To the reviewer who asked, yes it will come out later into the story and there will be answers lol. Voting-
Anyway, this is my double update for today because I am proud to say that I have officially finished writing the Lightning Thief portion of this story! The last chapter is a shorter one but hey, that's because it's the last chapter and setting up a twist.
Anyways, I still wanna ask if people think I should do it as one huge story or do a second Fic that's a sequel to go on top Sea of Monsters, which I have started writing- Cue evil laughter because I have many many plans.
Also, I have certain plot points that are certain and some that aren't so things are still flexible, but I won't be gender bending any other characters at this point and I have very much selected who the main villain will be so that's set in stone now-as it should be after the planning I put into the betrayal scene.
As always I live for the reviews so do keep em coming.
Also, Percy and Luke are badasses, Luke has literally been training for nine years and Percy's been training for seven years and it will show.
Percy/Annabeth/Rachel: 40
Percy/Thalia: 31
Percy/Jason: 3
Percy/Annabeth/Thalia: 2
Percy/Jason/Piper: 1
Percy/Thalia/Rachel: 1
Percy/Calypso: 1
Nico/Percy: 1
Percy/Annabeth/Nico: 1
Percy/Annabeth/Piper: 1
Percy/Apollo: 1
Thalia/Luke: 13
Percy was floored by the realization, and so was Luke, though they hid it well.
Despite everything Percy found her gaze drawn to the first cabin on the left, cabin three.
It wasn't high and mighty like cabin one, but long and low and solid. The outer walls were of rough gray stone studded with pieces of seashell and coral, as if the slabs had been hewn straight from the bottom of the ocean floor.
Percy knew without even thinking about it that it was the Cabin she belonged in-that it should be the Cabin she'd sleep in.
But the secrecy was too important for that so she dismissed those thoughts, focusing on the other Cabins as they walked along.
Most of the other cabins were crowded with campers.
Number five was bright red—a real nasty paint job, as if the color had been splashed on with buckets and fists. The roof was lined with barbed wire. A stuffed wild boar's head hung over the doorway, and its eyes seemed to follow me. Inside Percy could see a bunch of mean-looking kids, both girls and boys, arm wrestling and arguing with each other while rock music blared. The loudest was a girl maybe thirteen or fourteen. She wore a size XXXL CAMP HALF-BLOOD T-shirt under a camouflage jacket. She zeroed in on the newcomers and gave Percy and Luke an evil sneer.
She was big and mean, with long stringy brown hair.
Percy looked away as they made their way to the last Cabin on the left, number Eleven.
Out of all the cabins, eleven looked the most like a regular old summer camp cabin, with the emphasis on old. The threshold was worn down, the brown paint peeling. Over the doorway was a caduceus.
Looking inside Percy and Luke saw that it was packed with people, both boys and girls, way more than the number of bunk beds. Sleeping bags were spread all over on the floor. It looked like a gym where the Red Cross had set up an evacuation center.
It made Percy feel angry-why were so many kids crammed into one Cabin? Surely it would be better to have one for children of minor Gods and Goddesses, it would make sense surely. She caught Luke's eye and she could see from the look in his eyes that he agreed with her but neither of them voiced their thoughts out loud.
Annabeth stepped forward into the doorway, clearing her throat and speaking, "Hey guys. New Campers."
That drew the other kids attention and two boys around the same age as Percy stood up-they had been sat on a bed talking.
They looked alike-the only difference was that one of them was taller.
They were both tall and skinny with curly brown hair that hung in their eyes wearing orange shirts tucked into oversized shorts.
And both of them had grins that Percy had seen before on Luke when he'd planned on causing trouble.
"So these are the new guys?" the taller one asked with a grin. "So which one of you took on the Minotaur?"
"That would be me." Percy raised a hand, grinning and giving a mock bow as Luke rolled his eyes fondly.
"That must have been pretty cool." the shorter of the two added, "I'm Connor, my brother's Travis. We're the Co-heads of the Hermes Cabin."
"What are your names?"
"I'm Luke." Luke spoke up, "And this is my baby sister Perse-"
"Percy." Percy elbowed him pulling a face, "You know I hate my full name Luke I will strangle you. Call me Percy guys."
"Ooh." Travis and Connor exchanged mischievous grins that made Percy want to groan. "So, regular or undetermined?"
"Luke is a son of Hermes." Annabeth spoke up, "Percy is undetermined for now-" there was some muttering at that, and someone spoke up.
"But if you're siblings-" that came from a boy maybe a few years older than Percy with brown hair and green eyes who was sat in the corner, his back against the wall of the Cabin, and Luke spoke up before he could finish.
"I was adopted."
"Oh."
Travis grinned, "Doesn't matter much anyway. So." his gaze focused on Luke, "You're our brother huh?"
"Seems so." Luke grinned, "I get the feeling you'll be an even bigger trouble maker than Se-"
Percy elbowed him again and he bent double, giving her a dirty look as his younger brothers exchanged devious looks.
"What was that for?" He asked incredulously.
"I don't want 'em calling me that." she hissed the words, and Luke laughed.
"You're ridiculous. Percy." he said her name in a teasing singsong voice and Percy poked him in the chest.
"Yeah, well I might be ridiculous but you're a klepto-"
"This coming from the girl who blew up a school bus-"
"One time!" Percy threw her hands up in the air, "I blew up a school bus one time-"
"You blew up a school bus?" Connor's eyes gleamed as he leaned forward. "Oh you've gotta tell us more."
"It wasn't my fault." Percy grinned, "There was a monster and I was on a school trip-and there was an old war cannon so-"
"Oh you are so one of us." Travis crowed, "You might not be a kid of Hermes but you are so one of us." he moved to her side,
patting her shoulder. "I like you." he looked at Luke, "Your sister seems cooler than you."
"I can accept that." Luke laughed, clearly pleased that Percy looked so happy at being accepted so quickly-and she had been, there was a fair bit of laughter from the other residents of Cabin eleven.
Even Annabeth seemed somewhat relieved by how Percy was doing.
"Anyway." Travis draped an arm over Percy's shoulder "We don't exactly have many free beds so you'll have to sleep on the floor. We'll steal some sleeping bags and stuff for you."
"We'd appreciate that." Luke smiled, "I think most of our stuff got destroyed on the way in."
"Or I could just go and grab them from the Camp stores." Annabeth rolled her eyes, "You know Chiron doesn't mind, you don't have to steal them."
"But that's boring Annibeth." Connor grinned, and Annabeth glared.
"How many times have I told you not to call me that?"
"Hm, not enough." Connor grinned.
"Ugh. Can one of you come and help me carry the stuff?" Percy glanced between Luke and Percy, and Percy ducked out from under Travis' arm.
"I can help." she offered, "Luke probably wants to get to know his new brothers."
"Thanks Se-Percy." Luke grinned at her, a grateful glint in his eyes as Annabeth grabbed Percy's arm and half dragged her out of the Cabin as she waved back at the other kids.
Luke would definitely appreciate the chance to get to know his blood siblings. She had been somewhat jealous when she was younger when she'd realized that she probably had family on Hermes' side, probably had siblings who weren't her, but Luke had reassured her that no matter how many other siblings he had, she would always be the one he cared the most about, just like he knew he'd always be her big brother.
Once they were out of the Cabin and a short distance away Annabeth gave her a look of grudging respect.
"Not too bad." she admitted after a moment, "Did you really blow up a bus?"
"Yep." Percy grinned, "and I dumped my whole class into the aquarium at one point because there was a monster."
Annabeth's lips twitched, "Oh you'll fit right in with the Hermes kids even if you don't get claimed."
"Why thank you." Percy gave a mock bow, "I should do given the fact that I grew up with Luke." Percy followed Annabeth as they made their way back towards the Big House.
Before they had gotten very far a voice called out.
"Well! One of the newbies!"
Percy's eyes narrowed and as Annabeth groaned, and she turned her head. The big girl from the ugly red cabin was sauntering toward them. She had three other girls behind her, all big and ugly and mean looking like her, all wearing camo jackets.
"Clarisse," Annabeth sighed. "Why don't you go polish your spear or something?"
"Sure, Miss Princess," the big girl said. "So I can run you through with it Friday night."
''Erre es korakas!" Annabeth spat the words, and Percy raised an eyebrow but she didn't comment as Annabeth added, "You don't stand a chance."
"We'll pulverize you," Clarisse said, but her eye twitched. Perhaps she wasn't sure she could follow through on the threat. She turned toward Percy. "Who's this little runt?"
"Percy Jackson," Annabeth said, "meet Clarisse, Daughter of Ares."
"Huh." Percy looked Clarisse up and down, eyes narrowing slightly. "That explains it."
"Explains what." Clarisse's eyes narrowed in return and Percy smirked.
"Oh, y'know, you just kinda remind me of every bully in every school I've ever been to, all brawn and no brains." that made Annabeth's eyes widen and her mouth dropped open in shock, her hand flying up to cover her mouth to stifle her laughter as Clarisse growled angrily.
"We got an initiation ceremony for newbies, Prissy."
"It's Percy, or are you deaf as well as dumb?" Percy shot out with a smirk, which just enraged Clarisse more.
"Whatever. Come on, I'll show you."
"Clarisse—" Annabeth tried to say.
"Stay out of it, wise girl."
"Yeah Wise Girl." Percy shot Annabeth a grin, "Stay out of it." she knew the Clarisse's of the world. If you had to have someone help you then they'd never stop.
When Clarisse moved to grab her Percy was already moving, ducking away before Clarisse could grab her neck, sweeping her leg out under the other girls, knocking her off balance and making her yell in surprise as Percy twisted, the palm of her hand hitting the bigger girl in the chest hard, shoving her backwards.
The three other girls moved at that, Percy put their slowness down to surprise, she doubted it was often that Clarisse got knocked off her feet, and Percy was moving before Clarisse even hit the ground, surging towards one of the girls, who clenched her fists and lunged towards Percy- only to have Percy swerve to the side at the last second, the girl stumbling when she didn't hit Percy- the second girl was on Percy then, a hand grabbing her hair from behind and yanking hard.
Percy gritted her teeth-it would be so much easier if she could just use Riptide, but no. A sword wasn't something she'd use against other Demigods like this. They didn't have their weapons so neither did she.
She reached back, grabbing the hand that was yanking her hair, digging her nails into the other girls wrist hard enough that she was sure she'd draw blood and jerking it, ripping skin-she could feel the blood slicking her fingers, and the girl yelled and her grip loosened slightly, which let Percy twist, free hand flying out and smashing into the other girls face, hard enough to send her stumbling back, hands flying up to her nose-which was bleeding.
Percy could feel the eyes of several campers on her as the third one Ares camper hesitated slightly-clearly this one had realized that rushing Percy would end badly.
Hm. That just wouldn't do.
"Hm, I thought so. I can always smell a coward-" the girl roared in fury and rushed, and Percy laughed, a bright bubbling sound-Luke always said her laughter reminded him of a stream.
She let the girl rush her, and when the girl reached her Percy turned, grabbing the girls arm as she did, leaning forward and using the other girls momentum against her, flipping her over her shoulder.
Percy smirked as she took a step back and made a show of brushing her hands together as if dusting them off as the Ares campers all looked at her, Clarisse had staggered to her feet and was staring open mouthed at the much smaller child of Poseidon-not that she knew about the latter part.
"Got a problem Clarisse?" Percy gave a sweet smile, "You still haven't shown me that initiation you mentioned."
"You-what the-you're like half-"
"Size isn't everything Clarisse." Percy flipped her hair over her shoulder, still giving her sweetest smile as she winked, "Wanna go again."
Clarisse's mouth narrowed into a thin line.
"You're dead Prissy. You hear me. No one embarrasses my Cabin-"
"But you just did." it was probably a good thing that Clarisses siblings were getting up because it took all three of the other girls to hold Clarisse back as Annabeth let out a laugh and grabbed Percy's hand, dragging her away from the other girl.
"Holy Hades Percy you sure know how to pick your fights. How did you learn to fight like that in the mortal world."
"I've been training since I was like five years old-I went to all the same classes as Luke, we couldn't do actual sword fighting lessons, but he started fencing when he was like nine, and martial arts classes too, some stuff happened and he wanted to be strong to protect me. By the time I was five I was tired of just watching and they were willing to accept me in the classes because Luke was already like, their best student."
"Huh, so you've pretty much been preparing for like, seven years then." Annabeth said slowly.
"Well duh." Percy grinned at Annabeth, who's eyes were slightly narrowed as she stared at her, "What are you thinking Annabeth?"
"I'm thinking that I want you on my team for Capture the Flag."