Author's Note; Posting this chapter directly after the first one so...yeah.
Disclaimer; I don't own Percy Jackson or any of the other songs, fandoms, or parodies mentioned in this chapter.
I'm A Demi-What Now?
Chapter I: Er...I'm JUST A Bit Confused
Sixth grade was perhaps the worst school year of my life. First year of middle school and we just so happened to move because my parents couldn't find any other schools that would take us.
So I started my first year of middle school only knowing four people. Two of them were my siblings-I love them, really, but they can be a bit much sometimes-one was my annoying neighbor, and the last was my best friend. And she had the attention span of a goldfish.
We also may have gotten expelled at the end of the year for getting into too many fights. All seven of us. Pearl and Jade were going on to high school the next year anyway, so it didn't really matter to them.
To be fair though, Sapphire and Sean got into a lot of fights. Jack and I got into a fight or two each and Ruby tried to reign us in. Apparently talking back to teachers all the time didn't help our case. It's not our fault our teachers refused to take into account our dyslexia and ADHD when we got in trouble.
I mean, we couldn't always read off of the board correctly or pay attention in class.
Not that anyone cared what the 'freaks' had to say. I hated that. Yes it's a medical problem. So? That didn't mean we're 'freaks'. That was always hurtful.
Anyway, we were allowed to stay the rest of the school year but were told not to come back after that. As always.
The bell rang and I jumped out of my seat happily. "FINALLY!" I screeched at the top of my lungs.
My teacher glared at me. She'd always hated me. Ms. Johnston. Don't get me wrong, I hated her right back.
"Ms. Sapphire." She hissed.
"Yes?" Three voices asked innocently.
Ruby and Sapphire had also stood up. "Ms. Diamond Sapphire."
"What d'you you want?" I asked.
"To see you after class. Everyone else may go." She said.
I groaned and flopped back into my seat. "We'll wait for you." Jack said.
Sean groaned. Everyone else filed out of the room slowly. As soon as everyone was gone, Ms. Johnston closed the door.
I sat on my desk and kicked my legs. "Ms. Sapphire." I pretended not to hear her and started humming. "Ms. Sapphire."
I looked up, feigning surprise. I put a hand to my chest. "Me?"
"Yes." She was definitely hissing now. I slid off of the desk and looked around nervously.
"W-What?" I stuttered.
"You have been a thorn in my side all year. I'm not at all sorry about what I'm about to do." She then transformed.
Her skin turned to scales. Her eyes turned yellow and her teeth turned to fangs. She had two snake tails for legs. There was a sword in her hand.
"Ms. Johnston?" I squeaked.
"Not anymore." She hissed.
She lunged at me and I screamed and dove to the side, vaulting over a desk. I sprinted towards the door, hearing her slithering ominously behind me.
I threw open the door and ran for it. The whole rest of the school was empty. All that was heard were my sneakers clapping on the ground and my panting.
I turned a corner and ran into my friends. Literally. I took Ruby and Jack onto the floor with me. Sapphire was carrying my stuff.
"RUN!" I yelled, pulling them up with me and taking off.
"Diamond, wha-" Sean started, but stopped when Ms. Johnston rounded the corner.
"WHAT IS THAT?" Sapphire shrieked.
"Ms. Johnston." I panted.
Pearl, Monkey, and Jade dropped their stuff on the ground.
Pearl reached in her pocket and took out a needle. A second later , she was holding a sword. Monkey took a pair of drumsticks from nowhere. It turned into a pair of nunchucks. Jade took a bobby pin out of her hair. She held a dagger.
Ms. Johnston hissed. They all charged. In a matter of seconds, she was a pile of yellow dust.
I just stood there, gaping. "Come one, we've gotta go." Jade stated, wiping dust off of her knife like it was no big deal.
"What just-" Ruby started, but Pearl cut her off.
"We'll explain later." Monkey brushed her off.
Jack scoffed. "No, you'll explain now." She crossed her arms.
"Look, do you all want more of those things to attack us? Because that was no accident that you five all just so happened to be in that class. And it's definitely no coincidence that Diamond 'got in trouble' and was called after class. So we're leaving. Now." Monkey ordered.
I just gaped at her. This was a different Monkey than I was used to. She never snapped or yelled at us unless it was really serious. "Come on guys." I murmured.
"Diamond!" Sean exclaimed.
"Don't you wanna know what just happened! That could've killed us!" Ruby agreed, shocked. (A/N; ;) Punny)
"Exactly." Sapphire surprisingly said. "Which is why we should get home. Like, now."
Monkey, Jade, Pearl, and I nodded.
"Fine." The others agreed.
We walked home quickly, all casting glances over our shoulders. When we got there, Pearl threw open the door and gestured for all of us to head inside...quickly. Jade shut the door behind all of us.
Mum met us at the door. "Camp just called." She said, addressing Monkey, Jade, and Pearl. "They said there's a...problem with the safety. Something about Thalia's Tree. They don't think it's safe there."
"Mom, we have to go." Jade argued.
"Chiron said it wasn't safe girls. I don't want anything to happen to any of you." Mum told them sadly.
"Who's Chiron?"
"What 'safety issues'?"
"When are you going to explain to us what just happened?"
"Is somebody gonna die?"
"What does this have to do with their summer camp?"
Mum turned to the five of us like she just noticed we were standing there. "Girls!" She smiled warmly, but it didn't reach her eyes. Sean cleared his throat. "And Sean!" She squeaked.
"Mrs. Sapphire." Monkey tugged on her sleeve. "We need to leave. There's just been an attack. A Scythian dracanae. She was a teacher."
I watched as my Mum, who was always cool and collected, even with twelve children running around her house constantly and a husband who works way too often, bit her lip as tears filled her eyes.
"I-I figured this day would come soon. I don't want to lose any of you but neither place is perfectly safe anymore. I would love to keep you all near me, but that's too selfish for my own good. Have them go pack. I'll go tell the others I'll be gone for a bit. Jack, Sean, go home and do what Monkey says." She finally said.
"Wait, Mrs. Garnet!" Jack called, but she was already gone.
Monkey led her and Sean out. Pearl and Jade turned to us. "We're going upstairs. Grab suitcases and we'll help you pack." Pearl told us.
We stood there staring at them. "Well?" Jade asked. "March!"
We scampered upstairs and into our room. All three sections were very different.
Sapphire's bed was made neatly, her hot pink comforter tucked neatly over her pillow. On her bedside table there were a few makeup and hair...stuff? Products? Dunno. There were a few clothes poking out from her red hamper. There were posters with dogs and other cute animals on them.
Ruby had clothes littered all over the floor, along with her yellow blankets and sky blue pillows. Her white hamper was clearly empty. Her headphones, chargers, and various electronic devices were scattered on her bed and her bedside table, whose drawers were flung open with clothes hanging out. There were posters of singers and random celebrities.
My sea green pillow was lying next to my stuffed animals and my TARDIS blue comforter was exactly as it was when I got out of bed. My black hamper was half-stuffed with clothes, half-stuffed with homework and textbooks. My bedside table had most of my fandom stuff on it. My walls were covered in various fandom posters.
Jade and Pearl shook their heads. "So this is where all of the school stuff goes to die." Jade muttered, looking in my hamper.
Pearl dove into our closet and took out three sports bags. I cocked my head at her. "What're those for?"
"Packing." She panted. "No electronics. Sunscreen. Jeans. Pajamas. Maybe sweatpants. Toiletries. One stuffed animal and one poster each. Sapphire, bring hair dye. Ruby, bring your drawing pad and colored pencils. Diamond, bring as much fandom stuff as you can fit after packing the other stuff. Whoever finished first gets...a brownie! Ready, set, go!"
I dove for the bag that had my name on it. I threw open my drawers and took jeans, sweatpants, and pajamas. I grabbed sunscreen from the closet and a stuffed shark...and wolf...and owl...and bear...and badger. I then grabbed my House of Anubis, Avengers, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Doctor Who posters (Shhhh, I need more than one!) Lastly, I stuffed in my Doctor Who pocket watch, Eye of Horus locket, 221B Baker Street key, sonic screwdriver, Harry Potter wand, golden snitch, mini TARDIS, timeturner, and fandom blanket.
I raced downstairs, realizing that it only took me about ten minutes to pack in all. "BROWNIE!" I yelled at Pearl and Jade, almost tackling Pearl in the process.
"Oh my gods Diamond!" Pearl squealed, pushing me off of her.
"I was promised food." I simply said.
"I'll get it." Jade sighed and walked away.
"SQUEEEE!" I squeed happily.
"Okay 'Willow', calm down. Are you sure you really need more sugar?" Pearl asked, raising an eyebrow, amused.
"YES!" I immediately shouted.
"So how much extra stuffed animals and posters did you sneak?" She asked, winking.
"Three extra posters and four extra stuffed animals." I shrugged like it was no big deal (which it wasn't).
She shook her head as Jade came back with a brownie. She handed it to me at arm's length and I snatched it. Sapphire came downstairs and patted me on the head. "Good dog."
I growled at her. Ruby laughed as she slid down the banister. "Alright, now we just have to wait for the others who should be coming in...Pearl?" Jade asked.
Pearl looked at her watch. "Seven...Six...Five...Four...Three...Two…"
The door flew open and Jack yelled, "I'M HOME!"
Sean sighed. "Do you have to shout in my ear?"
Jack grinned at me and I covered my ears. "YES!"
I high-fived her as everyone else groaned. Mum came into the room with an annoyed looking Smokey behind her. "Alright, who wants to ride with your brother?"
Sean, Ruby, Jade, and Monkey raised their hands. "Alright. Come on." He said.
The rest of us followed him outside. Mum grabbed the blue minivan and Smokey the black one. "Alright, just follow me. Call on the Bluetooth if anything bad happens."
"I know, Mom." He replied, getting in the car.
"Oh, yeah, SHOTGUN!" Pearl shrieked.
I glared at her. "Shotgun." Ruby suddenly said.
"I call middle!" I exclaimed.
"Me too!" Jack yelled.
"Same!" Jade and Monkey shouted.
Sean and Sapphire groaned. I sat behind the driver's seat, Sapphire sat in the weighback, and Jack sat behind Pearl.
"So…" I started.
"What happened?" Sapphire finished.
"Mom?" Pearl asked, looking at her.
"Please, you understand it a lot better." She answered, glancing at us in the rearview mirror.
Pearl sighed. "Alright, this is a long story. It started with me and Jade. Dad was on a business trip when we were...conceived. Well, our mothers-two different women, I know-were Greek goddesses. Athena for me, and we don't know who Jade's mother is. Monkey's father kinda did the same thing-she's my half-sister. And Jack, I have reasons to believe that your mother is also a goddess. You two, Ruby, and Sean...well that would probably be your fathers. Monsters are attracted to our demigodly scent, which is why during summer, we go to a camp where we train to fight them, channel your powers if you have them, and other activities."
I laughed. "Yeah, nice joke. So hilarious. But seriously, what happened?"
Mum grimaced. "She's telling the truth Diamond."
"But that's impossible!" Jack argued.
"The Greek myths are just...myths!" Sapphire reasoned.
"How do you explain the monster then? The weapons? Our summer camp? Face it, it makes perfect sense." Pearl replied.
"Perfect sense?" I shrieked. "So you expect me to believe I'm some half-god, half-human thing! Next you'll be showing me my daemon and telling me I'm a witch or that I'm Lunar or a Shadowhunter or Timelord or the Chosen One! Oh wait, lemme guess, I'm Inhuman as well? Do I have the Force? Am I a twin destined to save the world? Am I Divergent? Will I have to compete in the Hunger Games? Did I fail my test and am going to be 'sent to the mines'? Is my whole life a dream? Are we going to Narnia? Am I a Cahill? Oh, does my weird uncle have a magic ring I need to destroy? Any other fantasy/sci-fi fandoms anyone?"
Pearl laughed. She laughed so hard she started crying. "No, I think you've covered most of 'em." Jack answered.
"I didn't even get half of those references." Sapphire remarked.
"His Dark Materials, Harry Potter, Lunar Chronicles, The Mortal Instruments, Doctor Who, House of Anubis, Marvel, Star Wars, Nicholas Flamel, Divergent, Hunger Games, Legend series, Matrix, Narnia, 39 Clues, and Lord of the Rings." Pearl listed, still giggling.
"It's not funny!" I protested.
"It kinda is." Sapphire disagreed.
"She's right." Jack-surprisingly-agreed.
"Even I have to agree with them on this one." Mum remarked.
"Mum!" I exclaimed indignantly.
"It is funny. You use your fandoms as...a defense mechanism. Sort of. You don't understand something, so you compare it to something else." Pearl explained.
"That's the long way of saying she's nuts." Sapphire whispered loudly, her hand on the left side of her face like that would make me not hear her.
I cleared my throat. She put her hand down and looked over at me. I raised an eyebrow.
"Mom! Why would you say that!" She exclaimed. I hit her upside the head.
"Ow!"
Everyone else snickered. "So Pearl," Jack stepped in, probably sensing an upcoming fight. "Who do you think our godly parents are?"
"It's kind of hard to tell. Sapphire could be Ares or Hephaestus. Diamond would probably be Hermes or Apollo. You? Maybe Athena or Demeter. Your mother could be a minor goddess." She replied.
"What do you mean by 'minor' goddess?" Sapphire inquired.
"Well, the twelve major gods and goddesses-the ones who have cabins at camp-are Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Ares, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Hermes, and Dionysus. Now, two other majorly important gods who just don't have thrones on Olympus or cabins at camp are Hades and Hestia. Any other god is considered a 'minor god'. Hera and Artemis don't have children, so their cabins are just honorary. Well, the Hunters of Artemis stay in her cabin if they come to camp, but that rarely happens."
"I think that's majorly unfair." I commented. "The 'minor' and 'major' gods. What if a child of Hades comes along and they have nowhere to stay?"
"Well that's not gonna happen. World War II was basically Hades' children vs. Zeus and Poseidon's. When Hades lost, the three of them swore not to have any more demigod children. They're too powerful and dangerous." She answered.
"How can they just stop having children. That's just something gods do sometimes, right?" Jack asked.
"Jack, you do know how babies are made, right?" Sapphire asked her.
Jack stared at her. "Of course I do! But how do they just...not do...stuff?"
"Okay girls, let's keep this PG." Mum commented.
"Zeus broke the oath a bit ago. He had a daughter, Thalia. She...died coming to camp to save her friends. And last summer, we found out that Poseidon broke the oath as well. He had twins, Percy and Chryssie Jackson. It's funny, Hades was forced into it but he's the only one who didn't...nevermind." Pearl told us.
"How did Thalia die?" Jack asked.
"Hades sent a bunch of monsters after her and her friends. She died protecting them and her father turned her into a tree and created a border so it wouldn't happen again." She said sadly.
"How come he could turn her into a tree, but not just bring her back to life?" Sapphire asked.
"Even the gods can't do that. If the Fates decide that someone will die, you don't argue or change that." Mum put in.
"That's absotively horrid!" I exclaimed. "It's not the kid's fault! Why did Hades punish her?"
"Well, he probably can't punish Zeus." Jack pointed out. Pearl nodded.
"But she didn't do anything wrong! How come he punished Thalia, but not the other two?" I argued.
"He tried. He didn't have enough time to summon a whole army but he sent two different monsters after them. They were better protected, and they had the border on their side." Pearl said.
"Besides, do you wish they other two had died?" Mum asked.
"No, but I feel bad for Thalia. A short life in which she was hunted by monsters for her father's mistake." I answered.
The car was quiet for a while. "Wait," Sapphire suddenly said. "Mom, you're Diamond's Mom right?"
"Of course!" She answered immediately.
"Then who's her Dad?"
"Well, not all mortal parents actually know-"
"But you did." Pearl interrupted.
"I still don't think I should say. You really should wait until you're claimed at camp." She insisted.
"Mum," I said hesitantly. "Who exactly is my Dad?"
She sighed. "Do not say anything, any of you, until she is claimed." She paused for dramatic effect. "Poseidon. You're a daughter of Poseidon."
Yay! Cliffy! Kinda. I'm sure you knew that was coming. Quick question, should I have her claimed early, before Chryssie, Percy, Annabeth, and Tyson leave for their quest, or in the middle of summer? Please review! Goddess of Awesomeness, out!
