A Geek Within

[Harper Marowski]

On Microsoft Word, I had this huge intro ready for you guys, but... I never post that and I'm just... gah.

ALRIGHT. So, this is the FanFiction, or at least the first part of the first chapter. And something special in the end because I was just in the mood a few hours ago to start making it. But as for the introduction or whatever, it'll be from Percy's POV, 3rd person (Percy, I promise I'm not powerplaying and I can never write them as well as you can, so please please please bear with me), and Harper's because, well... I mean, she's my character and yeah. The reason why it's between the pair of them is, because, well... Percy because the books revolve around him and it's just appropriate and I explained Harper's deal. Other characters are in there, and I promise I'm not powerplaying them! But I hope you guys enjoy it - it's kind of just a FanFic for the site so it'll develop as the site plot develops. I might post it on FanFiction.Net at some point, but I dunno. I hope you enjoy it! ^^

Prophecies: Storm and Fire

It was dark and cold, and Perseus Jackson couldn’t see a thing.

It wasn’t like his Kronos dreams from before, when the great Titan would call to him from the entrance of Tartarus, but something new altogether. Something much more frightening, and much more potent than any of the dreams he’s had of Kronos.

I know your fear, Percy Jackson, a terrible voice sounded, echoing through the blackness.

“What do you want from me?” Percy shouted through the darkness, looking around but not being able to see a thing. That was when he heard it.

A scream. A horrible, horrible scream that he could identify off the top of his head.

“Annabeth!” he shouted, running towards the sound. “Annabeth, where are you?”

The only response he got was another scream.

CHAPTER I

Percy’s eyes flew open.

Morning sunlight filtered through into Cabin Three, the Cabin of Poseidon, and it took a moment for the boy to realize that his nightmare had only been that - a nightmare. Sweat had moistened and paled his face, and he wiped himself off with a hand as he sat up and groaned. He ran a hand through his black hair, making it messier than it already was and looked around the cabin groggily.

He saw another bunk across the way and had a momentary lapse of memory.

What was a girl doing in his cabin? What right did she…?

That was when the memories came back of the night before.

Ellie. Ellie Brigid - that was the name of the girl that was sleeping across the cabin, snuggled underneath her blankets. She was younger than he was, by a few years or so, and she was his little sister. Well, the term was technically ‘half-sister’, but at Camp Half-blood, none of that mattered. And Percy was glad he was no longer alone in the gigantic Cabin 3, as he had been for quite a while.

But, at the moment, he was also quite glad that she wasn’t awake yet. He needed time to himself, to collect his emotions and to make sure he was presentable for breakfast, and for seeing Annabeth.

Annabeth.

Just the name of his girlfriend’s name made butterflies flit around in his stomach, but it also sent a jolt of fear down his spine. The memories of his nightmare came rushing back to him, and he heard her scream in his head again. As he’d learned from various times before, dreams almost always meant something. And he prayed to the gods that they weren’t sending him a sign that signified Annabeth was going to be injured soon. Or worse, even killed.

The thought of Annabeth gone instantly made Percy shake his head.

No, no Annabeth wouldn’t die, or even get hurt. He would make sure of that, and he was also going to make sure that the gods knew it too. He wouldn’t lose her, because without an Annabeth, there wasn’t a world worth living in.

Percy ran his hands through his hair and over his face again. He needed to get the sound of her scream out of his head before it drove him insane. Better yet, he needed to see Annabeth for himself to make sure she was completely whole and well and his.

He hadn’t seen her last night, which didn’t exactly worry him because he had gotten to camp pretty late, because traffic in Manhattan last night had been killer, and his mom’s tiny car wasn’t enough to go over seventy miles an hour to get to the road that led to Camp Half-blood. In fact, Percy had barely gotten to camp in time before the harpies came out to try and catch the late-nighters. Mr. D had introduced him to Ellie right before the pair of them had gone to sleep, and Percy could hardly remember saying more than three words to her before collapsing in bed. He’d have to rectify that today.

First things were first. He needed to get dressed before Ellie woke up. He definitely didn’t want the first image of camp for his younger sister to be her brother half-naked in her cabin.

Percy hurriedly changed into a specially made pair of jeans, as denim wasn’t suitable for the training teens did at camp, and the classic orange t-shirt with the Camp Half-blood logo on the front. It was just as he was pulling on his socks and tennis shoes that Ellie began stirring.

“Morning, Ellie,” Percy called, his eyes bright as he hastily ran a comb through his jet-black hair.

“Good… good morning, Percy,” was the answer, split up by a giant yawn.

Percy smiled at her. He was trying to be as friendly as possible - she was new to camp and he didn’t know how to really interact with a girl who was a few years younger than he was even if she was his sister. “I’ll be at breakfast, alright? Do you need me to show you where it is?”

“No, Mr. D gave me a tour last night,” she said, twisting her face into a look of regret.

Percy laughed, knowing how grumpy and mean the camp director, the god Dionysus, could be.

“Alright then. I’ll see you soon.”

And with that, he was out the door.

He hadn’t even walked a few steps when a wonderfully familiar voice called out to him.

“Haven’t seen you in a while, Seaweed Brain.”

Annabeth was even more beautiful than he’d remembered seeing her last. Her long brown hair was let down - he could tell she wasn’t planning on doing much training today, but for that he was grateful. He would much rather spend time with her than training of any kind anyway. Her sharp blue-gray eyes were bright and stunning as always, and when she reached him, Percy wrapped her in his arms and pulled her into a tight embrace.

He buried his nose in her hair and inhaled - this was proof that she was alive, well, and uninjured. The heavenly smell of her hair drove thoughts of the nightmare away, and he was glad to see that there was no reason to worry for her safety.

“Gods, I missed you so much, Annabeth,” he murmured. There was no use denying it or trying to hide his love for her anymore - she knew that he loved her and he knew that she loved him. “How was your summer?”

“I ran into a hellhound in a park in Maryland,” she responded in a matter-of-factly tone, “But I would suppose other than that, it was nice.”

Percy pulled away from her, looking down at Annabeth with alarm. “Are you alright? Did it hurt you?” he demanded to know.

She only smiled up at him. “I’m fine, Percy. And your summer? We have a lot of catching up to do, you know.”

“I know. I thought today could be dedicated to that very objective,” Percy replied.

“Do you have a fever, Seaweed Brain? You’re using big words.”

Percy only laughed. “You’re the one making me hot, Wise Girl.”

Annabeth blushed, her entire face going red as she punched him in the arm. That was the Annabeth he knew and loved, and Percy just chuckled as he tried to cover up how her hit had actually hurt somewhat. He rubbed his arm before wrapping it around her shoulders and began steering her towards the eating pavilion. She didn’t object, so he knew that he was forgiven for the comment.

When they reached the eating pavilion, several heads turned to stare at the couple as they made their way to sit at their own table, ignoring the rules that each demigod had to sit at their designated spot. Percy and Annabeth had practically saved the world by themselves, so everyone had generally accepted that they were an exception to most rules.

“I heard you have a new sibling,” Annabeth said casually as she began eating her breakfast. “Is it true?”

“Her name is Ellie,” Percy responded, three mouthfuls of his breakfast already in his stomach. Camp Half-blood food was so amazing, he could say it nearly rivaled his mother’s own cooking. “She’s thirteen.”

Annabeth nodded, satisfied with his answer.

“New arrivals in your cabin?” Percy asked, trying to make conversation. He knew they couldn’t really discuss anything personal here, too many people were listening.

Annabeth shrugged. “The usual two or three,” she admitted. “Nothing too exciting. I’ve been here a few days already. It’s been boring without you here. You seem to attract all the excitement.”

Percy laughed. He wished he could kiss her right then and there, but the wandering eyes all over stopped him from doing so. “Don’t I always?”

“Ha, you’re so funny,” Annabeth answered dryly, rolling her eyes.

“I know.”

They lapsed into a comfortable silence for a few minutes, just enjoying each other’s company as they ate breakfast. Percy glanced out at the early sunny morning, and for the thousandth time he thanked his lucky stars that he was here at Camp Half-Blood.

Yeah, so it's pretty short and it's badly written and I didn't get to Harper, but she's coming... not that it'll be too interesting because she isn't canon, but hey, what can you do? I just wanted to post what I had for you guys and to see what you thought. And if anything canon-like is wrong, let me know, 'cause I've only read two out of the five books.

But hey, all because Harper isn't in it yet doesn't mean I have something special for everyone. ^^ Percy helped me with this, so she gets some credits with the quotes and such. For all you Team Harvin fans out there, I made a little something. xD

Alright, my geekiness is worn out for the day. o.O