Chapter 3

Percy POV

After making sure that Scott got back home okay, I walked back home deep in thought. Great, just great. So much for a normal life, man this fucking sucks! I look up seeing my house at the end of the street, I run the rest of the way home. I greet everyone downstairs before pulling Nico up from the couch, giving him a hard glare before practically dragging him up the stair and into our room.

"Percy, man what's up? You okay?" Nico questioned softly.

"No Nico, this changes everything. I knew we couldn't catch a break." I say as I start to freak out. Nico stops me quickly with a deep kiss as well as an arm around my waist. Once my heart beat calms down, he pulls away and asks "Perce, what's got you all worked up?"

"Okay so long story short, Scott got bit by an Alpha werewolf. And that Alpha knows that there is another Alpha protecting Scott." I quickly inform Nico.

Nico's mouth opens and closes twice before he speaks "So now, we have a new beta, joining the lacrosse team, right as school is starting. An Alpha who knows that you are an alpha, and now that Scott is this other Alpha's beta?" I nod to each point he made. His eyes widened before falling back on the bed. After 2 minutes of silence he pops up, with a small smile on his face "Perce, there might be something good to come out of this, we could help Scott control his new powers."

I nod and sigh in relief, before leaning to him asking "How did I get so lucky to have you?"

Nico smiled and answered "well, Percy, you got lucky when you made sure I was never an outsider to your friends. I owe my life to you, and I will do my best to repay you in any way I can." I returned the smile before giving him a quick kiss, getting up to take a shower to get for bed.

The Next Morning…

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! I reached over and turned off the alarm, seeing it was 7:45am, I nudged Nico awake. We slowly got ready dressing into school appropriate clothes. Me in a solid blue shirt with white cargo shorts and my Nike's, Nico wearing a black shirt and white cargo shorts with his green Adidas.

Which I must say looks weird on him not wearing all black. But he promised me that when school starts, he wouldn't wear all black anymore.

We thundered down the stairs, ate breakfast before grabbing our boards and school bags and leaving the house. We showed up to school about 15 minutes before school starts, right as this rich kid in a Porsche drove in knocking Nico out of his way. After Mr. Douche parked his car he called to Nico, "Dude, watch the Porsche." I walked over to him shoving back into his car before remarking "Dude, does it look like a give a fuck, bitch?!" Nico pulled me back before a fight broke out, but I never took my glare off of that boy.

"Really Percy, we're here less than a minute and you already have an enemy. Tone it down there Alpha." Nico remarked as he tried to calm me down. I looked over to Nico before pulling him to a hug, "well he should know now not to give you crap. I'm not going to let a bully like him mess with us. Now let's find the office." I replied evenly.

We found the office easily, got checked in. Found out that we have the same classes as juniors despite Nico being 16 and myself being 17. We both found our lockers with about 10 minutes to spare before first bell, so we looked for Scott and Stiles. We found them around the corner talking animatedly about last night's events.

OK, let's see this thing" said a giddy Stiles. Scott set down his stuff, and revealed the bandage on the bite. A bit of blood seeping through the gauze bandage.

"Oh. Whoa!" Stiles exclaimed.

"It was too dark to see much, but I'm pretty sure it was a wolf" Scott said to Stiles, as he put down his shirt.

"A wolf bit you? No. Not a chance" Stiles told us as we came up to them.

"Well we heard a wolf howl" I told him, as we started walking towards the doors.

"California doesn't have wolves. I don't know about New York, but we haven't have any in, like, 60 years" Stiles explained to us, as we stopped at the base of the stairs.

"Really?" I asked him.

"Yes, really. There's no wolves in California."

"Well if you don't believe us about the wolf" I started.

"Then you're definitely not going to believe us, that we found the body" finished Scott.

Stiles jumped and grabbed our shoulders. "Are you kidding me?"

"No, I wish. I am going to have nightmares for a month." Scott replied tiredly.

"I only saw a glimpse, but it wasn't pretty" I told him.

Stiles gave out a little laugh. "That is freaking awesome. I'm mean seriously, this is the best thing that happen into this town, since the birth of Lydia Martin."

Right on cue, a girl strutted beside us. She was gorgeous, with strawberry-blond hair and green eyes. She walked with confidence, and acted like she ruled the school.

"Hey Lydia. You look, like, you're going to ignore me." Lydia completely ignored him, but she glanced a look right at me and Nico.

"You're the cause of this, you know" Stiles told me.

"Uh huh" Scott said sarcastically.

The school bell ringed, causing me and Nico to wince a bit, and Scott to hold his ears. Nico nodded to me gesturing that the bite took hold. I looked at him and we knew that as soon as possible we have to talk to him alone and explain everything.

First Period

"Class, this is our new students, Nico Di Angelo and Perseus Jackson. Do your best to make them feel welcome here" announced the principle.

All eyes were on us. I just waved awkwardly at them with Nico practically joined at my hip. I noticed that Scott and Stiles were in this classroom. Scott was looking at Alison sitting in front of him, like a blind man seeing the sun. I could hear his heart beat faster, as he looked at her. Aw, little Scotty has a crush, I teased in my head.

I introduced myself to Mr. Finstock later on that day, or from what Scott told me, the coach.

"You're Percy Jackson, the new student, eh?" I nodded my head and shook his hand. "Yes, sir."

"Ever played Lacrosse, Jackson?" he asks me, excited, as he saw my lacrosse gear and how big and athletic I am.

"Um, no sir, but I'm trying out this year."

"Great. I'll see you after school. Just take any seat" he told me. So I took one near Scott, Stiles, Allison and Nico.

School was finally over, as kids rushed out to leave and go home. I walked up to my locker and was surprised to find Allison to the right of my locker, struggling to open her locker. "Here" I told her, as I banged my fist on the locker next to the hinges, and the locker sprung open with ease.

She looked at me in thanks and awe. "Thanks. How did you do that?" I shrugged my shoulders, like it was nothing. "Moving to different schools, you pick up some things" I told her, as I grabbed my board from my locker.

I leaned on my locker, as Allison dug through her locker. "So, how was your first day of school, not being the new kid?"

She laughed a bit. "Not so bad. What about you, new kid?" she asked me.

"Just like any high school. Just without the musical" I joked. Nico pulled up to me and slid his arm around me pulling me into a quick kiss.

Allison laughed at my response and shut her locker close. She then focused on something behind me. Or should I say, someone. I turned around and saw Scott 20ft away from us, looking at Allison with a puppy love look. Allison smiled at him, causing Scott to be in a daze. I raised my eyebrows knowingly at Allison, with a smile. She blushed when she saw I caught her staring. She was about to defend herself, when a familiar strawberry blond girl came up to us.

"That jacket is absolute killer, where did you get it?" Lydia asked Allison.

Allison looked at me, surprised at Lydia's straightforwardness. I just shrugged at her. I'm a guy. This is out of my territory.

"My mom was a buyer for a boutique back in San Francisco."

Lydia smiled, liking her response. "And you are my new best friend."

She then turned to me and Nico. "And who might you two be?" she asked me, sizing us up.

"I'm Percy Jackson. And this is my boyfriend Nico di Angelo" I told her.

Then, the same guy that drives the Porsche, slid next to Lydia side, wrapping his arms around her shoulder, and planting a kiss on her lips. "Hey Jackson!" chirped Lydia. When Jackson saw me, he glared right at me, but Nico and I smirked smugly back. Allison saw the tension between us, but Lydia was oblivious.

With my super hearing, I heard a girl say, "Can someone tell me how those new guys are here for 5 minutes, and already hanging out with Lydia?"

"Cause they're both hot. Beautiful people herd together" Stiles voice rang out.

WTF Stiles? Really?

"So, this weekend, there's a party" Lydia told us, bringing my focus back to them.

"A party?" Allison asked, unsure.

"Yeah. Friday night. You guys should come" Jackson said. I could tell that Jackson didn't want me to come, by the heated look he gave me.

"Sure, Nico and I'll be there" I told them, only agreeing to make Jackson madder at me.

"Um, I can't. Friday is family night." Allison lied.

"You sure? Everyone is going after the scrimmage." Jackson responded.

"You mean like football?" Allison asked.

"Football is a joke here. The sport here is lacrosse. We've won the State Championships for three straight years" boasted Jackson.

Lydia played with Jackson hair and said, "Because of a certain team captain."

"We practice in a few minutes. That is, if you don't have anything else to do?" Jackson asked Allison.

"Well, I um-" Allison was cut off by Lydia. "Perfect! You're coming" Lydia said, while dragging Allison and Nico away, leaving me with Jackson.

He just sneered at me and walked behind Lydia, Alison and Nico. Allison sent a "Help me" look at me, Nico gave me two thumbs up. But I just laughed and waved good-bye. I walked next to Scott and Stiles, as we headed to locker room to change into out gear. I change out of my clothes, and put on a black long sleeve muscle shirt, my shoulder pads, with a blank red jersey over it, black shorts, cleats, gloves, helmet and my lacrosse stick. We were then outside and running to the field.

"But if you guys play first line, then I have nobody else to talk to in the bench" whined Stiles. "You guys really are going to do that to your best friend."

"I can't sit out again. My whole life is sitting on the sidelines. This season, I'm making first line" said a determined Scott.

"Hey Stiles, I'll sit next to you, when I get severely injured, and can't walk" I joked.

"Ha. Ha" he fake laughed at me. I chuckled and turned to Scott and saw him and Allison looking at each other. He was so focused on Allison, that I had to slap him upside his head to snap him out of his daze before Coach Finstock tosses him the goalie gear.

"McCall, you're in goal" Coach shouted at him.

"But, Coach, I never played in goal." Scott protested.

"I know. Scoring some shots will boost the boy's confidence boost. Get them energized. Fire them up." Coach replied not really caring.

"What about me?" Scott asked.

"Try not to get some in the face" Coach said, tapping Scott cheek. He then blew the whistle and everybody started lining up.

"Next time, man" I told Scott, as I run in the field, holding tightly on my lacrosse stick.

I got in the middle of the line, in front of Jackson. I rolled my shoulders, as I saw Scott take the goal.

"Who's that" Allison asked Lydia in the bleachers, pointing as Scott.

"Him? Not sure who he is. Why?" Lydia questioned.

"He's in my English class." Alison replied.

Scott turned to them, like he heard their conversation. Yep he has definitely been turned. As the whistle blew, Scott went berserk and dropped his stick, hands flying to his head. The first person ran full speed and shot the ball, right at Scott face. He fell on his back.

Everybody laughed at him, even the coach. "Nice catch to the face, McCall!" Jackson shouted from behind me.

I gritted my teeth, as he mocked Scott. Scott then got up again. The next guy went. He ran and launched the ball. With quick reflex that just came out of nowhere, Scott catches the ball. He caught it. I took a double take, like everybody else. I could see Scott shocked, that he actually caught it. Stiles cheered at the bench. The next guy went. He shot the ball and Scott caught it again. Must be his reflexes taking over. I thought. He then caught the next one. Then the next one. Everybody cheered and I felt proud for Scott.

"He seems pretty good" Alison voice rang out in the cheering. "Yeah, very good" Lydia agreed.

Jackson then came behind me, slammed his stick to my chest, and took my spot. I glared behind his head. "Oh god" I heard Scott groaned all the way here.

Jackson then full on sprinted, kicking up some dirt. He then jumped in the air and launched the ball, full speed at Scott. Everybody cheered when Scott caught it. Stiles jumped like a maniac, cheering for Scott. Allison and Lydia stood up and cheered. Jackson looked at Lydia, with disbelief. I smirked, when Lydia just smiled innocently at him. Scott twirled his lacrosse stick and gave the ball to the other coach, over his shoulder.

Now it was my turn. I held tightly on my lacrosse stick. I then scooped up the ball from the ground and ran full speed at Scott. Adrenaline pumped through my veins. I positioned my hands. My hands slid down to the hilt. I position my shoulder and feet to throw. I arched my stick back and launched the ball, full speed at the goal. I did all of this in second. The ball flew in the air. It was so fast, Scott couldn't even move his stick before it ripped through the net in the goal. Everybody was silent, until they burst into cheers for me. They were all stunned, as how Scott missed mine, but caught their star player.

"Nice shot, Perseus. Keep it up" Coached shout at me. I nodded at him and went back in line, Jackson glaring daggers at me.

Practice was soon over and Stiles, Scott, Nico and I went back to the woods, searching for Scott's inhaler. "I, I don't know what it was" Scott said, as we walked through a small stream of water. "I had all the time of the world to catch every ball, well except for yours, Percy" Scott pointing at me.

As we ducked through branches, Scott continued. "That's not only the weird thing. I could hear stuff, I shouldn't hear. Smell things."

"Smell things?" I questioned him.

"Like what?" Stiles asked him.

Scott took a whiff in the air and said, "Like the mint gum in your pocket."

"I don't even h-" Stiles stopped, as he did indeed found an old gum in his pocket.

"Or Percy Axe cologne." Stiles then tried to sniff me, but I shoved him off. "Dude" I told him.

"What if, it's an infection? What if my body is full of adrenaline, before I go into shock, or something" Scott freaked out.

"You know, I actually heard something like this. It's a specific kind of infection" Stiles said seriously. Scott stopped and looked at him. "Are you serious?"

"Yeah, yeah. It's, I think called lycanthropy." Nico nudged me with a smile as I rolled my eyes at Stiles, knowing he was just joking around. Lycanthrope in Latin means wolf man. Nico and I both knew Stiles was messing with Scott.

"Is it serious?" Scott asked us in panic, oblivious to Stiles prank.

"Oh, yeah I heard it too. Really horrible. Very painful" I lied to him, going along with Stiles. Nico at this point was trying his best to keep a straight face. He had to turn around as Scott faced us with a serious expression on his face.

"Yeah, but it only happens once a month. The night of the full moon" Stiles told him.

"Once a month?" Scott asked, still not getting it.

Stiles and I howled at him. He just rolled his eyes and shoved us, walking off. Stiles and I laughed, as we ran behind him, Nico close behind.

"Hey, you're the one who heard a wolf howling." Stiles argued.

"This is serious, guys. Something could be totally wrong with me." Scott angrily argued back.

"I know, you're a werewolf!" Stiles shouted.

My smirk fell as did Nico's. We both knew that when you realize what you are, monsters start to show up as your aura gets stronger. Hopefully since we have the blessings, no monster will bother us, for Scott's sake.

Scott stopped in the same clearing as last night. "I could've sworn this is it. The body, the herd of deer came running, I dropped my inhaler."

"Maybe the killer moved the body" Stiles said.

"I hope he didn't steal my inhaler. It cost me 80 bucks" Scott complained.

We started moving leaves, when I heard a heartbeat behind us. I stopped, made a motion with my hand to Nico who tapped me on my shoulder. As I stood up, I hit Scott and Stiles shoulders. In front of us was a muscular guy, couple years older than us, with black hair that was spiked up in the front, pale skin and hard pale green eyes. He wore a black leather jacket, black shirt, and jeans. The guy then walked up to us. "What are you doing here, huh? This is private property."

I stepped up and said, "Sorry man, we didn't know. We were just looking for something that we dropped."

"Yeah, we were just looking for something, but, um, forget it" Scott told him.

The mystery guy then tossed something at Scott, and Scott caught it easily with one hand. It was his inhaler. Before the guy could leave, Nico gave me a hard look telling me, that this guy isn't all human. I nodded, and called out "hey man, can you help us get back out of the forest we are a little lost. I'd appreciate it." As he faced us Nico and I stepped forward and showed him our red pupils showing ourselves as Alphas.

The mystery guy froze as he saw our eyes, but quickly removed his expression from his face before replying "yeah, just keep going north for another 5 minutes you'll be good." The man turned around and walked back to wherever he came from.

As Nico and I turned back to Scott and Stiles we silently agreed to tell Scott in a place no one will be around for a while rather than at home. "Alright, before we go back home Scott. There is something you need to know, this is no joke. You are a werewolf, a beta to be precise." I told the two calmly as Nico stood behind me.

Scott looked at us as if we had lost our minds. "Are you serious Percy?"

I replied with a hard glare "I am dead ass serious. There is only one way to have the abilities you do, and this is it. Now Nico and I can help you control your new powers."

Stiles scoffed "How, it's not like you guys are werewolves as well?"

Nico and I smirked before stepping forward and changed our eye colors "actually we are Alphas." Nico said as we shifted in front of the two in front of us. Except we fully shifted into wolves not that halfway shit. As soon as we turned back, we looked at them apologetically "look we're sorry we didn't say anything to you. The reason we didn't say anything is because, you wouldn't believe us unless something like this happened. And before you start accusing, NO, neither of us turned you. There is another Alpha out here in Beacon Hills. That's all we're saying today. But we will help you Scott, you are our friend." And with that we walked the duo home in silence.

This is our first time helping anyone else besides ourselves out. Hopefully we can help him turn out alright. He can be our Guinea pig, for anyone else that may get turned in the future. Hopefully we don't screw this up. OH SHIT, Alison! Fuck! I totally forgot that Scott has a crush on her, man this is going to be harder than I thought.

Updated: 12/17/2017