Percy's Musical Talents
Chapter 3: The cave
HeroesOfOlympus
Heyyyy y'all! So recently, I received two comments so here you go!
@Tallish Noir
Thanks for the compliment!
@Annabeth Jackson 12345
Thank you! I will definitely keep writing the story, your comment has made my day!
Also, thanks for the 70 views! I know it may sound kinda stupid but this is the first time I've received so many views so thanks! Alright, I understand I'm talking too much, so on with Chapter 3!
Chapter 3
Annabeth's P.O.V
I ran towards the sea, thoughts swirling around my head. Why did Percy look so, I don't know? Scared?
I don't think it's about...that's place. So what is it? I reached the ocean and started calling out Percy's name. After about an hour, I got tired.
Sitting down on the sand, I thought what would get Percy out of the ocean. And then the answer struck me like Thalia striking an enemy with lighting. Without the pain obviously.
What was Percy's fatal flaw? Loyalty. Loyalty to who? His friends especially, his girlfriend he fell into that place for.
I stood up, smirking and shouted, "PERCY HELP! I NEED YOU!"
Percy's P.O.V
Breathe Percy. Breathe in, breathe out.
I tried to calm myself down by thinking about my friends, my dad, my mum, camp and most importantly, Annabeth. But I couldn't control myself and I had a flashback.
-FLASHBACK-
3rd person P.O.V
A six year old boy with messy pitch black hair sat crisscross on his bed. He was holding a guitar, two times as big as him.
Six year old Percy placed the guitar on the floor and walked out his room to the living room. Looking around, he made sure his stepfather was not in the house.
Who was his stepfather? Smelly Gabe of course.
Six year old Percy's worried face lit up into a cheerful one as he scurried back into his room. Placing the guitar in his hands, small Percy played a sad song on his guitar, too well for a normal six year old boy.
He cleared his throat as he began to sing a heartbreaking song filled with emotions, all coming out of his mouth. It was extraordinary. No normal boy would be able to sing that well, like a clear stream on a spring day.
While Percy was halfway through the song, he was too engrossed to notice the front door of the apartment open. All of a sudden, Percy found Gabe standing in front of him. Gabe snatched Percy's guitar.
The guitar he saved up for years just to buy.
"NO!" Little Percy managed to scream just before Gabe smashed the guitar against Percy's little head. Percy's head was bleeding but all he cared about was his guitar.
Tears began to form in his eyes, before Percy knew what he was doing, he kicked his stepfather.
Right in the you know where.
"YOU PUNK!" Gabe lashed out at Percy and grabbed Percy's hair and brought him into the living room.
"No, no, no!" Percy continuously screamed and kicked. He knew what was going to come. Every time Gabe found out he was playing any instrument or even singing, he would do the same horrible punishment before beating Percy up.
Gabe grinned like a maniac before lighting a cigarette on fire before pressing it against Percy's already bruised skin.
Yelping in pain, Percy but Gabe on his arm, earning another lit cigarette pressed onto his skin.
Again.
And again.
Percy collapsed on the floor, breathing heavily. "That'll teach you for playing that music thingy," Gabe spat at Percy before plopping his fat self on the couch and turning on the TV.
Percy, crawled across the floor to the bathroom and turned on the shower before sitting down and letting the cooling water flow all over him.
Suspiciously, the next day when Percy came home and entered him room, he saw a brand new delicate guitar and more instruments.
Weirdly, when Percy played the instruments and Gabe came into his room, every single instrument would disappear into thin air and Percy would find himself sitting at his desk, with his homework in front of him.
-FLASHBACK END-
Percy's P.O.V
I clenched my hands. Open, close, open, close. I breathed steadily and opened my eyes to the calming blue ocean.
I've never really thought about playing any instruments since I came to Camp Half Blood. It just seemed. I don't know.
Weird.
As weird as Zeus not cheating on Hera, which meant super weird.
I sang a song silently under my breath before I heard Annabeth's voice shouting, "PERCY HELP! I NEED YOU!"
Hearing Annabeth calling for my help, I immediately jolted up and burst out of the ocean, landing on the sand. I ran towards Annabeth as fast as Hermes' flying shoes.
"ANNABETH! WHAT'S WRONG?" I exclaimed worriedly. Annabeth stared at me, eyebrows raised and answered really smart, "Huh?"
I rolled my eyes and asked her why she called for help. She stared at me for 3 seconds before bursting out laughing. She doubled over while giggling, "You didn't come out of the ocean when I called you for 1 hour so the only way to get you out was probably to make you think I was in trouble..."
I pretended to pout at her. "Annie..."
She flipped her head towards me and glared. "What did you just ca-" Before she could finish, I pushed her into the ocean and dragged her down with me to a secret cave I found.
Making an air bubble around us, I led her inside the cave. The cave was decorated beautifully with one of a kind gems.
Annabeth stood there, her mouth hanging wide open before I closed the cave door shut and pressed a button which allowed all the water in the cave to disappear.
"How...how..." Annabeth managed to mutter. I cheekily grinned at her, "Like the cave wise girl? I decorated it all by myself!"
I forgot to mention, in the cave I had a king size bed, a 20 inch TV set with every single gaming console, a beanbag, food obviously and a desk.
Most importantly were the pictures. Surrounding the room were pictures of every happy moment I spent with Camp, my friends, my family and Annabeth.
Annabeth's beautiful grey eyes scanned the room, looking at every single detail. "I didn't know you could be so.. Neat!" She said before flying around the room, looking at everything up close.
All of a sudden, she stopped right at a black and white picture. Staring close at it, she touched it with her hand. "P..p...percy, what's this?" She looked at me eyes wide.
"What's wha-" I managed to say before I realised what she was looking at. It was a beautiful black and white picture with Annabeth and me laughing and holding each other's hands.
The problem with the picture?
It was not a picture. It was a drawing.
Done by me.
My face visibly paled before I snatched the drawing off the wall. "That was nothing..." I whispered before throwing it into my cupboard.
Annabeth stared at me in shock before her face turned into a frown. "I'm pretty sure that wasn't a nothing Seaweed Brain. That was a drawing and a beautiful one in fact! The signature though..." Her face scrunched up, thinking.
My palms were sweaty. Did she have enough time to see the signature? Oh gods I hope she did no-
"That drawing. It had your signature on it!" She shouted, surprised. Placing her hands on her hips, she glared at me fiercely, like a hellhound about to pounce on a demigod.
Running my hand through my messy hair, I nodded my head, suddenly interested in my shoes.
"Percy! That was an amazing drawing! It looked so real! Show it to me again, right now!" Annabeth gushed before rushing to my cupboard opening it up.
"NO! Wise girl!" I shouted but it was too late.
Standing there, looking inside my cupboard was a shocked Annabeth. Staring at every single drawing I stuffed into there.
So there you go guys! That's was Chapter 3! Sorry if you thought it was shorter than the others, I'll try to make the next chapter longer. Tell me in the comments below what you want to happen next in Chapter 4. Again, thanks for the votes!
Peace out,
HeroesOfOlympus
Heyyyy y'all! So recently, I received two comments so here you go!
@Tallish Noir
Thanks for the compliment!
@Annabeth Jackson 12345
Thank you! I will definitely keep writing the story, your comment has made my day!
Also, thanks for the 70 views! I know it may sound kinda stupid but this is the first time I've received so many views so thanks! Alright, I understand I'm talking too much, so on with Chapter 3!
Chapter 3
Annabeth's P.O.V
I ran towards the sea, thoughts swirling around my head. Why did Percy look so, I don't know? Scared?
I don't think it's about...that's place. So what is it? I reached the ocean and started calling out Percy's name. After about an hour, I got tired.
Sitting down on the sand, I thought what would get Percy out of the ocean. And then the answer struck me like Thalia striking an enemy with lighting. Without the pain obviously.
What was Percy's fatal flaw? Loyalty. Loyalty to who? His friends especially, his girlfriend he fell into that place for.
I stood up, smirking and shouted, "PERCY HELP! I NEED YOU!"
Percy's P.O.V
Breathe Percy. Breathe in, breathe out.
I tried to calm myself down by thinking about my friends, my dad, my mum, camp and most importantly, Annabeth. But I couldn't control myself and I had a flashback.
-FLASHBACK-
3rd person P.O.V
A six year old boy with messy pitch black hair sat crisscross on his bed. He was holding a guitar, two times as big as him.
Six year old Percy placed the guitar on the floor and walked out his room to the living room. Looking around, he made sure his stepfather was not in the house.
Who was his stepfather? Smelly Gabe of course.
Six year old Percy's worried face lit up into a cheerful one as he scurried back into his room. Placing the guitar in his hands, small Percy played a sad song on his guitar, too well for a normal six year old boy.
He cleared his throat as he began to sing a heartbreaking song filled with emotions, all coming out of his mouth. It was extraordinary. No normal boy would be able to sing that well, like a clear stream on a spring day.
While Percy was halfway through the song, he was too engrossed to notice the front door of the apartment open. All of a sudden, Percy found Gabe standing in front of him. Gabe snatched Percy's guitar.
The guitar he saved up for years just to buy.
"NO!" Little Percy managed to scream just before Gabe smashed the guitar against Percy's little head. Percy's head was bleeding but all he cared about was his guitar.
Tears began to form in his eyes, before Percy knew what he was doing, he kicked his stepfather.
Right in the you know where.
"YOU PUNK!" Gabe lashed out at Percy and grabbed Percy's hair and brought him into the living room.
"No, no, no!" Percy continuously screamed and kicked. He knew what was going to come. Every time Gabe found out he was playing any instrument or even singing, he would do the same horrible punishment before beating Percy up.
Gabe grinned like a maniac before lighting a cigarette on fire before pressing it against Percy's already bruised skin.
Yelping in pain, Percy but Gabe on his arm, earning another lit cigarette pressed onto his skin.
Again.
And again.
Percy collapsed on the floor, breathing heavily. "That'll teach you for playing that music thingy," Gabe spat at Percy before plopping his fat self on the couch and turning on the TV.
Percy, crawled across the floor to the bathroom and turned on the shower before sitting down and letting the cooling water flow all over him.
Suspiciously, the next day when Percy came home and entered him room, he saw a brand new delicate guitar and more instruments.
Weirdly, when Percy played the instruments and Gabe came into his room, every single instrument would disappear into thin air and Percy would find himself sitting at his desk, with his homework in front of him.
-FLASHBACK END-
Percy's P.O.V
I clenched my hands. Open, close, open, close. I breathed steadily and opened my eyes to the calming blue ocean.
I've never really thought about playing any instruments since I came to Camp Half Blood. It just seemed. I don't know.
Weird.
As weird as Zeus not cheating on Hera, which meant super weird.
I sang a song silently under my breath before I heard Annabeth's voice shouting, "PERCY HELP! I NEED YOU!"
Hearing Annabeth calling for my help, I immediately jolted up and burst out of the ocean, landing on the sand. I ran towards Annabeth as fast as Hermes' flying shoes.
"ANNABETH! WHAT'S WRONG?" I exclaimed worriedly. Annabeth stared at me, eyebrows raised and answered really smart, "Huh?"
I rolled my eyes and asked her why she called for help. She stared at me for 3 seconds before bursting out laughing. She doubled over while giggling, "You didn't come out of the ocean when I called you for 1 hour so the only way to get you out was probably to make you think I was in trouble..."
I pretended to pout at her. "Annie..."
She flipped her head towards me and glared. "What did you just ca-" Before she could finish, I pushed her into the ocean and dragged her down with me to a secret cave I found.
Making an air bubble around us, I led her inside the cave. The cave was decorated beautifully with one of a kind gems.
Annabeth stood there, her mouth hanging wide open before I closed the cave door shut and pressed a button which allowed all the water in the cave to disappear.
"How...how..." Annabeth managed to mutter. I cheekily grinned at her, "Like the cave wise girl? I decorated it all by myself!"
I forgot to mention, in the cave I had a king size bed, a 20 inch TV set with every single gaming console, a beanbag, food obviously and a desk.
Most importantly were the pictures. Surrounding the room were pictures of every happy moment I spent with Camp, my friends, my family and Annabeth.
Annabeth's beautiful grey eyes scanned the room, looking at every single detail. "I didn't know you could be so.. Neat!" She said before flying around the room, looking at everything up close.
All of a sudden, she stopped right at a black and white picture. Staring close at it, she touched it with her hand. "P..p...percy, what's this?" She looked at me eyes wide.
"What's wha-" I managed to say before I realised what she was looking at. It was a beautiful black and white picture with Annabeth and me laughing and holding each other's hands.
The problem with the picture?
It was not a picture. It was a drawing.
Done by me.
My face visibly paled before I snatched the drawing off the wall. "That was nothing..." I whispered before throwing it into my cupboard.
Annabeth stared at me in shock before her face turned into a frown. "I'm pretty sure that wasn't a nothing Seaweed Brain. That was a drawing and a beautiful one in fact! The signature though..." Her face scrunched up, thinking.
My palms were sweaty. Did she have enough time to see the signature? Oh gods I hope she did no-
"That drawing. It had your signature on it!" She shouted, surprised. Placing her hands on her hips, she glared at me fiercely, like a hellhound about to pounce on a demigod.
Running my hand through my messy hair, I nodded my head, suddenly interested in my shoes.
"Percy! That was an amazing drawing! It looked so real! Show it to me again, right now!" Annabeth gushed before rushing to my cupboard opening it up.
"NO! Wise girl!" I shouted but it was too late.
Standing there, looking inside my cupboard was a shocked Annabeth. Staring at every single drawing I stuffed into there.
So there you go guys! That's was Chapter 3! Sorry if you thought it was shorter than the others, I'll try to make the next chapter longer. Tell me in the comments below what you want to happen next in Chapter 4. Again, thanks for the votes!
Peace out,
HeroesOfOlympus
OMG THIS IS SO GOOD. I love the concept and your writing is really good as well! I love diving deeper into Percy's character and revealing more of his past. You're doing an amazing job! I'd say a sequel to this would be cool but it depends on how this ends. Thanks so much and can't wait to see what's next!
7/15/17