"-ercy! … Percy!" I heard a call, a strange high string voice calling to me. At least, I think it's me. I start to open my eyes, revealing a redheaded scrawny kid with acne painting his face and along with that, bits of bread in his hair.I blink a few times, as my mind tries to think how I know this kid as he continues. "Percy! Are you ok?"
"Maybe he passed out because he is an idiot?" A girl calls out behind us, and my eye twitches, her voice alone being annoying.
"Please shut up Nancy." the kid manages out to the now named Nancy. Nancy just smirks at this as she sits back down, right before a piece of bread flies over the seat and into the kid's hair.
"I'm going to fucking kill her." I growl out. I may not really know who this kid is, but he seems to radiate a kind of nervous, yet happy energy.
"It's fine, I love peanut butter." I frown slightly as he pops the piece of bread into his mouth.
I manage to get the chance to look around, a bunch of kids, all of whom are throwing things randomly, yelling, and screaming. I groan out and put my forehead against the back of the seat.
"You ok Perce?" The kid asks me as I look at him from the corner of my eye. I just slowly nod as something clicked into my head as I start talking.
"I just spent a good chunk of the night trying to cram for Ms. Dodds's surprise quiz that's more than likely going to happen after we get back." The kid groans at this, before nodding.
"I know studying and math aren't your strong suits Percy, but hey at least you're trying?!" He smiles at this as the bus finally pulls to a stop.
I just slowly nod my head as people start unloading from the bus, the two teachers at the front calling out names. My head is still throbbing, almost like I'm trying to remember something.
Eventually, I make it to the front, my head hurting even more from the loudness of the kids, before my throat closes on itself.
"Ah Percy Jackson! Good to see you." A man in a wheelchair and a tweed jacket states, obviously one of our teachers.
The other, a pretty old woman who i would say is about 58, and is wearing a fucking leather jacket just looks at me, a cold glare in her eyes. "Mr. Jackson." I shiver softly, her voice almost like well the sound of leather against leather.
I was still scared. I walk down the stairs of the bus and managed to take a glimpse of myself in the mirror. A pair of sea green eyes, and a messy black hair stares back at me. My voice shuts down as I continue to walk off. It all finally clicked.
The scrawny kid that was sitting beside me wasn't just some random kid. Hades! He wasn't just a kid. He's a 32 year old Satyr by the name of Grover mother fucking Underwood!
And that makes me, one of the both luckiest yet unluckiest people in this world: Perceus "Percy" Jackson. This … This can't be good, right?!
I couldn't pay attention. Mr. Brunner's (I could remember Chiron's code name as some of Percy's memories snap into place, along with a few of my own from the books) lesson was quite interesting, well as interesting as I can hear with my head still in chaos from learning just where and .. who I am? That's the thing, while I can remember the book series quite well (I mean hell I remember Chiron for crying out loud) I can't remember my old name. Hades! I couldn't even remember what I looked like!
But I subtly shake my head, trying to clear it as I look up at Brunner, while he is looking at a steeple before I groan. Seems like Nancy, however, wanted to just fuck around with her little friends, and before I could stop myself, I growled over to her. "Will you please, shut the fuck up!" I say that a bit louder than I wanted to as Dodds calls me out, along with Brunner.
"Mr. Jackson, it seems you are quite active. I was wondering if you could tell me about this mural." He motions his hand, drawing my eyes as I see the description.
"I believe it is a mural of Kronos, the king of the Titans, devouring his children, the gods." I state out as Brunner just beams at this, his eyes seeming to sparkle.
"That is correct Mr. Jackson, and can you tell us why he did this?"
"Uhm, it was because he received a prophecy that said his son will end up overthrowing him, much like how he overthrew his father." Brunner nods at this with a smile as he motions his hand as if for me to continue. "The next one is depicting how Zeus's mother snuck him away and eventually returning to his father as a servant. He served Kronos a mixture of wine and mustard, which caused him to barf ``cue "ews" from the girls and a good amount of guys in the crowd. "Up the other gods inside of his stomach, which revolted after. The gods banded together against the Titans and eventually the gods won." I manage out, as I can feel all the eyes in the crowd on me as I start burning up.
Nancy then saves my ass as she whispers to one of her friends. "Yeah, like we will need this for getting into a good job." A group of kids around her start laughing, as I just keep fuming.
Brunner looks up and over to Nancy. "And pray tell Mr. Jackson, to paraphrase Miss Bobofit's statement, why should we know about this?"
"Busted!" Grover virtually whisper shouts at Nancy, the other starting to burn from being called out by the BEST TEACHER IN FICTION!
"I-I don't really know sir." I drop my head, acting like I didn't know at all what he is going on about.
Brunner nods at this and gives a small smile. "Well that was a good response to my question Mr. Jackson. Now that everything is finished, and it's about lunch time, Mrs. Dodds how about you lead us to the courtyard for some lunch."
A few girls are holding their stomachs, while a bunch of guys are shoving each other around. I can completely understand why Percy slightly hated the kids in Yancy, they were all completely and utterly idiotic.
Before Grover and I could leave, Brunner calls out to me. "Mr. Jackson." Grover looks at me with a sad look as I just waved him to keep going. When I turn back to Brunner (I still refuse to call him Chiron until I meet him at camp), who is giving me a sad smile.
"What do you need sir?" I ask him, awkwardly shifting on my feet.
"I would like you to find the answer to my question Mr. Jackson." I gulp and nod my head.
"About the Titans, you mean?"
"No Mr. Jackson, about real life and how your studies impact it." I nod my head at this as he continues. "What you learn from me, is vitally important. I expect that you would treat it I only expect the very best from you."
I gulp and nod at that, before he waves me off.
I walk to the courtyard, Mrs. Dodds just glaring at me as I pass her.
I start to eat, glancing around the courtyard. I could see Nancy out of the corner of my eye, she and her gaggle of friends were pickpocketing a couple tourists (is one of them wearing a fucking parka?!).
"So detention?" Grover speaks up as I laugh softly, shaking my head.
"No, not from Brunner. I just wish the guy would lay off on me a bit." I smile at Grover slightly as I look up at the brewing storm clouds. I frown slightly as I watch the storms rolling, a few flashes of Percy's memories of watching the storms on the news reminding me of the starting of the books.
"Do you want your apple?" Grover speaks up after a few seconds of silence between us. I motion for him to go ahead and take it, after all, he deserves to get some good food.
Out of the corner of my eye, I can see Brunner park on a ramp. I gulp down the rest of my food as Nancy starts to approach us. This girl's very aura starts to piss me off, as I clutch my bag.
My vision turns red, as Nancy dumps her lunch onto Grover's lap. Hell, I don't even try to fight the rage, as I roar out. Though I was pretty aware enough to see the water turn into a giant hand, and drag her into the fountain.
I panted softly as the kids start whispering to each other, talking about how it looked like the water grabbed her. Grover is to the side, just as drenched as Nancy, looks on terrified as Mrs. Dodds approaches me, a victorious flame in her eyes.
"Percy pushed me!" Nancy sputters out, standing up in her water logged shirt. I manage to hide my smirk, as I put on a half scared, half pissed look on my face.
Mrs. Dodds looks down at me, and she starts with "Now, honey-"
"I know, a month erasing textbooks." I groan out as I just look up at Dodds, as I can feel her anger and almost her hunger.
"Come with me." She states simply as she turns around and starts walking off.
"Wait!" Grover calls out, taking a shaking step forward as he grabs his crutches. "I did it, I'm the one who pushed her!" I smile at this as Dodds looks at him.
"I don't think so Mr. Underwood. Now stay here." Dodds states as he sputters out, trying to get her to take him instead. I smile awkwardly and pat his back.
"It's fine man. Thanks for trying to say the least." I follow Dodds as she calls to me. Nancy is snickering, so I shoot her a death glare, as I see Dodds at the stairway to the museum.
I look back one more time, to see Grover's eyes flicking between me, Dodds and Brunner, seeming to try and catch Brunner's attention. The other man is simply reading from his book, not seeming to realize what is going on.
"You've been giving us problems honey." She rattles off, a cold tone to her voice.
I decide to follow the script, and drop my head. "Yes, ma'am." I mutter out as I look at her from the top of my eyes.
"Did you really think you would get away with it?" I gulp as she seems to shake in her leather jacket. I licked my lips slightly, a harsh aura emitting from her as she just glares at me.
"I'll - I'll try harder ma'am." I gulp as she just seems to tower over me.
Thunder boomed as I shake softly, the lightning making her look even more evil than she was originally.
"We are not fools, Percy Jackson. It was only a matter of time before we found you. Confess, and you will suffer less pain." I gulp as the seconds tick past, my right hand twitching softly. "Well?!" she demands as I take a step back from her tone. Seriously, I never knew how Percy never passed out, or pissed his pants from the intense and evil aura she was projecting.
"Ma'am I don't-" She cuts me off with a loud growl.
"Time's up!" The written word can do nothing to describe the sight of a human turning into a monster. Her face seemed to de-age, turning more angular, and her face more like a snarl. Her teeth sharpen like mad, fangs seeming to made to punch through skin. Her hands, god they become gnarled and sharp as they turn to claws. Her jacket melts into a pair of giant bat wings.
To tell the truth however, I didn't really follow her transformation, because I was backing up at this point. Brunner bursts through the doors, and calls out. "What ho, Percy!" And he fucking chucks a pen. My heart beat is already going through the roof, and seeing the pen, well it makes my heart skip a beat as I manage to catch it. Inwardly, I smile at this, the bronze sword in my hand.
I turn to Dodds, who was still charging at me. I turn towards her and bring Riptide down right on her neck. When the sword cuts through her, her talon which was right at my stomach turns to dust, and simply coats my shirt in the sickly yellow powder.
Before I can really catch my breath, the powder quickly fades away, and though I didn't see it, Riptide was once again in the form of a pen. I gulp down as much air as I can before I fall onto my hands and knees 'HOLY FUCKING SHIT! THAT WAS TERRIFYING!' I shake softly as I try and stand back up, stumble to my frame. 'How do demigods live like this?!' I gulp one last time as I stand up, leaving the area.
I manage out to where the rest of the class is, as Nancy approaches me with an evil smirk. "I hope Mrs. Kerr whipped your butt."
"Who?" I do my best to act dumb.
"Our teacher, duh!" I give her a confused look, before she scoffs and storms away.
I head over to Grover, my right hand keeping busy by twirling Riptide in my fingers. "Hey do you know where Mrs. Dodds is?"
Grover hesitates for a few seconds before looking at me confused. "Who are you talking about?"
"Not funny man." I state offhandedly as thunder rumbles across the sky. Both Grover and I look towards the sky, him with a terrified look, and me with a slight complacent and expecting look. I shake my head as everyone starts going to the bus, a bit of shake to my step.
Brunner approaches me (wheels towards me?) and smile slightly. "Ah Percy that would be my pen. I would appreciate it if you would bring your own materials." I nod my head at this before I breath slightly, deciding to continue the script.
"Uhm sir, where is Mrs. Dodds, the other chaperone on this trip?" I gulped softly, knowing what is going to happen.
Brunner gives me a confused look as he then continues. "There is no Mrs. Dodds on this trip. Percy to my knowledge there has never been a Mrs. Dodds in Yancy Academy. Are you feeling alright?" I nod my head as we head into the bus, Grover looking terrified as I sit next to him, heading back to school.
AND CUT! fuck the first chapter in a long time! So how do you guys like this? some stuff will be Copy/Paste while others will be new stuff. It all just depends. Anyway stick around, I will be doing alot of this story, until I feel like writing more than just Percy Jackson.