Chapter 6

"My Disguise almost blown"

Percy

"Percy?"

Someone recognize me already, seriously maybe I have to get a plastic surgery or maybe wear a beard Half- or maybe some mustache because pretty much everyone in Camp Blood recognize me already, so much being the hero if you have to be a jerk and trying to save the Camp from the wrath of Hera, for some reason I can't came back here to Camp or she'll destroy the place. I can't have that, everyone here is my friends or was because they all thought I'm already dead and yes I was, got sent back to Tartarus two time, get back she's angry almost destroy the camp, I made a deal to be a jerk and good news is she won't destroy the camp.

When I turn around, I saw Piper, and I had no choice to be rude to her even if she never ever rude or act like a jerk even when we first met and she's with the fact of Aphrodite daughter that act tomboy and really tough. Good news is, Jason's not here, being rude to her he would kill even if I am new here and didn't know anything, he's just going to sent lightning bolt straight to me.

"I told you a thousand times I'm not Percy!" I said to her, and I could see her really surprise. Nice Percy, good thing Jason's not here, if he's here maybe I could get strike by a lightning.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to-" she said but then Leo came and make everything worse.

"It's alright, it's the time of the month again for Trent, he's just got very frustrated about all of that he and Percy thinks" said Toby.

"Oh, okay then" said Piper awkwardly.

"Whoa, newbie, I don't think shouting at the Aphrodite daughter it's a great I-" he said looked surprise. "Percy?!"

"I'm not-" I said as I got cut off by Piper.

"He's not Percy" said Piper. "He's the guy that we safe, remember Leo"

"Yeah of course" said Leo.

"Why everyone always mistaken you with Percy?!" asked Toby.

"No idea" I said, good thing he buy it of course.

I then saw Annabeth scooted as far away as possible from me. Maybe I've gone too far about being hate by everyone including Wise Girl over here, maybe after this crazy quest I'll apologize, of course after I got another Judo Flip from her, maybe a little sword fighting.

Piper frowned. "What did you do make Annabeth not like you?"

I shrugged. "Exist? Being a jerk in front of her?"

Leo's jaw dropped. "You didn't."

I nodded. "I did"

Piper's frown deepened. "Why?"

"I didn't mean to!" I said in my defense, before remembering I had to make the camp hate me. "I'm not use with others, except for Toby over here"

Leo's hands caught fire and Piper glared at me. For guy that jokes a lot, he's kind a scary when he's hand start showing up some fire. Remind me why I do this, oh right, crazy aunt want you to do her quest.

"What are you guys singing?" Toby continued, stealing Leo's marshmallow, great kid. "Sounds like a grade school music class gone wrong."

"Camp songs." Piper said slowly, and then continued. "You could be respectful, you now. Percy-"

"Who?" I interrupted. "Weird name."

"Says the boy named Trent" Piper mumbled.

"Why does everyone keep saying that?" I growled. "Trent is not a weird name!"

"Trent is a weird name" Toby said as he doing high five with Leo.

"Not weirder then Toby" I said in my defense.

"Toby's not a weird name" he said as he throws a marshmallow at me.

Piper only raised an eyebrow in disbelief. "Anyway…Percy was Annabeth boyfriend, and the greatest hero in a millennium, if not of all time."

"Then how did he die?" I challenged. Piper's eyes went dark.

"He…he was weak from Tartarus and fighting Gaea. We had just won the Second Giant War, and had returned to the Argo Two, the ship we used to get to Rome and Greece. He had been outside, steering the ship when monsters attacked. An entire, massive army- many times larger than the one you fought and Percy beat them all. He won, but he was covered in wounds. And then-" Piper's voice broke.

She shook her head, tears sparkling in her eyes as she leaned against Leo. Leo rubbed her back awkwardly.

I bit back tears with difficulty. Damn it! This wasn't supposed to happen! Hera promised that they'd move on after finding out I was actually dead. She swore they wouldn't suffer because of my cowardice. How could this happen? I wasn't really that important. What did Percy Jackson matter compared to the happiness of some hundred or something people? Nothing! NOTHING!

"Trent?"

I snapped out of my daze, almost exclaiming "Crap!" because my ADHD had taken me into the planning stage of my deceit while I was still in the preliminaries. I forced myself not to stutter - despite the twisting in the gut when I stopped "uh . . ." from escaping my lips - and rolled my eyes instead, stalling.

"So he died to save his friends." I mused. "Brave…reckless…selfless…stupid..." I gave a smirk. "None of the above describes me, except for maybe brave"

"Trent," Toby hissed out the side of his mouth.

Leo glared at me. "What's wrong with you?"

I shrugged, raising my hands palm up. "Living on the streets and fighting every day for life can take you down three roads." I lifted one finger. "One: the Criminal." I raised a second finger. "Two: the Jerk." I raised another finger. "Three: the Insane or the Broken. I'm the second."

"Besides, the only thing I always thought about is how to kept myself and of course this kid here, first time he almost died and I'm already in a panic mode"

Leo cocked his head. "Then how did Annabeth, Thalia, and I turn out the way we did?"

Toby shook his head. "How long did you all spend on the streets, and what was your situation like?"

"I ran away a lot." Leo admitted. "I stayed in a lot of sewers."

"I'm guessing you didn't spend enough time on the streets to turn into one of the three." I said. "So, the princess and….Thalia, was it?"

Piper and Leo glanced uneasily at each other.

"A year, crossing the country to get to camp, I think." Piper said quietly. "They fought a lot of monsters."

I simply nodded. "Traveling that much would make them more akin to a runaway then a street kid. Of course, I'm both."

"And I had to take care of Toby, and then myself besides I won't make my friends died just like-"

Piper and Leo glanced at me, surprised, and I inwardly cursed.

"Never mind." I said, staring at the enchanted fire. The unwanted memory of a metal shroud burning for a hero- Beckendof - popped into my mind's eye. I flinched, and turned away.

I knew Piper and Leo were wondering what exactly happened to me to make me so cold and I also knew there was no way they were going to find out. I wanted to but I can't, Hero could kill me and I can't even leave Toby alone, he's the family I got now, besides everyone in this camp and my mom.

I couldn't exactly tell them that it was Tartarus, a meddling goddess, and the fact that a stupid quest that involving Toby in the picture, from your crazy aunt, could I?

Okay, okay, maybe it was a cliffhanger... but look! I have a new update for you! So no one needs to kill me... Put the knife down...

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