THE SEA QUEEN'S PEARL
Annabeth was irritated. She had been pulled away from her duties by Chiron to help take care of a new Demi-God. One, judging by the way Chiron was acting, that was special or very powerful or maybe very skilled in something. Perhaps he was The One that she was supposed to do her quest with and finally leave this Camp for once in her life. Her hopes were quickly dashed when she saw the Cyclops and soon found out the Cyclops had saved this Demi-God from a Mortal of all things. The Cyclops didn't help and she had to grit her teeth and not scream her head off when she saw him. She didn't know how Grover did it but by Zeus she respected him for it. Her nerves were further agitated by the sudden appearance of her mother's arch rival the Sea God. Surely this was against Olympian law? Gods and Goddesses so rarely make contact with their children and apart from Mr D not a single one has made an appearance in Camp Half Blood. She watched in horror and morbid fascination as Poseidon lovingly held the Mortal's hand. This meant that the boy lying before her was a child of one of The Big Three. A forbidden child. A child with great enemies ready to kill him any second. Just like Thalia. Her horror ebbed away slightly when she watched from the corner of her eye Poseidon turn the Mortal into a Goddess...into his wife. What on earth could it mean? She had thought Amphitrite had disappeared completely, can Gods be reincarnated? Did that mean this boy who was so easily beaten by a Mortal was in fact more powerful than Thalia who had a Mortal mother? She turned away when she realised the Sea God and Goddess were having a romantic private moment and waited in silent fear for them to leave or something. Instead Amphitrite shouted a boy's name and leaped out of bed, Annabeth felt herself suddenly pushed out of the way as the beautiful dark haired woman took hold of her son's hand. "Oh my baby," she heard the Goddess murmur, "my poor little baby, why didn't I come home sooner?" "Annabeth," Chiron murmured suddenly appearing beside her. She jumped when she felt his hand touch her shoulder. "I think it's best if we went outside." She nodded and allowed her mentor guide her out of the room but she couldn't help but glance back and sneak one more look at the beautiful unearthly couple worrying over their very plain and ordinary son. PJPJPJPJPJPJPJPJPJPJPJ Percy was confused. Like really, really confused. His last memory was of Smelly Gabe screaming and spitting at him before shoving him hard to the ground. There was a sharp pain and soon everything went to black. Now he was in a light airy room with his mother, who wasn't quite his mother he couldn't explain it, and an odd man. His mother was embracing him tightly and he buried his head into her shoulder but he couldn't help but notice she smelt different. Not bad different, in fact it was a very good different, she smelt of the salty sea air and that had always felt like home to him for reasons unknown. He glanced up at the strange man who was just as dark and green-eyed as Percy and his mother were. "Who are you?" he asked. The strange man shares a glance with his mother and Percy felt his mother heave a sigh before holding onto him a little tighter. "This, Percy," she said gently, "is your father." "Hello," Percy said suddenly feeling like a shy little boy. "Erm...I thought you were lost at sea?" His father laughed, it was a warm, full-hearted laugh that instantly lifted Percy's spirit up. "I suppose you can say you found me then," he offered his hand to Percy, "Poseidon," he introduced himself. "Like the Sea God," Percy asked shaking his father's hand. "No as in I am the God of the Sea," Poseidon grinned. Percy looked at his mother to see if she laughing. This had to be a joke or something that his father liked to pull on a regular basis. But she wasn't laughing she was looking back down at him in concern as if she was worried he was going to get angry or do something that might hurt him. "I don't understand," Percy mumbled. "Percy..." his mother sighed again, she hadn't sighed this often since he got expelled for the fifth time, "the Greek Mythology actually exists. All those Gods, Goddesses, and monsters, they're real." Percy couldn't help but laugh. "Isn't it a little too late for April's Fools?" he asked. His parents exchanged another look and then gave Percy a very solemn and grave one. Percy knew right then and there that they were not joking. He sat there silently as they told a great love story of how the Mortals no longer believed that Poseidon had a wife and how she faded away but not without leaving her powers in a pearl. How she was reincarnated into his mother and how Poseidon had fallen madly, deeply, in love once again. How there was a terrible prophecy of how a child of The Big Three (Zeus, Hades, and his father Poseidon) could be the end of Olympia and how his father broke his pact to not sire a child by doing what all men do when they are in love. They then moved on to tell him about the Camp and how it works. The laws of the Gods, the different creatures such as Satyrs, Cyclops, Nymphs, and Dryads, and how monsters reform and come back though it could be for centuries. They told him about his brother Triton who he already knew and they told him about Tyson which he found it hard to believe. The worst bit though was finding out how he couldn't live with his parents. At least right now. "Zeus' Master Lightening Bolt has been stolen and he's accusing me," his father explained, "I suspect the real culprit could be my other brother Hades and three heroes are needed to go on a quest to find it soon, preferably before the summer solstice or otherwise there will be a war." His father shuddered and Percy knew without a doubt war would be a terrible thing. "Once I return to Olympia I doubt I will be allowed back for a long time. Until then you need to stay at the Camp, train hard, and make me proud." "What about Mum?" Percy asked. He turned to look at the one person who had been his entire world until recently and was taken aback by the sudden tears in her eyes. "As a Goddess it is my duty to report to Olympia, as a wife, it is not only my duty but my need to be beside my husband and stand by his side against the opposition. Hera's law won't let me stay at the Camp with you my darling; this is something you'll have to do alone." "Not completely alone," his father corrected her, "Chiron is a good teacher and won't let anything happen to you. Grover is a friend, is he not? He will stand by your side, and I have asked for Tyson to be trained here too so you will have a constant companion within him. Eventually I am certain you will make some good friends here. Many always do." Percy nodded and tried not to get too upset over this. He reminded himself that it was just for the summer and soon enough his parents will come back to him and set up home somewhere. He wondered if they would live in Montauk or get a villa somewhere on a beach far away from New York. He curled up close to his Mum and was pleased to feel her hugging him just as tightly back. He was a little uneasy when his father joined the group hug but it was a pleasant change from Smelly Gabe sneering down at them and ruining whatever content mood his mother had just created. Eventually he had to get up and go to a dining hall for dinner while his father and mother had to leave for Olympia, going by the sudden raging storm outside. "All right, all right, I'll be back soon," his father muttered. Percy tried not to grimace as everyone looked at him and then quickly turned to their friend to whisper about him. He never liked this sort of attention it usually meant some bully will corner him in the bathroom later. His father ignored it all as he guided Percy towards a monster, Percy had to blink and readjust his vision. The one-eyed tall monster wasn't a monster at all, it was his brother Tyson. "Hey big guy," Percy said. He was suddenly crushed by a big loving hug. "Big brother! Tyson was worried you were gone forever!" Tyson wept into his shoulder. "Nah just having a kip," Percy said lightly trying to loosen the hug so he could actually breathe as well as return it. "Can't get rid of me just yet." Tyson soon let go and hugged Percy's mother as well who fondly told him not to cry as everything was going to be all right. She then hugged Percy one last time before kissing him on the forehead (there was a strange tingle that her lips left and she whispered in his ear about her blessing him and protecting him from other Gods) and said one last goodbye before she and his father left for good. Percy didn't know what was going to happen to him but something told him it had all the possibilities of a happy ending. PJPJPJPJPJPJPJPJPJ Sally...erm Amphitrite, had been overwhelmed when she first returned to Olympia. She had long forgotten the splendour it had held within its walls and the many over-excitable characters that lived there. Apollo had greeted her with a terrible haiku (something he picked up over a century ago), Aphrodite showered her with kisses and hugs, Hera cried, Athena coolly welcomed her back before insulting her husband, Ares just muttered a greeting while Hermes welcomed her with full on hugs and compliments, Hephaestus and Artemis both sent her a cool nod, and Zeus was exploding in fury. Not at her but at her child and husband. Within days she was part of a long drawn out argument defending herself and her child against the wild accusations of Zeus. There had been no way either of them had access to Olympia or his Master Bolt in the past six months but no matter how many times she repeated this no one was really listening apart from Aphrodite who seemed to know full well why Sally and Percy Jackson couldn't leave their apartment to go and steal a powerful object. The sad sympathetic look she kept sending Amphitrite was driving her mad. Zeus wouldn't concede the argument and set up a deadline. Percy will find the Master Bolt and bring it back before the summer solstice or there will be war. She didn't get the chance to see her son in person to tell him this. He was to be told by Chiron who would put Percy in a group with a fellow camper and a Satyr, she could only hope its Grover who would be the best support Percy could have right now. She stood there by a waterfall watching via an Iris Message her son prepare to leave the Camp and go solve a problem that should have nothing to do with him. She felt Poseidon take her hand and squeeze it. "He'll be fine," Poseidon said reassuringly, "he's strong like his mother; smart too, he'll solve everything without a scratch on him." "I hope so," she said with a sad smile. "I want him to grow up and experience everything life has to offer." "He will," Poseidon promised her. "And do more than that I expect. I can see great things for him, after all you raised him." They watched their son set off with a determined look on his sweet little face and she knew everything will be all right.
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