Life's a Game (Rewriting) Prologue-ish Chapter 1 (Rewritten!), a percy jackson and the olympians fanfic

REWRITTEN!

REWRITE A/N: Hey, so I went back and changed a lot of the story (removing cringe parts, patching plot holes). So if anyone decided to drop this story, please give it another chance!

This is my first story, so please don't judge it to harshly, I am under 14 and English is my second language, so if I make any spelling or grammar errors, sorry. This takes place when Percy is 12, during the events of the Lightning Thief. Hopefully eventual Pertemis.

Rewrite disclaimer: I own nothing. Also, a few features of his powers are inspired by the far superior fanfic Percy Jackson and the Game and The Gamer manwha.

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Prologue:

Percy Jackson woke to the sound of his alarm clock. Slamming the off button, he started to take in his surroundings. Same Yancy Academy exclusive odor, same moldy bed sheets, same lump under the bed containing the stolen candy he had been trying to sell.

Oddly he felt full of energy, unlike he usually did when he woke up. Too full of energy. And for an ADHD kid, this was saying something. It felt odd to be so refreshed despite having only a few hours of sleep.

He looked up, then proceeded to pinch himself to make sure he wasn't dreaming. Because, oddly enough, there was a floating text box in front of him.

Percy read the text, his eyes sweeping over the words.

You have slept in your bed, HP and MP have been fully restored. Spawnpoint has been set to this location. All ailments and negative effects have been cured. You have received the status effect [Rested-Level 5] for 5 minutes!

You have gained 9XP from the activities you have done the previous day!

Percy's eyes almost fell out of their sockets, either he was beginning his descent to madness, or this was actually happening.

He was no stranger to video games, having watched his stepfather, Gabe Ugliano, suck at them for ages. Due to this, he recognized the text as what would appear once a game avatar has woken up.

Could it be? Was he actually living a video game?

'Naw, must be the universe trying to get a laugh at my expense.'

Percy yelped in pain after slapping himself in an attempt to wake up from a dream.

[HP: 400(-7) =393/400]

On the off chance that this is actually happening... Screw it, even if it was a dream, he would enjoy it.

Percy vaguely tried to recall what the player would do now. An idea in mind, he looked around, making sure no one was watching before mumbling, "Player stats."

A blue box reminiscent of the one containing the sleep text appeared before his eyes.

Perseus Jackson-Level 3 (10/300)

Species: ? (+3 to STR, SPD, VIT, STA and DEX)

Title: None

Age: 12

Status effects: [Rested-Level 5]

HP: 400/400

MP: 150/150

HP regen rate: 1 HP/5 Seconds

MP regen rate: 1 MP/5 Seconds

STR-1+3(?) =4

SPD-7+3(?) =10

VIT-8+3(?) =12

STA-3+3(?) =6

DEX-3+3(?) =6

INT-2

WIS-1

LUK-0

Stat points: 15

Money: $10

Perseus 'Percy' Jackson is a (?), He has ADHD and Dyslexia. He is the son of (?) and Sally Jackson. He is able to see the world as a video game due to (?). He wishes for his mother, whom he loves dearly, to have a better life and all the blue candy in the world. He also hopes to make more friends. Currently, he is studying at Yancy Academy and wishes not to screw up. As of now, he is wondering what were in the contents of his mashed potatoes, and whether they were drugged.

Still considering the fact that he might have gone insane due to pre-exam stress, which actually wasn't possible as he hadn't done any revision, he tried to calm himself down.

There was way too little information was in his stats, I mean, really, why on earth are all the seemingly important information censored out? This wasn't Roblox, so why were there so many unnecessary censors? To add salt to wound- or... slap on the cheek, the stats he had were absolute rubbish.

Despite this, he was quite excited. This power was the key to turn him into a completely overpowered Gary Stu! Also, he wasn't a human? Why wasn't he human? Hmm, maybe... he was a demigo- Kryptonian! Yes! Hopefully he was a Kryptonian.

He wasn't complaining though, from what he could see, it added points to all strength related stats according to level.

The [Rested] status effect was interesting. He tapped it, wondering if it would show him any information. His player stats page expanded into a new one.

Rested-Level 5

Buffs: +5 to INT and WIS gained.

Debuffs: None

Duration: 4 minutes 42 seconds

Grinning, he somehow got accustomed to this new part of his life and ran to the canteen before they ran out chili fries.

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Four years into the future, the twelve Olympians and the three Fates stood in the crumbling throne room. They had gathered for the final time. They looked at a sleeping Percy of four years ago through the flames of Hestia's hearth.

Athena spoke first, "Changing the past on such a drastic scale will take all of our remaining power, but we have no choice, we cannot let Kronos have free reign, and to do so we must grant our incompetent champion the right tools."

"My son is plenty competent, Athena. Anyways, we've already discussed this, you and your contingency plans, you know exactly what tools to give him. At this rate, you're like Batman with prep time!" Poseidon replied.

Athena inclined her head, "Fair enough."

The three fates spoke as one, "We will contribute all our power, which surpasses even Batman with prep time! But remember, changing something so big in the past will mutilate the space-time continuum so badly, we will not be able to repeat such a thing. This is our only chance."

Apollo chuckled, "So basically, screw the Ancient Laws."

Zeus boomed, "This is not a laughing matter Apollo, the fate of the universe is at stake!"

Poseidon muttered, "Always the drama queen brother, only Batman with prep time is a universal threat."

Then, as one the powerful entities in the room each shot out a beam of energy at the shimmering image of the sleeping Percy like some budget Power Rangers scene. Then, they all exchanged grim looks as Kronos and his Titans broke in, sealing the fate of the Olympians and, well, the Fates.

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Chapter 1 and the prologue are fused, future chapters won't have this annoying A/N here.

Rewrite A/N Hi! Nothing to say for once, just want to thank you guys for the support! It really means a lot, please leave a review with constructive criticism or a kind comment. Or y'know... a really well-written hate comment. Under the condition that you use a guest account with the name Batman.

Also, yes, Chiron's title is only what it is because of the situation.

Disclaimer: Quest format heavily inspired by Percy Jackson the Dark Gamer, because my old format was crap.

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Chapter one:

Percy tripped on an outstretched foot. Nancy Bobofit had tripped him, for perhaps the third time that day and the thousandth time that month, on his way to the canteen, before chuckling and walking away. He really needed to stop falling for that.

Wait a moment.

The pain... it was only there for a moment. Apparently falling flat on his face only hurt for 3 seconds now! This seemed similar to the way a game avatar could damage and still keep fighting at full strength. Maybe this gamer power was way more could useful than it seemed!

[HP: 400(-17) =373/400]

Still useful.

Getting up and brushing himself off, he looked at Nancy, who was guiltlessly walking away, as though tripping over someone was routine for her. Actually, it totally was. Black words were floating above her head.

Nancy Bobofit-Level 5

'I'm lower level than her... crud.'

He normally would try to confront Nancy, or at least picture her dying horribly in his mind, but as of now he had more important matters to deal with. Like how the game, his life, now worked. But he had that handled.

"Instructions."

Nothing happened.

Percy blinked. Dammit. He had really expected that to work. He got another idea. He walked to the cafeteria after closing the box. Nancy was already there. He narrowed his eyes, her status bar was still floating over her head, was there any way to observe information about her like with his own stat page?

"Nancy Bobofit player stats." Nothing.

"Observe Stats of Nancy." Nothing.

"Observe stats." Feeling kinda stupid here.

"Observe."

Percy heard a faint 'Ping!' as a blue box appeared in front of him.

Nancy Bobofit-Level 5

Species: Human

Title: [Pickpocket]

Age: 12

Status effects: None

HP: 500/500

MP: 25/25

STR-1

SPD-2

VIT-2

STA-1

DEX-10(+½DEX) =15

INT-2(+5) =7

WIS-0

LUK-2(x 2) =4

Money: $253

Nancy Bobofit is a kleptomaniac. She is the daughter of Stew-Pete Bobofit and Qwyatt Stew-Pete Bobofit. She yearns for her parents' attention. She is temperamental and is self-conscious of her freckles, she thinks her father, Stew-Pete is stupid and her mother, Qwyatt Stew-Pete is quite stupid. Her favorite person is Boba Fett from Star Wars. Currently, she is struggling with her grades at Yancy Academy. As of now, she is trying to think of something cool to say to Percy.

Fun fact: She bullies Percy as she read on WikiHow that this was how to get a senpai to notice you.

Percy was pulled out of his thoughts by a 'Ping!' He saw a new box in front of him.

You have obtained a new skill!

Active: Observing-Level MAX

You are able to access the status page of whatever is targeted, and opinion of you by using this skill on a certain target. This skill will not work if the target is under certain shields. This skill is directly linked to your progress, and will let you access more information about your target, the more features you unlock on your stat page. If you observe someone above your level limit, skill will not function properly.

Level limit: 103

Skill power tier: [Mid]

Percy was a bit stunned. This was amazing! Maybe he could gain a skill that let him fly... or gain telepathy...

Excited, Percy opened his skill page with a vocal command. "Skills."

Passive: Gamer Abilities-Level MAX

You are able to live life as though it is a video game. Rest is not needed for your new body as gamers do not sleep. SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK! This skill grants you a bonus of 5 stat points that can be personally allocated per level. Pain is only temporarily felt, because you still need to suffer, and your mind is able to handle emotions better and think more logically, as a measure to protect you from getting traumatized, as psychiatrists are expensive.

Skill power tier: [God]

Active: Observing-Level MAX

Level limit: 103

Skill power tier: [Mid]

'Ping!'

You have gained +1 INT from the learning the system!

[INT-2+1=3]

Percy grinned. He was getting smarter. He was going to grind this stat so much by doing the horror that is revision, so that he could look back at his old stats and laugh at his own idiocy. With that thought in mind he went to buy his food and walked over to his (only) friend, Grover's table.

Just for fun he observed the food he was eating.

Common: Mashed Potatoes

If only it had gravy...

Restores: 5HP and 5MP

Item quality tier: [Normal]

While he was eating, he decided to sort of plan out how to improve his stats.

Urgh.

So many weird things had happened, yet, thanks to that gamer abilities skill, he wasn't at all phased. Okay, maybe just a tad phased.

After all, he had found out he was not a human, had better stats than Cheeto face, and could probably become an über genius from putting all his stat points into intelligence... But if he wanted to achieve that, he had some hardcore levelling to do.

First, he had to grind his intelligence stat to think up a better schedule. From earlier, he knew he could increase that stat by reading... but where on earth was he supposed to find enough books?!

Oh wait... Yancy Academy had a library...

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Scoffing down his food meant that he had an hour of free period before he had to get to class.

Grover chased him away, telling Percy that he was planning on eating the canteen's whole supply of enchiladas, so he should enjoy his free time.

Percy was quite touched by this small act of friendship. The school didn't even serve enchiladas today, so Grover must have felt that he was in need of some time alone.

Percy made his way to the library, and picked up a book on the history of ancient Greece. The moment he opened the book, words started flying around like they all had miniature Iron Man suits. It was then that it hit him. 'My dyslexia doesn't affect the game text for some plot device-ish reason... just wish it were the same for these books.'

The next few minutes were hell, he managed to read through a few pages before he heard a 'Ping!'

You have gained +1 INT from reading!

Due to dyslexia, INT gained from reading is doubled!

[INT-3+2 =5]

Huh. Dyslexia was useful for once.

After he closed the boxes he heard another 'Ping!'

You have obtained a new skill!

Due to your species, language [Ancient Greek] has been learned!

Subclass of reading has levelled up to 2!

Passive: Reading-Level 1 (50%)

You are able to... read... duh.

Passively grants: +10% reading speed

Subclasses:

1. Modern English-Level 2 (10%)

Reading speed: 15% (55% of understanding what you read)

2. Ancient Greek-Level 1 (?)

Reading speed: 10% (50% of understanding what you read)

Skill power tier: [Low]

+HIDE

Why would he understand ancient Greek? It couldn't be from those few pages of The History of Ancient Greece could it? Maybe it was a magic book...

Percy pressed the '?' at the end of the sentence.

You are able to understand Ancient Greek as a perk of your species!

Which I still don't know! Stupid Roblox-like censors.

Percy took a deep breath. 'Okay, I shouldn't be getting frustrated here. Channel my glass half full energies. I have gained amazing gamer abilities that plenty would kill, err injure for! Yeah, but that particular skill also has an effect on my mind which makes me treat it nonchalantly.'

'No, no, no. That is glass half empty mentality.'

Giving up on his mental conversation with himself, he continued grinding his intelligence points by reading.

After 7 minutes and a few more pages, he gained another intelligence point.

You have gained +1 INT because you are still reading!

Due to dyslexia, INT gained from reading is doubled!

[INT-5+2 =7]

Percy grinned like the Cheshire cat but creepier. That made him 5 points ahead of Nancy! Who he really shouldn't be comparing himself to.

Due to his probably overpowered race bonus, he was pretty sure he gained bonus points to his strength related stats according to level. In that case, he should focus on his intelligence, wisdom and luck.

Like in most games, Percy was pretty sure the higher the points got, the harder it was to increase them. Which was why he should probably save his stat points for emergencies, tempting as they were.

And so he spent the rest of his break reading 'till his eyes were slightly teary from trying to focus on the words.

The 2 INT points he gained was worth it though, especially considering his dyslexia bonus. He supposed he gained bonus intelligence because his dyslexia made him put in a ton more effort into understanding the text, causing it to stay imprinted in his memory longer.

You have gained +1 INT from reading!

Due to dyslexia, INT gained from reading is doubled!

[INT-9+2 =11]

MP Regen rate has increased by 1MP due to INT exceeding 10 points!

He also managed to level up his reading ability.

Passive: Reading-Level 2 (45%)

You are able to... read... duh.

Passively grants: +15% reading speed

Skill power tier: [Low]

Subclasses:

1. Modern English-Level 2 (32%)

Reading speed: 20% (60% of understanding what you read)

2. Ancient Greek-Level 1 (?)

Reading speed: 10% (50% of understanding what you read)

+HIDE

Percy's Cheshire cat grin widened. His intelligence had gone from 2 to 11 in a few hours... Who knew dyslexia could be a blessing?

However, he knew his current goal of 50 INT points was still quite far away. The space between each time he gained an intelligence point was increasing by a lot.

But on the brighter side, this gamer ability gave him reading hax! If he were to level it high enough, he would be able to speed-read books and gain INT points faster.

Another thing he had come to realize was that he had dormant skills. After all, reading only showed up once he started reading a book. Maybe a skill like dishwashing would pop up if he washed the dishes.

He still had around 5 minutes of free period so he decided to head to Mr. Brunner's classroom for Latin, his first lesson of the day. He was gonna be early for once!

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Percy reached the class door and froze, seeing a huge misshapen shadow that definitely did not look like the wheel chaired Mr. Brunner. Mr. Brunner on steroids though? Maybe. And then I got weirder, suddenly morphing before his very eyes, shrinking into a vaguely humanoid shape.

Percy warily walked into the classroom, seeing Mr. Brunner at the head of the class, at the position that would shadow was.

Mr. Brunner smiled, unaware of what Percy had seen. "Ah, hello Percy. Early for once I see!"

Percy grinned and sat at the corner of the classroom, it was completely empty except for Mr. Brunner. Percy wondered what Mr. Brunner had been doing, with that shadow changing thing.

'Ping!'

Quest: Mr. Brunner? More like Mr. Runner!

Tasks:

-Use observe on Mr. Brunner

Success:

-300XP

-Information on Mr. Brunner

-Feel salty

Failure:

-How the heck are supposed to screw this up?

Time remaining: 4 minutes 52 seconds

YES/NO

Quests. This was interesting, how many other features did this power have? He made a mental note to explore his abilities in the next break.

Percy smirked as he pressed yes and used observe on Mr. Brunner.

Chiron-Level 789

Species: Centaur

Title: [Teacher]

Age: ?

Status effects: None

HP: [100]/?

MP: [100]/?

STR-[20]/370

SPD-[10]/?

VIT-[15]/505

STA-[20]/?

DEX-[20]/1,123

INT-535

WIS-?

LUK-?

Money: $84

Chiron is the immortal trainer of heroes. He is extremely skilled with almost all types of weaponry. He is partially immortal. He secretly wants to be named Peter Johnson. Currently, he is disguised as a Latin teacher to observe and protect Percy. As of now, he is wondering why Percy is staring at him so intently and is quite unnerved out by it.

Fun fact: Percy is actually Chiron's favorite student.

Percy sat there shell-shocked for a few minutes. Mr. Brunne-No, Chiron was a CENTAUR?!

No, no, more importantly, Mr. Brunner was a centaur with BROKEN STATS! What the heck, what were those stats?! Partially immortal too, Mr. Brunner was- this wasn't even fair anymore.

How on earth did a centaur fit in a wheelchair anyway? Percy tapped one of the bracketed stats, curious as to why they were nerfed.

STR is restricted due to handicapped human form.

And now apparently he could shape shift.

So his real name was Chiron... the immortal trainer of heroes...

Umm... who now?

Percy was pretty sure that he had heard that name before... when his mom told him stories about the ancient Greeks. But that would mean-

'Ping!'

Quest complete!

Quest: Mr. Brunner? More like Mr. Runner!

Tasks:

-Use observe on Mr. Brunner

Success:

-300XP

-Information on Mr. Brunner

-Feel salty

Well, at least he levelled up.

You have reached level 4!

Perseus Jackson-Level 4 (XP-40/400)

Species: ? (+4 to STR, SPD, VIT, STA and DEX)

Titles: None

Age: 12

Status effects: None

HP: 400(+100) =500/500

MP: 150(+50) =200/200

HP regen rate: 1 HP/5 Seconds

MP regen rate: 2 MP/5 Seconds

STR-1+4(?) =5

SPD-7+4(?) =11

VIT-8+4(?) =13

STA-3+4(?) =7

DEX-3+4(?) =6

INT-11

WIS-1

LUK-0

Stat Points: 20

Money: $10

Perseus 'Percy' Jackson is a (?), He has ADHD and Dyslexia. He is the son of (?) and Sally Jackson. He is able to see the world as a video game due to (?). He wishes for his mother, whom he loves dearly, to have a better life and all the blue candy in the world. He also hopes to make more friends. Currently, he is trying to figure his powers out. As of now, he is feeling salty of Mr. Brunner.

Percy grinned. He now had 20 stat points. From watching Gabe scream and rage at having an INT requirement to use some weapons or learn some skills made him think twice before using them.

'I should save them for emergencies and stick to grinding to earn points... I also shouldn't focus on intelligence alone. My wisdom is basically 0, but that doesn't really seem too important now. Although I could just be thinking that because I am lacking in wisdom... gah! Also... even though focusing on strength seems like what a brute would do, it is a good investment, though speed is very tempting as well.'

You have gained +1 WIS from making wise choices!

Percy grinned, something he seemed to be doing a lot of with his new abilities.

He actually listened during class thanks to the thought of getting INT points from it. He understood more of it too thanks to his now higher intelligence.

You have gained +1 INT from paying attention during class! Oh look, a butterfly!

Which brought his stats to:

Perseus Jackson-Level 4 (XP-40/400)

Species: (+4 to STR, SPD, VIT, STA and DEX)

Title: None

Age: 12

Status effects: None

HP: 500/500

MP: 200/200

HP regen rate: 1 HP/5 Seconds

MP regen rate: 2 MP/5 Seconds

STR-1+4(?) =5

SPD-7+4(?) =11

VIT-8+4(?) =13

STA-3+4(?) =7

DEX-3+4(?) =6

INT-12

WIS-2

LUK-0

Stat Points: 20

Money: $10

Perseus 'Percy' Jackson is a (?), He has ADHD and Dyslexia. He is the son of (?) and Sally Jackson. He is able to see the world as a video game due to (?). He wishes for his mother, whom he loves dearly, to have a better life and all the blue candy in the world. He also hopes to make more friends. Currently, he is trying to figure his powers out. As of now, he is wondering what the heck MP is.

MP... mana if he wasn't mistaken. He was probably going to get skills that cost mana in the future... it was quite low though... He had to find a way to increase the MP cap more efficiently, though that could wait for next time as he still didn't really need it for anything.

After class was another 30 minute free period. Once class was dismissed, Percy decided to head to Chiron's office to confront him about his status as a centaur. Not in a racist way though. Maybe, just maybe, he had some information about his own unknown race.

His race probably had something to do with his dad, who had 'disappeared' on a fishing trip when he was born. Guy was probably some rich dude who abandoned his mom once he realized he had a kid.

Though what's to say that Chiron wouldn't kill him to shut him up?

'Ping!'

Quest: Am I a Kryptonian?

Tasks:

-Find out your species

Bonus task:

-Steal a pen from Mr. Brunner

Success:

-1,500XP

-Information about your race

-$100

Bonus:

-[Mythical] item

Failure:

-Umm... well, nothing really. Just, sucks for you.

Time remaining: 29 minutes 7 seconds

YES/NO

Percy selected yes. This quest system was way too useful, this rarity thing was interesting too. He tapped the [Legendary] bracket, and was shocked to see it expand into a new blue box.

Item quality tier

Poor: Item is made of low-grade material

Normal: Item is made of normal material and has a use

Decent: Item is made of decent material and is quite useful

Superior: Item is of excellent quality, is very useful and usually grants the user a buff

Epic: Item is of the highest quality, is very useful and usually grants the user a buff

Legendary: Item is of the highest quality, is the best at what it does and grants the user a powerful buff

Percy's mouth fell agape. He was gonna get a Mythical rarity item, and a hundred dollars, just a few hours after getting his gamer abilities, 'Thank God for these ridiculously overpowered quests.' He thought as he made his way to Mr. Brunner's office.

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A/N Btw, he didn't notice Grover's higher than average level floating above his head cause plot device.