I hope you all had a happy Fourth of July! I know I did, it's one of My favorite holidays, I mean when else do you get to blow stuff up and set stuff on fire without getting in trouble, I do have a tendency to play with fire and explosives, but I always get in trouble, or injured, like this on time I was playin' with a lighter and I accidentally dropped it (I'm a clutz) and I set my foot on fire, I still have a burn mark on my foot cause I was wearing flip flops when it happened … anyways this chapter will be longer than the others… I may take about a week until I update again, due to some family issues, also I'm going camping … btw I would like to thank everyone who reviewed on my story and favorited me or/and the story. Remember I accept any type of tips suggestions or criticism( good or bad) Thanks for reading and I hope you like this chapter! Also, tell me if you would rather have very long chapters, but more time in between updates, or shorter time in between updates, and shorter chapters? Please answer in your reviews, and thanks again for reading! Btw this chapter is the beginning of Percy/Thalia
Percy Waterblue
Chapter 4
Thalia POV
I woke up in the back of a van and I sat up only to realize that I had a massive headache. "So, your finally awake pinecone face" Percy said from the driver's seat in the van. " What happened? How long was I out for?" I asked Percy and Nico, who had just woken up from taking a nap. "You completely disengaged the gorgons right before they got to Percy" Nico said. I felt like there was something else they weren't telling me so I asked them " What are you not telling me?" I asked not entirely sure I wanted to know the answer to that question. "Thalia," Percy said " You've been out for a week…" A WEEK! How could I be out for an entire week, I asked myself in my head. Then I asked them if we got any knew leads and if I missed any thing while I was passed out. "Well, other then a few monster attacks you haven't really missed too much, right now we're about an hour away from Chicago" Nico said. " I think we should visit Sears tower don't you, Thalia?" Percy teased while Nico was trying to stifle his laughter. I gave them both a glare which got them to shut up. The rest of the drive to Chicago was pretty much quite other than some small talk.
Once we got into the city we decided to stay there for the night and we rented a hotel room. After we got our room ready we decided to take a break from our quest and to go and have some fun at Navy Pier. When we got there the first thing we did was get on the Ferris wheel, which I objected too but death breath pushed me and seaweed brain into a seat and he got in his own seat and the next thing I know we are at the very top of the Ferris wheel when the worst thing possible happened, it broke down and we were stuck at the very top. I was so scared that without thinking of what I was doing I threw myself on seaweed brain and buried my face in his shirt. The next thing I know one of the workers there came up on a ladder and said "Let's go lovebirds"
Ferris Wheel worker POV
When I climbed up the ladder to get the people from the top of the Ferris wheel down, I saw two kids, a girl that looked like a punk who had her face buried in the shirt of a red-faced boy with sea-green eyes that looked extremely uncomfortable. "Let's go lovebirds" I said to them and the next thing I know I'm in the hospital and the told me that I got struck by lightning and fell from a ladder while trying to get to teenagers out of the seat that was stuck at the top of the Ferris wheel do to technical difficulties. They told me that I'd been in a coma for over 6 months! All I could wonder is what I did to deserve this…
Percy POV
When the Ferris wheel stopped while me and Thalia were stuck at the top I knew that I was with the worst possible person to be with in that situation/ I mean, I knew Thalia was afraid of heights, but I never realized how bad her fear was until then. Thalia instantly flung herself on me and buried her face into my shirt when the Ferris Wheel came to an abrupt halt. I felt my face get red as a tomato when she did this, and I really hoped that she wouldn't realize how much I was blushing. Though as uncomfortable as I felt it kinda felt right…NO, what was I thinking, me and Thalia were best friends. Then, a worker came up the ladder to get us down, but he said the worst thing possible, "Let's go lovebirds", the instant he said that I felt my face get redder (If that was even possible), and a lightning bolt came out of nowhere and struck the poor worker causing him too fall off of the ladder. "Oops" was all I heard Thalia say about it and when we got down I could see that her face was as red as mine was. Then Nico came over to us and said in a teasing manner "Have fun up there lovebirds?" Then, Thalia struck him with lightning and I sent a giant wave at him. While Nico was on the ground having what looked like a mini seizure from the freezing cold wave and the lightning strike we sent at him, Me and Thalia went up to Nico and while we were both glaring at him, Thalia said "Don't you dare tell anyone about that, got it death breath?". Nico recovered quickly and nodded right away then said "Got it…..lovebirds" And before we could do anything he shadow traveled back to the hotel room. Then, Thalia said " That goes for you too sea-weed brain" All I did is nod because unlike Nico I knew better than to say anything to Thalia when she's pissed off. As we were on our way back to our hotel room, I felt like someone or something was following us, but when I looked behind me nothing was there, the street was completely vacant. Then, the next thing I know Me and Thalia where surrounded by a pack of at least 15 hellhounds. Me and Thalia each pulled out our weapons, I pulled out riptide, and Thalia pulled out Aegis and her spear. We stood back to back waiting for one of the hellhounds to pounce, when the last person in the world I expected to see stepped out of the shadows. There standing over 7 feet tall was the titan, Hyperion. " So, we meet again young demigods" Hyperion said, " I'd love to stay and chat, but I have other things that need to be attended to". Me and Thalia just stood there with our jaws dropped while Hyperion laughed and said " Good bye, you'll make a good snack for my pets, though it's a shame too cause you were on the right path to finding your friends." Then he laughed and made a motion with his hand and he left us alone with the hellhounds. Then, a hellhound pounced at us and I recovered from the shock of seeing Hyperion just in time and struck it down, making it turn to dust, literally inches in front of my face. Then, I used my power to summon sewer water and I blasted the hellhounds with it causing the majority of them turn to dust, while temporarily immobilizing the rest. Then, Thalia summoned lightning to kill the ones that had survived my attack. As we went back to the apartment we decided that we would have to contact Chiron and deal with him yelling at us so that we could tell him about Hyperion. When we got to our hotel room we were about to open the door, when we both realized that we had been holding hands the entire walk back. Part of me didn't want to let go but I ignored it and we both let go of each others hands. We opened the door and went into the apartment blushing.
Nico's POV
I was just about to call room service when Percy and Thalia walked into the room. Both of them were 6 different shades of red. I wonder what happened after I left them alone at the pier? Oh well, I could tell that those two were in love, everyone could tell that except themselves. I sighed (mentally), When I first met Thalia, I had some feelings for her, but Percy was like a brother to me, him and Sally have let me live with them for the past two years, and I knew how much he loved her (Even if he won't admit it) and I just decided to abandon all feelings I had for Thalia and help those two get together. The fact that Thalia loved Percy back helped me in my quest as matchmaker. Yup, Nico, the son of Hades, matchmaker. So far I'd been more successful than any of Aphrodite's kids in pushing them together. After they got in, after about a minute of uncomfortable silence, I asked "So what did I miss, you two look like redder than a stop sign". After I said that I braced my self for a shock from Thalia, but it never came. The fact that it never came worried me, and I knew that something else had happened, then, before I could ask them what had happened, Percy said "On our way back from the pier, me and Thalia were surrounded by a group of hellhounds that were lead from Hyperion, he didn't expect us to survive… and he told us that we were on the right path to finding our friends." I gasped then asked, even though I knew the answer to my own question, "Isn't he the Titan that was trapped in a maple tree in New York? Percy and Thalia paled, obviously forgetting whatever happened between them that made them blush so much, and nodded. After a few moments of uncomfortable silence, I decided to lighten the mood by teasing them about whatever caused them to blush, "So, what happened on the way back that made you two blush so much?" I asked. They both glared at me, and then Thalia smacked me and said "Shut up, Death Breath" I sighed, though I was happy that things were back to normal. Then we ordered room service, and went to bed. I lied in bed for hours pondering what Percy and Thalia had said about Hyperion coming back, when all of the sudden I heard Thalia come out of her room look at me and go into Percy's room. They started talking thinking that I was asleep, and it hurt me that they didn't want to hear their conversation, so naturally I eavesdropped. "Percy, are you awake?" "Ya, what do you want?" "We need to talk about what happened on they way back from the pier" The was a minute of silence before Percy went on to say "What part?" "You know what I'm talking about Kelp-Head." "Oh, that…um…Sorry?" "Ugh, You are such a seaweed brain" "What did you want me to say about it Pinecone face?" "Percy, I think I'm falling in love with you" "Oh… so your not mad at me?" Then I heard a loud smack and a yelp as Percy yelled 'ow', then Thalia stormed out of the room while Percy yelled "Thalia wait!", and that was all that happened that night as I tried to register the conversation I just heard, as I realized that Thalia was gonna be pissed at Percy.
Thalia POV
I am so pissed off at Kelp-head right now. I TELL HIM THAT I LOVE HIM AND HE GETS THE NERVE TO ASK ME IF I'M MAD AT HIM! I can't believe him and I hope that he was hurt when I smacked him. When I got out of bed in the morning I saw kelp head sitting on the couch waiting for me without Nico. "Where is Nico?" I asked grumpily "Thalia I'm sor-" Percy started before I cut him off "Where's Nico?" I growled. Percy winced as I glared at him. "He went to run an errand before we leave" Percy said, I was about to go back to my room when Percy said "Thals wait, about last night I'm sorry, and I love you too" I glared at him "Now you get the nerve to tell me tha-" I was cut off by him kissing, it felt as if time itself stopped, it was the best thing I ever felt, when Death Breath opened the door and completely ruined the moment "Hey guys are you re-" He just stared at us as he looked up at the two of us, I instantly blushed. "S-so….ahem…um.. well…are you ready to go?" Nico asked looking totally uncomfortable. For a minute the three of us just sat there frozen staring at each other when Percy broke the silence by saying "Um.. We should probably get going so we can…um… save Grover and the hunters." "Ya, we should we need to make it to San Fran as soon as possible" I said quickly, "First, we should contact Chiron" Nico said. So, we went to the bathroom, turned on the sink, and tossed a drachma into the sink, and we contacted Chiron. When the image first popped up Chiron was instructing an Archery lesson with what appeared to be some new campers. "Chiron" Percy yelled to get his attention. Chiron turned and saw us and dismissed his class. Once the last demigod left Chiron came to us and started rambling on about how dangerous and irresponsible it was for us to go off on a quest by ourselves especially since we are the children of the Big Three. When he finished his rant, Percy and I went on to explain everything that happened on the quest, leaving out the kiss. Then, Nico got a huge grin on his face and started to say "Chiron, what would happen, hypothetically, if two children of the big three were to fall in lo-" Percy beat me to getting the little punk but I still shocked him even though Percy knocked him out. Then, Chiron gave us a long, hard(A/N THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID) look (A/N awww….) then he said that a tribe of centaurs were in Omaha, Nebraska, which was on the way to San Fran and that they could give us some more supplies, I thought that me and Percy were off the hook when Chiron said "I'll need to have a talk with you two about your relationship when you get back" Then he cut communications with us. While me and Percy waited for Nico to gain consciousness, we took that time to talk about our relationship… Oh, who am I kidding we just made out until Nico was up.
Percy POV
After Nico woke up to us making out he started complaining that he was becoming a third wheel, and that if we even flirted a little bit in front of him he would summon two skeletons to separate us. After a lot of bargaining, we agreed to not knock him out if he made fun of us as long as we could still make out in front of him. So, with that out of the way we packed got into our van and took the I-80 to Omaha. When we got to Omaha we followed Chiron's directions but it just led us to a giant clearing in the middle of a forest. We yelling at each other cause we thought that one of us messed up the directions, when we heard a growl. Echidna and the Chimera came out from behind the trees followed by several monsters- including dracaena, basilisks, and hellhounds- It was a mini army! We took out our weapons when Echidna stepped forward and said " Young Perseus, you've gotten more powerful since we last met you in St. Louis, but this time there is no where for you to run" Echidna gave a wicked laugh, while Thalia gave me a questioning look. Then Echidna ordered her monster to attack us. I took on the Chimera and Echidna, while Nico and Thalia took on the rest of the monsters. I took a slash at the Chimera but it blocked my attack and countered it by shooting flames at me and attempting to bite me with it's tail. As I dodged the Chimera's attacks I looked to see how Thalia and Nico were doing, Nico and Thalia appeared to be doing just fine by themselves so I continued hacking away at the Chimera while dodging all of it's attacks Then after the Chimera just narrowly missed me with it's flames it tried to attack me with it's tail, which I then cut of. When I did this the Chimera gave me a look that told me it was just flat out pissed. Then, before it could recover from the shock of having it's tail cut of I decapitated it causing it to turn to dust. When that happened Echidna screamed and summoned a shit load of monsters to kill us. Me, Thalia, and Nico were standing back-to-back-to-back and were surrounded by monsters, we would've used our powers together to take all the monsters out, but we were all near complete exaustion and we were about to faint at any moment. Just when I thought that we were all gonna die we heard a loud battle cry and the sounds of hooves. Then, all of the monsters around us exploded into dust. The centaurs had saved us. Then, simultaneously, Me, Thalia, and Nico all fainted. When I woke up I was in a small room with Nico, he was already awake. "Where are we?" I asked "In the centaurs' camp" Nico replied. Then, he asked "So, you and Thalia? I just shook my head "I don't know, I mean it's not like I haven't thought about it, but we decided that we should just stay friends so we don't ruin our friendship" Nico scoffed "Percy, you and Thalia are perfect for each other you need to go up to her and tell her that you want to be with her no matter what." "You know what? You're right Nico I'll go tell Thalia how I feel about her." So, with that I left my room to go find Thalia who was in her room, looking into her mirror. "Thalia, I can't be just friends with you anymore, I love you and I want you no matter what" Thalia looked at me with a horrified expression, then I realized that it wasn't a mirror that she was looking, it was an Iris message. With her father.
Well, what do you think? Did you love it, hate it? Please review and tell me what you think should happen next, and how you think Zeus should react. This chapter has been my longest yet and I hope you enjoyed it. Remember the more you review, the more motivation I get, and the more motivation I get the faster updates come ou so please review. Thanks for reading I hope you like this chapter.
Percy Waterblue