𝙰𝚜 𝙻𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝙰𝚜 𝚆𝚎'𝚛𝚎 𝚃𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛♥︎𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑎𝑏𝑒𝑡ℎ 𝑂𝑛𝑒𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑠

I'm Percy Jackson

"Hi.

I'm Percy Jackson.

Some of you, like my dear demigods, may know me as the savior of Olympus, child of two great prophecies, the Minotaur slayer, the poop cleaner, the person-who-did-more-than-Hercules himself, etc. I don't like to boast.

Some of you, like my mortal friends, know me as the trouble maker (though I don't mean to be one), the rule breaker (again, don't mean to be one), the kid who sits at the back of the class, the kid who stutters when asked a question in class, etc. There's nothing here to boast.

Some of you may just know me as a book character. Some of you probably wish you were me, or you wish you were a part of this world, blah blah. Seriously, don't. My life literally sucks. You get nothing but PTSD as a demigod. Of course, it's never boring, but better boring than constantly having to try and survive, right? We'll come back to this later."

"Anyway, the point of this speech.

I know a lot of you people feel like a burden in your life.  You probably wish you were a hero, helping people, catch bad guys, do good in life, be independent,  basically having a purpose in life."

"Which brings me back to the 'wish you were me' thing.

First of all, I don't know what I'm doing.

All the amazing things I've done in my life were with the help of my friends.

Seriously, there's not one thing that I've not done without a help of a friend.

Even jf there was, that was straight up just adrenaline to save my loved ones, cause who cares about the gods?

Like, the Minotaur fight for example. I was a skinny twelve year old kid with no training. I still managed to defeat it. Why? Cause that monster had my mom."

"I was sent to a quest barely after a week I found out I was a demigod. But without the help of Annabeth and Grover,  I would've been destroyed.

And I was determined to save my mom.

So yeah basically, if it weren't for my loved ones, I wouldn't give a fuck if the gods asked me for another favor."

"I have always felt like burden to my mom, have always felt like I wasn't good enough for anyone. Felt like an outcast my entire life. Felt like I didn't have a purpose in life, and that I was just....existing. Heck, I couldn't even survive a school year without getting expelled. I was a nobody. A zero."

"But now,

Now, I've found a purpose in life. I found out where I belonged. I am a demigod. I have friends who love me for who I am. I wasn't an outcast anymore. I even survive four years in Goode High! I found out that I'm good enough for someone. I'm not a nobody anymore. I'm a hero.

All this deep (kinda?) Stuff I just said? It's for everyone who feel the same way I once felt. Maybe you are an outcast. Maybe you do feel like you don't belong. Maybe you are a nobody.

But who's to say that won't change?"

"Walt Disney was poor. He grew up in a family who had little to no money. Two of his own brothers ran away when he was just a child. But then, he grew up into this guy that was known by everyone, respected by everyone. And it's pretty impressive the fact that it all started from a garage. (Don't judge me, he was the first person to come to mind. P,us, everybody loves Disney!)

Anyway, you may not know what the heck you're living for, but soon you'll find your purpose. You'll find someone who appreciates you, encourages you, respects you. And that may happen now, or later in life. But have hope. I know that sounds kinda stupid, but really, if you believe in yourself, everything will turn out well."

"As for me, I still don't know what I'm 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 doing in life."

I heard a light snore, and turned to see Annabeth still napping on my shoulder. I smiled,

"I do know that I'm doing it really, really well."