A Second Chance

Yet So Far

Percy POV
"Percy." I froze. Oh Styx, I forgot that they were here. How could I actually forget that?! "Perseus Jackson, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!" I winced inwardly as Thalia yelled at me. I turned to face her. "YOU'VE BEEN GONE FOR FIVE MONTHS WITHOUT GIVING US ANY SIGN THAT YOU WERE ALIVE, AND ON TOP OF THAT, YOU LEFT ANNABE..."
"Thalia." She stopped and looked at me angrily. "My name is Perseus Cullen now." I said coldly. "Don't you dare call me by that name. Besides, I have a new life, new friends, and new family. Nothing you say will change that. The Percy you knew is long gone. He got killed by one of them." Wow. I can't believe I just did that. Then again, I can't get anyone else from my demigod life involved with werewolves and vampires. I have to get them to leave. But then they would tell everyone else where I am. Especially Annabeth. Ugh, this is so confusing! Nico marched up to me and tried to punch me, but I dodged.
"What are you trying to say, Percy? Like Thalia said, five months! Why didn't you at least tell us that you were alive?" he yelled. I froze up, allowing myself to be hit. Nico punched me on my chin, then cried out in pain. "Ow! Why is your chin so hard?" I looked at him, barely able to hide the pain in my eyes. They noticed it anyways.
"That's because I'm not technically dead or alive," I whispered. Then I turned around and ran to class, tears blurring my vision as they started to fall.

Nico POV
Does he hate us? He acted so cold towards us. And what did he by not being dead or alive? Then there was that pain in his eyes. The same pain I used to see in my reflection everyday. Thalia and I need to find out what's wrong with him. Why is he with the Cullens? Not to be weird, but he's a lot hotter than before. His voice and looks were much more defined and regal. Also, his actions were a lot more fluid. As soon as lunch started, I rushed to the bathroom to IM Annabeth. "Hello?" she asked dully. She's never been the same since Percy disappeared.
"Hey, Annabeth, we need to talk. About Percy." She paled.
"What about him?"
"We...er...found him." Her eyes widened, and her mouth formed a perfect O. "We need you over here, Annabeth. Something's wrong with him, and we need you to help us figure out what's going on with him and what's going on in this town. I'll come pick you up by shadow travel if you want." She nodded. "Alright then. We heard that there's going to be a werewolf gathering tonight. I'll be there at six. See you later." I swiped through the IM.
*Line break*
The rest of the day went by normally. Percy avoided us as much as possible though. Still not sure what's going on, but we'll find out sooner or later. I shadow traveled to camp at six, feeling a little bit tired. I still hadn't fully recovered from that incident with the Athena Parthenos. "Nico my boy! Are you back already?" I looked up at Chiron.
"Sound the conch horns. Percy's back." I noticed Annabeth running towards us, everyone else following. Chiron, meanwhile, was completely frozen in shock.
"Where's my Seaweed Brain?!" she demanded. I held out my hand. She grabbed it, but so did the rest of the Seven. I shrugged. Why not? Percy's going to hate me later though. Then again, doesn't everyone? No one likes a child of Hades. With the exception of Will of course. We shadow traveled to La Push.
*Timeskip*
We all landed near a clearing next to Thalia. She put a finger to her lips and turned her attention back to listening to the werewolves' conversation. "...en are they going to show up?"
"Yeah. We've been waiting for what? Ten minutes now?" A sigh.
"Quil, Embry, calm down. Ten minutes isn't that much." We all stiffened when Percy's voice drifted into the clearing.
"Looking for us?" I could see him walk in with the Cullens. From where I was, I could see everything. No one else could, though. Annabeth stiffened at the sound of his voice.
"Oh. Hey, the bloodsuckers are here. You made us wait."
"Hey! We were picking up Bella!" The brown haired Cullen said. I think his was Emmy? No. Emmett. Woops. My bad. Wait. Bella?! What was she doing with werewolves. Were the Cullens also werewolves? No. The werewolves called them bloodsuckers. As in vampires? I hope not. Then it hit me. Oh gods. Percy had said that he wasnt dead or alive. It made perfect sense! I went back to listening to the conversation, hoping that he wasn't a vampire.
"...ange about those transfer students. Hey Perce, you seem like you know them. Are they friends of yours?" He sighed.
"How many times do I have to explain this? They're my cousins." Everyone jaw dropped. The guy with bronze colored hair, I think it was Edward, just nodded like he was confirming something. One of the Cullens whipped around and stared at the place where we were hiding. It was the girl with the pixie cut.
"There are people eavesdropping on us," she said. I shrugged, looking at everyone else. Time to make our entrance, I guess. We walked into the clearing. Percy, who had been leaning against a tree looking like a super model, paled and backed away from us. Annabeth made a weird cat-like choking noise. Everyone else, including me, froze.
"P...Percy? I...Is that you?" she stuttered. He gulped and looked like a deer caught in the headlights. "It's you, isn't it? We spent FIVE MONTHS SEARCHING FOR YOU! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU PUT ME AND EVERYONE ELSE THROUGH?! PERSEUS ORION JACKSON, HOW DARE YOU NOT CONTACT US AND LEAVE US THINKING YOU WERE DEAD?!" Percy stiffened when she said his full name and was about to say something, but Edward put a hand on his shoulder shaking his head. "STUPID SEAWEED BRAIN! DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR ME! I SHOULD DRAG YOU BACK TO CA..."
"Are you done yet?" Percy asked, acting annoyed, but we could all see he was in pain. Annabeth was literally shaking in fury. "Look. I don't need you guys in my life anymore, so butt out." She recoiled like she had just been slapped. Wait. Excuse me? Did he just tell us to butt out?! Oh no. You're going to get it now, Percy. Annabeth stormed up to him and slapped him, hard. Then she winced, shaking her hand.
"Ow! What did you do to yourself?!" Percy looked at his new family. They all nodded. He turned to face us all and smiled bitterly.
"I'm a vampire now."

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