Two years later…

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Disclaimer: If I owned Percy Jackson the Blood of Olympus would be so so so so much better than it is now. Anyways, enjoy!

Percy POV

A new school. One far, far away from where we had been. One called Goode High.

A hearing school.

No matter how many times I had protested, my mom had told me that I had to go. My stepdad, Paul Blofis, worked there as English teacher. Hooray.

'Mom, you know how bad I do at hearing schools.' I signed. She interpreted fast, for someone who learned sign language as a second language. Plus I signed really fast, as ASL was my first language.

"I know honey, but you have to go," my mom said, her head turning towards me. She was busy helping my younger sister, Sophie, get ready for school.

Sophie had dark hair and dark eyes that were a mystery. My mom had brown hair and hazel eyes and Paul had brown hair and blue eyes. In fact, out of all of our family, Sophie looked most like me, with messy dark hair and dark eyes.

I had green eyes, but still.

She bounced up and down on her feet and signed, 'Please, Percy? I'm going to go right across from you!'

I laughed and ruffled her hair. 'Alright, little tiger, I'll go.'

She bounced on her feet and smiled. "I did it, Mom! I did it!"

I studied her lips and was able to make it out. 'Wait, you two planned this?' I signed. Sophie nodded and my mom rolled her eyes in exasperation.

I rolled my eyes too. 'Sophie, how dare you trick me like this.' I signed, putting on a mock-betrayed expression.

'Percy Jackson, I don't care if you're my big brother, I am ten years old and in seventh grade, I can do what I want.' She signed.

About her grade level. Sophie is supposed to be in fifth grade, but she is incredibly smart, so she skipped two grades and may skip another.

I stuck my tongue out at her and she drew herself up to her full height, which was actually amazing. She was almost as tall as I was, and I was sixteen while she was ten.

'Percy you know I can fight, you saw what I did to Elliot.' She signed, cracking her knuckles after signing.

I rolled my eyes, remembering. Elliot was another sixteen-year-old kid in our old neighborhood who had enjoyed teasing me. He had been bullying me one day, Sophie had stepped out in time to hear him, and the next thing I knew, Sophie was scrubbing the road, and Elliot's face was the mop.

She punched my arm playfully, but I couldn't help wincing. Sophie was incredibly strong. (A/N: Sophie is pretty much my BFF but Sophie has my name*winks*)

My mom checked her watch and shoved Sophie and me out the door. 'You two are going to be late, hurry up!' She signed.

I slung my backpack over my shoulder and pulled Sophie after me out the door. She pushed my arm off and signed, 'I am perfectly capable of walking by myself.'

I let go and kept walking, following a mob of high school and middle school students. Sophie hurried a bit and soon began chatting with a blond-haired, grey-eyed boy who looked about her age, but still had a Goode Middle School thing on his backpack.

I kept my head down until I felt someone punch my arm. I winced; Sophie had punched the exact same spot earlier.

I looked up and saw the familiar face of Nico Di'Angelo. He was my cousin and also lived in New York. I scolded myself mentally; how could I have forgotten that?

Another girl came up to us and I recognized her immediately: Thalia Grace, another one of my cousins.

'Percy! Where've you been?' Nico signed. A word about my cousins: they are amazing so they learned sign language to be able to talk with me.

I rolled my eyes. 'Alive.'

Thalia signed, 'No you dumbass, literally, where have you been?'

I sighed and signed, 'With Gabe. LA.' (A/N: I know Percy is supposed to live in NY with Smelly Gabe, but you see, I had to make him move there, so I made him live in LA.)

Thalia nodded. 'We missed you. It was fun using sign language and driving Aunt Hera crazy though.'

I rolled my eyes. 'You two still enjoy doing that?'

Nico nodded. 'Are you going to Goode too?'

I shrugged and signed, 'Against my will, yes.'

Sophie came back and studied Thalia and Nico. 'Percy, who're these?' she signed. Right. Sophie, Thalia, and Nico didn't know each other.

Thalia studied Sophie and signed, 'Percy, who's this?'

I rolled my eyes again. 'Thalia, this is Sophie, my younger sister. She's ten and is in seventh grade.'

Thalia kicked at the road with her combat boot. 'Yeah right she's in seventh grade.' She signed.

Before I knew it, Thalia was pinned down on the road and Sophie was holding her down. "First of all, who are you?" Sophie hissed. I squinted and was able to read her lips.

Thalia struggled but soon it became obvious that even she couldn't break free.

Thalia said something, I could see her lips moving, but I couldn't read them with Sophie's dark hair dangling in front.

Sophie tilted her head the way she always does when figuring out a problem. Finally, she shrugged and climbed off of Thalia. Then she said, "I'm Sophie, Percy's younger sister. And never ever ever call me Soph or insult Percy in any way unless you're interested in your face becoming a mop."

I punched Sophie's arm and flung Thalia's backpack at Thalia.

'We're going to be late for school, come on.' I signed. Thalia put her hands over her heart. 'The great Percy Jackson is worried about being late for school?'

'Shut up.' I signed, kicking her shin.

Nico watched all of this happen, shaking his head and pulling both me and Thalia to school. Sophie had already run off to who knows where and was probably already in class.