CHAPTER ONE: All Because Of A Box Of Crayons
On the outside layer of the busy streets of Manhattan lies a typical house and the cliché picket white fence guarding the country-style dwelling. It captured those types of houses you normally find on the internet or someone's artwork. The sun's beam on the white painted wood made the 2 windows look radiant. Blue shutters were boarding the window. A bright blue door is what stood out the most. With every eye looking at this dwelling, the sea-colored door is what captures many eyes from the house itself. The roof, of course, is in a shape of a triangle. To match the rest of the colour scheme of the house, the roof tiles were patched with cerulean colours. A chimney stood tall and proud somewhere in the corner. A petite apple tree was planted in the corner, letting the squirrels take and grab of any loose apples that comes in contact with the ground.
Just a typical, Picture Perfect house. Wait. Scratch that.
There's still Perseus Jackson, son of Sally Jackson and Poseidon Jackson, AKA; the most handfuls 4 year old .
Let's take a look inside the house, shall we?
Percy's pitch black hair flew all over the place and covered his seaweed coloured eyes which are beaming with humour Percy ran like the wind, letting all the precious glass crash to the floor, the pillows scatter, and most importantly...making his mother waste her energy of trying to get a hold on her mischief maker. Sally Jackson, panting heavily, stopped to catch a breath. She placed her tanned hands on her knees and crouched down to the 'tired and out of breath' position. She cocked her head in the direction of the door, whipping her chocolate-brown hair to the side.
Sally smiled to herself of all the memories. She remembered Percy asking to paint the door blue as well as the shutters because he was going through blue phase. Turns out it wasn't a phase after all...
Sally heard the noise of shattered glass after another. She just couldn't resist the urge to roll her eyes followed by a motherly smile. As soon as she saw a speck of green and black, she stood up and blocked the way; placing her hands on her hip and balancing herself on her right leg.
The clumsy speed demon; Perseus Jackson, flopped on the floor as he bumped into his mother. He looked up, like a kid looking up at a bully and swallowed loudly as he saw the stern look on his mother's face. But as soon as her face merged into a smile, a grin broke out on Percy's face.
Sally helped Percy up and carried him to the nearby chair. She picked him up and rested him on her lap.
"Sweetie, we have to go to school." Sally spoke with a kind tender laced in her voice.
"But I don't wanna!" Percy said stubbornly. Sally raised an eyebrow and a smirk twitched on her lips.
"Why not? It will be fun! You get to meet new people and learn!" Percy made a gag face at the word 'learn'.
"I still don't want to go." Percy folded his arms and pouted.
"Why?" Sally asked, curiosity dancing in her eyes.
"I'm scared. What if they make fun of my name?" Sally pushed back his messy black hair and looked at him in the eye; his ocean eyes sparking.
Percy looked like he was on the edge of breaking down. Sally knows this has happened to him and it pains her to think about it.
"They won't. I named you Perseus for a reason. So you can have a wonderful ending like in the myths. I promise you that." Sally reassured him and watched her son suck a breath.
She gave him a genuine smile and bounced him on her lap. Percy shocked her by giving her a warm embraced. Of course, Sally returned it. Percy kissed Sally on the cheek and gave her one tighter squeeze.
