Hey, again,
So… Percy's back fighting an old enemy?
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Last time:
I drove home and stopped the car outside my house... I got out a strange feeling in my stomach, a growl stopped me in my tracks and I turned, to see one of my oldest friends...
The Minatore,
Percy!
I stared at its big beefy body, my body shaking in anger… My day couldn't get any fucking better could it?!
Grabbing Riptide from my pocket I clicked it grinning as my bronze sword slipped easily as if it had been soaked in butter from the pen shape. His small beady eyes widened, if that's possible, at the sight of the weapon and had had to laugh.
He remembered me.
Quickly I jumped up, doing a similar move to the one I did when I was twelve, to end on his head. I crawled over his head and looked at the floor meters below me.
I gripped one of his sharp curly horns and dropped digging my blade into his chest as I fell, ripping his chest open. He gave a groan and exploded into golden dust covering my clothes, I jumped up and down adrenalin filling my veins like a drug.
I started to walk away only then feeling the familiar warm feeling as blood seeped from a gash on my forehead. My sight began to get blurry and I swayed as if I was drunk but continued to walk.
Two bright lights invaded my eyes sight and something large and heavy slammed into the left side of my body, I welcomed the darkness with open arms, soon slipping into sleep.
"Oh My Gods, are you okay?" A familiar voice rang, echoing around my head as if it was a hammer.
"Mommy, is he okay?" A child's voice asked, the person stood over me came into vision as my eyes blinked open creating a blurry image.
"Shit!" The woman cursed loudly then added "I didn't say that okay, Mel?" A small figure came into view and she nodded softly. "Where is Phoebe?" The woman soft bell asked.
"Don't know, mommy… She was playing with the lake?" The small girl answered curiosity deep in her voice. The woman nodded and my eyes began to focus.
"Go find her Mel" The woman ordered her tone soft and gentle. The small girl scurried off in a hurry leaving me and the woman.
Blonde hair, Grey eyes…? Annabeth? Fuck! My eyes widened and I jumped backwards in a rush to get away from her. She was staring at me in confusion so I lifted my eyes to hers making her gasp and tears form.
"I'm so, sorry… so, so sorry!" I cried after 5 minutes of shocked silence. Silent tears rolled down her face and I bit my lip to keep the sobs climbing my stomach down.
She glared at me and spat "There's nothing to be sorry for!" I looked down at the muddy floor and then up at the light blue sky.
"Of course there is, Annabeth… "Realisation dawned on me, the child that was stood next to her minuets ago… was hers? A small tear ran down my cheek and I wiped it away angry at myself for not seeing this, of course she would've moved on. "The girl…" I choked.
She continued to glare at me her eyes were a stormy grey flashing with anger.
I bit my lip harder and stumbled to stand up grasping the tress surrounding me for support. I stared at her for 2 minutes more before stumbling down the road; she had a family to get back to. I couldn't hurt her more than I previously had…
"Percy?" I heard, I turned around to find Annabeth staring at me with worry. "Yes Annabeth?" She cast her eyes down and said "Are you okay?"
I growled at my weakness and nodded stiffly, she nodded slowly unconvinced but turned her head to the girls, around 4, running towards her.
One of them was smaller than the other, not by a lot but it was noticeable. The smaller one had black wavy hair and dark grey eyes like Annabeth. The taller one was blond with familiar green eyes and owned a similar smirk to… my own?!
"Mommy? Can we go to the lake and have boat ride?" The blond one asked, her voice still held the toddler type speech, smiling at Annabeth sweetly. Annabeth shot a nervous glance between us all from them to me to back at them. The black haired one looked up at me and gasped causing the blond one to look up too.
They stared at me and then the blond grinned stepping forwards and holding out her hand
"Heya, I'm Phoebe Thalia and this is my sister Melanie Sally, We're four and a half" She told me smiling at me.
I raised my eyes to Annabeth's and she was looking at the floor like I was interesting.
"Hello, I'm-" I started but Annabeth cut me off "He's called Peter Johnson and he is an old friend of mine from when we were kids" I stared at her in wonder and she shook her head ever so slightly.
"You look like someone in a picture" Phoebe enquired and my eyebrows shot up, Melanie started to walk up to me slowly and then ever so slightly touched my hand. She grinned like Christmas came early and jumped up placing her arms around my shoulders and not letting go.
"Phoebe, you are like granddad P" Melanie giggled from where her head was on my shoulder. My hand found its way to hr hair and I began to stroke me softly twirling strand through my fingers. Annabeth, who had been quiet through all of this, looked at Melanie with tears in her eyes.
"You wanted to go on the lake for a boat ride?" I asked changing the subject quickly before either of the twins noticed. They both nodded their heads furiously and grinned at me, "Okay, Go and get yourself an ice cream and when you've finished you and mommy can go on the boats" I offered.
They both cheered and I placed Melanie on the floor gently passing her the money, she seemed like the more responsible of the two… must have her mother's genes.
They ran off towards the ice cream cart a couple of meters away but we could still see them. I turned to Annabeth,
"They're mine aren't they?" I accused.
She stayed quiet but the tears that had welled in her eyes spilled over and leaked down her face, she nodded. Yes.
"Why'd you change my name?" I asked, curiously…?
"Because they know who you are, Percy. I'm not harsh enough to not tell them who their father is… They know all about you, all about our world… they've even been to camp. They have met Athena and Poseidon" I realised my mouth was hung open, but she continued "Hence the reason I was so confused when you met them, I thought that because everyone at camp knew about them they would've told you?"
I shook my head softly.
A couple of months after I had left Annabeth I went back to camp to see if she was okay but when I got to the boundary I couldn't get through. It was like I was a monster… Unable to reach the magical place beyond Thalia's tree.
I sat there for hours at the border line until Travis and Conner walked up to me on the opposing side, glaring at me.
"Hello" Travis said steely. I nodded at them both, smiling slightly, but they continued to glare at me fiercer than I would have imagined.
"Hey, erm, guys, can you let me in?" I asked watching their faces intently as emotions flooded their features. Pity crossed their face as they shook their heads in unison, I glared at the floor. "Please…" I begged but they shook their heads again "Is she okay?" I finally asked, and shock covered their face, I raised my eyebrows. "Is she okay!" I ordered, the ground shook beneath me and campers ran out of their cabins in wonder and fear.
They both nodded and I sighed, still angry. Chiron trotted up, sympathy and protectiveness all over his face.
"Travis, Conner, you can go now… Thankyou boys" They nodded they identical brown hair and jogged off down the hill to where campers were staring at the lake in horror "Perseus, I need you to calm down. You're scaring my campers; I also need you to leave… "He ordered.
I gaped at him, how he could ask me to leave, out of everyone I thought he would be the person to understand why I did it. I filled my lungs with air trying to calm my shaking fists and choked out a single word "Why?" He smiled sadly at me and muttered.
"Because you aren't doing anyone any good here Perseus. You're causing harm to everyone near you and you're only going to make things worse. "Then he turned away mumbling something I wasn't meant to hear "That kid is a tsunami and harms everything in his wake"
Tears rolled down my pale cheeks as I stared after my former instructor, Campers began to run to the border. I felt like I was an animal in a zoo, having children press their noses against the glass of my cage…
They stared at me with mixed emotions: Pity, confusion, wonder. I coughed and walked away into the woods where I met with 3 hell hounds. I quickly took out riptide and smashed my blade through each of their stomachs in a swift motion but not before the last one hit my stomach with his claw.
I thought about going back to my mom's house and getting some help there but she was ignoring me like everyone else.
WHY COULD NO ONE SEE I WAS DOING THIS FOR HER OWN HEALTH! The ground rumbled beneath me and storm clouds gathered over head.
"Calm, Perseus" I angry voice echoed in my head, Poseidon. I shook my head defiantly and a searing pain exploded in my head, the world went burry and the floor came close.
"Percy… Percy… PERCY!" Someone yelled their voice getting clearer.
My eyes opened and Annabeth stood over me for the second time that day a worried expression on her face. I remembered our last conversation and I answered "No. I haven't spoken to anyone since I left that day…" She flinched and spat "Don't talk about that day!"
Then her expression grew into confusion and she stumbled "What do you mean?" I raised my eyebrows and said "Since I have been gone I haven't spoken to anyone apart from my mom… which still took 2 years to get her to speak to me" Her eyebrows furrowed in confusion.
"Why?"
"Everyone loves you Annabeth… it's time you came to terms with that. You're not a little kid at 7 by yourself anymore…" I told her softly, her expression stayed the same "No, everyone loves you… You're the hero of Olympus." She countered angrily.
"Stop it Annabeth" I told her, memories resurfacing.
"No, why are you lying? They all told me that they were watching out for you too, they promised me…" She choked.
My eyes widened "Watch" I told her.
Grabbing a Drachma from my pocket I created a small hose of water, creating a rainbow "Chiron, Camp half-blood" and threw the drachma in.
A picture blurred into focus and Chiron's face wore a happy genuine smile but it vanished when she saw my face. He lifted a hand and swiped through the image in the second my face came into view, I glanced at Annabeth who was watching on with a shocked expression.
"Gods… Shit! I'm sorry, I have to go… I-I… have to go see the girls… "She cried and I could tell that she was trying not to cry. I walked up to her and kept my pace the same as hers,
"I'm coming to say goodbye" I told her when she glared at me, she nodded.
We walked in silence until we reached the girls who sat by a small oak tree on looking the water, they were sat within the roots of the trees that seemed to wrap around them preventing them from moving further towards the lake.
"Thanks Demeter…"I muttered, the sky rumbled and Annabeth shot me a curious look before looking at the girls and smiling, thunder grumbled again.
"Hey, Mel, Bee" The girls looked at their mother chocolate ice cream covering their face. "Per-Peter has to go now…" Melanie looked at me and grinned coming up and hugging my legs I smiled down at her ruffling her hair.
Phoebe looked at me warily but when her sister nodded at her she came and smiled at me quickly hugging my knees and then walking backwards.
She was about to fall into the lake when Annabeth yelled "Phoebe!" I quickly created a pair of hands from the water and grabbed her placing her next to Annabeth gently. Annabeth looked at me gratefully and began to admonish Phoebe in her mommy tone
"Phoebe Thalia Jackson don't you EVER do that to mommy again, Understand?!" Phoebe nodded and pouted raising her arms in the air
"I'm shorry, mommy… I didn't mean too… Granddad P saved me though… so it's okay" Phoebe apologised and Annabeth quickly corrected her " It wasn't granddad P, baby"
Melanie was staring at me happily and whispered "Thankyou" I stared down at her smiling and winked, putting my finger to my lips "Shhh" She giggled but nodded.
Annabeth stood up straight placing Phoebe on her hip and taking Melanie's hand. Melanie stopped and asked "You gonna be at the lake tomorrow?" I nodded smiling at Annabeth frowned but finished "We'll be here, at 11 see you then…" And walked off towards the boating dock.
I grinned and began to walk away smiling all the way.
"Thanks, Athena" I mumbled, thankful that she had kept her daughter out of trouble if only this once…
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