Elysium and Egos

by Demotivational Speaker

Annabeth has to move schools due to her dads new job. She never thought of new York as a good place until she met Percy, a popular kid at her new school Goode high and the guitarist/singer of the high school band Elysium and Egos. OOC and AU. Percabeth, Thalico, Tratie and two OC pairings. T for violence, suggestive themes and profanity.

3. Music Class

Music class

Percy POV

This is gonna be a fun music class, I heard that there is another band at school that are taking this class, made up of two of the schools biggest dickheads, that just so happen to be in my music class; Jarrod Smith and James Jones, the other members are Mitchell Jones (James's twin) and a new kid Jason Grace, who was apparently Thalia's brother.

I walked in just as the teacher was introducing himself to the class
"now class, I am Mr Johnson but seeing as most of you guys aren't that much younger than me, you can just call me Max." I sat down at my desk when he turned around to get his laptop to do the roll to see his reaction because he's a son of Apollo and I know him from Camp Half Blood. When he turned around he looked at me
"well now Perseus Jackson has decided we are good enough for him to grace us with his presence"
I shot him a cocky smirk, which was part of my band character, the cocky front man and said "Only because of you Max"
"well then if you're so good you wouldn't mind doing something for us straight away then would you"
"not at all in fact I have a new song I want to test out"
"really, well then get what you need and start playing"
"okay." I went straight to the piano and played my newest song "Early Mourning"

Last night I forgot, how the sound of your voice whispered sweet.

Goodbyes, your eyes, left to die.

I'm alone to understand why.

Why not one more night?

One last kiss goodbye,

My sweet love tonight.

I hope the stars,

Still spell out your name where you are.

Kiss my closing eyes,

Help me sleep.

Without you I'm so lost.

Tonight I cry,

Tell me why?

I can't live without your warm embrace.

Why not one more night?

One last kiss goodbye,

My sweet love tonight.

I hope the stars,

Still spell out your name where you are.

I close my eyes and you are everything I see.

Goodbye.

(A/N I missed out a scream bit at the end because it is just a solo performance and the screamo overlaps with the cleans)

"That was Early Mourning and I just wrote it about four days ago I hope you liked it" was what I said after I finished my performance, while half the class, including Annabeth and Thalia sat in their chairs with their mouths hanging open. The other half were green with envy (Jarrod and James) or wearing bored expressions (most notably Ryan), Max then started 'randomly' selecting people to perform. First up was Nico with a song he said he only just wrote four days ago that he called Somewhere In Between he grabbed an electric guitar and started playing, it went something like this:

You're an angel, I'm a devil

But we'll meet somewhere in between.

Heaven, Hell, or the bedroom

I'll take you away from everything

You're a dream and I'm a nightmare

But we'll meet somewhere in between

The sheets, the covers, and the headboard

I'll be a king if you are a queen

I just fell in love for the first time

Watch as I pick myself up off the ground

In the dark, I'm so far from the spot light

Can you see me now?

I turn my back and walk away, away from the pain

Screaming loud, drown it out by the sound of the rain

Listen up, I had enough of all this waiting

I need you more right now than I ever did

You're the minutes, I'm the hours

But we'll meet somewhere in between

Never, now, or too soon

I say we meet at a quarter to three

I just fell in love for the first time

Watch as I pick myself up off the ground

In the dark, I'm so far from the spot light

Can you see me now?

I turn my back and walk away, away from the pain

Screaming loud, drown it out by the sound of the rain

Listen up, I've had enough of all this waiting

I need you more right now than I ever did

[4x]

It was pretty good and had pretty much the same reactions from the class that mine had; most of the class had been by now except for Thalia and Annabeth. There weren't any outstanding performances really, apart Ryan's because he played Jordan by Buckethead at full speed on his replica Buckethead guitar MIND=BLOWN THAT WAS EPIC.

All right the last two first up Thalia Grace, Thalia just walked wordlessly to the front, grabbed a guitar and started playing "Playing God" by Paramore

Can't make my own decisions or make any with precision

Well, maybe you should tie me up so I don't go where you don't want me

You say that I've been changing, that I'm not just simply aging

Yeah, how could that be logical?

Just keep on cramming ideas down my throat

Wo-o-o-ho-oh

You don't have to believe me

But the way I, way I see it

Next time you point a finger

I might have to bend it back

Or break it, break it off

Next time you point a finger... I'll point you to the mirror

If God's the game that you're playing

Well, we must get more acquainted

Because it has to be so lonely... to be the only one who's holy

It's just my humble opinion, but it's one that I believe in

You don't deserve a point of view, if the only thing you see is you

Wo-o-o-ho-oh

You don't have to believe me

But the way I, way I see it

Next time you point a finger

I might have to bend it back

Or break it, break it off

Next time you point a finger... I'll point you to the mirror

This is the last second chance

(I'll point you to the mirror)

I'm half as good as it gets

(I'll point you to the mirror)

I'm on both sides of the fence

(I'll point you to the mirror)

Without a hint of regret... I'll hold you to it

I know you don't believe me

But the way I, way I see it

Next time you point a finger

I might have to bend it back

Or break it, break it off

Next time you point a finger... I'll point you to the mirror

I know you won't believe me

But the way I, way I see it

Next time you point a finger

I might have to bend it back

Or break it, break it off

Next time you point a finger... I'll point you to the mirror

It was really good, obviously, we offered Thalia a place as vocalist in our band Elysium and Egos, but she unfortunately declined, so the band is now made up of: Nico, the lead, sometimes rhythm guitarist and backing/co/screamo (very occasionally) vocalist; Jamie, the bassist and clean and screamo vocalist (for British metal covers we do); Ryan the drummer (he is the most accomplished drummer we have even though he is mainly a guitarist); and finally I'm the lead vocalist and rhythm, sometimes lead guitarist and (Nico signs most of the songs he writes) Nico and I are both pianists.

Finally Annabeth had to perform; she looked really nervous as she walked over to the guitar stand, picked up an acoustic and went to the microphone stand and started to sing "Love Story" by Taylor Swift

We were both young when I first saw you

I close my eyes

And the flashback starts

I'm standing there

On a balcony in summer air

See the lights

See the party, the ball gowns

See you make your way through the crowd

And say hello, little did I know

That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles

And my daddy said stay away from Juliet

And I was crying on the staircase

Begging you please don't go, and I said

Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone

I'll be waiting, all there's left to do is run

You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess

It's a love story baby just say yes

So I sneak out to the garden to see you

We keep quiet cause we're dead if they knew

So close your eyes

Escape this town for a little while

Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter

And my daddy said stay away from Juliet

But you were everything of me

I was begging you please don't go and I said

Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone

I'll be waiting all there's left to do is run

You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess

It's a love story baby just say yes

Romeo save me, they're tryin to tell me how to feel

This love is difficult, but it's real

Don't be afraid, we'll make it out of this mess

It's a love story baby just say yes

Oh oh

I got tired of waiting

Wondering if you were ever coming around

My faith in you is fading

When I met you on the outskirts of town, and I said

Romeo save me I've been feeling so alone

I keep waiting for you but you never come

Is this in my head? I don't know what to think

He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring

And said, marry me Juliet

You'll never have to be alone

I love you and that's all I really know

I talked to your dad, go pick out a white dress

It's a love story baby just say yes

Oh, oh,

Oh, oh

Cause we were both young when I first saw you...

She was really good she didn't sound like Taylor Swift but she made it sound better in a whole different way. We had about seven minutes of lesson to go and I had an excellent idea
"so Max we have a bit of class time left so how about you perform something for us"
"sure I'll just get my guitar"
he left to get his guitar and Ryan wrote something on a note and tossed it to me, it read:
brilliant Jackson no he's gonna play some 70's or 80's song that the class is gonna hate.
Max came back into the room holding a mint condition '59 Gibson Les Paul and introduced the song he was going to play as "the top shit of the 80's" and with that little introduction he proceeded to play Welcome Home (Sanitarium) by Metallica it was surprising when he started to sing:

Welcome to where time stands still

No one leaves and no one will

Moon is full, never seems to change

Just labeled mentally deranged

Dream the same thing every night

I see our freedom in my sight

No locked doors, no windows barred

No things to make my brain seem scarred

Sleep, my friend, and you will see

That dream is my reality

They keep me locked up in this cage

Can't they see it's why my brain says "rage?"

Sanitarium, leave me be

Sanitarium, just leave me alone

Build my fear of what's out there

Cannot breathe the open air

Whisper things into my brain

Assuring me that I'm insane

They think our heads are in their hands

But violent use brings violent plans

Keep him tied, it makes him well

He's getting better, can't you tell?

No more can they keep us in

Listen, damn it, we will win

They see it right, they see it well

But they think this saves us from our hell

Sanitarium, leave me be

Sanitarium, just leave me alone

Sanitarium, just leave me alone

Fear of living on

Natives getting restless now

Mutiny in the air

Got some death to do

Mirror stares back hard

"Kill,? it's such a friendly word

Seems the only way

For reaching out again

[Awesome guitar solo]

For a class that's really into mostly pop music they really enjoyed it, I suppose that's Max though he sang it more like a punk song than an 80 thrash metal song, so when the class left two minutes late they didn't even notice.

A/N the timetables/schedules for Annabeth and Percy are

Percy:

Homeroom 8.10-8.30

Lesson 1 (English) 8.30-9.30

Lesson 2 (Trigonometry) 9.30-10.30

Lesson 3 (History) 10.30-11.30

Lesson 4 (Swimming) 11.30-12.30

Lunch 12.30-1.30

Lesson 5 (Free) 1.30-2.30

Lesson 6 (Specialist Music)2.30-3.30

Annabeth

Homeroom 8.10-8.30

Lesson 1 (English) 8.30-9.30

Lesson 2 (Trigonometry) 9.30-10.30

Lesson 3 (History) 10.30-11.30

Lesson 4 (Swimming) 11.30-12.30

Lunch 12.30-1.30

Lesson 5 (Physics) 1.30-2.30

Lesson 6 (Specialist Music) 2.30-3.30

Thanks to the anonymous reviewer for telling me how American school works and thanks to QuidditchOlympianIvy DiAngelo for reviewing

Songs used:

Early Mourning-Alesana
Somewhere in Between-Hawthorne Heights
Playing God- Paramore
Love Story-Taylor Swift
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)-Metallica

in a roundabout way i also used (more like mentioned) Jordan by Buckethead