PERCY
Running through the halls didn't exactly seems like the safest way to travel but Percy didn't want to be late for class, because of this he dodged and weaved and made way between people around bends and moved as quickly as possible through the school. Percy was quite proud of himself, everything was going swimmingly, that is until he got lost. Was he supposed to make a right, then a left, then another right...Percy slowed down, trying to look at the map Leo had handed him earlier, after several minutes of frustration Percy sighed with exasperation and folded up the map and shoved it into his bag, it wasn't like it was doing him any good, what he needed was a tour guide or a map stating "You are Here" and "Here is Your Exit Idiot" In big bold letters. This place needed its own zip-code, he might as well travel by GPS, looking around at the halls and statues trying to get his bearings again. In his mad dash, he hadn't bothered to pay attention to some of the finer details on his next trip he will definitely have to pay more attention. Wait a second, Percy thought, am I going in circles, I swear I saw that vase before. It was by this point that Percy realized there wasn't any other students around him. Where had everyone gone, he wondered, and what have I gotten myself into?
Percy continued on, at this rate he really was going to be late, and on his first day, looking down at his watch he saw that he only had fifteen minutes left until class started. That can't be right he thought, and then realized his watch had stopped working, so he pulled out his phone, which appeared to be dead. Now that's just strange, I know I charged that last night, Percy thought to himself, just what is going on. At this point, Percy is trying not to freak out and looking around for any sign of life. He ears a noise ahead and sees a light and makes his way towards what appears to be another classroom. What he found turned out not be another classroom but an office, thankfully at least there appeared to be a teacher present.
"E-excuse me, s-sir?, I'm sorry to trouble you, but I seem to have gotten lost and I don't know where I am at. I need to get to room 207-A for Drama class, might you be able to point me in the right direction" Percy asked.
The gentleman looked up from his paper. Percy didn't quite notice it before but the man only looked to be about twenty-five to thirty years in age or at the very least he wore his age well. He had what appeared to be sandy blond hair combed back and he wore a dark blue suit with with sueded leather sandals and a white tie.
"Hello there! I've been expecting you Perseus Jackson. I am glad you were able to make it to orientation before you first class started. Please sit down this will only take a moment and I will have you back in class before the first bell rings. Can't have you tardy on the first day of school after all." the gentleman stated. "Oh where are my manners, you can call me Professor P. everyone else around here does".
"N-Nice to m-meet you Professor P., um I hope you forgive me for being rude, but how do you know my name. I swear I just got lost. Wait! Did you just say you were expecting me ?
Professor P. chuckled "Why yes i believe I did, any other obvious information you need clarified before we move on with orientation boats float, the ocean is blue, oh and the sun will burn you if you stay out in it too long?"
Percy blushed and remained silent shaking his head no, he had no idea what to think at this point, what had he gotten himself into. Did his mom set him up with a meeting and forget to tell him something, she was always forgetting things, especially because of the asshat ordering her around.
"Now where were we, ah yes! So Mr. Jackson, I want to welcome you to Chiron's Academy School for boys. I trust you found your room and keys from the main office, its my understanding you are housed under Poseidon's House. Did you like the room, what have you thought of the school so far?" Professor P stated.
"Yes sir, I am in Poseidon's house, and I think the room is awesome. In all honesty it's probably a little too ritzy for me taste" Percy replied then realizing what he said and not wanting Professor P to be offended Percy quickly clarified "But I think I am going to grow to like it very much, the bathroom was amazing, though the hallways are a little intense, I did manage to get lost on my first day."
Professor P's eyes shone with amusement, "Well in all fairness to you, getting lost was actually my doing. So don't be too hard on yourself, you'll have to get used to some unusual things here. However, seeing as its been over 16 years, I think I waited long enough. Did you know that your father was involved with the creation of this school Percy?"
Stunned Percy shook his head no, " what do you mean professor, my father is dead, did he help with the creation of this school before he left".
It was at this very moment that the smile from Professor P's face went away and his eyes where they once seemed blue-green like an ocean, now looked blue-gray and his face sorrowful, and sad. "Oh my poor boy, you never knew? I mean I know Sally wouldn't have all the answers but I guess that explains why she finally brought you here. Your mom is a wonderful woman, and very willful, with a mind of her own, if I would have had my way you would have been here years ago, but she was trying to hide you. She's staying with a human, if you can call that refuse a human being, so that his stench would hide your scent. I guess she finally realized things were getting out of her control and she wanted you to be able to make a choice, but I would have at least thought she would have warned you, or told you who you are, though I imagine Sally didn't actually lie to you she said something along the lines of I went out to sea and never returned or something along those lines am I right?" he said sadly.
Percy stood shocked barely nodding, how did this man know his mother, little things started adding up, little oddities that his mother blew off, or explained away. She had been hiding all of this, hiding who he was. Thoughts began swimming in his head faster and faster, Percy started feeling like he was drowning as he started coming to a strange and terrifying conclusion.
"If you haven't put it together by now. I am your father. I can explain why I haven't visited, or been there. Its a lame excuse, in all honesty its because I am a god. My name is Poseidon. That's why you are in my house. This school was made for children of the gods as a way to train heroes and teach them to hone their abilities. Admittedly you're a little late in arriving. I wasn't kidding about orientation. We gods don't get to come down very often, but we are allowed orientation to introduce and welcome our students and children into the school. Most of the time, the children have no idea that their parent is one of their instructors some gods get teaching duty as punishment by Zeus, but we all try to provide and make sure you get settled in before you start" Poseidon said.
"So wait, what your telling me is that, your my dad, b-but how, when, why?" Percy said stuttering, trying to think of all the questions that have been stored up since he was little. It did make a lot of sense. Finally one question bubbled to the surface and was out of his mouth before he could stop it. " Did you at least miss me? Did you watch me, I mean I get that you're a god and all, and I can just imagine the responsibility, but couldn't you have found some time, even in secret to say hi, or meet me , or I dunno sent me a birthday gift. Are you the reason I am the way I am? Percy froze. Well the cat was out of the bag now, Percy cringed inside he hadn't meant for it to go that far but once his mouth opened it all started pouring out.
Poseidon walked around the desk and came up to Percy and pulled him into an big embrace.
"The answer to those questions first starts with Zeus forbids gods to be involved as it tends to lead us towards neglecting our duties. Secondly, Yes I did miss you, and I did watch over you, every time you were in a shower or ocean or sea and you felt better or healed. I did what little I could to influence and help you without getting caught interfering in your life, then Sally got together with that Garbage Heap to try and keep you safe when monsters started showing up and it grew harder for me to locate you. As far as birthday presents, I did hand your mother Riptide to give to you, did she happen to ever hand that over ? Oh and as for your last question, I don't care. I am not the reason you are the way you are, maybe I can have a chat with Aphrodite, but in all honesty son, whatever or whoever makes you happy is alright by me." Poseidon said
Dumbstruck Percy replied pulling the pen his mother had given him earlier out of his pocket, "If you mean this pen then yeah my mom gave it to me today, and wait, you really don't care, like at all, about who I might like? But, isn't that against the rules or I don't know wrong somehow. I mean here I thought I was about to get smited and worried about you might think and all along you're just hunk-dory..." Percy continued ranting.
At this point Poseidon was noticing that Percy was on a full tilt rant and was in no hurry to stop, so he pulled some water from one of the fish tanks on the side of his office. The blob floating in the air like a bubble, and when Poseidon realized Percy wasn't going to stop he let the water drop over Percy's head.
"Are you quite finished? I said I was okay with your preference, and no there isn't going to be any smiting, though if you keep acting like a spoiled brat I might consider it. I just told you what you wanted to hear, is it that hard to accept the fact that I might be okay with you the way you are, well I'd like to see you better trained in weaponry and in your powers but that's another story. The point is, we are short on time so to cut to the chase, yes I care about you, sorry I wasn't always there, and I am sorry you were mislead however good the intentions might have been to give you a normal childhood. Do we have an understanding? Or do you need to continue to rant and rave and let off more steam, because if you need to do that then this orientation is over. I didn't come all the way over here to be yelled at, I came to spend some time with you, oh and to show you what your pen can do."
Poseidon reached out and took the pen from Percy and clicked the pen open to transform it into a bronze sword. Giving the sword a swing or two before clicking the hilt and turning the blade back into a pen.
"This is going to be difficult for you to understand, in addition to everything else but this blade is celestial bronze. It ill help you with defeating monsters. Now that you are aware of who you are, your godhood will be more apparent being a demigod and they will be able to scent you. This is also the reason you will be training here at Chiron's Academy". Poseidon said as he handed the pen back to Percy."Was there any questions so far?"
Percy's mind was overloaded, not only was his father alive, but he was a sea god. The literal God of the Sea, and that was his daddy. He couldn't believe what his mom had been hiding from him, all the secrets, but in the end when he thought about it he knew that his mom wouldn't have known what to do about monsters. Also news flash monsters are real, and they are going to find you to be a tasty demigod snack, but no worries here at Chiron's Academy, we teach you how not to be on the menu. Finally snapping out of his stupor and coming to his senses, Percy steps forward.
"I don't really have any immediate questions, other than will I be able to see you again? I would really like to, maybe after I have settled into this whole whatever you called it... demigod right, yeah demigod routine. Aside from that, thank you for meeting me, it means a lot, I am sorry for acting childish, I guess I have had a lot of trouble coming to terms with myself lately and I had envisioned this type of conversation many times, and it never went this well. So thank you, also I was talking with my mom earlier about funding and they said meals were covered but I don't have a lot of money. Is there a way to take up a part time job or what can I do to pay my tuition?"
Poseidon laughed deeply "Well my boy, we shall see each other again soon, when exactly I can't say, but I am always with you and always watching. I am very glad we got to meet face to face, and as for money, I almost forgot, there is one last thing I have for you. You can think of this as making up for several missed birthdays." Poseidon reached into his pocket and pulled out a plastic card, and handed it to Percy. "This is a debit card attached to a checking account with your name. I have taken some liberties to ensure that some funds are deposited into it regularly, but there currently are some funds in the account to get you started so you can buy some clothes and supplies. There is a daily allowance so you can't go crazy, but it should suffice to get you through the next several years. Does that answer your question?"
Percy stared at the debit card in his hand. "Y-yes I believe it does." Finally realizing the time Percy groaned " Oh crap I am going to be late for class, it must be almost second period by now. I don't want to cut our time short, but I don't want to get into too much trouble, being late is one thing, missing an entire class is something else, and I still need to find my way out of here."
Poseidon chuckled some more, "Not to worry Percy, you still have five minutes by my reckoning, I am a fast talker after all, and it pays to have the help of a god. However, you are absolutely right, Persephone will never let me hear the end of it if I make you late for her class, so I believe everything is in order. You now know who you are, what you are doing here, who your father really is, admittedly I wasn't expecting that one myself, and we have riptide and your money situation taken care of, from the looks of it I would say orientation is over. As for you getting back to class, you can walk through the portal to the right, it'll drop you off right in front of the class you need to be in. Kind seas Percy and remember I will be watching, good luck!"
Without another word Poseidon disappeared in a haze of blue mist and a swirling vortex of blue appeared on the right side of the room. Realizing he didn't have a lot of time left Percy quickly gathered his bag and made sure he had everything together, with one last look at the office he held his breath and walked through the portal, his dad created it and all right, it couldn't be that bad for him.
****Authors Note****
I really wasn't expecting the turn of events to happen the way they did but after brainstorming and writing this is what turned out. I want to flesh out the characters if Percy and Nico before bringing them together and having them meet and I thought a good way to do that was for Percy to meet dear old Dad. Every Chapter isn't always going to contain two perspectives as its pretty obvious this one only contained Percy's perspective. The next Chapter will most likely be dedicated towards Nico and some fun interactions that take place. As always feel free to comment/review and please let me know what you think.