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Percy's POV ( 15 years old )
-About a week before the titan war –
Hey, it's me again. You know how last time I was all like 'this is going to be a whole lot better than Gabe's place.' And 'my life couldn't get any worse' ….
…
IT COULD, IN FACT, GET WORSE.
-clears throat-
Allow me to explain.
-flashback-
I walk up inside the camp to be met with a horse man looking straight at me. That made me nervous considering this means that he is judging me.
Instead of spouting insults he smiled at me. even I could tell it was forced.
Dang even 2 seconds in a new place and someone already hates me.
"Hey there, young camper. Welcome to Camp Half-Blood, where children from all over the United States come to train to survive. All kids, in which are like you in more ways then one. Some people might say that we are family. Those people are correct. Now, come with me." he tells me then gestures for me to follow.
I follow the man warily considering he could just be pretending to be nice and might hit me as soon as we get into a secluded area.
As we are walking there, all of the campers stop and stare. They narrow their eyes at me, making it seem like they are looking into my very soul.
We get to the biggest house thing in the area and he stops and opens the door for me, trying to be nice I suppose.
I thank him by nodding slightly then walked inside nervously, not knowing what to expect.
The door closed behind me with a thud as the horse man walked in, probably closed by him. He walked over to the ping pong table so I follow him. Over by the table was a really pudgy guy with a vine wrapped around his leg and a purple dress thing on.
The horse man caught me staring and he cleared his throat.
"It's rude to stare, dear child. This here is Mr. D. and I am Chiron. I'm sure that you know at least some Greek Mythology correct?" he says in a way where I can tell it is forced kindness.
I nod my head, not wanting to disappoint him.
'I mean I know some Greek mythology, but not everything there is to know. All I know is that there are the twelve Olympians and some minor gods. Aphrodite is the eldest one and I don't know who the youngest is. I've heard of Chiron and Charon and of some monsters. That's about it though.'
I told Chiron this and he looks at me like he is disappointed in me. I kind of get why though. I mean a child of a god or goddess should know the origins of the Gods and yet I know none, just names.
He smiles at me after about a minute like the disappointment look didn't just happen and goes back to what he was going on and on about.
"So boy what is your name… I didn't catch it earlier." He asked.
'That's because I never told you yet' I thought while mentally scowling.
" Perseus Jackson sir." I tell him emotionlessly. Well as emotionless as I can, being a kid and all.
"hmm ok and do you know your godly parent?" he asks with a raised eyebrow.
I look towards the ground and ask Aunt Hestia,
'Auntie can I tell Chiron who my real father is or do I lie and say my dad is Gabe and an unknown mother and that I'm adopted hence the last name?'
'You can tell him young one and if he hits you again I'm sending him back to his father… ahem anyway tell him sweetie, he should accept you'
'Thanks Auntie'
I hear her nod ( I know it's weird just go with it) and I tune back into the cruel truth of reality when I see Chiron staring at me still.
I look up back up at him.
"Poseidon" I say with my emotionless mask that I still had on.
Luckily for me I was prepared for what happened next.
Chiron, not liking that answer, glared murderously at me and looked about ready to punish me to no tomorrow, however, Apollo appeared and stood in front of me.
"You leave him be Chiron" his voice boomed, making me glad to be the one who he is protecting.
"But, Lord Apollo. He is Poseidon's spawn! He broke his oath. This child should've never been born!" Chiron pleaded to Apollo, wanting him to take his side instead of mine.
"SILENCE!" Chiron nervously stood down as Apollo raised his voice more. " You do not know what this poor kid has been through because of his tragic past, yet you judge him on his godly parent. You do not have the right to judge on parentage, Chiron, considering yours is more dangerous to keep around. You are to treat this child as your own and if I find out that you have abused him in any way, shape or form, there WILL be consequences. You Understand pony?" Apollo ranted with a glare as he spat out the last word.
Chiron gulped and nodded vigorously.
"Good" Apollo said steely then turned to me. Once his eyes landed on me, his facial features soften then he grabs me in for a hug, which I accepted. I figured out I love hugs. Especially from Apollo. I feel loved by someone. Which, of course, is a first for me.
After about a minute of hugging him, he whispered some words of condolence in my ear then broke the hug and smiled brightly at me.
So much so that it almost blinded me.
I survived though; as you can tell, and smiled a slight real smile myself, which surprises me.
I NEVER REAL SMILE.
OMG THE WORLD IS ENDING.
Jk, but siriusly (Sirius Black anyone? XD) it's THAT rare.
ANYWAY, after that all transpired, he winked at me and then left by godly transport.
Meaning he disappeared in a big flash of pure white light.
To me its called
Godly Flashlight Powers.
Cool right?
-clears throat- sorry. anyway, after he left, Chiron, now nervous, tells me.
"well now, after what just happened I guess that you are allowed in cabin 3. It might get lonely in there though, kid. There isn't another son of the sea god around anymore, that I know of." With that he gave me my cabin key and ushered me out the door. After that, the camp kids and councilors that I saw, all glared at me and started to whisper things to me, which I learned is a VERY bad thing…
Oh well.
I walked around to get familiar with the camp that I will be living in for the how ever long I stay.
-End of flashback-
That's how it went.
Hated from the very start and that's not even the worst of it.
You know how Chiron said that I was the only son of the sea god that he knew of.
I don't know if he knew this or not, but I have a feeling he did and just didn't tell me because he so obviously hates me.
I have a freaking sister.
Yeah you heard me right.
A freaking little sister, who is around Nico's age (NO THIS IS NOT PERCY'S SISTER AND NICO LOVE). Her name is Lily, and she is the cutest thing ever in my book. The good news is that she loves me like a bro-sis relationship should be.
No bad news about that for now about her. She doesn't love anyone yet and stands up for me, which she shouldn't, but does anyway.
Good news also.
More of the gods love me now or at least don't hate me: Artemis, Apollo, Hestia, Aphrodite, Hermes, Hades, and hopefully Poseidon.
I really don't know if my 'dad' loves me or hates me. I haven't heard from him. I mean yeah he has claimed me… but he wasn't the only one apparently.
I think claiming has those symbols too.
Oh never mind, I have bad news about Lily.
I don't know her last name.
She refuses to tell anyone, like she is scared of a reaction or something.
She'll tell us when she is ready I suppose.
So yeah, life here is ok in a sense. The times when I did get beat up; let's just say that I'm glad that I was claimed. OH I didn't get to tell you guys about the claiming. Stupid ADHD ( A/N: I have it too!).
It was really weird.
-Small flashback-
It was the week after I had arrived. Everyone else was sitting and chatting with their siblings and half-siblings, while I am here by myself at the Poseidon table.
You see, even if I wasn't claimed, since I knew my godly parent, they let me sit here. And if I was claimed by someone else instead, then I would be fed to the harpies for lying.
So yeah, I am kind of hoping, praying, and sacrificing to him and Hestia that he claims me. And I've been telling Hestia everything that has been happening.
She was not pleased. However, she liked that Apollo yelled at Chiron.
So right before the campfire was about to end that night, the fire flared up so its bright orangeness became darker, almost red. And its height raised a couple of feet and the best part is:
It happened when I sat down.
Therefore, I got the most murderous looking glares ever and even better scared looks from the younger campers. Damn it I scared them.
I look down in shame even though I did nothing bad, they apparently thought I did.
Then the stopped glaring and everyone's face contorted with fear and worry. That made me panic and so I looked behind me, thinking that they actually cared a little.
I was waaaaaay off.
Some nice kid pointed directly above my head and what I saw was interesting.
A two way claim.
An arrow and trident were on my head, but weirdly enough, I felt something itchy and painful on my back and a little hot.
I bring my hand up to my face to see and what I see scares me worse than when I was with Gabe.
I was on fire.
Literally.
My hand was completely engulfed in flames. And I somehow had a whitish glow to my skin as well.
Pushing the thought of the whitish glow aside, the claiming means that three gods have acknowledged me.
The fire and Arrow were Hestia and Apollo obviously and the trident was Poseidon.
Ha dad did claim me! yay! No harpies!
-End of small flashback-
Soo ya, that's how I was claimed and still alive today, although I don't know if I will be for long.
You see, there is a war in about a week. How I know that is simple really.
The titans are already on their way to Olympus.
In fact, I'm telling you thing as I am currently taking a break from training constantly.
Not fun.
Especially when you are me and no one wants to train with me. Even this one girl named Annabeth… I think I mentioned her in the flashback… ehh well if I didn't im sorry.
Kinda.
Annabeth is constantly glaring at me.
I think it's because I brought Thalia, her childhood friend, back to life from being a tree a couple years ago.
Don't ask me why, I don't understand the wonders of a girl's brain. I'm sorry if you don't know what they look like. Annabeth always glares at me so I try to avoid her and Thalia joined the Hunters so I barely see her, oh and she's on Annabeth's side as far as I know.
Anyway, so that's how it is. At least I haven't been abused a lot.
Oh? You thought after the Apollo incident, I was safe? Heh not even close.
While it's true that I can't be punished by Chiron, Apollo never said anything about the campers. Or Mr. D.
Mr. D. doesn't abuse me though. He just keeps calling me Peter Johnson. I'm used to that by now though.
The campers take advantage of it though. They drag me to the forest or their cabins (since its with their permission I was allowed in) to beat me up until I could no longer stand, in which case they would drag me outside and throw me at my cabin. Sometimes literally.
No matter which cabin it was, it all seemed it couldn't get any worse, then something else happens to prove me wrong.
The fates hate me I assume.
Oh shit … here comes Clarisse, and she's the worst …. And she brought some Hephaestus' kids…. Great….
Whelp if I make it, I'll see you peoples soon.