Hope you're enjoying the story so far. I'm finally getting to the good parts so I'll start to add more detail to the story since Percy's journey has now officially begun. Feel free to leave any comments or questions. Now, onto the story!

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Since he left camp, Percy wandered around the country coming to terms with past events and fighting every known monster there was in Greek mythology. He defeated the Minotaur at least 12 more times which made Percy wonder why he kept clawing his way out of Tartarus just to die again. He finally got his revenge on Echidna and her bastard pet for making him jump off the arc 600 ft. in the air! He even had to kill his old friend the manticore. Though, now he was kind of happy he pulled Annabeth off the cliff with him and wish he killed her so he wouldn't have had to go through this pain. So, since he didn't kill her, he decided to pay him back and kill him instead. The most challenging one he faced was probably Kampe with all the heads and snakes attached to her (involuntary shiver throughout the body).

After four years of constant running and fighting monsters non-stop, anyone could look at Percy and tell he wasn't someone to mess with. He had scars running down his muscular arms and legs and if he took off his shirt they would see many more given to him thanks to the one and only Tartarus. He still couldn't believe he jumped in that pit just to save ... her.

Over the years, he came to terms with the campers betrayal and no longer let their decision affect them. He resolved himself to start over and create a new life for himself. He knew wherever he ended up would gladly accept him. It wasn't like he was bragging or anything but he knew his strengths. His was loyal without fault and would die for the people he cared about. He was a phenomenal fighter and an excellent leader. He was a kind hearted person who would give up his time for even the smallest of needs. He swore to himself long ago to never change from his ideals and stay true to himself.

His eyes held a deep sadness in them but strength like no other. His emotionless face hidden behind a mask which only showed his mouth, giving him an intimidating look. His swirling sea-green eyes with bright orange flecks could leave anyone frozen if they stared too long, which was okay with Percy because it made them much easier to kill. His skin-tight clothes were cut in many different places and sown, however very sloppy, back together. His hair was unruly as ever with an ice blue strip where his white hair used to be.

One thing he noticed along his travels was that his powers came easier to him. It was like partial immortality increased his abilities which made Percy extremely grateful during his travels. One could say he was even more powerful than some gods. He could control almost any liquid to a certain degree determined by how much water was in it and he could take water out of thin air. Though he could only manipulate the water into different shapes so far. With enough practice he should be able to create intricate designs. He also gained the ability to flame and mist travel. All he had to do was focus on the particles of water in his body or the heat his body produced in order to travel wherever he wanted. After a little work, he could travel over 100 miles and was steadily improving through practice. However, he found it much easier to mist travel than flame travel, but he put it down as being the biological son of Poseidon. He couldn't really practice his earthshaker power since it could cause severe damage to the surrounding towns so he didn't know how much those abilities were affected.

He could also control heat wherever it was, whether it be in the air, ground, or even bodies. He gained the ability to manipulate fire and was extremely surprised that while traveling, he willed some Greek fire to move and it moved an inch which opened many, many possibilities. One of his favorites though was being able to summon delicious, home cooked meals. He really thanked his mother on that one since he was always on the run.

His most dynamic power, yet only used in extreme circumstances, was the ability to focus on the water inside someone and manipulate it on the spot. However, he would only use it as a last resort since it was not a power he was very proud to use. He was never one to cause pain to others without reason.

After a while, he got tired of fighting every monster that came at him. It's not like they were necessarily hard to beat, but they were just a pain in the ass to deal with because Percy had to stop, take out his sword, move his arm to kill it, sheath his sword, then go on his way. That was way too much work.

He also had to worry about any of the gods or hunters finding him. About a month after his disappearance, everybody, including gods, demigods, and even Lupa's pack, started looking for Percy to probably finish him off. He wouldn't be surprised if the gods ordered everyone to hunt him down since he was a 'threat to Olympus.' He just rolled his eyes at the attempt to catch him and wished them the best of luck.

After getting in the routine of constant moving, he set out to find a way to leave the country or find somewhere to just stay and not worry about everything else going on around him. He couldn't fly or sail away since that would be in the gods' domain and when he was at the borders he found some discreet campers standing guard.

Knowing they would never suspect his next plan, he snuck into Olympus on his third year of traveling and went to Athena's private library to see if he could find a way to get the monsters to stop coming after him. Some would be surprised that Percy would go to the library but all they needed to know was that he wasn't the same Perseus they knew three years ago.

While searching through a book about monsters in a small section near the corner, he saw different monsters depicted in the book that he was 99.9% sure wasn't in Greek or Roman Mythology. As a matter of fact, he was pretty sure they weren't in any mythology. He researched more on these monsters and found out they were on different planets. That then led to research on different planets. Percy was a little disappointed that Athena had extremely little on the topic of different planets but he found that every five years the Starway bus came to Earth and picked people up to transport them to different planets.

He knew this was what he wanted to do right when he read about it. There was nothing left for him on Earth except his mom. He had visited her every once in a while for a day and they just spent time together. When he told his mom about what he planned, she was sad at first but quickly said she understood and wished him luck. He researched the pickup site which was located in Kansas, and the next scheduled time was next year on exactly August 18th. Percy's only thought was 'Ironic.'

After waiting a year, he mist traveled to the pickup point in Kansas and found himself in a bleak landscape with farms across the horizon. He waited there for a couple of hours before the sky darkened and a tornado came down. He instantly froze his feet with ice and willed himself to stay on the ground while the wind whipped around him, trying to suck him up and throw him across a farm. After the tornado touched the ground, it started moving westward but left a bus with the gigantic words 'Starway Jeros' along the side.

Percy was just happy that the tornado didn't suck him up and take him to the magical Wizarding World of Oz or whatever. Even though it couldn't be much more magical than his life. The door to the bus opened up and Percy was shocked to see that the driver's skin was an ashen grey and he had small pincers across his mouth like a grasshopper. His body structure looked similar to humans except with one less finger on each hand.

He looked Percy over and said, "I've never actually seen an earthling before. Do you all wear masks and have raggedy clothes?" After leaving camp, he didn't want anybody to know who he was so he could start anew. He made a black mask with sea green and orange lines swirling together creating a beautiful and intricate design. Even though his father disowned him, sea green was still his favorite color even though flame orange was now his close second.

Percy just smiled a little bit and said, "No, let's just say I don't like people seeing my face. So, where can this bus take me and what payment is needed?" Percy added that last part a little nervously because he didn't even think about payment until he saw a little box by the door.

The driver looked him over again now wondering if he would be able to pay. "This bus can take you all the way to quadrant 75, but I'm guessing you have no idea where that is, do you?" The driver said in a knowing tone and Percy just smiled sheepishly thankful that the bus driver couldn't see it.

Percy replied formally, "No I don't sir. Right now all I want to do is get off this planet. I would like to go someplace where I can get a job or earn some cash while also learning about planets other than Earth. Do you take payment in drachmas?"

The driver was in the middle of taking a drink of a weird purplish, gooish substance when he spat it back out and looked at Percy, shock written all over his face until it changed to denial.

"Drachmas," he laughed. "If you don't even know what lol is then you can't possible have any drachmas. Anyway, drachmas are not seen very often. There almost on the rare side." Percy stopped listening and started giggling to himself when he said lol and the driver looked a little mad now.

"What are you laughing at, boy!?!"

Percy just said laughingly, "You said lol. On Earth that means something funny but the way you said it made it sound like money. So what is lol?"

The driver scoffed, "Lol is the highest currency under drachmas. If you have about 100 lol you are considered middle class and can live a comfortable life. I only have in total 50 lol and as you can see my life is an intergalactic bus driver."

Percy honestly thought that was a pretty cool job but that was probably because he had never been to other planets before. He asked, "How many lols is a drachma worth?"

The driver just shook his head trying to figure out why he was teaching an earth boy about these trivial things. "A drachma is worth 5 lols."

Percy had about 16 drachmas on him so that's about 80 lols. He smiled to himself thinking that he was richer than the bus driver. "So, out of curiosity, how much would a bus ride to a planet where I could start a new life and earn some money be?"

He looked back at the boy. He was in a good mood considering Earth was the last stop in his route so he wasn't in a hurry to get home and was starting to get a little amused by this Earth boy. However, no amount of amusement would get this boy a free ride. "Hmm" he hummed aloud. He knew a couple of good places to take him to start a good life but then an amusing idea popped into his head.

The driver smiled and said, "I know a perfect place for you to go to start a new life. But, yet again, I will not take you without money and this trip would cost 5 tut which is worth about 1/20th a lol." Percy thought that was a lot for a bus drive but maybe wherever he was being taken to was quite far away.

Percy pretended to look a little put down by slouching his shoulders but then straightened up in a confident posture which the driver didn't necessarily like. Percy said, "If I paid you a drachma would you give me free ride whenever I ask for it?"

The driver just stared at this kid with no money and cracked up. "Kid, you got no money so what is the point?"

Percy slightly smiled and said, "Amuse me."

The driver gained a little bit of his composure and said, "Sure kid, if you can give me a drachma then I would give you a free pass whenever you want a ride." He knew this kid who had no idea what most currency was couldn't have even the slightest chance of having a drachma.

Percy said, "Can I have that on paper?"

The driver just decided to go along with it so he could be done quicker. He opened a compartment and took out a bluish paper, wrote the note and handed it to Percy.

Once Percy read the note, he smirked and started digging into his backpack. The driver said, "Kid, you are wasting my time. I don't have time to ..." He stopped short when the kid pulled out a drachma and presented it to the driver.

The driver just stood there trying to process how this Earth boy got a hold onto a drachma. He took it to make sure it was real and amazingly it was. "Where did you get this!?!"

Percy just shrugged his shoulders and walked onto the bus while the driver still stood there looking at the drachma.

Percy looked at the bus driver with barely contained laughter and said, "Lol, now you're five lols richer" and he burst out laughing.

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