Disclaimer: Still. Don't. Own. It. Stop. Reminding. Me.
Silena pressed her lips together, trying not to laugh for Percy's sake. The poor girl was looking from Will to Annabeth and back again, clueless. Silena of course knew Percy's affect on people, both girls and boys. It wasn't just her looks, Silena knew, but her personality as well. Percy had that magnetic pull on people, that forced others to look at her. Silena wasn't lying when she said she looked like a child of Aphrodite, not just with her looks, but with her charm as well.
It was a dangerous thing to have...
"As much as I love to make fun of Percy," Silena said, idly twirling the bracelet around her wrist. "I have to get ready for my date with Charlie."
Percy looked relieved to be dismissed. She smiled gratefully at Silena, which made her sick to her bones, and shoved Annabeth and Will, who was still staring at Percy, out. Percy glanced back at Silena.
"Thanks," she said.
Silena plastered a fake smile on her face. "No problem, Perce," she said cheerfully.
Percy must have noticed the falseness in her voice and raised an eyebrow. "If..." She started hesitantly. "If you ever need help, or someone to talk to, I...I'll be there, if you want." She blushed hard, as if she wasn't sure why she said that.
Silena felt guilt rising up, almost suffocating her. How could Percy of all people say something like that? Why couldn't she just hate her? That would've made things easier, that would've made lying easier. And Clarrise too...
"Of course," she lied. "I know I have friends who care for me." But who I'm betraying nevertheless, she thought glumly to herself.
Percy grinned at her, and guilt almost flooded her right then and there. She was a horrible, ruthless, treacherous, vile person...
"Cool," she breathed.
Percy turned around to leave, before Silena called out again.
"Oh, and Percy? Don't worry about those two, they're just joking. But don't let random people fall in love with you, Olympus knows we already have too many of those."
Percy blushed and stammered, "I w-won't."
Silena watched as the young girl left, counting the number of breathes she'd been holding. She did have to get ready for her date with Charlie, but she had something before that. Something that would most likely get her branded as a traitor, and have everyone hate her. Have Charlie look at her with disgust, have Clarrise turn her back on her, have her mother disown her...
Silena shoved down the panic rising up in her throat. She couldn't think like that-it would only make things worse for her.
She took a deep breath and sat down dejectedly on a random camper's bed. She unclasped her bracelet, dread filling it's way into the pit of her stomach. She stared at the scythe, watching as it swung back and forth. She always had the urge to crush it, to destroy it and pretend it never had any hold on her, but she knew she couldn't. She shuddered to think what he would do if she did.
She pressed her thumb and forefinger on it, her heart beating erratically. Her mouth felt dry and she wished she had something to drink. It was too hot.
"L-Luk-er, Kronos," she whispered hoarsely. "I-uh, I have something new to report."
Kronos was finding mortals to be quite entertaining. Of course, he knew that since the Golden Age, but they have become more amusing as time went on. His servants quaked at his feet and shook with fear. It was hilarious.
He was at that moment sitting in a cabin, the biggest on this puny cruise ship, relaxing. His spy was scheduled to contact him soon.
He felt a faint buzzing on his wrist, and smiled. Right on schedule.
"L-Luk-er, Kronos."
Kronos rolled his golden eyes. He felt annoyed that his spy still called him that. Luke was no more. His conscious rarely surfaced, and Kronos was glad. He didn't need the distraction.
"I-uh, I have something new to report."
Pathetic mortal, he thought disgustingly. When he became king of the world, he would annihilate all of them, except those he would use for entertainment.
"Y-You're enemy, P-Percy Jackson, has been..."
Has been what? He thought. The child of the prophecy had to be brought down, and so should his father. All the Olympians will be brought down, but how?
"He, uh, he has been most likely cursed."
Kronos sat up. A headache started, and he cursed. Immortals didn't get headaches, so that meant Luke was resurfacing. It was infuriating to the Titan.
Cursed?
Kronos of course knew Luke's unique fascination with the boy, and used it to manipulate him. But if someone else cursed that blasted Perseus Jackson, then what would he do? He wanted to cause the boy harm, and no one else could.
"H-He turned into a...into a girl."
Kronos choked. He wasn't sure if that was his reaction, or Luke's. It might have been both.
A girl?! Who would turn him into a girl? Why would they?!
"Quiet you," Kronos snarled. If he wasn't so annoyed, he would've realized that he was technically talking to himself.
"She now goes by the name Persephone Jacobs, and she'll be out of Camp for a while."
Persephone Jacobs... Not a bad name. I like it.
"Be quiet!"
"Only Annabeth Chase, Will Solace, Grover Underwood, Chiron, and myself know about it. It's to be kept a secret."
Will?! Kronos felt Luke growl. That no good son of freaking Apollo better not flirt with my Percy!
Your Percy that you tried to kill multiple times, Kronos thought.
Yes! If I find anyone checking out my Percy...
Kronos rolled his eyes. If he had to describe Luke, he would call him a tsundere. Yep, a total tsundere. Kronos flung the bracelet across the room, frustrated. Who cursed the child of the prophecy? Why didn't he think to do that himself?
Your Percy hates you, you know, Kronos thought.
It's not like I like her or anything, he thought he heard Luke grumble. She could hate me all she wants.
If he's cursed, than I could easily attack him. Being a girl will most likely make her disorientated.
There was silence before-
Can we see her?
Kronos felt like choking Luke, but he couldn't unless he wanted to choke himself. That insolent boy, he thought.
"Why would you want to!" He growled. "The only thing we need to do is kill that son-er, daughter of Poseidon! Right now we have to think of ways to distract the Olympians before anything else. World domination is more important than your hormones!"
Nothing is more important than my hormones!
"Luke! You worthless boy! We need a distracti-"
Percy already blew up St. Helena, so all we have to do is unleash Typhon, so the gods can fight him and leave Olympus unattended, but not all of them, or else they will have a huge chance of defeating him. You should unleash sea monsters so old, their names are forgotten, and have Poseidon fight them so the gods will be divided. That way, no one will defend Olympus, and we'll storm in and take over.
Kronos was quiet. Why didn't he think of that?
"What about the mortals?" He asked.
Have Morpheus cast New York City in an endless sleep, so that they won't be a problem. The demigods won't be asleep, but that's fine if you want to destroy them all, or at least let them see you crush the gods and take over the world. Now can we see Percy?!
"You little..." Kronos sighed. "Fine, you can see Percy, but one peek. No interactions, no stalking, and, don't you even think about it, no boners."
I can't control my sudden urges. I mean, have you seen the boy-er girl at all?!
Kronos sighed. Typhon, why didn't I think of that?
Then-
A girl, why didn't I think of that?!
This is one of my favorite chapters, if only because Luke is here. I had way too much fun with this, and I don't regret anything. This, in my opinion, is hilarious. I need to finish reading for my competition(thank you for your encouragement) but I had to upload this. I just love this story! I'm not sure when I'll update, maybe next week, I don't know. We'll see. Review!
~Aurelie~