A Son From Lands Unknown (PJO x Male Reader)

The Aftermath

The next morning, Chiron moved Percy to Cabin Three, while (Y/N) had to remain in Eleven. The two quickly found themselves wishing that they were the other. Percy had plenty of room for all of his stuff, (Y/N) had to hide everything he owned to ensure it didn't get stolen. Percy got a dinner table alone, while (Y/N) was lucky to get a seat. Percy could pick his own activities and say when he went to sleep, while (Y/N) still had to do whatever Luke told him.

(Y/N) found himself surrounded by people in similar circumstances, while Percy was all alone for most of the day.

Just when he'd started to feel accepted, like he had a home in cabin eleven and he could be a normal kid- or at least as normal as one can be when a half-blood- Percy had been separated like he had some rare disease.

No one mentioned the hellhound, but Percy got the feeling everyone was talking about it behind his back. The attack had scared everyone. It sent three messages. Percy was the son of the Sea God; (Y/N) might be the anti-Christ; and that monsters would stop at nothing to kill them both. They could even invade a camp that had been considered safe. It certainly didn't help either boy's mind that it had been confirmed that the beast that attacked (Y/N) was a Beast of Daniel, one of the ones mentioned in the Bible.

The other campers steered clear of Percy as much as possible, though (Y/N) was able to interact with the others in Cabin Eleven since they had little, if any, choice. What Percy had done to the Ares kids during Capture the Flag unnerved the rest of Cabin Eleven so much that they had asked Luke to schedule their activities away from Percy, so martial lessons were now one-on-one between them. The nineteen-year-old pushed Percy even harder than ever and wasn't afraid to bruise him up in the process. (Y/N) asked to join in, but Luke turned him down because (Y/N) used a rapier, which he claimed would likely only slow the development of both him and Percy.

So, (Y/N) was forced to keep doing his training with the rest of Cabin Eleven, where he received no help whatsoever. It was entirely up to him to figure out what worked and what didn't, though thankfully it seemed that his instincts were of assistance with that. While Simon was no expert, he did help (Y/N) get used to fighting, something the son of Mammon was thankful for.

Percy was still with Cabin Eleven for Greek lessons in the morning, but Annabeth seemed distracted. Every time Percy would say something, she scowled at him like he'd just poked her in the eye. She was even more annoyed that (Y/N) wasn't making any progress, which neither Percy nor (Y/N) found fair.

After lessons, she would always walk away muttering to herself, "Quest... Poseidon?... Dirty rotten... Of course we get the demon... Got to make a plan..."

Even Clarisse began keeping her distance from Percy, though her venomous looks made it clear she wanted to kill him for breaking her magic spear. Percy wished she would just yell or punch him or something. He'd rather get into fights every day than just be ignored. As for (Y/N)? She mostly ignored him too, though she would often threaten him since she was mad that he had beaten another girl from her cabin.

(Y/N) knew he wasn't wanted at the Greek camp when he found a pair of horns spray painted on his sleeping bag. But, everyone needed sleep at some point, so he just left it, deciding that it would work for now as a mark of his property.

Sleep granted him no respite.

That night, his dreams were all over the place. He could see a city behind him, but it wasn't the New York that he had lived in for the last six months. The sprawl was different; buildings were spread further apart, palm trees swayed and low hills palmed in the distance.

About a hundred yards down the surf, two men were fighting. They were like WWE wrestlers. Muscular with beards and long hair. Both wore flowing Greek tunics, one trimmed in blue and the other in green. They grappled with each other, wrestled, kicked, and head-butted, and every time they connected, lightning flashed, the sky grew darker, and the wind rose.