Ok. So as cliché of an author's note this is, I'm gonna start it off this way anyways.
*Ducks and hides behind sofa, while angry mob throws point things*
So as usual school. Studying for finals, and SOL's (state wide, standardized tests). Also, I had to pull my grades up. I actually had an F in math, and I managed to pull it up to at least a D, with less than two weeks left of school. *WHOOO!* no? ok.
Then there's also the fact that MATT SMITH IS LEAVING US. WHAT THE FUDGEROONS? At least we have until the Christmas Special. And also: 171 days until the 50th Anniversary Special! TENNANT IS BACK! WHOOOO!
Anywho.
Disclaimer: Same as usual. Still don't own Percy Jackson…
Percy POV
"Ok, what in the Hades just happened?" Nico asked, just as confused as the rest of us.
We were now in the castle, relaxing, and finally taking a break from our very annoying fiancées.
"Umm, we just got ambushed…" started Travis, pointing out the obvious as usual.
"Do you think that the people that attacked us are the assassins?" I questioned, though it didn't make much sense.
"Well of course not. Aren't the assassins men? I mean, the people who attacked you guys were girls too, right?" Asked Beckendorf.
"Yah, but you know what's really weird? I could've sworn that the one who robbed my carriage had a scar right next to her nose."(I know that Annabeth doesn't have a scar there but what the Hades, right? It IS fanfiction) I said, but then I realized what I said. "But that's not possible right? I mean they all died in that fire. Right? The guards even said that the bodies were too mangled to recover…" I trailed off, remembering those couple of months with excruciating detail.
Flash back starts
It was her birthday.
Princess Annabeth's.
Wise Girl's.
We were all in her bedroom, just hanging out with all of our friends.
Her, Thalia, Katie, Piper, Reyna, Clarisse, Bianca, Juniper, Silena, Nico, Travis, Jason, Leo, Chris, Conner, Grover, Beckendorf and me. We were all just messing around like best friends do.
Then, Queen Athena came in and summoned all the girls to the throne room. Once they all got up and left, all of the boys got up also, and snuck to the throne room.
What I heard made my heart break.
"You young princess's will marry." Said Athena plainly. She was never one to beat around the bush.
They were all in shock, and as usual Annabeth was the first one to recover. "But, we're only 16!" She exclaimed.
"It is of no importance." Cut in Demeter, who I just noticed was there.
"And what if we find someone suitable before the day of the wedding?" Annabeth asked, practically pleading.
One of the things I loved- I mean liked. Like about Annabeth. She could always find a loop hole, and she could come up with a plan just on the spot.
All of the queens present looked at each other. "Well I suppose that would be acceptable," Aphrodite said a bit hesitantly. "But you don't even know who we picked out yet!" She exclaimed excitedly.
They all groaned but kept listening.
"Thalia, you will marry Prince James," before she could protest, Aphrodite continued "Katie, for you we chose Prince Mark. Piper dear, you shall marry Prince John. Reyna, you shall wed Prince Thomas. Clarisse and Bianca, you shall marry the brothers Prince Dean and Prince Jake. Juniper and Silena you shall marry Princes Logan and Blake."
"What about me?" Demanded Annabeth.
"Calm down sweety!" Cooed Athena, in hopes to calm her down. I can tell you right now, that it did not work at all. "You shall be wed to Prince Luke!" She said. "Isn't that wonderful?!" She asked. "I know how he always talks to you!" She tried to encourage. That didn't work either.
I thought Annabeth was going to faint. All of those princes were douche bags. And Luke was the doucheiest, and he always hit on Annabeth.
"Yeah, it's wonderful!" She said "But I would rather marry a walrus." She said, with one of the straightest faces I had ever seen. I had to try my hardest not to break down laughing,
"But, if we find another prince, we can marry them, right?" Reminded Piper. I could tell that she was trying to use her 'Magical Convincing Powers' as we liked to call it. Piper was really good at convincing people to do what she wanted.
Reluctantly the queens nodded."But you only have 2 months!" Athena pointed out, oh so kindly, (notice the sarcasm) and the girls hastily nodded and turned back towards the door.
The guys and I all ran up the stairs and sat down on the carpet like before. The girls walked in and sat down too.
"You guys heard that, right?" Asked Juniper. We all nodded.
"So what do you think?" Asked Thalia, leaning forward to hear our opinion.
"Well, er… it… sucks?" Nico responded, kind of unsure what kind of answer she wanted.
Annabeth face palmed and muttered something about boys being clueless.
"Yeah, we know that! We meant our plan." Explained Thalia, as if she were talking to a 5 year old.
"Umm, what plan?" I asked. Annabeth muttered something else like 'Seaweed Brain'
"About us finding someone else to marry," Started Bianca "Someone like… you guys…" She said while looking away.
I couldn't help what I did next. I burst out laughing, and all of the guys did the same. The girls just sat there with pained expressions.
"What's so funny?" Demanded Annabeth.
"What makes you think that we would want to marry you?" I asked incredulously.
"You would rather we marry those other douche bags?" Retorted Annabeth. I on the other hand just burst out laughing."I feel like at this point, they would be better 'friends' than you guy."
I don't know why I laughed.
The truth was that I would have loved nothing more than to marry Annabeth. I had recently come to the conclusion that I was in love with my best friend. I tried to stop it. I knew it was just wishful thinking, and that being in love with your best friend was hopeless.
Even now, I can't say why I laughed right then.
I guess I just thought the idea of marrying at the age of 16 was funny. Or maybe the idea that Annabeth could actually feel the same way about me was so ridiculous it was laughable.
Their pained expressions turned to pure anger. Annabeth got up, strode towards me, and slapped me, right across the face.
"OUT!" She yelled. "GET OUT! I thought you guys were our friends."
"We thought we meant something to you!"Finished Thalia, who had tears in her eyes, while staring straight at Nico.
Thalia. Never. Cried.
All we could do was run out the door, for fear of getting hit again. Once we were outside her bedroom door, we heard it lock.
I started pounding on the door, begging for them to open it up.
"What the hell did we just do?" Asked Connor. I just shook my head, and hung it in shame.
"I don't know, but we'll fix it." I said, determined.
Little did I know that we would never get the chance.
1 Month Later
We hadn't heard from them in 1 month. We were all devastated. And the news we heard that day, only made it all worse.
There was a knock on my door, and my father, King Poseidon, was on the other side.
"Please come down son."He said. "The others are downstairs." And with that he walked down the stairs, with me right behind him.
Once I reached the bottom of the grand staircase, I noticed that all of the guys were waiting in the grand Hall.
"What happened?!" I asked, completely baffled. They looked horrible. Their eyes were red and puffy. They were all just sitting there, on the floor, not saying anything. Their faces all held looks of surprise.
Really bad, grief stricken, surprise.
You could feel the tension, and just the overall mood of depression.
It's like when you get up in the morning, and you're all groggy, and you turn on the shower. But then you immediately regret it, because the water is freezing cold. The shock that you get when that happens, was basically the look on their face.
"The girls…They-they were in the s-stables, and th-there was a f-f-fire…" Nico managed to choke out.
Realization hit me like a hurricane.
"A-Annabeth? A-all of t-them?" I croaked out, my voice now hoarse. All they could do was nod.
Flash back ends
"No, of course that's not possible!" Leo said while laughing nervously. It had been 3 years since the fire. And now, it was our turn to be married. Well not all of our turns. It was actually only Jason, Nico, and I, considering we were the sons of the 'Big Three'. The 3 'most powerful' kings according to the latest 'Realm Weekly'.
All of our fiancées were pretty bad. I feel like I had the worst luck. I was being forced into a marriage with Rachel Elizabeth Dare, the most annoying girl on this planet! (So. The thing is that I don't hate Rachel. She just aggravates me. I do think that Rick did an amazing job with developing her character)
She was basically the female version of Luke. But instead of being a douche bag, she was an annoying, whiney, snobby, obsessed, complete opposite of Annabeth.
Jason was marrying this girl named Princess Drew Tanaka. Her father was King Helios. I guess some might say she was pretty. She was asian, with long, thick hair. She had big dough eyes. The thing is though, she thought she could make everyone do what she said.
Not in the Piper kind of way, where Piper usually 'convinces' people on accident, where Drew just uses it whenever she wants. (AN: Drew's mom isn't Aphrodite in this. And I also just kinda chose a random God name…)
Nico was marrying Princess Dominique. She was a relatively sweet girl. She was African American, with longish curly hair. One of her faults was that she was much too clingy. She would never let go. We all felt like she just invaded our space, and everything that we did.
We were in The Kingdom, because we had been summoned by King Atlas, and his daughter Princess Calypso to rid The Kingdom of their biggest threat. The 'threat' that resided in the forest that surrounded The Kingdom.
The forest was the place that separated the rich parts of The Kingdom and the poorest village in all the realms.
We had been hired, as the 'best warriors' to finish off the 9 'Vigilantes'. We had a general idea of how to do this.
We were each to be friend 1 of the 9 men, and gain their trust. We would get as much information from them on their leader Director G.
Then, we would terminate them. Easy enough, right?
Boy were we wrong!
So yeah…
There you have it…
Chapter two…
After literally like three (probably more) months of not updating… *sigh*
On another note, I was actually curious as to how many of you guys actually read these. So if you are reading this, (and if you want to), ask a question. Whether it has to do on opinions I have, new story ideas, just stuff about me… I don't really care what the question is based on. :P
So if you do want to ask a question, ask away. If you don't, just simply review, favorite, whatever you want to do!
Have a nice day/night/whatever it is where you are.
OH AND PS: that reminds me. I was really confused on the basis of time zones and stuff, so I asked my science teacher, and she just answered 'timey wimey, stuff'.
Anyways.
BAI :3
