Tenses

Right after the story.......: "YOU were adopted!?"

Ron gasped at him. So did many wizards, "What's your real name then!?"

Wizards were curious as well.

Harveste giggled softly. "Later"

Draco noticed many things, he found himself staring at the weasel's new friend.

Harveste Jackson—his father raised an eyebrow at the surname, he may know them probably and honestly he wanted him to know them. But he hated it when weasel would try to make a conversation with him about muggles of all things instead of the Wizarding world.

He noticed that he was beautiful and cute. He always found himself silently staring at him and making sure Harveste would not know—not that Harveste would talk to him or notice him even when he's literally in front of him. He was always checking something in that amazing muggle device. It always seemed to be beeping and clicking.

His speech awhile ago was short albeit, it's like a moral of the story. The speech was not something his father would say anything about especially other purebloods.

Harveste looked up from the muggle device, noticing Draco drilling a hole on his forehead—Draco did not notice, he was still zoning out looking at him. That's something a Malfoy would not supposed to do.

Harveste smiled at him. And oh, his smile was beautiful and heaven-like. The vibrant green of his eyes twinkled and glinted brightly and it reminded him of the house he wanted and make sure to be in. Harveste had a small dimple, Draco noticed. His cheeks were rosy and he was sure they were soft as they look, Harveste's dark night hair might be messy but it only made his hair more tempting to ruffle, to touch.

And Draco blushed, he was looking to much, he turned his head instead—earning a giggle from the other male making his blush darker and prominent. This was ridiculous, why was he acting like this? He was acting smitten, or whipped more like. And he was blushing! Like this is some ridiculous school boy crush!

Well whatever this was, he was not having a school boy crush! He was not whipped! Okay. You know what! Think about something else! Like....

Like......

The people around them right now. Right. Muggles! And demigods! And what is his table doing right now?

He leaned forward to the table and looked at any direction except his front. Ah. There was his mother and father, socializing and mingling with other purebloods

His mother and father were talking to other purebloods that are present, leaving him to his own devices, they each expressed their displeasure with the situation but demigods and—god forbid muggles, the people he should hate and he always hated were near them them.

By observing, he knows they're(S.H.E.I.L.D) not ordinary with their physique they could easily win a brawl fight but only some of them had this physique ( but what even are this muggles when they can't use a wand?) even with the situation awhile ago, reading the latest chapter was also a good confirmation about the demigods being dangerous and not to be messed with—Cue his father's warning. 

There mentions of shield, Avengers and magic, he thought atleast one of them would be disgusted at the mention of magic but none seem to mind.

"So.........about magic...." a muggleborn wizard said reluctantly and loudly. It caught the all wizards near the vicinity attention.

"Do you really have no problem about it....?"

The muggle table looked at each other then bursted out snorting and laughing. "Are you serious!? Of course not! Finally I'm proven that they indeed exist! Take that Eddie!" He shouted at his  friend infront of him with glee and smugness making 'Eddie' scowl. "I told you they exist! If aliens can! Then so can they! Ya muggleborn is so lucky to not learn physics! Lucky people aren't they?"

There were murmurs of agreements from the table.

Physics? Aliens? Though Draco. What the hell even is all that?

The muggleborn wizard blinked. "You know I'm a muggleborn?"

"Ah. Yes! I'm a squib! Me mama always tells me that magic does exist ya know and with your name being a common muggle name" the muggleborn's mouth formed an O.

Atleast the squib nows.

"Hey kid!" 

"Hm?" The muggleborn wizard saw a big scary looking guy trying to catch his attention.

"Does flying carpets exist?" 

"Yeah, but they're illegal" the big scary looking guy looked disappointed.

"Dang it! I really wanted to try out Alladin!" Muggles laughed at him.

"Eddie!" Shouted the squib from awhile ago. "You owe me twenty galleons!" 

"What the hell even is a galleon!?"

Harveste sat between Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, hooked in a conversation about muggle technology. It became even more interesting when Hermione decided to brought out a conversation about the 'Avengers'. Ron was an enthusiastic listener about the conversations of Black Widow.

He didn't even hear half of Hermione's ramble about the brilliant inventions of 'Tony Stark' or the most awesome scientist 'Bruce Banners that was renamed the 'Hulk', mostly because he zoned out.(Hermione being a know-it-all annoyed him to the boot seriously can she stop cutting of Harveste mid-talk? Harveste however doesn't seem to mind)

Harveste mostly told the both of them about the knowledge he had about the Avengers. Mostly funny and hilarious habits of theirs apparently, Black Widow hides all her weapons all around their base. Tony somehow hides food everywhere. Or at the fact that Thor(Yes Thor God of thunder in Norse mythology) had a new obsession with blue food like Harveste's sister and Percy most likely was the one whom introduced Thor to blue food even though Ron didn't know blue food exists.

Hermione abruptly stopped talking when she had just remembered that Harveste was indeed a part of the Avengers and he's the fist young Avenger ever(prior his knowledge about them). It took them many minutes to shake her off her shock.

Harveste pulled a headphone from his infinite extension bag while also pulling out a tablet and a chord.

"Um......what's that?" Ron asked, fascinated.

"A headphone"

"A what?"

"It's a muggle device for music, listening and many more other things" Harveste informed him. "I have lots of them being gifted to me because I love music and learning languages" he shrugged. Ron made a sound of astonishment.

"And the others?" 

"They're chords to connect them to the tablet" Hermione responded instead of Harveste that was busy typing something on what Ron assumes is a 'tablet'.

There was a loud cough that bought the attention of the trio.

Hello? Hello? Can everyone hear me? Hello?

Oh. It was from the speaker.

"Welcome again everybody this is Roxanne Romanov 

Reporting again for everybody, which to be honest sucks— 

The twins and Lee Jordan snickered, they were liking Roxanne more and more.

but I'm here to remind all of you that thirty minutes have already passed—

Thirty minutes? Ron wondered. That fast?

and from now on we would off the screen that will be used to show what is happening while the reader will read the book. The gods and the demigod councilors have adjourned it. I voted by the way for more privacy. Please be seated to your designated tables chair floors or whatever as long as it's permitted. Thank you and wizards please behave and no funny idiotic business.—

The wizards blushed in embarrassment.

May the odds be with you!

Roxanne out!"

Gabe should know that me and my 

Brother did not have enough fucks

To give him.

"Ey!" Protested Captain America that was seated in the muggle table and damn  he was huge and handsome. He was wearing muggle clothes—a light blue shirt and brown pants.

"Language Percy!"

"Sorry!"

Spoiler alert! I ditched Grover as soon as we got to the bus terminal.

Grover cringed, this maybe the good reason why he nearly lost his job.

I know. I know. It was rude but Grover was freaking me out, looking at me like I was a dead meat, muttering 'Why does this always happen?', 'Why is it always sixth grade?'

"Sorry if I was freaking you out by freaking out", said Grover sheepishly.

"Nah, bro", disagreed Percy, "not your fault I'm not brave enough"

Whenever Grover got upset his bladder always act up, so I wasn't surprised when as soon as we got of the bus, he made me promise one thing: to wait for him, then made a beeline to the restroom. Instead of waiting I got my suitcase and caught the first taxi uptown.

'East one hundred and Fourth and First Avenue'. I told the driver.

A word about my mother and brother before you meet them.

They're name's are Sally Jackson—

Some older wizards gasped. "You're mother is Sally Jackson?" 

Percy smirked. "Yeah. Duh" she rolled her eyes. "Is there a problem?"

"Sally is just really well known in here" Molly responded. "She's known for being the most bravest but kindest Hufflepuff ever", she smiled wistfully.

Hufflepuff? Captain America mouthed to Harveste. Later he mouthed back.

Some children that were wearing yellow scarfs made a noise of appreciation. 

"She's also known convincing some Slytherins to join the last war" Ron updated Percy. "But then she disappeared, the same way their family did to the whole Wizarding world. I thought you just have the same name as them, since you are adopted or because 'Jackson' is a common muggle name . But then your mother is actually Sally Jackson"

and Harveste Jackson and they're the best people in the world. Which proves my theory that the kindest people in the world has the worst luck in the world. 

My mother and I found my brother at our doorstep when I was 4 and he was a year and a half old, he was adopted right there and then.I don't know anything about his background but when mom saw him years ago, she panicked and cried half an hour.

Percy frowned. "Now I know why" she muttered to herself.

"Know what?" 

"The reason why my mother cried"

THE GOD'S AND GODDESSES POV:

This type of style= the gods POV

This type of style= Hecate's Academy's residents

The they were in was the throneroom of the Olympians themselves. Minor and Major Deities alike gathered in the inverted U. Whether by the foot of the god's and goddesses throne or by the Hearth, near Hades and Persephone.

That was the reason why nobody sat at the Hearth no matter how tempting it is to feel warm and comforted by Hestia's fire.

Today was simply a shocking day. Nobody dared argue with that. The fact that the fates are willing to do something that would break divine laws was shocking would be an understatement but founding out Chaos? Agreed to this was even more shocking.

The creator was not supposed to interact nor interfere with everything that's happening in the whole universe, no matter the cause.

That's why the demigod's, legacies, godlings and Avengers had a meeting like the gods did. Something fishy is going on.

Lot of them felt nervous and excited actually. The fact that they could read and find out about their children's and legacies life through Percy’s eyes, it made their old and boring immortal life atleast be interesting. 

Not only that this will be a good chance. A good chance for family. For forgiveness.  For knowing more of their children. For hanging out with their children when a chapter break will happen.

In front of them was a screen of Sally reading and a view of all the people present there with her.

and Harveste Jackson and they're the best people in the world. Which proves my theory that the kindest people in the world has the worst luck in the world. 

The god's and goddesses gave pointed looks to Tyche which she ignored.

My mother and I found my brother at our doorstep when I was 4 and he was a year and a half old, he was adopted right there and then.I don't know anything about his background but when mom saw him years ago, she panicked and cried half an hour

"Probably because of a prophecy" Hecate and Apollo muttered.

"Prophecy?" 

"The Harveste child has a prophecy also looming on his head. Like his sister he's destined to save, rule or destroy. Really really bad luck, you know?" Apollo said and Poseidon winced, he hated the reminder of his daughter being born on an unlucky star.

He was helpful a hell lot. He went to jobs at a young age and dropped out of school—

Athena blanched, "He what—?" She said at the same time people in Hecate's Academy said, "He what—?"

Nearly all of the Deities present rolled their eyes at her. Mostly from Poseidon. While Artemis muttered something like "He probably are like those boys anyway" 

The girl—Percy sighed in the screen. And up close she really is beautiful. "Trust me I tried to threaten him to go to school but mom......" her voice turned quiet. "But mom was getting tired getting money for us, so I guess we just came to an agreement"

"That's so sad"

"No it's not"

so that I could go to school, he knew mom couldn't provide us both—

Demeter looked up from her weaving. "What a honorable, respectful and helpful child" she said, appraisingly. "Where has this type of children gone?"

Hera silently agreed.

Sally sent Harveste and Percy a greatful look, she smiled at them thankfully. "Thank you"

"Seriously no probs mom"

and also because of our step-father.—

Artemis snarled. "Ugh. Men. Typical."

"Gabe should be thankful he's no longer alive" growled Naruto. "I could've murdered that son of the bitch"

He decided to just go read in the library instead, mom taught him how to read first of course,

Athena nodded and begrudgingly said, "Wise choice. Atleast he has them"

and honestly I think he just felt burdened at the fact that mom provided everything for him even though he's adopted and even though we're poor. I always assured him he shouldn't be. He was always on his own. But he always makes enough time for us.

Hestia smiled softly.

He was also obsessed with music and music artists. Don't ask.

Apollo grinned. He was liking this kid.

And I quote from him 'Sister, seriously I think you're education is much more important than mine, I can read and that's enough plus there's a library where I can read books'. 

He's determined to very much read all the books in the library because he's academic rivals with this girl and boy named Peter Parker

"That's me!" Peter exclaimed.

and Helena Fughre,

"And that's also me!" Shouted Helena, then high-fiving Peter while cackling.

Fughre is pronounced Fiu-r. He stans them so much by the way, especially because one of them is a woman. He is a total feminist.

Most goddesses raised an eyebrow at this. "Is he really?"

Now enough with my brother, let's talk about my goddess of a mother. Her own parents died in a plane crash when she was five,

Looking at You! Zeus!

Most of the demigods on the screen glared at the sky.

"There are other sky gods you know!" Zeus thundered.

leaving her to her uncle that didn't cared much about her. She wanted to be a novelist,

Athena smiled.

so she spent her whole high-school saving money for college with a good creative-writing programme. Then her uncle got cancer, she had to quit school in her senior year to take care of him, honestly I'm surprised she still did.

After he died, she was left with no money,no family, no diploma.

Athena, Hera and Aphrodite winced. Hestia cringed. Back in the old days, all of the goddesses always remind women that they can do math, that they can own lands that they can be strong. But this woman simply lost the opportunity because she was kind. And she held to much love.

The only good break she ever had was meeting my dad.

Poseidon smiled. While Amphitrite and Triton huffed, they still didn't like her. Really. Triton always has disdain against his father's new bastards but this—this was different. She was different. Because she was what exactly what their small family craved for. What Triton always wanted.

I have no memories of him just sort of this warm glow, maybe the barest trace of his smile. My mom doesn't like talking about him, it makes her sad, she had no pictures of him.

See, they weren't married. She told me and my brother he was rich and important and their relationship was a secret. Then one day he set sail across Atlantic on some important journey and he never came back.

She told me he didn't die. Lost. 'He was lost at sea'. She said.

Athena nodded. "An intelligent lie, but not exactly a lie". She approved this woman. How in the fates did Poseidon be able date her!? 

How kind of him that he still didn't come back.

Poseidon winced and clearly every being right here did. 

She worked at odd jobs and my brother and I do too. She took classes at night to get her diploma back and raised us on her own. We knew we weren't easy children.

My brother was also somehow, always in trouble. But he always made sure it doesn't reach our mom's ears.

My brother went to chess, arts, theater clubs , and became a dishwasher at restaurants, sells candy with my mother and then goes to the library. I know, he's young but he's mature, too mature, in fact he understand things adults couldn't.

Athena approved of him at that moment. Not only hard working but also smart, she thought.

He told me, I do too but I didn't believe him. He's 9 by the way.

"9!?" Gasped Hermes. 

I know mature right?.But he's tall, so sometimes people thought that he's 11 or 12 even though the only thing me and my brother could afford and eat without our mothers money were cup noodles and milk tea, he really took advantage ofthat. We have our own money by putting the money we earned in a piggy bank and used it as small as possible. Sometimes he worked too hard that he comes back by morning, I tried to scold him but I know him, I know he wouldn't stop, geez he's as stubborn as me.

Poseidon chuckled. More like she's as stubborn as her father.

Everyone in the room chuckled but also scowled. "You should've just continued studying you know? Instead of working"

Harveste Nodded, "Well yeah....but here's the thing I didn't actually went to theater clubs nor libraries of any sort"

Athena stared at the screen, appalled. "What!?" Artemis shrieked. Aphrodite beside her muttered something about her.

"I went to study at S.H.E.I.L.D instead"

"Oh" Athena sighed in relief, it's much more better to learn that he was studying In S.H.E.I.L.D. informations are always reliable there. But isn't he young to go there?

So how? Really. The boy must be a genius then or just plain talented or gifted. Or maybe....

Adults from the mortal tables scowled. "So now they do child labor!?" One of they said slapping their hands in the table.

"That's right! Aren't you supposed to be still too young!?"

"He's just nine!"

"Oh dear...poor...you...." 

"Did this filthy muggles push you to do so?"

"Why didn't you stop him!", a man said pointing at Percy, "You know damn well its dangerous!". Percy looked outraged, "You think I'd let my brother do something like this? Of course, I didn’t know stupid!"

Harveste groaned. "Guys please—"

Many mortal gave the Black Widow accusing looks.

"How very hypocrite of you!"

Hermes made an awed noise. "Hu! Drama!" Apollo and other gods cackled while summoning popcorn.

Harveste shook his head. "Everybody shut up!"

"I wanted to join in with my free will" he shouted. "My mom and sister needed money! And S.H.E.I.L.D pays good even though risky"

Everybody went silent.

"Plus S.H.E.I.L.D doesn't accept child agents. Yes, they train children but it's the choice of the children. I stayed because I wanted to but also because I blackmailed the director of S.H.E.I.L.D"

Everybody looked at him.

"He what?" Guffawed Hermes, he was liking this kid. Apollo looked amused. Ares could only cackle, this Jackson siblings never fail to amuse him, especially the sea brat.

"You what?",  Harveste grinned.

"You'll see"

I work outside of school by tutoring children how to read, I help clean surroundings too, selling the free candies my mom gave me and working with my brother at the candy store.

The goddesses made approving noises.

I also sell my own made perfume. Me and my brother were obsessed and in phase about plants when we were younger, until now I still am, but my brother no longer does.

"My my she could've been my child" Demeter muttered. "Or perhaps my legacy but I haven't seen a very powerful and obvious legacy of mine"

Then she married 'Smelly Gabe' or other names such as; 'Horrid Gabe', 'Wretched Gabe','Satan spawn' and many names that I nicknamed my step-father, but my brother nicknamed him long ones; 'He-whom-should-just-fuck-off', or 'He-whom-is-not-supposed-to-exist' etc, he was nice the first thirty seconds we met him but he was a two-faced cunt. He showed his colors that he was really a world class jerk that would've made Satan a big fan of him or is he his servant or something?.

Artemis growled. Making minor gods meters away from her cringe. Ares' eye twitched, he didn't like whatever this is going.

If someone would ask me.' So, would you rather live with lions or hug Gabe?'. If given permission to do so, I would've lived with lions along side with my small family a long time ago.

Also, I'm sorry about the nicknames that we gave him but it's the truth. He reeked of rotten eggs, dog shit, moldy garlic pizza and many more smell I dare not describe.

"Ewwwww" Aphrodite commented. Shivering in disgust, "not even make overs could patch that up!"

All the people in screen cringed and shivered in disgust.

He smells so bad that my own made perfume that I always Sprayed on my self everytime I go home disappears that instant just like Gons dad in hunter x hunter.

The mortals snickered. 

"Wow!" Muttered Apollo. "I didn't know she's interested in reading manga's or anime's"

Hermes shrugged. "Must be the influence of her brother"

He also and always tries to touch me every time my mom was not looking and give me weird looks, I always felt creeped out.

All the goddesses blanched. "Poor girl...."

Ares growled. He like the girl, of course. More than he'd like. But this reminds him of the time when his daughter was harassed.

Poseidon snarled and his grip on his trident became tighter. 

The gods swore they felt all of Olympus rumble.

My brother nearly beat the shit out of him because of it. Of course I stopped him.(From nearly going to jail)

Ares grunted and grumbled something that made Hephaestus raise an eyebrow at him. Making his face seem more ugly. And Aphrodite watched from afar, her lips curled upwards, turning into a suggestive and maniacal and smug look, somehow it made her still elegant and majestic and maybe mysterious.

With that she formed a plan with a sadistic look. This day was getting better.

Artemis only stared in horror.

Everybody took a look at the Jackson's siblings, whom was sleeping soundly. Harveste's head was laid on the table while listening to music.

Percy slept on her friend's shoulder, a drool coming out at the side of her mouth while Annabeth ran her fingers through her curly and messy locks. While murmuring sweet and encouraging words to ease her nightmares.

Between the three of us we made moms Life hard. The way Smelly Gabe treated her, the way he and my brother and I got along is like..... certain species of sharks and territorial fishes. Just like when I got home.

"Meaning they really hate each other" Triton muttered. He was thankful that the mortal had died.

I walked into our little apartment hoping that mom would be home. Instead I was greeted by Satans servant or Smelly Gabe in the living room playing poker with his buddies. The television was blaring. 

Barely looking up he said with his cigar, 'So,you're home'.

'Where's my mom?'

'Working', he said. 'You got any cash?'.

Poseidon growled.

Many people from Hecate's Academy's Great column, made a sound of disgust and hatred.

"She's just a child!" Mrs. Weasley shouted. "How could he possibly expect her to provide when she already does everything to provide for her mother and brother!"

Triton grimaced in pity while his mother clicked her tongue in distaste.

Of course that was it. No,Wow! How was school? Or Welcome back! Good to see you.

Gabe had put on weight. He looked like a tuskless walrus or a manatee (no hate for them tho). He had about three hairs over his head, combed over his bald scalp. As If that made him handsome.

Aphrodite look ready to elegantly faint.

He managed the Electronics Mega mart in Queens but he stayed home all the time. I still wonder how he wasn't fired yet.

He just kept on collecting pay cheques, spending the money on cigars, that made me nauseous and of course beer, Always beer. I swear he smells worse than a dumpster.

Whenever my brother and I were home he always expects us to provide money for him especially his gambling funds. He called that our secret, meaning if we would tell our mum he would punch our lights out.

Poseidon growled, "Brother", he said to Hades whom gulped. "Did the mortal suffer at the fields of punishment?" 

"Yes", he breathed out.

"Forever?"

Hades nodded, "Forever"

'I don't have any money' I said.

He raised a greasy brow. He could basically sniff out money from us like a bloodhound, sometimes my brother was tempted to get rid of his nose. It was surprising knowing that his smell could've covered everything.

'You took a taxi from the bus station, probably paid with a twenty. Got six,seven bucks in change Somebody expects to live this roof, she ought to carry his own weight, Am I right, Eddie?'

I wondered how he did that math. Cuz things Right know, the math ain't mathing.

Apollo and Hermes snickered, atleast she has humor.

"Math?" Ron questioned. "What's that?"

"A muggle subject"

"Then what's a taxi?"

"It's a muggle transportation"

"Oh", Ron said, before nodding slowly. "I wanna know how they work someday"

Tony Stark grinned. The rest of the Avengers groaned. Another Harveste and Stark? seriously? well as long as he doesn't has sass.

Eddie, the superintendent of the building look at me with a twinge of sympathy. 

'Come on, Gabe' he said.

'The girl just got here plus she's a girl, don't expect her to have money'

"What the fuck did he just say?" 

"What the fuck did he just say?"

That's rich coming from a guy that's being provided by his own wife and grandmother.

Apollo snickered.

'Am I right?'. Gabe repeated.

Eddie scowled and looked down on his bowl of pretzel. Good. The other two guys passed their gas in harmony.

'Fine!' I said acting like seven bucks was the onlything I got left and slammed it onto the table. 'I hope you lose!'

'You're report card, brain girl!' He shouted after me. 'Don't be snooty!'

As If he had a good report card anyway. The math is mathing now,huh?

I went to me and my brothers room, well not really our room since he rarely sleeps in here and always slept in the library, the librarian let's him,

"He what?" Some mortals shrieked. They can create as much noise as possible because Harveste doesn't seem to hear any thing while listening to music.

While his sister just doesn't hear anything at all. They all glanced at Harveste worriedly 

she was kind enough to let him be, knowing he always had tired days. I'm worried about him doing so sometimes. But it's better than him living with Gabe since he had no school to attend to.

I put the money in our secret piggy bank under the floor that me and my brother carved out ourselves.

"Smart", Athena and hera muttered.

I generously Sprayed my perfume all across it.

"Damn", grinned Apollo. "Daddy's sassy girl isn't she?"

During school months, this was Gabe's 'study' room as if he ever studies, the only thing he studies were old car magazines, but he loved shoving my stuff in my brothers closet and I, leaving his muddy boots on our window sill, honestly I'm surprised the boots still fit his crusty, old and musty foot.

Many snickered.

And he also did his best to make the place smell like him.

I dropped my suitcase in the bed.

Home sweet home.

The gods and goddesses grimaced and winced. Just by reading it but no putting emphasis in it, even the most dense people would now it was a sarcastic remark.

Gabe's smell was almost worse than Mrs. Dodds errr I mean, than that kindly one? that I met, I almost miss her. Almost. Even the sound of the fates cutting my yarn.

Demigods winced, this guy must have been that bad to the point Percy thinks she'd rather meet Alecto.

Jason...Jason felt that.

As soon as I remember that. My legs felt weak, I remembered Grover's panicked face -about how I promised I wouldn't go home without him. A sudden chill waved through me. It felt like someone-something- was following me maybe pounding it's way upstairs, growing long horrible talons.

Then I heard my mom's voice 'Percy?' My fears evaporated.

My brother and I can feel good just by her walking into the room. Her eyes sparkled and change colors, lime green to chocolate brown in the light.

Aphrodite gasped, "My legacy!" She chirped happily. "She's not only brains but also beauty!"

Poseidon agreed, silently.

I took of my contacts and left it somewhere, it didn't matter, I was to tired. I figured my eyes changed too.

Her smile as warm as the sun. She's got a few Grey streaks mixed in her long brown hair, but I never called her old, in fact even if she is, she's so beautiful.

Every time she looked at me and my brother, she always saw the good on us and none of the bad. gods, sometimes I think I don't deserve her. I've never heard her raise her voice nor spoke a bad thing about somebody, she spoke no unkind words to No one not even me,my brother, and Gabe. Specifically Gabe.

Hera and Hestia shook their heads, "She's too kind", they mumbled.

At this point Harveste woke up. "Missed a lot, huh" he said nonchalantly. "It's a good thing I did, I don't want to hear that bastards name"

'Oh Percy!, you've grown up since Christmas!'.

I smiled then I remembered 'How about Harry?, Will he come since you came?'

'Of course dear!, he's ecstatic seeing you! But he went to work at a restaurant first!'

Draco looked at Harveste, "You worked at a restaurant? Or it's just a cover up for S.H.E.I.L.D?"

Harveste smiled at him. "It's a cover up for S.H.E.I.L.D . There was a small mission from S.H.E.I.L.D that's why", he shrugged. "The mission was worth it tho"

We resisted the urge to sigh. He's always busy. We don't mind it, we just hate the fact that he won't stop and rest. That he won't just stop sometime and atleast rely on us.

"Harveste's independent you know?", said Helena. "I know your too independent Harveste but that doesn't mean you can't rely on others for help"

Harveste shrugged, "I'm used to that stuff"

Natasha glared at him while Steve huffed, "Well you shouldn't, kids by your age are supposed to be talking about Rainbow pony's and stuff. Not missions of who to target next or who's gonna track down who nor 'what's gonna be a monster I'll fight the third time today and it's just morning and monday' or 'what god harbors hatred for me today to the point that the god wants to murder me or curse me and stuff'"

Harveste tried to open his mouth to reject said words.

"She's right you know?" Butted Steve. Harveste glared at him, "Are you talking about yourself?"

"You know dang well who I'm talking about"

Her red and white American uniform smelled like the best things: chocolate, licorice and other smells that she got from the candy she sold in Grand Central. She'd brought me and Harry free ones in huge bags. She always did whenever we come home.

We sat together at the edge of the bed. I attacked the blueberry sour strings and making sure I left some to Harry. She ran her hand through my hair demanding that I tell her about everything I hadn't tell her in my letter.

She didn't mention about me getting expelled again. She doesn't seem to care.

I told her to stop smothering me and she should just rest and lay off. But secretly I was glad to see her.

Hestia smiled.

From the other room Gabe yelled 'Hey Sally- how about some bean dip,huh?'

Poseidon gritted his teeth.

I gritted my teeth.

My mom might be the one of the few nicest people in the whole world. She could've married a millionaire, not some idiot like Gabe.

There were murmurs of agreements, "You should've told me", muttered Tony, "or us"

For her sake I tried to be upbeat about the last days I spent in Yancy Academy. I told her I wasn't too down at the expulsion. I'd almost lasted the whole year this time. I told her I made some new friends. That I'd done pretty well on different subjects.

I tried to convince myself that I liked Yancy Academy but as soon as I spoke about Grover and Mr. Brunner I choked up. Even Nancy Bobofit doesn't seem that bad.

Some gods snickered, "Momma's girl"

Until that trip to the museum.....

'What?' She asked, her eyes tugging at my conscience,and as if it wanted me to spill it out.

'Did something bad happen?'

'No, it's just....' I sighed. 'Nothing mom just tired'

I felt bad for lying. I wanted to tell her about the kindly one and the fates that I met. I wanted to ask what part was I in the Greek mythology picture?, why am I involved?, I don't want to assume too much that she knows about it.

She pursed her lips, she knew I was holding back, but she didn't push me.

'So, am I late?'

We froze we knew that voice.

'Harry!'(short for Harveste) I nearly bolted out of the bed but mom hold me back, she knew what would happen if I did bolt out of the bed, we might crush. He was wearing a dark blue denim jacket and ripped jeans. Then I froze.

He was in a bad mood. His eyes were hard and tired, he must've dealt with Gabe in the living room. Of course it would be Gabe. My brother was always calm except for Gabe and sexist people.

'Are you okay,dear?' Mom asked him, worried. His eyes instantly softened. 'Nope, nothing mom'. He smiled. 'Now,where's my hug?'.

'Nice timing Harry' Mom said. As she let go of me to let us hug each other.

I hugged him. He hugged back. Then when he hugged our mother it seems like his tiredness just went away. We both knew one thing at the moment, our mom was the only good break we got.

"That's....", mumbled Ron, "that's amazing, I guess". Harveste raised a brow.

'I actually had a surprise for you guys'. She said. 'We're going to the beach'.

Me and Harry's eyes widened 'Montauk?' Weboth said. Sometimes we're really twins.

'Three nights and the same Cabin'

'When?'

She smiled 'As soon as I get changed'.

We couldn't believe it, we haven't been in Montauk in two summers, because Gabe said we don't have enough money.

Gabe appeared in the doorway and growled 'Bean dip Sally, didn't you hear me?'.

Greek demigods, The Avengers and Argorians groaned, "Gabe is so lucky!" 

Ron raised a brow, "How is he exactly lucky?, according to Harveste his future will be set on stone?"

The minorities mentioned gasped while Roxanne raised a brow at him, "Do you know how yummy her seven layers is? And her blue foods?" Roxanne Chef kissed, "Absolutely delectable"

Ron looked at Harveste and he shrugged, "It's true"

We didn't even speak of the devil yet he unnecessarily and uselessly came.

Apollo snickered.

I wanted to punch him and spray him my perfume, as if it's enough to get rid of him and his Horrid smell he always bring everywhere, but mom gave us a look: be nice to Gabe for a while and after I change we'll get to Montauk soon.

'I was on my way, honey' she said. 'We we're just talking about the trip'.

Gabe's eyes went small 'The trip?, you mean you were serious about that?'

'I knew it, I muttered. 'He won't let us go'. My brother narrowed his eyes,he probably is planning escape plans just so we could go and stayed quite just like he always does.

'Of course he will' my mother said evenly.' Your step-father was just worried because of money,that's all. Besides' she added. 'Gabriel won't have to Settle for bean dip. I'll make enough seven layers for the whole weekend Guacamole, sour cream. The works'.

He was so lucky he had my mom.

"Damn, right"

"Language"

"Sorry"

Gabe softened for a bit 'So this money for your trip.... it comes out of your clothes budget,right?'

Harry looked sucked by a vampire. Not the clothes budget, he must've thought.

Aphrodite shrieked, it was loud that it made nearby gods and goddesses jump out of their sits. Aphrodite was pale as her white sheets but still beautiful and her eyes were comically wide. "Not the clothes budget!"

'Yes,honey'. Mom said.

'And you won't take care of my car anywhere, but there and back'

'We'll be very careful'

Gabe scratched his double chin.

'Maybe if you'd hurry with that seven layers dip and these brats would apologize for interrupting my poker game and get my beers'.

Maybe if we'd kick your soft spot we thought. And make you sing soprano for a week.

"Yes!", shouted Ares, agreeing wholeheartedly. "Punch him where it hurts!"

But our mom's eyes warned us not to make him mad.

My brother was about to burst. Why the hell did she put up with him, why the hell did she care what he thought?.

'I'm sorry' I gritted out.' I'm sorry for interrupting your incredibly important poker game. Please go back to it right now'

He narrowed his eyes, probably thinking and detecting the sarcasm in my voice in his small and ridiculous brain. As If he ever had a brain from the start.

My brother nearly snorted and guffawed in front of him.

'Yeah, whatever' he decided.

He went back to his game.

'Thank you Percy and Harry' she said acknowledging my quiet brother.

'Once we reach Montauk we'll talk about things you've forgotten to tell me, hm?'

For a moment I saw anxiety in her eyes same thing I saw in Grover's eyes.

But she smiled and I thought I was mistaken. But my brother tensed for a moment, he saw it. Of course he did, my brothers observation skill is always top notch.

"He needs to, to survive" commented Natasha. "If he wasn't he probably wouldn't survive a week in S.H.E.I.L.D"

She ruffled our hair and went make Gabe seven layers dip. Then an hour later we left.

But first, We went to pick up Gabe's beers, good thing we put sleeping peels on them, we also put Benefiber in it, a lot of it, so that he'll shit himself for fates know how long.

Apollo children cackled and laughed, "O-oh my—Percy I-i...AHAHAHAHAHA" 

Harveste grinned. Percy stayed asleep. The tired Ness must've gone into her.

Gabe took a break in his poker game long enough to watch us load our bags in his '78 camaro- he kept groaning about us taking it, he did it too about missing my mom's cooking. As he should.

Stiles nodded, "As he should"

Me and Harry resisted sticking our tongues out at him.

'Not a scratch on this car, brats' he warned. 'Not a scratch'.

As if we'd be the one driving. Oh well, It doesn't matter he'll blame us when a seagull poops on his paint job anyways.

Watching him lumber back, I couldn't explain about why I got so mad or why I did something I can't believe I did.

I did what Grove did on the bus a sort of warding evil off gesture then a shoving movement towards Gabe.

The screen door slammed shut then it whacked him in his arse and sent him flying back upstairs as if he'd been shot by a cannon. 

Everyone was either laughing, snickering, snorting or dying of laughter.

"Wait!", Hermione Protested, "How did she do that?" 

The demigod's grinned at the black girl. "You'll see"

"Wow", gasped Hecate, mesmerized and impressed. "She must be good with magic!", she said excitedly.

'Did you do that?' Harry asked more amused than curious 'Nope' I said.

'Then how?....never mind.' He left it just like that and I didn't stay long enough to find out.

He hummed bohemian rhapsody by Queens the whole way.

"Mommaaaaaa.....ooooohhh....I don't want to die", sang Apollo cabin. 

The mortals, Argorians, demigods and muggleborns snickered.

Our rental cabin was on the south shore. Everytime we went there, there were always sand on the sheets and Spiders in the cabinets.

The whole Athena cabin shuddered, "H-how can you live in some p-place like that?"

"That's not a place", disagreed Annabeth. "That's Tartarus"

The whole Aphrodite cabin fainted. Ron look scandalized.

Athena shivered.

The cabin was always and almost sunken into the dunes and most of the time the sea was always cold to swim in.

We love the place.

Gasps echoed around the great columns. "How can you say that!", they exclaimed.

We'd been going there since me and Harry were babies. But my mom had been going here longer. She won't say it but I know this was a special place to her. This is where she met dad.

Poseidon smiled wistfully.

As we got closer, she seemed younger and years of tiredness and worryness of work disappeared in her face. Her eyes turned to the color of the sea. My brother eyes glinted and glowed too.

"Must be a connection to the sea", murmured Amphitrite.

As we got there we in sunset, we opened all windows, went to our usual cleaning routines and rested. 

We ate blue foods, and fed blue corn chips to the seagulls, blue jellybeans, blue saltwater taffy and all other free samples my mum got from work.

I should explain the blue food.

"Yes", agreed Ron, no matter how he liked food blue food seemed weird to him or just foreign. "Yes, you should"

You see Gabe said one time that blue foods doesn't exist when I asked mom for one, they got into small fight because of it back then. After that my mom made sure that she cooked everything blue.

My brother helped cooking them too.

My mom had Keeped her maiden name-Jackson and named us with it. Rather than calling herself Mrs. Ugliano, she did have a rebellious streak, just like us.

"Or its just in your blood", muttered nearly Everyone. Percy—that had woken up and Harveste made sounds of protest or disagreements.

When It got dark, we made fire and roasted hotdogs and marshmallows, mom told us things that happened to her when she was a kid, before of course the plane incident with her parents.

She told us the books she wanted to wright, when she had enough money to quit the candy shop.

Eventually I blurted out what I was always thinking about everytime we got to Montauk-my father.

Poseidon smiled softly.

My mom's eyes went misty. I figured she would tell the same things she always did everytime I would ask about him. And I never got bored.

'He was handsome, Percy' she said. 'Tall,handsome and powerful, but gentle too, you have my eyes and his hair if you would style it like him you would've look exactly like him if your eye would change to blue-green'.

She continued. 'He'd be so proud of you Percy'.

Why would he? I'm just some ADHD and dyslexic girl, with no perfect grades.

"Oh Percy", murmured Poseidon sadly, "if only you knew"

'How old was I when he left?' I asked.

'He was only with me for one summer, Percy, right here at this beach and that that cabin'.

'He was expecting a boy but he'd be so happy for a girl, he wanted to send you to the camp of his family Percy. They want you to go there Percy, but I can't I absolutely can't'

Does that mean she had no choice but to send me away?

'Why?'

'To keep you safe'

'From what?'

I wanted to ask about that warm smile that I seemed to remember only about him. His warm glow and smile.

Zeus glared at Poseidon, "You dare break a rule!?", he rumbled. "No matter how much she look like her, and even when she's your first born demigod daughter. You will and should never visit her!" He thundered.

"Well that is the same rule on why our children are dying everyday! The same rule and reason why some demigods joined our dear old Father!" Poseidon yelled back.

About why this camp was so important.

I felt angry at my father for leaving my mom.I always wonder how does it felt like being loved by a father? It seemed sweet and lovely and good.

Poseidon's eyes widened, that's what his daughter must've wanted before. But looking back awhile ago, she didn't seem interested in her own father. That though gave him a pang of pain in his heart.

'Can I know mines too?' Harry asked.

Mom chuckled.

'They were awesome people Harry, kind, accepting well for your mother that is' she added smiling.

Harry nodded. 'I see....'

Then suddenly I remembered, all the things I wish to forget and all the reasons as to why I should go to that camp Grover and mom talked about.

When I was in third grade, this huge man in a blackcape had stalked me on the playground, the teacher's called a police on them, the police came and he went away growling, but no one believed me when I said that the man only had one eye right in the middle of his head.

Zeus glared at Poseidon. Poseidon glared back.

In an early memory in preschool the teacher had accidentally put me down for a nap in a cot that a snake had slithered through. My mom screamed when she came to pick me up. I somehow managed to strangle it with my meaty toddler arms.

"You did?" A mortal gasped in awe, "Like Hercules! Right?"

Demigods scowled. And the mortal flinched.

"Don't ever mention that vermin"

"Oh"

In every school I went through something, creepy and unexplainable always somehow happens. I was always forced to move.

I wanted to tell her that about the kindly one I saw, the fates one too, but I knew that, that will end our trip to Montauk, I didn't want that. This was the only time we had a peaceful time after two summers.

'I've tried to keep you close Percy but they said it was a mistake I-I could only keep you close this short'

Dionysus snorted. "Typical"

'I can't send you to that place Percy, I-It might mean goodbye for good'.

Harry looked at me, he didn't want me gone. I didn't want them away.

We turned towards our mother but she was only looking at the fire. I knew from her expression that if I'd ask more then she would cry.

That night I had a vivid dream.

It was storming at the beach. I saw a white horse and a golden eagle fighting. They kept fighting and fighting. Beneath the ground a monstrous voice chuckled, goading the animals to fight more.

Apollo perked up.

"Demigod dreams"

I ran towards them, trying to stop them from killing each other.

The ground splitted up, I screamed.

'Come little hero, come!'.

'We'll watch them fall together and rule together!'

I screamed No!.

Percy shuddered and sweated. While Annabeth comforted her by hugging her.

Poseidon's eye twitched as he watched the scene. But also look worried.

I woke with a start.

Outside it really was storming there was nothing except lightning with false daylight and five feet waves pounding the dunes like artillery.

'Hurricanes' both mom and Harry muttered, wide‐eyed. Bullshit.

Montauk never had hurricanes this early this summer. But the ocean seem to have forgotten.

Demigods muttered, "Poseidon"

Over the roar of the wind, I heard a distant angry,tortured bellow that made my hair stand on edge.

Then I heard pounding on our cabin door with a desperate voice.

My brother held my hand, tightly.

My mother sprang herself from her bed in her nightgown and threw open the lock.

Grover stood framed in the doorway against a backdrop of the pouring rain

But he wasn't Grover well.... he was still Grover.

"Nice explanation Percy"

"My bad bro"

My mom looked at me in terror not scared of Grover, but of why he'd come.

'Percy' she started. 'What didn't you tell me?'.

I was too shocked to answer.

'O Zeu kai alloi theoi!' He yelled. 'He's right behind me! Didn't you tell her?'.

I registered at the fact that he speaked in Ancient Greek. And Where the hell did his trousers go? Because I wasn't looking at legs what I were looking at was erm.......

'Percy, what the hell really happened in your school?!'. It was a tone Harry never used before. He looked at me trying to find answers.

"Sorry 'bout that Percy"

"It's alright!"

While that happened mum grabbed her purse and yelled at us to take our things.

While yelling and grabbing the only necessary things me and my brother will use. I yelled about the kindly one I met and the fates too. My mom's face became deathly pale in the flashes of lightning.

'Get to the car three of you! Now!'

Grover ran errrrrrr-I mean trotted while shaking his shaggy hindquarters and suddenly his story about his muscle disorder made sense for me. I now understand as to why he runs so fast but limp when he walks. Because right where his feet is supposed to be were fucking cloven hooves.

"And that's how I discovered Grover is a satyr", commented Percy.