Hey guys. I changed my name from Percabeth-lover-of-romance to Cup - Daughter of Percabeth. I just liked this new one better and you know whatever. Anyways, I really like writing this story and hope you are liking it too. Any suggestions at all I'd appreciate. Please comment. I don't care what just comment. If you don't mind I might rant about my life every once and a while. If you don't like it, just tell me. If you ever need someone to talk to you can PM me. I want to connect with the people who read my stories. So heres my rant. My best friend, Lynn*, moved to another part of the country this summer and I really miss her and she's really sad right now and for once, I don't know how to cheer her up. Any advise on that would be great. Any way, new topic. If you go to one school and the person you like goes to another, but lives up the street from you and texted you often, would you tell them you like them? Here's some more info about this subject if you want to offer advise. My crush's name is Jordan and he lives two block away from me. Last year we went to the same school and walked to the bus stop together (with some other friends). This year, most of those kids, including Jordan, have moved on to another school. I don't see him very often, but when we do see each other, we talk for hours about anything, everything, and nothing all at the same time. He's one of the only people who will text me back no matter what though and really seems to care about me. He also told me that he had a crush on another girl a couple of weeks ago. Should I tell him? Advise welcomed. if you need more info before making a decision, just PM me. Any way, that's it.
*Middle or fake names are being used to protect people's identities secret.
Disclaimer: I am a girl. This already makes it impossible for me to be Rick Riordan.
Our gym teacher, Coach Hedge, stepped aside to reveal Ryan Conklin. Ryan, a demigod?! How is that possible? Then again I wouldn't have believed we were demigods until about an hour ago. And why is Coach Hedge talking about demigods? These thoughts and more raced through my head. I was shocked back to reality by Chiron. "Nico, can you go get them?" A boy, that must be Nico, dressed in all black nodded, walked into the shadows, and disappeared. About two minutes later he reappeared with Coach Hedge and the bane my friends and my existence, Ryan Conklin. Why did he of all people have to be a demigod as well. He was a stuck up son of a bitch and all around horrible.
Coach Hedge introduced him and the same thing that happened to us happened to him. Que Chiron, "Hail Ryan Conklin, son of Aphrodite." With that, Jack burst. "Why is he, of all people, my brother?! How am I supposed to get along with that?" Aww, thats the boy I know and love. Wait did I just say that, or well think it?! I meant that in a truly platonic way. I swear!
"It's nearly curfew. Everyone to their cabins," Chiron ordered. I turned to Percy. "Lead the way," I said. I feel so much better after what Percy said. We headed towards the omega shape of buildings and stopped in front of a rectangular box-like cabin. Percy held the door for me as I stepped inside. It looked like a normal summer camp cabin from what I could see, but I was so exhausted from the day that I just lay down on a bunk and passed out. My vivid dreams were still with me, though.
I was back on the pegasus with Percy. We were riding silently over Kansas when he broke the silence.
"So, you could hear the Pegasus in your mind right?" I nodded and he continued. "I can hear them too so don't worry you're not going crazy. As a son of Poseidon, speaking to horses and all sea life is one of my specialties. If you could hear the pegasi, there's a good chance that you are my half sister."
I thought about the information that he had given me earlier, roll around in my head again. It was still so hard to process. My father was, no is, the god of the sea and I have powers.
"Can I ask you a question?" I asked tentatively.
"You just did," he replied.
"Haha very funny. Seriously though. Can I?"
"Of course."
"Who are the rest of your friends children of and who do you think my friends children of?"
"To answer your second question, I have no idea. To answer your first, Annabeth's a daughter of Athena, Thalia's a daughter of Zeus, Leo's a son of Hephaestus, and Jason's a son of Jupiter. Oh, and Grover's a satyr."
"Your mean the creatures with goat legs?"
"Exactly."
"Why did you call Thalia a daughter of Zeus and Jason a son of Jupiter?"
"The gods have many personalities," he began, trying to choose his words carefully, "two of which are Greek and Roman. The Roman personalities are more distant, regal, and war-like. Thalia and Jason are full siblings but the personality of Zeus had changed when Jason was born."
"That's kinda confusing, but okay."
We rode in comfortable silence for the rest of the trip, but I could nearly see Percy grinning through the back of his head. That's when the dream changed. A giant owl and a giant horse were in the middle of fight. The owl was pecking at the horse's eyes, while the horse tried to hit the owl with its hooves. I looked around and saw an ancient city. Somehow, I knew it was Athens. More animals joined the fight; a deer, an eagle, a bull, a cow, a snake, a dove, and many more that I couldn't exactly make out.
I woke with a start, the image of twenty-foot-tall animals attacking each other. It was so disturbing, but I knew it had to mean something. I wasn't sure who I could trust with this information because my friends might think I'm crazy. I looked over at the sleeping form of my big brother, wow that's weird to say, and decided that I could trust him. He is my brother after all. I layed in my bed thinking things over and over and over, unable to go back to sleep. Unfortunately, I was used to it. Hours later, the sun began to peek up over Half-Blood Hill. Percy stirred from his deep sleep.
"Morning sis," he greeted me with a sleepy smile on his face.
"Morning. What do we do in the morning?"
"Uh, well we have breakfast at eight then we have a schedule for each day. Today we have sword fighting in the arena, taught by yours truly. Annabeth will help you find a weapon that suits you. Then we have Ancient Greek, taught by Annabeth. I'm not sure what else we're doing," Percy started rambling. He does that when he's nervous.
"Doyoueverhaveweirddreams?" I blurted my question out extremely quickly, running all my words together.
"Okay, hold on. Slow down. Say that again."
I took a deep breath, and asked him my question again, "Do you ever have weird dreams?"
"Almost every night. Why do you ask? Please, please don't tell me you had one!"
Percy seems to be overprotective. These teenage years will be some long ones. Especially since I already have a crush on Jack. What? No, I didn't say anything!
"Unfortunately, I did."
"Oh gods! What was it about?"
"Well, I was reliving our conversation last night and then it changed to show an owl and horse fighting in Athens with other animals joining the fight."
We sat there in silence for a minute, Percy thinking about what I'd just said, me just thinking about how much my life had changed in the past 24 hours. At this time yesterday I was waking up, getting ready for the day, stressing about my Language Arts test (it's not my strongest subject), and feeling excited for the Fall Festival that was to come later in the day. Little did I know that I would be battling a hydra and finding out I was a daughter of Poseidon before bed that night.
"Okay. I had a dream similar right after I'd been claimed. We should talk to Chiron about it though. It could be very important." His tone was nervous but final.
That was the end of that. The conch horn sounded after we sat in silence for a minute.
"Okay, let's go eat!"
Percy tried to keep his voice upbeat, but I could still hear the nervousness in his voice. We headed down to breakfast quietly, in an awkward silence. Everyone sat down at their respected table's and got ready for the meal. I watched in awe as everyone around me ordered their food and having it appear on their plates and drinks in their cups.
"Blue Coke," I heard Percy tell the cup.
"Blue Coke?" I had to ask.
"Yeah. Once, my mom and my first stepfather had an argument about whether blue food existed or not. Ever since then, she's gone out of her way to make blue food. It became our inside joke, and honestly everything tastes better when it's blue."
"Got it. Blueberry pancakes." I said the last part to my plate.
My food appeared and I was about to dig in when I saw Percy and the rest of camp getting up, walking over to the braziers, and scraping part of their meal into the fire. I followed suit, not asking any questions. I got in line behind Percy, and listened closely to what he said as he scraped his meal into the brazier.
"Thank you dad. You've given me what I've always wanted, a sister." I was so touched by his words, I nearly started crying. And Shea Lynn Yuran does not cry. It was my turn. I scraped part of my meal in as I said, "Thank you dad for giving me a home, with so many people that care about me."
That's when I started crying. Hard. Someone ran up and started hugging me. They towered over me, which is normal considering my size. I was one of the oldest in our group, but the shortest, standing at 4 feet 5.5 inches at the age of 13. I know, I know, I'm tiny. But I like it. I get a different perspective of the world. Anyway, I looked up and saw Caroline was hugging me with Davis, Percy and Jack around both of us, then Alexis, Eric, Rosie, Jill, and Annabeth around them. Katie Gardner, Ryan Conklin, Connor and Travis Stoll, Leo Valdez, Thalia and Jason Grace, Piper McLean (I think she's the daughter of a movie star. I really don't care though.), Nico Di Angelo, Grace Richardson (I think), Reyna Avila Ramirez-Arellano (long last name.), Frank Zhang, and Hazel Levesque all stood in a tight circle around us, protecting me and showing me that they cared. So, of course, I cried harder. I just could not stop, no matter how much I wanted to. My friends just hugged me tighter and we all stood there, showing each other we cared, in a very weird way.
After about ten solid minutes of crying, I couldn't cry any more. My tears stopped flowing, leaving me a sniffling mess. No one cared though. Everybody slowly released me, making sure I wouldn't start crying again. Percy, Caroline, Davis, and Jack helped me back to my table. I sat down. I just sat. I finally regained my voice enough to say, "Thank you so much. I'm so happy I have so many friends that care so much about me."
My friends looked grateful that I wasn't going to burst into sobs again and headed back to their own tables. We settled in for a normal breakfast at Camp Half-Blood. Well as normal as breakfast at a camp for children of the gods, run by a centaur can be.
Thank you guys for reading. And many thanks to the ones who read my AN. Anything else? Nope. Wait a minute! I totally forgot about the fact that i'm still freaking out inside about the fact that I, Cup, now have Camp Half-Blood and Jupiter t-shirts and 3 copier of BoO. We ended up sending one to my grandparent's friend's granddaughter. Any who, Thank you all and R&R!
