Julia rolled her eyes, "come on Percy." And with that the group of four split up and went their separate ways. Rob couldn't help but look at Thalia behind as she walked ahead, and for his troubles he got a zap of lightning aimed at his face.
"OW!"
Percy chuckled, "that's my girl."
Julia sighed, "stupid horn dog. Can't keep it in his pants even if his life depended on it."
"Is that why you two didn't work out?" Percy asked as they walked towards New Rome college in the distance.
"Yes," Julia admitted, "he cheated on me after the third date. And the worse part is it was with another daughter of Venus."
Percy cringed, "damn, I'm sorry. You want me to teach him a lesson?"
Julia gave a sad smile, "now, it's okay. I'm used to it. It was honestly my fault. I thought he liked my for my intellect, but once again it was because of these damn things," she looked down at her huge breasts.
Percy blushed, "y-yea well they are pretty hard to ignore."
Julia chuckled, "should I tell Thalia that you were staring at my breasts?"
Percy gulped, "please don't." Julia gave him a sideway glance but said nothing. Percy sighed, 'maybe that was an okay.'
"So Percy tell me, how does a child of Zeus fall in love with a child of Poseidon?"
"Very easily," Percy shrugged, "I don't really understand how it happened. We just hug out a lot, then one day at a party Thalia was drunk and she just kissed me. Then I started to panic, I basically told myself it was nothing. Later only after Thalia almost died did I finally admit my feelings to her."
"When did the Gods find out?"
"My dad kind of popped in when we were making out during the Alaska quest," Percy blushed, "and believe me it was weird. Luckily he didn't try to blast her into smithereens or anything."
"And Jupit-, I mean, Zeus?"
"He actually did try to blast me into smithereens. Your mom kind of let the cat out of the bag on that one," Percy grumbled, "still can't believe you're actually her daughter."
Julia chuckled, "and why is that? Aren't I pretty enough?"
Percy shrugged, "yeah but that doesn't mean you are a child of Aphrodite. Heck, Thalia is hot as hell and she's a child of Zeus. And I don't mean to brag but have you looked at me lately?"
Julia looked and chuckled, "you truly are such a humble man Percy Jackson. So very very humble."
Percy smiled, "yeah. I know. But seriously, when Thalia and I first saw you we figured you were a child of Ath-Minerva, a child of Minerva. You were basically a prettier version of Annabeth, plus the way you act didn't remind us of any of the children of Venus we knew."
Julia nodded, "yes, I know. My father was an astrophysicist. Handsome guy and very smart. I when I meet my mom for the first time she told me that she found him sexy because of that big brain of his. And something about Minerva being right. Anyway the first day I joined Camp Jupiter everyone expected me to be like every other child of Venus, vain and self conscious. Let me tell you the look on their face when I beat the living shit out of a Legionnaire who was bullying me was priceless. I swear, one of them must have swallowed a fly or something!"
Percy chuckled, "so they all thought you were a pretty bimbo, until you opened a can of whoop ass on them."
Julia nodded, "yup. So after that I managed to get fair treatment. I made sure my voice was heard, and soon I found myself wearing this purple cloth," Julia tugged on it and smiled, "figured now that I was something other than a child of Venus people would start respecting me. Sigh, guess I was wrong."
Percy groaned, "Julia, I'm going to give you my honest opion, fuck those guys. Have I ever told you how my powers work?"
Julie shook her head, "not really. You mentioned something vaguely along the lines of sensing people's aura or something?"
"Yeah."
Lie detected!
Percy pushed the box away and continued, "when I meet a demigod I can tell who their divine parent is right away. That's how I could sort out all the unclaimed demigods in my camp. When I meet Rob I instantly knew he was a child of Mars. When I meet Jason, bamn, child of Jupiter. Basically no demigod can hide their true nature from me. So, with that being said, can you tell me why I was surprised when you said you were a child of Venus?"
Julia shook her head, "no, I don't know."
"It's because you didn't feel like a child of Venus Julia. You felt like a leader, like this camp. Okay, for simplicity's sake let's say these observations I make can be classified as a person's title. So Rob's title is 'son of Mars'. My title is 'son of Poseidon'. But Thalia's title is different, it's 'Protector of camp Half-blood'. It's because she doesn't see herself as a child of Zeus, she sees herself as the protector of her camp. And this type of title change is very difficult Julia. I have saved the camp several times, but I still see myself as a child of Poseidon first. But you, you and Thalia are different. Your title, if I was to guess, would be 'Praetor of Camp Jupiter'."
Julia stopped and looked at Percy, "so your saying I see myself as more of a Praetor of Rome then I do a child of Venus?"
Percy nodded, "yeah. And that's who you are Julia. Look we don't get to pick who or what we are born as. But we do get to chose who we are during our life in this world. You may have been born a daughter of Venus but you are a Praetor of Rome. Never let anyone tell you differently."
Julia blinked as she started at Percy. Percy grew nervous under her gaze and shifted on his feet when she spoke up, "you know, if you weren't dating Thalia you and I would be right now in my bedroom."
Percy blushed, "I-I, well ah, that's a nice gesture but-"
"-Oh relax Percy I'm not that type of person," Julia chuckled, "part of my demigod abilities is to gauge the amount of love felt by people. And you and Thalia...well I certainly don't want to get between you two. After all I've been cheated on before, I certainly don't want to be the other woman in this case."
Percy just stared as Julia continued walking forward. Percy sighed, 'fuck you Aphrodite, or Venus, or which ever divine being that is screwing with my love life.'
Soon the pair reached the front of New Rome collge. One word came to Percy's mind, 'impressive.'
It looked like a Cathedral you would find in Rome...huh, maybe that's where they got the idea from.
It had two towers on either side and a large building in the center. The windows were made of painted glass, each depicting the Roman Gods. The Olympians were there, but not just them as even the minor Gods were featured.
"In Roman education wasn't really a big thing," Julia explained as she walked up the stairs of the cathedral, "people were kept away from knowledge to give power to the ones with it. It was sort of a sick version of class warfare. But, as you know, Christianity was on the rise at the end of the Roman empire, and one of the major reasons was because they were offering education to the common folk through their church."
"People changed religions," Percy realised, "so you all study in a cathedral because that's where most of the ancient romans studied as well."
Julia nodded. They walked in and pushed the heavy wooden doors open. The inside was air conditioned and not at all what Percy expected. The place was in fact very modern, there were lockers, office rooms, class rooms. Heck there was even a TV up showing a loop of the day's bulletin along with some motivational message or something.
"This is not what I was expecting," Percy said with a chuckle, "kind of figured the teachers were dressed like monks and the students had to write in quills or something."
Julia chuckled, "no, no. Just the outside looks like a church, the inside is very much like a normal everyday American college. Heck we even have three lecture halls inside this place. It's also about four stories big, plenty of room for everyone."
"So this is just the college section?"
"Yes. The school is elsewhere, much closer to the residential houses. You know, for the parents to pick up their kids easily,"
Percy nodded, "so how big is this place?"
"Four floors in total, the top is currently being used for club activities."
"Clubs?"
"Drama, chess, writing, things like that. Anything physical is done outside in the Coliseum."
Percy nodded, "I see, so the dorms come with?"
Julia nodded, "yeah. Remember those two towers you saw on the side of the building? The men's are on the right while the women's are on the left. Most students however have a place in the city, maybe a small apartment or something."
Julia then lead Percy into a room marked 'Office'. The inside looked like the reception area with a desk in the center that was covered with various coloured papers and pamphlets.
One woman sat behind the desk with a phone to her ear. She was old, 60, maybe pushing on 70. She had a purple woollen jumper vest on which featured a very white puffy sheep in the center. The older woman looked at Julia and waved, motioning her to sit down.
"Yeah, yeah...sure, yeah....I'll make sure to that," the woman said. Percy looked at her name;
Wendy Swift, Daughter of Pales
Lv— 21
Percy raised an eyebrow, 'who the hell is Pales?'
"So what's her title?" Julia whispered.
Percy shrugged, "I can't figure it out. Maybe because she's a roman demigods or something, but her aura isn't familiar."
Julia nodded, "yes well I didn't expect you to know. She is the daughter of Pales, Goddess of Shepherds and their flock."
Percy looked surprised, "wow.....so she's a sheep herder?"
Julia nodded, "yup."
"...there's a joke in there somewhere about college students and their sheep like mentality but I am far too mature to mention it."
"You, mature?"
Percy shrugged, "people grow up don't they?"
"Sorry about that," Wendy spoke up slamming the phone down, "that was my mother. Wanted to make sure I was alright"
"A Goddess was to check up on you?" Percy asked in surprise.
Wendy chuckled, "well she is the goddess of shepherds, being overbearing is her divine duty."
"Nice to see you again Wendy," Julia stepped up giving the woman a warm smile, "how are things?"
"Good, good, and who is this young man?" she smiled, "your new boyfriend?"
Percy chuckled, "no, I'm already taken. Percy Jackson ma'am, son of Poseidon."
"Ah, yes. The Praetor of the Greek camp. I've heard what you did, returning the Eagle was a great thing young man, it lifted many people's spirits up. I feared that I might never live to see the Eagle again, so glad I was wrong."
"You were there for the Alaskan expedition?" Percy asked in amazement.
The woman chuckled, "yes, I was. Sigh, thoes brave foolish men. Well, can't change the past. What happened to them anyway? Do you know?"
"They were killed," Percy said in a sorrow tone, "a giant by the name Alcyoneus killed them all."
"Is he dead?"
Percy nodded, "Zeus zapped him into a zillion pieces."
Wendy nodded, "good. What happened to the bodies?"
"I gave them a proper funeral," Percy told her, "I didn't have time nor the resource to make individual cloaks, place there wasn't enough to give each their own piece of cloth. So I took down a banner and wrapped them all in it."
Wendy sighed, "good...good. Maybe now that awful incident can finally be put behind us. And I suppose we have you to thank."
"Well me and Thalia."
"Thalia?"
"Thalia Grace, my girlfriend and co-leader of the Greek camp."
"I see, well then tell her I thank her as well. If you two need anything from me just ask."
"Actually we came here to talk to the principal Ms, Wendy," Julia stepped in, "is he in?"
The woman scoffed, "for now. He's currently free, I suggest you try now before he is drowned inside a new project or something."
Julie nodded, "got it. Thanks ma'am."
"Anytime dear, and take care Percy, I hope to hear from you soon!"
"I will," Percy waved back as Julia took him to a door on the side of the room. It was labeled 'Principal' and below it was a note with crude handwriting written in what looked like red sharpie, 'don't' enter unless it's important! That mean's you WENDY!'
"He's kind of out there huh," Percy remarked as Julia opened the door.
"Yeah he's.....unique," Julia responded as she walked in Percy behind her.
"Where the fuck is my rat?!" came a voice from inside the room.
Percy sighed, "why does every single person I meet have to be crazy or fucking insane."
The inside of the office was a mess. There were papers littered all over the floor with random sticky notes hanged up all over the place. There was a fancy table in the center which was covered with even more paper. The only thing that didn't seem coverd with any type of written work was the glass case behind the desk which featured a golden cup of sorts along with other medals.
"Ah...principle?" Julia asked, "are you in here?"
"Julia?"
Bang!
Something hit the underside of the table hard as a man crawled out from under the desk holding his head, "fuck, that hurt like Pluto."
The man was about as old as Castle, maybe older. He was thin and had asian features. His chin was covered with grey stubble and his hair was bright white. He wore a lab coat and glasses that hide back amazing deep blue eyes.
Saito Hiraga, Legacy of Minerva
Lv— 31
"What's his title?" Julia asked, "you must know at least this one by now."
Percy turned to Julia, "Legacy of Minerva."
Julia smirked, "guess those powers of yours does work."
"God's be damned that hurt like hell," Saito said as he sat down on the chair behind the desk, "stupid desk."
"Why were you under a desk?" Julia asked as she and Percy stood in front of him. Percy figured since there wasn't any chairs here he was expected to stand.
"I was looking for my pen," Saito groaned, "stupid thing rolled under the desk."
"So what are you working on this time?" Julia looked over the diagrams, "a time machine?"
Saito grumbled, "no, that would be stupid. It's an interdimensional portal."
Percy raised an eyebrow, "you're joking?"
"Why do people keep asking me that?" Saito grumbled, "no, by the way, I'm not."
"Why do you want to build an interdimensional portal?" Percy asked.
"Why not?" Saito shrugged, "why did people want to go to the moon? Because it was there. I'm doing this because I can."
"And because David thought you can't," Julia giggled.
Saito rolled his eyes, "yeah yeah, now what do you want Julia? I'm very busy with my work."
"Right, I won't be long. This is Percy Jackson," Julia pointed to Percy, "you heard of him?"
Saito shook his head, "I know him, but I have never seen him before."
