Percy Jackson short stories

Expect the Unexpected

Expect the Unexpected

Chapter 1

It was a beautiful day in San Francisco. The sun's rays were softly caressing the faces of people all ages. Apollo must be in a good mood today. There was a slight breeze blowing making sure the day never got too hot. Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase were walking down the street to Annabeth's house, hand in hand, enjoying the beautiful day. They slowly approached the two stories, white, suburban house just enjoying each other's company. As they came near to the door of their destination, the person who greeted them was not one that they expected.

Instead it was Athena, goddess of wisdom and battle strategy, and also Annabeth's mom.

"Good afternoon," Athena greeted them cheerfully but there was an evil and mischievous glint in her eyes that was unmistakeable.

"Mother, not to sound rude or anything but what are you doing here?" Annabeth questioned while Percy was shocked into silence. But before she could answer one of the strangest things happened (and they had seen a lot of strange things) a TV crew was revealed to of been hiding behind the door.

The only things that registered in Percy's and Annabeth's mind was shock, disbelief and bewilderment. Seems like there are a lot of surprises in store for Percy and Annabeth today, not that that's unusual. Before they could even say 'what' they were blinded by the red light that meant the camera was recording.

"Welcome to Parental Control! In today's episode Athena thinks her daughter Annabeth is perfect but hates her boyfriend. Percy and Annabeth have been dating for two years and Annabeth thinks they're a match made in heaven but her mom has other ideas. Today Percy will have to watch his girlfriend go out on two dates with guys that Athena has chosen. Stay tuned into Parental Control!" a voice off camera said.

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Suddenly Percy and Annabeth were dragged inside by Athena. They were led into a white living room with brown leather couches that looked lived in. There was a flat screen TV hanging on wall and the wall opposite was left bare. The living room in a whole looked warm and inviting. A place where a family could spend their evening having fun.

"Mom, why are you doing this?" Annabeth all but screamed.

"I thought it would be funny," Athena smirked.

"You planned this with Hermes didn't you?" Percy asked while raising his eyebrow.

"Yes, yes I did," Athena continued smirking devilishly. Percy groaned while Annabeth rolled her eyes and started muttering under her breath while trying to find a way out of this.

"And before you even try anything, there is no way you could get out of this," Athena said the evil glint in her eyes glowing profusely along with uncontrolled amusement.

"How did you know that's what I was trying to do?"

"1) Your mumbling and 2) I am a goddess you know."

"Fine," Annabeth muttered. "But you know I'm just going to pick Percy in the end anyway right?"

At that Percy beamed brighter than the sun and wrapped his arms securely around Annabeth.

"Yes, I know, but a goddess can still hope," Athena shrugged.

"Out of curiosity, what kind of guys did you pick for Annabeth?" Percy asked somewhat nervously.

"Jealous?" Annabeth asked with a raise of her eyebrow. Percy just smiled sheepishly in response which just amused Annabeth even more.

"You'll see," Athena smirked. She has been doing that a lot lately.