Hey Guys! This is a fair warning for the ones with a soft stomach, this story gets a little gory at points, if you don't like to hear this kinda stuff, I'd recommend you'd read this will extreme caution. Enjoy! Also a disclaimer- I don't own any of the PJO/ HOO characters. But I do own Isabelle, and Jonathan as characters. Thanks again.
-AEDTFI
Isabelle's POV-
These past few days have pissed me off beyond compare. Percy has been hidden in his cabin, refusing to come out, even to just eat. I try talking to Chiron about it, but he blows me off! Ugh, I swear that centaur can really get on my nerves.
I'm about to walk out of my cabin, to go to breakfast, when I see Percy sprinting to the Big House. I quietly step out of my cabin and I follow Percy quietly.
I see him knock on the door and Chiron answers, also giving Percy a hug. Gods, does he always have to hug him? They speak for a moment, something about the kitchen, before Percy pushes past Chiron and into the house. Chiron looks puzzled at first, but then follows. I trust my instincts and I hurry over to the kitchen window.
I stand in the bushes as I peek in. I see Apollo sitting in there. He looks like he caught a deadly virus. I feel bad for him. Percy bursts in and he's shocked at first when he sees the sun god. Percy then tackles Apollo into a bear hug. I stare in shock, Percy has never done anything like that before. Apollo pulls away and looks at Percy with a worried glance.
That's where the tears started. A single tear rolls down Percy's cheek as he and Apollo talk. Chiron interrupts and invites them to the living room. Percy nods and he helps Apollo to the living room. I sprint around the house and I sit by the living room window. The window is cracked open so I can hear as well as see.
Percy lays a blanket over a shivering Apollo. Apollo takes it gratefully and wraps it around himself. He walks over and sits on the couch across from Apollo.
"Percy, take your jacket off. It's quite stuffy in here." Chiron says. Percy nods and walks over to the coat rack. He takes his jacket off and from my point of view, I can see his wound. Its a clean puncture to the bicep. Percy doesn't even notice it until he sees some blood on his sleeve. He really has seaweed for brains. He stares at in in alarm. He then looks down at his leg and I follow his gaze. I see his sock is soaked in blood.
"I, uh, um, excuse me for one moment." He says, sprinting to the bathroom. Apollo and Chiron stare after him, perplexed. They quietly talk to eat other. I sprint over to the bathroom window..
Kelp Head left it open so I was able to see what he was doing. He rolled up his jeans and I could see an identical wound to the one on his arm. He hurries and grabs bandages. He hastily wraps his arm and leg. He closes his eyes and concentrates, for a moment, the bandages disappear. I do a double take and I notice white fluffy stuff surrounds his arm, The Mist. Confident, he walks out of the bathroom, but I am already sprinting back.
I come back just as Percy does. Apollo and Chiron look at him in a mix of puzzlement and concern.
"Percy? Why is your arm wrapped in a bandage?" Apollo asks almost immediately. I smirk, he couldn't have seriously thought he could trick a god.
"Uh, I fell." Percy says with his quick wits. I almost burst into laughter.
"What did you fall on?" Chiron cuts in. Ooo, Percy got caught lying!
"My dagger." He says, I quietly facepalm myself. Percy Jackson does not use daggers in battle.
"What dagger?" Apollo asks, yep that's what you get for lying.
"The one I was training with?" Percy says, trained? When did you train?
"When did you train with daggers?" Chiron asks. Yep, saw that coming.
"Yesterday." He says. Chiron looks at him befuddled.
"How?" Apollo asks, I snicker. Busted.
Percy opens his mouth to answer, but closes it quickly. He falters before continuing. "In the back of my cabin." He says. He's lying and I know it.
Chiron has a look of realization. "Then why did you just wrap your wounds?" He asks. I smirk.
Percy groans. "Fine, you got me." He mumbles. I anticipate the real answer.
"Then what actually happened?" Apollo asks. I am literally right next to the window.
"I did it to myself, just before I came here. I-I didn't have enough time to wrap it." Percy says, I freeze and I stare in shock. Apollo pales and Chiron looks like he's gonna be sick.
"What?" Chiron asks. Tears form in Percy's eyes, shattering my heart.
"I did it to myself." He repeats. Each word feels like another blow to my mental form.
"Did you do it anywhere else?" Chiron asks. Percy nods his head and a single tear rolls down his face.
"Where?" Apollo asks, Percy rolls up his jeans to show his wound. Apollo gasps. Tears threaten to fall, but I push them away.
"Oh Percy, why?" Chiron pleads, Percy shakes his head, making more tears come down his face.
"Please. We can help." Apollo says. Percy shakes his head harder and hides his head in his arms, with his knees pulled to his chest. I just want to jump through the window and help him.
Apollo moves from his spot on the couch to next to Percy. Apollo pulls him into a hug. Percy begins to cry even harder, each sob taking it's toll on me.
"Why?" Apollo asks softly. I hear Percy mumbling. "Repeat please." Apollo says gently.
"Because I can't live with myself." Percy says very quietly. I accidentally let out a quiet squeak of shock.
"Why?" He asks again. More tears fall from Percy's face when he looks up at the sun god.
"I-I can't think straight anymore! All I can see and f-feel is pain! I just want it to end!" Percy exclaims. I want to just go in there and hug him. Isabelle Perez! Get it together!
Chiron looks at Perc with a sad expressions. "Why didn't you tell us sooner?" He asks. I already know what he is going to say.
"I didn't want to be more of a burden." Percy says, Apollo facepalms himself. I hear him intake a sharp breath. I also facepalm myself.
"Percy, you don't always need to put other people first. You sometimes need to take care of yourself first." Chiron says. Percy shakes his head furiously.
"No, I don't. I'll be fine as long as everyone else is." Percy says, rubbing his eyes harshly. There are scratch marks on his cheekbones.
"Everyone else won't be fine if you keep doing this to yourself." Apollo says. Gods, I wanna hug Apollo right now. Percy looks at his palms, he freezes for a moment, but it fades quickly. He balls his hands into fists.
"But it helps take my mind off other things." Percy says, Apollo immediately knows what he is talking about, his eyes widen in fear. My heart pounds and my breathing quickens.
"What other things?" Chiron asks, fearful of the answer. If it can scare a god, then it must be pretty bad.
"Death." Percy whispers, bowing his head in shame. My heart starts to fasten. I know I should use my head and think, but I don't.
I sprint up the patio and into the Big House. The incredulous faces of Apollo and Chiron was humorous, but I didn't laugh. Percy looks up and tries to stop crying, but it doesn't work.
"Isabelle, what are doing here?" Chiron asks me. I actually look at him this time. He has a mixed expression of confusion, pain, and sadness. It hurts to look at him.
"There's someone fatally injured at the lava wall. They were messing around and one of them fell into the pit. I got him out, but I came to tell you." I lie smoothly. I quickly summon lightning and I electrify one of the ares kids that beat up Percy. Tom is now on the ground, burned to a crisp. I realize that my plan worked when Chiron flashed up and galloped away. Apollo looks at me with curious eyes. I ignore him and I sit by Percy's side. The boy cowers and looks away.
"Look at me." I tell Percy in a stern tone. Percy reluctantly looks at me. I've heard so many stories about his eyes. That they were a beautiful sea-green that were always filled with mirth, love, strength, and sass. They would sparkle with delight when he laughed, or smiled. But when I look into his eyes, they are no where near that. They are a simple dark green that is filled with pain, misery, absentness, and fear. They would darken with fear whenever someone spoke to him. They are nothing like the legends.
"Death is never the answer. Yes I know, life seems invaluable at points, but you always have to look towards the lighter part of life. For some people that light is huge, the size of this planet, and for others, it can be the size of a pinecone. But everyone has their anchor to this life. You just need to find it, that's all. Life always turn around for the better, it just sometimes takes a lot of time and emotion for it to turn." The words pour out of mouth faster than I could stop them. When I saw his eyes, I just snapped, I was determined to see the sea green eyes, the mirth, the strength, the...love in them again. Percy looks at me in shock.
"O-Okay." He says, bowing his head again. I take my index finger and I raise his chin again so that he is facing me. I stare straight into his eyes.
"You are braver than that." I say before moving my finger away from his chin. He holds my gaze. I smile.
Apollo clears his throat, he probably would have told us yet another horrid hakui, but he went into a raging coughing fit. Percy rushes to his side and hands him a cup of tea. Apollo takes it willingly and takes a few sips. When Apollo is finished, Percy takes the cup and sets it back down.
"Better?" Percy asks, Apollo cracks a smile and nods. Percy places a hand on Apollo's back. "Good." He says, a ghost of a smile playing on his lips. When Percy looks away to get Apollo more tea, Apollo and I give each other an incredulous look.
"How did you do that?" Apollo mouths quietly. I shrug, "I don't know." I mouth back. Percy looks back over and hands Apollo some more tea. Apollo says thanks to him before continuing to drink.
Percy sits back down. He stares at me and I stifle a gasp. For a moment, there was a microscopic twinkle in his eyes. It was extremely small, but it fills me with hope. I stare into his eyes again as he stares into mine. I could just stay like that for days, staring at him, with all of his beauty and scars. He truly is one of the greatest. I realize that Apollo is staring at us, and I immediately look away. I stand up quickly.
"I-uh-um, need to go check on that poor kid. I'll talk to you later, Percy. Feel better soon, Lord Apollo." I say, I quickly bow to Apollo before hurrying out if the Big House. I lied yet again. I sprint to my cabin and I slam it shut behind me.
"Izzy?" I hear Jason call out from his bed. I groan loudly.
"What?" I whine. Jason snorts.
"Nevermind, you seem fine." He says, I can practically hear the smirk. I shoot a small lightning bolt at him, zapping him. He yelps and I burst into laughter.
"What was that for?" He calls out to me, I laugh even harder. I walk over to my half-brother and I smile when I see him. The circles under his eyes are becoming more lighter. His posture is better.
When I first came here, I entered the cabin for the first time to see a weeping son of Zeus. He was curled into a ball on the floor and he was weeping over a photo of a very pretty girl. My first thought was, Oh, a child of Aphrodite dumped him for someone else. But then as I grew closer to Jason over the years, I found out that he watched as his girlfriend, Piper, died in his arms. I also learned that he lost all of his best friends, Leo- son of Hephaestus, Frank- Son of Mars, Hazel- daughter of Pluto, and Nico- son of Hades.
He also told me about Percy and Annabeth. He told me all about their love story, and how they grew even closer when they fell into Tartarus together.
He told me that they went missing after the war, but they weren't dead. And he was determined to find them. He was always going to council meetings with the gods. He was always on quests looking for them, he would always come back bloodied, hurt, and broken even more. Him and Chiron would stay up late at nights looking for any information they could find. But whenever Jason wasn't on the search, he was either crying in his bed or helping Chiron run camp. He rarely ever slept. When Thalia and the hunters visited, Thalia would always be trying to convince Jason to sleep. It was heartbreaking to see him so distraught.
When Percy was found, Jason insisted on meeting him the second he woke up. Of course, Zeus told him that he wasn't allowed to see Percy until he came to camp. That infuriated Jason so much that he went crazy. He entered the forest and knocked half of it down with lightning, that earned him a month of stable duty. He was mentally unstable, he couldn't stop shaking at points.
When Percy arrived at camp, Jason tried everything to see him, but it always seemed that someone would ruin the chance. He was a little happy for one of his best friends to return, but was still in a depressed state when Chiron told him of Percy's condition. But that night at the pavilion tore him apart.
Seeing Percy for the first time in 3 years snapped him back to reality. It was heartbreaking to see Jason hug the son of the sea. It was also very surprising the way he held himself together. I smiled at his strength for his friend.
I shake my head. "Just for the fun of it." I say, smiling. Jason shrugs and stands up, towering over me. He walks away to the bathroom. I go over to my bed and I pick up my Celestial bronze sword and I hurry out. I head for sword practice to get my mind off certain things.
A/N How ya guys liking it?! Isabelle is developing some feelings for our very own Percy, but will they stay? *Cackles evilly*