Chapter 1

Percy Jackson, to put it simply was a troubled boy. But in reality he was much more than that. He had lost his dear mother Sally Jackson when he was just 6. He was stuck with his stepdad Gabe. Gabe wasn't the best possible father( Hear the sarcasm?) and was a drunkard and a gambler. His grandma Cersii Jackson too lived with them. Gabe never did anything other than put his ass on the sofa and drink beer. His poker friends made Percy's life even worse.

"Perce dear wake up! It's time for school. You don't want to be late for the first day itself." Groaning Percy got up from under the covers. He was never a morning person." Gran you know I hate it there. I was better off in public school." Last year Percy had gotten a full scholarship to Goode high school, due to his swimming records. He hated it there, it was full of rich spoilt brats. "Oh Perce you have no clue how lucky you are. Now get going before I call Gabe." Percy smirked " Jeez gran, no need to be so melodramatic. Besides i'll set my ass on fire if he wakes up so early" She exclaimed " PERSIUS JACKSON I don't want such language in my house." He rushed downstairs took a slice of bread and rushed out saying" Sorry gran! See you at the shop. Love You"

He arrived at 8:26, four minutes before school began, "Great going Percy" he told himself. He took his schedule from the school office. First period was math- Mrs. Dodds , shit! She was pure evil and she hated Percy. Just great. He entered her class warily as she said "Mr. Jackson how nice of you to finally join us." With a stern look she said "Detention after school today." Shit he couldn't get detention today, he had to help gran at their flower shop. Irritated he walked over to the empty bench, while passing Luke, who lived to make his life miserable, said " Jackson, mommy forgot to wake you up today ?" That asshole he knew what had happened his mom! Percy tried his best to control himself as he sat down, he couldn't be weak in front of Luke. His dyslexia made it impossible for him to figure out the digits on the board. Time passed by in a blur. Suddenly the office attendant came it with a girl behind her. She was beautiful, with curly princess like blonde hair and her tanned skin. She looked like a typical Californian girl, un till Percy saw her fierce gray eyes. They were deep, intelligent and seemed to scan everything. Snap out of it he told himself, she probably is another rich brat. But his heart said otherwise. She began introducing herself " Hello all good morning. I'm Annabeth Chase, um... I moved here recently from San Francisco, I like reading and nice to meet you all." She took a seat besides Luke, he felt jealousy rising in him and it scared him.

The bell rang signaling the end of Mrs. Dodds's torture. As everyone started pouring out of the class he went over to Annabeth and said "Hey welcome to Goode, I'm Percy." he extended his hand forward. She took a step backward and said " Thanks, but no thanks. Luke told me everything about you and people like you are nothing but trouble." Percy scoffed " And you believed him?" she replied while getting out of the door "He has been my friend ever since I was 6. I'll trust him any day over a jerk like you." Percy clearly angry walked toward his next class. Who does she think she is? She actually was naive enough to believe Luke or she was picking on him like they all do. He didn't care though, life was too short and it would be a waste to think of these jerks. Atleast the next class 'Greek Mythology' would be fun. It was the only class he understood and aced. Very few people had come inside, he saw a girl wearing a 'Kill Barbie' shirt and a boy wearing entire dark clothes with a skull ring. He smiled and went over and hugged them. Thaila and Nico were his only true friends. They too were 'outcasts' like him. Thalia said "Hey kelphead how are you? What have you been upto all summer?" He put his hands up in fake horror "Just helped my gran pinecone face" Nico complained " Dude you should have come with us to Paris. Zeus and Hera just left us at the Hotel and all Thalia did was sleep!Man was it a snooze fest." and glanced at Thalia. "Thanks Nikki I feel the love." Thaila said. Percy found himself smiling, that is why loved his friends. Thalia and Nico were cousins but it was very hard to believe. They both acted like they were annoyed by each other but loved each other dearly.

As every came in the class soon began, Mr. Chiron, their Greek Mythology teacher, was very kind and was one of the school's staff he actually liked. He asked everyone how their holidays were and he kicked of the year with a pop quiz. "What was the age when the titan Kronos ruled called?" Easy, Percy thought and was about to raise his hand but Annabeth beat him to it, "The Golden Age. Mr. Chiron." As the class went on Percy found out that Annabeth knew quite a lot when it came to Greek Mythology. Even though she was rude to him Percy's mind was always wandering back to Annabeth. There was something about her that made him feel that she was not like Luke or the others. Thalia flicked him in arm and said "Stop staring or she will melt" "I was not" he said a little too loudly and everyone started staring at him. Luke smirked and said " Daydreaming are we Jackson. Cause there isn't anything else you can actully do." He glared at Luke and said " First try telling the name of at least 2 Olympian gods Luke, then we'll talk. The entire class burst out laughing, even Mr. Chiron and Annabeth tried to hide a laugh. "You'll pay Jackson" Luke muttered under his breath. Percy didn't know why he did that, because this would mean more trouble for him. But he had enough of Luke and had just snapped.

Percy entered the cafeteria talking with Thalia and Nico. Nic was telling him about how Thalia left him alone when they went to see the Eiffel Tower. Thalia said " Hey it's not my fault that I saw a really cool guy selling Swiss Army Knives." Thalia always had interest in dark things, regardless of that he still loved her. She was a like a sister he never had. They bought their food and sat down, Thalia asked him " What's up with you and that new Annie girl. Has someone finally caught the great Persius Jackson's attention?" He glared at her "Don't call me that" He hated that name as it brought back sad memories. The hospital bed, all the blood, the heart monitor, everything came before his eyes. The name made him miss her more and tore Percy apart. "And no. Nothing is going on, besides she is Luke's friend, befriending her would not be ahhh... logical!" Percy stammered. "All things are not logical my friend" Thalia said matter of factly. I rolled my eyes, Thalia has this philosophical side deep down inside of her. "Hey Perce, can you get me a coke?"Nico asked. "Um..No." "Please, I'm tired, I promise I will help you out at the store." Percy gave Nico a look that said 'Dude you're weird' but got up to get his coke. As he was walking he felt cool liquid being poured on his head. Damn Percy was a mess. Jake one of Luke's friend had poured soda on his head. Thalia and Nico looked like they were ready to beat Jake. Badly that too. But Percy walked over to them and said "Let's go. He is not worth it." They were shocked but they followed him out of the cafeteria. Nico muttered " Damn Perce you do this every time. Show them that you are not to be messed with, they won't bother you again." Percy took in a deep breath and calmly said " Gran already has a lot to worry about, when she should be having a peaceful and happy life. Instead she is stuck caring for a bloody drunkard and raising a troubled 16 year old teenager. I don't want to give her any more trouble. " The cousins didn't say anything but they hugged him tight. Percy smiled and hugged back. He felt happy, strong and that he was not alone.