The Titan's Pirates Chapter 38: Summer Festival, a percy jackson and the olympians fanfic

Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Chapter 38: Summer Festival

Camp Half Blood

Annabeth's POV

"Annabeth are you all right?" Thalia asked worriedly. I looked up toward her and the rest of my friends they were all staring at me with concerned looks on their faces.

"I'm just worried about Percy, I left him in his cabin about an hour ago and now dinner is over. Luke, you saw his eyes when he grabbed a hold of Apollo?" I said.

"Yes, they were dark almost black, but it was like they pulsed with power." Luke said. I could see the fear on his face as he remembered the image.

"Based on what you told us Percy somehow mentally assaulted Apollo, enough to bring the god to tears." Thalia said, clearly taken aback by our story.

"Yes, this thing with Gaea is really intensified Percy's powers, especially his mental ones. I'm worried and I can tell he's scared of what he might do." I stated hopelessly.

"Don't worry Annie, we're all here to help Percy and you." Thalia said as she pulled me into a hug.

"That's right." Luke said as everyone else nodded in agreement and gave me encouraging looks and gestures.

"I'm sorry to interrupt this, but we need to get back to practice." Nico urged. The band members and their girlfriends left, but I made my way to cabin three to see how Percy was. I entered his cabin, but when I went to his room, the bed was made and the room was empty. Then I heard the shower running. I walked to the bathroom, but the door was closed. I know I probably shouldn't do this because Percy never would, but I opened the bathroom door and walked in. I could see the outline of Percy's body in the shower behind the frosted glass. My face instantly turned red and I felt my cheeks burn. I walked out of the bathroom and closed the door quietly. I stepped back into Percy's bedroom and sat on his bed. I noticed the almost complete drawing on Percy's drafting board so I walked over and sat in front of it. The drawing showed a large ship and it looked like the research ship that Percy's school had except it was more streamlined and looked much faster. I couldn't help but smile at the drawing. Percy was an incredible draftsman and I knew he would rather draw than use a computer drafting program. Percy is a real seaweed brain when it comes to computers I thought. Chris and I always tried to get him to use the computer drafting programs and he always refused saying that he did his best work when he drew. I hate to admit it, but he's right. He does draw incredibly and his designs are remarkable. I looked up from the drawing to see Percy standing in the doorway to his room wearing nothing, but a towel around his waist. Immediately my face turned red and I felt butterflies in my stomach as I looked at his six pack and his toned muscles. He did look like a god standing in front of me and I couldn't help, but get flustered.

"Hey wise girl, you surprised me." Percy said. I finally cleared my mind long enough to think of a reply, I noticed Percy smiling at me.

"I I ju just wanted to see see if you you were ok." I stuttered.

"Don't worry I feel better, I guess we need to go to practice now." Percy said. I stood up and walked passed him. I was only inches from him and I could feel the warmth radiating off his body and I immediately began to perspire.

"I'll wait for you in the other room." I said as I quickly walked out of his room. I sat in a chair outside his door while he changed into his clothes. I love him, but I hate the impact he has on me sometimes. I'm a daughter of Athena and sometimes he makes my emotions run wild like an Aphrodite girl. Ten minutes later Percy walked out of his room wearing a pair of cargo shorts and a blue t-shirt that fit tightly around his muscled chest and shoulders. I stood up, but before I could walk out of his cabin he grabbed my hand and pulled me into a hug I buried my head into his shoulder and smelled the scent of the ocean on a beautiful windy day. I instinctively closed my eyes and took in the scent deeply. I could feel Percy shiver as I exhaled into his shoulder. I looked up at him and smiled. Percy leaned down and kissed me softly until I put my right hand behind his head and my other rested on his abs. I deepened the kiss until we both broke apart for air a minute later. Percy put his arm around my shoulder and held me close as we left his cabin and walked toward the ocean. Percy and the band practiced for the rest of the evening. Thalia, Terra, Katie and I left to go to our cabins at ten in the evening and the band was still practicing. Tomorrow was the big day, but I knew that they would be ready as I fell asleep dreaming of a certain tall green eyed son of Poseidon.

Percy's POV

I dragged Chris behind me on our way back to our cabin. We finished practicing at about midnight and we walked through the dark and quiet camp to cabin number three. We entered and I helped Chris fall on his bed. I think he was asleep before his head hit the pillow. I heard him snoring loudly as I walked into my room. I fell on my bed exhausted from all the practicing. I fell asleep dreaming of a certain tall gray eyed daughter of Athena.

I awoke the next morning feeling great and I was incredibly excited about the festival today. I was so excited in fact it only took me thirty minutes to get cleaned up and dressed. I walked out of my room to the sound of Chris snoring. I walked over to his bed and concentrated on the water vapor in the air until I had created a blanket of water that hovered over Chris's bed. The water blanket was at least an inch thick. I suddenly dropped the water blanket and it splashed all over Chris. He jumped up and smacked his head on the bottom of the top bunk and then rolled out of bed onto the floor. I was laughing hysterically by the time Chris opened his eyes to look up at me. "What in Hades happened?" Chris said still wiping the sleep from his eyes, while also trying to rub the bump that now began to form on his forehead. "Damn that hurt!" By then I had controlled my laughter and I just stared down at Chris with an evil smirk on my face. "Well someone feels better, too bad it was at my expense." Chris threw his pillow at me, but I dodged it easily.

"You know its nine in the morning, its time to get up sleeping beauty." I said sarcastically. Chris just rolled his eyes and stood up. He was soaking wet and his face was red with anger.

"Damn Perce, you know there is a thing called an alarm clock, you don't have to try to drown me." Chris said angrily.

"You can't drown, remember?" I said incredulously. Chris just shook his head and walked into the bathroom. "I'll see you at the mess hall." I walked out of cabin three and made my way to the mess hall. I saw everyone waiting at my table. I grabbed some food and made my offering to the gods. I sat down next to Annabeth and across from Luke.

"Nice to see you awake seaweed brain." Annabeth said sarcastically.

"Sorry I'm late, it took me a while to wake Chris, he's just now getting ready, so I left him to come here." I said as I began to eat breakfast. Everyone nodded and I could tell that Terra was thinking of something. "Terra, what are you thinking?"

"Well, I assume you did something to him because." Terra stopped as she pointed behind me. We all turned and looked at Chris as he walked in. He had on two different shoes, no socks, he wore shorts that had a tear across one leg, his shirt was partially tucked in, his hair was standing up in at least six directions and the bump on his forehead was now the size of a tomato and almost as red. We were all laughing hysterically as he grabbed his food made an offering and then sat down next to Luke. "What happened to you Christopher Robin?" Terra asked him sarcastically.

Chris for his part seemed completely oblivious to our laughing and most importantly to his appearance. "What did you say?" Chris said, his eyes were blood shot and he looked like crap warmed over.

"Did you forget to take a shower?" I asked. Chris just stared at me and then his head hit the table right into his food. He started to snore right into his plate.

"That is so nasty." Thalia said. Terra calmly reached over and smacked Chris hard on the top of the head. He sat up quickly looking around, we all started to roll with laughter because he had a piece of bacon stuck to the bump on his forehead, scrambled eggs all over his face and at least one piece up his nose. Terra stood up walked over to Chris and grabbed him by the ear.

"Hey, what's that for?" Chris yelled, I guess pain can wake him up.

"That's for embarrassing your girlfriend and acting like a Stoll brother who just got up from an all night drinking binge." Terra said as she dragged Chris whose arms were flailing as he was pulled out of the mess hall toward cabin three. I laughed so hard I finally had to stop as I held my left side in pain.

"That was so funny, I almost choked on my bacon." Nico said as he slapped Luke on the back, which sent a piece of Luke's bacon flying out of his mouth. Nico wasn't laughing anymore as the piece of bacon landed on Thalia's shirt.

"Gross, damn you dead boy." Thalia said as she stood up and chased Nico out of the mess hall zapping his butt with lightning.

"Ah, young love ain't it grand?" I quipped as I put my arm around Annabeth's waist. Those of us that were left continued laughing until our sides hurt again. "I don't know about you all, but any nerves I had about the festival are long gone."

"Yeah, laughing is a great cure." Luke said as he finished his breakfast. The rest of us finished off our food and walked out of the mess hall towards the ocean. We reached the edge of the hill that overlooked the beach and the ocean beyond to find campers preparing the festival grounds at the beach. The water was a beautiful bluish green and glowed as if the water was lit from below. However, the sun in the sky was a beautiful yellow and shown brightly in the crystal blue cloudless sky. The day was incredible and I imagined that the evening would be beautiful with almost every star in the sky clearly visible. We all ran down the hill to help Mr. D and the other campers prepare for the festival. Annabeth, Luke and I were building one of the four bonfires for the evening, while Will, Katie and Calypso worked on setting up tables for dinner. In order to give us more time to setup Mr. D had setup a table full of food for us to eat at lunch time so we could eat and work. It would take us a while to setup all the bonfires, the many tables, the catering area, the cooking area, the beach furniture, the stage, and all the decorations. Even with hundreds of campers we would definitely have to work through lunch to complete our task by six in the evening. Eventually Chris, Terra, Thalia and Nico arrived from whatever they were doing to help us setup. Chris and Terra worked on the stage with the Apollo cabin, while Thalia and Nico helped the Athena cabin and myself finish work on the bonfires. Malcolm and I found a lot of drift wood along the shore, but Annabeth was happy to point out that it was still too wet to burn, so I used my powers to dry the wood until it was ready to burn. Annabeth rolled her eyes and called me a show off. I laughed as Malcolm and I continued to find wood for the fires. By five in the evening we had all finished our work. The beach looked incredible and we were definitely ready to have the festival. All the campers ran back to their cabins to get ready. Chris and I got ready in our cabin. We had gotten Kristy the cabin leader from the Aphrodite cabin to help the band with our outfits, we all wore a variety of black, gray and charcoal color jeans with casual leather shoes, some of us wore white button down shirts while others wore black ones. I wore a black leather vest with my white shirt, while others wore charcoal linen blazers. The five of us met at the mess hall and then walked to the ocean and then to the boathouse. We collected our instruments and took them backstage. We met Grover there, he just recently returned from California still helping preserve the giant redwoods.

"Hey G-man, how are you?" I said as I gave him a hug.

"Doin great Perce, its so good to see you. When Grover saw Luke he ran and hugged him fiercely. "Luke, I heard you were back, its so good to see you."

Luke's face lit up into a big smile and I couldn't help but smile as well. "Good to see you too Grover or should I say Lord of the Wild." Luke said as he bowed to Grover. Grover clasped his hand around Luke's shoulder and started to laugh.

"So I hear that the five of you put together a band and that you're going up against the Olympians." Grover said.

"We sure are, you're looking at the Half-bloods, I know its not very original, but neither is the Olympians." I said with a smile.

"Well you all are looking at tonight's Master of Ceremonies for this battle of the bands." Grover said.

"Good for you G-man." I said happily.

"Now if you all will excuse me, I have a few gods to assemble, the Olympians are up first." Grover said as he strode away.

We put our instruments away and walked out into the audience looking for the ladies. When I saw Annabeth I tripped and nearly knocked over Luke. He caught me and then his eyes followed mine. Luke eyes lit up and for once I thought he was staring at Annabeth, but then I saw Rachel walking slowly toward us being helped by Calypso and Terra. I smiled at Luke's reaction and then I looked back to Annabeth. She was wearing a strapless sea green dress that reached down just below her knees. Her curly blond hair flowed down around her shoulders and her beautiful gray eyes sparkled in the sunshine. I carefully walked over to her with probably the sappiest smile on my face, but I didn't care. I finally stopped about three feet in front of her and we both just looked at each other for a moment.

"You look good seaweed brain." Annabeth said.

"Thanks, you look incredible wise girl." I said, I could feel my cheeks burning as I blushed. She was just so gorgeous. I finally stepped forward and gave her hug, when we broke apart it was now her turn to blush, but one problem it just made her look more beautiful. I was silent for a little too long I guess.

"Are you ok seaweed brain." Annabeth said, that snapped me out the trance I was in.

"I was just lost in thought." I said.

"What were you thinking about?" Annabeth asked curiously.

My cheeks burned red again and then I looked into her eyes and said, "Just thinking about how much I love you." Annabeth froze and an even sappier smile than mine erupted onto her face. I grabbed her hand lacing my fingers between hers as we walked to sit down in the audience. The lights centered on the stage as we sat down and then Grover came out wearing a tuxedo, I laughed to myself because he looked like a cross between a goat and a penguin now.

"Gods, immortals, demigods and other creatures of power I thank all of you for attending tonight's summer festival here at Camp Half-blood. Before we start dinner we have a special treat for everyone. We have a battle of the bands between the Olympians and the Half-bloods. First the Olympians will play and we will ask everyone to cheer at the end, I have a special applause meter created by the Hephaestus cabin that will measure the amount of applause generated by each band. Once the Olympians are completed and their applause calculated we will eat dinner. After dinner the Half-bloods will play and the applause they generate will be measured. Each band must play five songs with the applause measured after each song. So now to get started I present the Olympians." Grover stated. The audience erupted into applause and the stage curtain opened to reveal Theseus, Apollo, Hermes and Ares with their instruments in hand. The first song they played was "Soul Sister" by Train, the second was "Haven't Met You Yet" by Michael Buble, the third was "21 Guns" by Green Day, the fourth was "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day and the last song was "Halfway Gone" by Lifehouse. After each song the crowd applauded loudly, but I knew that we could do better. The stage curtain closed and I saw Theseus and the others come down to eat with us. Theseus and Athena sat at the Poseidon/Athena table. Malcolm and Annabeth had come up with the idea to put the tables together. I saw my dad and Triton sitting together with Calypso sitting next to Triton, which made me smile. Theseus and Athena were sitting next to each other. Annabeth sat next to her mom and I sat next to her. Chris sat next to Theseus and Malcolm next to him. Tyson sat across from me next to our dad and our table was then filled with the remainder of the Athena children. Our table is a happy and family oriented to say the least. That is one thing that my dad stresses and no one crosses him on is family. He loves his family to a fault, which in his case like mine and my brothers is our fatal flaw, but that fault is a blessing for family togetherness. I noticed that Tyson stood up and moved over a seat and then my dad snapped his fingers and a bright light erupted and when it finally died down I saw Amphitrite sitting next to my dad. We both exchanged smiles when I saw her.

"It's so good to see you Amphi." I said. Everyone else nodded in agreement.

"It's good to see you Percy and all the children." Amphitrite said. I saw her smile at Athena who smiled warmly in return. Theseus had told me that Amphitrite had become somewhat of a motherly figure even to Athena, which made me happy as well. We all ate dinner and had a great time. When dinner finally ended I reminded Annabeth of the song that she was to sing with me and then I took my leave of my family with Chris in tow. We made our way backstage and got ready for our first real gig. My nervousness was gone and all I could feel was happiness and joy. I was ready and my confidence helped my fellow band members, I could see it in their eyes.

"Everyone we are ready to continue with the battle of the bands. I present a band who is appearing in their first ever concert. Everyone here is familiar with these band members, but since this is their first concert I will introduce you to them. First is the lead singer Percy Jackson son of Poseidon, second is the lead guitarist Will Solace son of Apollo, third is the bass guitarist Luke Castellan son of Hermes, fourth is the keyboardist Nico Di Angelo son of Hades and lastly one of our newest campers Chris Erickson grandson of Athena and Thetis. They are the Half-bloods." Grover said loudly and the crowd erupted into applause.

"Thank you everyone. As a band we try to pick songs with lyrics that tell a story or express a feeling or idea. We like music that means something. Our first song expresses the need to forgive oneself as well as the need to forgive others no matter the terrible things one has done as long as that person is truly sorry. Our first song is "What I've Done" by Linkin Park, here to sing is my friend Luke. The music started and Luke began to sing the lyrics;

In this farewell There's no blood There's no alibi Cause I've drawn regret From the truth Of a thousand lies So let mercy come And wash away What I've done I'll face myself To cross out what I've become Erase myself And let go of what I've done Put to rest What you thought of me While I clean this slate With the hands Of uncertainty So let mercy come And wash away What I've done I'll face myself To cross out what I've become Erase myself And let go of what I've done For what I've done I start again And whatever pain may come Today this ends I'm forgiving what I've done

I'll face myself To cross out what I've become Erase myself And let go of what I've done (Na-na na na) (Na-na na na) (Na-na na na) What I've done (Na-na na na) (Na-na na na) (Na-na na na) (Na-na na na) Forgiving what I've done (Na-na na na) (Na-na na na) (Na-na na na) (Na-na na na) (Na-na na)

When the music stopped several people had tears in their eyes, especially a certain oracle, daughter of Zeus and daughter of Athena, but the audience applauded loudly and Luke had tears in his eyes as well. I gave him a quick hug before he walked back to his usual place.

"Our second song not unlike the first may be considered sad or angry, but I find it an important song to remind people about the horrors of war and the need to pull together for victory. As we stand on the precipice of a possible war with the titans again I'm reminded that we are all family and as long as we stand together we will prevail. This song is "This is War" by 30 Seconds to Mars, the music began to play and I started the lyrics;

A warning to the people

The good and the evil

This is war

To the soldier, the civilian

The martyr, the victim

This is war

It's the moment of truth and the moment to lie

The moment to live and the moment to die

The moment to fight, the moment to fight, to fight, to fight, to fight

To the right, to the left

We will fight to the death

To the Edge of the Earth

It's a brave new world from the last to the first

To the right, to the left

We will fight to the death

To the Edge of the Earth

It's a brave new world

A warning to the prophet, the liar, the honest

This is war

To the leader, the pariah, the victim, the messiah

This is war

It's the moment of truth and the moment to lie

The moment to live and the moment to die

The moment to fight, the moment to fight, to fight, to fight, to fight

To the right

To the left

We will fight to the death

To the edge of the earth

It's a brave new world

From the last to the first

To the right

To the left

We will fight to the death

To the edge of the earth

It's a brave new world

I do believe in the light

Raise your hands up to the sky

The fight is done

The war is won

Lift your hands

Towards the sun

The war is won

It's the moment of truth and the moment to lie

The moment to live and the moment to die

The moment to fight, the moment to fight, to fight, to fight, to fight

To the right

To the left

We will fight to the death

To the edge of the earth

It's a brave new world

From the last to the first

To the right

To the left

We will fight to the death

To the edge of the earth

It's a brave new world

A brave new world

The war is won

A brave new world

I sang the song with all my heart and soul, I poured myself into the lyrics and stretched my voice to the limit and then beyond. When we finished the crowd erupted with thunderous applause. I think I even saw a tear roll down Ares face, go figure, huh.

"Thank you, our third song is about communication. If you have something to say whether its the words "I love you" or the words "I'm sorry" there are always times when we must say things that might be difficult for us, but these things must be said because if we truly care for someone we must let them know what we feel. This song is "Say" by John Mayer, the music began and I started the lyrics;

Take all of your wasted honor.

Every little past frustration.

Take all of your so called problems,

Better put 'em in quotations.

Say what you need to say

Walkin' like a one man army,

Fightin' with the shadows in your head.

Livin' up the same old moment

Knowin' you'd be better off instead

If you could only...Say what you need to say

Have no fear for givin' in.

Have no fear for giving over.

You better know that in the end

It's better to say too much, than never to say what you need to say again.

Even if your hands are shaking,

And your faith is broken.

Even as the eyes are closin',

Do it with a heart wide open.

Say what you need to say

Say what you need to, Say what you need to...

Say what you need to say.

We finished our third song and the audience erupted again in applause and we were all getting into a rhythm now.

"For our fourth song, we have chosen a song that reminds me of being in love and I know everyone whose been in love before has felt this way. Our next song is "Hanging by a Moment" by Lifehouse, the music began and I started the lyrics with a smile on my face and using my powers I increased the density of my vocal chords and in doing so I made my voice deeper and a bit different in texture;

Desperate for changing

Starving for truth

Im closer to where I've started

Chasing after you

I'm falling even more in love with you

Letting go of all I've held onto

I'm standing here until you make me move

I'm hanging by a moment here with you

Forgetting all I'm lacking

Completely incomplete

I'll take your invitation

You take all of me

Now.. I'm falling even more in love with you

Letting go of all I've held onto

I'm standing here until you make me move

I'm hanging by a moment here with you

I'm living for the only thing I know

I'm running and not quite sure where to go

And I don't know what I'm diving into

Just hanging by a moment here with you

There's nothing else to lose

There's nothing ELSE to find

There's nothing in the world

That could change my mind

There is nothing else…

There is nothing else

Desperate for changing

Starving for truth

Closer to where I've started

Chasing after you

I'm falling even more in love with you

Letting go of all I've held onto

I'm standing here until you make me move

I'm hanging by a moment here with you

I'm living for the only thing i know

I'm running and not quite sure where to go

And I don't know what I'm diving into

Just hanging by a moment here with you

Just hanging by a moment

(here with you)

Hanging by a moment…

(here with you)

Hanging by a moment...

(here with you)

Hanging by a moment here with you...

We finished to loud applause and we bowed happily. I cleared my throat and willed my voice to return to normal.

"Thank you, our last song is a duet and I would like to call up Annabeth Chase from the audience." I said. Everyone looked towards Annabeth and she smiled up at me as she left her seat next to Athena and walked up on stage. I handed her an extra microphone. "This song always reminds me of a special couple that we all know well, I dedicate this song to them and their future together. We're going to sing "Two is better that One" by Boys Like Girls and Taylor Swift." The music began to play, Annabeth and I readied ourselves to sing the lyrics;

I remember what you wore on the first day

You came into my life and I thought

"Hey, you know, this could be something"

'Cause everything you do and words you say

You know that it all takes my breath away

And now I'm left with nothing

So maybe it's true

That I can't live without you

Maybe two is better than one

There's so much time

To figure out the rest of my life

And you've already got me coming undone

And I'm thinking two is better than one

I remember every look upon your face

The way you roll your eyes

The way you taste

You make it hard for breathing

'Cause when I close my eyes and drift away

I think of you and everything's okay

I'm finally now believing

That maybe it's true

That I can't live without you

Maybe two is better than one

There's so much time

To figure out the rest of my life

And you've already got me coming undone

And I'm thinking two is better than one

Yeah, yeah

I remember what you wore on the first day

You came into my life and I thought, "Hey,"

maybe it's true

That I can't live without you

Maybe two is better than one

There's so much time

To figure out the rest of my life

And you've already got me coming undone

And I'm thinking

I can't live without you

'Cause, baby, two is better than one

There's so much time

To figure out the rest of my life

But I'll figure it out

When all is said and done

Two is better than one

As the crowd applauded I bent down on one knee. Annabeth was still watching the crowd until she heard the crowd turn quiet and I guess she saw them looking my way because when she turned and saw me on one knee her draw dropped and her eyes grew wide. I was holding the gray velvet box in my hand, she was about to speak until I held my other hand up to let her know that I needed to speak first.

"I'm sorry for the trickery I guess I can act like a child of Hermes when I need to." I said as I looked toward Luke and then down into the audience at Hermes. They were both smiling broadly. "Annabeth, wise girl we have known each other for almost nine years now, but sometimes I still feel like that twelve year old boy who first saw the girl that I thought had golden curls like a princess. I still feel that way every time I see you. I may not be invulnerable anymore, but when I'm with you I feel like I am. At first I think people believed that a daughter of Athena and a son of Poseidon couldn't be happy together, but we both know that has already been proven." I saw Athena and Theseus smiling to each other as I said that. "My world would not be the same without you in it and over the past few years I've come to realize that I need you desperately and that I have to show you that this (I pointed toward Annabeth and then to myself) is something permanent, something set in stone. I love you wise girl, will you marry me?" I opened the velvet box to reveal a beautiful ring, my brother Tyson and Hephaestus created it for me. The band and setting was made of Adamantine and a beautiful diamond sat in the middle of the band with a ring of six beautiful green emeralds surrounding it. On the left side molded into the metal in silver was a twelve year old girl holding an owl on her arm and an knife in her hand and on the right side molded in gold was a twelve year old boy holding a trident in one hand and a sword in the other. Under the boy carved in Greek letters was the name seaweed brain and under the girl carved in Greek letters was the name wise girl. Before Annabeth could answer I slipped the ring on her finger and she just looked at it moving her hand to see all of it. Her smile grew until I thought her mouth would burst, but she just kept smiling. I finally cleared my throat, "Well?" I said worriedly. Annabeth blinked her eyes and yelled, "yes" as she jumped into my arms and cried happy tears. The audience erupted into the loudest roar of the night and I couldn't help but shed a few tears as well. I was holding the most important person in my life and I would never let her go.

AN: Thats the end of Titan's Pirates I hope you enjoyed it. This was one of my longest chapters and this story was my longest one so far. I plan on a sequel so stay tuned for a new one to start in the next week at least. I want to thank everyone of my readers, I really appreciate your comments and your interest in my stories. Thanks to all.