I don´t own Percy Jackson or the Olympians. The credit goes to Rick Riordan.
Chapter 1
Evelyn
This guy is an idiot, Evelyn judged as she saw him grinning at her. Whatever. "Stop that. This. Is .Serious. Someone has set us up." She said. Percy lifted his eyebrows and asked "What do you mean?" "I mean that there´s no way that two people with memory loss wake up together in some random location. The memory loss in general is possible, of course, but highly unlikely when there´s two." she said as he stoop up. He choughed, though it sounded like "gh-rainiac" and smirked. She folded her arms and studied him. Percy had white shoes, blue jeans and an orange T-shirt, Camp Half-blood written on it. He had short and black hair with a streaks of gray passing trough it. She admitted that he had somewhat cute looks, since he had sun crinkles which told her that he smiled a lot. At least that much was obvios already. His eyes were deep sea green. She saw the humor in them, but then she noticed the panic hidden behind the humor and she understood that maybe he had realized the situation.
"Maybe it´s a destiny" Percy said, still smiling. Evelyn scowled. Or maybe not. "Look, we need to find out where we are so that we can find help and hopefully something that triggers our memories" she said as he placed his hands in his trousers pockets. "Got any ID?" Evelyn asked as she checked for her own pockets. She only had a white handkershief and she put it back. Percy pulled out a wallet and a ballpoint pen. In the wallet he had his driver licence. He glanced at it and said "I can´t read it, it is too dark here." "Give it here" and she read aloud "Percy Jackson, New York, Manhattan. Age sixteen." Evelyn gave the card back to him. Percy studied her as if thinking how come you can read in this light? Then he checked the rest of the wallet and found two hundred bucks and six big golden coins. Each was carved with the omega symbol, shimmering ever so lightly. He stared at them."Ring any bells?" Evelyn asked him and Percy closed his eyes and shook his head, as if it was throbbing. Serves him right, she thought, still angry.
Evelyn noticed the backpack that Percy had used as a pillow. She pulled her down from her shoulders as she said "Let´s check our pags." Percy looked around and saw his. "Oh. Right" and he opened it. They both had their own set of clothes, some food for several days and water bottles and Evelyn had her own minibag which had medical supplies such as some painkillers and a lot of bandages, though Percy had none. Insted he had this cool bronze wristwatch that he immediately set on his left hand. Then he slammed his hand at it. Go figure.
Then Evelyn jumped back in suprise. "Whoa! What the hades is that?" Where his watch had been was now this big round shield with a razor sharp edges and a mirror cofering the surface. Evelyn saw her own reflection on it and she noteiced that when she had jumped back Evelyn had entered in a deep shadow of a huge tree, making her almost invisible even for herself, altough she saw everything else clearly in the night. She herself seemed to be part of the darkness. She only saw her own pale face and the black eyes that was even darker than the night. It´s just my imagination running wild, she thought and shifted her focus on the shield itself. Percy seemed only mildly suprised. He did something to the shield and it shrinked back to its former form. "Well, this will be handy" Percy said and laughed when he glanced back at her. Evelyn narrowed her eyes on that. Then he checked the rest of the pag, as if nothing of interest had happened. He found a small package which had a letter on it.
Evelyn stepped closer, stepping out of the shadow, snatched the letter from him and folded it open. "Hey! That´s mine" Percy yelled and tried to grap the letter. She sidestepped easily and he tripped on her pag. "Calm down. You already said that you could´t read, remember? Or did you alredy forgot?" She sniggerd at him as he stood up, spitting grass. Evelyn started to read aloud.
"Perseus" it said and then "I am sorry that it came to this, but Juno insisted that this is our only choise and hope to survive that what is to come. Terra is awakening and the giants are rising. If Terra awakens, it is all over. So, we need to make sure she never does. However, some of the giants are already on their feet and fighting. The only way defeat a giant is that we, the gods, and you, the demigods, fight together against them. And so I send you to gather all the demigods under the same banner. Pray us that it is enough. It is a gample since it well may be that we will destroy ourselfes at the attemp and so, to minimize the risk, I have allowed Hera to take your memories so that your past wont affect on your mission. In the package is some ambrosia and nectar, the food of the gods. It will heal your wounds but be careful: too much and you will burn. Asides that the package includes the keys to the Legion. Trust your instincts and don´t talk to anyone, mortals and immortals alike, until you have reached the Legion. Show the keys to the gatekeeper and you will be allowed to enter. Do as you are commanded, prove your worth and wait for the ship. As an reward your memories will be returned and the curse of Achilles will be lifted. Not just yet, though. It´s good thing too because that slap would have otherwise blown your head off." Evelyn stopped and stared at the letter. Then she realized what she had just read. Her mouth opened in a slight o, eyes widening. Someone must have anticipated the outcome. It was completely reasonable to slap him in that situation. Meanwhile Percy roared with laughter. He managed to say "I know, right?"
Evelyn ignored him and stared at the lower right corner of the letter. There was a sign Ψ.
The sign of the planet Neptune. And then more letters jumped out of the paper, writing themsels as she watched.
PS: I am not joking.
