Hello everyone!

I present you chapter one!

Chapter One: Welcome to Camp Jupiter

"Halt! Identify yourself!"

The fat Asian boy questioned loudly.

Before Percy could even respond, a glowing light appeared next to him. When the glow died down, an eight-year-old girl with flaming orange eyes appeared next to him.

"Lady Vesta" Said the two teens as they dropped to a deep bow.

Vesta just smiled as she waved them off.

"Take me to your praetors," Said Vesta firmly to the two demigods.

The two legionaries nodded their heads nervously as the girl led Percy and Vesta inside New Rome, while the boy remained on border patrol.

"It would be an honor, my lady." Said the girl respectfully.

Percy then asked casually, "What's your name?"

"Hazel. Hazel Levesque, daughter of Pluto."

Percy grinned, "Guess that makes us cousins."

He ignored the curious glance from Hazel as they made their way to the praetor.

Being the champion of Pluto and all, he can sense that something is off with the girl in front of him, he'll just have to check it with his uncle later.

They passed through the barracks of the Praetorian Gates and made their way to the Principia.

Hazel led them inside where a girl with curly dark hair and black eyes and a boy with blonde hair and familiar electric blue eyes stood. Another boy with blonde hair blue eyes was ranting smugly, Percy could tell that he doesn't like this boy annoying, maybe another arrogant son of Zeus like Heracles? But the boy's eyes are more like the ones children of Apollo and Hermes or Mercury, whatever have.

Hazel cleared her throat and the three teens turned to look at them.

The girl's eyes flashed dangerously at recognization when her eyes landed on Percy before turning to bow to Vesta.

"Lady Vesta," Started the girl as she got up, "What can we do for you?"

Even though she was speaking to Vesta, the girl was still staring at Percy strangely. Her face darkened and Percy couldn't help but to think he has seen this girl somewhere before. His mind quickly raced through years of memories as Athena's blessing kicked in.

And the first boy, Percy had this strange feeling that he really looks like someone he knows, really well actually, but he just couldn't figure it out.

Vesta ignored the look the girl was giving Percy and smiled to her, "I am here to deliver a new recruit to the legion, praetor Reyna."

One good thing about being a Goddess, you know basically everything.

Percy's strange feeling even grew stronger at the sound of that name, Reyna. He was certain that some point in the past, he's heard of that name, but his mind was still searching for the answer.

It can wait for now, he'll have to ask his mother once after this meeting is over.

The second blonde guy eyed Percy warily before opening his mouth, but a glare from Vesta shut him up before he could even speak. This is the first time Percy has ever seen Vesta or Hestia gets angry, not even a little bit, looks like this boy is definitely going to be trouble.

The praetor named Reyna spoke again carefully, "If I may ask, lady Vesta, why is it that you are delivering a new recruit yourself? As far as I know, you've never made a presence in New Rome before?"

Vesta smiled warmly at Reyna again, before answering, "This is Perseus Jackson, my adopted son. He has been serving Olympus for the past five years, that's why he is only brought here now. I trust my word would be sufficient as a recommendation letter for my son to enter the legion?"

Reyna nodded, "We could use every single soldier we can find right now."

Vesta sent Reyna a appreciating smile before kissing Percy's forehead and vanished in a flash of orange flames.

Reyna is now sizing up Percy more closely, much to his dismay as her face is a mix of emotions he couldn't pick up. What in the name of Pluto happened?

Before Percy could ask, the skinny blonde guy cleared his throat.

Percy narrowed his eyes dangerously at the blonde, "Is there anything you need?"

The blonde glared at Percy, but the son of Vesta didn't even flinch, "Yes, as the auger, all new recruits of the legion are to be checked with the Auguries by me, you can never be too careful these days, who knows what could be coming next?"

Percy clinched his fist but before he could give this idiot in front of him a good beating, the other blonde guy beat him into the next move.

"Are you questioning lady Vesta's word Octavian?" Warned the blonde in annoyance.

Before the guy apparently called Octavian could respond, he cried out loudly in pain as an orange arrow imbedded into his left shoulder.

The praetors turned around in shock, only to find Percy holding his orange bow firmly as his eyes flashed dangerously.

Percy then stepped towards Octavian terrifyingly slowly as the auger is now trembling in fear. Percy lifted Octavian tightly by the throat into air as he snapped angrily, "Disrespect my mother like that again and the next arrow will be cracking open your skull, do I make myself clear."

Octavian nodded eagerly as Percy roughly tossed him half way across the room, causing the auger to scream painfully again.

The other blonde guy looked at Percy upside down as he made his way to the angry son of Vesta, "Come on, your test starts in thirty minutes, I'll give you a tour around the city."

Percy nodded grudgingly as he sent Octavian one last harsh glare before following the praetor out.

"That was a nice show you put back there," Spoke the blonde after a few moments of silence, "I've been dying to do that myself."

Percy gave the praetor a slight smile as he looked around New Rome again. Sure his mother told him many things about the city, but seeing it once with your own eyes makes it more shocking.

"Name's Jason by the way, Jason Grace, son of Jupiter, praetor of the Twelfth Legion."

Percy froze on the spot as he turned to look at Jason, no wonder why he looked so familiar. Those electric blue eyes, and the last name Grace, he's Thalia's brother! Thalia never told anyone about having a brother though, and how in Tartarus is he a Roman?

Speaking of which, there is a few people Percy missed after leaving camp, and Thalia is certainly one of them. She had her cousin's back no matter what, even it meant she had to stand up against her own father.

Luckily, her mistress backed both Percy and Thalia up on the council, which is why Percy is so grateful to Artemis. Only very few people, including Thalia knows where Percy is right now, and for his cousin's sake he'd take care of her brother.

Percy was brought back into reality when a loud sound came in front him.

"Um… Hello Perseus, you there?" Said Jason as he snapped his fingers in front of his cousin's face, "You were zoning out."

"Sorry." Apologized Percy in a normal voice and volume as if nothing has happened, "Just Percy by the way, you were saying?"

Jason laughed, before continuing proudly, "I was just saying that we had the world's finest architects to design the city, taking the best parts…"

"The best parts of Greece and Rome." Finished Percy.

Jason's eyes widened a little bit in surprise, "Yes, how did you know?"

Percy's face darkened before replying briefly, "Let's just say that I had a friend who's crazy about architecture." Annabeth.

Jason nodded understandingly while taking another look at Percy, sure there is something in his new friend's past that caused the sudden change in the atmosphere, but he decided to drop it for now.

"So… What is this test anyway? What will I be fighting?" Questioned Percy both in curiosity and a bit of excitement.

"You'll be fighting the centurions from all five cohorts, most of them are the best and most skilled fighters from their cohorts."

Percy raised an eyebrow, "Most of them?"

"Octavian, that idiot can't even hold a sword properly!"

Percy nodded.

"You'll only be fighting one centurion from the fifth cohort since the senior centurion has been recently promoted to a praetor, the successor is yet to be selected."

"Who?"

"Me."

"What happens if I defeat all the centurions?"

Jason eyes his cousin again, "Good luck with that, the only person who's done that before is Reyna, and it was a few years ago."

Percy nodded, smirking, "How did Octavian become a centurion anyway? Bribery?"

Jason bust into a fit of laughter, "Nah, he has influence in both the senate and the legion, and he'd do a lot better in a reality TV show than the legion."

Percy laughed as well, he could already tell how much Thalia and Jason are alike, that makes him the third tolerable child of Zeus, Jupiter, what-the-Hades-so-ever in history.

Line Break

After a very short tour around New Rome, Jason led Percy to the coliseum which is inside the city.

As they approached the city, Percy jumped back in surprise when a statue came to life.

"No weapon inside the Pomerian Line!" Said the statue sternly as it took a good at Percy.

Percy just stared at the armless statue in awe as Jason took out a golden coin and dropped it into a bin next to the statue.

"Terminus?"

"Of course! Unless you can name another person who's working his head off for the sake of Rome!"

"Umm…" Started Jason, but a glare from Terminus told him better.

"I'll need them for my test, so no."

"Your weapons will be handed back to you in the coliseum." Explained Jason as he put a hand on his Percy's shoulder to cool his cousin off.

Percy stared at Terminus for a few seconds before unarming himself.

It was a painfully long wait actually, his ballpoint pen Anaklusmos, his namesake's Adamantine blade, his semi-circle leg ornament that turns into a Celestial Bronze spear, his ring that turns into the legendary Kronos' scythe, his necklace that turns into a silver bow and quiver, his Gladius, his dagger Katoptris and a loaded Glock 18 pistol he snatched from Camp Half-blood's armory, and his backpack which was stuffed with jars of Greek Fire grenades.

After he's done, he had to jab Jason in the ribs to get him out of his wonderland.

"What in the name of Jupiter was that for?"

"Your jaw dropped and your eyeballs were popping out of your sockets."

"Where the Pluto did you get that many weapons."

Percy shrugged, before saying casually, "Let's just say that I have a few loving patrons."

Jason shot him a questioning look, but Percy just made his way over the Pomerian Line, soon followed by an awed son of Jupiter.

Jason brought Percy to Reyna who was waiting for the two demigods to arrive inside the coliseum, staring at Percy in disbelief as her eyes told him he just broke the record of carrying the most amount of weapons once.

Percy retrieved his weapons as he tugged his gun onto his magical belt and stuffed Greek Fire grenades onto his magical belt as well.

Reyna wished Percy luck and made her way to her sear on the main stand.

"Legionaries! Today, Perseus Jackson, son of Vesta has been admitted into the legion and now seeks a cohort to accept him! He will be fighting with all the centurions starting from the fifth cohort to the first until he is defeated! First up, centurion Gwen, daughter of Ceres from fifth cohort!"

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