Intertwined Fates • Parallel Universe • PJO (Book 1, The Lightning Thief)

Chapter 1 - Getting Absorbed in the Book...... Literally

Quote of the chapter ~

Whatever life holds in store for me,

I will never forget these words:

"With great power comes great responsibility."

This is my gift, my curse.

Who am I?

I'm a hero.

~ Spider-man

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CHAPTER ONE - GETTING ABSORBED IN THE BOOK...... LITERALLY

Selene POV

I only have a few hours, so listen carefully.

If you're hearing this story, then you are already in danger. CHB (Camp Half-Blood) or CJ (Camp Jupiter) or THOF (The House Of Life) or Valhalla or Hogwarts might be your only chance.

If you're a Greek Demi-god, and Ancient Greek comes naturally to you, go to Long Island South. You'll know what do after that.

If you're a Roman Demi-god, and Lating comes naturally to you, The wolves will come. The question will always remain, are you worthy of serving the Legion? The Wolf house. It is there where Lady Lupa judges whether or not the demigods left there are worthy and strong enough to endure her training. If so, she adopts them as her cubs, like she did with Romulus and Remus, teaching and conditioning them until she judges them worthy of taking their place as Legionnaires of Rome. Then she gives them directions to Camp Jupiter, leaving them to fight their way there alone; conquer or die.

If you're a Magician, listen carefully. Go to the school. Find the locker. I won't tell you which school, or which locker, because if you're the right person, you'll find it. The combination is 13/32/33. By the time you finish listening, you'll know what those numbers mean. Just remember, the story that I'm about to tell you, is not complete yet. Oh no. The gods will keep going around, doing what they do best, having affairs with mortals. How it ends depends on you.

The most important thing: when you open the package and find what's inside, don't keep it for longer than a week. Sure, it'll be tempting. I mean, it will grant you almost unlimited power. But if you posess it too long, it will consume you. Learn it's secrets quickly, and pass it on. Hide it for the next person, the way Sadie, Carter and I did for you.

If you're Norse this is for you:

The story has it that the halls of Valhalla were meant only for Einherjar (those that were gloriously slain in combat) if they were worthy of residing there. The Allfather Odin decided that he wants to assemble a great Viking army in Valhalla made from the best Viking warriors to be at his side and help him when Ragnarök comes.

The Allfather Odin sends his trusted to Midgard to oversee the battle and to choose which of the slain Viking warriors will they then lead to Valhalla. Only the ones that Valkyries choose will have that honor.

By knowing that they will probably go to the halls of Valhalla, the Vikings weren't afraid to die in the battle, and that's what made them ferocious and scary to every one of their enemies.

It's worth mentioning that all the other Vikings that weren't chosen to join Odin would go to a field of Fólkvangr ruled by Freya.

If you're a wizard, here's a brefing:

The Hogwarts acceptance letter was a letter of acceptance to Hogwarts School of Whichcraft and Wizardry, sent to Witches and Wizards prior to their first year at Hogwarts. A speical quill existed, which wrote down the name of every magical child in at the time of their birth. This allowed Hogwarts letters to be sent to all magical children at the appropriate time, even those who were Muggle-born.

The Hogwarts letter consisted of a note of acceptance from the Deputy Headmaster or Headmistress of Hogwarts. This note was written in green ink and was accompanied by a list of required textbooks and materials for the upcoming school year.

The letter was written on parchment paper and delivered to the recipient by owl, except in the case of Muggle-borns. When a student was Muggle-born the acceptance letter was delivered in person by a member of the Hogwarts faculty. The faculty member acted as a speical messenger, who explained everything to the student and parents.

Okay, so basically, that's a small summery about everything. I hope that you're ready for the epic journey ahead.

Anyway, enough gloomy stuff.

So, Percy and Beth are telling me to stop stalling, and get on with the story. Fine. I guess it all started in New York, Manhattan...

It was a good day.

I had passed my Math final with flying colours and set a good grade for my report card! Ah, life is good.

I ran out to the balcony with glee taking in the fresh air, well as much fresh air as you can get in New York.

Suddenly, my phone dinged. Removing it from my pocket, I saw the time. Startled, I ran back to my room and walked gingerly to my closet, all excitement form earlier gone, replaced with nervousness and looked around. Seeing as no one was there, I carefully opened the door. The inside was a normal, standard closet. I reached out, shuffling the clothes on the right hand corner aside, finding the large red button I was looking for, sitting there. Next to it was the hole.

Without waisting a minute I quickly pressed the button, and inserted one of the sticks (it might be something more *cough* *cough* wand *cough* *cough*) lying around in my closet. I stepped back. The closet rumbled and shook but finally creaked open revealing a large room. I stepped inside and the door shut with a jerk, startling me.

The lights automatically turned on as soon as I stepped inside. Smiling, I looked around the room.

It was a large, spacious traning area including an Archery section, a Sword fighting arena with some dummies and a few benches with water bottles on them, and a spell praticing area. (A/N - Basically a spell-proof room)

I decided to start with the spells. I went to the spell praticing area and took out one of my wands and aimed it at that magical test subject I had conjured. I started casting my spells.

Expelliarmus

Alohomora

Accio

Oblivate

Wingardium Leviosa

Sectumsempra

Petrificus Totalus

Confundo

Stupefy

Diffindo

Aguamenti

Riddikulus

Crucio

Lumos

Nox

Confringo

Engorgio

Engorgio

Imperio

Incarcerous

Evanesco

Incendio

Levicorpus

Descendo

Diffindo

Densaugeo

Rictusempra

Vulnera Sanentur

BOMBARDA MAXIMA

SECTUMSEMPRA

Amortentia

Engorgio

Crucio

Imperio

Thinking of the memory of my Father lovingly kissing my Mom's forehead, as they smiled warmly at me, and I cast the spell.

Expecto Patronum

At this point, I wasn't even sure if it was a real memory, or a fragment of my imagination, but it worked every time.

As soon as I finished the incantation, a majestic unicorn exploded from the tip of my wand. It gracefully trotted around the room, pawed the ground, and soon disappeared.

Known as one of the most famous magical animals, unicorns are mighty and majestic. Those who produce this Patronus are said to be pure of heart and to be extremely powerful. They can tend to be mysterious as well. Sadly, many use unicorn blood to keep people alive at a significant cost. This Patronus will defend you with their mighty horn against the fiercest of Dementors. I am the only known caster of this Patronus ever, as far as I know.

I decided that I had used enough magic energy for today.

I changed into my traning gear which is basically just a normal tee, some pants and armor. Walking over to the Archery area I grabbed my bow and quiver. I positioned myself in a correct stance and aimed at the target. Letting the arrow fly, I watched silently as it sliced through the air.

Woosh.

Bullseye.

Drawing another arrow from my quiver, I aimed again and shot.

Woosh.

My second arrow cut through the first one, splitting it in half. I wooped and shot yet again. This one cutting through my second one.

I went on like this for a few hours, shooting arrows and getting Bullseye every time.

I finally set my bow down and went to the sword fighting arena.

Grabbing a sword, I started practicing some moves to disarm my opponents. Hacking away at the dummy, I chopped it to pieces. Moving on to the next one, I grabbed a spare sword lying on the rack and stuffed the handle in the dummy's chest.

I wanted to try a very advanced disarming move but didn't have anyone to do it with, so I used a Dummy's chest to hold the sword instead of a person.

Basically, to perform this move your blade has to hit the base of your opponents blade, you have to twist your sword and put your full weight into a downward thrust herby disarming your opponent.

I tried multiple times but I never seemed to get the move right.

Huffing, I sat on one of the benches' and chugged some water. Feeling slightly better, I decided to call it a day.

There were three things that calmed me,

1. Calling my sister and ranting out to her.

or

2. Reading my favourite book, Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief. I've had this book since I was very young and have practically memorized all the lines in the book. I know the script by heart but I still keep reading it because, let's face it Percy Jackson's awsome. That and I loved the book.

or

3. Sitting down with a steaming hot cup of hot chocolate with whipped cream with sprinkles and marshmallows on top, and reading.

I decided to all three. First call my sister, Jasmine and then read with a steaming hot cup of hot chocolate with whipped cream with sprinkles and marshmallows on top.

My sister is currently 25 and moved out of our house to attend a University in England. I missed her a lot. She was and still is one of the best things in my life. The time diffrence between America and England is approximately 5 hours. It was 9 pm here so it must be 2 there. I'm probably not calling her now. That only left the last two options.

I got to work. I combined 1 tablespoon of cocoa powder and 1 tablesoppn of granulated sugar in a bowl. Stiring the ingredients a bit to combine them, I poured ¾ cups of water into another bowl, making sure that it's microwave-safe. I microwaved the water on high for 1 ½ minutes. Pouring the hot water over the cocoa mixture, I stired the mixture until it's smooth. Pouring ⅔ cup skim evaporated milk into another cup, I microwaved it on high for 1 minute. Then, I poured the warm milk into the mug with the water and cocoa mixture. I added ¾ teaspoon of vanilla flavoring, stiring well to combine the ingredients.

Grabbing the biggest mug I could find, I scrounged for the bag of marshmallows that I had bought the day before. Dumping mini marshmallows on the chocolatey goodness, I lathered it with whipped cream and sprinkles.

I truged to my room, and carefully set the steaming cup of hot chocolate on my nightstand, and then turned towards my bookshelf. I had a lot of books, all overlapping each other and thrown haphazardly around my messy room, but only one could make me feel better. I wasn't this messy, usually, but today was an exception. You see, I was so caught up in studying for my final, that I didn't have time to clean up.

I spotted the dark green spine peeking out from behind my 'NCERT Solutions for Class 11 Maths' book.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

I'd had this book since I was nine. I've read it so much that the spine is worn to the point of me having to tape it in some places. I'd known that I should have gotten a new copy (probably a whole new set on the series, since the rest of the books were in just as bad of shape) but I couldn't bring myself to part with it. It was the one book that I could alwas escape into, even just for a little while.

I curled up on my beanbag chair, and opened the first chapter. For some reason, I decided to read aloud. Maybe because the comfort of a voice, even if it was my own. Hot chocolate in hand, I took a sip, and started to read.

"I Accidently Vap-"

Before I could finish the sentence, a bright light coming from my book blinded me. I felt my stomach go upside-down, and like my insides were getting microwaved then roasted and everything went black.

*DREAM*

I blinked repeatedly, trying to get rid of the black spots in front of my eyes. In front of me were three old ladies sitting in rocking chairs, knitting the biggest pair of socks I've ever seen. The lady on the right knitted one of them and the lady on the left knitted the other. The lady in the middle held an enormous basket of electric-blue yarn. The Fates. Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos. How are they here? What are they doing here? I thought they were a myth?

All three women looked ancient, with pale faces wrinkled like fruit leather, silver hair tied back in white bandanas and bony arms sticking out of bleached cotton dresses. All in all they looked just like how Percy described them in the book. A million thoughts raced through my head, so I asked the Fates all of the questions at once.

"Why are you here?"

"What happened?"

"Greek and Roman mythology is real?"

"Does that mean Percy Jackson is real?"

"What does this have to do with me?"

"Calm down child." They said together. "We are here to talk to you. In this universe Greek or Roman mythology is not real and nor is Percy Jackson. We are from a parallel universe where Percy Jackson and Greek gods are real. Since you know what is happening in the book we are sending you there to guide Percy. You will not be able to give away too much because when you will try to we will not let you talk by taking your voice away for that small period of time but you can talk afterwards. You will go on the quests with Mr. Jackson, Miss. Chase and Mr. Underwood. We have put a strong mist on the students and Mr. Jackson in Yancy academy so they think that you have been with them since the start of the year but the mist can not fool Chiron and the Styr. Oh, and you are also Mr. Jackson's best friend and you will live the rest of your life there. We will put your sister in that universe as well. One of your parents' (before they died) was your step-parent, while the other was your biological parent. We will leave it to you to find out which parent. Your sister will know about the Greek world after your first quest and will support you. You will go on all the quests with Perseus. We have changed your appearance, and your age a little. And FYI your hair is not dyed."

"Will they still be chasing me in this universe?" I asked, my voice shaking.

"Yes, so be careful. You will have to tell Mr. Jackson and those puny gods about it soon."

I sighed. "I will after the wars,"

"We are giving you a few gifts to help you on your journey."

Clotho gave me some... clothes?

"These clothes are indestructible and will act as some sort of armor. They are fireproof and waterproof and when you touch the logo on your jacket it will turn into assassin clothing, which is indestructible and water and fireproof. And your clothes will change into whatever you want them to, and they will always remain clean. When you touch the heart on your bracelet it will turn into armor." Clotho said.

"My gift is these rings. They can turn into hunting knives when you twist them, and the knives will light up with greek fire when you will them to." Lachesis said. "And when you squeeze the diamond on the top of the light blue ring, you will turn invisible. When you squeeze the the diamond on top of the dark blue ring, it will cause a force field around you and 3 more people only. They are made from Olympian Silver, Celestial Bronze, Imperial Gold, Stygian Iron, Chaos Silver, Celestial Black, Silver, Artemis Silver, Bone Steel, Meteoric Iron, Adamantine, Celestial Sea, Celestial Sky, Atlantian Steel and normal Steel. Be careful, this sword can harm mortals as well as demigods, and if you want it to, it can also make immortals fade, but that particular task can be very taxing."

"And for my gift I will give you this bracelet that can turn into a Bow when you touch it. When you want to shoot an arrow, draw back the bowstring and just think of what kind of arrow you want and it will appear. This is a speical kind of bow, the only bow that can shoot shadow portals. It is indestructible as well. It is made from Olympian Silver, Celestial Bronze, Imperial Gold, Stygian Iron, Chaos Silver, Celestial Black, Silver, Artemis Silver, Bone Steel, Meteoric Iron, Adamantine, Celestial Sea, Celestial Sky, Atlantian Steel and normal Steel. Just like your daggers." Atropos said.

"We have a few more gifts for you," They said in perfect sync. "This is a bottomless backpack. You have to put your hand in it and ask anything you want, no matter the size and it will appear, and you can store anything you want, again, no matter the size."

"This is a necklace that can turn into a sword when you touch the heart charm. The sword is made from Olympian Silver, Celestial Bronze, Imperial Gold, Stygian Iron, Chaos Silver, Celestial Black, Silver, Artemis Silver, Bone Steel, Meteoric Iron, Adamantine, Celestial Sea, Celestial Sky, Atlantian Steel and normal Steel. Just like your bow and daggers."

"This is a brooch that can turn into a spear that can channel all of your magical energy to the tip when you touch the first flower. It is made from Olympian Silver, Celestial Bronze, Imperial Gold, Stygian Iron, Chaos Silver, Celestial Black, Silver, Artemis Silver, Bone Steel, Meteoric Iron, Adamantine, Celestial Sea, Celestial Sky, and Steel, just like your sword."

"This is a bracelet that can turn into a shield when you touch the clasp. It is made from Olympian Silver, Celestial Bronze, Imperial Gold, Stygian Iron, Chaos Silver, Celestial Black, Silver, Artemis Silver, Bone Steel, Meteoric Iron, Adamantine, Celestial Sea, Celestial Sky, and Steel, just like your daggers, sword and bow."

"This is another brooch that can turn into twin dual swords when you touch the moon symbol on it. It is made from Olympian Silver, Celestial Bronze, Imperial Gold, Stygian Iron, Chaos Silver, Celestial Black, Silver, Artemis Silver, Bone Steel, Meteoric Iron, Adamantine, Celestial Sea, Celestial Sky, and Steel. It is made from the same material as your sword, daggers, spear and bow."

"You are also blessed by Poseidon, Hestia, Aphrodite, Hera, Artemis, Athena, Hades and many more. You will have to find out who else you have been blessed by. You're aura is 11x as much as Percy's. We have hidden your aura to make it look like you are just a child of the Big Three. When you want to release your aura, just say "Release my aura" in your mind. When you want to make your aura like we have made it now just say "Withdraw my aura" in your mind, though you might not have to use that. Oh, and all of your gifts will be perfectly balanced in your hand."

"Goodbye and good luck little Hero, use these gifts wisely, the world rests on your tiny little shoulders."

*END OF DREAM*

My eyes flew open and I lurched forward, sure I was going to be sick. Instead of doubling over my beanbag chair, my head hit the back of a cracked leather seat.

"Woah, are you ok?"

Startled, I jumped at the voice. I turned towards my left and saw 2 kids my age sitting next to me. One boy had had curly brown hair and a wispy goatee. The other boy had black hair that hung loosely over his startling sea-green eyes that looked like they heald ocean inside of them. The black haired boy was holding my shoulders, concern laced in his eyes. The curly brown haired boy looked concerned as well, but his eyes betrayed him. His dark brown eyes were full of suspicion and fear, like I didn't belong. I hadn't seen them before, but they looked strangely familiar, like I've known them my whole life.

"Wha..."

Utterly bewildered, I took in my surroundings. I definitely wasn't in my room anymore. Instead, I was in a school bus. There were about 20 - 25 kids, all looking around my age. The boys were throwing balled up pieces of paper at each other and the girls sneered at them, their faces contorted with revulsion, looking like this is the last place on earth they want be in right now.

"How did I...?" I stopped myself. The events that occurred in my dream coming back to me. I was here, at Yancy academy with Percy Jackson and Grover Underwood on the feild trip to the museum. OMG! This is a dream come true. Ok. So the Fates said that I am here to help Percy through his trials. If I am in Yancy with Percy and Grover that means that the Lightning Thief has just begun.

The Fates had also said something about my appearance and age changing a little. I took out a compact mirror from my bottomless backpack and gasped.

I'm 12! Twelve! TWELVE! The have made me 5 years younger than I was earlier!

I looked down at my clothes. They seemed normal enough, blue ripped jeans paired with a white singlet, and a long-sleeved jean jacket. The jacket was totally not my style, but it'll do for now. My left wrist was adorned with a bracelet with the quote 'I'm not a bad girl, I'm a storm with skin' written with beads, and my right wrist had the bracelet that summons my bow on it.

CHANGED ME A LITTLE! A LITTLE! THIS IS NOT A LITTLE! I did not look like this when I was twelve, but I have to admit, I look kinda cute. I had beautiful light blue mixed with purple eyes. They churned with power, and majesty. They looked beautiful, but deadly at the same time. I loved them. My hair. Oh, my hair looked beautiful! It was dark blue from the roots, merging into a lighter blue, and then purple and pink at the tips. It was open and fell down my back in curls. Now I see what The Fates meant by my hair not being dyed. My face structure had changed. I looked much more mature, though I am sure tham I am still 12. In all, I looked like a whole other person.

"Hey, Selene you ok?" The black haired boy asked me. I realized that Percy is the black haired guy and Grover is the one with the goatee. I hurriedly put the compact mirror back in my backpack before any of them could see.

Before I could say a word, something flew past my line of vision and smacked Grover in the back of his head.

"I'm going to kill her." Percy mumbled angrily.

"It's okay. I like peanut butter."

Grover dodged a second piece of sandwich, which I tracked back to a freckly, red-headed kleptomaniac girl. Nancy Bobofit, Percy and Grover's bully in Yancy.

"That's it." Percy said, rising from his seat to fight Nancy, but I pulled him down, barely restraining myself from launching at Nancy, and used the words I have read hundreds of times.

"You're already on probation," I reminded him. "You know who'll get blamed if anything happens that relates you."

Grover stared at me, his eyes wide with suprise, as if I had taken the words out of his mouth, which of course I had.

Percy looked at me. "Selene, are you sure you're okay? You look like you are going to be sick."

I certainly felt like it. Suddenly, out of nowhere, I was sucked into my favourite book. Armed with only a small warning the fates had given me I was now clueless, unsure what to do. Really Fates??!!!

I took a deep breath, calming myself and uttered the words I never thought I would say. "I'm fine... Percy."

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Well, here you go, the first chapter of the book.

I hope you liked it.

Disclaimer:

I do not own Percy Jackson and his books, all credit goes to Uncle Rick. I do, however, own Selene Aetos (I named her that because I really liked the ex-moon Titeness, thus naming her Selene and her surname means Eagle in Greek) and her storyline.

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Powers:

Poseidon - Like Percy, mist travel, Manipulate water, storms, and lightning, able to create strong waves and violent storms

Athena - Like Annabeth

Aphrodite - Appearance change, charmspeak, Superhuman Strength, Superhuman Senses, Healing Factor, Reality Warping, Teleportation, Dream Walking, Size Augmentation, Seduction, Hypnosis, Matchmaking, Shapeshifting, Natural Beauty, Flight, Power Immunity, Effect Emotions

Artemis - Archery, Knifemanship, Hunting Transfiguration (transform ordinary objects and creatures into things associated with hunting), Strategic Skill (Little less than Athena's blessing), Wilderness Manipulation, Animal Authority, Animal Replenishing (restoring any animal), Communicate with animals, Control over the elements surrounding Lady Artemis's domain, Control and manipulation of air (limited), Control over the plants over any forest and its surroundings (limited), Control and divine authority over the Moon, Becoming stronger in the night, Moonlight Rays (shoot lasers of concentrated moonlight), Enhanced Vision, Traveling through waves of light, Constellation Creation, Reproduction Manipulation, Gender Reassignment, Shapeshifting, Power of healing (minor), Immunity to illness, Enhanced hunting skills, sperhuman physical abilities greater than that of a demigod

Hestia - Fire Travel, Fire Control, Fire Restence, Bringing Hope, Making home cooked meals straight from the hearth appear, Shapeshifting, Family Bond Manipulation, Looking into the past of someone, Home Teleportation, Serenity Inducement, Guardianship of the Hearth

Hera - Flashing, Mind reading, shape-shifting, enhancing Selene's and others powers

Hades - Like Nico and Hazel combined but without Hazel's curse

Precious Metals -

(OM - Orignal metals)

Olympian Silver, Celestial Bronze, Imperial Gold, Stygian Iron, Chaos Silver, Celestial Black, Silver, Artemis Silver, Bone Steel, Meteoric Iron, Adamantine, Celestial Sea and Celestial Sky.

(OM) Olympian Silver - This is a made up metal. It can be found only in the mines of Olympus itself. It is one of the most rare and powerful metal in existence.

Celestial Bronze - Well, you guys know what Celestial Bronze is.

Imperial Gold - You know what this is as well.

Stygian Iron - You guys know this as well.

(OM) Chaos Silver - This is the rarest metal in existence. It can only be created by Chaos himself/herself, but it is taxing for even Chaos.

(OM) Celestial Black - Basically Celestial Bronze but cooler. For one it's black, and can dissingrate a monster in five seconds.

Silver - I added this one because of the werewolves. They can get hurt by only silver, and it's what the Hunters of Artemis's weapons are made of.

(OM) Artemis Silver - This is a speical Silver that can only be made by Artemis herself. Nobody else, except maybe Chaos.

Bone Steel - Bone Steel is an enchanted metal used by Norse Gods and their offsprings. It is made by having iron smelted with bones and quenched in blood to harden it. If forged correctly, it can cut down supernatural creatures, even giants and gods.

Meteoric Iron - A metal used by Egyptian forgers and it is unknown if it is magical.

Adamantine - Described as a super strong metal, adamantine glitters translucent white, sort of like a cross of silver and diamonds. Curiously, most of the weapons made out Adamantine that appeared in the series have Imperial Gold in them too.

(OM) Celestial Sea - This is a metal that can only be forged by Poseidon himself with his weapon of power, on his throne, It has the power of the Sea in it. It is one of the most powerful metals in existence.

(OM) Celestial Sky - This is a metal that can only be forged by the oh-so-mighty Zues himself with his weapon of power, on his throne. It has the power of the Skies in it. It is one of the most powerful metals in existence.

(OM) Atlantean Titanium Steel - This metal was made in the depths of Tartarus, cooled in the first sea. It is one of the rarest materials, and the last known weapons forged in it are Selene's weapons.

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