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      Percy_Jackson_and_the_Olympians_-_Rick_Riordan, The_Heroes_of_Olympus_-
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      Egyptian), Reyna_Avila_Ramírez-Arellano, Jack_Frost_(Rise_of_the
      Guardians), Hades_(Percy_Jackson), Maria_di_Angelo, Sally_Jackson,
      Poseidon_(Percy_Jackson), Luke_Castellan, Connor_Stoll, Travis_Stoll, May
      Castellan, Hermes_(Percy_Jackson), Jason_Grace, Thalia_Grace, Zeus_(Percy
      Jackson), Annabeth_Chase, Athena_(Percy_Jackson), Aphrodite_(Percy
      Jackson), Piper_McLean, Dionysus_(Percy_Jackson), Ares_(Percy_Jackson),
      Demeter_(Percy_Jackson), Hera_(Percy_Jackson), Apollo_(Percy_Jackson),
      Artemis_(Percy_Jackson), Hephaestus_(Percy_Jackson), Leo_Valdez, Will
      Solace, Kronos_(Percy_Jackson), Gaea_(Percy_Jackson)
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      Published: 2015-12-08 Chapters: 2/? Words: 10166
****** Rise of The Olympians ******
by TheSunsShadow
Summary
     Magic - the very source of power Salem depends on is under threat.
     Now, it is up to fifteen families, two traitors and two lovers to
     wake Gaea before an impending war of Magic destroys the most powerful
     magical circle left in the world.
Notes
     Welcome, welcome. I hope you enjoy this story as well! Don't forget
     to give me some feedback.
***** Magic Is Real *****
It had always been the same dream, over and over and over again, for months
now. It ravaged through Percy's mind every night and haunted him every day. It
had no mercy. It wasn't scary either. It seemed to be a historical moment in
the family. He really had no idea what to make of it. He would enter his room,
greeted by his large canopy bed. He would look around to find his textbooks and
table he did homework on. His parents had set up a forty inch flat screen
television onto his wall. The room was almost as huge as simple apartment with
rather large windows a space heater and even his own, personal air-conditioner.
He would remove his clothes and collapse on be, only to be greeted by the same
dream.
SALEM, 1705
Fifteen people would be gathered in majestic room. It was bedecked with amazing
decorations. However, they seemed to be from another century. Fifteen different
thrones, all of different varieties, one ranging in obsidian black and another
pure gold would be in a majestic hall or room of some kind. The thrones were
arranged such that it formed an inverted U. In the center of the arrangement of
thrones, fourteen people would be speaking until a woman would enter the room.
She was slender, beautiful and had hair as black as the night. Her eyes were
grass green and her face nearly looked timeless. She had on a warm smile, but
her eyes always bore the coldest emotions imaginable. Everyone would cease
their mumbling and take their seats while she waited.
"Greetings, members of the House." She said in a harmonic voice that reminded
Percy of singing angels. "I trust all of you are well. Now, on to tonight's
meeting." She walked over to the largest throne that looked earthen and took a
seat, her black dress billowing around her.
"I call the council to order." Her voice rang out through the hall. "Now, it
has been brought to my attention that we have new rivals to the House,"
"Yes," said a man who looked sickly pale. He had eyes that were deeply golden
and brown hair. He looked quite young, but seemed to be older than what Percy
saw. He sat on a throne next to the woman with green eyes. His throne looked
like a grandfather clock, made of dark oak and velvet cushions. "That would be
the House of Olympia. They're ravaging the city and tearing apart people with
their…magic." The man spoke. He said the last word as if it were a sour grape
that had been rotting for weeks and had the incredible displeasure of eating.
"For some reason, they think they can challenge us." A beautiful woman pointed
out. She had high cheek bones, beautiful lips that were a deep shade of red and
blonde hair that fell well past her shoulders and curled at the tips. "That
mere imbecile, Venus thinks that she can compare to me!" The woman said,
inspecting her well-manicured nails.
"She should burn to death," the woman carried on. "And, I for one, think that
false beauty must be defeated with pure ugliness."
"Silence, Aphrodite!" The woman with the timeless face snapped. She motioned to
the man who spoke first. "Continue, Kronos." She said.
"Yes, thank you, Gaea." Kronos said. "Yes, well, they're dabbling in other
kinds of magic. They want to overthrow us." Whispering broke out between
everyone. The woman who was called Gaea sighed heavily, rubbing her temples.
"Need I remind you, that the House is more powerful than some idiots who have
started out in the Arts of Warlocks and Witches? We stand for the good, trying
to protect our home." Gaea said. Some of the people in the room calmed down,
silencing themselves. But, as Kronos took his seat, another man stood. He wore
a very dark blue pinstripe suit and had a stern look on his face. The man had
pitch black hair and intensely green eyes.
"We must protect our children, our home and our magic." He said in a stern
voice. "If we have no one else to continue our legacy, then it pointless to
have these gatherings. We must act now and destroy the House of Olympia before
the House of Olympus goes down in flames." Gaea seemed to consider this.
"Very well, Zeus. I will conjure a spell shortly to enhance the defense of
Olympus. I think it is time that I blessed the House once more. Take your seats
of power, my brethren." Gaea said.
Just as everyone sat down, Gaea stood, her eyes ablaze with green flames and
her dress shifting between a robe made from dust and grass. She raised her
hands to the ceiling and she erupted into green and blue flames. She still
stood there, unharmed by the flames. Everyone's seats began to glow with a
different colored light. One was purple, like lighting. Another was black and
another was blue. Those thrones seemed to glow the brightest.
"Kronos, Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Athena, Aphrodite, Demeter, Artemis,
Apollo, Dionysus, Hephaestus, Hermes and Ares!" Gaea said in a much more
intimidating voice. "I name you protectors of Olympus House! From this age and
onwards, your children you shall protect without a doubt. Fight with magic and
bestow upon them your gifts, let no mortal know your secret twist. Do not allow
mortals into our coven, for surely, your bones will be broken. I issue this
blessing, upon you the Crests of Magic, nor shall your ending be tragic!" when
the last word was uttered, the golden chandelier that hung directly above Gaea
exploded into lighting, arcing all over the place and finally striking each
throne, slowly the tendrils of light thickening. The three thrones that shone
the brightest erupted into flames – purple, blue and black. All three occupants
began speaking.
"I am the sky," Zeus said. The next man to speak looked a bit like Zeus but had
sea-green eyes and a slightly darker tan.
"I am the sea," He said. The last man to speak was sickly pale and had eyes
that were pure black. His hair had been combed to one side and when he spoke,
his voice scared Percy the most. It sounded like … well, Percy didn't know what
it sounded like.
"I am death," he said. The next thing that happened, shocked everyone. A
fireball, as big as a meteor, struck the room and blew a crater into the wall.
What was outside seemed to be a really old-fashioned city. Immediately, Gaea
spun to face the crater. A woman walked in with a smug look on her face. She
had the same grass green eyes but rather different facial features. She looked
more disciplined and authoritative.
"Terra," Gaea sneered. Terra seemed to be amused by this.
"Well," Terra said, in a sickly voice, "it looks the Olympians were busy." The
rest happened in a flash. Terra lifted her hands and created a dust storm
around her. When the dust cleared, there were fourteen people around her. They
looked similar to a specific person in each room and had smirks plastered onto
their faces.
"Be gone, Terra! This is a matter for the House of Olympus!" Gaea flicked her
wrist and the people that joined Terra just moments ago were thrown back into
the wall behind them by an invisible force. Terra stood there, her hands
erupted into flames.
"You wish to challenge us?" Gaea said, her voice laced with rage. "You have no
idea what you're playing with!" Terra sneered and launched a fireball at Gaea.
Gaea moved her arms in front of her, forming an 'X' pattern. Immediately, the
fireball stopped – midair – and grew larger. It turned into miniature whirlwind
made from sand. Gaea surged both arms forward and the whirlwind of dust stormed
towards Terra. It exploded as soon as it came into contact with Terra. But,
when the dust cleared, Terra still stood there, her black robes billowing
around her, her face contorted with rage.
Gaea still had her hands in front of her, as if to fend off another attack.
After the fourteen people around Gaea seemed to snap out of their shock, they
all stood on either side of her. Seven to the left, seven to the right. Terra
sneered as the people that she summoned dropped to the floor and joined her the
same way Gaea's ranks already did. Immediately, Gaea spoke, her voice blazing
with power.
"You dare interrupt us?!" Gaea bellowed in rage. "You will suffer greatly for
this, House of Olympia!"
"Please, you are pathetic!" Terra scoffed. She flicked her wrist and Gaea's
face contorted with pain, dropping to her knees. Finally, the warlocks and
witches around her decided to act. Zeus spoke a word that immediately ceased
all chaos and holds on their side. Lightning broke out, arcing throughout the
room and striking at people the people who stood with Terra. Some of them
summoned whirlwinds of ice, dirt, fire, et cetera and diverted the lighting
strike while one man in particular deflected the lightning off of the palm of
his hand.
"Jupiter," Zeus sneered in disgust. The man named Jupiter smirked and appeared
to be carrying a cane. He struck the ground beneath him and immediately thunder
shook the building. Cracks appeared in the walls all around them. Terra
cornered Gaea somehow and summoned boulders that floated in the air. She urged
her palms forward and the boulders sailed towards Gaea. Gaea brought up her
palms to her face and shattered the boulders to dust. There were other battles
happening, but oddly, only between two people – all of whom who looked
sickeningly alike except for minor differences in their facial features. The
man who claimed to be the sea had a trident – a three-tipped spear or even a
large fork, if you will – in his hand. He spun it around in the air and
immediately a miniature hurricane – about the size of an F4 tornado – swirled
around him like a never-ending vortex. The man levitated off of the floor of
the room to the middle of his hurricane and shot blasts of water and ice at
anyone dared come near. One brave soul did. He looked a lot like the man in the
hurricane, except he had a cold grin in his eyes.
"Poseidon!" The man outside of the hurricane shouted. "Leave your little ticks
out of this and come face me!" The man in the hurricane – who was obviously
Poseidon – sneered.
"You'll leave if you know what's good for you, Neptune!" Poseidon shouted.
Poseidon launched his hurricane forward and slammed into Neptune. But as soon
as he did this, the hurricane evaporated into mist and Poseidon came crashing
down. However, he managed to save himself by slamming his trident into the
ground, softening his fall.
That was not the end of it.
Immediately, cracks began to start from the points of the trident that were
embedded into the ground. The building began to tremble violently. The cracks
traveled all around the room and shattered the porcelain tiles, knocked over
people that came with Terra. Then, the man whose throne glowed with black
flames reared back both hands, forming a sphere of obsidian flames. His eyes
glowed pure black as he launched the sphere into a man who made a golden spear
appear out of thin air and vaporize the flaming sphere.
"Pluto," the man with black eyes, growled.
"Hades," the man with golden spear said, a smirk gracing his lips. Immediately
Hades stomped his feet and skeletal hands broke through the ground, grabbing
hold of Pluto, his smirking falling off of his face. Hades grinned maniacally
as he flicked his wrist, causing Pluto to be dragged halfway through the floor.
What happened next made everyone stop. A piercing scream coursed through the
halls, emanating from Gaea. The fourteen people that were with Gaea were taken
by surprise. Terra had an evil grin on her face as her eyes glowed a sickly
shade of green. She raised her hand, causing Gaea to dangle before everyone's
eyes.
"Listen well," Terra said. "A curse upon your beloved leader!" The room was
beginning to full with tendrils of green smoke as Terra spoke.
"Your Earth Mother shall not see the light of day, until the blood of innocent
lovers are drained away. Should anyone but these lovers try to break her
slumber, they will die from endless shudders. I decree the House of Olympus'
lineage end here, for all children will die, be it a him or a her!" With that,
Terra flicked her wrist, as roots as thick as oak trees broke through the
floor, entangling Gaea. They spread up to her throat choking out very last
breath, Gaea spoke her final blessing:
"I name you my children –" Gaea said as Terra began to shriek. "I name you the
Guardians of Olympus. The Wielders of true Magic. Fight till the last breath,
until Mother Earth wakes, to bring the House of Olympia dread!" Terra sneered
as she made a choking gesture with her hands and Gaea's face was covered with
roots, suffocating her to her likely death. The roots grew thicker and began to
grow higher until it formed a magnificent tree. It looked like a weeping willow
and an oak tree all at the same time. Branches formed accompanied by the most
beautiful green leaves. Gaea's acclaimed children just stood there, their
mouths agape. Terra turned around, with a satisfied smirk. She spread her
hands, and the building began crumbling, slowly falling apart.
"Well, it's been fun, Olympians. For now, die!" With that, all of the people
that accompanied Terra evaporated into thin wisps of vapor. Gaea's group still
around in shock. Everyone looked to Kronos. He motioned for everyone to join
them. Aphrodite began crying as did many of the others. Kronos, Zeus, Poseidon
and Hades, however, were the only ones who weren't crying. The building began
to cave in all around them and dust filled the air, choking them. The fourteen
huddled together as Kronos spoke a simple word, muttering it under his breath.
Immediately the building groaned as the ground caved in and the entire ceiling
came crashing down, the huge chandelier heading straight for everyone in the
group. There were piercing screams, as the building crumbled into dust and
slowly, into nothingness, leaving only the tree of Gaea standing tall.
SALEM, PRESENT DAY
Percy snapped his eyes open to hear a banging on his door. Percy sat up,
running a hand through his hair. He groaned as the banging on his door
persisted. Standing up, Percy briskly walked to his vanity mirror slipping on
some pajama bottoms. He ran his hand down his sweaty torso. Percy sighed as he
walked to the door and opened it to find his mother standing there.
"Well," she said. "Someone decided to finally wake up."
"Morning to you to, mom." Percy said, yawning. His mom was rather beautiful.
She was a few inches shorter than Percy. She had warm brown eyes, beautiful
brown hair that cascaded well past her shoulders, curling at the ends. However,
now she had her hair up in a lazy bun. She smiled warmly as her son stretched
his arms above his head.
"You need to get ready for school." She said. Percy nodded and closed his door,
despite his mother's protest. Since he had a bathroom in his bedroom, he was
taking it easy. He went into his closet – walk-in closet, of course – and
grabbed a dark blue T-shirt and a pair of black jeans. He tossed them onto his
bed. Grabbing a towel, he headed for a shower. When he was done, he toweled his
hair as he stood before his bathroom mirror. He let the towel drop to the floor
as he grabbed his toothbrush and toothpaste, working on cleaning his teeth.
When he was done, he grabbed a pair of boxer-briefs and slipped them on,
repeating the process with his jeans. He put his shirt on and quickly searched
the room for his cellphone and wallet. Sighing, Percy went to exit his bedroom.
He opened the door, only to be greeting by the smell of pancakes wafting
through the air. He walked out of his room, along the hallway. Their walls were
graced with marvelous pictures – in frames – of Percy when he was young, their
family vacations and other various events. Percy reached the stairs and walked
down into the lounge. In the center of the room, there was a magnificent
fireplace. Three red couches faced the fireplace while the other part of the
room contained a rather large flat-screen television set mounted on the wall.
Again, three beautiful black couches faced the television set. Then, he heard
his mother's harmonic voice call for breakfast. He chuckled upon entering the
kitchen. It was rather large and had a breakfast counter. Whereas, like the
lounge, the other side of the room was dedicated to a dinner table. Percy
grabbed a plate as his mom placed a stack of blue pancakes in another plate.
Well, he loved it. Percy chuckled as he grabbed some syrup, smothering his
breakfast in the gooey substance. His father was the next to enter the kitchen,
still a bit groggy.
"Morning, Poseidon." Percy's mom chimed. Yes, his father was in his dream and
Percy was too afraid to talk to him about it. Poseidon smiled as he grabbed a
plate and settled opposite Percy.
"Morning to you too, Sally." Poseidon said. "So, Percy. What's good?"
"Nothing really, dad. Just going to hang with our group as usual." Poseidon
nodded at this knowingly.
"Well, I do hope you enjoy school." He said. Percy nodded in acknowledgement
and continued eating his breakfast.
Mornings in the Jackson house always went like this. Never anything else. It
was boring. Percy could admit that, however, his friends were an entirely
different story. Percy munched on his pancakes for another five minutes before
checking the time. It was just after seven. Well, Percy thought. Better get
going.
Percy moved to set his things in the sink. He grabbed a quick glass of orange
juice and downed it in one gulp.
"Well," Percy said shouldering his backpack. "I gotta run. See you guys later."
"Bye, sweetie." Percy's mom called as he walked out the door.
His mother really loved gardening. Sure their house had two stories and his
parents were rather wealthy. But, his mom liked the outdoors. On one side of
the yard, there was a massive swimming pool and on the other, his mom's garden.
It was fenced with short bamboo strips of wood and had all the flowers
imaginable. From junipers to roses, they were all there. There was a gray
birdbath in the center of the garden and four stone paths that met the
birdbath. It was quite a sight to behold every morning. Percy took a turn and
jogged behind his house to the garage. He opened it with the remote control on
his car keys and slid underneath the already retracting garage door. His car,
was simple. Well, he liked to think so. It was a beautifully crafted Jaguar –
the color of midnight. He liked it, a lot. He got in, cranked the car and
exited their property via the back entrance to his house.
Percy drove along the roads rather quickly, not really bothering to catch his
breath at the sight of other houses just like his. Oddly, just like his dreams,
there were houses that were arranged just like the thrones in the majestic
hall. And even though he knew every single family, there was a fifteenth house
that he hadn't noticed up until a week ago. The house, was obsidian black and
was surrounded by a wall that looked like multiple graveyard stones cemented
together to create a stone fence. The grass was horribly brown, yet short and
tame. Even though most of the surrounding houses on their street – known as
Olympus Drive – had two stories, this one had three. The second floor of the
house was an entire balcony that surrounded the entire floor. Perhaps they were
balconies to the different bedrooms? Percy didn't know. He spurred on, exiting
his drive to be greeted by the rest of their town. For some reason, the town
they lived was still under heavy prejudice. Why? Because this is where the
Salem Witch Trials were held so long ago. And up until this day, people think
that those are still alive and waiting for an impending strike. Well, Percy
thought, Can't fix stupid.
Their town was surrounded by a forest and even though it was quiet, strange
things had begun happening. People would see the light of fires in the woods in
the dead of night. There would be strange events after that, like people
dropping dead, houses caving in and even people going missing. So, like idiots
would, the townsfolk would blame it on these 'witches'. Unfortunately, the
fifteen families that lived in Olympus Drive were accused of being those
witches. There have been countless times when people would threaten to kill
them or dump holy water on their children. Percy didn't really care, though.
Not at all.
When he got to school the kids that lived in their drive – all of them his
friends ever since he was born – were already gathered around the tree they
hung around during every morning. It was an old oak tree that was about twenty
meters tall. The only thing was that the roots were terribly gnarled and it was
a sickly shade of ashy grey. The tree was dead, but they liked it that way.
Percy parked his car and as he got out, he was greeted by the snarky comments
and snide remarks of Kelli and Tammi – both of them cheerleaders.
"Ooh, the son of the witch approaches!" Kelli said. Tammi snickered.
"Morning to you too," Percy mumbled. Kelli regarded him with a look of disgust.
"Whatever," she said, flipping her hair over her shoulders. "We'll leave to
your rituals in honor of the devil. Can't wait until you and your gang are
hanged and your souls burn forever in Hell."
Percy kept a blank look etched on his face. "Say what you want to, Kelli. Just
because our families aren't Christians doesn't mean you can say what you
please. Not like we go around insulting your religion and –"
"Oh, but you do!" Kelli said. "Why, by rejecting the Church you have already
insulted us!"
In that moment, some of Percy's friends began to walk towards him, noticing the
bashing he was getting from Kelli.
"What's going on here?" Annabeth asked. She was really pretty. She had blonde
hair that cascaded well pass her shoulders and startling grey eyes that would
make someone terrified of her during their first encounter. Kelli smiled
sweetly.
"Oh, just making sure that you all know you're going to burn in Hell when you
die." Kelli spat.
"Well, if it isn't the local saint," Jason said. Jason was a cool guy. He had
short blond hair, regal cheekbones, electric blue eyes and an athletic build.
"Yeah, Jason." Thalia cut in. Thalia, was rather short. She was Jason's brother
and even though they were in the same family, you would swear that she and
Jason weren't related. She had an athletic build and the same electric blue
eyes. That was about it that she had in common with her younger brother. She
was pale, had hair black as night wand always dressed as if she couldn't decide
whether she was going for a gothic or punk look.
"Seems like she wants some attention because her family doesn't give it to
her." Thalia continued, glaring at Kelli and Tammi.
For the moment, Kelli looked stunned. But that was quickly replaced by sheer
anger. "You know nothing, you witch!" Kelli spat. When no one replied, Kelli
huffed and stormed away, dragging Tammi with her. Percy turned to face his
friends.
"Seriously?" He asked. They all replied with a vigorous nod and some smiled.
Percy couldn't help chuckle. All four of them decided to join the rest of the
group around the tree.
"'Sup?" Luke asked. Luke was rather scary when he wanted to be, but was kind
enough to his friends. He had a good, even tan, was pretty muscular and also
had icy blue eyes along with sandy blond hair. The striking thing, however, was
the long white mark on Luke's face. It looked like a knife mark, but it wasn't.
Not really anyway.
The story in town was that Luke's family were performing a ritual that involved
slicing open their palms, but something went wrong when his mother passed him
the knife. Apparently, she wasn't looking because people assumed she became
possessed by the devil and she cut Luke straight down the cheek. Of course, it
wasn't true. As far as he knew, they weren't like that. He was so sure that the
families that lived on Olympus Drive didn't do what the town said they did. Oh,
how wrong he was. Sure he knew the other kids could do some stuff. But, he was
sure they did nothing evil. Yeah, well, he knew his family had magical …
histories, if you wanted to call it that. And to help things, each and every
person he saw in the hall were actually his friends' parents. Strange right?
You have weird dreams about you friends' parents and you don't know what to
make of them. Sure, he'd hear about the things they had done in the past, but
he didn't think that they were that old. He seriously needed to talk to Luke
and Jason about these things. They would know, Percy thought. He'd only found
out that his friends could practice magic about a month ago. He didn't want to
say anything to his parents, because of the things Luke had mentioned.
Apparently, some guy named Gabe Ugliano had found out about the family's
history and threatened to reveal them.
He was never heard from again.
"Just the usual," Percy replied, sitting down next to Luke who grinned like an
idiot. Percy knew what was going to come out of the blond's mouth next.
"I think she has the hots for you, even though she thinks you're an evil
witch." Luke said. The rest of the group busted out laughing. Percy really
hated these idiots sometimes. Of course, if he told them, he would probably be
blown to bits by magic. Percy never really considered dueling his friends with
magic. Unfortunately, he couldn't. That would mean his parents finding out
about his premature access to parts of his family's secrets and Percy would
probably be punished if Kronos ever found out.
"Very funny. Just thinking if I should tell my parents about ... you know,"
Luke and Annabeth seemed to understand.
"Maybe you should wait until they tell you," Annabeth said, lowering her voice.
"If the heads of the family find out that you came to know about magic
prematurely, you would be dealt with harshly. Even if it was because a pair of
twins weren't using their heads!" Luke said. The twins were Luke's little
brothers. Travis and Connor. Travis and Connor both looked the same. They both
had blue eyes, brown, curly hair and the only way you can tell them apart is by
their height. Travis was the taller of the two.
"Oh, come on Luke!" Travis said.
"Yeah, he was going to find out anyway." Connor said. Luke rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, well, if our parents find out, it'll be tickets for all of us." Jason
said.
"Doesn't really matter," Percy said. Suddenly, all eyes turned to face him. "A
new family moved into the Drive, and I didn't know up until a week ago."
Everyone in the group looked to each other for help.
"Yeah … that's the –" Annabeth didn't get to finish. The school bell sounded
and it was time for them to get to class.
"We'll tell you later, Percy." Luke promised. They all got up and made for the
school building.
It was quite impressive. There were four buildings, all of which dedicated to
specific subjects. Building A was where most of the laboratories were and
including rooms for Math. Building B was where the sport facilities were
situated. Some outside the building, some inside. It contained the swimming
pool, locker rooms, the gym, basketball court and shower stalls. Building B was
closest to the baseball pitch. The baseball pitch was actually just a quarter
of the entire ground. There was marathon track, a volleyball court and even a
small area stationed off for tennis. Building C housed the kitchens for Home
Economics, the Cafeteria and the English classrooms. Lastly, there was building
D. that was the Administration Building but it also contained the student
lockers. Yeah, their school was not an easy one to walk through to get to their
next class.
Their principal was Chiron. He had a warm smile with warm brown eyes to go
along with it. His brown hair was shaggy, yet it was neat. His beard was
scruffy and he was rather tall. He was a kindhearted man and always did his
best for the children.
Well, Percy had to get to class. He had English with Dr. Boring – no,
seriously, that was his real name – and they were studying The Great Gatsby.
Life couldn't get any worse.
***** The Awakening *****
You know that feeling when you find out something that wasn't intended for you
to learn of? That's how Percy felt when he was in his English class. That dream
– about the Fourteen – had been bothering him a lot. He couldn't help but think
that his father was a kind of magical creature that might turn him into a toad
if their families found out he knew their secret. Well, there was also the
matter of the new family that moved into the Drive. They had to have magical
abilities. Why else would they move here? Percy wondered what they were like,
what they could do. The others said that each family had a different type of
magic. Like, the Solace family – the guy had sunny blond hair, blue eyes and an
athletic build. He generally wore bright colors – who could heal people really
well, play music that could entice you or cast a level one curse.
Or like the Castellan family who could blend with their surroundings to steal
something or scare you or the fact that they could cast illusions that could
kill you.
Maybe, like the Grace family, who could control the weather, summon storm
spirits and some of them could even fly!
Although, a lot of the families could do the same thing – they could cast
spells that any person who could wield magic could. But, that was as far as
Percy knew. The others wouldn't tell him anything further because they feared
for his safety. Well, yeah, Percy was really not feeling in any danger. As Dr.
Boring continued his boring explanation of Old Money Vs. New Money in reference
to The Great Gatsby, Percy was tired of listening to that rather annoying
voice. Even though he was eighteen, he had the attention span of a twelve year
old – which was unfortunate, because Percy barely understood anything without
Annabeth's help. Time dragged on and when the bell finally rang, Percy was the
first to leave class. He couldn't stay in there any longer. As Percy walked
through the halls, he bumped into more of his friends. Piper McLean – Jason's
girlfriend. She was a rather nice girl. Even though her dad was a famous movie
star, she was very down-to-earth and, for some reason, made sure no one knew.
She had two step-sisters, Silena Beauregard and Drew Tanaka. They were high-
maintenance. Silena was beautiful. She had blue eyes, blonde hair that fell
below her shoulders and a slim figure. Drew, was Asian – and beautiful, of
course. She had brown hair, brown eyes and a rather irritating habit of
flipping her hair over her shoulders. They were all pretty and got along really
well. But, the person that Percy really disliked was Narcissus. He was really
muscular, had brown hair – almost as long as Percy's – brown eyes and his
facial features were sculpted to perfection. There was just one problem. He was
so full of himself, that he barely remembered the people around him.
"Hey, guys." Percy greeted.
Piper turned from her locker to face Percy. "Oh, hey Percy. What's up?"
"Nothing much. Just on my way to Calculus. Waiting on Annabeth and Malcolm."
Percy said. He turned to see Drew applying makeup on her face, Narcissus
staring at his reflection in a mirror that he had and Silena grabbing her bag.
"Hey Silena, Drew and Narcissus. What's up?"
"Hi, Percy" Narcissus and Drew said.
"Hey, Percy." Silena greeted. She was always more friendly that Aphrodite's
oldest children. Well, not as friendly as Piper, but still friendly.
"I'm off to Chemistry. Walk me there?" Silena asked. Percy flashed her a smile.
"Sure thing, Silena." Percy said. Annabeth and Malcolm finally showed up and
they walked to their classes.
"Well, see you guys later." Piper smiled and tossed him a wave. As for Drew and
Narcissus, they were still fussing over their faces. Percy chuckled as he fell
in step with Silena.
"So, any idea who the new family is?" Percy asked.
"No, not really. I just hope there isn't anyone who Narcissus can take
advantage of and break their heart like he always does." Silena mumbled. Percy,
Annabeth and Malcolm chuckled.
"I'm serious, guys!" She huffed. "If Drew, Piper and I weren't his sisters, he
would have probably tried to date us by now and then dump us like trash."
"Yeah," Percy said. "I guess so."
"Oh, and I'd be careful if I were you," Silena said. "Narcissus kind of … likes
you."
Percy nearly fell flat on his face. "What? Hey, look, I know I told you guys
I'm bisexual and stuff, but, what the hell?!"
Silena laughed. "Yeah, Narcissus is … something. But, don't worry. I'll tell
him to lay off."
Percy exhaled sharply. "Thanks." He mumbled. They finally reached Silena's
Chemistry class.
"See ya, Percy." Silena said as she walked into her class. Percy tossed her a
wave as he walked to his Calculus class. Ugh, Mrs. Dodds, Percy thought. Well,
Percy was sure he would survive. He walked into class and took his usual seat
up front. Mrs. Dodds walked into class just after Percy.
"Right, then," she said, "we have some new students attending our Salem High
and they will be joining us from here on out." Mrs. Dodds gestured to the door
and three young boys walked in.
The first guy was a little taller than Percy – an inch or two. He was rather
good-looking and had sparkly white teeth, a lot like freshly fallen snow. He
looked around Percy's age – eighteen. He had on a blue hoodie that looked like
it was decorated with designs of snowflakes and a set of tight brown tracks –
which had similar designs to his hoodie in all the right places. He was rather
muscular, yet lean. He had slightly pale skin and startling blue eyes. But what
startled Percy was the guy's hair. It was … white. It stuck up in all the right
places.
The next guy was just an inch taller than the first guy. He had black tousled
hair and deathly pale skin and looked nineteen. He had brown eyes that were as
warm as hot chocolate and slightly pink lips. He was also muscular yet lean and
was dressed in complete black. From his leather jacket to his jeans.
The last guy looked a lot like the first guy, except he was a lot younger.
Around sixteen? He had bangs and brown eyes that nearly looked black. He was
also dressed in black, yet he mostly stood next to the guy with the blue
hoodie.
"Yes. Meet Jack Frost, Anubis Stone and Nico di Angelo." Mrs. Dodds said,
gesturing to each respective boy. "Take a seat where you please." Oddly, all
three of the boys sat around Percy, not that he minded. Class droned on and
Percy really didn't want to listen. But, he forced himself to.
The bell rang.
Finally! Percy thought. He left class and headed for the Building D to drop off
some books. When he got to the cafeteria, what Percy saw shocked him. Sitting
around his friends were Jack, Nico and Anubis. Percy trudged to their table.
"Look who decided to show!" Luke said, a mischievous glint in his eyes. Percy
rolled his eyes. "So, this is Nico, Anubis and Jack. They are the … family that
moved into Olympus Drive recently."
"Oh, yeah. They're in my Calculus class." Percy said. Anubis walked up to him
and stuck out his hand with a warm smile.
"Anubis Stone," Anubis said. Percy shook it. Anubis smiled and walked back to
where Nico and Jack were standing or … were they cuddling? Jack had an arm
abound Nico's waist and Nico leaned against Jack's chest. Jack smiled and
clasped Percy's outreached hand.
"Jack Frost," Jack said. The last guy – Nico – was eyeing Percy for a while
before he smiled a small smile.
"I'm Nico di Angelo," Nico said. "Pleased to meet you." Percy smiled and sat
down next to Annabeth.
"So, yeah. That's the new family. Well, part of it. Nico has two sisters –
Reyna and Bianca – they're not here now, though." Percy nodded.
"What about the guys with him?" Percy nodded his head toward Anubis and Jack.
"Oh, Anubis is Nico's cousin and Jack is … well, I'm sure you've guessed by
now." Annabeth said with a sigh. "Too bad Jack isn't single. He
really is something to look at."
Percy chuckled. "Well, do they have magic?"
Annabeth's gaze darkened. "Well, I think they do, but not like we've seen
before. There's a meeting tonight and we're going to attend. It's probably to
discuss all of this."
Percy nodded. He began to eat his salad but as soon as he did, Kelli, and Tammi
showed up with Dylan and Orion.
"Well," Kelli sneered. "Looks like there are more witches joining us."
"Go bother someone else, Kelli," Annabeth spat, her gaze deathly.
"Oh, but I can't." Kelli said. "I just have to interrogate these new additions
to your group." She turned to Nico, Jack and Anubis and smiled a sickeningly
sweet smile
"Well, out with it," Kelli said.
"You heard her," Dylan chimed in. at this point, Jason, Percy and Luke got up
to join them. Strangely, Anubis waved them off. Percy frowned, but remained
standing.
"Out with what?" Nico said, "You should really mind your own business. Just
because we're new, it does not mean you can walk up to us and do as you
please."
Kelli huffed. "Whatever." Her eyes traveled down to where Jack's arm wound
around Nico's waist.
"Well, well. It looks like we have a couple of two guys in our school. What are
you pieces of trash doing here? You're damned to Hell and that's where you
belong." Jack didn't do anything. Although Nico just rolled his eyes. When he
went to speak, Jack cut him off.
"And?" Jack asked, his tone as cold as ice. "Have you got a problem with that?"
When Kelli went to speak, Jack held up his hand. "People with sexualities that
aren't straight are the same as everyone else, are they not? People – like you
– treat them as though they're different, or abnormal, but really they're the
same as you and if you judge them for who they are, then maybe you're the
abnormal one." With that, Jack leaned down, pecked Nico on the cheek – drawing
a blush from the raven-haired boy – and looked at the astonished faces of
Kelli, Tammi, Dylan and Orion. Jack smirked.
"Maybe you should watch what you say when I'm around," Jack chided.
"Yeah," Anubis chimed in, his voice dripping with venom. He fixed them with a
glare so intense, Percy's skin tingled. "Or, maybe you should just shut up all
together." Kelli was so astonished, she was speechless. She stumbled backwards
and turned on her heels. Tammi, Dylan and Orion followed after her.
"I applaud you." Annabeth said with a smile. Jack just shrugged, his muscles
rippling under his hoodie.
"No one has the right to talk that way to anyone, even if they don't see things
the way you do." Jack said, smiling at Nico.
"Well," Leo said. "I'd hate to get on your bad side. Leo- Flaming-Valdez might
become Leo-Burned-To-Death-Valdez." The whole group burst out laughing, even
Nico cracked a smile. Lunch went on pretty slowly, but Percy was happy about
that. Jack and Nico sat next to Percy and Anubis sat next to Will.
"So, Percy," Jack turned to Percy, his arm winding around Nico's waist and
pulling Nico against him. "You're actually the only kid in Olympus Drive we
haven't met. How come?"
"Well it's –" Percy was abruptly cut off by Luke.
"We can't discuss that here," Luke said. "We'll tell you when we're hanging out
in the meeting later tonight." Jack nodded.
"So, what's it like here, in Salem?" Anubis asked Annabeth.
"Oh, it's okay, I guess. It's kinda boring. No one really hangs out with us
because … you know. So, yeah. Although, we have the lake and we have
entertainment in our houses. I spend most of the time in the library, Percy
enjoys swimming. Travis and Connor like pulling pranks on people, Leo likes to
build stuff for fun, Piper and her sisters hang out with their dad on his movie
sets, Clarisse and her brother Frank hang out in the gym, Will hangs around the
hospital – he's studying medicine, and there's a lot more."
"Wow." Anubis said. That's a lot." Annabeth chuckled.
"Yeah, that's not all of us, but we like it here." The blonde said. Just then,
Percy spotted two girls – he'd never seen before – walking towards them. The
first girl had regal features. Her hair was platted and cascading down her left
shoulder. She had cold brown eyes and a good tan. She wore a tight purple tank
top and a pair of blue skinny jeans. The second girl was a few inches shorter
than the first girl. Her hair was opened and she had on a green floppy cap. She
wore a plain white crop-top and tight black jeans that reached the spot where
her top stopped. As soon as Nico saw them, he shot out of Jack's arms. Jack
chuckled as he decided to finally complete his meal.
He walked up to both girls and they had a laugh about something before the
taller girl crushed him in a hug. She looped her arm through his and they
walked to the table.
"Oh, this is Percy – the guy we haven't met yet." Nico said. The taller girl
smiled, yet there was a cold glint in his eyes.
"Hello," she said. "I'm Reyna Ramirez-Arellano, and the shorter girl is
Bianca."
"Hey!" Bianca said, glaring at Reyna. "Yes, well, I'm Bianca di Angelo, the
nice, easy going sister."
Percy chuckled. "Nice to meet you both." Reyna sat with Annabeth and Piper and
Nico went to sit with Jack. Percy had to admit, Nico interested him. He was
quiet, disciplined and a little too emo. Even though Percy dated many girls
before, Nico interested him. Jack, however, might have been the possessive type
of boyfriend. Well, love is weird. Percy just managed to finish his lunch when
the bell rang.
"Well," Percy said, standing. "It was nice meeting you all. I'm off to Driver's
Ed. See ya." The group waved goodbye as Percy walked off. When Percy walked by
the school grounds, he noticed something – no, someone weird. The person looked
a lot like his dad, except, it wasn't his dad. This guy was sort of younger.
His hair cut short, face cleanly shaven and pure sea-green eyes. However, the
man's features were more … baleful. The man held out his hand, making a fist
and sticking up his thumb. Percy was going to walk over, but the man
immediately faced his thumb down – as if to say "BOO!" – And the man grinned
madly. Then, without a word, the man faded into vapor. Percy thought he was
losing his mind. He wanted to call Luke or even Annabeth. He decided not to. He
walked to the school's reserved parking lot and waited for his teacher – Mr. D.
When Mr. D didn't show up as early as he usually did, Percy decided to go on
and start the car. He didn't think Mr. D would mind since he was one of the
residents at Olympus Drive. When Mr. D didn't show, Percy decided to go and
look for him. However, he was brought to an abrupt halt when a voice echoed
across the parking lot.
"Going somewhere?"
Percy whirled around to the source. It was the man who was on the school ground
earlier. He had on a black suit and a sea-green formal shirt. In his hand he
held a staff with a sea-green jewel mounted on the top end of the staff.
"Who are you?" Percy demanded.
"Oh, you'll know soon enough." The man said. Out of thin air, the man hurled a
huge chunk of rock toward Percy. Percy moved as fast as he could, and the rock
ploughed to the car's windshield, shattering it on impact.
"Are you crazy?!" Percy yelled, getting up off of the ground. The man just
grinned in reply. He spread his arms, and slammed the butt of his staff on the
ground. Immediately, all around them, jets of steam burst through the ground –
geysers. Percy ran out of the way of a few, but some of the heat caught him,
and singed the hair off of his arm.
"You're going to be a problem for us," the man told Percy. "The Mistress wants
you dead." The man thrust his hand forward, and Percy was knocked over by a
wall of water. Where did that come from? Percy lay sprawled on the floor,
soaking wet and choking. However, the water seemed to reinvigorate him. The man
chuckled as he walked over to Percy. The man held the butt of his staff over
Percy's throat. The next thing that happened, shocked Percy more than the man
towering over him. The earth trembled violently and the man stumbled backwards.
"Stop!" the man yelled. He slammed the butt of his staff on the ground, but the
ground didn't stop trembling. Just when Percy thought it was about to end, a
jet of foamy saltwater erupted underneath the man, shooting him into the sky.
The water wasn't stopping. But as soon as Percy stood, the water stopped
spraying out of the crack in the ground and showered over Percy in the form of
a light drizzle of saltwater. After a few seconds, the man from earlier came
tumbling out of the sky. He was screaming as loud as he possibly could. The
weird thing was that no one had noticed the scene unfold. Even the buildings
seemed to be intact after the quake. Were there even earthquakes in Salem?
Well, that was the end of the ignorance of the school. Out of nowhere, Jason,
Annabeth and Luke materialized.
"Percy!" Annabeth shrieked. "What happened?" It took Percy a moment to get his
bearings, but before he could, he remembered the man that was tumbling out of
the air.
"Uh … maybe we should try and help the guy that's about to be splattered
against the tarmac?" Percy asked. Jason waved him off.
"He'll be fine." Jason said. And true to his word, the man stopped falling
twenty meters before he could be splattered. He glared at Percy. And, then, it
clicked. This guy was in his dream, the one who fought his dad.
"Neptune," Percy said. Annabeth gasped. And well, Jason found a rock and
launched it at the guy's face. It disintegrated into mist before it could even
touch the man. He chuckled.
"Oh, come now. Sure you know magic must defeat magic." Neptune chided.
"We aren't like you." Luke growled.
Neptune chuckled. "I'll be back Perseus Jackson. And when I'm here, you won't
be able to stand against my might." As soon as the man said that, he dissolved
into mist. Percy stared wide-eyed at the spot the man disappeared from.
"Percy." Annabeth said calmly. "How do you know him? And what the hell
happened?"
Percy started with the dream that he'd been having for the past couple of
months. It was a bit fuzzy, but he described it as best he could. Then, he told
them about what Neptune did and said.
"Oh, dear." Annabeth said.
"Great!" Luke bellowed.
"Well, we have to tell our parents." Jason said. All eyes were on him now. "If
we don't tell them, and when they find out that we didn't tell them when we
knew all along … we'll get into a lot of trouble."
"And, I think Percy's powers might have finally kicked in." Annabeth chimed.
"Well, at least it kept him alive." Luke said.
"Yeah, we need to tell our parents about that too." Jason said. "Let's just
hope they don't find out that Percy learned about us prematurely." The group
nodded. Then, the bell rang.
"We need to get to class." Percy said. "What about this mess?"
"We'll take care of it." Annabeth said. "Just get to class." When Percy began
to protest, Annabeth waved her hand, and Percy disappeared in a flash of light
and reappeared – in a flash of light – a few inches away from his next class.
Chemistry.
Percy felt a bit disoriented, but he walked into class just before their
Chemistry teacher – Chiron – walked in.
"Good afternoon, class. I hope that you're ready for a pop quiz." Chiron said.
The entire groaned in protest and Chiron chuckled. Percy felt like sleeping.
After his "powers kicked in", he felt quite dizzy and tired. Oh, well, Percy
thought. I just have to get through this pop quiz. And Percy began answering
the questions.
~Page Break~
The rest of the day passed quickly. Percy was feeling almost as dead as the …
well, the dead. In all honesty, he didn't like what he did to Neptune. And,
Percy was sure that his parents were already well informed about the incident
by Annabeth. Great. Now he'd have to face Kronos and go to those horrible
rituals and meetings by some weird old tree which happened to be surrounded by
the ruins of an old mansion. Percy never liked some of the people that lived on
their street. Kronos, for example scared him out of his skin. The guy just gave
Percy the creeps ever since he heard what Kronos had done to people who found
out about their secret. Percy just hoped that Kronos wouldn't be informed that
Percy learned about their family's magic before he should actually have. Percy
quickly headed to Building D to retrieve his books from his locker when he
bumped into none other than Kelli.
"So, I heard your witchy powers are finally brewing." Kelli said. Tammi and
Dylan snickered behind her.
"Oh, please. Nothing happened." Percy mumbled.
"What proof do you have, dear?" Kelli asked. "I heard that you nearly killed a
man. Guess we all knew that you guys were demons. Killing people and stuff."
"Didn't your mother ever teach you not to listen to rumors and gossip?" Came a
voice from behind Percy. When Percy turned around, Jack was standing there with
Nico. As usual, Jack had an arm around Nico's waist.
"What, you get tired of not receiving any homophobic insults from anyone
already?" Kelli asked.
"You see, that's the problem. I don't stand for such stupidity. I could say
that you should really learn how to cover up the fact that you're not a virgin,
since, well, you're a terrible sinner right now." Jack said. For once, Kelli
was absolutely shocked, as well as Dylan and Tammi.
"What. The. Heck?!" Tammi asked.
"You little bitch!" Dylan shouted, getting the attention of most of the
students passing by.
Nico chuckled. "Be careful, Dylan. You might want to wash your mouth with soap
and beg for forgiveness." Dylan glared at Nico.
"You need to learn how to shut up!" Dylan bellowed, surging forward, trying to
crash a fist into Nico's gut.
Everything after that happened in a flash. Percy was about to hold Dylan back,
but he probably wouldn't have been able to, since Dylan was a jock. So, Dylan
surged forward and brought his fist down to Nico's gut. However, he didn't make
it. Jack grabbed Dylan's fist and held it firmly in place. Now, Jack was
Dylan's height and was just slightly less muscular. Percy couldn't really
comprehend what happened, but his mind tried its best to process the events
that occurred. Jack's hair seemed to get whiter, his icy eyes were about as
cold as Antarctica and the room seemed to get colder. And Percy noticed some
kids shiver. Jack twisted Dylan's arm in a flash and with such force, that
Percy couldn't believe what his ears heard.
CRACK!
Dylan's arm snapped and broke in Jack's grasp. Dylan fell to the floor in a
fetal position, cradling his broken arm and wailing – literally. Jack crouched
down to whisper in Dylan's ear, his breath steaming in the cold of the room.
"If you ever even try to come near my boyfriend again or send one of your
friends to hurt him, you're dead." Jack growled.
Dylan made a sound between a whimper and a sob. Percy had never seen this
happen to Dylan before. Everyone one around the group was in complete shock –
even Nico. And Percy, for one, had a newfound respect for Jack. He made a
mental note to never hit on Nico or anyone who was close to him because he
feared he might lose more than his arm.
"What did you do?!" Kelli shrieked, crouching down to check on Dylan. "Tammi,
get the school nurse or a –"
"Save it, Kelli. Goodbye." Tammi growled. Tammi turned on her heels, flipped
her hair over her shoulder and walked off into the crowd. Kelli snapped her
head up to face Percy. In all of this, Percy was in complete shock, unable to
move. He didn't even notice their group of friends surround the scene with smug
looks – even Annabeth, or the fact that the temperature was normal again.
"Aren't you going to do something?" Kelli spat venomously. Percy shrugged.
"He shouldn't have tried to hit Nico for something that he said – which
happened to be true."
"Are you guys okay?" Luke asked Jack and Nico.
"We're fine." Nico said, still in shock.
"You sure?" Jason asked. "You look like you could collapse at any minute." Nico
didn't say anything. He just nodded. He stole a glance at Percy, offering a nod
and then turned to Jack. Jack smiled down at the boy, his white teeth nearly
blinding Percy. Nico wove his arms around Jack's waist and hugged Jack.
"Well, then." Annabeth cleared her throat turning to the spectators. "Nothing
to see here, guys! We should all get going. I doubt your parents would want you
returning home –"
"We want to know what's happening!" Came a male voice from the back of the
crowd.
"Yeah. Don't tell us that you didn't feel it get colder up in here!" Came a
second voice – female this time. Annabeth's intense stormy gray eyes scanned
the crowd, making the row right in front fidget with nervousness.
"We want to know!" Came another male voice. "We know you devil worshippers did
something wicked! How else could that guy break Dylan's arm? This is Dylan, a
football jock we're talking about."
"Look, guys. Jack was just protecting Nico. You saw what Dylan was trying to
do. He deserved it, and you guys know it." Percy said.
"LIES!" Kelli bellowed, struggling to get up. "We know what you all are!" She
pointed a finger accusingly at Percy's friends. Jack's gaze looked as if it
could freeze hell over. Probably why Kelli faltered with her finger-pointing
when she reached Jack and Nico.
"Shut up, you whore!" came the first voice. Then, Piper decided to speak up and
she shocked Percy the most.
"You're all going to forget what happened here." She said calmly. "You're going
to go home, and get on with your daily lives and never remember the unusual
incidents that occurred today."
That was it for Percy. Suddenly, he felt the sudden urge to heed Piper's word
and obey. Percy began to walk away with the crowd, except Luke stopped him.
"Whoa there, buddy." Luke placed his hand on Percy's shoulder and dragged him
backwards. Charmspeak, Percy thought. When he came back to his senses, Percy
noticed that they weren't in the school's Building D anymore. They were in the
parking lot, where only their cars were parked.
"Guys," Jason began, "we need to stay out of trouble, okay?"
"Yeah." Jack said, his face grim. Nico was standing with him looking up at
Jack. Nico took Jack by the hand and they decided to walk away from the group
to talk. Jason was about to follow, but Percy stopped him.
"Hey, Jason, just leave them be." Percy said. Jason nodded and walked off to
the group.
"Guys. Let's just not tell our parents about this. Although, we have to tell
them about Percy's dreams, powers and also Neptune's attack on Percy." Jason
said.
"Yeah. We need to." Annabeth said, eyeing Anubis. The guy was standing all
alone by his car, texting someone.
"Also," came Leo's voice. Leo was a character. His mom – Esperenza was Latino
and his dad was Hephaestus. Leo had curly black hair a slightly dark tan. "We
need to keep the fact that Percy found out about us secret."
"Oh, sure we do." Travis droned.
"Guess I wouldn't want him in trouble." Narcissus said sweetly. In truth, Percy
was very wary of Narcissus. The guy – even though he seemed to like Percy – was
currently ogling Nico's body. Percy felt sorry for Nico. Knowing him, he was
going to try to steal Nico from Jack, break his heart and discard him like
trash.
"We have to be careful." Clarisse grumbled. "I also wouldn't want one of our
own getting turned into an insect or something."
"Guess so." Percy said. Just then, Percy realized that he needed to get home
urgently before his parents came looking for him. "Guess I have to go now,
guys. See you later tonight at the Council meeting."
"Bye." everyone in the called. Percy strolled over to his car but stopped when
he realized that it was right next to Jack and Nico.
"– you know I love you," came Nico's voice.
"I know you do. And I love you too, but I'm sorry about what I did." Jack said.
Nico nodded.
"It's okay, Jack. I know I said that I don't want you fighting my battles, but
it's quite nice knowing I have a jealous, overprotective and loving boyfriend."
Nico said, poking Jack in the chest.
Jack smirked. "Yep."
Nico chuckled. He stood on the tips of his toes and kissed Jack. Jack's hands
wound around Nico's waist and Nico's arms wrapped around Jack's neck. There
were some wolf whistles from the Stolls and even Luke and Thalia. Percy
blushed. Feeling as if he was intruding on their privacy, he looked away as he
got into his car. Percy was just tired. He relaxed for a while in his eat
before he did anything else. That little magic trick that just seemed to happen
earlier today really sapped Percy of his strength. Sure, he was happy to
finally find out that he would finally be able to sit in with his friends and
would be able to finally learn about his family and their magic. While Percy
sat there, he hadn't realized that twenty minutes had passed. He finally
decided to start his car. As he was getting out of the school parking lot,
Narcissus stopped him. Percy rolled his window down and Narcissus stuck his
head in, grinning madly at Percy.
"Are you busy this weekend? Some of us are going to hang out and we were
wondering if you'd come."
"Uh, that depends on my parents. You know, with my powers and all." Percy said.
"Oh, yeah. Well, just let me know." Narcissus mumbled. Percy nodded and tossed
the brunet a wave as he drove out of the parking lot. Percy was very tired and
he wasn't sure what was going to happen once he got home, but he wasn't so sure
about being alive after tonight's meeting. Well, Percy really wanted to live –
not be killed. A guy can hope, right?
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