keep_counting | Percy Jackson - Five Drabbles (Percy-centric)

The first in a series of character-drabbles; Five for each character. The first; Percy with the theme 'Water'.

Foggy Water

And to think, Percy had actually convinced himself that this would be an absolutely bright idea. That this was the moment his genius would awaken. That everyone would praise him, would look at him with shining eyes and say; ‘There. That is Percy Jackson. Champion of us all’

He should have definitely considered in the factor that it was him who was trying to do this, before starting to day-dream. Anything not demi-god related that he set out to do, always managed to fail or turn around and bite him (he still vividly remembered the day Mrs. O’Leary had done just that, when he’d tried to tie a ribbon around her big neck. So much for surprising one’s girlfriend)

The sound of the front-door opening made him drop the plate in his hand, and it shattered on the floor. He cursed vividly, in both English and Ancient Greek before looking up to see his mother standing in the doorway to the kitchen. He thought her brow was furrowed, but it was a little hard to see through the thick fog that had enveloped the room.

“Percy… did you try to do the dishes?”

Sleepy Water

“Percy… have I ever told you how handsome I think you are?” Annabeth looked up shyly from beneath her eyelashes. Percy raised an eyebrow.

“Uh… Annabeth, are you feeling alright?”

She just smiled, really brightly. “Yeah! I feel perfectly fine – never better.”

She was very close. He hadn’t noticed that before.

“Say, Percy… if I kissed you now….”

Percy never ever got to hear the end of that sentence, because in that moment a big bowl of cold water was splashed over his head and he woke with a jerk.

“Wha… wha… what?” He spluttered and looked around. He was in his cabin in the Camp. He was soaked to the bone and freezing and Annabeth was standing beside him, her eyes alight with anger.

“Get up, Seaweed Brain!”

Percy sighed. Maybe he should just go back to sleep

Electric Water

If there was one thing Percy really enjoyed about his powers as a demi-god, it was the whole being-able-to-breathe-underwater thing. That was just awesome. And it was even better that he knew he was going to be dry as soon as he decided to return to the above-world again.

Smiling happily, he blew an air-bubble and was thus too distracted to notice the electric eel, curiously getting closer to see what strange creature was in its lake.

The high-pitched sound Percy made could be heard all the way to Mt. Olympus. Somewhere, Zeus was crackling happily.

Golden Water

The gold shimmered and glinted, the water reflecting the sun and the coins reflecting the water. It was mesmerizing to look at and Percy found himself staring dumbly down on it; the whole display, colours of blue and gold, littered with green and white and the sandy ground beneath it all, just kept him captivated.

Sooner, he would claim that someone had put a Mesmer-spell of some kind over the gold. Of course, that was just a very poor excuse for not noticing Clarisse and the two other Ares-kids, who snuck up behind him and promptly tipped him head-first into the basin.

Bath Water

Contrary to popular belief, Percy had not discovered his affinity for water when he was twelve. No, it had actually come much sooner, at the age of five, as his mother had been giving him a bath. The water had been so soapy; the foam was higher than even him! Intrigued, Percy had dived headfirst into it, mouth open and all. He could quickly say that it didn’t taste very good (sort of airy and a little like the lotion his mother rubbed him in and that he sometimes ate when she wasn’t looking) but the way it covered him completely made him squeal in delight. Wanting to show his mother his achievement of looking like a true snow-man, he jumped out of the bath and started running stark-naked through the house.

When his mother had come back, all the water from the tub was gone and was instead floating in a light trail after the young boy, like a cape. It fell apart before her eyes, soaking half the apartment. Deciding to take her revenge, Sally went and got the camera.

No, Percy’s powers had actually awoken extremely early and where already at that time very powerful. But never, never ever, would anyone beside him and his mother ever know about it.

So, seriously. I really don't want to see another movie where the story from the book is completely butchered (and Grover!!). But... but the cast!! Logan Lerman and Sean Bean!! I mean, come on!! And that's just two of them... Dammit, I want the movie, I do, I do!! *go bangs head against wall*