Hey, I wrote this chapter during day off, because the ice storm hit my area bad, so got a day off of school and wrote this most of the day and shoveled my a** off. Well please read I think this chapter is one of my best so far so please review and thanks to pjoftw111 and to Fashionistagod for writing one of the first reviews.
Percy
Taking the few steps I had to, to reach the first couple of seats sent chills up my back and I could only sense that getting on this bus would be dangerous for me. I scooted into the window seat and began to look out into the world I was living in and tried hard to remember something, but my head only throbbed more, so I had to give up. Jonny moved up next to me with a frown on his face and plopped down on the seat, with his arms crossed.
"Only if you didn't have amnesia I wouldn't be in this position," he said with a mad tone, looking at the ground.
"Sorry Mr. Pouty face, I don't know who I am," I retorted at Jonny.
Jonny looked up with a sorry face, but was interrupted when a shadow passed over Jonny and stayed still, blocking the sunlight from reaching Jonny. When I looked up I saw MEN, wait no teenagers, but the creepiest thing was they did look like men and I am serious, they had facial hair that covered their faces and muscles surrounding their whole bodies. Even in the places that wouldn't have even crossed your mind, that muscle can grow there. After my eyes scanned their enormous bodies, my mind figured out that these guys were the punks that Jonny called Muscle Head Twins.
"What up punks," said the twin grabbing Jonny's hair and throwing him from side to side, as he screamed in pain.
I watched in anger, but my thoughts of hitting these guys were interrupted when the other twin said, "I hope you enjoy your punishment, because today you are going to receive a totally different one, in the terms of pains you have never felt before. This is because of what Perseus," he looked at me and scowled followed by a grunt by his twin, "Jackson's friends did to us."
I thought why did he call me Perseus Jackson and realized that maybe that was my full name and began to think why do they know my name and know one else does. I saw that both twins looked like they were going to give us a beating, but we were saved when Mr. Brock came on board and looked at us with a worried face, but then put on a confident one.
He then said, "You two, what are you doing," pointing his old fingers at the two twins and finished, "Go find a seat, or I will make sure you get a beating by me."
I didn't understand his facial expressions in the beginning, but I didn't realize I would find out later that day and would have wanted to listen to my gut in the first place, to not get on the bus. I was scared for some reason for Mr. Brock, but the two twins listened to his directions and began to walk to the back, but I could make out the smarter one murmur to Mr. Brock, before they walked off, "We will see if you can guard these two powerful …," but was cut off by the shouting of the kids, getting tired of just sitting down.
The whole bus trip I was looking out the window, trying to figure out something that I could remember about my past, I took my eyes off the window to see how Jonny was doing. Jonny had a sketch book out with different designs planned out, with math equations that I've never seen in my life before all over the pages. I saw the sketch he was working furiously on at that moment and it looked like it was an invention he was making, that looked like a Bird Man. Mr. Brock had worry painted all over his face and kept looking back at the back of the bus, but would sometimes look over at Jonny and be amused and a smirk would cross his face, as he saw Jonny's sketch book. Mr. Brock looked up and saw me looking at him and gave me another death stare, I didn't want to see that stare and turned around. I didn't understand Mr. Brock's intentions, but decided that it was better that I didn't and looked back out into the green valley's that surrounded the Sierra Nevada Mountains. I thought back to what the smarter Muscle Head Twin said at Mr. Brock We will see if you can guard these two powerful …, what was he about to describe me and Jonny, I wanted to know so badly, but I knew that it would make the circumstance I was in even worse. I decided to drop the subject and search for a memory and while I was doing this I saw a horse, wait no, a man part horse. Centaur my subconscious told me and as I stared at the animal, I saw that it had a shirt on that read California Chapter. Right away I was carried into a memory, I was in Manhattan holding a sword in my hands, with kids in armor all around me fighting what looked like monsters and right before we were about to retreat an army of Centaurs came running into the battle with bows in hands and now it was the other army retreating. I came back to reality and noticed that I was drenched in cold sweat and Jonny and Mr. Brock were looking down at me worry spreading across their faces.
"Hey guys, what's wrong?" I asked.
"What's wrong!" Jonny exclaimed, "you were shaking rapidly with your eyes closed shut screaming your lungs off."
"What was happening with you?" Mr. Brock asked with curiosity in his face.
"I was having a memory, it's no big deal anyways," I answered trying to sound confident.
"It's no big deal, it looked like you were having a seizure," Jonny yelled.
I got mad and just yelled something at them, and turned around to look back out the window.
When we reached the museum, Mr. Brock got out of his seat and looked towards the students in the bus and told them, "Now behave your best, because we are just guests in this building, so if I see any of you fooling around, you will most definitely get a detention or possibly get expelled."
A kid from the back of the bus screamed, "Well that means Percy and Jonny pack your bags."
"Who said that," Mr. Brock said scanning the whole bus looking for the speaker, but gave up the search after a minute and every one lined up to get out of the bus.
Jonny and I got off the bus and decided to stay near Mr. Brock when the twins looked at us with hunger dancing in their eyes. While Mr. Brock was giving a lecture on the gods in Rome and in Greece, I was trying to think of a time in my life that was very familiar to this moment.
My thoughts were disturbed when Mr. Brock asked, "Percy are you listening to me."
I looked up and answered, "Yes, I am listening Mr. Brock."
"Well if you are tell me the Big Three."
"Sir, the Big Three are the eldest brothers of the gods and they are Zeus, Hades and Poseidon. Also there aren't that many demigod children from them after World War l1, because they swore not to, since there children are to powerful," I answered without thinking of what I said.
Everyone stared at me and then began to laugh their heads off pointing fingers at me. I looked at Mr. Brock about to ask what I said wrong, but he shut me up when he gave me that death stare. I got mad and ran towards the bathroom followed by the footsteps of Jonny, because I guess he felt sad since he was laughing his head off with the other kids too. I hit the bathroom door and it flew open, I went to one of the mirrors and just looked at myself and realized I had one gray streak of hair in my jet black hair and touched it. I wish I hadn't, because a memory swirled to life and I was holding up a cloud, which seemed to cause the pain that was traveling through my limbs instantaneously, my vision began to blur and my legs buckled. I saw teenagers fighting other teenagers and before I could notice more the vision of the memory blurred and I realized I was on the bathroom floor sprawled up in a ball shivering, with a wet cloth on my forehead. I saw Jonny looking at me with concern all over his face and I winked at him to try to lighten the mood.
"Don't do that to me Percy, you scared me half to death," Jonny explained.
I answered, "I think the more painful memories I have, the more I really do feel pain and the memories that carry good feelings with them, only cause a throbbing in my head."
"Ok, well if that's correct, don't try to remember anything that was painful, because it's hard to see you in pain and I can't do anything about it," Jonny said.
"Ok, I will try."
I got up feeling weak, but thanks to Jonny for helping me up on my feet, but as soon as we were about to leave the Muscle head Twins barged in, with there arms crossed. I was about to say something stupid like "what do you want" or "get out", but before I could say a stupid comment they changed into these hairy beings. The twins transformed into eight foot tall bears, they had claws instead of finger nails, paws for feet, a snout like nose and they had all pointed canine teeth, they had a brown coat of shaggy fur all around them and they looked hungry.
"Th-th-ey are m-m-monsters," Jonny stammered.
"Agrius and Oreius," I murmured.
Agrius said, "Ah, I knew I should have waited before I showed myself to the faun and have eaten this one, after my patron told me someone special was coming and what do you know, it was Perseus Jackson."
"I thought you guys went to Tartarus after the centaurs killed you, I guess you came back early," I asked.
"Well our patron gave us life and even if you destroy us we will come back sooner than you expect and if not worst monsters from the Underworld will hunt you down. I am really sorry, you won't be able to see the wrath of my patron on your world, since I will destroy you demigod and your friend here, because of what you did to my master," Agrius said with amusement and anger.
"Yes, yes, yes. Can smash them now," Oreius asked.
"No you can't and I'm sorry to admit, but you won't see the wrath of your patron, since I will destroy you myself," I yelled.
Both bear men charged forward and I let my reactions take over me, just like they did when I saw Agrius and Oreius and began to say things. I took out my pen and my subconscious told me to take the cap off, I listened and the pen grew into a three foot long bronze sword, wait no celestial bronze sword. I hadn't noticed but while the pen grew into the sword, Oreius the dumber of the two ran right into it yelling a battle scream and blew up into a pile of golden dust.
Agrius stopped at the pile of golden dust on the ground and screamed, "You will pay Son of Poseidon," and stared at me.
"Well are you ready to meet your brother again," I said and with that Agrius charged at me.
My reactions took over me again and I side stepped, thrust, blocked, slashed, this battle felt like it was going on forever. My curiosity began to cloud my thoughts, with thoughts like I am the Son of Poseidon, it can't be, but maybe, I don't even remember my past so I don't even know. When I began to think, my sword fighting became slower and Agrius caught my arm and pushed me to the ground, grabbing my sword and throwing it on the other side of the room.
"I think you were wrong, when you said you can destroy me, demigod," he said opening his mouth ready to tear me to pieces, but his action was interrupted when a bronze sword pierced right through his back to his chest, turning him to golden dust, that spread all over me.
"Hey are you alright Percy, I didn't know if I might have hit you," asked Jonny, who looked to stunned to do anything.
"Man I didn't know you could do something so brave like that, and yeah I'm alright," I told him, as a bright rose red spread throughout his face.
I heard the door slam open, as I was standing up with my sword in my hand, "Kids what is taking you…," Mr. Brock saw the golden dust spread all over the floor and saw that I was holding Riptide in my hand, "It's time we leave now you two, before more come."
"More of what," Jonny asked.
"More of monsters," I told him, before Mr. Brock could.
"How do you know that Percy," asked Mr. Brock, with a surprised face.
"I don't know, it's just like everything else I know, like I know about the Big Three not having children after World War 11 or about how the twins were Agrius and Oreius, monsters sent to kill Jonny and me, by their patron."
"I don't know who you are, but I could sense that you are a powerful demigod, now let's go I'm going to call for an extraction squad."
"An extraction squad, that doesn't sound pretty," asked Jonny, but instead of getting an answer, Mr. Brock took his pants off and his hat.
Under those pieces of clothing, there were horns on his head and his legs were the legs of a goat.
"You're a Satyr aren't you," I asked.
"Yes and no. I am a faun the Roman term, a satyr is the Greek term."
"Ok, it just feels right calling you a satyr, not a faun, but alright, I got it."
I didn't realize, but the whole time we were having this conversation, we were making our way to the exit.
Jonny stopped and looked at us, "Guys, I have to run back and get my sketch book, I will only be a sec," he said before running off.
We waited and Mr. Brock waited a little impatiently, because he was murmuring things to himself, while walking around in a circle.
"Mr. Brock are you alright," I asked unsure of what he would do to me.
"Percy, I know you just got here today and Jonny thinks you have been here longer. This is because of the mist, but this mist is so powerful, I almost fell for it, but didn't and thought you were an ancient monster instead going to kill Jonny. I have been wondering maybe you were sent by a god and that is why you don't have a memory and have a powerful mist surrounding you."
"That might be true, but…," I was interrupted by Jonny's screaming and his back pack flailing around a big dog's mouth.
" Crap a Hellhound, we have to get going now," we waited for Jonny and then we all darted for the door.
I could feel the breath of the beast's mouth on my neck and could sense the hunger in it's eyes, then I sensed the tension of the legs about to pounce and screamed at the top of my lungs, " Get on the ground now."
We all fell to the ground, as the beast jumped over us and landed in front of us, it turned around with amazing speed and was about to pounce again, when I heard an arrow whiz by my head and hit the dog between the eyes. The hellhound turned into golden dust and I turned around to see three Pegasus flying towards us.
Hello Lord, it's a great honor to be in your presence.
Lord it's amazing you're right in front of us.
"Hey guys it's nice to meet you too, this is Jonny and Mr. Brock," I told the horses, wait I am talking to horses.
I guess Jonny thought that to, because he said, "Were you just talking to horses."
"Yeah, I guess I was, but it wasn't the freakiest thing today," I answered back.
"I guess not."
One of the horses landed and bowed to me after the rider got off and the rider walked to us and spoke to Mr. Brock, "Brock I thought you said there was only one demigod, not two."
"Sorry Miss, this one," pointing a finger at me, "just showed up today, from no where, with no memory."
"I see well… ,"but the girl was interrupted by Jonny.
"No he didn't, he was with me the whole school year Mr. Brock," Jonny stated.
"Son you can call me Brock and sorry to say this, but that was the mist the whole time, Percy was correct he never was here before today," answered Brock.
Jonny looked stunned and didn't speak again, and I felt really bad for the kid, because he thought that I was his friend this whole school year and now I felt like he was my only friend.
"Jonny is my friend, even if I didn't know who he was until today and before you take me anywhere, I want to know where we will be going," I said, looking over to Jonny who had a big grin on his face.
"Kid don't talk to me like that and we will be traveling to Camp Legion," answered the brunette girl.
If you like it review please and please tell me anything that I did wrong or help me out with certain things. Since next chapter I am going to name Bobby, Gwen, Hazel, Dakota, and Reyna tell me what you think each one will look like and I will think about those options, this is what I am thinking now in Greek term now, but will put them in Roman form:
Bobby- Apollo
Hazel- Aphrodite
Dakota-Hephaestus
Gwen- Hecate
Reyna-Ares