Goode is Good: Piper Goes to Goode High School [a Percy Jackson Fanfiction]

Je me bats le Minotaure

Piper McLean's POV

I could barely tolerate the stares as I walked into Goode.

My mom decided to torture me by making all of my hair hot pink. She thought it was 'gorgeous'. Only my mom would think that. Luckily, my face wasn't half-pink anymore.

"What. happened. to. your. hair?" Demi asked in disbelief.

"Don't get her started," Percy jumped in.

"Why?" Asher asked. "What happened?"

"Want me to demonstrate?" I grinned.

"Sure," said Asher.

"Piper! No!"

Percy was too late. I knocked Asher out unconscious.

"That's what you did?" Paisley queried.

"No," Percy cut in. "She jumped on Travis' back, screaming like a banshee, gave him a few bald spots, then knocked him out unconscious."

The two girls turned to look at me, shocked.

"I get it from my mom," I shrugged.

"If it had been your mom in the net," Percy shuddered. "Connor, Travis, and Leo would be talking to Nico's father."

"You were in a net?!" shouted Demi, earning her many dirty looks from the other students and even the faculty.

"Whazzgoinon?" Asher sat up, coming to.

Paisley crouched down and kissed his cheek. "You were just knocked out by a pink-haired girl." she smirked. "And all she did was push you."

Asher rolled his eyes and got up with the help of Paisley.

"I feel strangely violent today," I stated.

"Really?" Asher said sarcastically, making wild gestures with his hands as he rolled his eyes. "I never noticed."

I laughed.

...***~~~~~~~~~***...

"Bonjour, les enfants!" (Hello, children!) my French teacher greeted the class as we walked in.

"Bonjour, Madame Maurel," (Hello, Mrs. Maurel) we droned.

"Non, aujourd'hui, c'est Mademoiselle Colomb," (No, today, it's Miss Colomb) the teacher corrected.

I perked up. 'Colomb' means 'dove' in French. And the dove is the symbol of Aphrodite.

"Mom!" I exclaimed.

"En français, ma chère," (in French, my dear) Aphrodite corrected.

"Tu es là pour quelle raison? Les dieux ne font jamais attention à leurs enfants! Particulièrement, les Olympiens, comme toi!" (Why are you here? The gods never pay attention to their kids! Especially, the Olympians, like you!) I shouted.

The students stared at me confusedly. They may be in French III, but they hardly knew a word.

"Je suis là pour nous rapprocher," (I'm here to bond with you) said Aphrodite.

I rolled my eyes and took my seat. This was going to a long day.

...***~~~~~~~~~***...

It was during Math when the Minotaur decided to burst into the class.

I'd like to tell you that I was calm, and handled it like a professional and beat the old fart in seconds, but I want to be honest: I was freaking out.

Everyone was screaming at the top of their lungs, while I was having a mini "I don't know what to do" panic attack.

"Piper! Run!" Demi shrieked.

I shook my head and whipped out Katopris and tried to remember what Percy told me when he was recounting his adventures.

'The Minotaur has really bad eyesight. I got him to charge at me then jumped out of the way at the last second. When my mom tried to do it, he didn't fall for the same trick twice. She's lucky to be alive.'

"Hey, beef face," I smiled prettily. "I heard you were defeated by a scrawny runt once when he was twelve and had no training!"

The Minotaur huffed and charged at me, I jumped out of the way just in time and tried to stab it. Ultimately, I missed. Unfortunately, Demi was right behind me, and he--it--grabbed her instead.

She screeched, and the monster growled, "Not demigod! Me smell per-fume!"

I rolled my eyes in disgust, but the monster used my split-second of not paying attention to his advantage. He threw down Demi, to which she responded to by falling unconscious, and grabbed me.

"Demi!" I cried, right before the Minotaur decided he would rip me limb from limb.

Great, Percy wasn't here to help me. I was the least powerful demigod out of the Seven, I didn't have any useful powers like the others. And I wasn't exactly as smart as Annabeth. So coming up with spur-of-the-moment strategies was out of the question.

The ugly bull-man tore a gash right into my right thigh.

I cried out and boomed the first word that came to mind, "SLEEP!"

I used just about as much power as I put into it when I ordered Gaea to sleep. So, because he was the Minotaur and not some all-powerful, primordial, Earth goddess, he fell asleep instantly. I used Katopris to stab him straight through the hairy chest, causing him to dissolve into golden dust.

I threw some ambrosia into my mouth before I could black out, but stumbled backward anyways.

My mom caught me and winked.

"Such a display of power," she beamed daintily. (She looked like a female version of Jason to me, which kept on making me think that my mom was Jason's other sister that doesn't exist. It makes me feel weird.) "It proves that even my children can be powerful."

"Did you just insult yourself?" I asked.

Aphrodite giggled. "You'll soon be in for a surprise in the future,"

She then walked away.

The mortals--including Demi--all gaped at me.

"What?" I asked, the Mist was sure to be covering for me.

"Y-you just saved me from the Minotaur! From Greek Mythology!" Demi cried.

"Shh!" I shushed her harshly. "Don't say his name! Do you want him to come back?"

Demi looked small all of a sudden, as did the rest of the class, including the teacher.

"Piper! Piper!" I turned around to see Jason, who had just burst through the window by flying. Why I didn't turn around when the window shattered is beyond me.

He smiled slightly and gave me a peck on the lips, before saying, "The Mist has faded!" He then noticed the mortals. "But I think you know that."

"The Mist has faded, yet you fly through the window?" I raise my eyebrows.

Jason shrugged sheepishly and kissed me, and the world faded around me.

Question of the chapter: Which do you prefer writing, endings or beginnings? I prefer endings, for sure.