.
"We usually sit over there," Tucker replied pointing to a large table in the back. After pulling up/stealing a few chairs everyone was happily settled at the seat of their choosing. The conversation soon broke into very scattered and loud topics as is expected of a group of teenagers at a restaurant. Tucker offered to go order, and everyone pitched in some cash and told him what they wanted. They were all happily eating when a buzzing noise filled the air. This buzzing turned out to be Rebekah's phone, and everyone quieted down so that she could hear the person on the other end.
"Hello?" Rebekah asked as she picked up the phone. Her face soon darkened with annoyance. "What do you want!?" she demanded. "I have no idea . . . No really. Ask Elijah because I don't know what the hell Kol did with it. Don't try to threaten me, I'm not the one who took it, Kol did, so punish him!" Rebekah's eye narrowed as she debated with the person on the other side, but there was an obvious note of fear in her voice. "Well, I don't want to talk to you, so I'm going to go. Don't bother calling if you need anything." After she said this, Rebekah slammed the call end icon on her screen and put her phone away.
"Who was that?" Annabeth asked. Everyone was confused by what they had just heard, but Annabeth was the only one who was brave enough to ask.
"That was my dearest brother," Rebekah said. The sarcasm in her statement was impossible to miss. Chloe nodded knowingly at this. Rebekah had told her enough about the Mikaelson family for her to know why a phone call was not a pleasant event.
"Do you not get along with your family?" Percy asked. He was confused as to why Rebekah would've had a conversation like that with her brother of all people.
"Let's just say it's complicated," Rebekah answered cryptically.
"Which one of your brothers was it?" Chloe asked Rebekah.
"Klaus," Rebekah responded. She was still annoyed from her phone call and it was evident in her tone. Percy snorted at the name, and Annabeth shot him a look telling him to shut up.
"How many brothers do you have?" asked Percy. He only had Tyson and his little sister, but he had spent most of his life as an only child.
"Three, unfortunately," Rebekah said rolling her eyes. Most of the group giggled, but Annabeth's face darkened in anger.
"You know, not all of us have very much family." Annabeth said quietly. "I'm not sure what your brothers did whether they tore the heads off your barbies or teased you endlessly, but you should be glad that you have them, and are able to talk to them," Annabeth said. Almost everyone at the table turned to Annabeth with sympathetic and shocked looked on their faces. Rebekah, on the other hand, glared at Annabeth.
"I'm sorry to hear about your family, but seeing as you have no idea what my family or brothers are like, you have to right to belittle my family drama," she said this rather calmly, but there was an edge to her voice almost as if she was on the edge between angry and sad. There was a moment of silence, and everyone looked between Annabeth and Thalia curious and a little bit worried about what would happen next; however, before anyone could break this incredibly tense and awkward silence, Tucker came back with the pizza. Everyone took that opportunity to change to subject and try to forget the awkwardness that just happened. The rest of the outing continued uneventfully. There was an air of coldness between Annabeth and Rebekah, but no one commented on it.
Over the course of the next couple of weeks, everyone settled into the pattern of school. There were a couple of monster attacks, but nothing the half bloods couldn't handle. As for Annabeth and Rebekah, they were not as bad, but were still slightly cold with one another. Annabeth still hadn't quite warmed up to Rebekah and still thought there was something weird about her, and Rebekah just wanted her to apologize for yelling and making assumptions. Despite all of this, they were relatively civil. Everyone else was still getting along very well. Sometimes, there was a slight barrier between mortals and demigods, but that was mainly because of inside jokes. One Wednesday, a couple of weeks after the pizza incident, the normal pattern of school was interrupted.
The day had started normal enough for Rebekah, but she should have known with her luck it couldn't last. She started her morning with a quick blood bag(she didn't feel like going out and getting a meal), and the drive to school. She had greeted her friends, including the weird new ones, and gone to class. She had even been assigned a project in Greek class. The project was with Annabeth, Nico, Percy and Chloe. The topic was ritual language and vocabulary for religious ceremonies. They were wondering where to work on the project this afternoon, when Chloe had a suggestion.
"What about your place, Rebekah?" Chloe said with a hint of hope in her voice. She had been to Rebekah's house a couple times and really liked it plus it was a big enough space to work in comfortably.
"Sure, why not," Rebekah responded. She didn't see any harm in housing a project. She didn't have any dead bodies lying around her house currently and her blood bags were safely locked away.
"Are you sure?" asked Annabeth, "We can always figure something else out if it's inconvenient."
"No. It's fine," Rebekah assured her friend. Later that day, the five of them went back to Rebekah's house. When they saw the outside, they were all shocked. Her house was beautiful! Rebekah, however, looked worried. Something just felt off to her about the house, but she shook this feeling off and fished her key off of her bag. When they got inside, everyone looked around in awe. Rebekah's house hasn't the most beautiful she had ever had, but it was very impressive for NYC. She led them into the living room. In the living room, there were paintings, mostly Klaus's, dark hardwood floors, a white rug and a purple sofa.
Just as the six of them were beginning to settle in and work, a voice said, "Why, hello, sister." At this sound, all of them turned around to see a handsome young man of around nineteen or twenty years old with short brown hair and a lean frame leaning against the doorframe. He had a confident smirk decorating his handsome face and his chocolate eyes sparkled with mirth. When she saw him, Rebekah's face darkened with worry and annoyance.
"Kol! What are you doing here?" she asked clearly not happy to see him. She had not told her brothers where she was going to live, and had made extra precautions for them to not to find her. If he could find her, who knew who else could.
"I had a little help. Nik's not the only one with connections, you know," he responded, walking fully into the room as he spoke. After he said this, he turned to the others and addressed them, "I'm sorry. I've forgotten to introduce myself. I'm Kol, Rebekah's older brother."
Everyone introduced themselves quickly, and Kol sat down next to Chloe. "So what is all of this?" he said as he pointed to the project.
"A school project," answered Annabeth. Kol laughed at this and shot a knowing look at Rebekah.
"Really, Bekah? School?" he asked while laughing still. Everyone was confused at this, but Rebekah seemed to have been expecting this.
"I didn't get a chance to finish before Nik dragged me off," she sharply explained to her brother.
"Speaking of Nik," Kol said, "been talking to him a lot lately?" Kol's eyes suddenly colder as he looked at his sister. Rebekah shifted uncomfortably where she was sitting. Normally she wouldn't be worried, but Kol had a bad habit of killing when he got mad, and she didn't want any of her friends to be hurt. Kol raised his eyebrows at Rebekah. He was expecting an answer and she was taking too long.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Rebekah said defiantly. Kol leaned in closer. At this point everyone, even Percy with his sometimes clueless nature, noticed that there was some serious tension between the siblings.
"Really?" he responded, "then why did he come visit me a couple weeks ago?" He tilted his head and smirked, but there was an underlying barely contained anger. Rebekah tried to hide her nervous gulp.
"He visited you?" she asked, "I had no idea." She spoke cooly and attempted to keep her heartbeat steady
"Oh, save it sister!" Kol said, "I know you told him I have it!" Kol stood up now and began to pace in agitation.
"Okay! Who are you two talking about?" Annabeth interjected. She was sick of just sitting and listening to the siblings' conversation. The others in the room nodded in agreement.
"Well, darling," Kol said to Annabeth, "We were just discussing our brother, Klaus." Annabeth glared at the pet name, and looked away from a smirking Kol.
Percy, however remember something, "Isn't that the brother who called you a while back?" Kol turned back to Rebekah with a look of triumph on his face. Percy had just proven his suspicion. Rebekah had betrayed him, and now, he would make her suffer.
I am so sorry I didn't update. If I ever take a long time to update again, check my profile. I will post when my next update is, and why I have not updated, so I won't have to do one of those annoying updates that turn out to be ANs. Thanks so much for reading, and thank you to arleny for commenting.
