As I so fatefully promised, here is Percy's part![Sorry for not posting in a week, please don't kill me!]
Disclaimer: I do not own the Percy Jackson series, nor is Cress a real character in the books. She is my oc.
[Percy's POV]
I tapped the tip of my pen over and over on my desk and I tried to rack my brain for answers. Answers, you heard me right. I had homework over the break, which I hoped to avoid by going to Camp Half Blood. I had especially a lot over the past few months since I had missed out a lot of months from the adventures on Argo II. My heart wrenched with sorrow as I thought of Leo. He was gone, everybody assumed he was dead. We even had confirmation from Nico and Hazel, but I refused to believe. A buzz jolted me out of my train of thought.
I heard my mom speak in a quiet voice and then call to me, "Percy, Annabeth is here!"
I leaped out of my chair and fumbled to put Riptide back into "capped" form. Ever since Annabeth had used Riptide as a pen in Tartarus by putting the cap on the opposite side, I hardly ever used a different pen. Other than in school of course. I ran put of my bedroom towards the main door, but something caught my eye. I could've sworn I passed this picture and saw this picture tons of times, and my mother wasn't holding hands with a little girl that looked about four.
The girl had hair so dark it looked blue. Her eyes were green, like mine, but they were more vibrant, and full of life. I just stared at the picture. There wasn't a girl there before, right? I shook my head. Maybe a preschool friend before, when I wasn't known for being kicked out of tons of schools? My mom appeared at my side.
"Honey, what are you waiting for? Annabeth is waiting..." she trailed off as she saw the picture I was looking at.
I could catch the barest hint of sorrow in her eyes.
"Mom? Do we know this kid? Was she a preschool friend?"
"Yes...yes. A preschool friend. She.." my mom looked uncomfortable, "left awhile ago."
I was too excited to leave to Camp Half Blood with Annabeth, I didn't catch the obvious lie. Blame my ADHD, would you?
"Alright Mom, love ya. See you after break," I yelled as I dashed down the hall.
I opened the door and I was met with stormy grey eyes.
"Make a girl wait, huh?" Annabeth huffed in exasperation.
I grinned, and we went down the stairs together.
"I was thinking, hitch a cab? Cause Paul and Mom need the car," I offered.
Annabeth kissed me on the cheek and said, "Sure."
We got off the cab and I handed a bill to the driver.
He scratched his head and asked, "You sure this is the right place?"
"Yup! Thanks for driving us!" I waved him off.
I closed the door and ran up the hill. We said hello to Peleus, and I breathed in the fresh air of Camp Half Blood. Everybody, (almost everybody) was outside playing in the snow. I saw Jason walking towards the Big House, and I yelled a hello to him. Only then did I realize that he was leading somebody up to the Big House. They had a hoodie on, (with the hood up) and everyone was casting strange looks in their direction. They stared at me, then back at the person in the hood. I suddenly felt uncomfortable.
Jason turned around and said, "Hey bro!"
The person turned around, and for a minute I thought I was looking in a mirror. It was far away, so you really couldn't make out the finer details. It was a girl, long black messy hair, green eyes, who was wearing shorts of all things. In the snow. I thought I recognized her. Annabeth walked up to them, and so did I. I saw a flash of panic in the girls eyes, and she took a step back.
"Long time no see," Jason clapped me on the back.
"Same to you! Who's this?" I asked.
He shot the girl a look and she frantically shook her head. Now that I was closer, she was maybe half an inch shorter than Jason, which of course meant half an inch taller than me.
"Percy, meet Cress. Cress, meet Percy."
Sorry for the short chapter, I really wasn't feeling well the past week. I think from now on I'll be posting every week[or I'll try to]. Love yall!