Percy Jackson and the Adopted Older Brother

A.N. Here we go; the story is beginning to pick up, hopefully. I might do something to explain how Riptide went from being a pin that becomes a sword to a pen that becomes a sword. Also I think that Hestia is the most important Olympian, because she symbolizes everything that the heroes are fighting for: Home (Camps Half-Blood and Jupiter), Family (NOT the Olympians, but their friends, like all of the side characters, or Sally, or each other), And The Hearth (because, in Percy's words, "Hope survives best at the Hearth")

Last Time:

Percy looked up over his head and saw the trident. "It is determined" Chiron said. "My father?" Percy asked, completely bewildered.

"Poseidon," I said. "Earthshaker, Stormbringer, Father of Horses. Hail, Perseus Jackson, Son of the Sea God."

ON WITH THE STORY!

The whole next day I worked on checking my equipment, making sure that it was fully repaired, all that good stuff, because Zeus was DEFINETLY mad about something, something was DEFINETLY wrong on Olympus, Percy was DEFINETLY going to get a quest, and I was DEFINETLY going to either sneak out OR get a quest to protect, guide, and help him on his quest.

Preferably the Former.

Midday the Next Day:

After lunch I noticed that Percy was looking MISERABLE. Time to introduce him to a good friend. I asked Beckendorf to have this hour off to help Percy out.

"Why?" he asked. "Because he looks miserable, and he's my brother, just as much as you are," I said, a glare that said both "I'm going to slap you" and "you're being so stupid it's not worth slapping you" on my face, "it'd be wrong to just let him stew in his grief." "Okay, just don't miss metal-work later."

"OI, Percy, come over here I want to show you something," I said. "Ooooookay…" As we walked towards the fire pit in the center of the cabins I explained my powers to Percy. I have shape-shifting, but it was hard for me to control outside of the forms of a wolf, a dragon, a pegasus, a peregrine falcon, and an otter AND it took considerable concentration to pull off, so I had to choose one form for battle and stick to it. I also had the ability to control fire, though it was responsive to emotions, and I could not produce very much unless I was in a blind rage. I could also control storms, winds, and lightning, to a minor degree. I could use storms to make little rainclouds that watered plants, make paths muddy, or hover over grouchy people, like Mr. D or Clarisse. I also had some enhanced senses like sight, hearing, and smell.

When we got to the fire pit I called out. "Hello Lady Hestia, how are you today?" Percy got a surprised look like he had noticed her but not said hello, not paying her much thought. "You're the Goddess of the Hearth and Home? I'm honored to meet you." Hestia looked amused and I could guess why "Why do you show so much courtesy, Percy?" "Because you signify home, or at least what home should be." "Ahhh, yes Smelly Gabe, smart woman, your mother." "Smart? Do you mean you think it was a good Idea for her to marry Smelly Gabe?" "You call him smelly but you have no idea. He smells so extremely human that it rubs off on us and hides us from the noses of monsters extremely well, but now that you know how to defend yourself, Mom can get rid of him after we save her from whoever stole her" "She's alive?" "Monsters leave corpses when they kill people, so obviously someone took her." Just as I said that Grover came up and asked us to come to the big house with him. When we got there Chiron explained how Zeus's master bolt had been stolen and he suspected Poseidon and Hephaestus of having me and Percy steal it so that Hephaestus could lead a legion of cyclops in making illegal counterfeits so that Poseidon could lead an army armed with said counterfeits to overthrow Zeus.

"So A. Zeus is high as a kite; B. Zeus is EXTREMELY paranoid; C. Zeus is Crazy; OR D. ALL OF THE ABOVE!" I said with a tone that implied that I was joking, but yes, I thought that this whole thing was ridiculous. "I would choose B, Sean, we don't really use the C-word or the H-word to descried Zeus" Annabeth said. Regardless of possible smiting I waited at the entrance to the attic while Percy got his prophecy.

I climbed up the stairs to the attic and there was a very interesting collection of trophies, like fuzzy dice and hood ornaments. The weirdest thing was the mummy. It spoke, and I KNEW that the voice emanated from the mummy, and it said: "Approach seeker, and ask" "What shall I do to help my brother?" Green mist spewed from the oracle's mouth forming wisps of wisp that looked like Percy, Annabeth, Grover, and me.

Grover turned and said "You will follow your heart, your kin, and Quest alone"

Annabeth turned and said "You will find your mothers in the land under stone"

Percy Turned and said "You will find what was stolen, yet feel on your neck Death's breath"

Smoke-Sean turned and said "You will save much, but lose a friend to worse than Death"

That last line really bothered me, but Percy was exited to learn that there was a loop hole to the Rule of Three.

The Next Day

The next day I was ready to go, I had stocked up on food and seasonings, supplies, and books to read while taking public transportation and trains (I AM a decent pickpocket). Chiron had come to me last night with his sword, the one he used for Latin class, called Riptide and asked me to modify its shrunken form, so that instead of being hidden inside of a ballpoint pen casing it was a ballpoint pen. I did it quickly and seamlessly.

When we were leaving Coach Hedge, the satyr that had brought me to camp, gave me a gift.

"OI! CUPCAKE! I've got something for you!" he called "Since it's your first quest and you only have that sword, I thought I'd give you a REAL weapon" He presented me with a rough-hewn staff with a long slim blade making up half of the staff. "Ahhh… I see for bashing things AND slashing things… Perfect! TIME TO GO TEAR SHIT UP!"

A.N. We get under way and Sean gets to have an awesome weapon to imagine it think of Hawke's staff from the DA2 destiny trailer, without the gem, an fewer metal studs … SEE YOU NEXT TIME!