41AN: Hi guys! This is my first fanfic, so go easy on me. Helpful criticism is accepted, but outright flames will be ignored. Don't like it, don't read it.
Anyway, let's move on. Lately I've been reading stories about betrayal, and some of them are really good. If you've written one of those, I applaud you. This story isn't your average run-of-the-mill Chaos story, I have used many new elements in creating this and I hope you enjoy. (pokemon peeps, see if you recognize some of this!) So it is my pleasure to introduce, The Blue Knight.
P.S., I don't own PJO, HoO, or Pokemon. I wish I did though.
The Blue Knight
By White Aura Dragon
Pain , betrayal, misery, heartbreak and isolation. All can make the most hardened solider crack by themselves. Experiencing all of them together is fatal. But, here I am, living proof that some can survive it. Notice how I said survive. I never said anything about coming out from it perfectly unscathed. No, when you experience these emotions you are torn apart. When you experience these things, death is welcomed. You're probably wondering, " Dude, what hurt you so badly that you felt These?" Well, I'll tell you.
It was a beautiful summer day, 3 years since the giant wars, when the fates gave my string the first pull. I had a brother named Jaku*, also a son of the sea. We had gotten the call from the protector that had found him, saying that they were in trouble on the hill. We, (meaning me, Annabeth, Chiron, Clarisse, and the Stoll brothers,) ran out to help them. When we arrived we had made it just in time to see him falling on a hellhound, knife in his hand. The monster burst into golden dust and we helped the Satyr fend off the rest of the monsters that had caught his scent. After they had been disintegrated, we dragged Jaku to the big house. He had passed out from fear. The next day he came out of the big house with his ego inflated to the max, boasting about how he killed a hellhound with a knife he didn't know how to use, and no training. He was shut up when some campers told him the story of how I killed the Minotaur with no training, and no weapon while protecting Grover, the Satyr sent to find me. Oh, by the way, if you haven't figured it out yet, my name is Percy Jackson. I showed my new brother around camp and turned in for the night happy to have some new company in the cabin even if he was a little cocky. I've been cocky before too. Tomorrow would be better. Boy I didn't know how wrong I was.
The next day was eventful. I was sent on a quest by the goddess Athena. I had to complete the twelve labors of Hercules in under a month if I wanted to be able to propose to Annabeth. I was sent on my quest with Nico and Thalia, who would give me support along the way. No one was allowed to tell Annabeth where we were. I was a little worried at first, but I knew that the month I would be away was worth it in the long run.
When we got back I was ecstatic. I would be proposing to Annabeth on our three-year anniversary. I rushed off to the Athena cabin to surprise her with my return. When I reached her cabin I knocked on the door softly. Unfortunately, it wasn't Annabeth who opened the door. It was he half-brother, Malcom.
"Who is i- Percy! Hey man! Where were you?" I gave him a small bro-hug and went inside.
"Well Malcom, you're probably going to have to sit down because this is a very long story."
By the time I was done telling Malcom about the quest it was dinnertime. We raced to the pavilion and got our food. I saw him go sit down next to Annabeth and say something to her. She looked up from her book and smiled at me. I gave her a small wave and she returned her nose to the book. I went to sacrifice part of my meal to my father and sat down next to Jaku at our table. When I sat down I overhead him flirting with some of the Aphrodite girls, " –ushed the pack of Hellhounds, swinging the blade I barely knew how to use into their faces. I was a literal tornado of death, killing the horrible beasts with one blow. I was done with the last of them when everyone else showed up, in complete awe of my skill. I was the new bane of the hellhounds. Imagine my surprise when, two days later, after my idiot brother left on his quest, I found a massive Hellhound, sleeping, in the middle of camp! Everyone tried to stop me, probably telling me that I couldn't take it, but I didn't listen. The last thing that beast saw was my sword, piercing her chest." I stood up, obvious fire in my eyes. I was behind Jaku so he didn't see me. The Aphrodite girls on the other hand, visibly cowered at the expression on my face. I placed my hand on Jaku's shoulder and he turned around.
"You did what?" Hearing my accusation, everyone stopped eating and turned to look at us. "You did what?" I repeated, louder this time. Jaku grinned,
" I said, that I killed the Hellhound that was sleeping in the middle of camp. Why brother? Did the big scary doggy beat you?" I shook with rage.
"Did someone fail to mention to you what I received from Quintus after the battle of the labyrinth?" Jaku thought for a while and his grin slowly faded. "You received his pet Hellhound Ms. O'Leary." I stood there, mouth agape. Was he really this stupid? I was shaking now, tears beginning in the corners of my eyes. "You killed my dog. You- are you that stupid? If she wasn't supposed to be there, don't you think someone would've killed her already?" Jaku looked at me smugly, "Well, only you would be dumb enough to keep a hellhound as a pet. She could've killed someone!" I was getting ready to kill him when Thalia intervened. "Percy he's not worth it. Just walk away." I nodded and walked to the beach, ignoring the insults thrown at me as I left. Why was he my brother? When I made it to my cabin I found a newspaper on my bed with one of the articles circled in black marker. The title read, "Heist goes Haywire! Two killed in bank robbery." I read the article and softly cried myself to sleep. My Mom and Paul were dead.
It was the end of a horrible week. Jaku had managed to turn all of my friends against me, save for Thalia, Nico, Malcom and Clarisse. But I still had Annabeth, I would propose tonight and my life would turn around. Hopefully, me proposing would rid us of the awkwardness that had been between us for the past week. It seemed like she had been avoiding me for the past week. We had scheduled a date today on the beach and I was planning on getting there early to surprise her. When I reached the beach, (unintended rhyme), I saw a couple in the middle of a heated make-out session. The girl reminded me of Annabeth, long blond hair and an athletic body. When the couple pulled apart I realized it was Annabeth, and she was making out with Jaku! I was about to say something when I heard Jaku say, "Annabeth, you're going to dump Percy today right?" Annabeth replied, "Of course cutie! I'll do it at the ceremony. He'll never see it coming!" Hearing this my blood started to boil, and the waves crashed down against the beach. "Please repeat that Annabeth. I don't think I heard you quite right." She stood up startled, "Percy, it- it isn't what it looks like!" I scoffed.
"Really? 'Cause it looks like you're sucking my brother's face! And you know what hurts even more? I was going to propose!" I pulled out a beautiful ring that I had forged as my last task for Athena. The band was white gold and there was a beautiful diamond owl in the center. Carved into the side were beautiful sapphire and turquoise waves that seemed to move as the light hit them. On the inside of the ring the words I'll be yours forever were carved with precision accuracy. Annabeth gasped and reached for the ring. "Percy it's beautiful. I'm so sorry. Please take me back! I love you!" I put the ring back in my pocket. "Save it Annabeth. I thought you loved me, but I guess I was wrong. Go back to sucking my brother's face." I stormed away, absolutely furious. Behind me I could hear Jaku consoling her. "It's okay, you've got me now." "Thanks Jaku. I never knew why I ever started dating him." I debated sending a tidal wave over them but decided against that. She made her choice, and in this game there were no do-overs.
When the conch horn sounded I made my way to the pavilion for dinner, hopefully getting some comfort food would cheer me up. When I arrived I noticed that my dad, the other Olympians, Hades, Hestia, and Triton were there too. I shrugged it off, it would probably be announced later. About halfway through the meal Poseidon stood and signaled for everyone to be quiet. He cleared his throat and started talking. "Hello demigods! Today, is an important day, I have chosen my successor!" I was confused at this, wasn't Triton heir to Dad's throne? I looked around and noticed similar expressions on my fellow camper's faces. "I know you are all confused but, as my favorite son, he should have the right to rule the seas someday. I would like to announce Jaku Baka* as my successor, eventual god of the seas, and my favorite and only demigod son!" I stood up, furious once again because of my brother. "I guess I'll be leaving then. Nico, Thalia, Clarisse, Malcom, Lady Artemis, Lady Hestia, Lord Apollo, Lord Hermes, and Lord Hades I will miss you very much. Goodbye!" I turned to walk out of the pavilion when Drama Quee- I mean, Lord Zeus, asked me with a smug look on his face, "Just where do you think you are going Perseus? The party for our new hero isn't over yet." This got the others started. "Why are you leaving Percy?" Hestia said, sending a glare at Zeus, when I saw her in her eight year-old form, I softened a little. " Yes Perseus, why are you leaving?" Said Athena, her natural curiousness showing through. "Why am I leaving? Heh. Why not? Most of my friends were turned against me, my Dad disowned me, and my girlfriend cheated on me with my egotistical half-brother! You want him as your hero? Fine! Good luck winning wars with him, 'cause he's all you got! I knew I never should've trusted you! I LAID DOWN MY LIFE FOR ALL OF YOU AND THIS IS WHAT I GET? I SWEAR ONLY HALF OF YOU ARE DECENT ENOUGH TO HAVE YOUR TITLES! YOU USED ME, AND THEN MOVED ON TO THE NEXT GUY, EVEN IF HE CAN'T HOLD A SWORD RIGHT!" By now the waves that were crashing on the beach were 10 meters high and rain had begun to pour down into the camp. I ran trough the rain to my cabin where I immediately packed the things I would need. When I emerged all my real friends (gods and demigods alike) surrounded me, "Perce, why are you leaving?" Thalia asked. "Everyone at camp hates me, except for you guys. My dad disowned me and if I stay, I'll have to watch my ex snog with my brother all the time." I said, gesturing to Annabeth and Jaku who were currently making out on the beach. Nioco shuddered, "Please, take me with you!" I laughed and turned to Hermes, "Can you give me a lift?" Hermes nodded, "Where to?" I thought for a moment, "The middle of Pine Forest, Pennsylvania. Bye guys. Wish me luck!" Hermes nodded and teleported us there. "Goodbye Percy, I hope it's not forever." I nodded and said goodbye one last time. Now… I wonder if there are any monsters here?
It's been two weeks since I left and I think I'm doing pretty well. Sure, I'm exhausted and my food is running out, but that won't stop me! I was currently walking through the forest that was now my home. In the first week that I was here I had vaporized most of the monsters, but it seemed that new ones just kept popping up everywhere. Soon, the flood of monsters had turned into a drizzle and then into a drip. Now, only the toughest monsters came to face me. I had just finished off the Minoutaur again and I was exhausted. I was about to face plant into the dirt when a majestic buck jumped in front of me. Now, I know what you're thinking "What's so special about a deer?" Well, this deer had a white collar, white antlers, white boots over it's hooves and a white underside with yellow lining, along with a white snout. (Winter Sawsbuck). It knelt and spoke in my mind, "Come with me, mortal. You have a great destiny within the seasons. I am snow, lieutenant of winter. Follow." Snow then ran ahead leaving me to sprint after him as I followed. Around me, the forest slowly faded into mist and we appeared in a clearing that seemed to be experiencing all four seasons at once. One side was completely covered in snow, with icicles hanging off the trees branches and white rabbits, foxes, weasels, and wolves running around. Winter. Opposite winter on the other side of the clearing was summer. The trees were lush and green and there was warm sunlight filtering in down through the branches. On either side of summer and winter were spring and fall. The trees in spring were covered in flowers and buds and warm breeze blew through the area as humming birds and robins flew. Fall's trees were covered in leaves with beautiful vibrant colors, gold, red, yellow, orange and a little green. It had a slight chill blowing through it and wild turkeys and red foxes chasing the other animals. Around us, other bucks began appearing out of the woods. There was one with leaves falling from his antlers, and another with green leaves growing out of their antlers like a tree. The last was the simplest of the four. On her antlers were small pink cherry blossoms that also dotted his neck. I assumed these were the lieutenants of spring, summer, and fall. (Sawsbuck's other forms). I didn't know what to do until Snow nudged me with his antlers. They were freezing. "Go. Stand in the center. We must see if you are truly the one." I nodded and stepped into the area where all four of the seasons met. The deer bent their heads and began chanting in an ancient tongue. As they continued on I slowly began to understand them and I could feel my body changing. I closed my eyes and let them continue. The change felt natural, like waking up after a long sleep. When I opened my eyes the deer were standing tall, their mouths open as wide as possible. One by one they slowly took a knelt in front of me and chanted simultaneously "All hail Lord Perseus Orion Jackson, new Prince of the seasons and wielder of truth, ideals, boundaries,victory, justice, virtue, peace, and honor." Suddenly, small orbs of different colors began forming in between their antlers. They fired the small orbs at me and I blacked out as massive power rushed into my veins.
Mount Olympus: 3rd person P.O.V
We were currently in the middle of an important council meeting, (and by "meeting" I mean, yelling at each other), when everyone felt a cold shiver go down their spine and a stag appeared in the middle of the room. "Who are you? What do you think you are doing interrupting a council meeting?" Zeus thundered. (Hehe) The stag simply looked around and spoke telepathy, "Olympians, I am here to announce that the Prince of seasons has been awakened. I am his winter lieutenant, Snow. The Prince wishes to speak with Apollo, Hestia, Hermes, Hades, Thalia Grace, Nico Di Angelo, Malcom Schreave, and Clarisse La Rue. When they are ready, I will bring them to his majesty." The gods and demigods present went into a flurry of whispers as the half-bloods and gods stood and made their way to the stag. "Wait!" Zeus shouted, "Who is this man to think that he can just take people from my throne room on short notice?" Everyone was quiet. "Umm… Father?" Athena said, "It is not wise to make the Prince of Seasons wait. He has more power than anyone, even Jaku, can handle. Speaking of the prince, what is his name? We can't just keep calling him "The Prince of Seasons?" Can we?" Everyone, including Snow, nodded. "His name is Morph, The Blue Knight. And that is all I am allowed to reveal."
Wow. Pretty good for a first chappie. This had about 3,000+ words in it. Just so you know, when you see this symbol,*, it means I'll talk about the word or phrase in my A.N. This is my first story, so please, constructive flames.
Jaku- means 'Jerk' in jappanese.
Baka- means 'idiot' in jappanese.
There you have it. Percy's brother's name, means Jerk Idiot.
Percy/Morph: Review!
Jaku: Why would they review on this story? It's weak.
Me: Why You! Percy, let me at 'em!
Percy: Save it for the next chapter, Aura.
Me: Okay, I guess. :(