After All These Years
Chapter 3:
The Deathly Hallows
When Percy was seventeen, Annabeth left camp. One day, she was here, the next, she disappeared from camp. She's not dead, because Nico can't sense her spirit, and no Iris messages are revealing her location. Percy is offered a job to teach at a ADHD and Dyslexia School to find demigods, and accepts. But what happens when Percy meets a jet-black haired boy with big gray eyes, with sea-green specks?
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"There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind"
~ C. S. Lewis
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Percy POV:
- Monday September 2, 2024 -
I looked out into the horizon from the place that Blackjack dropped me off at. When people saw California is beautiful, they are totally undermining the state.
All I could see for miles was white sand and a deep blue shade. The sea just floated over the earth like a delicate blanket covers a little boy.
If only I could have a little blue boy. I totally gave up on dating a couple years after Annabeth left. I tried dating a couple of girls, but none of them were Annabeth. I'd rather die alone than not have Annabeth.
Anywho, The Deathly Hallows was right along the beach. It was great for me because it reminded me of Montauk and all of the times I've had there with my mom and Annabeth.
I should really stop saying anything because everything I say reminds me of her.
Looking over at The Deathly Hallows, I couldn't believe that it was owned by Hades because the place was beautiful. It was a light blue shade covered in palm trees and lights such as those you would put on christmas, but more party-like.
"Dude, this place looks like a vacation spot." Leo was obviously intrigued by this place. I think the word "party" is his middle name, so why wouldn't he be? He had that cheeky grin on his face like he just floated into paradise. I couldn't help but give a little chuckle.
"Well, why don't we go in?" asked Beckendorf. Him and Selena, the newly engaged, are planning to have their wedding in about four months. I can't believe that even after thirteen years, they are still together and better than ever. I wish I could have that with Anna-.
Shut up, Percy. Do not speak of her name.
Anywho, we went in to our new home. It was honestly breathtaking and beautiful.
It looked like one of those fancy vacation spots you would see in Hawaii or the Caribbeans. It gave off a friendly vibe, and it was calm and comforting as well. I saw that there was a bar and was happy because bars are the bomb dot com. I can't believe that I'll be living here for the next year or so; it was practically like living in paradise. There was a little shop in the corner of the lobby, but I am guessing that it was either a little convenient store or this place was also a hotel.
I now am really glad that Chiron got us our teaching jobs.
We approached the main desk. A really pale looking woman was at the counter. I'm going to guess that she's one of Hades's, um, friends from the underworld.
"Welcome to the Deathly Hallows. How may I help you?" I thought that people at the desks are supposed to be enthusiastic about their job, but she seems like the life was practically sucked out of her. Then again, she is one of Hades's workers.
"Um, hi. I'm Percy Jackson. These are my friends. We all have the penthouse and we each have a suite." The lady looked as white as snow, but she was in no way a Snow White. She was extremely pale and her eyes were bloodshot. He hair looked dead and she looked like she was apathetic to everything.
"Okay. Here are the keys." She gave me the keys for all of us. I think we all have our own rooms but I'm not sure. "By the way, your room is on a secret floor. If you put the key card right in front of the blank button on the elevator, you will find your floor." I thanked her and left to the elevators with the rest of my friends.
The elevator was huge. We were able to fit all 15 of us into the elevator with room still remaining. I put the key card right over the blank on and the blank button turned into the number 600, just like the sixth-hundredth floor at the Empire State Building, then pressed on it. The elevator started going up pretty fast. Everybody, beside Charlena (Charles and Selena), was talking. They, on the other hand, were excessively making out. We listened to "How Far We've Come" by Matchbox 20 which Nico was really happy about since he loves the band.
I handed the keys over to everyone after we got out of the elevator. There was one key left over, but I wasn't really sure what that was for. As we walked over to our new rooms, we only saw one door.
"What the fuck?" Nico looked extremely bewildered, but he did say what everyone else was thinking. Why in the world was there one door?
"Maybe we could use the remaining key to open the door," said Piper. I gave her a it probably won't work kind of look, but then she used her weapon. "Percy, open the door using the remaining key please."
I couldn't resist because no one can really resist besides Jason. He's gotten really good at not being affected by her, but sometimes, he pretends to be under her spell to make her feel better about herself.
"Fine." After I put the key into the door, I heard a faint little click and opened the door. I really wasn't expecting what this was.
The first thing I noticed was the circular room this place was in. It looked like a common room they have in college dorms, but it was way bigger. There were two level; one was higher and one was lower. There was a huge dining table and a kitchen on the higher deck. On the lower deck, there were many nice-looking couches and little coffee tables.
"Hey, there's a note on this table. Let me read it." Jason took the note off of the table and started reading it. "'Dear my young demigods. This is Chiron, as you can tell. I am here to tell you that we personally designed this suite for your personal likings. Each of your bedrooms are labelled under your name. The room comes with another smaller room that you would walk into at first with a television, a couch, and some tables. There are two doors in this room. One leads to the office which is where you will do most of your grading and correcting for the students. Also, you all have Macbooks that you can use there. The other door leads to the master bedroom. Inside of your bedrooms is a king bed, walk in closet, and spare dressers and drawers. There is a master bathroom with a jacuzzi, shower, bath, toilet, two sinks, and a closet. There is also another door in the closet of the bathroom which can only be activated by using your main weapon. This door leads to any place in the hotel closet and you would use the same closet to teleport back to your room by saying the name of your weapon to it. The closet also serves as a regular closet.
"'Your rooms are next to each other all around the living room. Couples who have their significant others here have rooms next to each other with a connection door that can be locked from both sides. You names have also been labelled on each door with your cabin symbol on it. For example, Percy's would have Percy Jackson written on it with a trident right underneath it. Also, the cool thing about this penthouse is that we've made this place with a technologic building maker, meaning we can add extra rooms if anyone ever needs more.
"'Right across the room from the front door is a hallway. This hallway is filled with leisure rooms such as a game room with pool and foosball, a movie cinema that can play any movie ever made in high definition and a seating capacity for 100 people, an ice cream parlor, and so many more. There are also laundry rooms that do your laundry for a damancha and a room filled with storage spaces for everybody. There are also fitness rooms such as a whole entire gym and demigod training facility just like the one at Camp Half-Blood. These will help you keep your training abilities to their greatest potentials. Not only will this help you in case of monsters, but some of you are teaching fencing and other fighting or sparring sports at the Academy.
"'You all will find this place like Olympus, but do not take advantage of it. I hope you all have a great time. Sincerely, Chiron.'
"Well that's awesome. Let's dig in!" Jason and Piper ran over to their rooms and unlocked both of their doors. Their fight ended just a little bit after my birthday. They had a lot of fun... if you know what I mean.
Piper and Jason are teaching fourth grade, just like me, but Jason is teaching Latin and Piper is teaching French. It is a rule that only two teachers can teach the same language, but some other lady already got the job instead. Piper's elective was debate because she majored in law. She is really good and has won some really big cases. Debate is going to be full of kids. Jason is teaching self-defense as his elective. After the Second Titan War, he started taking karate and kung fu lessons so he'd know how to defend himself without a weapon.
Silena and Beckendorf ran over to their rooms and unlocked the doors. I'm pretty sure that Silena was unpacking her bag first thing once she got there. Silena is teaching seventh grade because she thinks that it is easier to ship people when they are older (whatever the Hades that means) and fashion design. Beckendorf is teaching eighth grade because he thinks that they brains are more fixable (whatever the Hades that means again). He is teaching carpentry and mechanics to the kids for their elective. They both are obviously teaching Greek because they know Greek.
Nico looked for his room, and he found it near the entrance to our grand palace. Will Solace found his room next to Nico's and unlocked it.
Ever since I found out that Nico used to like me ten years ago, I have noticed that he looked happier, like there was a burden lifted off his broad shoulders. Let's just say that puberty had done him well. Selena refers to him as the "foreign mysterious kind of sexy." I know that he is teaching a fifth grade Italian class. He is also teaching Mythomagic and Fantasy Games for his teaching elective.
Will and Nico have been dating for the past eight years. After the Second Titan War, the two became best friends. After three years, Nico realized that he developed strong feelings for Will even though it wouldn't have been legal since Nico was seventeen and Will was twenty. He was afraid that another incident like the one with us would happen. During these three years, Will would go out with tons and tons of girls, so Nico felt as though he had no hope. But he had and urge inside of himself to tell Will, and he did. Apparently, Will is bisexual and liked Nico like that too. From what Selena told me, Nico's first kiss was one of the strongest affections of love she had ever felt. But I am happy for Nico. We are really good friends now.
Will is also teaching fifth graders, but he is teaching Greek rather than Italian. His elective is teaching kids human anatomy. Since he is one of the best overall doctors in the United States, his elective will be extremely full. He is also going to work at the Los Angeles Children's Hospital so he can change the lives of young children.
It's actually kind of ironic how Nico is the darkest person in the world, and Will is the most positive person in the world. Well I guess opposites do attract.
Hazel and Frank found their doors right next to each other, and they smiled. They were always so happy. Hazel and Frank were teaching Latin to third grade students. Hazel's elective is horseback riding since she loves horses so much. Before you ask, yes Frank doesn't have dyslexia or ADHD, but Chiron told the people hiring us that he was, so we could have more demigods there. His elective is archery since he is really good. I mean, everybody thought he was Apollo's son!
Leo and Calypso dashed over to their doors. Leo is going to teach sixth graders Greek because he says that his greatest year of his life was when he was eleven. Also he thinks that sixth graders can understand things more than the younger kids, but listen more than the older kids. He is teaching robotics and programming as his elective. Calypso isn't a demigod, so she isn't working at the school, but Chiron got her a flower shop with a garden in the back where she can plant even more flowers, just like back in Ogygia.
Katie Gardner will also work there with Calypso. She and Travis ran for their doors as well. Katie is teaching first graders Greek and Travis is teaching second graders Greek. Katie's elective is gardening since she is practically the best demigod in the business. Travis is teaching forensics. It is actually really ironic how Travis is a son of Hermes but he went to school for crime fighting when he was usually the one who committed crimes. He actually got into the CSI because his mind was so good at finding ways to commit serious crimes. He was in the CSI for about eight years, but is taking a break at the moment. But I'm not even supposed to know that so I never said anything.
Connor Stoll also tagged along with Katie and Travis, but his door is next to Travis's. He is teaching Psychology as his elective. He is also teaching second graders Greek. I like Connor because he is literally the only guy, besides me, who hasn't found "the one" yet. We usually are the only two people who don't have dates places, so we have became really good friends. Sure, he has dated more girls than I have, but he hasn't found anyone steady yet.
Lastly, Reyna and her dogs walked gracefully over to Reyna's room. I'm guessing that Chiron put a room for her dogs in there. They are the only two things Reyna loves more than anything. Well, besides being praetor, but ever since she graduated from her college in New Rome, she had to give her position to somebody else. The dogs are all she really has.
Reyna is teaching Latin to first graders. She wants to make sure that no child has a life like the one she had. And early detection is necessary. Her elective is leadership skills because she knows how to lead a group of people. Ever since Octavian died, she has really been a lot happier. Ever since Aphrodite told her that she wouldn't find love in a demigod, she got over Jason and me. She hasn't gone out with a demigod ever since, thus causing a burden to slowly lift off her chest. She is also single, but she hasn't given up.
After everybody went into their rooms, I went to mine. I unlocked the door and sat on the blue couch. Whoever made this place totally captured the essence of the Poseidon cabin.
At the academy, I am teaching fourth graders Greek. Well that's kind of obvious because the only other language besides English that I know is horse, but I'm not sure that is one of the languages the school offers. My elective is swimming because I think that I'm better than everybody else at swimming in the world. I was offered to be on the American Olympic Swimming team, but I turned it down because I was grieving over Anna-.
No, Percy. Shut up! This is one of those moments that I'm thankful that I have ADHD. Anyways, I'm really excited for the school year to start.
I walked around my new home. The office was really cool because the decor was extremely oceanic and beautiful. I'm guessing this is where most of my correcting will be done. I saw that my MacBook was decorated with many fishes on it. I even saw a Nemo sticker and told the Gods to tell Chiron that I was so happy.
I walked into my new bedroom. My bed was brown with blue sheets and blankets. I had a Nemo pillow, like the pillow on my bed at the Poseidon cabin at Camp Half-Blood. Again, I internally thanked Chiron. I don't know where I'd be without him.
The bedroom was beautiful, but I think the bathroom was better. It was blue obviously, but the jacuzzi was huge. It could probably fit about ten people. There was a shower and one of those transparent bathtubs. There were rubber duckies floating in the bathtub water. I moved them around with my water abilities. I was having a blast.
I stood in the bathroom closet and took out Riptide. I thought of the pool in the lobby. There obviously had to be a closet near the pool. I shut my eyes and as soon as they opened, I saw another closet. I walked out and was at the pool. This is so great. I walked back into the closet and said "Riptide," and I was back in my bathroom closet. This thing is amazing!
I walked out of my room and looked around. Everybody was happy. I have tried as hard as I can, but I'm not that happy. I doubt I will ever be that happy. I want to be that happy.
Anyways, I walked into the hallway with all the cool rooms and places. There was an Olympic pool and a training center. There was a snack bar with only health things in it, which totally defeated the purpose of a snack bar.
As I walked around, I noticed that this place was literally a city of its own. I'll probably be staying here until school starts. I can't wait to go to the beach and swim and stuff.
Annabeth kept popping up in my brain as I thought of the beach. The only way that I get rid of stress is by swimming, so I decided to take advantage of the pool and swim for what felt like hours.
Nathalia POV:
I looked at the door. It doesn't look like Dad was coming anytime soon, so I pulled my newly-stolen book out from under the covers.
I know it's not necessarily new, but anything my family has that is less than a month old is new.
My mom left practically right after I was born. My dad says that her family made her move all the way across the country, so she couldn't live with us anymore. Ever since, it has just been my dad and me.
My dad's name is Paul and he is twenty-nine years old. He is a biology major at the college we live near. He also owns a flower shop that is right under our apartment. It doesn't make us a lot of money, but it makes us enough to eat.
Since we are sort of poor and live in an extremely rich city, a lot of the girls make fun of my overalls and my braids. Even These's friends make fun of me. And I'm his best friend.
I like These a lot. I mean, of course I like him. He's my best friend, well, my only friend. But whenever I'm near him, I get this extremely bubbly feeling in my stomach that feels like trillions of butterflies are trying to escape my stomach. Then I start laughing and giggling a lot. These is extremely popular, so he has a lot of friends. When he's with his other galfriends, (A/N: That is what I call my friends that are girls. And guyfriend is a friend that is a boy) I want to knock them away because I want him to talk to me and only me.
That's how much I like him. I like him more than a lot. He's adorable and when he babbles on about chemical reactions, all I want to do is kiss him until he breaks. His hair is amazing and his sweater vests are adorable and I feel like bopping his nose everytime he wears his glasses rather than his contacts. And sometimes I wish I was funny so then I could make him smile and I could see his smile everyday.
But wouldn't like me. I'm just and tiny blonde girl who everyone thinks is weird and too crazy for his affection. I'm not even as pretty as his other friends. Why would he choose me over them? They have money and designer clothes and all I have are overalls and sneakers. Why choose someone of the impoverished life than someone of the wealthy life?
And anyways, Theseus is rich too. Auntie Annabeth is one of the best building designers in the world. I think she's an architect, but she designs buildings. She makes about as much money in month than Dad makes in two years. I can't wait until I'm twelve and can work in Auntie Annabeth's architecture firm. She said that These and I could work there once we get our work permits, which is when a kid turns twelve in California. I'll also work in dad's flower shop so then I can take over when I'm older. That'll be exciting.
But anyways, why would he like me? I'm ugly, poor, smart, and tiny. Not like the other girls who live on Sunset Boulevard and other places.
I decided to read The Little Lilac after all. The book is about a little lilac who is in love with her best friend, a blue rose named Bobby who lives in the rose section. All the girls made fun of her for liking the blue rose, but Lilly didn't care. And they kept tormenting her on her way to his flower pot. Bobby decided to go to her pot instead and when she was in the bathroom, he found her diary. Then, he hated all the girls who hurt her and then he and Lilly became a thing.
Before you ask, I'm actually pretty smart. I just like when These reads to me, so I pretend that I can't read. I like snuggling my head into his shoulder and entangling my hands on his other shoulder. And I was actually the second smartest kid in our grade last year, but he knows that I'm smart besides at reading.
So I love The Little Lilac because it describes my life as it is. I wish it was a reality because those girls do harass me and they do hurt me, but I could never tell These because he wouldn't believe me. He would think that all the other girls were just teasing me and to stop being so immature. If only he knew what I was going through...
I heard footsteps in the hallway outside my door, so I hid the book under my green floral pillow and pretended to stare at the ceiling.
"Hey Nathalia, how are you?" My dad walked into the room and sat by my feet on the bed.
"I'm great, dad." Not really, but I want him to be happy.
"Okay let me tuck you in so you won't miss your first day." Darn it, I forgot school started tomorrow. Oh well, let's get ready for school.
"Yay school is tomorrow! Can't wait Daddy!" I think he detected the sarcasm in my voice, but he didn't say anything. He just gave me a good-night kiss and shut the lights.
School's tomorrow. I hope people like me. I hope they won't hate me like the Kendra and Kelli did. I hope they won't hate Theseus.
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