So here I was, 3 weeks of my personal trainer getting me in shape, 3 weeks of being taught how to fight by ironically, my mom. When I look at myself in the mirror, I no longer see a boy, I see a man. I still have my tan skin, and messy black hair that I can't tame in the mornings. Thanks to my personal training I developed a six-pack and have packed in a lot of muscle, dare I say it, I think I am a lot more good looking. My personal trainer is a guy, John, and he's really cool. He took me out shopping for better clothes and trained me in running, weight lifting, and jumping. Today I'm attending the Roman Empire school and to say I'm excited is an understatement.
"Have a good day Percy!" my mom exclaimed as she dropped me off. I wore a blue hoodie with a black shirt underneath it. I had on jeans and wore black converse. I shouldered my back pack and looked up at huge school. It was white and at least 3 stories tall. Confident, funny, strong. I chanted as I proudly walked into the school. Kids were bustling around, frantically trying to get to the next class. Many girls stopped and looked at me with curiosity. I felt my confidence boost as I walked to the principals office, my head held high. I walked into the office and smiled at the people.
"Hi, my names Percy Jackson, I'm new." okay, so maybe they could tell I'm new but it seemed necessary to add. A young woman that wore a grey business dress stood up and smiled at me. I notices she had larger canines then anyone else I've ever seen. They looked wicked sharp. She had auburn hair and looked extremely dangerous.
"Ah, Mr. Jackson we've been expecting you. I am principal Lupa, welcome to Roman Empire. I will have Jason Grace show you around." as if on cue a blonde hair blue eyed boy walked in. I was a little bit taller then he was and was a bit more muscular.
"Hi I'm Jason, I'll show you around." I nodded and followed Jason as he pointed out different classes and the cafeteria. While we were walking around he started talking about his friends and I told him about mine. He was actually really cool, he invited me to eat lunch with him and his friends. I accepted and we continued conversing about random things. My new life was already working out great so far.
"Shut up punk." someone snarled, I heared something slam against the lockers. I turned around to see a large guy pinning another guy to the locker. The victim looked at the man in fear as he tried to squirm away but to no avail.
"You know what we do to losers Valdez? We cut em up bad." I felt my anger boil over when I heard the Valdez kid being called a loser. I looked into the victims eye's and instantly saw myself looking up at Luke as he gave me the scar on my face. Jason looked at the scene wide eyed and tried to quickly walk away, I grabbed his arm and dragged him towards the bully. He saw my determenation and and nodded at me in respect. I barely registered the fact that I gained Jason's respect and let go of his arm. He walked beside me as I stalked up to the bully.
"Leave him alone!" I snarled at the meaty guy. The guy turned around and laughed at me mockingly.
"This isn't your fight kid, get outta here before you get hurt." though the guy is taller then me it didn't deter my determination to get justice for Valdez. Everyone in the hall stopped and watched me stand up to the beefy jerk. I grabbed the back of the meat heads shirt and roughly pulled him away from the victim. As the guy fell backwards I rammed my fist into his face. He flew back into a different set of lockers and looked up at me in surprise, blood flowed freely from his nose. If there's anything I hated more then Luke, it was bullies period. People gasped and I felt the anger seep out of me as I saw Valdez look at me in awe.
"You okay Valdez?" I asked in concern. He looked part Mexican and had curly black hair. He grinned impishly at me and held out his hand. I shook it and smiled at him.
"Ya I'm fine, thanks. My names Leo, my last names Valdez. I can't tell you how grateful I am for your rescue." I felt really good about helping Leo, brave and confident, check. The crowed dispersed and some people patted me on the back but I barely acknowledged them as I continued my conversation with Leo.
"Don't worry about it, I hate bullies. Would you like to sit with Jason and I, only if you want. I'm new so..." I trailed off, not sure what to say. I knew it wasn't my call to invite people to Jason's table but Leo seemed a bit lonely, a bit of an outcast like I was. Leo's grin widened and he nodded excitedly. It made me feel bad because the amount of enthusiasm he showed only told me that he didn't have many friends.
"My names Percy, Percy Jackson. Blondie over there is Jason." I introduced myself and Jason who now mocked glared at me for calling him blondie. I smirked at him and stuck my tongue out at him. Leo laughed at my childish antics and stuck his tongue out at Jason too causing the blonde to laugh. I grinned at Leo and knew we would be great friends, both of us are immature goofballs. Grover and Nico would of liked him. I looked down at the bully and gave him a sharp kick to the ribs. He let out a girlish squeal and I smirked at him.
"Dont mess with my friends or else I'll kick you where the sun don't shine." I threatened causing my 2 new friends to laugh.
"Perseus Jackson!" someone yelled. I looked up to see principle Lupa looking at me in anger. I guess standing over a wounded guy and laughing wasn't the best idea I've had.
Leo's eyes widened in horror at the angry looking principal, "RUN!" he screamed and all 3 of us bolted down the hall. I started laughing along with Leo and Jason, this was the most fun I had had in what feels like forever.
"JACKSON, GRACE, VALDEZ!" Lupa screamed causing Jason to pale, Leo to grin deviously, and me to laugh loudly. Yes I could definatly get used to this.
-LINE BREAK-
Beating up a bully, getting 2 new friends, and getting a detention and it's only 12:00pm. A pretty eventful first day of my new life. I thought cheekily as I entered the cafeteria. I put a apple, banana, grapes, and chicken on my tray and looked for Jason and Leo who were sitting in the center of the room with some other people. I walked over and sat in the empty chair next to Leo who gave me a high five. There were 4 girls and including myself 4 guys.
One girl impeticular caught my eye. She had black eyes and black straight hair. She had smooth looking skin and was kind of pale. She had thick lashes and she looked at me skeptically. She was beautiful, and the exact opposite of Annabeth in looks.
"Your the boy that beat up Dakota, it's about time someone knocked that boy down a peg. My names Zoe Nightshade." her voice was mesmerizing yet cold as she spoke about Dakota. I felt my heart pound but inwardly cringed as she called me a boy. I'm a man now, not a boy.
"My names Percy Jackson nice to meet you Zoe. It was my pleasure to beat up that meat head. I hate arrogant bullies like him." I spat in irritation as I thought of Luke. Zoe raised her eyebrows and gave me a small smile. I felt my knees wobble as I looked at her perfect smile. She has adorable dimples. I thought goofily as I smiled back at her. I was slightly cautious of falling in love again, I didn't want to be betrayed again.
ZOE'S POV
I started to examine Percy, tan skin, messy black hair, muscular guy, and was extremely good looking. I liked hearing about how much distaste Percy had against bullies. When he smiled at me I felt extremely giddy, but I refuse to fall in love after what happened with Hercules.
Flashback: last year
"Help me with these answers pretty one." he said smoothly as he grinned widely at me. I looked at him in surprise. He was tall and muscular, he had brown hair that went to his neck and a really nice smile. I was attending Trojan high and dating Hercules, one of the most good looking guys. He's been extremely good to me and we had started dating last week.
"But that would be cheating and my sisters would kill me for helping you." I objected as he tried to make me help him with his test answers. He seemed to be doing this a lot lately, but this wasn't just any test it was a final. Pretty one was his nickname for me and I thought it was pretty stupid.
"This is the last I ask of you pretty one." he promised sincerely. I hesitated at first but then obliged, I mean you help the ones you love right? But I wasn't sure I loved Hercules, not yet anyway. Once he finished copying my answers he turned away from me. Once the test was over he walked out of the room, leaving me sitting there in confusion. He always walked me to my classes. I thought nervously as I ran to catch up with him.
"Wait, why are you leaving me?" I asked sadly and felt I already knew the answer.
"We're over Zoe, thanks for helping me on my test. I will be sure to inform your sisters of your scandales ways." he said smirking and he left me standing there in tears. How could I be so naive? He's been using me this whole time, he didn't care for me. And now he was going to tell my sisters who would tell my father. My father hated Hercules father Zeus. I had just helped his greatest enemy. Zeus pretty much ran New York, my father Atlas had tried to help Zeus's father Kronos run the state. Because Zeus won he made the lives of everyone who had sided with Kronos miserable. My father Atlas was stuck with the job of picking up the heaviest debris when natural disasters or terrorist attacks happened. He made my father pick up as large pieces as he could before he sent my father back to duty with holding up tiny but heavy billboard signs. My father hardly got rest and would sometimes trick people into holding it so he could visit us. Now he will surely hate me.
On that day I was sent away and ran into a woman named Artemis. She is kind but hates the male population, I told her of Hercules and learned that he was her half brother. She took me in and enrolled me at the Roman Empire, she adopted me and made sure I would never have to endure those insufferable Greeks again.
End of Flashback:
I looked at Percy and noticed he was way more handsome then Hercules. The scar that marred his face made him look dangerous and dare I say it, made him even more good looking. The almost white scar hit the corner of his mouth so when he smiled his scar curve more onto his lips. Yet as I watch him introduce himself to Piper, Frank, Hazel, and Reyna he looked harmless and very kind. You swore to your mom(Artemis) that you wouldn't fall in love again. I chided myself. Here I was taught that men were evil, heartless, and stupid; there was Percy. Well, you don't know him that well yet. I reminded myself as I started to tune back in to the conversation.
"Perce, I saw you take out Dakota too, where did you learn to fight like that?" Frank asked in awe.
Percy smiled at him, "My mom taught me." there was silence until Frank began to laugh.
"Wait your mom? What about your dad." he asked after his fit of laughter was over. I glared at him, ready to kill him until Percy intervened.
"You got a problem with a woman teaching a man how to fight? Women and men are equal Frank, I'm sure women suffragist such as Alice Paul would agree with me. Your biased against women and that's not okay. Besides, my mom was there for me when my dad wasn't, where was he when we were broke? Where was he when I was bullied every single day of my life? He wasn't there, my mom was. She's my hero, unless you have a problem with me loving my mom. Girls are just as great as guys if not better. So quit your freaking prejudice unless you want to end up like Dakota except a thousand times worse." Percy snarled and he was clutching his fist so hard that his knuckles turned white.
I beamed at him, the fact that he stood up for his mom and all the women out there was a feat itself, not to mention that he wasn't ashamed to be taught by a woman at all. I couldn't help but frown at the thought of his father, and I couldn't imagine someone like Percy getting beat up.
"S-sorry man." Frank stuttered and his girlfriend Hazel wacked him upside the head. Piper was glaring at him and Reyna was twirling her fork around as if she inwardly debated whether or not this would be a good time to impale him.
Percy sighed but then gave Frank a smile, "Don't worry about it, just be careful of your word choice next time. And don't mock my mom ever again." Percy said the last part seriously before continuing to finish his meal. Everyone looked at him in shock about how easily he forgave Frank. Heck I was surprised that he mentioned Alice Paul and the women suffragist, they didn't get the credit they deserved for their fight for women's rights.
I thought how Percy mentioned being poor so freely, he must trust us, though it's only day one for him here. He looked up at me with his vibrant green eyes and smiled.
"So Zoe, what class do you have next?" he asked in a curious tone. I was glad he didn't try to flirt, that would of ruined every great opinion I had of him.
"History." I answered, I didn't trust myself to say more incase I made a fool of myself. Why should I care? I wondered as I looked at Percy who grinned.
"See ya there." he then started talking to Piper and Reyna who thanked him for defending women. He modestly replied,
"I'm sure Leo and Jason would of said something, I just beat them to it." said 2 boys just smiled and shook their heads at their humble friend.
"Jackson, I think we just might get along." I said and he gave me a lop sided grin that made my heart stutter.
"I sure hope so."
-LINE BREAK 5 WEEKS LATER-
Third person pov-
Percy and Zoe soon became inseperable, their growing attraction towards each other grew as did their friendship. They teased each other and always were together. Percy, being a great swimmer, joined the swim team and won every time. He became popular with the students and teachers instantly and many girls swooned over him, only to be rejected. This only made him the most wanted man at school. This made Zoe very jealous but he never left her like Annabeth did to him. He found himself falling deeper and deeper in love with Zoe and she was falling for him. She nicknamed him fish boy and he nicknamed her star girl, which in retrospect wasn't a very good nickname but he wasn't good at those. Percy also grew even closer to Jason, Leo, Frank, Piper, Hazel, and Reyna. Percy's six pack became an eight pack the more he trained and the more he swam. He told Zoe about his old life and she hers. He promised to decapitate Hercules while she swore to throttle Luke and Annabeth. Percy's new life was just as perfect as he imagined, except now he had a new goal. Win Zoe Nightshade's heart, but little did he know that it was already his.
And if you didn't notice Zoe won. With many private messages and reviews for Zoe to be with Percy I made it happen. I'm sorry to all percabeth fans, and just for you guys I will make a percabeth story since you guys are so awesome. But if you percabeth fans can give me time to finish this story I will make a happy percabeth story happen. Thank you guys so much, tell me what you think. Ps. I hadn't planned to make percyxzoe it just kinda happened as I thought of different endings. And annabeth will make more appearances I promise.