Percy's POV:
The night we got the news that we were all getting married we got drunk. We stayed in my room, the only one of all 8 that mom and dad lost the key to, I know, lucky me, all night drinking vodka, champagne, beer, tequila, whiskey, and other drinks I forgot the name of. In the morning hangovers, even Chris who had never had a hangover, he was kind of immune to liquor but he was the worst of all of us when he woke up. That day we all stayed in my room, calling the servants to bring the meals and didn't come out. The next day I woke to find me laying next to Grover in my bed, Leo on the couch, Jason on the floor, Charlie on the recliner, Chris on my green bean bag chair while Nico on the blue one, and Travis on the hot tub sucking his thumb. I was tempted to laugh but suppressed the urge and went and filled a glass of water. I then proceeded to spilling some water on each of my sleeping brothers and then having the satisfaction of them waking up cursing the day I was born. They all stood up and left for their rooms cursing me. I sighed, changed into my swimming trunks, got my surfing board, and headed for the garage. Halfway down I hear some one following me.
"Perseus Jackson, where do you think you are going?" I turn around slowly to face my angry mother. I sigh and give her the Jackson grin. Nothing happened and it began to worry me. The Jackson grin was the our signature grin that when people saw us they knew we were siblings, even Charlie has it so Uncle Hephaestus must of had it too. The Jackson grin was a mixture of a baby boy grin and a bad boy grin which was great for getting us out of trouble and a great chick magnet. I began to worry because it seemed to be having no effect on Mom. "Do not give me that face!" She yells pointing an accusing finger at me.
"Just going to the beach, mom," I say showing her the board under my arm.
"You do realize what day it is." I nod, how could I forget. "Then why would you choose-" I cut her off.
"Don't worry, mom I'll be back before they even get here." I give the Jackson grin just to see if it would at least calm her down. She sighs and then
pinches the bridge of her nose.
"Fine, go. But if your late, Perseus I swear I will KILL you!" She glares at me, I gulp. I nod and keep walking to the garage. I get on my motorcycle. I get to the beach and was about to take my shirt off when I hear someone yelling my name.
"Yo, Perce! Wait up!" I turn around and see my friend Bobby trotting towards me. He was the son of Duke Lucas. He lives in the palace next to ours.
We've known each other forever. He is one of those guys who attract girls even if they don't want to. He was like 3 inches shorter than my 6 ft. 5, he has clear blue eyes and brownish curly hair. I waved at him.
"'Sup Bobby?" I give him a man hug and he grins at me.
"Oh nothing, hey I got the invitation." His grin becomes bigger. I just give him a confused look.
"What? What invitation?" At this he bursts out laughing.
"To the ball? At your place? In a month?" He keeps on laughing and I begin panicking. Ball? What ball? What is he talking about? Oh double crap! Mom must of organized a ball to tell everyone the news. I begin pacing and running hands through my hair. What the heck! Why do we need to have a freakin' ball! I mean hasn't Mom had enough experience with us and balls! None of us are good at balls, with all the dancing and getting in tux and dancing and getting all clean and did I mention dancing! Bobby just kept laughing.
"Oh shut up!" I growled.
"Well someone's moody today." I growled again. I guess I might just tell him.
"Bobby, me and my brothers are getting married." The grin slowly leaves his face. He looks at me in shock.
"What! You're not serious are you?" I nod. "What in the world Percy! When did this happened! I never knew you guys had fallen in love! Heck, I didn't know you had a girlfriend!" I begin to laugh and he gives me the you're-crazy look.
"Arranged marriage." I tell him. "Long time ago, great-grandpa organized it."
"Oh well that freaking sucks." I chuckle darkly. "So who are the lucky ladies?" He gives me a cocky grin.
"The princesses of Athens." I shrug.
"You freaking lucky biscuits!" I just look at him confused. "Those girls are like so freaking hot. Here look." He takes out his iPhone and messes with it for about 3 minutes then he hands it to me. In the screen there's an image of 8 of the hottest girls I've seen. They looked nothing alike yet you could tell they were related. My mouth just hung open. "Told you so." I give him the phone back, dang this is gonna be interesting.
Annabeth's POV:
Oh gods! Friday arrived too soon. We didn't get to have our last days alone doing what we wanted. On Wednesday afternoon we went and beat up Luke, the guy didn't know what (who) hit him, on Thursday we packed, and now it's Friday and we are getting ready to leave. Mom said that to make a good impression to ear something nice. We all dismissed the thought as soon as it went through our heads because we really didn't want to make a good impression.
I just wore a green shirt and jean shorts with my black and white converse. I went out of my room and meet all my sisters in the hallway, they all wore similar things to me. Selena was wearing a pink shirt with a black mini skirt and hot pink heels, Thalia had black jean skinny jeans and a death to Barbie shirt and black converse that Selena was trying to get her to take off, Katie had jeans and a green please recycle shirt and brown flats, Juniper had the same shirt as Katie but in brown and green flats but in jean shorts, Clarisse had a red shirt with ripped jeans and red converse high-tops, Piper had a jean mini skirt with a blue shirt on and blue and gray converse, and lastly Reyna had on a yellow strapless shirt with some light brown shorts and yellow heels.
I grinned at them and they grinned back. We all went down together and found Mom and Dad in the foot of the staircase waiting for us, they looked up at the same time, my mom sighed in despair while my dad grinned like crazy, I think that maybe he was hopping we'll pull something like that so the princes won't like us.
"Girls I told you to wear something nice." Mom says. I look down at my clothes innocently.
"You don't like them Mommy?" Thalia and Clarisse snickered, mom just sighed again and walked outside. We followed and I saw dad high five Thalia and Piper and I wondered what was going on there.
We got on the private plane and the flight took about 5 hours. I was sooooooo bored. I read the whole book I brought in the first 2 hours and my stupid iPod ran out of battery by the 3rd hour. I turned to see what my sister were doing. Thalia was snoring, Clarisse was playing with her pocket knife, Selena was reading a fashion magazine, Reyna was flirting with one of the flight attendants, Katie and Juni were playing poker, and Piper was listening to her music. Mom and Dad were talking and looking at each of us in turn and then at their laptop and pointing at the screen. I frowned at them, they just smiled and kept at it. I looked out the window and before I knew it I had fallen asleep.
Travis' POV:
"Travis, honey, could you go pick up the guest fro the airport?" Mom asked as she poked her head through the stables. I looked away from Spike, My brown and black horse, and turned to face her. wow she looked stressed. I take my grape lollipop out of my mouth.
"Why can't the chauffeur do it?" I whined.
"He's sick honey, please?" I sighed and nodded. She smiled and left.
"We need more chauffeurs!" I yelled after her. I went to get the limo and as I passed the chauffer's uniform. I got a wicked idea in my brain. I quickly stepped out of my clothes and put the uniform on. I looked at myself in the mirror. I nodded in admiration, I looked good. I got on the car and drove to the airport. The plan was to make them think I was an employee and see their surprised faces when they saw I was one of the princes. Oh this is gonna be hilarious!
I pulled into the airport and made my way to where a black private plane was descending. I got out of the limo just as they got out. First came a man about dad's age with blonde hair, King, then a lady with pretty brown hair in curls, Queen, after her came 8 girls. I didn't pay much attention to the rest but there was this one girl that took my breath away. They came my way and I composed my face for I'm pretty sure I was drooling.
"You are here to take us to the castle?" The one I guess was the Queen asked. I bowed awkwardly and bit my tongue to stop the laughter bubbling inside me.
"Yes your majesty." I responded and opened the back door. They all filled in. The last one was the girl I liked. She came up and smiled at me, I winked and she grinned in surprise. So far so great. I closed the door and waited for the people to put all the luggage into the trunk. When they were done I waved them thanks and drove off. I looked at them through the rearview mirror and saw that one of the girls was staring at me. I felt flattered but it was kind of like I was a specimen and she was observing me from a microscope. That blonde chick is really starting to freak me out.
"Is the castle far from the airport?" The girl that looked emo and had a death to Barbie shirt asked. Huh, Nico'll like this one.
"It's about a half hour drive ma'am." I respond looking straight at the road and biting my tongue soooo hard I tasted blood. She humphed and growled, yep, Nico will certainly like this one. The rest of the way was silent until we were in sight of the castle. They caught their breath and I grinned.
"It's very beautiful, the architecture is amazing!" The blonde that was staring at me said. Great, we got a nerd!
"Oh look at the gardens Juni!" The girl I liked squealed. The girl that I guessed was Juni just stared eyes wide.
"I just hope they have horses." Said the emo one.
"I rolled my eyes and continued driving. As I was driving I see a motorcycle pass me. The guy had a surfing board and...Percy. I sighed and shook my head, he's so dead.
Nico's POV:
"Nico have you seen your brother?" My dad asked as I made my way upstairs to take a shower and change since I was covered in grease and oil.
"Dad you need to be more specific, I have 7 brothers." He groans.
"Have you seen Percy?" I shake my head and wipe grease of my hands on my jeans. "Oh great. You're mother is looking for him and the guests are almost here. Could you give him call. Tell him to get his little butt over here." I nod and grin. I take my phone out and go to my contacts. S...Sam...Samantha...Sean...Seaweed brain, here we are. I put the phone in my ear and wait for him to answer. After 4 rings he picks up.
"Dude dad says to get your butt over here! The guests are almost here."
"Oh crud, thanks bro on my way." He says and I laugh, when he surfs he doesn't pay attention to time.
"Hurry up, mom's looking for you."
"Okay, okay I'm going!" He hangs up and I trot upstairs to the shower. Let the torture begin.
Percy's POV:
Crap! Lost track of time! I grabbed my stuff, put my shirt in and got in my bike. I raced home at a speed it would of made my mom have a heart attack I passed a limo on the way, almost to the castle and began cursing. I pulled up and the limo did the same next to me. I'm so dead, I think. I looked over and see Travis come out in the chauffeur's uniform! What the heck! He signals to me not to say anything and opens the back door. Out comes a man and a lady and the 8 girls that were in the picture Bobby showed me. They looked hotter in person, especially the blonde one.
"Excuse me son, do you work here?" The man I guessed was the King asked. I took off my helmet and ruffled my hair. I saw the girls eye me up and down and I couldn't help grinning the Jackson grin.
"Yes sir." I say.
"Could you escort us in?" The Queen I guessed said. I looked over at Travis and we passed the this-is-priceless look between us.
"I'm sorry your majesty. I'm kind of busy at the moment but..." I looked around and saw James coming out of the castle. "JAMES!" I yelled.
He comes walking to me and I whisper in his ear to take the people in and not tell the who we are. He nods and me and Travis sprint into the castle. I over heard them complaining about us and Travis and I just burst out laughing once inside. He left towards his room and I to mine. I showered quickly and threw on some clothes. I got out and was ruffling my hair when out of their rooms comes Nico and Grover.
"So are you ready for this?" They laugh and shake their heads. Nico then smelled me. "What the heck are you doing?" I asked stepping away from him.
"Dude you stink of salt water! Did you take a shower?" I nod.
"It's my natural scent." He grins.
"Well your natural scent stinks!" I glare at him.
"Look who's talking, the boy who smells like death. And plus girls like the smell of the sea and-" Grover cut us off.
"Guys! Not right now! Chris just texted me that they are in and that we need to get our butts down there or else." Me and Nico just glared at one another.
"Fine," He grumbled. "Lets go down the railing."
"Oh me first!" Grover grins and runs to the stairs with me and Nico close behind.
"You guys! Wait up!" We get on the railing and wait for Travis. We all go down, Grover in front, then me, then Nico, and at the back Travis. We keep going faster and faster and yell as we go down. We get to the bottom but we haven't perfected our brakes even after 15 years of doing it so we all crashed down onto the floor on top of one another.
"Remind me never to go in the front ever again!" Grover groans from under me. I looked up and see my family and the guest looking down at us. I burst out laughing and the guys do the same. Great first impression don't you think?
Okay, third chapter. thanks for all those who read and reviewed/faved/followed. Please tell me if there is any cussing because I don't curse and I know that it says biscuits in there.. it is replacing another cuss word :)
Oh an to answer you review, Rachel. .10, I know that Reyna is OOC but up to the twelveth chapter was written by slytherindaughterofhephaestus. She wrote up to there.
And to Liss1357, this is Leyna and Jasper not Jenya, just FYI.
I DON'T OWN PJO OR HOO
Thank you to silver ride for alerting me that there was a word that I had missed ;)
Credit to slytherindaughterofhephaestus
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