OMG FREAKISHLY LONG CHAPTER lol
Anyways I have officially run out of ideas fro my other fan fiction I'm writing - Vadetta Jones and the Olympians - so this one will probably be updated more. I'm gonna keep working on the other one, but yeah…
And sadly, since everyone is busy in my room singing karaoke (I wanna be there T_T) I have to do the disclaimer… L
Disclaimer: I don't own Percy Jackson or Twilight… I only own my character. Everyone else belongs to either Rick Riordan or Stephanie Meyer.
CHAPTER FOUR: VAMPIRES, WEREWOLVES, AND ONE PISSED GOD!
He had liquid golden eyes, like the color of celestial bronze. His skin was paler than snow. His body was rigid, and he wasn't breathing as I walked in. I froze for half a second, then quickly sat next to Nico.
"Nico…" I whispered, figuring the vampire would hear me. He turned, and I motioned to the guy. His eyes widened.
"Bella… why did you bring her?" he spat the last word.
"Edward, I told you, it's fine!" Bella replied calmly. I was scared. Honestly scared. Edward took a deep breathe.
"Bella, love, may I speak with you?" he asked politely. She nodded and followed him to another room. Love? What, were they a couple?
"Nico… I don't like this guy…" I mumbled.
"Yeah, me neither. I'm thinking we should leave," he whispered in agreement. I began to get up, when Percy grabbed my arm.
"Where are you going?" he demanded.
"I don't like the company Bella keeps. Two were hard enough to kill, and I don't want any more to deal with," I said coldly, shaking off his grip. I had no intention or desire to be around filthy vampires. I felt sort of bad for Bella, though. She was stuck with that awful creature. I wondered how long it would be before he killed her and sucked all of the blood out of her body. I slammed the door on my way out. I saw that I was walking towards the forest. Meh, that would work. I soon heard the door close gently, and found Nico following after me. I groaned, thinking of a place to hide.
NICO'S POV
She just stormed off the minute Edward and Bella went in the other room. I didn't know what got into her, or why she left so suddenly. Then, Bella came back in after hearing the door slam.
"What just happened?" she asked. I sighed.
"Crystal isn't too happy about, er, the company you keep, as she put it," I explained. Bella raised an eyebrow, then Edward strode out.
"Bella, it seems we are missing a guest," he pointed out smoothly.
"She… just left. Apparently, she wasn't happy about the 'company I keep'," Bella said sadly. I didn't stick around to hear more. I got up and followed her. I was going to call her name, but I saw her run off to the woods. By the time I got there though, I didn't see her. I walked through the woods for a few minutes until I heard a rustling sound of leaves. I put my hand on my sword handle, ready to draw it if any danger was lurking. Then I heard something weird.
"Oh crap gonna fa-" someone yelled. I knew the voice. Not more than a second later did Crystal come tumbling out of a tree, her legs catching around another branch like a gymnast. Her head was level with mine, about 2 feet away. And she was upside down. Her hair saw going in different directions, a few leaves implanted. Her red eyes were flaming with annoyance, her face in a neutral expression with her eyes narrowed. She crossed her arms and sighed.
"Well, I was really hoping you wouldn't find me!" she complained. I laughed.
"I wouldn't have if you hadn't shown yourself," I admitted, releasing my sword. I offered her my hands. She sighed, then uncrossed her arms. She took my hands, then released her legs. They fell quickly but gracefully - gracefully, what am I THINKING? - and landed on the ground with a perfect landing. Her back was facing me. I released one of her hands and she spun around like in those cheesy old partner dances. We both laughing.
"She she sticks the landing!" she announced, punching the air upwards.
"Oh, nice one Hot Head!" I teased. She glared at me. Hot Head was her honorary nickname.
"Oh, real funny, Dead Boy!" she mocked, sticking her tongue out. Ah, and my honorary nickname. A thought occurred to me; everyone had a nickname, though not everyone was called by their nickname. Grover was G-Man to Percy. Annabeth was Wise Girl so basically anyone. I was Dead Boy to anyone and everyone. Percy was Seaweed Brain to his friends. And Crystal… well, she was my Hot Head. I was the only one who called her that. We started doing a cheesy waltz sort of thing; we had our arms outstretched and our hands together, just sort of teetering back and forth like the penjelum (spelling?) in a grandfather clock. We were laughing the whole way, teetering all around until she was so spaced out from laughing, she SMACK! right into a pine tree.
"Ugghgr…" she muttered. "Oh how I do love clocks!" she proclaimed. Then she passed out, right there, in my arms. She fell right onto me, her head falling my shoulder. Wow, talk about a lucky break! I picked her up bridal style, and found that she was really light. I began to carry her back to the house until he caught my attention.
EDWARD POV
After the dark-haired boy left to chase who appeared to be his girlfriend, I was left in wonder of what they were thinking. My abilities could not penetrate through their minds; whatever they were made them immune to my usually fail-proof mind reading. The only other case of this is my Bella, and she is 100% human.
Aw, man… I was hoping she would leave the Cullens be… Jacob Black whined in his thoughts. He noticed me staring at him. Oh, in case you didn't already know… she knows what you guys are. May I suggest ditching school until she's done with her "monster hunting", as she put it? Monster hunting? Oh, so she was out to kill us? But something in the back of my mind said we weren't exactly what she was looking for. I silently went out the front door, following the two. I noticed the guy walking around in the forest. The girl, whom Bella had called Crystal, was nowhere to be seen. Even with my extremely tuned senses I couldn't see or hear her. Just as I was about to give up, I heard a rustle in leaves. I looked up, and saw a figure with chocolate brown hair loosing her balance. It was Crystal, about to fall from a highly-perched tree. I was about to run and catch her, but I was amazed. She let out a cry, then fell. Not but a second later she somehow flipped and turned her body, perfectly positioned for her carefully planned move. Just like an Olympic gymnast, her legs wrapped around a tree branch and she hung there, upside down, looking annoyed as can be. That was when I got the first really good look at her. She had chocolate-brown hair, similar to Bella's but with more red, a startling red eyes. Not like a newborn vampire's eyes, but red like fire. They were tinged with annoyance. I couldn't help but chuckle. I heard them talking and some nicknames like "Dead Boy" and "Hot Head". I didn't exactly understand them, but I knew I would eventually. She took his outstretched hands and gracefully released her feet, letting them fall. she did a little spin, and they laughed. I looked away for a moment, distracted by the smell of something even stranger than these two (HINT HINT!). When I turned back to them, it was a truly odd sight. Like a waltz, only their version. Arms outstretched and arms together, teetering back and forth. I smiled; what a nice couple they were, having so much fun. I was about to leave them to each other, when I heard a bad sound. The sound of a fragile human skull against rough pine bark. I quickly looked, and saw Crystal wobbling around, holding her head. She mumbled something about clocks, then passed out in the boy's arms. He smiled, then picked her up bridal style. He began carrying her back to the house. I decided I could take advantage of this moment and hunt. I sped off at vampire speed - sure that their human eyes wouldn't even notice me. But the boy did. He saw me flash by and immediately turned. I stopped dead, staring at him. How had he noticed me? Well, if the smell wasn't inhuman enough, this was. The only thing going through my mind? Not human. But they had beating hearts and blood pumping through their veins (which smelled very odd, but still blood all the same). They must have had some human in them.
"Just where are you going, bloodsucker?" the boy demanded coldly. Ah, the pack's nickname had rubbed off on them too. I could only assume that they had a bad run in with a not-so-vegetarian vampire to hate me. I smiled, showing all my razor-sharp teeth. (A/N: ok, I know it's kind of late, but I have a small, teeny-tiny plot change… you see, in this fanfic, it's at the beginning of Eclipse, right? Well, that's when the newborn army comes… and I was thinking that they would get some back-up from the gods/demigods… major spoiler right there!)
"Oh, nowhere special. Would you like some help?" I said, sounding sweet for some reason. The boy almost seemed to growl, and I noticed his hand inching towards his belt. I raised an eyebrow.
"Don't push me, bud. Vampire or not I can still kick your butt," he muttered. I almost wanted to burst out laughing, because it was his girlfriend who had done all the fighting.
"Well, young human, I haven't the time to stay here with you," I said simply, then prepared to take off running again, but the boy surprised me.
"Human?" he repeated, making it sound like it was the worst thing in the world. I turned and stared him like he had a mental issues.
"Oh, never mind… your girlfriend can explain it you…" he said with a sigh, waving me away with my hand. I growled at him. Who did this guy think he was? (A/N: I know it's really OOC and Edward is like, asking for a fight, but it important for the chapter name so just roll.)
"You don't know what you're dealing with, boy!" I warned him. He scoffed.
"Maybe not, but I know I've faced worse. I am 100% positive that any vampire is no match for Kronos from what I've heard… not to mention Typhon! Man, not even the Gods could defeat him last time!" he assured. What was he babbling on about? Greek Mythology? Before I could ponder what he was talking about, Crystal began to stir in his arms.
"What in Hades happened…" she grumbled. Hades? God of the Underworld? The boy made a mocking tsk tsk sound.
"Now, now, we know better than to take my father's name in vein!" he teased. She rolled her eyes and he set her down gently. His… father? Really? She giggled that he had been carrying her, then turned and faced me. Our eyes locked; her eyes turned from a warm, cozy fire to a blazing volcano, on the brink of eruption.
"Come on Nico, I really don't want to fight anymore bloodsucking freaks…" she mumbled, then began to drag him.
"Wait. You were speaking of the Greek Gods, correct?" I asked before she could leave. She turned and scowled, then looked down.
"Di Immortales!" she cursed. I raised an eyebrow. I was fluent in many languages, but this was not one of them.
"Well, to answer your question, yes. Now, if you will excuse us…" she continued trying to drag the boy called Nico. He finally started to let her.
"There's just one thing that puzzles me; you spoke of them as though they were listening, or real for that matter," I continued. She stopped again.
"Καλύτερα όχι αρχίζει με αυτήν την μυθολογική ουσία, ή I' ll τον καψτε ζωντανό…" I cursed in ancient Greek. (He better not start on this mythological stuff or I'll burn him alive…) (A/N: that's a rough translation… after I used an online translator to get it in Greek, I accidentally erased the words in English, and I didn't remember them well… I hope that's close…) Nico nodded in agreement.
"Η τελευταία φορά κάποιος αρνήθηκε να θεωρήσει, ακόμα και μετά από την επίσκεψη του στρατόπεδου, Zeus didn' το τ ηρεμεί κάτω έως ότου μίλησε Thalia κάποια αίσθηση σε τον…" (The last time someone refused to believe, even after visiting camp, Zeus didn't calm down until Thalia knocked some sense into him…) Nico recalled. What language were they even speaking? What could be so old that even I didn't know it?
"Mind telling me what language that is?" I pried.
"It's Ancient Greek, and would you stop asking so many questions?" Nico snapped. I raised my hands innocently.
"I would just love to know more about the Greek Gods though," I heard Carlisle say as he entered the forest, trailed by the rest of my family. What were they doing here? I read Alice's thoughts for answers.
I had a vision of you and the girl and this boy getting into a fight… we had to come check it out. Oh. Well, we weren't far from it.
"Oh, great! Just lovely! πιο αηδιαστικό βρικόλακες!» Crystal exclaimed. (More disgusting vampires). Carlisle looked offended.
«δεν είμαστε σαν εκείνους που σας επιτέθηκε; ζούμε σε ειρήνη με τον άνθρωπο,» Carlisle insisted in Greek. (We are not like those whom attacked you; we live in peace with the humans.)
«And I care? You're still a bloodsucker!" she spat. Carlisle frowned.
«And what's all this stuff about Greek Mythology?" Alice chimed, obviously interested. Crystal looked at her limit of anger control.
«Ok, I will explain all this to you. But no interruptions, and I mean it," she said severely. We all nodded.
«Well, first things first… all those Greek Gods are real. No, we're not crazy, and yes, we have proof. But you don't want proof, trust me," Nico began. I couldn't help but wonder…
Okaaaay, apparently, that camp brainwashes people, Emmett thought sarcastically.
«And in those ancient 'myths', those gods and goddesses went around falling in love with stupid mortals and had kids, which are knows as demigods," Crystal continued. I nodded.
«And this involves us because we are demigods," Nico concluded. They were silent for about a minute and a half until Emmett burst and laughing. He was laughing so hard he fell over, clutching his side. I knew there wasn't really pain, but it was a natural human reaction. I saw Nico's eyes turn midnight with fury, and Crystal's eyes flare the blood red. Rosalie kicked Emmett rather hard, and he managed to control himself to where he was giggling.
«Oh m-man! You guys make a g-great comedy act!" he spluttered, still cracking up. The 'demigods' snarled at us, as if daring us to defy them.
«You dare laugh at the Gods?" Crystal yelled at the top of her lungs. Emmett looked dead serious for a moment, then cracked up again.
"Yeah!" he managed finally. Suddenly, I heard enormously loud thunder, and flash of lightning no more than 20 feet away.
"Oh, you are so going to regret that," Nico said, smiling darkly. I heard a loud crack! sound, then there was a cloud of smoke. When the smoke cleared, I saw a man, maybe 15 feet tall with a beard. In his left hand he was clutching a large metal object shaped like a lightning bolt. Nico and Crystal gasped, then got down on a knee and lowered their heads.
"Lord Zeus," they said together. Our jaws dropped, which did not happen often.
MY POV
OH, MAN! They really did it now! They just had to go and piss off Zeus! His face was plastered with anger, like his fuse was just a word from being burnt out.
"Who dares to defy me?" he roared. I heard the door of Bella's house close, and saw Percy, Annabeth, and Grover come running out. They gasped, and bowed with us. The really big vampire stopped laughing.
"Uh, sir…?" he said nervously. The God of the Sky fixed his icy glare on the big vampire, and he shuddered. A vampire shuddered! I couldn't believe my eyes. Then Zeus turned his attention to us.
"Rise, young heroes," he commanded, and we obeyed. "Would you three care to give a demonstration of your power as proof to these fools?"
His hands motioned to Nico, Percy and I. we nodded nervously.
"You shall have a battle; swords and all magical items aloud. Annabeth, Grover, you may join as well," he explained. They nodded and stood up. Grover pulled out his trusty Reed Pipes, and Annabeth had her knife and cap.
"Begin," Zeus said calmly, and took an enormous step out of our way. No one wanted to make the first move, so I was impressed when Nico did.
"Serve me…" he whispered, his arms out. The earth began to shake, and a huge fissure opened up in the ground. Out of it came a dozen undead warriors from the Civil War. I looked over at the vampires. The blonde male looked worried, reading the tags on their uniforms, as if he knew them. Nico split them up into 4 groups, 3 per person. Annabeth quickly put on her cap, vanishing instantly, causing one of the vampires to gasp. As the undead warriors came at me, I held my ground. I felt a few pairs of eyes on me, and I immediately knew I wanted to make this good to impress these morons. At the last second, I let my anger boil over. My body was engulfed in flames. I heard some gasps and a cry, but I just stood there. Of course, the undead warriors were ghosts, so fire wouldn't hurt them.
It would just stop them from touching me. I pulled out my real weapon - just a normal 1.5 foot long Celestial Bronze sword - and got involved in a heated sword fight with all 3 of them. One slashed to the side, trying to get my arm. I ducked and knocked down his legs. He quickly vanished in a puff of smoke, not in dust like normal monsters, since they were ghosts. The other became more aggressive. One got stupid and decided to charge me head-on with a spear. I stood there, then as he got close enough, I grabbed the shaft of his spear and snatched it away from him. I broke it over my knee without difficulty, then launched the end with the point right through the ghost's heart.
He, too, vanished. One left. I quickly put my sword away and slipped out my Celestial Bronze knife, which was like Annabeth's but the blade was more curved. I waited til the last undead warrior was distracted by something, then hurled it with all my strength. Ok, so, I was only aiming for one, but I just happened to hit 2 of the ones Grover was trying (and failing) to fight off with his Reed Pipes. He shot me a grateful glance, and my knife came rich back to me. I quickly put myself out, my energy leaking. I heard a footstep, and pulled out my sword again, just in time to block Annabeth's attempt to slice my arm off. I hoped she wasn't going to do any real damage. We began fighting. I knew just how skilled she was, and that I couldn't beat her easily. I took out my sword and knife. I figured it would be cheating, but I needed the advantage and Annabeth knew it. She came at me. I had no idea what to expect, because I was distracted by the sound of a huge wave. I parried to the side, not knowing what else to do. But Annabeth skidded and tried to knock me off my feet. I jumped at the last second, and knew I would land on the poor girl. I didn't want to hurt her, so I did a back-flip and landed about 5 feet away. Then, I saw a huge, 20-foot wave coming at all of us. Percy was smirking. I lit myself aflame, hoping that I could get hot enough to evaporate all the water. I focused, letting everything I had ever been angry at come out and feed my flame. Then, the most angering moment I've ever had.
Flashback
"Hey, Nico!" I called, running to the dining pavilion. Dinner didn't start for about 10 minutes, but I liked to get there early, and so did Nico apparently. He smiled.
"Hi Crystal. What's up?" he replied, letting me sit next to him.
"Not much. Just bored and need someone to talk to," I said simply, resting my chin in my hand. It was silent for about 10 seconds, when I heard something to my left. I turned, and saw a girl coming out of the trees. She had black, short hair and electric blue eyes.
She wore the outfit of a Hunter of Artemis. When Nico saw her, his eyes lit up. She ran to the pavilion and stopped. Nico ran up to her and they shared a quick hug.
"Pinecone Face! It's awesome to see you!" Nico exclaimed.
"Yeah, you too, Dead Boy," she said sarcastically. Then she turned and looked at me, her face a little worried.
"Who's she?" she asked politely.
"Crystal. Daughter of Hestia," I said sourly.
"Oh, cool. I'm Thalia, daughter of Zeus."
I rolled my eyes and began to walk away.
"Hey, Crystal, where you going?" Nico called after me. But did he come running after me? Nope. He stayed with that Hunter of Artemis, who pledged never to get in a relationship with a boy. Some pledge!
End flashback
I remember that moment… the moment I knew Nico liked that girl Thalia, and only liked me because he couldn't have her. I that anger and sadness come up, and my body felt so hot even I could feel it. I saw all the vampires flinching away. Annabeth was behind a tree. I was radiating heat. As the wave came towards me, I saw Nico get washed away. More anger. Percy would dare hurt Nico? As the wave broke on Annabeth, she, too, was washed away. I stood my ground, then shot a column of flames into the water. Sure enough, my fire was blue, and the water it touched evaporated. Percy looked both angry and in shock. I laughed, and charged at him.
EDWARD'S POV
When 'Zeus' asked them to fight, I thought he was kidding. But when they all drew knifes and swords, I knew it was serious. Nico made the first move. He outstretched his hand, and mumbled "Serve me". I was about to ask him if he seriously thought we would serve him, when a huge fissure opened up in the ground. Out of it crawled a dozen ghosts from the Civil War.
That one, third from the left, that was the Captain of my fleet. And over on the right was Jamison… Jasper began naming the ones he knew. Three of the soldiers went after each person. I saw Crystal pull out a sword. One boy pulled out a pen.
Really? A pen? When he uncapped it, there was shiny bronze sword. Oh, ok. I noticed the blonde girl charge at them with a little dagger. She was good. The boy who smelled like goat took out some pipe-looking things and started playing some kind of tune on them, but he was struggling. Nico was looking around, deciding who his first victim would be. He charged at the boy with the sword. I redirected my attention to Crystal, who was fighting the last of her three soldiers. Then I heard something that sounded like a wave. She heard it too.
Then I noticed the boy with a pen pointing at Nico. Suddenly, a huge, 20-foot wave hurled towards him. I felt a burst of heat, enough to give a person 5th degree burns. I turned and saw Crystal on fire, and Jasper could feel tremendous amounts of anger fueling her flames. She shot a column of flames into the wave, and the water evaporated. Yeah, evaporated. Her flames were blue. She laughed, and charged at the boy.
"Crystal! Don't think you can win this!" he yelled.
"Oh, Seaweed Brain! Water may put out fire, but my flames put you to shame!" she mocked, taking out a sword handle. Flames erupted out of the tip like a flamethrower.
Ok, this is awesome! Emmett thought. I rolled my eyes. Leave it to him to ruin a tense situation. Suddenly, Alice's eyes went blank. The vision was absolutely horrifying.
We were in the baseball clearing, Crystal and her friends with us. There was also a 15-foot figure…. No, four of them. One I recognized to be Zeus, but the others were unknown. Flanking them were at least 30 adolescent girls, one with eyes matching Zeus's standing next to him, her bow drawn. I heard the growling of Jacob's wolf pack behind us. Did they really need to be there? I shook it off. The thing that surprised me most was that there was snow on the ground. And then from the shadows of the trees on both sides of the clearing I saw a group of about 20 teenagers, all different ages.
The group on the right was led by a little girl, probably 8 years old. She had fiery red eyes, and brown-red hair, like chocolate cherries. She had a hood over her head. Crystal nodded towards her, and I immediately noticed the resemblance. The other group was led by a girl probably about 11 or 12, maybe even 10.
She had auburn hair and silvery eyes. The girl next to Zeus nodded to her. I scanned over the other 15-foot tall figures. One had blonde hair and grey eyes. She looked almost exactly like Crystal's friend Annabeth. The one next to her had black hair and bright, sea-green eyes. Obviously Poseidon.
On the other side of Zeus was a man in a black cloak, his dark eyes raging. And next to him was a very good-looking blonde guy, probably about 17 or 18 with sky blue eyes. His teeth were brilliantly white. But his smile quickly faded as on the other end of the clearing, I saw bright orange flames dancing in the wind. But it wasn't real fire. It was her.
OH how I like cliff hangers! You can probably guess who it is since I basically gave away the whole plot earlier in the chapter.. ._."""
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