More Than the Sea

School

A/N Hello fellow readers! I'm back from my lovely vacation and am here to bless you all with another chapter.

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Percy POV

One warm summer evening, nearing the end of august, I was playing with Sienna. She is seven. Well, at least that's how old she was when she joined, she has dwelled on this earth a few months longer than me. She is my best friend. Originally she could hardly look at me 'cause I reminded her of her younger twin brother who died by the hands of their abusive father and neglectful mother. Yes she is mortal, but with the blessing of mama she's immortal so it doesn't really matter. Anyway as I was playing with her when mama and papa came over.

"Hey Percy, me and your mama were wondering if instead of me homeschooling you, we put you in a proper school before sending you off to camp?" Papa asked me.

My thoughts immediately turned to the worst, "You don't want me anymore?" I was almost in tears, after all why else could they possibly want me to go to a BORDING school and then a camp which last ALL SUMMER?

"No, Percy, you have to understand that the boys at camp are very rough. Me and you're papa thought that we could get you used to that by starting a little less rough with mortals your age, instead of demigods." My mama reassured me gently. "We're trying to help you."

"I don't want to go." tears were welling up in my eyes, "Please don't make me go." I looked up with desperation, searching their eyes for and regret or change of mind. It was a fruitless search.

"Percy, " Papa began, "You need to go to camp, we cannot hide you here forever, and it will have the worst affect on you mental health if we thrust you into a camp full of very violent boys. School is the best path to take. We can't stall forever."

I sighed, "I can't win, can I?" my body deflated. "Can one of the hunters come with me?"

Mama looked pained at the question, "The hunt is there sanctuary away from men, I cannot, nor will not ask them to put themselves in that position. Especially after convincing them to have a boy in the hunt."

"oh," I turned away, "then, why are you putting me in that position?" tears spilled out of my eyes, my body trembled."

Papa once again reminded me, "This is for your own good. It is the best course of action." He spoke softly, attempting to sooth me of my troubles. 

I pushed them away, running clumsily in any other direction. The metal in my skin clanking together making enough noise for the deaf to follow blind folded. I just need to get away.

They were sending me off to my death. I felt alone, unwanted and abandoned. They were supposed  to help me, heal me, love me, be there for me. I trusted them with my heart, my health, and wellbeing. Do they even care?

Logically I knew that this was the best and that there really wasn't anything else to be done. However, at this moment I was think with my heart, not my brain.

I ended up collapsing somewhere in the forest. I sobbed for hours, at some point someone sat next to me. I didn't care, to caught up in my own fear of men, abandonment, loneliness, and helplessness, to bother. Whoever they were, they weren't a threat. The mystery person just seemed to understand that I needed someone, even if just to feel there presence and know I am not alone, at least, not completely.

A/N I know it's short but I figured you peoples would rather have a short chapter rather than no chapter, that and if I didn't update soon I most likely would have forgotten about this story.

I am curious, who do you think the person is?