Still Broken

Chapter 1-Blowing things up(accidentally of course)

I was excited so I'm posting double today! This won't be often but I'm hoping to pre-write some chapters and then post them weekly. We'll see how it goes. I'm thinking Sunday will be posting day so I'll have time to write it during the week. Hope you all enjoy!
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I looked out over the skies and smiled. We'd only been in the air for a couple minutes but it seems like a lifetime. The breathless feeling of flying is an experience I'll never forget. Though it would be better on just Festus but having him partially here was still pretty great. I heard yelling from the lower deck and almost forgot that Coach Hedge was on the ship.

He didn't feel like waving so he went to his room to watch martial arts movies or something. No matter how long it's been I still can't stop seeing him as the teacher at the Wilderness School. Piper and Jason were talking and Annabeth was gazing out over the clouds. I knew she was thinking about Percy. She had a faraway look in her eyes as she looked at the passing cities.

"Everything ok Gray?" I called her Gray because of her stormy eyes. She didn't allow Beth, Anna, Annie, or Wise Girl. Definite no on Owl. So she finally accepted Gray after hours of begging and non stop testing of other far worse names.

She glanced over at me, seeming to snap out of whatever daze she was in and smiled softly. " What if he still doesn't remember me. Jason's slowly getting his memories back but what if Percy hasn't since he was asleep longer? I'm worried that we'll never get the bond we had back." That hit me like a train. Sure I knew they were close, heck she told me about all of their quests. But I never thought about what was happening. Percy lost his memory just like Jason. He might have forgotten her just like Jason forgot about being in love with Piper.

" If he's truly good enough for you then he'll remember you. I know even if I forgot how to breathe I'd never forget your charming personality. You are far too incredible to be forgotten." I looked over at her and she smiled.

" Thanks Leo. You always know what to say." I grinned at her, knowing that I was a good friend. I might not even be here without Annabeth and if this Percy guy ever forgets about her I will be right there with a shoulder to cry on. And don't get me wrong, I am not in love with Annabeth. She's not my type. And I would never go for a girl that's taken. Wow that was weird ok.

The next few hours were pretty uneventful. Nothing very exciting happened, just me steering, and everyone else talking and hanging out on the top deck. We told jokes and distracted each other about the fact that we were on the way to a quest where at least one of the quest members were prophesied to die.

After several hours and a few fancy maneuvers we made it above New Rome. Jason gasped at the sight. "I forgot how breathtaking the view of the city was."

He didn't get to admire it long before a statue with missing body parts appeared on our ship. He said his name was Terminus and he was the god of borders and we weren't allowed here blah blah blah. I stopped listening and just stopped the ship in the air. Annabeth managed to convince him that if the ship stayed in the air and we kept our weapons up here, then they wouldn't technically be in the city. He agreed and we started throwing a rope ladder off the ship.

I began to have my doubts. What if the scroll didn't arrive and they thought we were a threat? What if they attacked us and we never even got to meet the other quest members. But as I started descending the ladder, I realized that no matter what happened, I'd at least have done something no other demigod had done before. I built a warship out of a dragon.

We landed and there right in front of us were the Romans. There was a girl who was clearly the leader. She held herself up and had a long purple cape. Next to her was a boy with black hair and sea green eyes. He immediately locked eyes with Annabeth and they both ran towards each other. Then I witnessed Annabeth judo-flipping and attacking him, then kissing him. I was confused and the Romans were tense. Then they got up and acted as if everything was fine. Ok then. That must be Percy Jackson.

Everything moved kind of quickly after that. Annabeth and the Romans talked a bit with my charming commentary along the way. Then they invited us to a feast and of course we agreed. There was some really good food and I met the three other people on the quest. Percy, Frank and Hazel. Hazel kept staring at me which was kind of creepy but I wasn't going to make her uncomfortable by commenting on it. There was also this annoying little twig person named Octopus or something like that.

Eventually Reyna, the leader of the Romans wanted to talk to Annabeth. Octopus had a fit and so Annabeth offered me up to give him a tour of the ship. I gave her a glare, and she returned with a look that said to go along with it. I sighed and led the way as Octopus stumbled behind me to keep up. We climbed up and it took him forever. Like has he ever run for his life before? Way too slow.

"Alright Octopu-"

"It's Octavian you Greacus scum. Show some respect." I got stuck with babysitting duty. Well this sucks. I was about to argue when I felt a chill go through my spine. I felt something happen and I was about to make a joke about it but I couldn't speak. I tried to move but that wasn't happening either. It's like all of my muscles were nonexistent. My mind only existed in my mind and I couldn't feel my body.

"What are you staring at?" The Octopus squeaked at me. I tried to respond or get anything to move but then something happened. I spoke. But it wasn't me speaking. There was something inside me that had taken control and I had no idea what it was.

"Time to have some fun!" It shrieked in my voice. My body moved over to one of the blasters(I don't remember what they were called) primed it and fired. I tried to scream or punch or anything to get control of my body back but it was no use. The thing was completely in control. I feel panic and fear overwhelm me. I'd never felt so helpless before.

My body kept firing again and again until I noticed that someone was on the deck. Something strong hit me in the head just before the thing inside me left. I fell to the deck and hit my head hard, falling unconscious. My only thought before falling asleep was: What just happened?

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Haha. A cliffhanger! Don't worry you'll find out what happened next week! I'll try to keep the schedule of every Sunday but I have swim practice 4 days a week and meets scattered everywhere. Please stay safe and stay home. Don't put yourself or others at risk. Read Wattpad instead!

Q: What character do you think is the most underrated?

My A: Grover. All the way. He did so much for the first series and even found Pan when no other satyr could. And then in Heroes of Olympus he's barely even mentioned! Grover needs more love guys.