Percy Jackson Stark

chapter 7- The Return

Disclaimer: i don't own any of the characters as much as i would like to. :( 

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It was a sunny Saturday. It was a little before lunch, and Tony was setting the table, while Pepper put the food on it. Percy and Morgan were in their rooms, doing homework. (Morgan had went in five minutes ago, but Percy had been inside since quite a long time). Just before Pepper could call them down for dinner, the bell rang. Tony went to get it, and to his surprise, May was standing there. (Peter Parker's Aunt).

"Tony," she started.

"Come in, first," Tony told her. Ever since Peter had 'vanished', she had been completely distraught. A lot of other people had vanished too, but it wasn't like the snap. This was different.

"Tony," May repeated. Then she looked to her left. Tony followed her gaze. Once he saw what she was looking at, Tony's eyes widened.

Peter Parker was standing there. He had a weird expression on his face: like he was trying to look serious, but also smiling. Tony went forward and hugged him, and by Peter's body language, he was shocked.

"Pete," Tony said, "where were you?"

"I don't know," he said, "but I haven't grown up."

It was true. Peter wasn't 15 years older, but the same age.

"Doctors said that he's 17," May told Tony.

"But you should know where you went," Tony asked Peter, "what happened."

Before Peter could reply, Pepper came out.

"Tony you weren't done-" her voice trailed off when she saw Peter. She looked at Tony and then and May with a confused expression on her face.

"Well," Tony said, "you better come in."

They went to the living room. Pepper went up to call Percy and Morgan.

"What you have two kids now?" Peter asked Tony.

"Yeah," Tony said, "20 and 15."

"What?" Peter asked, "how old is Morgan?''

"You've been gone 15 years bud," Tony informed him, "she's 20."

"And 15?" Peter asked.

Tony laughed, "that's just Percy. We adopted him when he was five. He's... Complicated."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, his dad, his REAL dad, I mean, is... A god." Tony told Peter.

"Like Thor?" Peter asked.

"A Greek god," Tony corrected, "Poseidon."

Peter looked like he would faint. "Wow," he muttered, leaning back.

Pretty soon, Morgan and Percy came downstairs. Neither of them looked really impressive. Percy was wearing shorts and a hoodie, and Morgan was also in shorts but she was wearing a T-shirt. She looked sleepy, and Percy looked tired. His hair was messier than usual. After some quick introductions, they were all ready to listen to Peter (Percy had to stand, because he was the youngest and there wasn't enough space around the coffee table).

"So basically," Peter began, "I was coming back from school, okay? And me and Ned, we were having this really weird feeling all day. So instead of hanging out, we decided to go rest. So when I came home, I was, like, REALLY tired. I did my homework (Tony snorted) and ate dinner. It was normal, except that the feeling was stronger then. After that, I went to sleep, and that's it. That's all I remember."