-PERCY AGE EIGHT-
"Arty you gotta believe me! I can hunt all by myself! I can pass your hunting test, please let me try!" Percy pleaded to the annoyed moon goddess and Apollo grinned while acting like Percy,
"Common Arty! Our little bro can totally do it!" He gestured to Percy who nodded vigorously. Artemis scowled and slapped Apollo in the back of the head,
"Don't call me Arty!"
"Wha- Percy called you that too!"
"I like Percy better then you, he's a less annoying brother."
"But were twins!" Artemis rolled her eyes and snorted,
"Unfortunately." Apollo pouted and Percy laughed at his siblings bickering,
"At least I can admit Arty is my older sister, for now." Artemis narrowed her silver eyes at him,
"What do you mean for now?" Percy grinned at her impishly,
"Common sis, your like forever twelve while I'm eight and still getting older. I mean, there's only a four year age difference." Apollo laughed at Artemis's baffled expression and high fived the cheeky demigod. Artemis glowered at him,
"I am thousands of years older then you Percy, I can change into any age I want!" Percy grinned,
"That explains the wrinkles!" Apollo howled with laughter along with Percy once he saw her murderous looking face. He quickly stopped and gave her a small smile,
"I'm just kidding sis, you don't look a day over nine hundred and ninety nine." Apollo fell to the ground and Artemis grabbed Percy and throttled him,
"You've been hanging around Apollo to much little brother. And now I'm going to kill you for it!" She growled and Percy looked at her wide eyed. Apollo jumped up and yanked Percy from the enraged moon goddess. He rubbed his sore neck and winced,
"I love you too my beautiful, young older sister." He said trying to kiss up. Artemis grinned and patted his cheek,
"Good boy." Apollo was very impressed that Percy had survived this encounter while joking around about a woman's age, which is something you NEVER do. Unless you were suicidal, but he was also impressed by Percy's jokes which were hilarious.
"Since you were so kind, I'll allow you to go hunt on your own. I know if anyone can protect themselves its you, just keep your hood up okay?" He nodded excitedly and crushed her into a hug,
"Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!" Artemis smiled at her little brother, she would never allow Apollo to do such a thing unless she needed support, but Percy was different. The little squirt had easily gained her favor along with Phoebe and Apollo. Zoe had even come to like him along with the other hunters which was quite surprising. Percy then hugged Apollo who was happy to finally be a big brother, he knew there was Hercules but he hated that arrogant minor god, there were some gods on the council he was older then but he didn't care for them as much as he did Percy.
Percy pulled away and howled loudly, Alpha came at a full sprint and tackled Percy.
"Omph!" He grunted as the weight of his large wolf knocked him off balance, he crashed onto the ground while the wolf stared at him pleadingly. Once Percy regained his breath he glared at the wolf,
"Your a little brat."
"But boss! I'm hungry!" He responded but to Apollo it sounded like a whine. Artemis chuckled at how spoiled Alpha was. Percy held out his hand and a raw T-bone steak appeared.
"Now what's the magic word?"
"Presto! Abracadabra! Shazam!" Alpha said mockingly and Percy rolled his eyes,
"Okay wise guy, what's the polite word?"
"Give me food or die?"
"Uhh...close enough." He let his wolf gobble it up hungrily and Apollo just shook his head,
"Perce we gotta get you a lady friend." Artemis slapped Apollo and scowled,
"First of all, he's eight! Secondly he's in my hunt!" She continued to rant and rage at her twin while Percy and Alpha began their hunt.
"What exactly are we hunting for boss?" Alpha asked and Percy grinned,
"Monsters." The duo trekked for several hours until they came upon a large shack. It looked as though it could fall apart at any moment. He learn loud laughter that sounded like thunder,
"Foolish demigods! You thought you could trust us? How sad, you will make a tasty snack though." Percy and Alpha looked at each other wide eyed, cyclops.
"Bout time we found something worth killing." Alpha growled and Percy grinned, he flipped up his hood and snuck into the shack with his wolf. The cyclops backs were facing them and three demigods and one faun were tied to a wall. One was a boy that had sandy blonde hair and blue eyes, he looked to be about fourteen, his parent was probably Mercury. A girl who looked around the boys age had electric blue eyes and long black hair, a daughter of Jupiter. The girl who looked seven had blonde hair and grey eyes, a daughter of Minerva, not possible. Minerva hates Romans, he mused silently. The black haired girl was glaring at the two cyclops menacingly while the blonde haired girl looked close to tears as she tried to cower away. The boy looked at them in surprise but Percy held a finger to his lips. The faun was unconscious and kept grumbling about food.
One of the cyclops was stirring boiling water in a giant black pot. He knew he had to save the demigods, he knew the cyclops weren't innocent monsters like his manticore friend Thorn. He concentrated on the boiling water and it all splashed onto the monster who screamed and fell back. Percy took this moment to charge with Alpha by his side. He unsheathed his hunting knives and lunged at the bent over cyclops, he used his large belly as a trampoline and landed on his head. He drove the blades deep into it's skull and the monster screamed as it blew up in gold dust.
"Who are you demigod! You have killed my brother and for that I will destroy you!" Percy stood tall and gave the cyclops a sadistic smile,
"Get em boy!" Alpha charged and bit down roughly on the monsters leg. It screamed and tried to shake him off but his grip was to strong. Percy took this time to whip out his golden bow and shot the cyclops straight in the eye.
"Bulls eye!" He grinned and Alpha trotted back to him covered in gold dust.
"I hate those guys! Their creepy huge eyes always staring at people!" Alpha fumed and shook the dust off.
"Couldn't agree more buddy, nice doing business with ya!" Alpha held up his paw and Percy shook it making them both chuckle. He scratched his wolf behind the ear before turning to the tied up demigods,
"So...how long have you guys been hanging around?" The boy laughed while the black haired girl rolled her eyes but wore a small smile on her face. The blonde glared at him,
"Will you just let us down!" She snapped and even though he knew his hood prevented them from seeing his eye roll he did so anyway.
"Chill out blondie." He cut them down and slapped the faun awake,
"Rise and shine sleeping beauty, those mean cyclops aren't gonna eat you today." The faun stared at him wide eyed before looking around nervously.
"Thanks kid, what's your name?" The boy asked and Percy gave him a curt nod,
"Percy, and you?"
"I'm Luke, the blondes Annabeth, the black haired girls Thalia, and the saytr is Grover. Your a son of Poseidon? I saw what you did with the water there and that cool." Greeks, he remembered Artemis teaching him about the Greeks and slightly bristled about being called a son of Poseidon.
"Hades, I made the water move by shaking the earth." Luke nodded in surprise and was about to speak but Percy cut him off,
"Your a son of Hermes, Thalia's a daughter of Zeus, and Annabeth is the daughter of Athena." They all looked at him in disbelief and he flashed Thalia a smile,
"Sup cuz." She grinned,
"Hey, how'd you know all that stuff, about our parentage?" She asked and Percy shrugged,
"I just do." She was about to question him again but Annabeth jumped in,
"Will you take down your hood?" He knew it was a bad idea, showing his identity could have him killed and his mother punished. Strangely enough he felt a bond between himself and the three demigods. He started to pet Alpha who looked up at him pleadingly,
"Are you serious!" He asked his wolf a little annoyed.
"Killing monsters is hard work!"
"You only bit the Cyclops's leg!"
"I'm a growing wolf and need my daily dose of protein."
"You are such a baby." The companions looked at Percy as if he was crazy and Percy smiled sheepishly at them,
"Sorry, this is my wolf Alpha. He tends to be a bit hungry after biting cyclops." Percy stared at Alpha pointedly and Annabeth frowned,
"I think you've been in the sun to long." He cracked a small smile and shook his head,
"Nah, I can speak to wolves. Alpha here is just a baby." Their jaws dropped and Grover jumped in,
"How could you even defeat those monsters by yourself anyway?" He didn't notice Annabeth sneaking behind him,
"I've had lots of practice, the forest is my home." Thalia and Luke's eyebrows shot up but then Luke smiled,
"You should come to camp with us! It will be great, you know camp Halfblood?" Percy smiled at the offer but shook his head,
"Thanks but I've already got a family here, and if a son of Hades were to show up those blasted Olympians would try to send me to tartuarus all because I'm a child of the big three. Not to mention if I did survive, I have no intentions of being a pawn in Zeus's game for power. No offense Thalia." He added but she was just standing there wide eyed. Luke looked at the eight year old who had impressed him again,
"Glad to see I'm not the only one who's not a fan of the gods. Your pretty cool Percy." The eight year old smiled and then felt something tug at his hood, he whirled around but it was too late. The hood fell off. Everyone looked into his eyes with awe.
Annabeth was transfixed by his beautiful sea green eyes and was surprised to see the red ring around them. He glared at her and flipped his hood back on, he could barely restrain his eyes from bursting into flames as he shut them,
"Don't ever do that again. Tell no one you saw me, tell no one you heard of me. Swear on the Styx's." they all swore and Alpha growled at all of them causing them to flinch. Percy felt angered that Annabeth would do that but soon got over it, daughter's of Athena tend to be curious and like exact answers, they hate guessing and not knowing things. He chided himself and gave them all a half hearted wave goodbye,
"It was nice meeting you all, I hope I see you all again soon. Let's go boy, we have to get back."
And what do you think? This is still perzoe and this actually happened to the trio minus the Percy saving them part. Please comment!