Disclaimer: I don't own anything about HoO or PJ&TO series, stories or characters but my oc(s).
Warnings: mild yaoi/slash and non-sexual mature content
This is an AU about how the story of HoO would have been with a little bit of my crazy machinations, introducing Percy's little brother Oliver "Ollie" Jackson, will this new demigod stand aside his brother the Hero of Camp Half-Blood or is he going to stay in his brother shadow. Read it here!
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VII
Vision
Annabeth was awoke by a vivid vision that morning, a quick succession of images like a movie in flash forward while a female voice recited some words over and over again.
Two children that had have walked astray
Hunted by lightning and thunder are they
The answer to find your precious one is with them
The boy without a shoe you need to bring home
Only a few images stood in her mind. A big circular walkway made of glass, endless big red rock walks, a girl with chocolate brown hair and beautiful eyes, a Latino boy with curly dark hair, some kid's feet with one being shoeless and black with soot and a sickly woman with a peacock with gold feathers on her lap.
The blond sat up on the side of her bed trying to make sense of those images, it has been three days since Percy disappeared and hours since Oliver did too, at least the younger Jackson left a note saying he would be back soon but she was worried sick enough without knowing where her boyfriend was and she didn't want to think of how she would feel if the younger brother didn't return.
She had enough in her hands but she had to get things done. It was then she realized it was a little after breakfast and obviously she has missed it, but right then she didn't care since she hasn't had a good meal since Percy disappeared.
Annabeth headed directly to the Big House and walked into the living room to find Chiron with Miranda and Katie from cabin four, Lou Ellen from cabin fifteen and Clarisse La Rue in some kind of tea party. Clarisse actually spat the tea she just drank in surprise when Annabeth barreled herself in the room.
—I thought you said that no one was coming?— Clarisse asked angrily to the black-haired girl with golden eyes across her, while trying to hide her tea cup behind her back.
—No, I said that with my spell No one will come here, except if it IS something important.— Lou Ellen clarified while grabbing another piece of cake from the table without looking at the glaring Clarisse.
Annabeth would have found it funny to see Clarisse La Rue enjoying such a lady-like thing but she couldn't even bring herself to think about it, her mind set in those images faintly repeating themselves in her head, —Chiron, I need to talk to you.—
—What's it, child?— questioned the adult wheeling close to the blond girl.
—I think I have a vision…— she said decisively before her voice turned sour —…from Hera.—
Chiron tensed realizing the seriousness of the vision, a month with the skies in silence and now this —Girls you can continue without me, Annabeth and I will be in my office.— He said before leading the way to his office in the back of the house.
Annabeth followed him but she heard the voices in the living room even when they tried to be quiet about it.
—Maybe we should have invited her.— mumbled Miranda.
—I'm sure she would have said no,— Clarisse concluded before sipping loudly —She hasn't been the same since, you know…—
And with that last comment Annabeth blocked off the rest of the conversation. She closed the door after her and stepped closer to the desk which Chiron already sat behind.
—Tell me everything,— Chiron commanded gently and Annabeth explained her vision, the images and that voice's words repeating. —It does sounds like Hera,— he said, commenting when she retold about the woman and the golden-feathered peacock.
—There's something to do with those kids, maybe survivors from the war and they are in danger, do you have any ideas?—
Chiron brushed his beard in deep thought —Maybe isn't like that, maybe those kids are some of the unclaimed ones that are still out there,— Chiron exclaimed minutes later, the blond girls arched an eyebrow in disbelief —We have a pair of unclaimed kids at Nevada under our custody.—
—Together? That's unusual but not really outstanding.— Annabeth said making her owns calculations in her mind.
—They're over thirteen, Annabeth—.
—What?!— The tall girl said shocked —They promised… Who's protecting them?—
—Gleeson Hedge.—
—That old Satyr, I thought he retired?—
—He did but after the war, we were a little shorthanded so we put him on protection duty at Wilderness School,— Chiron explained while searching in his desk for a folder —Here.—
The Centaur placed the papers inside the folder onto the desk in front of Annabeth and she immediately recognized them as the kids from her vision. —It's them, the kids from my vision. I need to go to where they are.—
—Well, according to his last report they have a field trip to the Grand Canyon today,— said Chiron while reading one of the papers.
'A glass walkway and Red rock walls' her mind told her —To the Grand Canyon Skywalk?—
—Yes, they are going to the Hualapai Tribal Museum and the Skywalk…—
—Call Hedge, tell him an Extraction team is going on the way. And to keep an eye open for a special package.— Annabeth didn't let Chiron finished when she was already making plans in her head. She ran out of the house, she needed transport to get to the other side of the country and fast, and she has a pretty good idea of what she needed. So, she ran to the stables hopefully Butch would be there and then she needed to ask Will for a little favor.
And that's how she found herself landing the Pegasi onto the crystal deck of the Skywalk, the winged horses touched down and didn't even fully stop when Annabeth threw the reins to Butch, jumped onto the walkway and ran to the far side of the deck where the four teenagers stood dumbfounded.
'Wait, Four?' She thought while stopping few feet away of the small group, to say she was expecting to find Percy was THE understatement of the year but in front of her was the two kids she had saw in her vision plus a tall blond guy and Oliver, but there wasn't Percy.
For a moment she felt bad for not feeling happier about finding the younger Jackson brother, she knew she should be but her emotions were a mess. She cut the distance between them and grabbed the black-haired boy in a tight hug —Oliver! For the gods, don't disappear like that again or I gonna to kick your butt to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean,— Annabeth warned while shaking the boy by his shoulders —And where's Percy?-
—Ummm, I'm sorry to tell you this but Ollie doesn't have any memories.— the Latino kid announced.
Annabeth froze before taking a good look at the boy in her hands, he was frozen too but with fear —Ollie, it's me Annabeth. Don't you remember me?—
The boy shook his head slowly and when her hold on the boy's shoulders loosened the Oliver stepped back hurriedly and away from her.
—What happened here? Where's your protector? And who are you?— She asked in a commanding tone and deciding to direct her attention to the only one she didn't know a thing about.
The blond guy gave her a bad feeling but she waited patiently for his answers. He swallowed loudly as if he had a knot in his stomach before he begun explaining everything from how Oliver and him woke up on the school bus without memories, to Dylan transforming into a storm monster and taking Gleeson with him. Half-way through the explanation Butch walked to her side and he must have heard about Oliver's memories because he didn't jump for a bear hug with the smaller boy like she did.
She has guessed so far but to heard verbal confirmation that Percy wasn't here was still very discouraging —She told me I was gonna find him here, that stupid old hag!— she said to herself.
—Annabeth, look at him. His foot,— Butch told her while signaling at Jason with his nose. The blond girl felt like smacking her own head, she had been so focus in finding Percy and trying hard not to cry at not finding him that she forgot about the one shoe kid of her vision and there was the same pair of leg with one sneaker and one charcoal covered foot as she saw —He's the answer.—
She wasn't so sure about that —Maybe, maybe not.— Annabeth told him but then the skywalk started to shake and the horse whined.
—We gotta leave. Let's figure this out at camp, alright?— Butch said without waiting for confirmation, he walked to chariot and took the reins.
—Ok you listen to the driver, everyone to the chariot now!— she ordered and everyone didn't even think of disobeying her but when Jason walked by her side she grabbed his arm and looked at him directly in the eyes —This isn't over, we'll settled this sooner or later.—
And then they were off into the air, Annabeth took the bronze compass-directional system, to her left stood Oliver and Jason and to Butch's right were Leo and Piper, they had more weight than she anticipated and she had to reroute their way back to camp.
—What's her problem?— Piper asked with a tone that told Annabeth that the girl was protective of her friends. The blond girl ignores it but Butch did respond.
—You got to cut Annabeth some slack; she had a couple of rough days,— Butch said looking sternly —She has been worried sick while looking for one of our campers that went missing three days ago.-
—That explain why she seems so tense.— Piper said more gentler and sympathetic.
—You meant that Percy guy she mentioned before?— Leo questioned.
—Yeah, he's her…—
—My boyfriend.— Annabeth said cutting off Butch. But with what she has been told she didn't expect that Oliver murmured next.
—…And my brother.—
Author Note: Yeah update time hohoho, hope ya like the tea party thing it was my favorite part while writing this chapter!
Next Chapter: Cold waters, Flaming hammers and more fun things!
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