Hi there!
TakeYoCookie : Yay! :) Well, you could check out the original version of this story, but it's not very good. Other than that, there are a few out there, but no finished ones. I'm glad you like the idea though, it wasn't exactly easy to think of a unique plot line.
xxDarkHuntress23xx : Thanks :) That's good to know.
: Thanks! I'm glad to hear that :) I'm not sure if a happy ending will be in order, but I can assure you it will be interesting.
BlizzardBlader : Well, I hope this is soon enough for you haha.
kittyhawk09 : Yeah, I made a few adjustment, deletion of characters here and there, but I'm happy to hear you liked it :D
jenn008 : Here's the update :)
Piano player3 : I'm also kinda sad that I'm discontinuing it, but it was written in a very disjointed fashion, and I'm kind of embarrassed with the way I wrote it, and I had too many plot twists too early, etcetera. There's also the fact that one of my best friends stalked me and found this account, and I want to impress her because she's brill haha :)
HHMTPF : Thank you! :) I hope you find this just as good :)
magicdemi-god223: It was just something I thought fit in nicely, so I was like 'why not?' :D
lovepercy21 : Yaaay thaaanks! :)
Nakamura Ishamaru : Descriptive but defined... Hmm, you have a good point there. I concede (melikes this word haha). Well, I certainly hope so, or else that kinda defeats the point of a rewrite, haha. Thank you for the CC! :)
I was thinking of doing a Youtube vid for this, but I need actor/actress suggestions for YOUNG Percy, YOUNG Luke, YOUNG Thalia, TEENAGE Thalia, YOUNG Nico, TEENAGE Nico, Jason, Bianca, and Hazel. (I'm just going to steal Percy and the ones that were in the movie from the movie hehe) Yeah. I'll send previews of the video to the actors/actresses that I pick or any scene you want to happen in the story (pfft, as if anyone cares enough to do this) Well, if anyone's interested, PM me or review. I might take a while to reply, but I promise you it will be worth it.
Okay! Enjoy this update, and I hope you like it. :) It skips to a few months after the first chapter, so the trio are already somewhat close and acquainted with each other.
Luke Castellan was slightly peeved.
The biggest and most comfortable safehouse he and Thalia had was in need of a clean-up.
It was more of an underground mansion, really, given to Luke by Hermes after the fire that claimed his mother's life, for him to live in, but he hadn't stayed in it much.
Looking back, he couldn't see why he didn't take full advantage of it. It was monster-repelling (courtesy of Hermes), and restocked itself with supplies straight from Hermes' stores on Olympus.
He called it Castellan Manor.
Back to the subject, the place needed a clean-up and updating.
The soft sofabeds that he had stolen from Cotsco (with a couple of favors pulled in) were dusty, the TV needed to be reconnected to the network, the electricity was disconnected, and Luke's gaming room was in need of an upgrade.
Another reason he was miffed was that Thalia had taken a bad throw, so now she was on one of the beds, sleeping it off, leaving Luke to take care of his charge.
There was also the fact that his charge was bleeding in three different places. Percy had a shoulder wound, one on his leg, and a cut that spiraled up the part of his arm between the wrist and the elbow. And the bonus broken leg.
Courtesy of a gorgon who manage to get a whip.
Back to the present.
Percy was pale white, his eyes squeezed tightly in pain, but he suffered in silence, even as the arm wound started turning green.
Poison.
Hence Luke's peeved-ness.
"Percy?" Luke called gently, lifting the boy's chin.
"I'm-" a hiss. "Fine,"
"No you're not," the older boy replied. "And that's okay, because we're going to heal you. Okay?"
Percy nodded, trying to stop the tremors of his body. "Okay."
"Now, I need you to stay still." Luke said. "I'm going to wash the wounds. Can you do that for me?"
A tight nod.
Luke slid the bucket of water towards them, and took a washcloth and started washing the blood off Percy.
"Nngh,"
"Are you okay?"
"Do that again please," Percy groaned.
Luke complied, soaking Percy's arm in the water.
The smaller boy sighed, relaxing. "That feels nice,"
Percy leaned against Luke, and closed his eyes.
Luke checked on the arm wound, his eyes widening.
Where a bloody, infected wound had been, was a healing scar, and as he watched, it glowed blue and sealed completely.
"Percy?"
"Nngh?"
"How did you do that?"
"What?" Percy looked at his arm, and yelped in surprise. "I'm healed!"
"Let me try something," Luke suggested. He lifted Percy in his arms, Percy protesting and giggling, and brought himto the bathroom, and put the kid in a tub of water.
A groan from Percy. "Oh gods,"
Luke's eyes widened, looking over Percy, and freezing when he saw the wounds sealing themselves.
"Perce, it's healed." Luke said, blue eyes glinting with confusion. He didn't mix any nectar with the tub water, and he doubted that diluting godly drink could heal wounds and fix a broken bone in the matter of seconds.
The green-eyed kid was reveling in the relief he was experiencing. Feeling the healing. Percy could literally feel himself soaking up energy. From behind his closed eyes, he could see flashes of blue and green.
Blue for healing, green for energy.
Every time that blue flashed, he could feel something in his body repairing itself. With green, he could feel the exhaustion disappearing little by little, and the mental tiredness he was experiencing fading away.
A giant blue flash, and he felt the fragments of his leg snap into place, but it wasn't painful. It was actually a huge relief.
Another blue flash, and he could almost see his bones fusing together.
He certainly could feel it, and it wasn't as painful as he expected. It was soothing, and he could feel the soothing feeling searing through his body.
"Percy, what did your mom say about your dad?" Luke's blue eyes were sharper than ever. He needed to know.
"Not much," Percy replied. "She said he was lost at sea... I'm sleepy,"
He slumped into the water, eyes closed.
Luke watched him for a moment. The kid was way better than he was a few moments ago, but he was still looking feverish.
As Percy slept, tendrils of water rose from the tub, seeming to dance in the air around, glittering in the light.
It was beautiful to behold. Percy seemed to glow, and his face was so relaxed.
He almost looked like a normal child taking a bath.
Except for, you know, the fact that water was floating around him, instead of bubbles.
Oh, and that Percy was in blood-soaked clothes.
Not to mention the combat boots near the bathtub that had the knife the boy hid in them sticking out.
Well, maybe not so normal, Luke reconsidered. But he supposed that was somehow the closest to normal Percy would ever get.
Maybe it's selfishness, but he didn't really want it any other way. He likes things the way they are, having Thalia and Percy's backs, and them having his.
Luke likes having to watch out for Percy.
He just can't see his life any other way.
But even after all that, he doesn't understand.
Lying awake in his bed, Luke figures there are only a few logical explanations for what had happened.
One of the more likely theories is that Percy's a god in disguise, sent to test two unwitting demigods, but there's something about the little guy that's unmistakably human, childlike. Also he could've incinerated the monsters and healed himself without assistance. There's also the little detail that gods don't stick around that long.
The son of Hermes mentally crosses out that theory.
Maybe the 'bathtub incident', as he will forevermore refer to it as, is a hint of who Percy's father is.
As he thinks it, a glowing trident flickers above the sleeping boy's head for a few seconds, then flickers out of existence.
Now Luke understands, and he doesn't know what to do.
He knows one thing, however.
He can't let Percy down now.
Well, look who's back. It's your not-so-humble author. I hope you liked it! More details on Castellan Manor in the next chapter, Thalia learns about the incidents that took place, blah blah, and we get to see the weapons that will be featured in this series! Okay REVIEW PLEASE MWAH