Hey everyone!! Hope you enjoy this chapter. And, *yawn*, I'm tired, so, Vanessa, can you say the thing for me? *puppy dog eyes*

Vanessa: Ugh, fine, whatever

Thanks! *goes to sleep*

Vanessa: *Rolls eyes, shrugs, then goes to sleep*

*Wakes up* Hey everyone! I'm awake now, so I'll just say it myself. I don't own anything by Rick Riordan or Brandon Mull because I'm not them. I only own the plot I come up with. *Goes to sleep again*

Vanessa: *wakes up* hehe I didn't do it... technically...

*Wakes up* Vanessa, how did it go?

Vanessa: You did it perfectly!

Huh. Wait... VANESSA WHEN DID YOU BITE ME YOU-

*10 hours later (in the spongebob voice thing lol)*

On with the story!

~~~~~~~1st Person Percy~~~~~~~

"We're demigods," I said, with a slight grin.

"Wait, so do you guys live forever or something? Are you, like, a bajillion years old?" Seth asked, abruptly breaking the silent moment.

Annabeth shook her head. "No, nothing that good," she said, chuckling somewhat darkly as if it were an inside joke. Which it was. I knew why - life was really hard for demigods. Not what you might think at first.

Kendra folded her arms and seemed to think it over. "We need proof," she said. "Bracken? It's your turn." Bracken nodded, and walked over to Annabeth.

"Hey, don't do anything that could harm us or give you an advantage," Piper cut in, obviously using her charmspeaking, an ability that was a rare but useful gift to children of Aphrodite.

Bracken nodded. "Yeah, yeah. You don't need to use your freaky magical words thing-"

"Charmspeak," Piper interrupted.

"Yeah, that. But, I won't be doing anything bad anyway. I'm just going to be... how do I put this lightly... reading your minds."

I saw Annabeth's eyes practically bug out of her head. "Yeah, you probably don't want to see what's inside my head," she said. Nico and I nodded as well. The pit had been an... unwelcome experience, and we didn't intend to show it to anyone else, especially if there was a chance that they were good people.

Piper shrugged. "I haven't been... down there, so I'm willing to go first. What do I have to do?"

Bracken smiled and walked over to her. "Just hold my hand."

Piper grabbed his hand and looked around, as if waiting for something. "Is something supposed to happen?"

"No," Bracken said, "you won't feel anything. Ok, just think about... the magical world, or mythological world as you call it. Think of all the unusual things and creatures you've encountered."

Bracken's expression became hard, and he squinted, as if reading an interesting book. Finally, his expression relaxed. "A lot of the same things we know of, monster-wise. Also gods. Lots of them." He chuckled. "You weren't kidding, they're annoying."

I tried to hide my laugh, but couldn't. My girlfriend rolled her eyes at me. "Yeah, Percy here is the master of annoying them. One of the first rules of being a demigod is to respect the gods, and Seaweed Brain here started picking fights with them the first few days he even knew he was a demigod."

I shrugged. "What can I say, I'm a lovable guy!" Thunder rumbled quietly in the distance, causing all the non-demigods in the room to jump, startled. I just rolled my eyes. "Oh, quit it, Stormy Pants. Is that really a way to talk to your nephew? I've saved your butt so many times. More than I can count! That's probably because I'm dyslexic, though." Piper laughed at that one.

"Wait, you're half god, but you're dyslexic?!" Seth asked.

"Actually, most demigods are dyslexic. Our brains are hardwired for Ancient Greek. We also often have ADHD; battle reflexes," I explained.

"Frank is also lactose intolerant," Nico added.

"Oh, yeah. I always forget about that. Yeah, that has nothing to do with being a demigod," I said.

"Okay," Bracken said, "I'll move on to someone else now. Any takers?"

I sighed. "Fine, but don't complain if you don't like what you see. I'll try not to think about it too much," I said.

"I'm older than I look," Bracken said, "By a lot. I'm sure I can handle it."

"I'm technically eighty something years old," Nico deadpanned. Seth laughed. Nico responded by sending him a death glare.

"Oh, you're serious," Seth said, his face growing pale.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Everyone froze. Most people tensed up into a battle stance. Muffled talking could be heard outside. Then silence.

The door slowly creaked open, and in walked...

Two satyrs.

Everyone sighed in relief. "Well that was anticlimactic," I said, causing almost everyone to laugh, and lightening the mood even further.

One of the satyrs, with brown, shaggy hair, spoke first. "Oh, hey, are we interrupting something? Oh, hey, newcomers." He sniffed. "Wow, demigods. Haven't seen any of you guys for a while!"

All of the usual residents of the house looked shocked, but the satyrs either didn't notice or didn't care.

"Anyway," came the other satyr, who had redder fur and slightly longer horns than his companion, "we wanted to know if you could take us somewhere to get fast food."

"We've been craving McDonalds again," the first satyr added.

Nico's eyes lit up. "McDonalds?!"

"Oh boy, here we go again," Annabeth muttered.

"You love it too?!" The redhead satyr exclaimed, "I'm Newel. This is Doren."

Nico smiled mischievously. "I think we're gonna get along just fine."

"Wow, that's the first time Death Breath has smiled, good job satyrs," I said, earning a death glare from my cousin.

"So, are we going or not?!" Doren asked.

Kendra rolled her eyes. "No, we are still interrogating each other. This is not a good time." The satyrs and Nico pouted.

"After," I promised. Nico pumped his fist, silently mouthing 'yes!'.

"Okay," Bracken said, "As we were getting to, it's Percy's turn, and whatever horrible thing you all don't want me to see, I'm sure it'll be fine."

Bracken grabbed my hand. "Okay," he started, "maybe think about who-" but before he could even finish his sentence, he stumbled back and fell on his butt.

I winced. "Oops, sorry. All I thought about was my godly parent, only a little. Sorry if you saw... it."

Everyone looked concerned, but Bracken just shook his head. "No... th-that's not it. It was what you said - your godly parent. Sorry I disrespected you so much, I mean I-"

"Who's your godly parent, Percy?" Kendra cut in, trying to soothe Bracken at the same time.

"Poseidon...?" I answered, although it sounded like more of a question.

"Isn't that like the god of the oceans of something?" Seth asked.

"And horses," I said, "everyone always forgets the horses. My dad made horses. That's how I knew Piper was here earlier - Blackjack, my pegasus, was talking to me telepathically."

A look of realization spread across the faces of all the non-demigods, minus Bracken.

"I see," Ruth said. "The reason why Bracken was so stunned by your parentage was that... well, Bracken is in fact a unicorn."

Chapter word count: 1060

Date published: 8/6/20 (M/D/Y)