I Don't Own Percy Jackson


Of course it wasn't that easy as I groaned in annoyance as I sprinted through the woods, trying to fide the damn camp with Alwin groaning in pain on my back much to small back considering he was way bigger than me. But one of his legs had been snapped and he was a baby, so I just grabbed him, tossed his arms over my shoulders, and then ran for both our lives.

The trees made it easier, and really when you think about it, it was just one big game of keep away, but it was still annoying, if Alwin hadn't been hurt, and there was only one of the things, then I could have managed just fine, but no! There had to be a few of those weird dog things, I couldn't take on all three at the same time while protecting someone else, and so I had to make a run for the barrier around camp instead.

Ugh, this sucked, I almost got bit! I doubt I'd even get any cool wolf powers from it!

"You know you're a pain in the ass some times" Alwin screamed something back at me, I just ignored it, instead ducking behind a tree as one of the things shot in a pouncing lunge right past me as my foot shot up at the same time, barely making contact, but hitting it hard enough to fling the fucker away and buy me more time as I kept rushing in now a new direction.

"Y-you freaking suck sometimes" I just rolled my eyes at Alwin's bitching as I managed to catch sight of something in front of me, it looked... wrong? Off? Nothing was there, but it just didn't look right, I charged at it.

"I am fully winning to drop you" He just groaned.

"You won't, you care more than you act" I dropped him, he screamed in shock, and maybe pain, cause, broken leg, but he'd be fine. "h-Hey! I was kidding! Kidding! You're heartless and cold and please don't fucking fight them!"

"Don't worry you baby, we're safe" He blinked before looking around as I just stared ahead, and watched as the blurs of black shot forwards before crashing into the barrier before recoiling back, letting out a sharp howl into the air before dashing off in dissatisfaction, I just sighed with a fair bit of that myself.

"Oh man, I really wanted to kill them too" Alwin, from the ground, just groaned in pain.

"You're fucking insane! That was a pack of... of... I don't even freaking know!" I nodded, I really wanted to use Search on them, but I hadn't had the time to get the command up while keeping track of them all while running to make sure we wouldn't get mauled, still, not Greek, at least I don't think they were.

"Probably werewolves" Alwin sputtered a bit before shaking his head.

"Those aren't real, we got lycans but those weren't them" Right, he was stupid and thought that Greek was the only mythology out there that was real, that was stupid, everyone is stupid, it's going to be annoying to be around stupid people isn't it? Eh, I'll get used to it.

"Eh, whatever, I'll kill them next time"

"You... do that, now can we get moving! My leg is killing me man"

"Yeah yeah, stop moaning, I've broken more bones than that and you don't hear me complain"

"Well you should! You're a freak of nature! Not to mention you heal way to freaking fast without needing ambrosia! It's like nothing can hurt you for more than a day!"

"You say that like it's a bad thing, it's saved your ass more than once"

"I wouldn't be in danger if I wasn't with you in the first place! You're a pretty freaking strong Half-Blood Nick, especially for your age, it's attracting everything by us for miles!"

"You saying I'm smelly?"

"Yes! You reek! You haven't showered since I've met you! It's gross" I just rolled my eyes and ignored that part, letting the conversation drop, at least on my side, more withdrawing than conceding defeat, cause I'd rather die than have that happen, but also cause I just didn't want to keep on the subject. I tried to shower but... I didn't like it.

I mean, it was probably fine, but... Look, I got to the shower, and got ready to get in, and then I saw myself in the mirror and... Well I just don't like my body, it was stupid and wrong and I don't like looking at it. Plus my chest is so fucking sore and tender all the time, having tits fucking sucks!

They were annoying.

Anyways, we headed into camp, and before I could really get a look around at anything, there was a large number teens and kids rushing at me, with a mash of armored pieces and orange shirts. Oh, and weapons, about every instinct in my body wanted to pull my weapon, but I held it back as I looked around at them all before saying.

"Well, I wasn't expecting a red carpet, but orange works to. Anyways know where the doctors are? I got a goat that needs attention" I felt Alwin smack me on the back a bit as I just gave a smile to the group of demigods looking around and staring at each other before a girl pushed through the crowd.

"Move! Everyone estop gawking, she's just a new half-blood! Gods, it's like you lot have never seen one before" I called out before everyone could rush off, at the same time Alwin gave a tired sigh and spoke up at the same time.

"I'm a guy!"/ "He's a guy"

I just smiled, Alwin has figured out that it was best to make sure people knew that, otherwise I got a bit... violent. Anyways, a number of people gave me a look at that, but not much past it, as the girl walked up, giving me a look up in down as I just stared back. She was pretty conventionally attractive in all the right ways, maybe a year or two older than me, with flowing black hair and a soft face with delicate features and warm brown eyes and a nice frame for being so young.

She just stared, looking up at me hair for a long moment before saying with a pouty frown.

"What did you do to it? Use a hacksaw?" I snorted at that, she sounded so serious, it was kind of funny, before replying back.

"Just a knife, it was getting in my way" She just rolled her eyes, giving my face a long observing look before grimacing.

"I can tell, it's so uneven in the front, and look at just how choppy it is? Gods, I'm ashamed to have to be the same sex as you" I just nodded solemnly, though we had two matching smiles on our faces. I liked her, she got used to the idea of my own situation pretty quickly. Even making a clear joke over it.

"Trust me, I feel the same way, this side's body's suck. Ever try fighting a monster when blood is-" Alwin shoved his head past my shoulder to get in between us when I was about to make a very good point, and said.

"I am not listening to... whatever the hell this is, I'm leaving to tell Chiron you're here Nick, and then I'm going to try to forget the last week happened, bye, have fun with Silena!" With that, he slowly got off my back as the two of us watched as he got help from two teens who helped walk him off to... somewhere. Muttering about how the last week made sense and that women were terrifying. No idea what that was about, though I made myself a reminder to punch him the next time I saw him regardless.

"What's his problem?" She just giggled.

"It's one of those guy things, written to their DNA, you'll figure it out over time" I just hummed.

"Alright then, I'll take your word for it. He said your name is Silena?" She smiled and nodded, holding out a hand.

"Yep, that's me, Silena Beauregard" Oh... Oh, it's this Silena, explains why she's hot at least, hmm... great this throws a wrench in my plans, I like her and that means I can no longer use her a cannon fodder. That moves me down to plan C, plan B apparently wasn't viable after I realized that finding a volcano on short notice would be more of a hassle than it was worth.

"Cool, I'm Nick" I reached out and shook her hand and smiled back, it wasn't as... me like as it normally was, it was softer, it felt weird.

"Nice to meet you as well Nick, now then I guess I'm suppose to be showing you around since everyone else has run off, and I can't in good conscious leave your head looking like that. We'll work our way around the camp and end at my cabin, Cabin Ten. I assume that Alwin explained everything?" We started instantly, as I followed after her, nodding.

"Yeah, he explained the whole thing with the cabins, though I already figured out the mythology thing a while before that" She got a lightly surprised look on her face.

"And you managed to get here in one piece while knowing? That's really impressive Nick, most of the time the satyrs try to make sure us Half-Bloods don't know because once we realize what we are, the monsters start coming. How'd you deal with them?" I just shrugged.

"I just killed them" She looked even more impressed at that.

"Really? Doubly impressive then, there's only a few times that's happened, when we can survive out there without any training, I can only think of a few times that's happened actually. We aren't really suppose to talk about it, but if you want some gossip, then talk to Annabeth over at Cabin Six or Luke, he's in Cabin Eleven. Though you'll meet him soon depending on how long it takes for your parent to claim you" I absently noticed just how wistful she got when she said the name Luke, I can't be having that.

I've decided I liked her, that means that I can't have her thinking she's in love with some tragic bad boy, who will then threaten her actual love interest.

"Shouldn't be to long I hope, I know who she is, and have been praying at her when I have the chance" I might or might not have been pestering my mother into making sure she would claim me. Either I've been making great progress or I'm going to have a very interesting/painful meeting with my mother whenever I met her.

"Oh? You really are full of surprise aren't you? Who do you think it is? Better not be my mom or we're going to have a problem buddy, there is no son of Aphrodite looking so... like that. Seriously, where did you even get that cloak? The hem needs urgent fixing if you want it to look even close to presentable, not to mention that jacket, it's all torn up and so trashy"

"Nah, I'm not looking to step on your toes about fashion and all that, I don't really get it to be honest, I'm just a son of Nike. As for my outfit, I mean, I did find it in an abandoned apartment I was squatting in, the jacket at least, I got the cloak of a guy I killed" She snorted at that, I cracked a grin as well, cause, yeah, it was pretty nice to think about.

"Yeah, I'm sure you did, still, it's good to have an idea. Come on, let's get you this tour and then we can get you settled into your cabin after meeting Mr. D. I recommend being nice to him, Chiron isn't actually here at the moment, hasn't been for a while, I think Alwin just didn't want to here about your period" I snickered at that.

"Yeah? I lied about that, Alwin is really easy to mess with like that. I haven't had to deal with that yet when fighting monsters, but I am not looking forwards to it either. This body sucks!" She grimaced before nodding.

"Trust me, between you and me, it's hell. We get off training when it's bad for the most part, but we're suppose to learn just how to deal with it as well in case it happens in combat or whatever, just let your cabin leader know and see what they say. But if you really are feeling bad, my Cabin has everything you could need to get sorted. Chiron and Mr. D don't know, but Hermes's Cabin also sneaks in a ton of snakes and stuff that we get and then pass out for them. Just don't tell any boys alright? It's a pain to bribe them to keep quiet, they don't really get it yet"

I just nodded, keeping it in mind for the future, since I doubt I'll be beating the shit out of a titan within the next few weeks, since I really wasn't that lucky, before saying.

"Cool, I'll keep that in mind. Now then, what's this?" From there we just went through the motions as I got shown around, from the training grounds, the lake, the eating pavilion, the big house, and finally the Cabins, as well as I got introduced to a bunch of the other 'half-bloods' which wasn't nearly as cool as saying demigod, but whatever.

Apparently Silena was really popular, not to surprising, she seemed to be able to get along with literally everyone, from the goth types to the nerdy types, she seemed to just have a way of speaking that lead people into wanting to talk to her, and since she was actually really freaking nice, it just made it hard to not want to talk to her again.

It was nice, her sense of humor and mine really didn't click in the natural sense, but we both still somehow got each other bursting with laughing more than a few times through stray comments or just simple talk.

And in the end, I got to Aphrodite's Cabin, I got strapped to a chair and was tortured violently. Ok, that's a bit of an exaggeration, but all the Aphrodite kids seemed to all at once take great offense to my hair and demanded that they helped out Silena in fixing it, which was a bit confusing, but in the end I met basically every kid in the cabin by the end of it which was probably a good thing, though it all happened while I was sitting in a chair, with scissors snipping around my head, with an older Aphrodite kid, named Minnie trimming my hair into something of a style, while I chatted about with them all.

It was really fun to be honest, it's been, literally, never since I had so many people I could just talk to so openly, sure I talked with strangers sometimes over the last few weeks, but beyond that, Alwin had been my only real constant companion, and while he was cool, this was decidedly really nice as well. Needless to say, it was pretty clear I liked being around a bunch of people, and it certainly helped literally everyone in this cabin was unfairly attractive, like, seriously it was unnecessary, why couldn't there be at least one token ugly kid or something?

And with how they were presented in the books, I honestly thought they would be a lot more shallow, but most of them were chill, sure some of them certainly turned a nose up at my outfit and hair, but no one questioned me on anything else, which was nice, threatening people into making them realize I really am a guy was kind of fun, but it was also repetitive as well.

I got an offer to pay for a service of getting my cloak repaired when I mentioned that it was the only item of clothing I had that I was actually attached to, which was probably a good thing, since literally all of the teens seemed ready to rip my outfit to shreds when I got changed out of them into a much more fitting set of clothing consisting of an orange tee-shirt and jeans. Though figuring out the bra thing took longer than I'd like to admit, and got in a bit of an argument with one of the guys when I asked if I could just not wear it. Apparently that was 'not cool' so I just had to deal with the thing.

I even got a necklace, the one that the beads are collected on, apparently this cabin is the one that made them which was pretty cool and fitting. Some of them also have a frankly creepy skill from their mom which let's them instantly be able to know a person's measurements and seamline from looking at them for a minute.

With that in mind, I accepted the deal that they would make my cloak actually fitting and a bit more protective, since apparently they also worked with armor since they refused to wear anything that wasn't fashionable but wasn't quite stubborn enough to not go into combat without protection. Meaning they just made the armor for themselves to look both good and useful at the same time.

I may... have made a mistake though, saying if they were up for it, I'd pay double if they could beat me at a game of cards, any game they wanted, and if I won I wouldn't pay... In the end, the Aphrodite cabin learned I kind of can't lose when it comes to card games and now I was apart of at least two gambling rings in which they were trying to get use of my powers by abusing them for their own gain.

In the end, I didn't come out of it with nothing thankfully, though some of them were really scary, I managed to get out of the thing with a deal that for every five drachma I won them through betting, I could get a small favor from the cabin. It worked out pretty well in my opinion, though I have no idea just what I'm going to be using those favors for, I'm sure I'll come up with something when I get some time to think about it more.

After all that was said and done, my hair was better, it was something close to a pixie cut, cause apparently that's what looked best on me, I didn't argue, it was more comfortable shorten to the point they got it, but it also wasn't super short either, and it kept out of my eyes, so I was cool with it.

Once the make over party was done, and a promise that they could find me when they wanted to win by cheating with my powers, I was then shuttled out by Silena to finally meet Mr. D, which was where we were right now, as the two of us moved in front of the man... He was... something.

Imagine a middle aged baby but, like, stretched out and old... then slap on a kind of awesomely designed tiger-pattern Hawaiian shirt and make him look like he was constantly hung over, and then you'd get a rough idea of what looking at him was like. He was also playing some kind of card game with two very terrified looking satyrs. His eyes drifted up at me for a second, squinted, and then looked back down at his cards.

"And who are you suppose to be little girl?" Silena had told me to be nice, but the way he said that made my entire body fill with annoyance, and that quickly seeped into my tone.

"I'm a guy" He didn't even bother to look up.

"I don't care" I felt my eyebrow twitch violently, a smile beginning to pull on my face as I tried to say nicely, though it came out hard and strained.

"I don't like you" He smirked, as Silena moved forwards, placing a hand on my shoulder, trying to calm me down.

"Still don't care" It wasn't working, in fact I was getting even further away from calm by the second.

"Deal me in. I can't punch you in the face, but I can take your money" Silena let out a long sigh, and the two satyrs looked horrified, Mr. D continued to smirk.

"Fine girl. Do you know how to play?"

"Guy, and I don't need to"

"This won't end well for you"

"That's hilarious, I was just about to say the same thing!" Mr. D and I were staring at each other, my eyes sparking with angry, his just blood shot and bored, but after a second he said, as he moved the cards in order to play the game fresh.

"Don't disappoint me then brat, since Chiron's been gone no one here actually bothers to try. It's insulting, I'm hoping your mother made it so you aren't the same way, if you aren't... then, we'll see just how this goes" The satyrs make small squeaking sounds at that, looking like they wished they were anywhere but between the two of us.

"Oh don't worry, I don't care who you are, I don't lose"

"We shall see"

I was about to play pinochle with a god... Heh, he certainly was pretty fucking annoying, but this is still pretty awesome. Silena just sighed, but she managed to look amused, and certainly relieved that Dionysus wasn't in fact smiting me to death for disrespect or something. Then again, he is the God of partying, party games, like card games, must fall in his domain, so it makes sense he liked being able to play them with someone who won't throw just because they're scared of him.

Unlike those people, I have no working fear of the gods, and as such will crush this man in front of me with everything I have!

...

[Accomplishment: Draw with God : Completed!
It wasn't in anything major, hardly a fight for the ages, but you have battled a god to a stalemate in a battle of luck and skill in cards, which is pretty impressive, even if you are totally cheating with your own powers... He's also a god so it evens out. But because of that, you get a nice big exp reward, so enjoy that.

+7,500 Exp]

[Notice: You have leveled up two times!]

This is bullshit, and I hate gods!

I was fuming as I stomped away from the table that held Dionysus, furious and annoyed. We went for a solid two hours, and somehow every time I would win a round, he'd win the next one! No matter what, I just couldn't pull ahead in the lead! The only damn fucking reason I hadn't kept going until I passed out from exhaustion was because Silena told me it was kind to met Luke, and Dionysus seemed to have gotten bored and refused to play with me anymore.

I wanted to skin him alive! How fucking dare he!

"Come on Nick! It's fine, besides you two went at it for ages, it's clear that you'd destroy anyone else" I just huffed.

"I want to grind him into a paste and coat those fucking cards of his with his own entrails" She just rolled her eyes, she didn't stick around for the entire thing, but when she got back to tell me about the meeting with Luke to get me settled into Hermes's cabin, I hadn't really been... talking nice to the god, after he managed to tie with me for the seventeenth time in a row.

I fucking swear the little shit was enjoying getting me angry!

"You're just over reacting"

"I don't lose Silena! It's literally my thing, a defining character trait! I'm basically a Gary Stu! I can not lose! I feel like I've lost a part of my very soul!" She snorted at that, before giving me a pat on the back and said with a soothing voice

"You're just being very dramatic, now suck it up ok? Luke's got enough on his plate without you being a small angry goblin cause you didn't win at a card game"

"I'm just saying, he was totally cheating! He's a God!"

"And what were you doing exactly?"

"Shut up!"

"Yeah yeah. Here we are, uh... Hey Luke!" Her voice hitch an octave as she gave a girly wave to the man in question, and... oh fucking come on! He's hot too? Why is literally everyone around me attractive? Is it a being a demigod of an Olympian thing? I swear I don't look this good!

Life is so unfair.

He gave the two of us a dazzling smile and I sadly understood just where Silena came from in falling for him in the first place, but I was made of stronger stuff, and by that, he wasn't my type, so I endured such a true hardship as he spoke.

"Hey, so you're the new camper, Nick right?" I nodded, he held out and hand which I shook, with an easy smile on my face as he continued "It's good to meet you, come on, let's get you settled in" We headed inside, as I looked around, nearly every space was filled with something marking a person's spot, to say it was a bit crowded was an understatement. Silena had headed out, thought it was clear she did want to still hang around, it wouldn't work without being a bit awkward.

"Sure, sorry to say, but I'll probably be sticking around, this place doesn't seem to have a cabin for my parent" He paused, a dark shadowy look came over his face, just for a small moment, before clearing like it was never there.

"It's fine, that's what this cabin is here for after all, now let's see if we can get you a spot. As I hear you've already been shown around, so tomorrow we'll begin training, from what I hear from Silena I hope you live up to your expectations" I just kept my smile.

"Don't worry, I'm all for seeing for sure that I can crush you into the dirt" He laughed, I didn't.

[Notice: Search has been used, presenting information...]

Luke Castellan
Age: 19
Level: 37

Mana Points: 4,700/4,700
Stamina Points: 14,500/14,500

Hmm, I probably couldn't beat him right now... I don't like that.

"You're great fun, I'm sure you'll do great with that kind of focus. Now come on, dinner is almost ready, it's good to show you what to do for it, and what we do for meals" He went on to explain the whole, sacrificing a portion of our meals to the gods for well wishes and all that. I didn't always understand just why that was necessary, but anything to get me on the good side of some of them through easy means was fine by me.

Though, maybe it was just because I had an unreliable amount of years worth of experiences I can't remember somewhere in my head, but it was pretty clear Luke's smile was amount as fake as it could get as he talked about it, saying how it was our duty was children of the gods to give respect to them.

By the time the dinner happened, I had sat down at the Hermes's table and was assaulted with a bunch of questions, apparently some gossip about me has spread around, and as the newest person here, everyone was interested in hearing about me. I figured that would last about another two days and then they'd forget I'd exist until I did something particularly 'insane' whatever that means, Alwin just liked to use that term a lot when I was doing stuff.

When dinner was served, and I was given a plate full of food, I moved over the fire spot, and just hummed to myself for a moment, first step after all. Time to see just how the rest of my life is going to go.

With that I tossed a fifth of my plate in, made my offering and pray... then did that two more times... and then another time for good measure... waited another few seconds... and then dumped my entire plate in, the prayers getting progressively louder and louder, or as loud as I could make my thoughts... Nothing.

Ok, fuck this, walking over, I grabbed a random teen's plate of food, he made some kind of sound of protest, I grabbed the knife off the plate and flung it at him, it buried itself in the table in front of him, he shut up after that, as I moved back over to the fire and started tossing individual pieces of food in, and started praying one word at a time for each piece of food.

Finally, after a solid five minutes, with everyone looking at me, I grinned as form over the top of my head a light rolled out from above the golden symbol of a wreath surrounded by two wings, as I spoke out loud to the stunned air.

"Ha! Suck it Mom! I win this time, one point to Nick!"

[Notice: Event [Claimed Heritage] has been activated and resolved; congrats! Perk [Son of [?]] has been updated]

[Notice; +1 intelligence; I can't believe you annoyed a goddess so much that she did what you wanted out of not wanting to deal with you anymore]


Fun chapter, we be at the camp now, which is cool. Important things first, update schedule, I'm going to try to make these chapters a bit longer and more actually proof read, but in exchange, these things are going to be posted once a week, maybe twice, don't know yet, depends on how much I write. But the main idea is, I'm going to post at least once a week, one every Friday, including this Friday, and then if I have one ready then an additional one on Mondays. If I have more, then I'll just throw them out there if I feel like it at random times. But that's the main idea for posting right now.

Now onto the not important things, aka the weird thing... I feel... so fucking awkward being a man in my early twenties talking about a teenager's period cycle, that is just... no. So it's really not going to be a big deal unless I can find a way to make it funny and not actually creepy, but it is something I addressed here, because, well, Nick has a female body going through puberty, and if I have to deal with writing about males going through puberty, then I can do the same the other way around. Or... at least give the bare bones of a support structure in place for it, and then never mention it again until I think it's comedic enough to get away with it. Basically, I'm not much of an idiot to just ignore a biological function or give some, demigod blood out to it, and made things harder on myself because I'm tired and couldn't think of anything else to write in the in between. Plus this does purge the weak, it is beyond hilarious how many people get pissed about Nick being technically trans, like, seriously? This story isn't suppose to be taken seriously in the first place, plus I wrote a detailed murder scene, and that's not what's turning people off?

People are stupid.

Anyways, I've already made jokes with strippers, arson, and thugs, I'm pretty sure, this isn't beneath me, but I'll figure it out as I go. Beyond that. Silena! I... don't like her? I don't give a shit about what anyone says, she's a traitor in the books and dying is her way of redeeming herself, and even then it's a shitty way of doing it, but here she can be the kind hearted and amazing girl she was described as, plus I feel like it's pretty cool and definitely a break of the norm for the MC in a Percy Jackson story, to have the strongest ties with the Aphrodite kids of all half-bloods. I think I've proven that the main thing I like doing for this story is just breaking the norms that you would see in a Gamer!OC story. So instead of the more generically helpful, Athena Cabin or item smith cabin of Hephaestus, it's a cabin like Aphrodite. And it's cool to make them sound more important, cause, let's be honest, I can't remember a single thing in the books they did, so this give me a chance to make them actually contributing members of society. Anyways, See ya.