/Nothing belongs to me all rights to Rick Riordan/
/Contains mild language/
/Sorry for any mistakes/
What's Percy supposed to say? Life's great? Well it's not, sorry to disappoint. What else can you say when your chances of a semi-normal life slip away from you? All because of one god forsaken human.
Before we get into anything too serious let me introduce myself, I'm Perseus Jackson. Just call me Percy though. I'm 15 and I live or lived now I guess, with my mom and my stepdad for a while now. My mom,Sally, is the best honestly she does a lot for me. My stepdad, not so much, for him I'm a punching bag and an errand jockey.
His names Gabe, not that he's a concern anymore, one night he was feeling particularly dastardly and caused some rather permanent damage... Most of the time he's careful and never does enough damage that it would require medical attention. His code escaped him that night I guess, to put this bluntly and swiftly, he strangled me and now I'm a mute. The doctors say to hold onto hope and that physical therapy will help but I don't hold onto those words too much. There IS a chance that I can regain speech functions once again but who knows.
My mom found me barely breathing and rushed me to the hospital. She almost lost custody of me, and there's still a chance she will but we don't think about that, I got released about two weeks ago today. Gabe is now rotting in prison with domestic abuse and attempted murder charges dangling above him. That's sure to keep him away for a very long time if not forever. Now here we are, present time with my dearest mother trying to send me to a camp for children with newfound disabilities, to help them "cope".
God, this sounds like some sappy movie, woe is me and all that good shit. I'll say again what I said to my mom, I'm coping just fine thanks.
"Percy honey, please just go for a week and if you hate it you can come back" she pleads quietly
"I don't want to mom, it just makes...everything real and I can't do that" I scribbled onto my piece of paper as I hadn't learned ASL yet.
"Exactly! That's why you should go, they'd help you adjust"
"I'm not some invalid mom, I can adjust just fine on my own"
"I know Percy, but if I don't do anything the state will think I'm not trying to help you and that will make them suspicious of me. I can't lose you buddy."
"..."
Mom sighs and leans back, sinking into our battered couch.
"You know they'll investigate me again Percy, and I just lost my job. If you went it would give me time to get everything under control. Please understand."
"Guilt tripping now?" Oh if I could talk I would so, well, you know.
"Maybe? No, I don't know, just please think about it. You have two more days to decide."
With that mom tiredly plods out of the living room of our old run down apartment to her room. Exhausted after looking for jobs all day, I mean yah I feel bad but that's a low blow for her.
Two days, huh.
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Percy Jackson; Demigod, hero, mute?
Fanfiction(RE-WRITE OF MY PREVIOUS PJ BOOK LIKE OF A MUTE) Percy was left traumatized at the hands of his soon to be ex-stepdad. Hoping for a brighter future he embarks into what he can only hope will be a better path, a road to salvation. Though, it seems th...
