Chapter 1 - Calm Before The Storm

Who wants to hear a story?

My story?

The story of the Primordial of Power and Ice.

Let me guess, you want to ask: Percy, you're a Primordial?!

Well, I am now but I was not always, you know that? Oh, sorry.

Another question? What happened? Well, Jake Colton happened! 

Sorry for blowing up on you dear.

Chill, let me tell you. Don't rush me.

Well, it all began one day:

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It was three months after the Giant War and I finally thought I could get some peace of mind, you know? And maybe propose to my Wise Girl.

I was sitting by the beach when I decided to head over to my cabin since it was almost time for dinner when I heard a high-pitched screech like that of a bird by the camp borders.

I ran over to Thalia's pine tree uncapping Riptide on the way, thinking a monster was pursuing a new demigod.

Oh, how I regret it! If only I just turned around and ignored the screech and continued on to my cabin, but you know? I was still Percy Jackson, THE I- know- I'm- handsome- but- I- don't- show- it, nice guy extraordinaire, Saviour of Olympus yada yada.

When I got there, I saw a hellhound pursuing a boy holding a celestial bronze running towards the camp barrier, in other words, where I was. As he was running, the boy screeched again, I chuckled, a boy my age screeching like that, it just felt weird and funny.

The hellhound pounced on the boy biting his heel, I quickly dispatched of it and offered the boy my hand as he was on the floor, why was he on the floor? A baby hellhound, I'm sure the bite felt like a nip. 

The boy hit my hand away, I just shrugged and capped Riptide. I used the time to study the boy in front of me, he was a little shorter than me, with black hair, electric blue eyes like Jason's, characteristics of offsprings of Zeus.

Well, that explains it, I thought.

He had an arrogant air to him and he held a sheet of paper, I glimpsed at it and I swear I could see some letters P-E-R, I didn't get the remaining but I also saw above the letters, a picture of a person, he probably caught me looking. Just gonna put this here? Why didn't I think he had a mission? Well, the picture was kinda blurry? 

"What are you looking at?!", he snapped at me, I raised my hands in surrender.

He looked down at the drawing, looked at me, and smirked, 

"Percy Jackson?", he asked, I nodded.

"Good", he said, tearing the paper into tiny little pieces.

Probably because of his extremely loud screech, Chiron and the other campers arrived.

"What happened here?", asked Chiron. I gestured over to the boy, passing the ball to him.

He cleared his throat and smoothened his hair, "I was directed here by my father, as I was running here, I heard a growl and suddenly a dog easily 10ft tall started pursuing me, I screamed for help and this boy came running, he just stood there smirking as he watched me fight the giant dog and when I killed it, he frowned and came over to meet me", he said.

This bastard! I never expected it.

"What?! I remember you lying on the ground crying about how this was not how you wanted your life to end", I interjected.

What a joker, I thought.

"I believe Percy is telling the truth because the amount of the golden dust depends on the size of the monster, so newcomer you're lying", said Chiron, his eyes full of distrust for the boy, "by the way what's your name, boy?".

"My name is Jake Colton", said the boy sneering.

I knew Chiron believed me but I caught some looks of doubt on some campers faces, mostly the new ones though. 

"Who screeched?", asked Chiron. 

I giggled, hiding my mouth behind my hands.

"Jake did, he screeched for help hahaha", I quipped, laughing. I probably shouldn't have done that, but jokes were meant for sharing right?

This was probably where it all started.

Suddenly, a bright blue lightning bolt appeared above Jake's head casting its light above his head, we all looked up and bowed.

"All hail Jake Colton, son of Zeus, God of Skies, Lightning and the Kings of the Gods", said Chiron bowing, we all bowed, I albeit grudgingly.

"Oh yeah, things just got interesting, I could get used to this", said Jake smirking.

*****

Percy's thoughts:

And that's him, my nemesis Jake Colton, I didn't want to call him nemesis before as he was just too fucking weak until I checked the dictionary and found out that Nemesis didn't only mean archenemy.

That's Jake peeps, the one who planned on ruining my life but instead made me stronger.