Fandom One Shots

PJO/HoO-Never Give Us a Camera

Percy POV

Leo finished setting up the camera and gave me a thumbs up.

"Are you sure going no script is a good idea?" Annabeth asked me, for the fifth time.

"Totally! It won't sound rehearsed, I can get on their level, you know?"

"No, but okay..." Annabeth said hesitantly.

"Alright, let's get going!" I grinned and got in front of the camera while the rest of the group stood behind it to watch.

"Rolling in three, two, one!" Leo pointed at me to signal the camera was on.

"Hey kiddo!" Annabeth facepalmed as soon as I started, but I ignored her and talked to the camera.

"So if you're here, you've probably been attacked by something big and nasty and a close friend of yours probably whipped their pants off and revealed furry goat hooves and stuff," Grover went red, muttering something about that not being how it went, "which only means one thing!"

"You have a strange childhood?" Grover asked, giving me a half-hearted glare at my description of his reveal as a satyr.

"Shut up, Grover!" I laughed. "It means you're a demigod. Being a demigod is great. You have this huge place you can hang out at," I gestured to the camp behind me. We were filming on the hill, right near Thalia's Pine. "Lots of friends to make, all sorts of things like that. Not to mention, possible death on multiple occasions, who wouldn't want that?"

"Percy, don't scare them." Annabeth glared at me.

I held my hands up in a placating gesture. "I'm not trying to scare them, I'm giving them facts. In all seriousness, kid, being a demigod isn't all fun and games. You've got a scent, so monsters will be able to track you unless you're here or at Camp Jupiter. If you don't know what or where that is, ask one of these people!" I grabbed the camera and turned it, tripod and all, to face the rest of the group, who waved and grinned. Frank flashed a peace sign.

Leo rushed forward as I turned the tripod back around, fixing the angling and everything while giving me a semi-annoyed 'you messed it up' look.

"Being a demigod means training hard, so that's what you're going to do," I continued, grinning at the camera. "Someone will take you to the weapons shed, don't go in alone because you might set something off and blow everything up." Annabeth threw her arms up in the air in exasperation. "When you're in the shed, you're going to pick out a weapon. My advice is, don't go for the biggest one just because it's the biggest. Pick something that fits you, your stature, your personality, things like that. The demigod helping you can usually figure out a little bit about you and they'll use that to decide what it would be best for you to work with."

We got into a circle and Leo panned around, getting footage of each of us with our weapons. 

"After you get your pointy death stick-yes Annabeth, I know, no scaring the kids, but it's an accurate description-" I insisted, "You'll start going to classes. Yeah, classes! This place teaches kids, since we have kids that stay here all year. You can learn Ancient Greek, they've started offering Latin so if you want to visit Camp Jupiter, you can speak that too, then they have sword-fighting lessons, knife fighting, archery, swimming. It works just like a regular camp, except more dangerous!"

"Percy!" Annabeth exclaimed exasperatedly.

"What? They do have to know there is danger here. You'll be responsible for your actions kiddo, and that includes retaliating to bullies. A common punishment is washing dishes, which is harder than it seems since here we wash the dishes with lava. You'll see how it works when you get in trouble for the first time."

Annabeth chucked a small rock at me.

"Okay, okay, moving on!" I said, ducking. "After classes, there's a lot of other things you can do! You can challenge yourself on the Lava Wall of Death-" At this Annabeth started towards me as if to take over the video. "Wise Girl, I promise that the Stolls dared me to say it- or you can go swimming again. You can sharpen your skills at your weapon of choice, which will come in handy when Clarisse is charging you during Capture the Flag." Annabeth sighed shook her head in defeat. "Watch out for her, by the way. she enjoys stuffing people's heas down the toilets their first day."

"Seaweed Brain, you need to explain what Capture the Flag is." 

"Right. Capture the Flag. It's your typical game, the one you played as a kid, but more violent. Athena and Ares make treaties with the other cabins, and those cabins fight each other during the game. How it works is one team has the flag and defends, while the other attacks and tries to steal the flag. The intricacies of our version will be explained to you by your counselor when you participate in your first game."

As I said 'counselor' I realized that I hadn't explained the cabins.

"Oh, cabins! If you came here without knowing who your godly parent is, you'll be put in the Hermes Cabin. Watch those kids like hawks, they're all proficient pickpockets. And don't trust a thing Travis or Conner say."

Piper nodded in agreement.

"Once your parents claim you, which they're required to do by a certain age, you'll move into that cabin. I have a cabin to myself, being the only Poseidon kid here-"

"You're the only Poseidon kid." Leo pointed out.

"Demigod, yeah. Tyson is a Poseidon kid too, as well as Arion."

"They don't count, Kelp Head." Piper said. "Keep going."

"Right, so when you're in your cabin, you need to know some rules for that too. You aren't allowed to be in someone's cabin with only one other demigod. The administration thinks things will happen." I winked at the camera. "You also have a curfew and if you're outside after it there are cleaning harpies that will eat your face."

"Percy!" Annabeth shouted.

"So that's all you need to know right now, someone will or already has shown you around camp and your counselor will answer any questions you have. Good luck kiddo!"

Leo ended the video.

"Hey, while we've got the camera, let's go have some fun." Piper suggested.

"What kind of fun?"

"Taking crazy pictures and stuff, have people act out wacky scenes."

I laughed. "I'm in."