Percy

Percy almost ran home from school and kick started his ancient system. Today had turned out to be an unusual experience for him .Finally it booted up and he started expressing his ideas on paper. He didn't know why he chose a female character, but it seemed like the right choice.

Excerpt

She was really agitated. Her mind went to the businessman and his outrageous request. She was searching her computer for information on him. John Harrowfield was a successful businessman whose background was really unclear. His childhood records were nearly non-existent and he seemed to be an orphan who attracted the attention of a philanthropist. There was no records stating that he was mentally unsound, though .He had promised her a startling amount as an advance payment if she discovered the meaning of his cryptic words.

She rubbed her temples and resumed her search .She tried to search about his childhood and found that the philanthropist guy had died of old age a few years back .A dead end there. She then tried to find out whether he had lived in an orphanage and was skimming through interviews with him when she got her first clue. He spoke of his humble roots and said that he came from an orphanage in Brooklyn .She checked out orphanages there and found that there were quite a few. She sighed and stretched as she got up and started getting ready for a trip to Brooklyn. This was gonna be a long case.

"Done!" Percy exclaimed. He hit publish and stood up. But he just checked his messages anyway .It seemed like Owl was active as barely five minutes had passed when her message came.

Owl: Hi Trident .Who is the she you're using?

Percy smiled .This girl was weird. The first thing she asked was the narrator .He started typing

Trident: You'll find out when the time comes "hate not knowing something" huh?

Owl: How did you know that?

Trident : Well, my brain is not full of just seaweed,'kay? Plus you're such a WiseGirl that it seemed natural for you to do so.

Owl: I kinda liked the mystery. So, maybe it's because I don't know you but can I ask your advice on something?

Percy frowned .Ask him? Why would someone need to ask him of all people. But then being on a site like this was different. You could be a completely different individual and create your own life here .The eyes that judge you for your looks and social skills were far less here. He didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad one. Well he thought "what the heck " and typed

Trident : That's okay. I'll be happy to give my opinion on whatever you want to ask me but there's no assurance that it will be the right one.

He waited for a few seconds for a reply.

Owl: Oh!It's fine. Well the thing is.........I kinda helped a friend of mine escape from a set of people who wanted to hurt him.Now someone found out what I did and is blackmailing me.

Percy bit his thumbnail as he thought. This was a bit serious depending on who the kid had angered. He got reminded of Annabeth. Dan was the son of a local rich guy and his father had donated lots of money for the upkeep of the school. The teachers tried their best to ignore his activities and no one had outright complained against him. Percy's little encounter was a. last straw for them and the rumour was that the boy was in quite ort of a fix for it .He would try to divert Dan's attention on him because if he found out about Annabeth then school would surely be hell for her. No need to make her fall into the same problem as him.He was pulled out from his mind by owl's message.

Owl: Umm ...... Are you there.?

Trident: Yeah. What sort of blackmail?

Owl:A text message saying that he'll tell that guy.

Trident:On a scale of 1-10 how serious do you think the problem is?

Owl: Well I'd say at least a seven.

Trident:Did he contact you after that?

Owl:No.

Trident:Then just ignore it for the time being .Maybe it's just a prank caller that took an unfortunate time to text you.

Even as he typed it he felt really stupid for suggesting that.

Owl: Seriously? Your head is full of kelp!!!

Ouch !Maybe he shouldn't have done that.

Trident:Well anyway, just lave it be.See if he makes anymore moves and then do something.

He didn't know why but he wanted to help the girl. It was weird but not an act of pity or sympathy.since she liked his story so much he felt that it was the least he could do to help her.

Trident: Well message me if anything happens .I'll try to help as much as I can

Owl :Thanks seaweed brain .It was nice chatting with you .Loved your story and please keep on writing.

Trident: Thanks, Wisegirl. Bye.

He logged out and shut the computer down. His life was getting a bit interesting thanks to those two girls.

Suddenly Nico started banging on the door. "Hey Perce, open up." He said.

Percy swung the door open. "What is it?" His cousin never came to his room if he could help it.

"Your father is here"