Haiiiiii! So yeah, this is DoubleH speaking. This is one of those Chaos stories, and so yeah…. I need a poll on who Percy should be paired up with. Here, we go: OC (she's pretty cool, you would probably like her), Thalia, Zoe Nightshade, Artemis, Annabeth… any other potential girls, but no more OCs… I will tell you when I need them Note… one of my first fanfics… so be nice, but review lOTSSSS.
Sigh…. Sadly…. Disclaimer D: …. EXCEPT FOR JAFFAAAAAAAAAA! _ Jaffa POV. -
Hello dear people who are currently reading the story of how I almost died. Emphasis on almost, because otherwise I wouldn't be here to tell you the story.
So, yeah, I'm just going to skip through the theatrics and give you the basic essentials you need to know about me. My name is Jaffa. Not really, just I don't actually trust people that I don't know… because of recent events in the past years…
*Flashback* I was standing on the ridge of Camp Half Blood. Nervously, I plucked at my orange camp T-shirt, and waited underneath the oak trees (AN, this is like… 1000 years before Thalia and Luke and Annabeth come so I have no idea where to put her )
I waited patiently… well maybe not patiently, anxiously would better describe it, for Adam to come. It had been like, 2 or 3 years since we were together, and recently, he seemed to be… more… at work and busy so he couldn't see me.
This was going to be the only time to ever see him, so I decided to look my best. I know… I was 1 hour early, but can't a girl have some fun?
So yeah, I was 1 hour early, and I noticed a curvy brunette and a guy with brown almost black hair, like Adam, walking, snogging (AN, a friend of mine… got me caught up in saying snogging, Harry Potter fan anyone?) and well… not actually keeping their hands to themselves. I wandered closer, pressing the button on my magic watch to turn invisible.
My watch is magic, it's kinda like those exercise watches that have 4 buttons, 2 on either side and a long button on the bottom, and each button is something like, "set", "start/stop", "light", and "mode", but my watch is light teal with silver twirly swirls like those fairy tale notebooks with the curling vines in the corners.
The four buttons are, "Invisible", "shield", "light", and "navigator". The bottom button was, "disappear" which makes the watch disappear, or turn invisible, and kinda… de solidify the materials in the inside so it's like I have no watch on, but I actually do, it's just not there. After like, 5 or 10 minutes, the watch materializes again. Pretty cool, don't you think?
So anyways, I was wandering invisible to the love struck couple when I heard the brunette girl say,
"Honestly, Adam, you should break up with that snobby little girlfriend of yours." I froze. Snobby, little girlfriend? And… did the brunette say Adam?
Taking a closer look at the boy and girl, I realized that the guy was Adam, my "boyfriend" and the girl was… my best of friends, Samantha. (No offense to the Samanthas out there. I just really love the name, so I decided to use it. )
My breath caught. No way, this could not be happening. I willed Adam to speak, say anything from what Samantha wanted you to say, anything. No such luck.
"Of course, my love. I love you and you only." Adam said, grinning widely. That was it. I un-invisibalized… err… made myself visible, and drew σκιά φονιάς, my dagger, otherwise known as shadow slayer. My voice choked as I spoke.
"Adam?" The love couple suddenly realized that I was there. Adam quickly let go of Samantha's hands, and backed away.
"Oh! My dear, I thought that our date was an hour later…" I cut him off
"Of, course, it was an hour later, but now, I think not. How could you? How could you cheat on me, and after I had remained loyal to you. You are scum. And you, Samantha, how could you steal him? You are my friend…" I broke off.
A numb feeling of sadness settled down on me, and I just shook my head, and walked away, towards my cabin, leaving my stricken boyfriend and best friend holding hands.
Later, at dinner, Lord Zeus appeared. Chiron stood up quickly.
"My lord! What have we the pleasure to see you here?" Zeus smiled indulgently.
"Why, we have come to make an announcement, From now on Samantha Jana and Adam Rubin, will be honored as the most sacred and strong heroes of this time!" Samantha's cabin, the Athena cabin, cheered like crazy, and so did the Poseidon table. I stood up though, and everyone stopped, and looked at me.
"But, my lord, Samantha here has only fought off a hell hound… and I have completed the 11 labors of Heracles, and I have saved Olympus… I don't see how Samantha could be an honored hero, but not me." Zeus stared at me like I was a little cockroach.
"Ah, so you must be the little unwanted demigod, eh? Been here the longest but not claimed… yes, yes, no one seems to want you." Zeus spat out. My face burning, I hung my head in shame. Everyone around me laughed.
Through tear filled eyes, I could see Samantha hugging Adam. I walked out of the dinner pavilion, the jeers of everyone's laughter ringing in my ears. I was not wanted here. As I neared the border between the real world and camp, I noticed a figure watching me.
The figure held out a hand.
"CENSORED CENSORED CENSORED, (Ha! Thought that I would give you my name?) I will give you the chance to train with me and become a powerful demigod. I am lord Chaos. I have been watching you, and your deed surpass everything I have forced you through. Will you come with me?"
I looked at the hand. I was not needed here, so why not? I placed a hand in his.
"On one condition, I am now to be known as Jaffa." Chaos nodded.
"Come, you have much to learn."
*End of flashback*
So, yeah, that is basically how I came to be here, My name is Jaffa, I am 13, cause I have awesome immortality powers, and yeah. I have been trained to be Chao's assassin. I have… changed, as it has been 1000 years since I have last seen camp. I have traveled to all the camps throughout the world, the Roman camp, the Norse camp, etc. etc. And now, I am the one of the most powerful being in the universe.
Now, more about me, I am Vietnamese. Yes, there is a place called Vietnam in the world, and I was born there. I obviously have black hair, but my eyes are really odd. They're an exotic amber color with a ring of gold around the pupil. Freaky odd, but since I wear color contacts nowadays, and because I usually have my hood up so no one could see my face, I was ok. I am 13 years old…. Well, more like 1013 years old or something… meh, no idea.
I have two highlights of silver in my hair which is usually in a ponytail; on either side of my head (they're kinda in the center of my head, forming a cross with my part.) I'm serious when I say silver though; it's like actually silver colored, not that grey-ish color. My usual clothes? A random, fitting, but not too tight t shirt and Nike shorts and Asics tennis shoes. All in all, comfortable but fitting.
Lately, though, I have taken to wear a black cape that magically shields my face except for my mouth when worn. I also have a belt that carries σκιά φονιάς, a sword, which I decided to name τρόμος, terror, and around my arm are a bow and a refilling quiver of arrows tipped with sea green and silver.
I go about the country side rampaging evil terrorists and blah, blah. Everyone knows that if they are the target, they die within a week. No matter what, and when they are found, there isn't a mark on them. Only a silver feather, like actually silver colored and metallic, not spray painted and all, that is right above the heart.
I must say, I do love making enemies frightened.
I was walking through the Chaos estate, when I heard… or more actually felt someone following me. My acute senses told me that he, yes a he, was about a few yards away slightly to the left, covered by the shadows of the trees.
Without even looking, I flicked shadow slayer backwards towards the figure in my virtual scan of what was behind me and lightning quick, I drew terror and leaped nimbly over and landed in the trees where I should be right above the figure.
There was a dull thud as the dagger hit the mark. There was the sound of someone cursing and spluttering before there was silence. I quietly, looked down. There was a dead figure sprawled out on the ground. I sheathed terror and leaped quietly down to examine the figure.
He was an automan, a robotic person probably sent after me by Chaos to test my abilities. Automans are the ideal thing for testing out enemies because they are ideal fighters with all their enhanced abilities, and because they can laser shoot with their eyes and catch camera films of stuff, ya know, like a robotic camera that kicks butt.
I pulled out shadow slayer and sheathed it. Shadow slayer, my arrows, terror, pretty much every weapon I have my hands on or know how to use works like any normal weapon, kills, cuts through skin, the usual, but when you pull out the weapon, it is spotless, and the incision is not there.
So yeah, there goes my secret about how to kill people without hurting them… or so people think. I plucked a feather from the end of my arrows, and laid it above the automan's heart. Then I walked back to the estate.
When I got there, I quickly hit the invisibility on my watch; yeah I still have it, because the room was full of 3 people and lord chaos. Chaos smiled, I knew he knew I was there, so I walked up, making sure to cushion my steps and stood respectfully next to him.
The other three people were demigods, no mistaking that. The smell was so strong, I knew immediately who was who and whose was whose. The boy on the left with messy black hair and sea green eyes was obviously the leader and he was son of Poseidon; that much was obvious from the discreet glances the other two gave him and the salty sea smell coming from him.
The girl in the middle was daughter of Zeus, her electric spiky black hair and punk rock clothes made her an ideal, I have to know her look; I'm usually friends with tough girls after Samantha. Her electric blue eyes nervously looked about the room, and she rubbed her charm bracelet.
The boy on the right had shaggy black hair, olive skin, and was cloaked in darkness. Son of Hades, obviously. All three looked distrustfully at lord Chaos like they expected him to launch an attack on them. I knew immediately that they were like me, betrayed, forgotten, unwanted.
I did a quick scan on weapons. The son of Poseidon had a slight indent in his pocket, probably from a pen, in his pocket. I suspected that the pen was Riptide; after all he was anxiously sliding his hand in and out of his pocket.
The girl had the charm bracelet that turned into… a shield… maybe the son of Poseidon had a shield watch to. And… probably was a huntress from the silver circlet around her head. The circlet had dulled though, so I knew she had left the hunt. And, a daughter of Zeus should never be alone without an electric spear, so I knew she had one to, and the son of Hades… he had a stygian black iron sword, obviously hanging from his belt. No other weapons were there from what I deducted.
"Now, I know all three of you are wondering why I brought you here, my… err… personal guard will talk to you, she is also a demigod. I almost snorted. Personal guard? Well, he probably didn't want them to be scared that I was an assassin and going to cut off their heads so… yeah… but… I wasn't a demigod… hmmm… what is Chaos playing at? Chaos smiled and left the room.
Immediately, the girl circled around, warily looking in each nook and cranny. "He's hiding something; we shouldn't trust him, guys." She said. The leader shook his head.
"Thalia… I think we should, that was lord Chaos after all," he was cut off by the Hades boy.
"Percy, honestly, lord Chaos wouldn't want anything from a bunch of bottom feeders like us." Percy, who I suppose was the son of Poseidon, opened his mouth to say something else, when I made myself visible.
"Thalia, you won't find anything by looking through the cracks in the walls." I said calmly. Immediately, all three of them had their weapons out on me.
"Who are you, and what do you want, and how do you know our names?" Percy said. I looked at him. Then I took off my cape.
"Percy, I am the personal… assistant to lord Chaos, and I would advise you to put down you're weapons, because I have already figured out 15 ways to disarm you all and kill you slowly and painfully." I said. And to prove my words, I flipped up shadow slayer and impaled the target right above Percy's head in the exact center. Bulls eye of the bulls eye. All three looked at the target, and back to me.
"How did you do that?" Thalia asked amazement obvious in her voice. I sighed, and sadly looked at the target. "I have been here since 1000 years ago, and I used to go to that camp of yours."
At the mention of the camp, all three looked at me skeptically. I took a deep breath and went on
"I was not claimed, and I had been there since I was 1, my father and mother abandoned me, and I am a god… not a real god, but my parents are both gods so I am full god. Chiron raised me, and thought that I was a demigod, and so did I. I was never claimed at the camp. I completed the 11 labors of Heracles, saved the Olympian's stupid behinds, and was shunned by my friend who was hiding the fact that she was going out with my boyfriend behind my back, and then, she was honored for killing a stupid hellhound, and Lord Zeus… made fun of me. For not being claimed. Afterwards, I left. I wasn't wanted. Surely you know of…. who I was. (GRR! The stupid writer is saying my real name… sigh, oh well.) My name was Xylene Rase (sounds like Selene Race ). Now I am Jaffa, and you three and Lord Chaos are the only people who know it. That is my story." I sat down. The pain of what had happened to me came back, and tears came back to my eyes. With a snap of my fingers, I made a small dummy of Adam, and crushed him in my fingers. Then I just gave up and started to cry.
Surprisingly, Percy sat down next to me. Thalia and the son of hades knelt next to me. The son of Hades nudged my shoulder.
"Hey, it's ok. I suppose you have been through a lot." I smiled,
"Of course I have, deathboy, why else would I be crying?" Deathboy looked a bit taken aback. "You know who my father is?" I rolled my eyes.
"Well, you seem to hide in the shadows, stygian iron sword, darkness, smells like death, who else could you be?"
Percy, deathboy, and Thalia exchanged glances. I continued.
"And, Percy obviously is the leader of you two, a son of Poseidon, and he has Riptide, I could see it in your pocket… is your watch a shield? It must be a gift, from a Cyclops? It's very skillfully made. Thalia… you must be daughter of Zeus, you have the magic shield right? And probably an electric spear. You were once a huntress? Lieutenant, right? Left… of course. And deathboy over there… I have no idea what your name is, but you seem…used to darkness. You don't really go to camp huh?"
By the end of my thoughts, all three were staring at me.
"How… did you know?" Percy said. I gave him a pointed look.
"You don't want to ask. I have trained in fighting, with and without weapons, spying, camouflage, killing, analyzing things, for the past 1000 years." Percy nodded.
"Yeah… wait, did you say killing?" I smiled.
"I specialize in mortally harming, killing, maiming, etc. I am actually Chao's personal assassin, and I am very accomplished at the job." I said, before flipping a pen between my fingers. "I believe this is yours?" Percy's shocked face made me laugh.
I gave him back the pen. "Well, it seems that you don't need much to know. Basically, the soldiers here are betrayed, unwanted, forgotten demigods, from Greek. It seems that Chaos likes Greek soldiers. And, you are here because… well, you are well trained, fierce warriors that are unwanted. I am now to train you. One warning though, only the strongest live. I would train hard if I were you. Now come, it's time to train." I picked up my cape and put it on. Then, I left the room, sure that the other 3 would follow me.
- Percy's POV -
Exchanging glances with Thalia and Nico, I followed the mysterious girl. When she had first appeared, riptide had been out in my hand, the 3 foot celestial bronze sword appearing the instant I uncapped Riptide… but surprisingly, she seemed quite aware that I had riptide in my pocket as she didn't even blink.
"Who are you, and what do you want, and how do you know our names?" I demanded. The person looked right at me, and then took off the cape. She had silky black hair and a streak of silver on either side of her head. The hair was drawn back into a ponytail, and her face was so beautiful, she made me catch my breath. In fact, she looked a bit like… Artemis.
Her eyes were dark brown almost black eyes had flecks of silver in them, and they held betrayal and sadness in them. They were… a kaleidoscope of colors, first dark chocolate, and then honey. Ever changing, ever shifting; they reminded me of the earth with its fiery volcanoes and earthquakes. The odd thing was that I knew she was wearing color contacts, so her eyes must have looked odd or something.
She had tan skin, and was athletic. Underneath the suspicious cloak, she was wearing a comfortable faded yellow shirt and black Nike shorts and blue Asics. A brown leather belt hung around her waist, and there was a polished wooden handle of a dagger with engrave carvings of… people on it.
The sheath was made of imperial gold, and there was also a sword. 3 ½ foot of probably death. She kept her hands on the handle of the dagger, and then I also noticed that on her hands were a band of black and silver metal objects connected.
On her forearm were what seemed like shin guards but they were on her arm. The arm guards were light teal with trails of silver like the watch on her right wrist. Staring at the guards, I noticed that the trails of silver seemed to be moving like wisps of vapor traveling across the surface.
For a second, I had a slight vision. The girl was standing on… Half-blood hill! But this time there was no pine tree, and it seemed like this was like 200 years ago. She was wearing the camp T-shirt, and was repetitively throwing the same knife that she had in her belt, at a target. Each time, it entered bulls eye. The dream girl looked right at me, and then spoke.
"She awakens." Then the vision faded. Just as well really, because the girl started to talk.
"Percy, I am the personal… assistant to lord Chaos, and I would advise you to put down you're weapons, because I have already figured out 15 ways to disarm you all and kill you slowly and painfully." She said. And to prove her words, she slid out her knife and threw it, spinning end over end, towards the target above my head, in one smooth motion. It was like she had never moved at all, but there was the knife, smack dab in the middle of the target like in the dream when she was hacking the target at camp, to shreds.
"How did you do that?" Thalia asked amazement obvious in her voice. She looked at the target sadly, and sighed. "I have been here since 1000 years ago, and I used to go to that camp of yours."
At the mention of the camp, Nico and Thalia exchanged glances. The girl seemed to notice that, but she went on.
"I was not claimed, and I had been there since I was 1, my father and mother abandoned me, and I am a god… not a real god, but my parents are both gods so I am full god. Chiron raised me, and thought that I was a demigod, and so did I. I was never claimed at the camp. I completed the 11 labors of Heracles, saved the Olympian's stupid behinds, and was shunned by my friend who was hiding the fact that she was going out with my boyfriend behind my back, and then, she was honored for killing a stupid hellhound, and Lord Zeus… made fun of me. For not being claimed. Afterwards, I left. I wasn't wanted. Surely you know of…. who I was. My name was Xylene Rase. Now I am Jaffa, and you three and Lord Chaos are the only people who know it. That is my story." She sat down. Tears started to form in her eyes, and then with a snap of her fingers, a dummy of a guy, whom I supposed was her boyfriend, appeared, and she crushed him. I would defiantly not want to get in her way if she gets mad at me. Then, she just sat there, and cried.
Without thinking, I sat next to her, and put a comforting hand on her shoulder. Thalia and Nico knelt next to her. Nico, in an attempt to enlighten her, spoke.
"Hey, it's ok. I suppose you have been through a lot." She smirked,
"Of course I have, deathboy, why else would I be crying?" Deathboy looked a bit surprised. "You know who my father is?" She rolled her eyes but she also stopped crying.
"Well, you seem to hide in the shadows, stygian iron sword, darkness, smells like death, who else could you be?"
Huh, quite reasonable, actually. I have got to learn how to reason like that.
"And Percy obviously is the leader of you two, a son of Poseidon, and he has Riptide, I could see it in your pocket… is you watch a shield? It must be a gift, from a Cyclops? It's very skillfully made. Thalia… you must be daughter of Zeus, you have the magic shield right? And probably an electric spear. You were once a huntress? Lieutenant, right? Left… of course. And deathboy over there… I have no idea what your name is, but you seem…used to darkness. You don't really go to camp huh?"
All three of us stared at her. It was like she knew all our secrets.
"How… did you know?" I managed. She gave me a, "Are you serious?" look.
"You don't want to ask. I have trained in fighting, with and without weapons, spying, camouflage, killing, analyzing things, for the past 1000 years." I nodded.
"Yeah… wait, did you say killing?" I asked stunned. She smiled mysteriously.
"I specialize in mortally harming, killing, maiming, etc. I am actually Chao's personal assassin, and I am very accomplished at the job." She said before tossing a pen… no, Riptide! In the air. I looked at her shocked. "I believe this is yours?" She said, laughing at my face.
She handed me back my pen. "Well, it seems that you don't need much to know. Basically, the soldiers here are betrayed, unwanted, forgotten demigods, from Greek. It seems that Chaos likes Greek soldiers. And, you are here because… well, you are well trained, fierce warriors that are unwanted. I am now to train you. One warning though, only the strongest live. I would train hard if I were you. Now come, it's time to train." She picked up the cloak, placed it on, and then left the room, leaving the 3 of us to stand there with our mouths agape.
As we walked, I remembered why I actually ever came to this place,
*Flashback*
I nervously fingered the velvet box in my pocket. I was going to propose to Annabeth today. I began to walk to her cabin, and knocked on the door. Annabeth opened the door.
"Percy! I was just going out to talk to you!" I began to sweat. God this was so difficult.
"Annabeth… I wanted to talk to you to—" Annabeth cut me off.
"I have to tell you it first." The way she said it… it was like something bad was going to happen. Suddenly, the door opened and my brother, the jerk, Mark walked in.
"Hey, Annabeth, sweetheart." Mark began, before realizing that I was there. I looked at Annabeth whose eyes were like those storm clouds that I constantly watched, just to recall the way she looked.
"Annabeth…" She cut me off again.
"Percy, I think that it is time to cut our relationship, I think that I'm just going to go out with Mark. He's such a better person than you." I stared at her.
"No… Annabeth, please!" I fell to my knees, as I saw her walk into Mark's wide open arms. At one point, she paused, and looked at me, regret in her eyes, but she hugged Mark, and together, they walked out of the door.
Afterwards was like living… heck… for me. Aphrodite kids talked about how perfect they were together, Marabeth, they called it. Mark was a hero. He had gone on a stupid quest to kill medusa, again, and this was when he was 15, mind you. I couldn't believe it. It finally snapped when Poseidon came to announce that Mark was his favorite and most honored son. I left, anger in my heart.
I was standing on the edge of the border of the camp, when Thalia and Nico came up to me. Of all the people who still remembered me, Thalia, Nico, and Grover were the only people who understood.
"You seriously going out there?" Nico asked. Thalia sighed, (she had quit the hunters because running wild soon didn't fit her nature. Having her spear and Aegis with her was what she was.
"I guess so, nothing is going on, no one wants us…" She looked out on the horizon, and we three reached an unspoken agreement. Together, we stepped across the boundary, and walked on.
*End of Flashback*
Soo…. Yeah, the chapters aren't very short… but god, it takes forever to write them. Whaddaya think? Good? Bad? REVIEW! Pwease? *innocent face* next chapter is like another 1000 years after Percy, Nico and Thalia join Chaos? KK? Cause I'm not in the mood to type more chapters about training. Just know that they get awesome ninja skills kk?