So, another week another chapter. Me on time for once in my life, I know I can't believe it either. I'm learning that writing ahead is the trick then I can post even if I haven't written anything. But please bear with me it's my GCSE's this year (exams) so I have a lot of revision to do as well as this story and I'm also taking my gymnastics coaching qualifications at the same time. So please, please, try and understand when I don't update I am a very busy human with less time than I need to function properly. Thanks, ok let's do this.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own PJO that's Rick's thing.

Reviews:

Guest: Thank you for your comment, I'm very sorry it took me so long to update I'm going to try and not do that to you again. And I am going to get them to talk I just want Percy to build up how comfortable he is with people first because that is definitely going to be a difficult relationship to fix. You might want to watch Percy and Annabeth closely, that's all I'm saying.

Tori Chase: Don't worry I don't ever plan on discontinuing this story I'll always come back to it no matter how long I disappear for I just love writing it too much for that. I'm glad you liked his and Nico's personalities and the forgetting of blue pancakes was hard for me to write too I was going to make him not like them anymore but then I decided he wouldn't be Percy without them.

Darkness Death and Riches: It's not your fault you didn't pester me, it wouldn't have done much anyway. I was too annoyed at me losing the chapters and not being able to write it as good anymore so I had to wait till I forgot them anyway. Thanks for coming back to read after so long though.

HPfan1221: Here's me posting more, as you asked.

Percy POV

I've been in this room six weeks. Six. And I think I may be starting to go a little crazy. It's nice and everything, I have Nico to talk to and Ethan sticks around sometimes but… that's it I sit in this room every day. The only place I go is the bathroom, which is connected to this room so it doesn't count.

I did find out that this room is actually part of the big house, it's just upstairs so most people don't come up here. I certainly didn't come up here when I was a demigod. They had apparently decided that it would be best if I wasn't in the normal infirmary which, to be honest, I agree with. There would be far too many people for my liking, I'd never know who was near.

But after six weeks in this little, perfect, pristine room. I had to get out. But there was one problem, I didn't want to see people. No. I'd much prefer to stay away from the campers who were all carrying weapons and any one of them could just turn around and stab me with it. And because of this cursed immortality I wouldn't die just be in a hell of a lot of pain. I especially didn't want to see her. Nico had told me time and time again that I'd sacrificed myself and she hadn't left me for dead. I wanted to believe him I really did but for fifty years I'd thought she'd left me there, and he wasn't there in Tartarus to know he was going off what she said. I just couldn't trust him, I wanted to so, so much. But I couldn't.

That morning I decided to ask him. Nico had walked in like usual, today wearing dark jeans and a Metallica t-shirt with his trade mark aviators jacket over one arm (even though it was warm in camp), and begun to tell me all about the new movies they had invented where you were a character. "Nico," I said when he paused "can we go out today?" He looked at me in shock for a second before he responded. "Yeah, yeah. Of course, do you want to go down to lunch and meet the other campers or-" he moved a little closer, it was clear that he too was getting fed up of being in here. "N-no!" I panicked, starting to regret saying anything. "Can we just, you know, get out of this room. Like, go somewhere private. But just, not inside." He nodded in understanding, and thought for a second. "I think I know somewhere, come on." He stood and walked towards the door. Trusting me to follow.

We quietly made our way out of the big house and Nico gestured for me to follow him around the back. Once we were both there he took off in a steady jog across the hills that surrounded the camp, just inside the border. I followed him, even though I knew it would be so easy to just run across the border and escape from the camp and he'd not notice not until it was too late. The only thing that kept me inside the camp was the knowledge that Lord Kronos would find me if left. And that would be worse.

Despite the temptation of escape plaguing me the run was the most enjoyable thing I'd done in years. I could feel the wind rushing against my skin and the taste of freedom on my lips, it was invigorating. I didn't run because I had to. I ran for pleasure, because I wanted to. Without even thinking I poured on more speed and ran ahead of Nico, he quickly gave chase and soon we were racing along the edge of camp. Our hearts pounding in our chests and a joy like electric streaming through our veins.

The run was over far too soon as we sat by a tree and caught our breath. It was exhilarating tearing across the hills without a second thought. As I slumped against the tree I heard Nico chuckling to himself. "What?" I asked him as a smile bubbled onto my own lips. "You, you've barely moved from your bed in six weeks and I can still only just keep up with you. It's ridiculous." He laughed. I felt pride and elation fill me, it really was stupid. It did prove to me though that if the gods did turn on me and I did find a way out away from both sides, I could probably manage it.

Once we had both caught our breath and the son of Hades had stopped laughing we clambered to our feet. "Come on we're nearly there." Nico told me. This time we walked and it wasn't long before Nico turned away from the border and towards the camp. I took one last look behind me at pure freedom, before I shook my head and followed the younger immortal.

You could smell the sea from anywhere in camp but now I was starting to smell it even stronger. Honestly if Nico was taking me where I thought he was, then he was about to make my year. As we turned another corner rocks blocked the path. I looked at the son of Hades for a second, puzzled. He just winked at me before walking up to the rocks a slipping through a gap that wasn't visible from the entrance. I now realised why he was so sure we'd be alone, you could only find this place if you walked right up to the rocks. Why Nico had done that in the first place was a mystery but I quickly followed him through anyway.

What I saw after I passed through drew me into a trance like state. Perfect golden sand filled the small cove and tall rocks hid us from the world but the thing that I loved the most was in front of me. The azure blue sea spread out as far as the eye could see, like a shimmering jewel under the morning sun. I walked forwards slowly until my feet were in the ocean, instantly I felt rejuvenated, alive, power like I hadn't felt in a century. Slowly, I turned and inclined my head to Nico. "Thank you." He smiled at me, a smile I felt myself mirroring. "Any time Aqua Boy. Now stop waiting and go do what you actually want to be doing right now." He told me while sitting down in a shady patch to wait for me.

Before he could even think about changing his mind I took a few more steps forwards before diving into the deeper water. I had never felt as good in my life. In the years away from the sea I had never noticed how much I missed the it, but now it hit me – all at once. I finally felt like I was safe and at home.

Instantly voices and whispers filled my mind and for a moment I was overcome by the chaos of it all. I shook my head slightly to quieten the voices and look around me. The ocean was more beautiful than I could ever remember. Light flashed down from above and cast glittering rays through the water. Colours danced among them as the light hit the rocks, plants and sea life.

It was in that time that I realised what all the fish were whispering about. Me. Every single animal was staring at me even a passing sea turtle. And I could hear them all taking to each other "Is that him? Is that the sea prince?" Now believe me fish are terrible gossips, so when three swam off to tell others I knew the whole ocean would know in no time.

I decided to sit on the edge of a ledge in front of me where the ocean dropped below. From there I could see for what seemed like miles, it was calming just watching the ocean life on its normal day. It was as if nothing had changed and me that was heavenly.

Eventually I was broken from my musing as a small fish swam up to me and rested near me in the water. "Excuse me." I turned to look at the little fish, her voice was innocent and sounded young. In the equivalent of a human child I'd say she was about six years old. "Hello," I said softly "how can I help you?" Usually I wouldn't want to talk but she was so little and sweet, how could I not? "Everybody's saying you're the prince, are you?" I looked at her again and smiled at the little silver fish. "Well, I'm Poseidon's son if that's what you mean. Here watch this." Slowly, I lifted my hand and a small waterspout formed there.

The little fish gazed at it in awe before she swam and nuzzled my face before shooting back away over my shoulder, probably to tell her mother or friends. I chuckled softly to myself and laid back on the floor, at least here I was of some use. Here I was free to do as I pleased, careless and safe from harm. Really how many things could harm an immortal son of Poseidon in the ocean? Not many, and I could sense them and move if any were coming.

After a few minutes, I detected a powerful individual coming towards me up the cliff face. Quickly, I sat up and prepared to flee to the surface. But before I could even decide whether to move or not a voice came from below me. "My lord do not go, I'm not here to harm you I bring a message from Lord Poseidon." I stood to get a better grip on the situation, plus I could move quicker if I was already stood.

Slowly a merman rose from below the edge of the cliff. It was instantly clear when I saw him that he was in fact from my father's court. He wore gold armour on his top half and had a matching spear strapped to his back. The man himself was a light shade of blue which got darker as it met his tail to blend seamlessly with the deep blue scales. He also had a small bag on one shoulder to hold gods know what.

"W-what are you d-doing here?" I tried to act confident but it clearly failed as the merman looked at me with pity. Slowly, he reached behind him and grabbed his spear. Instantly I shot backwards a metre in the water so I was well out of his reach. He just looked at me with pity again as he slowly knelt to place his spear on the floor and straightened back up.

Hesitantly, I moved forwards to talk to him again. "My name is Llyr." He said softly as if speaking to a child. "Your father sent me with a message. Since you were brought back and we realised the titan had taken your weapon he has been trying to figure out how to get it back." I looked at him open mouthed, was he saying what I thought he was saying? "After going through the ancient texts with Hecate and his advisors they found the spell the titan must have used to take Riptide." Llyr explained. "They then managed to summon it and reinstall its magic." The merman opened his bag and pulled out Riptide in pen form, covered in cloth. "The next person to touch the pen will be the one whom it summons back to."

In an instant, I reached out to take the pen from him. But about an inch from it I stopped. The last time I had seen the sword it had been buried hilt deep in my shoulder, it was the blade that forced me to swear myself to Kronos. But then again, my father gave me that sword when I was twelve. It had saved my life too many times to count, it was the only blade that had ever felt right to me. Riptide was essentially part of me, I couldn't give up my right hand, could I?

No. Pushing aside my concerns about the sword I closed the distance and plucked the blade from Llry's hand. And just like that I knew my choice was right, I hadn't even uncapped the sword but just having Riptide back made me feel a little more whole. "Th-thank you Llry." I uttered. "It was my pleasure my lord." The merman bowed and picked up his spear. I flinched as he did but this time I didn't move away.

Llry turned to leave and swam out over the cliff edge. After a few moments, he turned back to me. "I wish you well for your recovery, it is good to know you are home." He nodded to me once more before turning once more and sinking below my line of sight.

Once he was gone I looked down at the pen in my hand. I remembered that Zoe had made this sword, my friend Zoe who had died to save the world. From then I knew there was no way I would give up my sword, no matter what Lord Kronos had done with it. With no further hesitation, I uncapped the pen and watched as Riptide elongated in my hand.

The bronze gleamed in the ocean light, it was deadly. But to me it had never seemed more beautiful. The soft glow the leaf shaped blade emitted attracted the attention of a few nearby animals, but they soon moved on when they realised what I was holding. The leather grip moulded perfectly to my hand, even when I placed the other hand on the hilt too. It was perfect, perfectly fitted, perfectly balanced. Just perfect.

Without further-a-do I swung Riptide. A deadly arc through the water. I'd used several swords in the last fifty years, quite successfully I might add, but none of them felt this good. None were such a seamless extension of myself as Riptide was. Without even meaning to I began to engage in a battle with invisible enemies, it was like a dance. Beautiful, yet deadly. I never faltered, never hesitated I knew just what I needed to do and exactly how to do it. I was at peace, safe from anything that might come to harm me. And free to just be an average demigod – if only for a short while.

Before too long I slowed and realised I had been down here a long time. If I was on land I would've tired long ago, but the water had just kept rejuvenating me. Suddenly, I remembered Nico. 'Oh no' I thought he would definitely be angry at me for keeping him waiting. Quickly, I used my control over the water to shoot me back up towards the cove. Maybe I hadn't been that long? No, no I had I knew it.

Within seconds I burst from the water and landed in a crouch on the sand. "Woah someone's in a rush." I heard Nico chuckle. I whipped my head around to look at him, he was laid on his stomach in the shade where I'd left him reading a comic book. "I-I'm so s-sorry I didn't re-realise how long" I started but he quickly cut me off. "Percy it's ok you were only gone for an hour or so, I can survive on my own for that long. Especially if I have a comic." He said waving his Spiderman comic in the air.

"You mean, you mean you're not, you know, mad or anything?" I checked. "No Percy I don't mind at all, I wouldn't have brought you here otherwise." He answered with a smile. "Oh." I muttered as I went to sit with him in the shade. As I sat against the rocks I pulled an orb of water from the sea and began to make shapes out of it in the air, while Nico went back to his book. Both of us were quite content to sit outside for a good while longer.

I don't know how long it was before I heard them but as I was throwing and catching my orb I suddenly heard it. "Come on you'll love it here." A voice said just behind the rocks. I instantly lost my concentration and the water separated and hit the floor, some splashing on Nico in the process. But I didn't notice, I scrambled behind him, away from the entrance and pushed myself against the stone behind me.

"Percy what's up?" Nico asked me, his voice laced with panic. At that moment, he seemed to hear them too. He dropped his comic book and jumped to his feet, placing himself in front of me. After what seemed like hours the people came through the hidden entrance.

"Jason, Piper?"

Oh my gods no! No guys! Percy did not want to meet people did you not hear him? Well I guess it's too late for that now they're there. Oops. I wonder how he's going to cope with that because he doesn't seem too happy anymore. Well, at least he was a lot better when he was in the ocean, right? I thought it was nice seeing him like that, but don't be fooled that was only when he is alone and feeling 100% safe. I thought happy Percy was nice though. Maybe he'll reach that stage someday, who knows.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this weeks chapter and if you did (or didn't) please leave me a review as I love reading them and they help me to make future chapters better for you all. And if you do want to know as soon as Percy knows how to react to Jason and Piper you can favourite or follow to get a notification as soon as he makes his mind up. (I always feel like a youtuber when I put this it's like hit that red subscribe button and pressed the bell to always get notifications when I upload. Ok, I'm officially a weirdo I'll stop.) Anyway, that's all from me this week, see ya.