I'm sorry, I'm sorry! The last two chapters were in 3rd person, not first person. I actually forgot that I had been writing in 1st person. Again, so, so, sorry! 1st person again from now on! Sorry!

I did update without having you wait months, is that good? (Although it's unedited)


Percy's POV

As soon as I was out of earshot, I let out a stream of curses.

I had done exactly what I told myself I wouldn't do. I had stood out.

I'd labeled myself a freak in front of a bully. I might as well have a giant target on my back.

I wrench open the door to my dorm, which was thankfully empty.

I dump my dance bag on the ground, kicking off my shoes before falling onto the bed.

I stare at the ceiling, finding the patterns in the stucco.

Turning my head, I see the pictures plaster on my wall.

One is with my mother, from when I was 12.

We were at one of their visits to Montauk, a cabin on a stretch of abandoned beach in Long Island.

With the camera turned us, the ocean in the background, the picture had tuned out beautiful. Her hair was whipping around her face from the sea breeze. She had on a carefree, happy smile that she so rarely had on at home.

I remember the conversation we'd had that day.


Flashback:

I sat on the beach with my mom, both of us just sitting, and watching the sun sink beneath the ocean.

Feeling my moms eyes on me, I turn to look at her.

"What's wrong?" I ask. She had her sad face on.

Her eyes remain sad, but she smiles.

"Nothing Percy. It's just…" she hesitates.

"What?" I ask, confused. Had I gotten in trouble?

"It's just… you look so much like your father."

A breeze blows in from the ocean, and I regret not wearing a shirt over my swim trunks.

"You-you have his eyes. And his hair. H-he was in the Navy. Parents were Greek, but you'd never know it, based on the patriotism he shown."

Part of me wants to stop her, knowing how sad taking about this made her.

The other part, the more powerful part, begs her to keep going. This was the most I'd heard about my dad yet.

"He was so brave Percy. So brave and kind, just like you." Her eyes fill with tears.

"His ship got- he didn't- his ship was lost. I waited so long, and then I had you, and in you I found someone to love again. I thought- I thought I could protect you by marrying again, so I, I married him.

A shiver runs though me again, as I remember who 'him' was.

"I-I was so wrong, Percy. That man, what he did-" she touches on of the scars on my back, her tears falling freely now.

Suddenly, she's sobbing, hugging me like she'll never let go.

"Percy, you're going to do amazing things. I'm sorry you had to grow up so fast. You deserve so much more than I could give you. But you are so much better, so much stronger than I even knew was possible. You're destined to do so much."


I wouldn't let her down. Not now, not ever.

My eyes travel to another picture.

It was my best friends, just last year.

We were all at the Central Park, sitting on the lawn near the castle that I never bothered the learn the name of.


Flashback:

'Guys, stop fidgeting!" Rachel cries in frustration.

Of course, if you want the Stoll brothers to do something, do not, under any circumstances, tell them to do said thing.

"Oh, you mean like this?" Connor Stoll says with a smirk.

Both Travis and Connor Stoll burst into dance moves that rivaled a four year olds, making faces and moving as much as possible.

Rachel face palms. "Seriously!?"

I laugh. "Chill RED."

RED stood for Rachel Elizabeth Dare, and for her bright red hair.

I get up, dancing with the Stolls. Of course, I was good.

We were a strange sight, three teenage boys dancing to silent music in the middle of Central Park, but it was New York. People either had seen weirder, or had more important things on their mind.

Rachel took one look and sighed. Pressing a few buttons on her phone, she got up just as it began blaring 'We Are Family' by Sister Sledge.

She gets up too, and adds her own lame dance moves to the mix.

10 minutes later, sweaty and out of breath, we sit down on the grass. No one needed to smile when Rachel pushed the button on her cell phone camera, because we're already wearing the broadest grins on our faces.


My mom, my friends, my instructors, there were so many people who'd gotten me to Olympus.

I wasn't backing out now.


This chapter was a bit pointless, but it does give you a bit of background on Percy. Rachel will show up again! (don't worry, this fic is and shall remain Percabeth.)

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Okay, so I usually don't do review replies, but I just have to this time because my best reviewers were Guests!

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