Hello! Oh my gods people, I'm like… speechless. I just thought I'd get maybe a small amount of viewers, but I was proven wrong. Thank you to all that either reviewed, favorited, followed, or even just read my story! You guys are awesome.
To PJandLGequalsLove: I don't have pairing yet since I have no experience in writing love, but if later on I feel a need to, I might make a pairing. Who knows, but if I do, any suggestions?
Please read AN at the bottom, it's important.
Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own PJO or HoO series. (I'm not sure if I have to do this every chapter, so I will just in case.)
Chapter 2- 3rd person POV-
Percy knew she'd be able to pull it off. After all she always did act more like a boy rather than like a girl. Also, with Hermes' blessing, she can even disguise her voice to be deeper. She wandered down the streets until she found the place she was looking for.
The Lotus Hotel and Casino.
She's going to stay for a while, to get the gods and titans off her trail. You're probably wondering, Why would she go to a place where she'd be trapped like she was back at the palace? Isn't there some other way to avoid her pursuers? Well yes, but she didn't for two reasons.
First, because she always wanted to go there, it's a place filled with countless games and things to do, and she also has to make up for those two agonizing years of acting like a proper princess. Ugh, just thinking of it makes her sick, she's an adventurer for gods' sake! And second, it'll make time pass quicker so she can get to the correct period of time she wants to be in.
-Random Line Break-
She fixed her watch/shield Hephaestus gave her for her fifth birthday and set its alarm to go off at a certain time. When it goes off, it'll play a specific fast paced tune that will remove the casino's spell from her mind and let her know when to get out and back into the world. 60 years she'll be in the casino, but it'll most likely feel as if it was only a couple months.
She entered the hotel, and already some employee came up and handed her a Lotus cash card and a key to her hotel room. She walked around, her mind slowly clouding. A game caught her attention, but as she headed towards it, some nine year old boy bumped into her. He had dark midnight black hair and dark eyes that were like endless black pits.
"Nico! Be careful!" A dark brown silky haired girl with chocolate brown eyes, maybe around age twelve, came into view, "Sorry, my brother's clumsy and doesn't watch where he's going. I always have to remind him not to run but it seems to just go in one ear and straight out of the other, you know? I'm Bianca di Angelo by the way." She said, sticking out her hand.
I shook it, smiled, and said, "Percy. Percy Jackson." I looked to the boy next to me who looked on sheepishly. "Um… Nico di Angelo. Sorry for running into you, I just saw something interesting and just… yeah, sorry."
I held up my hands, "Nah, its fine. I'd probably do the same, well, I have actually. Plenty of times, so it's alright."
He smiled and said, "Well, how about I make it up to you? Do you want to hang out?"
I looked to Bianca who just shrugged, "It's fine with me, plus he does have to make up for it."
A smile formed on my face and I nodded to Nico, "I'll take you up on that offer."
60 years later (Percy POV-)
Nico, Bianca, and I were hanging out in the newly opened section, when a familiar sounding tune started to play. I lifted my arm with the watch to find two words in capital letters flashing on the screen, "WAKE UP!"
My mind cleared and I remembered everything. I kept the music playing so I wouldn't lose focus. I got up from my seat, hugged the two friends I made and said, "I have to go guys. I'm sorry for just randomly leaving, I promise I'll get you out of here in the future."
They looked at me in confusion, but nodded. I ran out of the casino and looked at the date, 2005. I sighed in relief, my watch didn't get messed up in the hotel, thank gods. I got a taxi and asked the driver to drive me to New York. At first the driver thought I was insane until he saw how much was on the Lotus card, infinite, then he was willing.
-Line Break-
I was shaken awake by the driver. "Here's your stop, East One-hundred-and-fourth and First." He said and handed me the card, but I lowered his hand and shook my head, "Keep it."
He looked at me in shock, "A-Are you sure?"
I nodded, "It's fine, have a nice day."
He bowed over and over, "Thank you very much!"
I waved, walked towards the apartment door, and knocked. A kind looking woman with wavy brown hair and blue eyes that changed in the light, opened it. She looked surprised, most likely because some nine year old boy was knocking on her door at like, midnight. I studied her and instantly knew she had encountered my father. This is the right place, this is the place I saw when I had a small glimpse of the future, this is where I'm supposed to be.
"May I help you?" She asked warily.
I smiled reassuringly, "Hello, if I'm correct, you know Poseidon right? May we talk? I have a deal we could perhaps make."
She looked suspicious at first, but after a brief inspection of me, she stepped aside and let me in. She led me to her living room and offered me a seat. I politely took it and asked, "You're name is Sally Jackson, right?" She nodded, so I went on,
"Hello, I'm a daughter of Poseidon. I have Apollo's blessing, so I saw my future with you. You're probably wondering why I look like a guy if I just claimed that I am a daughter and not a son. Well, I ran away from home long ago and in order to not be found, I disguised myself as a boy. You had a relationship with my father, but found out you couldn't have kids. You never told Poseidon though.
Then my mom found out about your secret relationship, so you never saw father again, and he doesn't know if you had his child or not. You met him nine years ago, I'm nine and I know a prophecy is coming up which I am the one who is supposed to bear it. Look, what I'm trying to say is… please let me pose as your demigod son with Poseidon so that I can save the world.
I promise to keep you safe. Although my scent is great, I'm skilled with several weapons. My name is Persephone, but for now, if you're willing to help me, I'll take on the name Perseus Jackson, but I like the name Percy, so please call me that if you do accept."
Sally had a look of absolute shock, but thought it through deeply before she responded. I let her take her time since that was a lot of information to handle. After a couple of minutes she finally nodded and said, "Well I guess this does solve both of our problems. You need a cover up, while I've always wanted a child and was sad when I found out I couldn't. So yes, I'm willing to help you."
I jumped out of my seat and hugged her, "Thank you!" I yelled happily, then paused briefly and said softly, "… Mom."
I pulled away to see tears slowly forming in her eyes as she shook her head, "No, thank you Percy, for giving me what I've always wanted and thought I'd never have."
And so, that was how I managed to really make my fake identity seem real.
Okay! Second chapter done! And many more to follow. Like before R&R or don't R&R, but it would be very cool if you did. So here comes the important part… I want to know how you want this story to go because I have different ideas, but I don't want to rush it or write something that would make you go… what the styx is this!? You know? So here are some options, and the one with the majority I'll go with. Oh, and I'll do a brief writing to the idea so you get a bit of a sneak peak on how it'll go if you choose it.
Idea 1- More detail on the mother son relationship, to get some like… feels, I guess:
(Sally POV)-
"Percy, wake up you'll be late for school!" I said, shaking her.
She groaned and threw her blanket over her head, "Five more minutes mom!"
I sighed and pulled the blanket off her. "Percy, you'll get in trouble again. I don't think Mr. Ward will be as forgiving as the last time, seeing as last week you super-glued him to his chair for giving you a detention."
Again she just placed her pillow over her head and ignored me. I frowned, until an idea popped into my head. I smiled slyly and said, "I'll make blue pancakes."
She shot up in bed, wide eyed, "Blue pancakes!? Why didn't you mention that before?"
I laughed and went towards the kitchen. That always gets her.
Idea 2- Okay, so I was going to skip the series and just summarize the two series, but then I thought it would feel rushed, but also others have retold the series with their version of Percy, but I could change it up, while still kind of keeping it like the original series:
(Percy POV)-
Mr. Brunner, A.K.A. Chiron, was lecturing us on Greek mythology, and well with Athena's blessing I already knew it, so I just zoned out.
"Mr. Jackson, could you please explain this picture?"
I looked to where he was pointing at, and mentally rolled my eyes. Could you be any more obvious Chiron? I answered the question of Kronos eating his children and then everyone laughed. Seriously people!? What the styx did I say was so amusing? Sometimes I just don't understand mortals and their way of thinking.
Idea 3- Summarize the first series, and skip to the Heroes of Olympus series, then take it up from there:
(Percy POV)-
Even though I have no memories of my past, finding out I wasn't a boy had to have been the most shocking thing to ever happen in my life. Not even being chased by monsters that I thought were myths could top that.
It all seemed to start when I woke up face to face with a talking wolf. She toughened me up and just kicked me out after she dubbed me worthy of some Roman thing or what not. I think I might've banged my head and maybe I'm just in a coma in a hospital bed somewhere, that or I'm a crazy person on the loose…
So yeah, those are the options on how this story could go. Then after all that's done, I will go on to the dark plot I planned for this story, but for now I'll keep it light. Please choose an idea so I could start on it quick. And I'll update faster, but I don't want to just start writing and then people will be like, oh darn, I thought this was going to be a good story, but now it sucks. So yeah! I won't be updating tomorrow because I have a lot of homework, but I definitely will on Thursday, if I'm home, you never know, anything can happen.
Once again, thanks for reading, and have a wonderful time reading mine and other's fanfics.
-IAmTheDaughterOfHades
