Percy x Thalia x Nico (bonding): Scream (Zac Efron)

A/N: Yeah . . . this one is a bit . . . odd. You can obviously tell my music isn't very sophisticated, eh? Haha. Well, no matter, because I thought that this song fit Percy very well.

BTW . . . this ones a bit weird, ahah. But aren't they all?

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Percy's POV

I ran out of the Big House, why me?, constantly running through my head.

I had another bloody question. I mean, can't the gods let me have some rest? Obviously not.

I jogged to the lake and sat on the sand there, thinking everything over. Why is my life so difficult? Why can't the gods get someone else to bloody go and save the world? Not that I don't think it's an honour, or whatever, but I don't want to go and convince Jason and Reyna to leave Camp Jupiter for a whole month to come here! I mean, seriously. After the Giant war, Jason and I had decided to go back to our respective camps. We had decided this pretty much straight after the whole thing because we wanted Octavian to shut the Hades up. Reyna and I had parted ways, her trying not to show many emotions, me not caring who saw me get a bit upset. We had hugged, and she had kissed my cheek – displays of affection; I know, I was shocked too – and then we had gone our separate ways, both of us knowing we wouldn't see each other again, and not minding as much as we should have.

And now I have to go and get the two preators and ask them to come here; the gods wouldn't even tell me why. Yeah, I'll totally be able to convince them.

I heard two people come and sit beside me and I immediately knew they were my two best friends and cousins, Thalia and Nico.

"Hey Perce," Nico greeted.

"Hey Nic. Hey Thals," I deadpanned.

Thalia rolled her eyes. "Buck up Fish Boy! Honestly, there could be worse things."

"What's worse than having no control over your life?" I said in a monotone.

"Uhm, having control and completely losing it?" Thalia said seriously. Nico hid his face his arms, trying to stifle his laughter.

I shoved Thalia, trying to keep a straight face. "Seriously! They want me to go to Camp Jupiter to convince Reyna and Jason to come here for a month! Like they'd leave their camp without preators. You know just as well as I do that if they both left for a month, Octavian would have the campers rebelling and rioting. I just can't ask them to do that."

"You could stay." Nico suggested.

Thals and I stared at him. "What?" he asked. "Seriously! You were preator Perce. Just stay and look after camp. Maybe even Thals can be a temporary preator, because she's Jason's sister, and everyone loves Jason enough to not interfere with his dictatorship."

"Ugh!" I exclaimed, bunching my hair in my hands. "The day the door is closed, the echoes fill your soul. They won't say which way to go, just trust your heart. To find you're here for, open another door. But I'm not sure anymore. It's just so hard."

Nico and Thalia glanced at each other, before grabbing my hands and dragging me to Nico's cabin.

"1, 2, 3, 4!"

Nico started on the high hats, then went to bass drum, while I strummed my chords on the guitar and Thalia rocked her keyboard. Who knew she played piano?

I played my chords, before singing. "Voices in my head, tell me they know best, got me on the edge, they're pushin', pushin', pushin'. I know they've got a plan, but the balls in my hands, this time its man-to-man, I'm driving, fighting inside."

Then Thalia sang the pre-chorus. "A world that's upside down, spinning faster, what do I do now? without you."

Then I continued. "I don't know, where to go, what's the right team? I want my own thing. So bad I'm gonna scream! I can't choose so confused, what's it all mean? I want my own dream. So bad I'm gonna scream!"

Then Nico sang, still keep time. That's talent. "I'm kickin' down the walls, I gotta make 'em fall. Just break through them all, I'm punchin', crashin', I'm gonna, fight to find myself. Me and no-one else. Which way? I can't tell, I'm searchin', searchin' can't find the! Road that I should take, I should! Turn right or left is, it's like nothing works without you!"

Then Thalia, "I don't know, where to go, what's the right team? I want my own thing. So bad I'm gonna scream! I can't choose so confused, what's it all mean? I want my own dream. So bad I'm gonna scream!"

Then me. "Yeah, the clock's running down, hear the crowds getting' loud! Im consumed by the sound! Is it her? Is it love? Can the music ever be enough? Gotta work it out, gotta work it out! You can do it. You can do it!"

Then there was my epic guitar solo, that I love so much. Then the music dropped right out, just down to the basics while Thalia sang. "I don't know, where to go, what's the right team? I want my own thing. So bad I'm gonna scream! I can't choose so confused, what's it all mean? I want my own dream. So bad I'm gonna scream!"

Then Nico continued. "I don't know, where to go, what's the right team? I want my own thing. I want my own thing!"

I sang the final part. "I can't choose so confused, what's it all mean? I want my own dream. So bad I'm gonna scream! Ooh. Ahh!"

The music cut off, and I looked down at my beautiful guitar. I could also count on her. And my cousins. I knew they would also be there for me.

Bit of a crap ending, but eh. Whatevs, you know. Wanted to tone down the seriousness by having Percy also being able to count on his wonderful guitar. Haha.