Ok, the last chapter was defiantly not my best. But let's see were this goes. There might even be a chapter soon about Annabeth at Camp Half-Blood... only if you guys review and say you want it.
Percy's POV
We were riding on the extra Pegasus' that they brought. Now, I think I'm hallucinating along with Brendan. It seemed as if everything that I have known was a complete lie.
Yes, you have been through this before. Remember, stay connected to your mortal point. This will help you in many ways. Just remember who are your friends and who are your enemies.
The voice was back. I looked over to Lina and Brendan, to see if they had heard it too, but they showed no recognition. The voice seemed oddly familiar. My head started to sting again. It was as if I was reaching to something, and it wasn't even there. I started to puzzle over what the voice said, mortal point? What did that mean? And how have I already been through this, if I can't remember any of this?
I looked to the pure white Pegasus in next to us. The girl, Reyna, was sitting still and it looked like she had her eyes closed.
"We are taking you to the Legion, the only safe place for people like us," she said without anyone asking.
Lina spoke up, "Legion? What is that? Greek?"
Reyna opened her eyes with a cold, hard look, "If you dare accuse us of being Greek, I will cut your tongue out,"
Brendan's eyes widen. It looked like he knew, for once, what was going on, "No, guys, it's not Greek. It's Roman,"
Reyna turned towards Brendan, "It's nice to know one of you has some kind of brains,"
That took me off the edge. Who did this girl think she was?
Calm down. For now, she is your friend.
I mentally groaned. The voice, again. But I did what the voice told me to do. I closed my eyes and thought of someway to change the subject of the conversation.
"Wait, you said 'for people like us', what do you mean by that?" I asked.
"Special people, people who can change the world. It's surprising that you guys survived so long without being at the Legion. It's the only safe place on earth for people like us,"
The voice seemed to get mad at that, psh, complete lie.
"You mean mentally disturbed people?" Brendan asked.
My eyes widened. I had heard that before. My head started to sting with such ferocity that I had to lean on my Pegasus for support. A vision flashed before my eyes, I was sitting on a dock, somewhere on a lake. The blond girl was sitting next to me, she said "Don't you get it, Percy? You are home. This is the only safe place on earth for kids like us,"
"Percy? … Percy! … PERCY!" Brendan yelled at my face.
"Whoa, wait, what happened?" I asked.
"We were talking to Reyna when you just suddenly slumped against your Pegasus. We thought you were unconscious," Lina said.
"I had .. a.."
The voice yelled at me subconsciously NO! DO NOT SPEAK OF YOUR VISION!
"A what, Percy?" Lina asked.
"A headache. It seems to me happening a lot now-"
Good, good. Tell them about that.
"I think it's because of my memory loss. It's like reaching for something that's not even there," I looked at Reyna, "What is wrong with me?"
Her eyes looked straight into mine, like trying to pull out the information. Hey eyes were a dark green, menacing in fact. She seemed to have brown hair at first, but it looked black in the darkness.
"We will have to ask Lupa when we get to the Legion, she has all answers,"
She turned to face the front, the way we were going.
"Well, not all answers, but pretty darn close," the dude with the tattoos said.
His response startled me, I had forgotten he was there.
"What's your name?" I asked.
He looked at me with a fire in his eyes, "My name is Bobby, son of-"
"Ares," I said, guessing from the shapes of the tattoos on his arm.
The fire in his eyes got brighter, "Mars," he spat, "Ares is his Greek form,"
Reyna seemed to notice my outburst, too. She never opened her eyes, but she said, "I told you if you accused us of being Greek, I would cut your tongue out. But since you are my brother, I will spare you,"
"Whoa, wait, you two are siblings? How is that even possible? You are basically the same age, but I doubt you're twins," Brendan said.
Reyna opened her eyes and glared at him. "We are siblings. We are children of Neptune,"
"Poseidon," I corrected.
Reyna fixed her death glare on me. "Don't push it, Perseus, I could beat you anytime you decide to challenge me,"
I would pay millions of drachmas to see anyone other than a divine immortal beat you, Percy Jackson.
The voice gave me confidence. Sister or not, Reyna had gotten on my last nerves.
"Oh ya? How about when we get to wherever we are going, I get to fight you," her jaw dropped, "I, Perseus Jackson, just challenged you. I'm tired of your attitude anyways. And something in my head tells me that you won't beat me,"
She looked like she wanted to pummel me out of the sky right there and then. But a smirk forms across her face.
"You confidence is strong, brother, but because you challenged me, I get to pick what type of fight we are in,"
Brendan and Lina were just staring at me with their jaw dropped. "Excuse me? Can we talk to Percy for just a moment?" Lina asked.
"Percy! What the hell are you thinking? We already know that she could kick your butt with only her knife," Lina said.
This girl is annoying me. She acts just like Anna- nevermind. Just shut her up.
The voice seemed to have slipped something important. I wanted to figure it out, but it seemed like Lina was in my way. I growled at her, "You don't know anything about me, I can kick her butt with just a butter-knife,"
Her grey eyes fixed on me with her hardest stare. Her lips were pursed, as if she was debating something in her head.
"Fine, I'll personally be the referee for your fight,"
Reyna spoke up, "You know I can hear you? Lupa will be the one that refs,"
Lina grumbled. "Fine, but Percy, you will regret this," she said.
We sat there in silence until we arrived at the First Legion. We had landed in the middle of the 'camp' or 'fort' or 'establishment' or whatever you would like to call it. People were surrounding us. They were yelling in a language that, again, I didn't understand but had heard it before. A wolf started to go through the crowd, and the crowd parted where she stepped.
Reyna, I see your quest has been… a success.
Reyna's eyes went wide. "Lupa, I haven't found Jason. How is it a success?"
You have found the one with the orange shirt. She looked at me with disgust. For better or for worse, you have found him. Now, lets test him and the others.
"Lupa, he challenged me. He is also a son of Neptune. But he did challenge me. Should we do this first?" she asked.
Lupa studied me carefully. Her wolf eyes widened. Because he has challenged you, that will be his test. But for the other two… they will have to be tested themselves.
The crowd started to leave. They were heading to a huge amphitheater. Lupa fell in line next to me.
What are you doing here? I had an agreement with Chiron-
"Chiron? I have heard that before," I said.
She growled. Do not interrupt me, boy. Now, what are you doing here?
"I have absolutely no idea. I just woke up on a rooftop a few hours ago and those two," I pointed to Lina and Brendan, "were sitting next to me. Then Reyna came after harpies attacked us and we flew here on the Pegasus,"
Fine. If that is what you think. Let's go to the amphitheater for your challenge.
The amphitheater was crowded. It seems everyone here had shown up to see me whip Reyna's butt.
Keep your confidence to yourself. Being bigheaded can get you killed at this camp.
The voice was back. I wondered in my head, who are you? Why do you talk in my head? Do you even know who I am?
The voice seemed to laugh. You have met me before, and you might think were enemies. But you have to be on my side if we are to win this war.
I decided to not reply to the voice. The amphitheater was overwhelming me as it was. I didn't need to worry about an upcoming war.
Lupa stood on a raised platform. Everyone went silent.
Legions, we are here today because of the arrival of 3 new demigods. Perseus Jackson, one of the new demigods, has challenged Reyna Mullford. A series of boos went up from the crowd. Hush! Now, Reyna, pick your weapons and style of fight.
Reyna glared at me for a second. "I choose a sword fight! I choose my knife, Okeanos, as my weapon! Perseus Jackson may choose any sword to fight with!"
The crowd was watching me as if I did something wrong. I had only noticed it had been a few minutes after Reyna said to choose when someone yelled from the crowd, pick something!
I looked at Reyna with my fiercest gaze I could think of. I took my pen out of my pocket and uncapped it.
"I choose my sword, Anaklusmos, as my weapon!" I yelled, picking the word Riptide out of my brain.
The campers' gaze hardened. One of them shouted out, "We do not know what that means! Tell us!"
Lupa growled at me. It means Riptide in Ancient Greek.
Reyna said, "Greek? How do you know Greek?"
"It doesn't matter!" I yelled, "Lets get this fight over with,"
He is right. Bobby, you may sound the bell.
A huge bell rung and cheering started immediately. Reyna and I started circling each other. None of us had attacked yet, but there was still excitement in the air. Finally, Reyna couldn't take it anymore. She threw her knife at my throat, and I was surprised by it. I raised Riptide up so I could block the flying knife, but it only grazed it. The knife landed on my throat. I heard a scream that sounded like it came from Lina. I thought for sure that I was dead. But it was just as if a block landed on my throat, I pushed it off my throat and held the knife in my hands.
"How are you not dead! That should have gone right through your throat!" Reyna yelled.
The voice in my head groaned. This is getting tiring, people not knowing whom you are. Especially when you don't know yourself. The voice took over my voice. It was talking through me.
My name is Perseus Jackson! I am the son of Neptune. I have bathed in the river Styx. I have been on 4 quests, and have slayed Kronos myself! I have returned Zeus's master bolt, found the Golden Fleece, have been through Atlas's curse, and saved my home from Kronos' army! I even saved Olympus from destruction! I am the Champion of Olympus!
The campers had their mouths open. Lupa seemed to be throwing daggers at me with her eyes.
He will be interrogated afterwards, now, on with the challenge she growled.
Reyna faced me again. I wasn't going to wait this time for her to attack. I lunged at her with Riptide and her knife. Because she didn't have a weapon to defend herself, she had to rely on being fast. My heart sank a little. I should be fair when it came to sword fighting, when your life isn't on the line.
I stopped swinging for a moment to give her her knife. She took this as an advantage and kicked me across the floor.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! (!) I was only trying to give you your knife!"
Lupa sneered. You don't show mercy at the Legion. I don't care what you have done to help Olympus, but if you do not improve, I will rip your throat out.
"Fine, but I'm not fighting with her weapon too," I retorted.
I put Reyna's knife by Lupa's paw.
Finally, let the challenge continue. Lupa said.
I walked back to Reyna, who was already poised to run if needed. A smile started to spread across my face. This will be tooeasy. The moment my sword moved near Reyna, she took off. Thank Gods that the Arena was closed in or I never would have caught up with her. I had cornered her. She was acting like she didn't care, but I could tell she was looking for a way out. She thought she took me by surprise when she went under my legs, but I anticipated the trick. My sword was at her neck in a matter of seconds.
Lupa was definitely not happy. She came prowling down to the arena floor. Perseus Jackson has won fair and square, but now it is time to test the others…
Ok, this was a really long chapter by my standards.
!- I read a fanfic that had this a lot, I wasn't copying.
Review and tell me if you know who Percy's voice is. :D I hope its not so obvious.
I want at least 5 more reviews for my next update. And no, one person can't review more than once.
