Regarding the Percy is darker than we think as well as Octavian and Percy would probably be bros. I'm so excited... Next chapter coming. I'm on summer break! Note! Light Wreck it ralph spoilerage below.

Chapter 2

Percy didn't know how many times he'd seen Wreck-it Ralph. Once or twice? Octavian had clearly seen it a thousand times, or more.

"Rachel got it for me for Christmas." He'd said, before clicking the play button. The Augur sat on one end of his probably rescued from curbside green loveseat, Percy on the other. Since Octavian was skinny there was enough room for the plate between them and both took cookies as the movie progressed. For the most part Octavian was quiet, except for a few laughs now and then and a couple well memorized quotes.

"Doomsday and Armageddon just had a baby and it is ugly." He'd muttered along with Jane Lynch's character, then falling silent. Percy glanced over only once, when Ralph was destroying the go-kart, and noticed Octavian hiding his face, his eyes noticeably red after that.

But one thing struck Percy Jackson the most about watching the Disney movie with Octavian Alexander. When Ralph took the plunge into Diet Cola Mountain Octavian recited, ever so quietly with the protagonist:

"I'm bad, and that's good. I will never be good, and that's not bad. There's no one I'd rather be, than me." Percy guessed the movie struck Octavian, the "bad guy", on a deeper level. And that affirmation, along with Rachel, might be what kept him going. Percy didn't say anything until the movie was completely over, then turned to Octavian.

"I have a problem."

"Yes? I was going to put on Paperman, it's just five minutes but it can wait."

"I have these powers and instincts and... I think that I'm scaring my friends."

"Well, you know at least that you can call them friends." Octavian murmured.

"Yes but... I just want to live my life without people having to be cautious around me. I don't want to be scary."

"At this point I don't think you can change anything. If you think you've actually scared people then you're already scary. You probably just have to control how you act around people who you really care about."

"I was hoping you could show me how. Since you kind of know what it feels like to be a..." Percy choked on the word, embarrassed.

"Monster? You think you are one? Percy Jackson, the hero?"

"Percy Jackson the Monster."

"You fight monsters. You kill them."

"Isn't that kind of a little frightening? How many and how much I've killed?"

"I suppose."

"How do you deal with it?"

"Well people are more creeped out by me then scared. But like I said. You have to really work on controlling the parts of you that are less then pretty so that the people who really care about you don't get hurt."

"How?" He begged. He was getting really worried.

"It's different for me and you!" Octavian said, exasperated.

"In what way?" Octavian sighed.

"Well I know very little about your case but for me it was a complete transformation, from Octavian 1.0 to Octavian 2.0 and for me I changed just for Rachel and very little for anyone else whereas you want to change for more than one person. Also you don't have to change your personality completely, you just want to smother certain aspects. And I have to warn you that I don't have a magical wand to help you be less of a monster- not that I even think you are. I'm still fighting 1.0 like every day. You just have to really care about why you're changing, who you're changing for."

"I do."

"I know."

"Look. I don't know how to fix you. Not right now at least. If you still want my help then we can talk another time about this."

"I do... I'm starting to see you in a new light."

"Great, whatever. Write down a list of specific areas you want to change in and text me next time you want to talk. Oh, and thank your mom for those cookies."

"Will do. She'd love to meet you." Octavian jotted down his number and handed it over. When Percy Jackson had finally left he felt relieved, melting against the wall.

If the "great" Percy Jackson felt like a monster sometimes, how much more of one was he?

No!

"There's no one I'd rather be than me." He insisted.

The first step to battling 1.0 was believing that.

I like this chapter...