#reefs au

[n1percyexpert]

so in several mythologies its said that when you die at sea you go to a different afterlife because the ocean has a hold on you, and that gave me an au idea

percy is a regular mortal child in a lower class family with his mom and dad, his mom works at a grocery store and candy shop while his dad is a fisherman getting fish for them to eat and to sell his dad always said it was too dangerous for percy to go on the sea, especially at his young age, but for his 11th birthday he decides percy can come with him. sally tells them to be careful

instead of getting the sunny day they were promised, an unexpected storm crawls in, and percy and his dad cant get back to shore in time- their boat capsizes, and the last thing percy remembers is water filling his lungs as his name is called

when percy wakes up he is in the fridgid, pitch black depths of the ocean. a man is there, though its clear hes not human, and introduces himself as poseidon. he asks for percys name, and if he remembers anything its only a blurry memory, he was with his father, and there was a storm, and now he doesnt know where his father is. poseidon doesnt either he says he cant help percy find him, his father isnt here, and its for the best that hes not. percy doesnt understand, but poseidon says he will

percy doesnt stay in the ocean, but he stays cold. it clings to him. poseidon says others cant see it, but percy can. he can see his pale, gray skin. he can see the frost sticking to it, refusing to leave no matter how close to the fire he is. he stops trying after a while, it wont warm him up. hes touched the ground before, but never went to far. poseidon says its not safe, that itll only lead to worse discomfort, but percy wonders what more discomfort there is than being confined to a grave, no matter how large it is

[n1percyexpert]

in my rewrite, annabeth was born fully mortal. her step mother in canon is her bio mom in the rewrite- and this absolutely changes things deeper than surface level

for starters, her family loved her. they cared for her and they wanted her to be safe and ok, and when she got claimed as athenas champion, they were all very proud of her. they loved their daughter.

but with annabeth now being reminiscent of a demigod, carrying the usual demigod scent along with atheans, spiders and monsters started to become common occurrences. the spiders would keep annabeth awake, the monsters would claw at the house, and her parents got scared. they knew she was scared, but she was a Demigod now. she was More, she was Better. and so she was at less threat than her brothers, even if she was who they were all after.

they loved their daughter, and they were proud of her, but they were terrified of what she brought. and that fear- that fear her family carried because of her- drover her to leave. she knew she wasnt safe there, but that was only part of the reason. she saw her parents stressed more than ever, she heard her brothers cry more than ever. the thing she was proudest of- being athenas champion- had destroyed her family. and so she would leave, so they wouldnt suffer.

this is also connected to a disability bc thats what this is all about- annabeth is showing children getting disabilities in their early life yet not being born with them. the strain of having to learn how to raise a child while more and more symptoms appear, causing more stress and panic because 'what am i supposed to do?' which can lead to the child leaving in extreme situations, for their own safety and for the comfort of their family

[n1percyexpert]

a while ago i had an idea for a silly au, so im sharing that here

the au is called the 'hidden' au, but im thinking of changing it to the 'lost' au

basically, a hundred or so years ago, oceanus managed to successfully get poseidon off the throne, and not only that, but he also turned him and his family into mortals on land and so for a while they were just struggling trying to figure out how to survive, until they met sally amphitrite and poseidon simply befriended her at first while their kids didnt really care, before they all movd in together bc that just worked out and a while later poseidon sally and amphitrite all got into a relationship then bam. percy

the only person in poseidons direct family that was not turned into a mortal was kym, as oceanus felt like she could join him only realizing her family was missing a while after it happened, kym kinda joined him. she didnt care much for her family, they had hurt and outcasted her, but oceanus did not care for the ocean and atlantis as poseidon did, he dragged them down into pain and misery while he sat back with joy.

percy does not know the truth. he was told both amphitrite and poseidon (all the seafam probably have different names to stay hidden, maybe theyll be in danger if people actually know who they are) (sally knows who they are), and he was told theyre both his actual parents. so. hes confused on his parentage. a lot. but anyway hes still claimed, still claimed at the canon time, where the water healed him. when the water healed him, it gained the attention of both kym and oceanus, kym, realizing this kid was Strange, immediately claimed him. she didnt know in what way, but he had a connection to her family.

with oceanus now knowing there is a demigod that is the oceans favorite child and freakishly powerful, he wants percy. is it to kill him or get him on his side? who knows! not important!

i dont really know how percy would find out the truth, but im thinking something like, he somehow ends up in atlantis when oceanus isnt nearby (maybe when the princess andromeda blows up) and is instantly swarmed by the atlanteans who are like 'i dont know who the hell this kid is but you have the same energy as our rightful king and queen' and maybe he gets poseidons trident or smth?? but he eventually pieces together. 'wait. the married couple that raised me. that are my parents. ARE POSEIDON AND AMPHITRITE??'

and when he gets back, poseidons trident in hand, hes like 'someone fuckn explain' and so they do. meanwhile percy is losing his fucking mind because he was literally being lied to by his parents his entire fucking life

and also, since poseidon, the king, and triton, the heir, arent in atlantis anymore, theres no rightful heir or anyone who should rightfully have the throne. expect for percy. even though hes a demigod, hes enough of the sea to be in line for the throne (kym left that line when she was banished + she didnt really care for it in the first place)

anyway this au is mostly silly to me and i like thinking about it when im bored so uh. yea. have a new au idea. enjoy. send me asks if you have any

[n1percyexpert]

pjo swap au. i made this au actual years ago and barely wrote anything down, but i do know i had this,

percy-annabeth clarisse/frank-thalia/jason castor/pollux-bianca/nico hazel-dakota (maybe?)

maybe grovers role in the story is the same, or maybe hes switched with juniper and theyre t4t,

annabeth is the daughter of sally jackson and poseidon, grew up generally the same way percy did but where (canon) percy internalized all his feelings i imagine she externalized them, not in the ‘getting help’ way but maybe she started a lot of fights more, was more vocal about mistreatment towards herself or others, she didnt really care about doing well in school but tried and got at least passing grades bc she didnt want to upset sally, when she gets to camp i can imagine her demanding answers and standing her ground when she doesnt get them. maybe annabeth is a lot more driven and out there compared to percy, like him she gets a bunch of summer jobs, but maybe she also tries sneaking into other classes to learn more about just general stuff, she could have a lot of ideas for a possible future, one where she and sally get away from gabe and can live the life they wanna live- so while (canon) percy is mostly a passive participant in his life, annabeth is looking for better paying jobs for sally, or cheap but still better places than where she and sally live, she could be looking for alternative ways to get out. there couldve been a time in her life, when she was really young, where she talked to sally about leaving. not straight up divorcing gabe, but packing a bag each and running away. she wanted to leave, to run away and get out of there, but she couldnt leave behind her mom no matter how tempting it was

maybe luke was swapped with chris, so instead of luke and thalia finding baby annabeth, it was chris and clarisse that found baby percy. i feel like percy didnt run away as clearly as annabeth did, and by that i mean maybe he was a kid that already went out by himself a lot of the time and no one actually knew where he was most often, so when he eventually ran away no one realized until a concerningly long time later. maybe instead of being scared of spiders (or having a phobia as part of this at all) it was mostly due to neglect and bullying from other people around him, he was never the smartest student and would often get in trouble due to anger issues thatd lead to violence no matter how much he tried to shut them down, and instead of his mom+step father actually trying to help him with those they decided to ignore him and pay more attention to the kids that were easier to deal with. and of course, because kids are ruthless, some of percys bullys could see parts of the neglect and they pulled at that, including with other stuff, like him not being very smart, getting distracted easily, violent when mad (which some kids mightve found funny), and all of that caused him to runaway, eventually stumbling into chris and clarisse. chris was the more gentle of the two, like luke was, and he could help percy calm down when he was really angry, but clarisse also had some anger issues and so she knew a good amount of how to help, leading to a really close bond with both of them. since thalia and clarisse are switched and thalias also a daughter of ares, when she gets to camp and starts to form sibling relationships with the other ares kids, theres a part of percy that feels like shes replacing clarisse his actual sister

[n1percyexpert]

percy gets trapped alone in tartarus, an au everyone lives, and the way he doesnt die is that he calls the ocean to him. the ocean floods tartarus, and the water levels lower, because percy called for her

[n1percyexpert]

percy and thalia are really so so stupid (/pos) in my pjo rewrite au

thalia gets percy to clip her wings because she doesnt wanna do it herslef cuz thats an awkward position (shes scared of doing it. she trusts percy to do it more than anyone.)

and percy has her peel off his skin when it gets really bad. its dry and its bloody and its painful and he knows she of all people wont make a big deal out of it

they just. they get each other. they understand each other in a way no one else can

their relationship makes me so so sane and normal trust me bro im so sane and normal.

[n1percyexpert]

i think percy should be allowed to hit things with sticks like drums

and i feel like he should have a silly group of friends, maybe theyre all from different schools who know each other through epercy, maybe theyre all in the same school. either way, rachel is in that group

and percy can play drums bc i said he can. and rahcel can sing. and maybe the other kids can pay other instruments and yes im putting percy in a garage band with other sad teenagers with parental issues

camp finds out and he gets peer pressured to preform for them