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Percy's PoV

*****Flashback*****

-Time skip to when Leo arrived at CHB-

So. Apollo managed to piss of a giant statue of himself.

Why am I not surprised?

Oh wait. Yeah, that's right, it's also a statue of Nero. (AN: NOT NEMO, NERO)

Because that makes it so much easier to defeat it.

The dining pavilion was destroyed. Some campers were looking at me like "If you had gotten here earlier, none of this would've happened. It's all your fault." I felt guilty. Then I felt angry. How was I supposed to know a ginormous Apollo/Nero statue was gonna go all nuclear on Camp Half-Blood? That's the thing. I wasn't. I'm pretty sure Apollo didn't see that coming, and he was the fucking god of prophecy.

Whatever. Why did I care about what these people thought about me anyway?

'Because they're your family,' a voice whispered.

'No. They're not. Not anymore. Not ever again.' I thought back.

Then I had to meet up with Rachel and Apollo about the magical, talking, prophetic trees o'doom.

Oh, how I love my perfectly normal everyday conversations.

I must've zoned out or something, because when I came back to reality, (AN: Don't you just hate it when someone interrupts your daydreaming? It's so inconsiderate...) Rachel was waving her hand in front of my face, calling out, "Helloooo Captain Saltwater? Anybody there? Hello? Earth to Seaweed Brain? Did you die?" "Whoops," I muttered, "Sorry Rach. Must've zoned out or something..." I trailed off. I could see Rachel and Apollo exchange a worried look, which was saying something, I didn't think Apollo could be concerned about anybody besides himself, especially when he's mortal.

"You- are you okay, Percy?" Rachel asked, worried. "Yeah! Everything's okay. I'm just worried about the upcoming finals. Nothing too major, nothing I can't handle." I gave her my signature lopsided smirk. Rachel bought it, however, Apollo on the other hand, narrowed his eyes at me. 'Shit! Isn- Wasn't Apollo the god of truth when he was still a god?' I panicked, but kept my face blank. I was rather good at that. Thank the gods, he didn't say anything. Does Apollo even have his magical "I'm a living lie detector" powers?

I hoped not.

After we finished making as much sense of the prophecy as we could've with t]the time limit we had, we came to some conclusions.

1.) Apollo was screwed (though it wouldn't have taken a genius to figure that one out).

2.) Apollo had to go to a creepy death cave o'doom.

3.) Leo, the Latino little shit, was not dead.

I liked conclusion number three the most, for obvious reasons.

Rachel had some business to attend to. She excused herself. She told us to stay put and wait for her to come back. Almost immediately after she left, Apollo turned to me and asked, raising his eyebrow asking "Why did you lie?"

My breathing stopped. 'No. No. No.' I thought. I was on the verge of a panic attack, and, unfortunately, it must've showed on my face, because he looked extremely concerned. "Percy-" he began. "Look, I appreciate your concern Apollo, but there really is nothing wrong." I smiled nervously. 'OHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHIIIT,' was the only thought running through my mind.

He couldn't find out."Percy, did you really think you could lie to the former god of truth? I don't need my powers. I can usually just tell when somebody's lying. You're not getting out of this." He began.

Then a blot in the distance that made me smile, my first real smile in a long, long time.

'Time to go meet the crazy dragon-riding Latino Santa's Elf,' I thought.

"Leo! We'll talk later, Apollo. I need to go hug the life outta that idiot." I smiled.

-Line Break to a few minutes later-

Nico was beyond mad. He organized a line to welcome the idiot with welcome home punches.

Ah, friendship.

He brought Calypso too, and I must've looked stunned. I was happy that she'd finally found love and gotten off that cursed island.

Me and Apollo explained what was going on. Calypso didn't seem happy. I mean, yeah, Apollo was a god, and one of the people that kept her from getting off the island. But she seemed surprisingly hostile against Apollo. I wondered why they disliked each other. Then I decided I didn't want to know.

Because I did not need anymore godly drama and grudges in my life. I had enough of those for 10 lifetimes.

Everyone punched Leo, except me.

Oh, don't get me wrong. I wanted to. But I didn't want to lose one of the few friends that might stay by my side.

Leo and me were relatively good friends, except for the fact that he was still jealous of me, and was angry at me for breaking Calypso's heart.

*****Before on the Argo ll... I guess this is a flashback within a flashback, huh?*****

See, Leo walked in on me... cutting.

Yes, cutting. On the Argo ll. I thought I'd lost Annabeth, that I'd failed. That I was worthless. That they were right. All of them were right. I should've gone with her. Now, she could be dying. Hell, with my luck, she's already dead. She probably blames me, too. "You weren't even supposed to exist," they screamed at me, "It should've been you instead! All those deaths, they are your fault! Murderer!"

The voices came and took hold of me. I was slipping into the cool clutches or darkness when Leo bust in. I didn't understand why he'd bust in. I hadn't screamed. I never scream anymore. So why? Why'd he bust in?

His eyes had widened in horror at the scene in front of him. It was pretty gruesome, I guess. I expected him to run. To go tell the rest of the Seven, or Coach Hedge. Instead he surprised me more than I've ever been surprised before. He asked quietly, "You too?"

I was stunned. I didn't think, that Leo would be the other one of my friends with crippling depression. Though, he probably thought the same thing about me.

Leo was frozen in that spot. Then, he came to his senses and offered me some nectar and ambrosia. I shook my head weakly, refusing to eat it.

Leo scowled. "You gotta eat it, Perce." He said. Shoving it in my face. I didn't open my mouth, or bother to move at all, and just glared at him like "Just let my suffering end, human."

Leo didn't get the gist.

He opened my mouth forcefully, and poured nectar down my throat, force feeding me some ambrosia.

Dammit.

We sat there, in silence, for what seemed like hours. Then I got the courage to ask him "You too?" I prompted. Leo began "Look, I know it's fucked up, but I can't change, this is probably your first time doing it, and-"

"Leo, I've been a cutter and suicidal since I was 7." I cut him off. He looked over to me, eyes wide. "R-really?" He stammered. I nodded. "Gods, Perce, if I had known, I would've- wait. Do the others know about this?" He asked. "About as much as they know about you." I replied, rolling my eyes.

"'Course they don't know, Leo. If they had, I would've been kicked out long ago for being a freak." I shook my head at him.

He was silent. I was beginning to think maybe I had said something wrong when he murmured quietly, almost to where I didn't hear it, "I don't think you're a freak." I smiled sadly at him. "Thanks. But I thought you hated me. Why are you being so nice now?"

He was silent yet again. Then he startled me yet again, "I was jealous." He muttered quietly, hanging his head in shame. I blinked. "Say what now?"

"I-I was jealous. Of you. Everybody at camp idolized you. You were a celebrity. Nothing but "Percy this" and "Percy that" and I got so sick of it. I wanted to be like you. I thought "If only I was like him, then maybe people would pay more attention to me and I'd have actual friends, not automatons". I thought you had a perfect life. Other than the monsters, of course. I was jealous of you, you still had your mother. You could get an actual hug from your mom. All I got was steam from Buford." He broke down. 'I-I had no idea Percy. Please don't think I'm a horrible person. You- you're the only person who knows about this." He pleaded.

I was stunned. I didn't even think about that. Leo had lost his mother. He didn't have anybody, other than Piper and Jason, but they were much to busy eating each other's faces to pay attention to Leo.

I smiled. "Friends?" I asked, holding my hand out. Leo looked so stunned and happy. Then he broke into on of his famous huge smiles. It warmed my heart to know I had put it there, and that it was real, and not a fake one. "'Till the end." He shook hands with me.

*****Back to the actual flashback*****

Leo was leaving with Apollo and Calypso to go to the creepy death cave. In Indiana.

Sure, why not?

But I was going to miss him. Leo, I mean. I have to admit he made me feel a little bit better.

And I had no idea what the actual fuck Apollo's deal was. But then again, who ever knows what Apollo's deal is?(AN: *Cough* Perpollo *Cough*)

Of course he had to confront me again. It was the night before he left with Leo and Calypso. I was at the lake, staring out at nothing in particular, when I heard a "So about that huge lie you told a while ago." I jumped to my feet, and whipped around so fast I fell on my ass again.

Apollo started cracking up. "Well, it's nice to know I can still surprise somebody!" He howled. "Shut up." I grumbled. "Ooh, somebody's grumpy. And you're not denying that you lied. Why don't you tell me what's going on? And don't lie. I'll know when you lie." He teased.

"Alright, Mr. Lie Detector, you really wanna know what's goin' on?" I teased. He stiffened at the pet name. Then he grinned. "Well, duh." "Too bad, I ain't telling ya." I shook my head.

"Aw, c'mon." He whined. I rolled my eyes at his childishness. Sometimes I wondered how the hell Artemis put up with him. "Fine, I'll find out when I'm a god again. Mark my words." He grumbled.

"Ooh I think my bunny slippers just ran for cover. You're not going to find out, not if I have anything to do it." I laughed. He narrowed his eyes. "Why must you be so stubborn?"

"Because I can." I retorted.

"Wow. That really answers my question." He rolled his eyes. I just stuck my tongue out at him.

He looked at me incredulously, then laughed. "What?" I demanded. "You're the Hero of Olympus, Son of Poseidon, a bunch of titles, and about to turn 18, but you still stick your tongue out at people? And of all people me?" He laughed out. I just glared. "Well its been nice, but I need to go to bed now, so-" I began. "Yeah, yeah. Go sleep. But I will find out." He narrowed his eyes again.

I just rolled my eyes at him. I was so done with that conversation.

SO DONE.

So I trudged back to my cabin. 'Great,' I thought, 'Now I'll have a curious Olympian on my ass who also happens to be god of prophecy. Ugh.

And so I fell asleep thinking "Why me" like usual.

SOOOOOOO WHAT SHIP DO YOU WANT PERCY TO PARTAKE IN?

HERE ARE LE OPTIONS THAT CAN HAPPEN IN THIS STORY:

Perpollo (Percy x Apollo)

Perluke/Lukercy/Puke (Percy x Luke)

Perzoë (Percy x Zoë

Perleo (Percy x Leo)

Pipercy (Percy x Piper)

Percabeth (You should know who tf it is but fine its Percy x Annabeth, just know its probably never gonna happen in this story)

SEXY LONER PERCY BABY!

Personally I'm for either Perpollo, Perluke, Perleo if I have to choose.

And sexy loner of course.

Comment ship options please!

And nobody get's a shoutout! Nobody guessed! Good job, nobody!

And now to the disclaimer!

Me: All rights go to-

Nico: Why am I here?

Me: NICO LIL BRO CAN YOU LIKE FUCK OFF IM TRYIN TO DO THE DISCLAIMER

Nico: I'm older than you! In both forms!

Me: Ahem~ Now as I was saying-

Nico: HOLD ON I AIN'T YO LITTLE BROTHER

Me: PROVE IT

Will: Would you two shut the fuck up?

Me and Nico: Why don't you make us!?

Will: Okay

Will: You asked for it

Will: *Opens window to let sunlight in* *Sunlight goes everywhere*

Me: *Hisses at sunlight* REEEEEEEEEEE

Nico: *Hisses at sunlight*

Will: *Sigh* All rights go to Rick Rierdon...

"The monster was the best friend I ever had."

~Boris Karloff

Yeah, I completely forgot I was posting this on too. I update this on Wattpad more often. Way more often. I have like 6 chapters of this story that I haven't uploaded to here. I am a horrible person and am going to hell.