family | pjo x vld crossover

chapter twenty-two

"wait, what happened to the cyclopes from before?" bree asked, looking over the seats at nico and percy. "we took care of them. you passed out." nico explained. "what state are we even in now?" bree asked. percy made a face that told her he didn't know either. "some state in the united states." he said and bree nodded. they stopped in a small time to venture out for food. percy insisted bree come this time since she hadn't been. this later seemed to be a good choice when they were ambushed by empousa.

bree was sadly enchanted by the undead women, while they found nico quite tasty, trying to seduce him. nico cut them down, screaming, "HETER-NO." bree enjoyed this side of her brother, and joined along. "ALSO NOT HETERO?" she screeched, weidling her sword fiercely. percy joined in awkwardly. "COMPLETELY HETERO, BUT NOT INTERESTED." he exclaimed, turning the empousa to dust. bree heard one empousa whisper to another, "why are they so hecking weird?" "i don't know. why can't they be like old demigods and just be interested in us?" 

bree laughed. "okay boomer." was her only response to the empousa, who now began to fight back. in a frenzy, the demigods were breathless in a cloud of monster ash. clapping was audible through the cloud. "cool!" a voice called, pulling the demigod from the puddles of dust. "i'm laura," she said, returning her knife to it's sheath. "are you a demigod too?" "sort of. i'm the daughter of a demigod, so i guess i'm a quarter-bellona?" she explained. percy was slapped in the face by her words. she was related to reyna. "do you know how reyna is?" "who's reyna?" "she's your demigod parent's sister."

laura made a face. "that's cool, i guess."

bree studied laura. she was young: almond eyes and round features. she seemed too young to even be wielding a knife. "i'm bree." she said, introducing herself. "daughter of hades." laura nods and looks at nico and percy. "i'm percy jackson." percy said and laura gave him a confused look, like, "dude, i have zero idea who you are." "i'm the son of poseidon." he explained. nico bent down to her height. "i'm nico, son of hades." laura smiled at him.

"i like you." she said, giggling.

"that's lovely, kiddo. my boyfriend likes me too." he said, smiling back at her. "my mama has a boyfriend too."

nico put a hand on her shoulder. "laura, would you happen to know what state we're in?" "this is south dakota." she clarified, moving back. "i need to go home now. good luck!" she said. bree waved. "good-bye laura, thank you!"

they ventured on to find food. they found a nice diner and sat down for lunch. bree caught a girl in a fluffy coat smiling at her and smiled back. the girl blushed and turned away. bree celebrated innerly. she ordered french toast, nico ordered eggs benedict, and percy ordered pancakes, drowning them in maple syrup per usual.

"percy-" bree tried and he said, "shhh, i can't drown my pancakes because i can't drown." she sighed, letting the fact that percy's fork was in his syrup. when he went to get his fork, he was met with an unpleasant surprise.

"why didn't you tell me?" he frowned, and bree shook her head and ate her french toast. "you have kelp for brains." she said and percy smiled, being reminded of his lovely annabeth. nico sighed and said, "well annabeth calls him seaweed brain so no surprise there." bree held in a giggle. "for real?" she asked, raising an eyebrow. "really. i hated it when we were younger, but it's kind of cute now." Percy sighed happily. bree frowned. "wish i had a cute girlfriend." "someday." percy said. nico smiled. "soon, sister. after our quest, we will find you a beautiful mer-girlfriend." "mer-wuh-luh-wuh." percy chuckled.

bree furrowed her brows. "from what i remember in geography, san fran is a day away from here."

"how much do you remember?" percy asked, laughing. "i don't even remember the date."

"i remember when callista told me to watch markiplier play undertale, and then i got attacked by a monster and my mom grounded me," she said. "and that was a few years- no, months ago."

"dam bree." percy said, and looked away. "isn't bree a type of cheese?" "yes, but it's spelled b-r-i-e." nico said, yawning. "it'll be lovely when you meet our dad in person." he smiled.