Hello people! I am new to this whole fanfiction thing, so please be nice. This is my first fanfiction ever. I hope you like it.
Camp Half-blood and Camp Jupiter had been buzzing with gossip. Word had it that Annabeth Chase had had an emotional breakdown due to her trip through Tartarus, and had broken up with Percy Jackson. No one had seen Percy in a month.
Five years later
Percy Jackson swam down one of the roads in Atlantis. The young hero had journeyed to his father's palace and chosen to live there, away from his former life and crushing heartbreak. Poseidon had even turned Percy into a merman. Triton had welcomed him willingly this time, accepting him as his brother. It was more than Percy had ever hoped for. Triton explained to him that in the Titan battle, his fiancé had been cheating on him and he had just found out. "I'm sorry I was so horrid to you, Percy. Just know that I'm here for you. Brothers are supposed to be there for each other." Percy had been shocked when Poseidon had insisted on naming him as a prince of the sea. Percy sighed contentedly as he swam down his favorite path. He tugged at the silver arm bands Amphitrite had insisted he wear self-consciously. The circlet didn't bother him, but these made him feel to conspicuous. Suddenly, an Iris Message appeared in front of him. It wasn't easy to tell what was going on, but through the hazy images, he could make out Jason, his best friend, fighting for his life against a horde of monsters. "Percy, I don't know if you're even out there anymore, but if you are, I need you." Was all Jason managed to shout before the connection was lost. Instantly, Percy was speeding back to the palace, his bluish-green tail beating the water frantically. He burst into the throne room and as soon as his father, brother, and Amphitrite saw him, they were off of their thrones and rushing towards him. "Percy, what happened?" Triton asked anxiously. "I need to get to Camp Jupiter. I'm going to come back, don't worry." He smiled reassuringly and after a brief flash of pain, his legs were back. Triton placed a hand on his little brother's shoulder. "Call me if you need help. Especially if there is a fight. I know you like a challenge, but don't take on more than two thousand this time, okay?" Percy laughed and swam off to retrieve his set of armor that his family had given to him two years ago for his birthday.
As he speed traveled to Camp Jupiter, Percy thanked the gods that he could not get the bends. H emerged in San Francisco Bay and he hailed a cab. As fast as he could, Percy ran through the tunnel and stopped at the sight that greeted him. About two thousand monsters were assaulting New Rome. Percy smirked and drew his sword. Willing the Little Tiber to obey his will, Percy picked all of the demigods up and deposited them on the safe side. Then he attacked. Within ten minutes, all of the monsters were dead. As soon as they were gone, the young prince of Atlantis went to tend to the wounded. His friends were waiting for him. Hazel just stared for a minute before demanding, "What happened to you?" Percy looked down. "My dad might have decided to make me a prince? I personally think he just felt bad about Annabeth." Silently she nods, but Jason says, "When did you become able to defeat two thousand monsters? You weren't able to do that before, were you? That would be embarrassing. You always holding back, just so we could do something." Percy smiled a little and Frank asked suddenly, "Why didn't you come back? We could have helped you!" Percy knelt next to Reyna and began to clean her wounds. "I just needed to get away from the world for a while. Believe it or not, Triton helped me a lot. I guess I should go to Camp Half-Blood, huh? Any of you guys willing and or able to go with me?" Hazel jolted forward and wrapped her arms around her friend. "I'll come with you." Jason and Frank decided to come as well. Suddenly, Percy froze. "Where is Piper?" Jason grinned and said, "She's visiting the others. When do you want to leave?" Percy shrugged and said, "Whenever you guys are. I have transportation." His three friends grabbed their weapons and followed him to the river. Percy knelt in the shallow water and began murmuring under his breath. Three pink pearls appeared in his hand and Hazel and Frank grinned. "I remember those!" Hazel exclaimed and happily allowed Percy to throw one at her, enveloping her in a shimmering pink bubble. Less enthusiastically, Jason and Frank allowed themselves to be encased. They were pretty surprised when they began to descend into the water with Percy swimming along beside them.
When they reached a decent depth, Percy commanded the spheres to halt and he transformed his legs back into a tail. His friends just gaped. Percy grinned and said, "Hang on! We'll be at Long Island in about ten minutes." Jason, Frank, and Hazel screamed like little children when they began to move again. Once they were ejected onto dry land, the trio turned to glare at Percy who was lingering in the water. A piercing whistle ripped through the air and Connor Stoll ran up to the three friends, not even noticing the merman in the crystal blue water. "I'm going to kill you Percy!" Jason yelled while Hazel and Frank greeted the mischievous son of Hermes. At those words though, Connor whirled around to face his serious faced old friend. "Percy? Is that you?" He asked timidly and Percy nodded. "Give me a minute. I have to change back to my legs real quick." Percy ducked under water briefly and emerged without a tail. His circlet and armbands glistened in the bright sunlight before he hid them with his powers. Connor just stared at him in shock. "Oh gods, it is you! We all thought you were dead or something!" The young man exclaimed as he hugged Percy. The prince of the sea laughed and said, "You really thought I wouldn't be able to take care of myself? You should ask Jason what I did earlier." At this statement, the son of Jupiter looked queasy. Frank chose this time to say, "Is it dinner time yet? We were hoping to startle the others out of their minds." Connor smirked devilishly and motioned for them to follow him quietly. "They're all in the dining pavilion. Dude, I really wish I wasn't on guard duty! This is sure to be awesome." After fist bumping Percy, Connor went back to his tree and began whistling.
Once they got to the eating area, Hazel, Frank, and Jason entered first. Everyone erupted into shots and catcalls. Then Jason realized Percy wasn't beside him. "Are you coming or do I need to drag you over here?" He demanded. Reluctantly, Percy stepped into the firelight. A hush fell instantly, until Percy caught sight of two people he thought he'd never see again. "Leo? I thought you were dead!" The Latino demigod just stared, his nose spontaneously combusting. Chiron cleared his throat. "Perseus, I see you have returned. Your father told me in advance, and instructed me to alert every one of your new status as well as your titles." Percy groaned and slammed his head into a column, creating a large crack. Turning to Hazel, he said, "See? This is why I didn't want to come. Dad is always wanting to show off." A deep throated chuckle emanated from the corner and Percy's face brightened. "Tri! I didn't know you were coming?" Triton stood up and laid his arm across his younger brother's shoulders comfortably. "Who else would dad send to tell them and make sure you didn't run away? Anyway, what happened to the whole "don't take on more than two thousand monsters this time? I have it from a very reliable source that there were at least three." Percy cringed. "I may have miscounted?" He attempted to excuse himself. Everyone gathered were shocked. Triton cleared his throat and when Percy just glared back, he jabbed Percy in the ribs. The younger prince's crown and armbands appeared instantly. "Why'd you do that? I didn't want them to know about that yet!" Percy complained. Chiron cleared his throat and got everyone's attention. "May I introduce Perseus Jackson, Hero of Olympus, Bane of Monsters, Hero of Prophecy, Bane of Titans, Traveler and Survivor of Tartarus, Bane of Giants, Lord of the hurricanes, Victor of the Labyrinth, and King of the Atlantic, Prince of the Atlantis." A hush fell over the assembled campers and Percy felt a sense of shame and horror envelope him.
He ran. Away from the awed stares, away from his brother who only wanted him to have the respect Triton felt Percy deserved, away from the honor and glory that others would give him. When he stopped running, Percy found himself in the fighting arena. However, he was not the only one there. A familiar blonde young woman was training. As he watched, she fought an invisible enemy and lost. Only when she suddenly exclaimed, "How could I have done that to him?" Did he realize that Annabeth was crying. She continued to fight, but Percy needed to talk to her, try to comfort her. So, he did the only thing he could think of; he attacked. Not viciously, but enough to put her on her guard. She never looked up into his face to see who it was, but Percy could see the gratitude written on her face. They sparred for about half an hour until it got too dark to see. "Thanks." Annabeth pants. "No problem." I say, "I needed to blow off some steam." Annabeth froze. "Is something wrong, Annabeth?" Percy asked innocently and she punched him on the arm. "I thought you were dead Seaweed brain!" Then she paused. "What are you doing here? I thought you'd be staying as far away from here and me as possible." Percy laughed. "I'll have to admit, that was why I stayed away for about the first year. Then dad just wanted me to stay with him and Triton." Heavy footsteps resound and he scowled. "Speak of the devil." Percy muttered and crossed his arms.
"Aw, come on Percy. You know dad said to, and it's not like you don't deserve a little acknowledgement for all of your accomplishments. But who is this?" Percy tensed a little, just enough for Annabeth to notice. "Um, this is Annabeth, Triton. Triton, Annabeth." He said awkwardly. Triton exploded. "You're the girl that broke my brother's heart? You should know that he hasn't ever even so much as looked at a girl in the last five years. Five years, mortal. Do you know how much dedication that takes? He was in love with you! He had been planning on asking you to marry him, but no! You had to go, and ruin any chance of happiness he had. What are you even doing near him?" Triton went to push her away, but Percy stepped in front of her, the moonlight reflecting off of his circlet and armbands (which had just appeared. They did that when he got angry, which he was). "Triton that is enough! You don't know what she was going through. She had just fallen into Tartarus and been forced to walk through it! I understand why she did it, even if you don't." Triton snarled and lunged at Annabeth again. By now, a crowd had gathered. "You fell too, Percy!" He exclaimed angrily. Percy tackled him and pinned him down. "And you saw how broken I was afterwards! If my mental condition was that bad, what do you think hers was? I was out of it for some of it." Triton calmed gradually. When Percy thought his older brother was calmed sufficiently, he got off of him. He bowed his head. "I am sorry. I did not think. I should have known that if you were together, you had already forgiven her. Please forgive me, lady Annabeth." He said formally. Annabeth smiled hesitantly at him and asked, "Why was Percy mad at you earlier?" Triton laughed and Percy clamped his hands over his brother's mouth. "He didn't say anything!" Percy yelled frantically. Nico smirked at him and said, "Oh yeah, he didn't do anything but list all of your titles. You should have heard all of them Annabeth. He must have had what? Fourteen of them? After Percy ran off, Triton told us of some of Percy's accomplishments. He definitely wasn't just sitting around like most of us were. He was doing ridiculously awesome stuff. Come on Percy, let him tell us some more!" Percy sighed. "Fine. Dad wants me back within the next hour though, so I had better go ahead and leave. See you all soon and try not to freak out." That last part was directed to Annabeth.
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