A/N: Soooo I am back! I am so ready to move on with this story. I love posting cute little one-shots about Percy and Annabeth, so check out my one-shot called Together, and my other story A Percabeth Story. And without further ado…
Present Time
Sophie's POV
"Again Sophie! And this time actually look for my weaknesses!" My dad Percy yelled. I groaned. We had been outside training for five hours, and I was exhausted.
"Dad! Come on we've been doing this for hours! Can't I take a break?" Dad sighed.
"Fine, but be out here in three hours again. You need to focus on finding your opponents faults." I rolled my eyes, and poured some water over my head. Instantly I felt a little better. From a young age, we had already determined that I had the ability to control water. It wasn't anything that my dad could do, but I could control it, for a few moments. Charlie and Luke, my older brothers, couldn't do it as much as I could, a fact that I loved to rub in their faces. Water could heal me, but not extensively.
"Feel better?" Dad asked me, smirking as I sighed in contempt.
"Of course slave driver." I responded.
"Honey, I am only driving you for your protection. Monster's aren't as lenient as I am. You need to be prepared for when you face one."
"If I ever face one! I mean come on dad! In all my fifteen years of living, I have never been on one single quest!" I yelled. It was true. I had watched for years as each one of my friends went on quests, either saving the camp or doing little things for the gods. I had never gotten my chance, but I was always training, always fighting people, waiting for my big break.
"Honey, calm down! Everyone gets their big break at one point or another…you just need to wait for your chance." Dad tried to soothe me, but I shook my head.
"Face it dad, it's never going to happen! I mean by this age, you were fighting a war dad! A damn WAR! You had been on countless of freaking quests, and yet, here I am, the same age, never even been on one!" I raged, plopping down on the arena benches. We were at Camp Half-Blood for the summer, as we did every summer.
"First of all, tone down the language. Second of all, I had a prophecy hanging over my head at the time. Trust me Soph, it's not a fun thing. You should be lucky that you don't have one. And maybe your destiny isn't to be in the spotlight. Maybe you're just a normal demigod!" I felt bad because he was trying so hard to convince me, but I wasn't having it.
"I don't want to be just a normal demigod! I have a name to live up to dad! I mean you and mom were the biggest heroes of you time, and now Charlie and Luke are starting to live up to the family name. When will it be my turn?" I asked, the emotions I had been feeling since I was ten starting to boil up.
"Hon, trust me, it's not all it's cracked up to be. You better hit the showers and go eat. Remember back here in three hours." I walked out of the arena, feeling like a reject. Just then I saw Jace, my best friend walk out of his cabin.
"Hey Soph!" he greeted, walking in step with me.
"Hey Jace." I said less enthusiastically. Immediately he frowned, sensing something wrong with me.
"What's wrong?"
"Ugh, I just had a minor argument with my dad about me not going on quests and the usual stuff. I'm just tired of everyone having their chance. Just the other day, Bonnie went on the quest for the Aphrodite cabin. I mean come on the girliest girl of the whole camp has been on more quests than I have. That just sucks." Jace laughed.
"Well you'll get your chance. I mean every demigod has to get a shot at greatness." Jace assured me.
"You sound so much like Jason it's not even funny." I laughed.
"Well he is my dad, and it might help that Piper is my mom, so the charm speak runs in the family." He grinned. Jason and Piper Grace were Jace's parents. He had an older sister named Janie, who was probably the toughest girl I know. She was also my other best friend.
"Yeah well you made me feel a little better nevertheless." I told him. We made our way over to my cabin that I shared with my family. It was a new cabin built for us (designed from my mom of course). It was a blue-grey color with a symbol of an owl and a trident side by side. It had three rooms, one for my parents, one for my brothers, and one for me. I was psyched that I had gotten my own room, but the only thing that sucked about it was the two bathrooms. One for my parents, and one for the three kids. Try getting your make up on with two annoying brother's and occasionally a dad pounding on the door, demanding to be let in.
"Well here's my stop. I better get showered and go eat lunch." I told Jace.
"Okay see you at lunch." I let myself in the door and heard voices coming in from the kitchen. Normally I would've kept walking, but I heard my name.
"-Sophie can't be just another pawn for them!" It was my mom's voice.
"Annabeth, you and Percy can't really expect to hide this from her forever!" Piper exclaimed. Piper and my mother were friends from the moment they met I swear. They were super close, and talked about everything.
"But you know what it feels like to have hundreds of people counting on you Piper! How could I put that pressure on my poor daughter?" Mom fought back, trying to reason with Piper.
"You need to tell her Annabeth, before she finds out on her own, and she losses your trust." I could feel the charm speak emanating from her voice.
"I-I know Piper, but I don't think I can do it." I was inching towards the wall to hear more, but one of my idiotic brothers, or father, left their shoes on the floor, and I tripped over it, causing a loud racket. Mom and Piper came out, weapons drawn. Mom's face looked troubled when she realized it was me.
"Oh Soph are you okay?" Piper spoke first, obviously trying to lessen the tension in the room.
"Yeah I'm fine." I groan, rubbing my ankle.
"I'm going to kill your father." Mom muttered. Me to, I think. I guess it was his shoe.
"Sorry I just got here like, two seconds ago. I am going to go shower." I told them. Their faces looked relieved. That was my sign that they were definitely hiding something big from me. What, I didn't know, but I intended to find out. I sauntered off towards the bathroom, and I heard a huge sigh from the two women. As I undressed, I thought about what they were talking about. Mom was talking about putting pressure to save hundreds of people on me, and being a pawn to people. But who, and what pressure? As soon as I felt the hot water pour down my back, I felt instantly better, and I cleared my mind. It was probably nothing. Yet, I couldn't shake off the feeling that something was wrong. You know, that feeling in the back of your head that rings in your brain whenever you think of it. After getting dressed, I went to the kitchen. Both women were gone. Sighing, I went outside. When I locked up, I knew something was instantly wrong. Rachel the Oracle looked at me with pity before scurrying off towards the cafeteria. When I arrived, the room got quiet. I saw Rachel eyeing me, then looking away. And once I sat down at the table I shared with my family, all Hades went loose.
A/N: Dun dun dun…again! I really enjoy writing this story, but I need more reviews! So if you guys would do that it would be amazing! Anyway next chapter should be up tomorrow, maybe later today if I am in a good mood. See ya then!
~Emily
