Disclaimer: It's kinda obvious, but I'm not Rick Riordan

Chapter 1

For the first time out of his three years at Goode high school, Percy Jackson was on time.

The other students peered at him as he trudged through the hallways, stopping right outside of Mr. Blofis' classroom. He paused and took a deep breath before pushing the door open and stepping inside.

Immediately the hallway burst into whispers. Last year, Percy Jackson had disappeared for an extended period of time; almost missing the entire school year. Nobody had heard from him since then.

But what shocked them the most was that this wasn't the Percy Jackson they remembered. They had never seen the Percy that trudged through the hallways, he had always strolled down with his head high and a smirk on his face. Percy Jackson was well known throughout the school as a comedian and a troublemaker, but also as a loyal friend.

Percy Jackson had changed over the year he was gone.

Percy collapsed on a desk in the front of Paul's classroom. His stepfather looked at him worriedly as Percy later there with his head down.

"How many monsters were there?" Paul asked worriedly while pulling ambrosia and other medical supplies out of a drawer. "How bad are you hurt?!"

Percy looked up at him with a look of defeat on his face.

"There were no monsters."

Paul was getting worried. He couldn't figure out what is was. Unless-

"Is your mother alright? Are your friends ok? What about Camp?!" Paul was getting frantic. What if something had happened to Sally? Sometimes getting information out of Percy was like feeding a baby medicine. It just didn't happen quickly or easily.

"Mom's fine. However, Camp probably won't be." He said bitterly. "The gods are going to be revealed to the mortal world."

Paul gripped his desk tightly, his knuckles turning white.

"What?!"

Chiron looked grimly at the assembled campers. He motioned for Annabeth to step forward, so that she could explain the situation. He couldn't believe that it was happening. That after thousands of years teaching heroes, the situation that he had despised the most was finally happening.

Annabeth brushed back her curly blond hair and fixed the campers with a steely gaze.

"Hecate has lost her control over the mist."

She waited patiently for a moment as whispers erupted throughout the crowd.

"We don't know how, but her control over it is slowly fading. Hecate is no longer able to keep the mist as thick as before, and within a couple weeks, the mist will be completely gone. We suspect that it has something to do with Gaea."

Annabeth's voice shook slightly as she spoke the earth goddess's name. Only Chiron noticed the small slip-up and he smiled at her sadly. He had come to care for the girl over the years.

For centuries, Chiron had trained demigods. He had the honor of working with some of the greatest heroes ever known, and in each one he saw the same thing. They were slowly being broken inside.

It started slowly, sometimes with the death of a friend. But eventually, they reached their breaking point, and Chiron did all he could to put them back together, but it only worked on occasions.

It was always the most admired and legendary heroes that suffered the most.

Chiron had been working with these children for what seemed like forever, and it never got any better. He remembered every betrayal and death. Each one hurt him just as much as it had the first time.

Annabeth took a deep breath, composing herself. She hates feeling so weak. Gods, she couldn't even say Gaea without experiencing the heavy flow of memories.

Annabeth was slightly frustrated. She was supposed to be a role model. She was supposed to be strong. However, all Annabeth wanted was to go back home and live a normal life. Maybe try to reconcile with her family. She didn't know how many more quests or demigod "jobs" she could handle.

Annabeth wanted to go to college and have a real life. She would get a job and live in a nice apartment with Percy. Annabeth was ready to be normal.

Of course, everything had to become screwed up again.

Annabeth cleared her throat, causing the campers to fall into silence once again.

"Once the mist finally falls, the outcome will be chaotic. The mortals will suddenly see monsters that were supposed to be myths. We have decided that the best course of action is to explain the situation to the mortals right now, so that they are more prepared when the inevitable occurs. This-"

"Wait."

Annabeth was cut off by a very familiar voice. She smiled and turned to face Thalia Grace.

"So how exactly do you plan on explaining this to the mortals? I don't mean to be a party pooper, but I doubt that all of them are just going to believe you automatically. Especially since this touches on the matter of religion. Most mortals aren't just going to decide to believe in Greek Gods. They need proof." Thalia stated matter a factly, while clutching a silver bow in her had. The circlet, marking her as lieutenant of the hunters, rested proudly on her head.

As many campers nodded in unison to Thalia's words, Annabeth sent her friend a small glare. They hadn't had this part completely figured out.

"Well," she started. "We were hoping to have a couple demigods with visible powers demonstrate. Then-"

"But that could jut be put off as special effects." Stated one of Annabeth's half sisters. "I'm going to bet that at least half of the mortals will think we are crazy."

Annabeth sighed. This was getting nowhere. If only people would stop interrupting.

"As I was saying," she said with a sigh. "The gods will also help out. I don't know the exact details, but they have something planned."

Chiron stepped in to finish.

"This will be a major change for most of you here. Camp will still be open for anyone who needs to stay. However, almost people who end up staying will be revealed as demigods to the rest of the world. If you would rather remain inconspicuous, we can make other arrangements in the mortal world. Since this is a situation that we clearly haven't encountered before, the gods are making an exception to the ancient law, and will be helping relocate any demigods. You have to make your decision by tomorrow." Chiron finished his long explanation, and beckoned Annabeth to follow him into the Big house.

Right now, it was best to give the campers time to talk and make their decisions.

Percy's day was going terribly.

He needed a break, but no, of course he can't take one. They had just defeated Gaea for gods sake and they didn't even get two months to recover. Percy just wasn't ready to tell the whole world about himself.

He had plans for his life. Didn't the Fates understand this? He just wanted a normal life with Annabeth. Percy had never wanted to be a hero or a leader. He was perfectly content with staying in the background.

During all those quests, Percy had one dream that kept him going. He imagined himself living a nice, normal life in New York. He would live in an apartment and have a nice well paying job. When he was younger, he imagined Annabeth as his best friend. Perhaps she would have lived next door. But now, he imagined creating a life with Annabeth. He wanted to propose to her, get married, and just maybe have kids.

Of course, this would be further in the future.

Right now, he wanted to take her on normal dates. Ones that weren't interrupted by gods, monsters, or titans dedicated to take over the world.

But the Fates had just thrown a huge monkey wrench into every single plan he had for his life.

This wasn't something that would ever end. Unlike his many quests, there was no "when this is done". He could never go back. He could never again be the mortal Percy who attends Goode High School. He could never walk the streets of New York unnoticed. He could never-

Percy shook his head. There was no use in dreaming about what might have been or what he was losing. Percy had to worry about what was happening now.

The school year had just started, but Percy wasn't planning on going back to Goode. He had only went to tell Paul because he wasn't sure he could face his mother.

Percy knew that Paul would understand. His stepfather would let Percy disappear from the mortal world. He would miss his family, but it was best that they wouldn't know where he was. Who he was.

Percy hated feeling weak. He couldn't do anything about the situation. He couldn't help hide his friends from the challenges that they were sure to face as being revealed as demigods.

In less than a week, everyone would know about the gods. Everyone would know about Percy.

At the same time, both Annabeth and Percy were thinking very similar thoughts, though they had different plans on how to deal with the situation.

One planned to face it head on, while the other planned to run.

Hey! I've had this idea for a long time after reading many disappointing fics about Percy going back to high school, or the gods being revealed to the mortal world. I couldn't find one that I liked, so I decided to write my own.

This story will have Percy go back to high school, but it won't be Goode (I think I might make one up). Throughout this they will have to solve the problems related to the mortal world knowing about their existence. This will NOT be a series of one shots.

Also, my other story is NOT abandoned (Slytherin's Heir). I'm mainly focusing on that one right now, so updates for this story might now be that frequent.

And to anyone reading Slytherin's Heir, I'm going to update that soon (I'm about halfway done with the next chapter).

So thanks for reading! If you have any questions please pm me or review!