I DON'T OWN PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIAN SERIES AND CHARACTERS IT BELONGS to RICK RIORDAN the WRITER OF THE SERIES
PS:: 'lil Thalia means that it's the twelve year old Thalia I'm talking about and not the Hunter Thalia
Thalia and Luke 3
Me My Mother
::Thalia::
I felt nauseous after being time warped by a sock? I turned around and didn't find the old grandmas. But what I found is that I'm somewhere in New York almost 30 miles from Long Island. They said I could choose what time to go back right? But where am I? I mean the younger me. I kept walking of course, I passed by newspaper stand to see what date it was, and as I traveled fourteen years back in time. I bit my lip because it was the night before I would become a pine tree for the next six years, till Luke poisoned my tree and Percy save it with the Golden Fleece. If I remember correctly, just right about now...
A crash sounded from the next block. I run as fast as I can to find. Luke. Whoa I really did go back in time. He was still the 14 year old boy I knew, no scar and he hasn't yet acquired his permanent scowling face.
"Luke! Look out!" I heard myself screamed. The younger me I mean. Wrong move, that made Luke turn toward the younger me and away from the Cyclops. Whack. The Cyclops hit him with his club. I was ready to run and help but I knew they could handle it and it's not yet time for me to meet 'lil Thalia. I just watched as 'lil Thalia and Luke battled the ugly Cyclops.
::Normal Point Of View::
"Hey ugly!" shouted 'lil Thalia and threw a can at the Cyclops, trying to turn his attention from Luke and onto her as Annabeth skirted behind the trashcans towards Luke. "You want me right? I'm the tastiest right? Being daughter of Zeus and all so come and get me!" 'lil Thalia threw another can getting the full Cyclops.
"Yes! Yes! Daughter of Zeus tasty! All mine" the Cyclops exclaimed as he patted his club against his hands and slowly walked towards 'lil Thalia, who again threw another can, it hit the Cyclops right on his eye. "Rawrgh!" it screamed in pain and charge at Thalia still with his eyes closed. Just as the Cyclops was going to clobber 'lil Thalia with his club, Ageis spiraled to life and with a clank it blocked the club. And with a horrible cry the Cyclops dissolved into monster dust.
"Sorry ugly but she's mine" said Luke as he wipes off the monster dust from his knife. He gave 'lil Thalia a sly grin and pulled her up in his arms. Blood was still trickling down his forehead.
"Annabeth, would you mind looking for Grover beneath those crates?" 'lil Thalia pointed behind her at the far end of the alley was a pile of knocked down crates. "I think he might have fainted again over there..." Annabeth stared at 'lil Thalia "I'll just fix Luke first, then well come help you there is that alright?"
"Uhm.. okay..." Annabeth nodded and jogged towards the pile of crates.
"Fix me?" Luke grinned at 'lil Thalia when Annabeth was out of earshot
'lil Thalia just knocked Luke down on the floor. "Ow" he whined, but still grinning. 'lil Thalia bend down, and wiped off the blood from Luke's forehead. "It still hurts you know..." stated Luke "would you mind giving it a kiss to make it go away?" he continued grinning. 'lil Thalia just stared at Luke, like she was thinking 'as if it's going to happen' but she turned towards where Annabeth run off to make sure she was not only out of earshot but also out of sight. Then she gave Luke a quick peck on the forehead.
"Aw that's all" said Luke sounding upset, but started to stand up along with 'lil Thalia
"Stop your whining Luke..." 'lil Thalia said "That's all your gonna get from me" then she turned to walk towards Annabeth trying to hide her starting blush face. "We need to see if Grover's alright"
"Hey, goatman always gets the worry meter more than I do, no fair..." muttered Luke as he followed 'lil Thalia
"Hey, your big and strong, and I know you'd always be okay" stated 'lil Thalia as she looked at Luke and smiled "Grover's still young despite how he looks, we have another kid in the family to look after so stop whining you're the big Daddy here aren't yah" she stopped walking and waited for Luke to stand beside her
"Yeah, yeah" once beside 'lil Thalia he placed his left hand on 'lil Thalia's left shoulder, "and you'd be the Mommy" he gave 'lil Thalia a quick kiss on the cheeks and grinned as her face started to turn pink. They continued walking towards Annabeth and now the unconscious Grover on her lap.
::Thalia::
"Man, how will I get myself away from Luke and the others" I sighed as I idly stir the hot chocolate on the paper cup. I saw 'lil Thalia and the others walked across the cafe from the window. I didn't bother hiding myself; I barely look the same as when I was twelve. Here's the difference from twelve year old me and the presently sixteen me other than being taller and looking more mature.
Twelve year old me had splashes of freckles on the nose, while sixteen year old me has none, they faded when I grew up
Twelve year old me had short punk style haired, while sixteen year old me has long silky black hair with a little waves on the ends.
Twelve year old me wore dark eyeliner around my stormy blue eyes, while sixteen year old me barely wore any make-up at all.
::Normal Point Of View::
Luke and the others were walking casually on the street when he spotted fifteen year old Thalia looking at them.
::Luke::
Whoa did the Cyclops hit me really hard on the head I'm seeing my dream version of Thalia inside that cafe. I shook my head a little trying to get the girl's face out of my head, which made me dizzy.
"I'm sorry Luke if I'm heavy" whimpered Gorver "I-I'll walk from here..." started to shift on my back
"No don't Grover" I said though Grover looked the same age as Thalia, he very much thinks like a seven year old "just getting something off my head"
"Did I wrap the bandages too tight Luke?" asked Thalia stopping in front of me, I can hear worry in her voice despite hear trying to suppress it. I just shook my head No and gave her a grin
"I'm fine really Thalia" I smiled "But I think I saw your Mom back inside the cafe we passed by" I whispered. Thalia just stared at me her expression was worried or fear I can't quite tell.
"The woman looked so much like you, though she had no freckles in her face and she had long hair"
And before I could say anything more, Thalia just ran pulling Annabeth, I ran after. She was fast, but we finally stopped at the outskirts of town, I turned to look behind me I thought a monster was chasing us but nope there wasn't any monster in sight.
"Let's camp here for tonight, where almost there aren't we Grover?" said Thalia as she started to make a pit for our camp fire. Grover nodded furiously, I placed him beside Annabeth who was now sitting under the pine tree trying to catch her breath.
"Hey why did you run that, like a monster was chasing us when I mentioned your Mom?" I asked Thalia as we started to pick up dried wood for our camp fire
"Luke you know I too had issues with my mother" she stopped picking up branches "I just don't wanna see her Luke, I ran away from didn't I"
I stared at Thalia for the last two years we've been runaway renegades, and in those two years I barely saw her show weakness. I hated seeing her so fragile, as much as I want to hug her, she'd turn away from me, she hated being weak in front of anybody even me.
"Hey it-it's okay" I placed my right hand on her shoulder; it made my heart skip a beat when she place her hand over it. "I'm here, Annabeth too we're a family now aren't we? Everything is going to be aright even without our parents' help"
"I know Luke..." she turned and gave me a weak smile "we'll always be a family" I couldn't help myself and I gave her a quick peck on the cheeks
"Always my dear, I love you" I answered, she clasped my free hand and we walk side by side back to our campsite. Grover was entertaining Annabeth with charades, too bad for him Annabeth is really good at the game.
::Thalia::
I can't believe that he recognized me. And what is he getting on that I looked like mother. He never saw her. But I took a quick glance on the pond and damn I do resemble my Mom, though Mom had golden blonde hair just like Jason's other than that I really do look like her.
I still kept my distance from them waiting for the right time to have a personal talk with myself.
::Luke::
It's a good thing Annabeth was still exhausted from all the running this afternoon she fell right asleep with Grover after dinner, now I can spend quality time Thalia.
"I'll take tonight's watch Luke; you should get some rest" said Thalia as she tends to the glowing fire "The Cyclops must have hit you hard, than what you're letting us to believe"
"I'm fine Thalia" I sat beside her in comfortable silence, she the leaned on me and placed her head on my shoulders "You sure?" she meekly asked "Yeah I'm sure" I gently placed my head on top of hers and smelling her jet black hair which smelled like conifers and evergreen.
"I hope we'd get there by tonight Luke" she said quietly "I don't think we could hold out much longer against those monsters..."
"We'll get there soon Thalia I'm sure of it..." I tried to assure her but my heart sank heavy we've been running for days on end, heck for the past week this is the only night we're able to rest. I hate to believe that this might be a 'calm before the storm' thing. I've been battered and bruised by monsters from protecting Thalia and the others, I'm not sure we could take on another attack. I hate it but Thalia might be the one who has to fight next time we're attacked, even though I try my best to keep her safe. I held Thalia in my arms afraid that she'll disappear from me when I let go.
"Luke..."
"Yeah Thals?"
"You'd do anything to keep our family safe right?" we both stared at the flickering flames
"Of course I do" I answered "I'll do anything and everything to protect our family especially you Thalia I love you so much I can't lose you"
"I love you too Luke..." she buried her on my chest "I don't want to lose you either"
"Thalia can I?" I raised my head and raised her face to look at mine; her eyes were more dazzling than any stars in the night sky. She gave me quick nod.
For the first time in my life I kissed a girl. Not just a girl, but I kissed Thalia my best friend and my girlfriend. I finally had the guts to kiss her on the lips; it was a long and blissful kiss. It's the only thing I'm glad about the Gods not bothering their children. If Zeus cared to bother what we're up to he might have sent a lightning bolt to hit me for kissing his daughter, but Gods never care at the affairs of their children. Brush off those nasty thoughts Luke; don't spoil the night and the kiss.
I was in total bliss after the kiss. I hate to say it but I fell as sleep after Thalia and I talked about random things, exhaustion caught the better of me.
::Thalia::
I dislike eavesdropping, and it was really weird to eavesdrop on myself, but I can't help it I need to check on myself. As much as I can't believe I'm saying this but Luke and little me looked really cute there under the tree. Then I saw Luke fell as sleep leaning on little me.
I simply threw an acorn on the ground next to where 'lil Thalia and Luke where sitting. It quickly got 'lil Thalia's attention. I came out of my hiding place so that she could see me.
::'lil Thalia::
Huh where did the acorn come from? I looked around and saw my Mom behind a tree. Wait Mom? As much as I want to run, I clutched on to Luke even tighter. I know he sleeps like a log but being in his arms, it felt like the safest place for me, in a way. I always feel at ease with his presence.
The weird thing about my Mom behind that tree is that she was wearing no jewelry and make-up which is very unlikely to happen. She was apparently dressed like one of Artemis' hunters. She wore a silver jacket, beneath it was a black t-shirt with a bow and arrow silvery design. She had a silver circlet which ran across the top of her head like a tiara like the one Zoe Nightshade wore. Mom can't be a Hunter as if. If Mom would be a Hunter of Artemis then I'm not a demigod.
I looked straight into her eyes which beckoned me to come towards her. I don't know what made me, but I slowly slipped away from Luke's arms, and reluctantly walked towards my Mom.
"Thank goodness Luke finally slept" she said quietly. Weird how come she knows Luke? She can't be Mom "I don't know how much time left I have-" she continued
"Hey, you're not my Mom who are you? Why do you look so much like her? And what's with the Artemis Hunter's outfit you're wearing and what you mean how much time" I quickly blurted out my question. This girl in front of me looked liked two years older than Luke, but her eyes looked very very mature for her age.
"Yes I know you'd have a lot of questions to ask me but I have little time to explain..." she answered patiently and somehow she slowly became transparent "First I'm not Mom the heck I'd never expected to look like her at this age... I'm you the older you"
"Whoa hold it me? You?" Nice my wonderful night with Luke is now turning weird
"Yes, I know it's hard for you to believe, but believe me I'm you and I'm here to warn you" she quickly said, as her image flickered
"Warn me about?" now she got my attention "If you're warning me that monsters want to eat me because I'm Zeus' daughter, I already figured that on my own thank you"
"Not that" she groaned looking sad "I'm here to tell you to fight" she said then she seemed to mentally slap herself "I mean stay alive, no matter what they say just stay alive Thalia for your-I mean our sake"
"What you mean I'm gonna..." yeah an older me telling me to stay alive at this moment as if I already have a passport to Hades. But hey she's there standing like looking fifteen-sixteen?
"I can't tell you much, it's just that a lot of monsters are gonna follow you to Camp Half-Blood, sure enough Luke will be safe trust me. Fight only to defend yourself, and stay alive for me do you understand that Thalia? Trust" she said frantically as she slowly turned to mist "stay alive and remember it's not yours"
"What's not mine?" now I was frantic
"The pro..." her voice barely audible as she disappeared then I saw three grandmothers not far from where she was standing busily unraveling a huge sock and quickly vanished as they appeared.
It was really turning into a weird, weird night. I quickly sprinted back to the campsite and furiously shook Luke to consciousness
"Luke, wake up!" I nearly yelled through the early morning, he mumble a few inaudible words "Luke please wake up!" this time I pretended to sob which wasn't hard, after the future me said what might happen. "Luke, monsters!" I screamed to his ear.
"Wha? Where? Where?" he scrambled up and drew his bronze knife. If I hadn't been quick he might have unintentionally slashed me with the knife.
"We need to go right now. I got a bad feeling about today." I said picking up my knapsack "Go wake Annabeth and Grover, I'll break camp."