I know it's been a long time. I've been busy with school which just ended. Now it's summer, so I'll be busy swimming, but expect some more frequent updates.
I'm going to try only responding to the reviews that need answered.
AncientTide- it wasn't meant to be a filler, but a start of something bigger.
Llew44- I didn't exactly switch them. I divided up Percy's roles. You'll see. Doesn't know about who? Who is this her? If you're talking about the daughter of Poseidon, both Poseidon and Hades know about her.
I am that writer- I think you have said that before. This won't be Bianca/ Percy romance. I try not to repeat pairings in my stories. I have always pictured Bianca and Percy having a cousinly relationship like Thalia and Percy. It is convenient that they have all the classes and rooms together. The rooms is easy explaining though. Nico and Bianca were placed in the school late, so they didn't get roommates. Imogene and Percy came in even later so they just put them together. Also, Thesis and Eros arranged everything, including the schedules, using a little bit of the mist.
aliissa- You make it sound like you don't like Imogene. Anyways, I brought her because it was Chaos' gut instinct.
Guest- how is it like Harry Potter? The chess?
Guest- You'll have to read to find out.
Here's Bianca's schedule for clarification.
Name: Bianca di Angelo Age: 13 Head Dormer: Linda Sahiner Home Room: Litty
Schedule
6:00 - 6:40: Morning roll call and morning workout
7:00 - 7:35: Breakfast
7:45 - 8:30: First Period (Algebra, Litty)
8:35 - 9:20: Second Period (Science, Smith)
9:25 - 10:10: Third Period (English, Hartright)
10:15- 11:00: Fourth Period (Study Hall, Nelson)
11:05 - 11:50: Fifth Period (History, Walker)
11:50 - 12:10: Return to rooms and drop off/ pick up books
12:15 - 12:50: Lunch (dining hall)
12:55 - 13:40: Sixth Period (Greek and Latin, Sherman)
13:45 - 15:00: Afternoon workouts
15:10 - 17:20: Study time and Activities (rooms and library)
17:30 - 18:05: Dinner
18:15- 18:45: Evening announcements
18:55- 21:30: Study time and Prepare for bed
21:30: Lights out
Disclaimer: All rights to respective owners. I do take the end part of the rescue scene from Rick Riordan, but it's changed up.
Percy's POV (Or Jackson's)
Getting whacked in the face with a pillow was not Percy's preferred way of waking up. It felt like just seconds ago he had drifted off to sleep before the pillow slammed him straight on. His honed reflexes jolted his body awake. Rolling out of his bed, Percy was reaching for his concealed weapon in his pocket before his were even open.
Imogene stood in the doorway, already dressed in the gym uniform they wore to morning workouts before returning to their rooms to change. Her hand was notably pillowless. Nico was fast asleep on his bed, so his sister had obviously thrown the pillow.
"What was that for?" He complained.
"You didn't wake up on time, so I had to wake you up. If you didn't like getting hit with a pillow, wake up yourself next time," Imogene smiled mischievously at him.
Percy groaned before looking at the clock which read five forty am. "Thanks, sis."
"No problem," She said too cheerfully for this early hour, skipping out of the room. Closing the door, Percy was left alone with a still slumbering Nico. Even after changing into his respective clothes, Nico had not awaken.
"Nico," He shook the other boy's shoulder hard. "Wake up."
The onyx eyed boy groaned in his sleep before covering his head with a pillow. "I can't believe I'm doing this," Percy muttered to himself. Summoning a bucket of water, he turned the temperature to just above freezing.
The water fell on the unsuspecting son of Hades. Nico leapt up from his bed like he had been shocked. Once he got over his initial shock, he turned to glare at Percy.
"What was that for?" Nico mimicked Percy's reaction from earlier.
"We have morning muster in fifteen minutes."
Nico's eyes widened and he hurried to get ready. Soon the four of them were heading down to the main hall where they were instructed to head. Since it was their first day, a bunch of people got up and talked about how excited they were to meet the new students, not, and how much fun they were going to have, not. The principal said a few opening words, before the vice principal took the microphone.
"Hello, I am Dr. Thorn and I will be ze vice principal for ze year. I will enjoy getting to know all of you," It may just have been Percy's imagination, but Dr. Thorn's eyes seemed to linger on Bianca and Nico. A flash appears before Percy's eyes, showing him a large creature with a whirling tail. A manticore. Imogene met his eyes, coming to the same conclusion. He suspects something, but knows nothing yet.
The gym instructors took the stage and explained a few things about morning and afternoon musters.
"It is ABSOLUTELY necessary that you are on time to ALL musters! Failure to do so will result in five hundred pushups in the snow!" A stocky man, Coach Rugs, yelled as he paced in front of them.
One kid, who looked like your stereotypical 'cool' kid, raised his hand. "Yes, Mr. ?" The gym teacher barked.
"Clyde."
"It's Clyde, SIR!"
"Clyde, Sir."
"Yes, continue," The man pulled out his military sword and leaned on it.
"What if there is no snow?"
The gym teacher narrowed his eyes. "What did you say to me?"
"I asked, what if there is no snow outside, how can we do push ups in the snow?"
"For Mr. Clyde's rudeness, you will all drop and give me 100 PUSH UPS RIGHT NOW!"
The kids groaned as they clambered off the bleachers to the gym floor. The four were close to the edge of the bleachers, Percy learned to always have an easy escape, so they soon began their push ups.
"If anyone else complains or defies my order again, it will be four hundred more push ups!"
Silently, the students complete the exercise over and over again. The only sound is the panting of the kids and the gym teacher barking occasional tips. "Head in line, Jones!" Back straight, McCarthy!"
From all of his training, Percy finishes rather quickly, but does extra as to not stand out. He can already sense Dr. Thorn's suspicion. Luckily for the students, morning muster ends before they can finish their push ups. Reluctantly, Coach Rugs lets them go, promising they will make up the missed push ups tomorrow. A teacher reminds them that breakfast is not a meal where you have to be there immediately, but the dining hall closes at 7:35.
After heading up the many flights of stairs to their rooms, Percy jumps in the shower, letting the water rejuvenate him even though he's not that tired. Changing into his freshly pressed uniform, he checks his bag while Nico showers. His many textbooks for his first five classes are stowed in the school loaned backpack along with his ipad and other supplies.
Someone knocks on the door. "Come in!" Percy calls. Imogene opens the door and looks around the room. When she doesn't see anyone else, she closes the door behind her, before sitting next to Percy on his bed.
"Nico's in the shower, right?" Imogene asks in a low voice.
"Yeah," Percy summoned water to make humidity in the air so Nico couldn't hear them while his sister made the room soundproof, using her Chaos powers. They could hear someone on the outside, but no one on the outside could listen to their conversation.
"There are two monsters in the school."
"The girl yesterday, Kelli, and Dr. Thorn, yes."
"Any sign of a satyr yet?" Percy asked.
"No, there is an odd smell meaning one is here, but I have yet to see him," Imogene cursed lightly under her breath. "Stupid satyrs and camp not so safe blood. If they kept their noses out of our mission, we would be fine!"
"Don't worry, Satyrs are overly gullible. We can trick him."
"I've been studying the paper Thanatos gave us. It's really a map of the school with all the secret hiding places. There's almost one in every hallway. It looks blank to anyone else who reads it. But will that be enough to keep them safe?"
"We have to. If we fail, our siblings won't get to come to earth because of our failure," Percy tensed. "Nico's getting out of the shower," He said as he heard the water turn off. They disbanded their magic and Imogene slipped out of the room.
Nico stepped out of the bathroom door. "Ready to head down to breakfast?"
"Yes, I'm starving," Nico replied.
Fern waiting for them outside of the girls dorm room. "I wanted to tell you to go ahead. Bianca's taking a little longer getting ready. I'll wait with her."
Percy was about to nod his consent, but Nico cut him off. "Don't feel like you have to. B always takes her time getting ready. When we were on our vacation, I showered, got dressed, and ate breakfast before she even turned the water off. Before that- I can't remember. That's odd."
The two children of Chaos exchanged fearful glances. Nico was walking dangerously close to his past, which Hades had showed them. They had to change the conversation, soon.
"It's fine. I'm sure you guys are hungry," Fern assures him.
"Come on, Nico, we can catch up with them later," Percy adds. The pair head down the dining hall where breakfast is being served. They join the line of students, grabbing navy blue or grey trays, Westover Hall's colors. The workers were dishing out plates of breakfast foods before sliding them across the counter. Percy grabbed a plate of pancakes while Nico got waffles. Continuing down the line to grab some milk bottles, the boys find a table towards the side of the cafeteria where Fern and Bianca will easily be able to see them.
Soon the sisters join them with breakfast. They eat mostly without talking, pondering what their day will be like. Percy wonders if there are more monsters in the school where Imogene concerns over the prospect of an annoying satyr. Nico and Bianca think about whether or not they will be any good in school. For some reason, neither can remember their past education.
Jackson looks up at the clock on the wall reading 7:31. Seeing as they are all finished eating, he asks. "Do you guys want to head out early?"
The di Angelo twins nod in consent and they drop their trays off in the shoot that will bring the dirty dishes to the kitchen. As they leave the cafeteria, a bell rings, signaling the end of breakfast. Chairs begin to scrape as students clean up from their meal. The quartet heads quickly up the stairs, trying to reach their classrooms before the wave of students overwhelms them.
After almost getting lost several times, Nico claimed, 'it was just down the next corridor', which happened to be a dead end, they found their classroom. A balding man stood outside the door, handing them note cards.
"Punctual," He said as Bianca made her way into the classroom.
"Punctual, instructions are on the front board," He handed Fern and Jackson notecards.
"Punctual," He handed Nico a card before turning to greet the next students.
The front board read in a neat scrawl,
Welcome to Algebra!
Sit down anywhere for now, you will be moved to your seats once class has begun.
"Come on, let's sit down together before all the seats are taken," Percy leads them over to seats close to the window in the middle of the column for strategical reasons. Middle seats are less suspicious because of the position. Seats in the front can be watched from anyone behind you, which is everyone. The back is for the stereotypical bad kids. If the teacher walks in and sees two of the same kid, one lounging in the back, the other sit up in the front, they will most likely favor the one in the front. Sitting in the middle shows that you have a general interest in the class. With the window behind them, they have an easy escape out of the three story high room. The door is easy to see from their position.
Unfortunately, the teacher walks into the classroom to start the class and move them to their seats.
"Hello, class, I am Mr. Litty and I will be your algebra teacher for the year," Percy, not really listening, does the necessary monster checks to determine if he is a monster or not. Nope, definitely a mortal. As Mr. Litty continues to talk about the material they will cover throughout the semester and the year, Percy scans the rest of the room. Since Voidar schooling is much more advanced than earth's, he passed algebra a few years ago. All mortals, but one has a weak clear sighted vision, a boy with light hair and glasses. That might be a problem if a monster-
The door of the classroom opens and in walks a familiar girl. Mr. Litty turns his attention to her.
"Do you need something, miss?" Mr. Litty asks politely.
"Oh no, I was just getting lost trying to find my math class," Kelli twirls her red hair and bats her eyelashes over her warm brown eyes. All the guys, aside from the clear sighted dude and the teacher, look dreamily at her. Somehow Kelli manages to make the school uniform, that was precisely measured to above knee cap, shorter without getting caught.
"May I see your schedule?" Kelli hands him her schedule.
"Well, Miss Valenza, you have made it to correct class. I was just covering the material for this year. Now we will get you to your assigned seats."
In the classroom's layout, there were five rows, with six desks in each row. There was a walkway in between the two groups of three desks. In the farther back, a few large tables for projects were neatly placed around the room. Walking down the columns, Mr. Litty read out the names and pointed to seats. He read front to back, doing the right set of desks first, closer to the door.
"Lin Riese."
"Bianca di Angelo."
"Kelli Valenza."
Percy gave Bianca a pitying look as she moved to her seat at the front of the room. Kelli flicked her hair before sitting down on Bianca's left. A boy with dark brown hair made his way over to his newly assigned seat.
In the end, Percy was seated by the window with two other kids, Wendy Van Gemeren and Shane Coolidge. Imogene was in the back row with Nico and another guy, Hagan Hempfield. The three of them, excluding Bianca, were on the window side, as far away from Bianca as they could possibly be. The daughter of Hades was too close to the monster. Kelli's long red fingernails could easily turn into claws and slit Bianca's throat.
Mr. Litty put a few easy problems up on the board for them to begin with. Swiftly, Percy solved them while the majority of the class struggled. Behind him, Percy could hear Nico groan quietly.
"Fern," He murmured.
Percy could picture his sister looking up from her finished work. He turned around to watch, acting like he was stretching.
"Yes Nico?"
"I'm, uh, really confused," Nico's pale cheeks blushed a little.
"Which one?"
"All of them," He said, now thoroughly embarrassed. "Is that a b or a d?"
"It's a P," Fern nonchalantly brushed the back of her hand against the paper. To most, it would look like she was wiping away the little eraser pieces. But Percy knew better. What was originally english letters were now Greek. Fern helped him begin the first problem, but with the easier to read letters, Nico completed the rest on his own.
Bianca wasn't doing very well either. Kelli was no help, blabbing about how she loved the mall and shopping. Lin, the boy on Bianca's other side, was madly pushing keys on his calculator.
For the rest of class, they checked the problems, passed out math textbooks, went over more procedures for doing things in class, and were assigned homework. A bell rang loudly through the grounds, signalling the end of clas. Students jumped to their feet while Mr. Litty reminded them that they had problems one-three to one-thirteen due tomorrow.
Outside of the classroom, Bianca was waiting for them, her hands gripping her backpack straps. Kelli was walking in the other direction, laughing and swinging her hair.
"If I have to hear Kelli say one more time how much she loves the mall," Bianca said when they joined and headed to science class.
"That bad, huh?" Fern asked.
"Distastefully horrible. She taps those long red nails against the desk every second. I swear they are claws."
Jackson nodded. Chaos' team of brilliant engineers had designed simulators to show them how it feels to have learning disorders like ADHD, dyslexia, and autism. Percy remembers not being able to stand any annoying noises like pencil tapping. Since the di Angelos were such powerful demigods, their ADHD would be much greater than a normal demigods.
The next two classes flew by in blurs of introductions and rules. In science, Mrs. Smith showed them the different units they would be covering, biology and study a few diverse habitats. Mrs. Smith also asked them to read the first chapter in their science textbook, titled Our World, before tomorrow's class. Miss Hartwright, their english teacher, showed them the books they would be required to read, discuss, and write essays about. Their homework was to read to page thirty in White Fang written by Jack London, a famous son of Mercury, and fill out the beginning thoughts worksheet.
No other monsters had shown themselves. Kelli shouldn't be much of a problem, but empousa are very manipulative and deceptive. She could trick the staff into believing that she was the innocent, though a little mist could cover that up. Dr. Thorn might only be a problem if Percy and Imogene had to protect the di Angelo twins while fighting him. Percy was sure Dr. Thorn's spike launcher could aim almost a hundred percent accurately if the stories he had read were true. Hades wouldn't be too happy if his kids got impaled. The smell of satyr and goat was still on the air. That almost worried the children of Chaos more than the monsters. At least they knew where the monsters were right know. A satyr from a camp that Zeus controlled through Dionysus was almost as fatal as the monsters trying to kill them.
Study hall created a bit of a problem. Mr. Nelson was a young man, a health teacher. Westover Hall only required you to take a few electives. For half the year, one semester, Mr. Nelson would be their study hall teacher. The other half he would be the same class' health teacher. Arts, musics, and computer classes were available, but Nico and Bianca had chosen not to take them. Physical education was covered in the morning muster and afternoon workout. According to the school, Greek and Latin counted as a language as much as spanish, french, or german did.
Mr. Nelson himself was nice enough. He let them sit at whatever tables they wanted, but promised to designate assigned seats to only those who goofed off. Talking was allowed at a below normal talking sound.
The moment they had sat down at a corner table, Percy sensed something was wrong. The smell of wet fur was stronger here. Keeping his head bent down like he was looking at his book, he lifted his eyes to watch the doorway.
Sure enough, a boy walks into the room. Well rather, he limps. His pants are the same uniform everyone else is wearing, but they look like some stuffed them. Curly brown hair pokes out from under the orange rasta cap Percy's sure he had to use the mist to allow him to wear it. A wispy goatee frames his chin while hairy arms hang at his side.
The continuous sniffing the boy is doing is almost like he's holding up a sign, Hey, I'm a random mixed breed between a goat and a human! Also, I'm looking for half bloods and monsters! Are you one? If the limp, the smell, and the hat weren't dead give aways, any mythical being could easily tell he's a satyr by the sniffing.
S.S., stupid satyr, as Percy decides to call him, locks his eyes on the di Angelos. Immediately his eyes light up. Hey, I've just found a halfblood! Look monsters, your next meal. SS walks over to their table, which is four desks in a row facing another four desks. They have already claimed the seats on the side looking towards the door.
"Hi, can I sit here?" SS asks, trembling in fear.
No you weak satyr! Go sleep in a barn! Percy wants to say, but that would attract attention so he turns his page in White Fang. "Sure, take a seat."
Sighing in relief, Grover plunks down into the sea across from Percy. "Thanks," He breathed, his brown eyes scanning the four of them. "My name's Grover Underwood."
I prefer SS much better, but... Percy muses.
"Bianca di Angelo," She looked up before continuing in her math homework.
"Fern Last," Her sister went back to helping Bianca with her math.
"Nico di Angelo," He drew sweeping lines on the side of his english paper.
"Jackson Last."
SS, Grover, chuckled. "You guys are like quadruplets then?"
They all simultaneously gave him blank looks like, Seriously? Grover's chuckling died down and he buried his face in his book, Of Mice and Men, in embarrassment.
Imogene turned and locked eyes with Percy. Satyr, She said through their mental connection.
No duh! He walked in and was like, I'M A SATYR! MONSTERS COME EAT ME!
She laughed in their heads. Too true brother. What do we do?
Get him out of our way.
Embarrassment?
Oh yeah, Percy finished before turning back to White Fang. He read to page forty before completing the beginning thoughts guide.
Beside him, Nico was struggling to read the first few pages. "Hey Nico," Jackson whispered. "Can I see your math book for a second?"
Nodding, Nico didn't take his eyes off the swimming words. Quickly Percy leaned placing his hand on all of Nico's books, turning them in a jumble mess of Greek and Italian. Nico and Bianca were fluent in both, so mixing the two together subconsciously would make it easier for their ADHD minds to focus. He touched the edge of Nico's book, doing the same.
Imogene, if Bianca's struggling, turn all of her textbooks into a mix of Greek and Italian. The mist should cover it and make it easier for them, He said through their mental connection. Getting, a nod back from Imogene's end, Percy began his math homework.
History was interesting. Sergeant Walker, as he liked to be called, was an intimidating man but an excellent teacher so far. They would be studying World wars, American wars, civil wars, and wars with pirates. Percy could sense an underlying theme was WARS.
When the bell rang, they retreated back to their rooms before heading to lunch. Following that was Greek and Latin class. Bianca and Nico were surprised to find that they were rather good at the subject, contrary to their previous belief.
Afternoon workouts contained thirty minutes of sit up, push ups, jumping jacks, and other exercises, before a four mile uphill run. The students head back into the school as the sun begins its descent.
Back in their room, Nico flops on his bed. "Uh, now I have to read the greek myth about the titans and primordials for Sherman's class."
Percy digs through his duffel bag that he had originally shoved under his bed. "Is that all you have to do for homework?"
"Yeah, I finished our math, english, and science in Study Hall. And we don't have any homework in History."
"Then let's go swimming."
"What?!" Nico sat bolt upright. "Are you nuts?"
Percy held up his green swimsuit he had found. "There's a pool on the third floor. I asked Marley Voss and he said that we could swim in it. We get over two hours of free time after dinner and announcements. You can easily read the myth then."
"Fine," Nico relented.
Time Skip to December 15 (the day Percy went to Westover in the books)
The last few months at Westover Hall had become into a relaxing routine. Getting up for morning workouts and eating breakfast with Bianca, Fern, and Nico was normal. Math, Science, English, study hall with annoying SS also known as Grover, and History came next. The rest of the day flew by with lunch, Greek and Latin, and afternoon workouts. Every day during the first study time, Jackson and his friends would go swimming in the pool. They would bring their notes if they had big tests they next day to study while they relaxed in the pool.
Dr. Thorn and Kelli were clearly suspecting Bianca and Nico of being demigods. They were also suspicious of Jackson and Fern. Grover was tailing them to the point where Imogene had gotten so annoyed with him, she locked the one hallway door, so he had to take another corridor. He wasn't even late for the enchilada lunch.
Today was the last day of the term before everyone went home for Christmas break. A thick layer of snow covered the ground and the air was chilly in main entrance hall. A student planned dance was being held in celebration of the holidays. The gym was decorated with streamers and balloons. Guys shot hoops in the corner or tried to kick the helium filled balloons in each others faces. Girls walked around in little huddles, wearing ridiculous outfits since they were allowed to be out of uniform, and pounds of makeup caked on their faces.
Percy leaned back against the bleachers where he sat with his three friends. He wore simple sweat pants and a sweatshirt with sneakers. Though he looked relaxed, all of his senses were working overtime. Kelli and Dr. Thorn would make their move today if they were ever going to make one. His hand rested over his pocket with his weapons concealed.
Bianca was dressed in black jeans, sneakers, and a fleece jacket. Her hair was french braided back by Imogene. Nico wore black jeans and sneakers, but a dark blue jacket. None of them had worn fancy clothes to the dance; they didn't really care.
Next to Percy, Imogene shuffled her feet. She was wearing a sweatshirt and boots with blue jeans. He could feel her anxiety. Once this day was over they would both be relieved.
"Would you like this dance?" He offered his hand to his sister. She smiled and took it. They walked to the dance floor where the girl huddles were moving in packs. Taking their positions, the children of Chaos began the dance they were taught when they were younger. As they spun around, Percy could see Nico offering Bianca a siblings dance. The door to the gym opened and Percy spotted an orange hat leaving the gym, Grover.
After a song, Nico and Bianca danced over to them. When the girls were twirling, Nico caught Percy's eye and they switched partners. For a while Percy danced with Bianca.
"I haven't seen you wearing your green hat in a while," Percy says as they dance.
Bianca's eyebrows furrow. "I know. I had it the other week but now it's gone."
"Think someone stole it?"
"I don't know, maybe."
The doors to the gym opened again, emitting four people into the warm gym. One was Grover, he expected that. The other three were girls, all three having strong halfblood auras. Dr. Thorn slipped into the gym from a side entrance. Percy cursed under his breath.
"Percy, are you okay?" Bianca asked worriedly.
"Yeah, I'm okay. I just need to talk to Fern," He replied. "It was an honor dancing with you."
Bianca smiled before they walked over to Fern and Nico. Fern too had spotted the demigods, he could see it in her eyes. Heading back over to the bleachers, they took a vantage point so they could see both Dr. Thorn and the demigods.
"You watch for threats, I'll watch the new comers," Percy muttered. His sister nodded. To her right, Bianca and Nico laughed as they played a game with cards.
The oldest of the half bloods, the fourteen year old, tugged off her ski cap, letting curly blonde hair fall down. Her stormy grey eyes met her companions' as they talked in hushed tones. Suddenly, the girl with auburn hair stepped forward towards where Percy sat on the bleachers, but Grover and a girl with black hair pulled her back. Blonde girl talked for a little longer before the black haired girl dragged a tripping Grover onto the dance floor.
Percy carefully evaluated each of the demigods to try and determine who their godly parent is. That will make it a lot easier to trick them and get the di Angelos safely through today. The blonde haired girl is obviously a daughter of Athena. The way she took over the situation just proves it.
The girl dancing with Grover has choppy black hair around her shoulders and startling blue eyes. Her eyeliner literally makes her eyes pop. A black leather jacket, ripped black jeans, and combat boots give her a darker look, but she's a daughter of Zeus, easy.
With the daughter of Athena, the auburn haired girl sits on a bench. Determining her godly parent is a bit harder. The auburn hair would only match Artemis on Olympus, but green is the color of her eyes instead of silver. Narrowing down the choices, Percy's left with Hermes, Poseidon, and Demeter.
Before he has a chance to figure it out, Kelli steps out her huddle with some mortal girls. She walks nonchalantly to the refreshment table. Half way there, Dr. Thorn intercepts her. He talks for a moment with his hands before pointing at her short skirt. Kelli sighs before following him through the side exit. A few feet from the door, she drops something out of her purse before stamping on it several times. As the door closes behind her, Percy sees it is Bianca's green hat, dirtied.
The daughter of Zeus and mystery auburn girl, Mag he decides to call her, tug on Grover's sleeve and point to the cap.
"Bianca, Nico get down," Percy pushed them down gently under the bleacher they are sitting on.
Grover's eyes widen as he sees the di Angelo twins missing from the bleachers and the cap too. He's obviously seen the cap on Bianca before. Without even glancing at the bleachers, he trots over to it and sniffs it. He nods his head yes in a confirmation. Mag fingers her necklace while the daughter of Zeus twists her bracelet. Without even considering the strategist of the group, the daughter of Athena, whose talking to a teacher at the edge of the gym, they sprint off down the hallway.
Soon, the daughter of Athena looks up to realize her companions are no longer in the gym. She glances over to the bleachers with missing Bianca and Nico. Noticing the exit doors open, she hurries after the direction her friends just went. Jackson turns towards Fern.
"Those three are powerful half bloods. We should follow them. If the titan king is really rising, we need all the strong demigods we can get."
Fern nodded. "Should they come with us?" She inclined her head towards the di Angelos.
"They have to. We don't know what other monsters are lurking. They will be safe with us."
"Nico, Bianca, this is going to be really strange, but I need you guys to trust us," Fern said.
"Some crazy stuff with happen: we need you to stick close to us and stay hidden. Come on," Jackson got off the bleachers and walked towards the door, Fern following.
"Wait, won't the teachers notice us leaving?" Bianca asked as she stood up.
"No, but we must hurry."
They strode across the gym into the hallway. Opening a closet door, Percy summoned ski coats for the four of them from the magical bags Thanatos had hidden around the school, but made it look like he grabbed them from the closet. Handing them to everyone, they continued down the dimly lit hall, staying in the shadows.
A spike impaled in the wall made the group stop. Fern reached over and touched the spike, feeling the earth in the bricks to tell her what had happened.
"No one was killed, just a little hurt," She said before they continued down the corridor, being led by the faint scuff marks. The exit to the outside was open, the doors swinging in the chilly wind. Bianca and Nico looked thankful for their parkas.
Jackson hurried outside, watching for any sign of predators. A path led through the forest to the cliff overlooking the sea. They had often ran the trail as part of their workouts. Nico started towards the path, but Fern pulled him towards the deep forest after Percy. They walked in between the thick trees, staying beside the path, but hidden.
A rustle was heard on the path and Fern froze. She carefully peaked through the trees, looking for signs of danger. No one was there. Concentrating, Percy used the moisture in the air to show whatever was hiding.
"The blonde girl," Fern said. The daughter of Athena was using an invisibility cap to hide herself from the monsters. Voices could be heard be heard ahead of us as we caught up to the monster and demigod group.
"What are you doing,Grace?" Hissed a voice that was surely Dr. Thorn's. "Keep moving!"
"It's my shoulder," The girl with black hair, the daughter of Zeus said. "It burns."
"Bah! My poison causes pain. It will not kill you. Walk!"
Thorn herded them through the woods, Kelli posing as back century. She had a long piece of a celestial bronze mirror, jagged around the edges and clearly her knife. The four of them trailed them down a snowy path dimly lit by old-fashioned lamplights. The wind blowing through the forest was unusually cold. The demigods, who had taken their warm clothes off inside the gym, must be freezing.
"There is a clearing ahead," Thorn said. "We will summon your ride."
"What ride?" Mag demanded. "Where are you taking us?"
"Silence, you insufferable girl!" Kelli snapped, pressing her mirror shard to the auburn's neck.
"Don't talk to my friend that way," Grover said. His voice quivered. Dr. Thorn made a growling sound that definitely wasn't human.
Another branch snapped behind them loudly. Couldn't the daughter of Athena walk quietly through the woods? Kelli lunged backward to where a stick lay broken on the ground. Pressing her jagged dagger to an invisible person, she ripped off a yankees cap. The daughter of Athena, stood there, white faced.
"Ah, what's this? Another demigod? Good job Kelli," Thorn drawled.
The woods had opened up. They had reached the cliff overlooking the sea. Percy felt strengthened by the presence of the sea, as his mother and stepfather were of the sea. He could hear the waves churning and smell the cold salty froth. But all they could see was mist and darkness.
Dr. Thorn pushed the three demigods and the satyr towards the edge. The daughter of Athena stumbled, and Grover caught her.
"Thanks," She murmured.
"What is he?" Mag whispered. "How do we fight him?"
"I… I'm working on it," The daughter of Athena replied.
Grover fiddled nervously with some reed pipes. Of all the types of satyrs he had to be, we got stuck with the one who brings music, not a weapon to defend himself.
"Stop talking!" Dr. Thorn said. "Face me!"
They turned.
Thorn pulled something from under his coat. It was only a phone. He pressed the side button and said, "The package- no we didn't get the oldest two," I had a feeling he was talking about Bianca and Nico. "But we got two daughters of the big three, an Athena kid, and a satyr."
There was a garbled reply, and the phone responded back, walkie talkie style. Mag glanced behind her at the sea.
Dr. Thorn laughed. "By all means, daughter of Poseidon. Jump! There is the sea. Save yourself."
"Nico, Bianca," Percy murmured. "We need to go rescue those people. I want you guys to stay hidden, but just in case they find you," I summoned my sword out of my pocket and handed it to Nico. Chaotic steele worked best for children of Chaos, but it would work for anyone. The oceanic steele would throw the son of Hades off a bit, but he should still be able to fight with it. Fern handed her knifes to Bianca. Their eyes widen, but they stay quiet.
"I would kill you before you ever reached the water," Dr. Thorn said to Mag, who was a daughter of Poseidon. "You do not realize who I am, do you?"
A flicker of movement behind him, and another missile whistled so close to her that it nicked her hair. From our position, Jackson could see Thorn's tail swishing.
"Unfortunately," Kelli said, "You are wanted alive, if possible. Otherwise you would already be dead."
"Luke wants us," Athena's daughter said bitterly. "You work for Luke.
Dr. Thorn's mouth twisted with distaste when the name was said. "You have no idea what is happening, Annabeth Chase," He told the blonde girl. "I will let the General enlighten you. You are going to do him a great service tonight. He is looking forward to meeting you, Thalia Grace."
"Don't call me that," Zeus' daughter, Thalia Grace snarled.
"Well, if you are uncooperative, we can always use the daughter of Poseidon to do the deed," Kelli stroked the auburn's hair with her long red nails.
Thorn looked toward the horizon. "Ah, here we are. Your transportation."
They turned and saw a light in the distance, a searchlight over the sea. Then Percy heard the chopping of helicopter blades getting louder and closer.
"Where are you taking us?" Poseidon's daughter said.
"You should be honored, my girl. You will have the opportunity to join a great army!"
"You can take your great army and—" Thalia spat.
"Oh, a feisty one," Kelli purred.
"Now, now," Dr. Thorn warned. "You will change your mind about joining us. And if you do not, well… there are other uses for half-bloods. We have many monstrous mouths to feed. The Great Stirring is underway."
"The Great what?" Annabeth asked.
"The stirring of monsters." Dr. Thorn smiled evilly. "The worst of them, the most powerful, are now waking. Monsters that have not been seen in thousands of years. They will cause death and destruction the likes of which mortals have never known. And soon we shall have the most important monster of all—the one that shall bring about the downfall of Olympus!"
"We're going out there now. Stay hidden," Percy instructed the di Angelos. Drawing his axe, he got ready to charge. "Now!" He whispered.
He and Fern zipped silently towards the monsters, with a quietness that only someone who has been training for a long time could master. Thorn and Kelli had their backs to them, watching the helicopter and blabbing about the great stir pot and whatever. Imogene sent a blast of wind, a power from her father, Ouranos, to knock the demigods to the ground. For a split second, Dr. Thorn was taken by surprise, so his first volley of missiles zipped harmlessly over their heads. This gave the demigods a chance to draw their weapons, even though the children of Chaos didn't need their help.
Fern engaged Kelli, as girls aren't fooled by empousa's magic and beauty. Jackson charged Thorn, his axe whirling over his head. Thalia rubbed the silver bracelet on her wrist, a large shield appearing. Her shield was modeled after one her dad Zeus uses— called Aegis—a gift from Athena. The shield has the head of the gorgon Medusa molded into the bronze. Percy is thankful for the shield, it will protect the demigods from the flying spikes while he defeats the manticore. The daughter of Poseidon tapped her watch and pulled the water droplet pendant on her neck. A glimmering blue blade, a long dagger, and a shield with weird engravings, people riding hippocampi, an odd glimmering thing in a pine tree, and countless other pictures appear. Annabeth drew her knife while Grover put his reed pipes to his lips.
Moving quickly, Percy spun his axe at Thorn. The vice principal had transformed into his real self, a manticore. Growling, he slashed at Percy with his longs claws. Retaliating, Jackson swiped his axe down at manticore's back. Thorn yowled, as a long scratch appeared on his back.
Thalia tried darting in with her spear and shield. Percy wanted to yell at her to get out of the way, but Thalia's diversion gave him a few seconds to scan the cliff. Grover sprang forward. He put his reed pipes to his lips and began to play—a frantic jig that sounded like something pirates would dance to. Grass broke through the snow. Within seconds, rope-thick weeds were wrapping around Dr. Thorn's legs, entangling him. The manticore clawed Grover's magic weeds to shreds.
The sound of the helicopter was getting louder behind them. His sister had just plunged her sword through Kelli's neck when monsters began jumping off the helicopter to surround her. Fern slashed through the first hellhound and drew her staff. With the amount of monsters bombarding her, she needed two weapons to fight, even if it was more suspicious to be fighting with two weapons. She didn't dare draw her scythe. It looked far to much like her half brother, Kronos' weapon.
Percy longed to go help his sister, but the demigods weren't going to hold out much longer against Thorn. Thalia jabbed at his head, but he snarled and swatted the spear aside. His orange paw, with enormous claws that sparked against Thalia's shield as he slashed. If it hadn't been for Aegis, Thalia would've been sliced like a loaf of bread. As it was, she managed to roll backward and land on her feet. The daughter of Poseidon and Annabeth tried jabbing at his hind legs but he fired a flurry of missiles, forcing them to hide behind Poseidon's daughter's shield. Dr. Thorn launched another volley of missiles at Thalia. The missiles deflected off Aegis, but the force of their impact knocked Thalia down.
"Get down!" Annabeth called to Grover. A second wave of spikes impacted against the auburn's shield. The girl looked heart broken as she saw her beautiful shield damaged. It surely wouldn't stop a third volley.
Imogene rolled as a cyclopes swung at her head. She did a back handspring, kicking another monster in the chest before stabbing a third with her staff. They disintegrated, but more kept coming. Imogene was fighting well, but there were simply too many.
The manticore would be easy work if Percy didn't have to protect the half bloods. He cursed again before engaging Dr Thorn, who had just swatted Grover next to Thalia.
Then a clear piercing sound cut through the mist: the call of a hunting horn blowing in the woods.
The manticore froze. For a moment, no one, except Imogene who was fighting for her life, moved. There was only the swirl of snow and wind and the chopping of the helicopter blades.
"No," Dr. Thorn said. "It cannot be—"
His sentence was cut short when something shot past me like a streak of moonlight. A glowing silver arrow sprouted from Dr. Thorn's shoulder. He staggered backward, wailing in agony.
"Curse you!" Thorn cried. He unleashed his spikes, dozens of them at once, into the woods where the arrow had come from, but just as fast, silvery arrows shot back in reply. It looked like the arrows had intercepted the thorns in midair and sliced them in two, which they did. The manticore pulled the arrow out of his shoulder with a howl of pain. His breathing was heavy.
Then the archers came from the woods. They were girls, about a dozen of them. The youngest was maybe ten. The oldest were about fourteen. They wore silvery ski parkas and jeans, and they were all armed with bows. They advanced on the manticore with determined expressions.
"The Hunters!" Annabeth cried.
Thalia muttered, "Oh, wonderful."
Percy fought back a curse. Stupid hunters, complicating everything!
One of the older archers stepped forward with her bow drawn. She was tall and graceful with coppery colored skin. Unlike the other girls, she had a silver circlet braided into the top of her long dark hair, so she looked like some kind of Persian princess, obviously the lieutenant. "Permission to kill, my lady?"
Fern fell to her knees as a dracaena knocked her in the knees from behind. She managed to stab her in the stomach, before falling back on the ground. Over thirty piles of golden dust lay on the ground and covering her. All of the monsters, minus Thorn, were gone.
The monster wailed. "This is not fair! Direct interference! It is against the Ancient Laws."
"Not so," another girl said. This one was a little younger than me, maybe twelve or thirteen. She had auburn hair gathered back in a ponytail and strange eyes, silvery yellow like the moon, Artemis. "The hunting of all wild beasts is within my sphere. And you, foul creature, are a wild beast." She looked at the older girl with the circlet. "Zoe, permission granted."
The manticore growled. "If I cannot have these alive, I shall have them dead!"
He lunged at Fern, knowing she was exhausted from defeating so many monsters. Percy tried to reach her, but he was simply too far away to reach her.
"NO!" Nico yelled as he ran out of the woods, brandishing Percy's sword, Bianca right behind him. Nico sprinted hard, getting ahead of Bianca, whose foot caught on a root,
"Get back, boy!" The girl with the circlet said. "Get out of the line of fire!"
But Nico tackled the monster, driving his sword into the manticore's mane. The manticore howled, Nico hanging on like a bull rider.
"Fire!" Zoe ordered.
"No!" Bianca, Imogene, and Percy screamed.
The Hunters let their arrows fly. The first caught the manticore in the neck. Another hit his chest. The manticore staggered backward, wailing, "This is not the end, Huntress! You shall pay!"
And before anyone could react, the monster leapt over the cliff and tumbled into the darkness. Percy could only watch in horror, while Imogene's face paled.
"NICO!" Bianca screamed, slumping in defeat.
How was it? I hoped you liked it.
IMPORTANT: This is NOT Percy x Bianca. I just think in my mind that Percy and Bianca, had she lived in the original series, would have had a cousinly relationship like Percy and Thalia do.
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