A/N: New Story Hype! I have other stories to write for, but I just couldn't help myself. I had to release this before my Hero of Both World chapter. I have like three more stories that I'm going to publish soon. A Frozen/HTTYD/PJO massive crossover, my rewrite of the Harry Potter crossover that I wrote ages ago, and a Stargate SG-1 crossover story because there isn't that many and it's my favorite show. After that, I'll probably stop making new stories and just finish my current one. Man, I really need to update those.
For fans of Hero of Both world, 12,000 words have already been written for the next chapter. I merged two chapters into one. Probably going to upload it this month. To be honest, I wrote most of it a week after the first chapter was posted, then developed a huge writers block.
Anyway, I hope you readers enjoy this. I haven't watched the show in a while so I apologize for any mistakes. I want to tell everyone now that this isn't going to be a retelling of the canon story with Percy and friends in it. Percy and the gang will have their own adventures separate from Team RWBY and JNPR. Of course, the characters would make a bunch of appearances and are part of the main cast. but this would be Demigod focused story.
On to the story!
Chapter One: Seriously? Another world?
"Oh man. I'm never going to drink anything Leo and Dakota makes again" Percy groaned as he sat up from the ground and rubbed his eyes, trying to take away the pain of a nasty hangover. The wind blew around him, trees rustlings... wait, trees rustling? He swore he fell asleep on top of a drunken Annabeth butt last night, while she was talking nonsense to Piper. Slowly he removed his fingers from his eyes and looked around to that he was in some sort of cleaning, surrounded by trees. Obviously, he was not in his dorm room anymore.
He quickly stood up from the ground and examined his body. Somebody obviously changed his clothes for him. Instead of the t-shirt and short that he was wearing the night before, he was wearing black jeans, a navy blue hoodie, light Celestial bronze armor including arm and shin guards. A large emerald trident at the center of his chest caught his eyes. He never saw this design before. There were bronze vines wrapped around the trident with an owl and dove perched between the forks. It was a beautiful design with small greek engravings and symbols etched into it. The trident also had a slight green glow to it, which is a plus in Percy's book. With a quick check to his pocket, he found felt Riptide and saw that he still had his shield watch that Tyson remade, again.
"So, kidnapping me at the dead of night for a quest again. Originality must not be a thing on Olympus anymore." Percy muttered to himself. "Now, where am I?". Percy couldn't see any distinguished landmark around him, so Camp Half-Blood was off the list. He looked up at the sky to see where the north star was, and choked on his spit. He couldn't believe what he was looking at. Is he still dreaming?
He had to be if the moon was in pieces. How does that even happen?
What kind of bizarro world did he dream of where the moon is in pieces. Does it symbolize something? Is there some sort of psychological issue that he's not aware of. After what he's been through, probably.
A growling noise behind him took him out of his thoughts. Instantly Percy took out and uncapped Riptide. He spun around to see a large wolf-like creature, the size of a baby Hellhound. It was pitch black, with red glowing eyes behind a bone-like mask with red markings. There were these bone-like spikes extruding from their arms, back, and knees. Percy has never seen this creature before, not even in Tarturus.
The monster looked hesitant to attack, sniffing the air around him. It nervously shuffled back in forth in front of Percy, as if it was debating whether to attack or not. Once more it growled and Percy knew its decision.
Percy activated his shield and got into a defensive position. He hoped that using basic Hellhound takedown would work on it. With a roar, the monster charged. It's long sharp claws making visible marks on the grass below, flicking dirt behind it. Percy took a deep breath, and dodged out of the way and smashed his shield against the monster head. It slid across the ground and hit a tree with a thud. Percy quickly sprinted towards it and stabbed his sword into its rib. Instantly the monster evaporates into a black smoke.
"Well, that wasn't interesting. A baby Hellhound would have been harder." Percy complained. Although he doesn't get the thrill of killing monsters like some demigods, he felt cheated. Here's a new monster he never saw before and it's weak. "Well if I'm dreaming, was that a symbol for my inner demons? Kinda cool."
"Hello! Is anyone here!" a familiar voiced yelled out from deeper in the forest.
"Piper?" Percy said to himself. He took off running towards the noise, hoping that there weren't any more of those weird monsters around to hear the yelling.
It took a minute, but he found a lake with a small rundown cabin next to it. Piper was in the center between two large bear-like creature that looked similar to the monster he killed moments ago. Percy was about run in and help but saw that she didn't need any. She dodged a swipe of an arm from one of the bear creatures that stood on its hind legs, and effortlessly stabbed her dagger into its throat. While the monster was dissolving into smoke, Piper threw her dagger into it, embedding it into the second monster skull.
"Are you done staring, Percy?" Piper asked.
"Well, it was quite the show. Nice clothes." Percy commented. Piper was wearing a grey cotton dress that went up to her thighs, black leggings, and boots. Just like Percy, she had Celestial bronze light armor with the same design.
"I don't remember sleeping with them on though." she said with a slight smile. She moved to her dagger that lay on the grass and sheathed it.
"Glad to see you two here." a voice said behind Percy. Percy turned around to see Annabeth with her Drakon bone sword in her hand. "I'm so done with giant scorpions." She made her way to Percy and kissed him and gave Piper a tight hug. Annabeth was wearing black cargo pants, a sweater with the sleeves rolled up. She too had the same armor as Percy and Piper, with an extra dagger on her waist.
"What in the world is going on?" Piper asked. "Where are we?"
"I have no idea. I don't think we're on Earth anymore. The stars are unrecognizable and obviously, the moon is missing a chunk."
"And those creatures?"
"I don't know. I just killed a giant scorpion thingy on the way here." Annabeth said sitting down on the floor. Piper followed her lead.
"I killed a wolf monster the size of a baby Hellhound. Not much of a challenge." Percy said with a shrug sitting next to them.
"You just missed me killing bear creatures too and I killed some more earlier." Piper said.
"Well, at least we know that godly metals and the bones of a Drakon are very effective against these things. So that's good news. "
"Too effective. I cut through like ten of these things as if they were butter. Their hide and bone armor aren't very effective against my dagger." Piper said.
They sat there in a quiet lul as they try to absorb everything. How did a drunken night playing board games transport them to another world? So obviously he wasn't dreaming. Everything was too real. The air, the sound, the grass. No, this is real. The biggest clue was that the girls are not interested in doing any pleasurable activities. He may be in a committed relationship, but he's still a teenage boy. Also, both Annabeth and Piper were a bit 'playful' the other night too.
"So what's the plan? I'm drawing blanks here." Percy asked. Annabeth closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She had the signature 'thinking face' on.
"We need to look for civilization. Obviously, there's intelligent life here, hopefully human. I think I saw a path leading somewhere from where I woke up." Annabeth said.
Piper smiled at her but the couple could see the distress in her eyes. "Sounds like a plan."
"Great. Let get moving. Maybe those monster won't bother us if we're in a group." Percy said standing up. He helped the ladies up on there feet and walked into the forest.
"Wrong way Percy" Annabeth called out with a laugh. Piper giggling behind her.
They walked for hours. The sun was slowly coming up and they still haven't found anyone. Annabeth found human footprints going in a direction, so they decided to follow it. Neither of the girls appreciated the comment from Percy that they might be going away from a town. That earned a slap on the back of the head from Annabeth. Piper was already stressed out. One small thing could push her to have a mental breakdown.
Finally, as the sun was at it's highest they made it to a small town that fortunately was habited by humans. Percy felt like he missed out on meeting weird looking aliens. As they walked into town, they instantly felt the stares of everyone. There was a few muttering about 'hunters' and 'Beacon' but none of that made sense to the demigods.
"I think we should split up and gather information." Annabeth said. Piper got a panicked look on her face and Annabeth quickly tries to calm her. "You can go with Percy, Piper. I'll just look for a library or something."
"What do you expect me to do?" Percy asked while Annabeth walked away in a random direction,
"I don't know. You have an uncanny ability to learn random things that are extremely helpful in the future. Mingle or something." and with that, she disappeared into the crowd.
Percy looked at Piper who stared at where Annabeth disappeared, with a growing panic in her eyes. He sighed to himself and held out his arm. "Shall we milady?" Percy said in a very posh accent.
Piper snapped out of her panic, let out a small chuckle and loop her arm through his, "We shall"
They wandered around aimlessly, trying to talk to random people, but nobody was very trusting of strangers. Unfortunately, Piper couldn't focus hard enough to use her charmspeak. After an hour of barely learning anything, Percy was prepared to consider the day a failure. That is until he smelled a hint of the sea in the air. Some of the stress he's been feeling since he woke up, instantly washed away. Knowing this would be the perfect way to calm Piper down. Maybe the fishes might give some information about this world if his divinity over the sea still applied here.
Following the tug of the sea, Percy and Piper made it to the dock that led to the open seas. Both Percy and Piper took a deep breath, unable to stop the smile from forming on their face. This had to be the cleanest body of water they have ever encountered. Although Piper was not a child of a sea god, she still felt a connection with the sea. Perhaps it was due to how her mother was born, or maybe it just reminded her of that boy she had attached to her arm.
"Feeling better now?" Percy asked, seeing the serene look on Piper's face.
"Yes, thank you. Sorry for freaking out a bit" Piper said sheepishly.
"Hey, it's no problem. We're in a strange new world with weird monsters, and I swear I saw a guy with bunny ears. It's crazy here."
"How are you and Annabeth so calm about this?"
"At some point, you just realize that our lives are weird and to expect the unexpected. We'll panic and contemplate our situation later. For now, it's just planning and acting." Percy explained, looking at the sea with a tight smile.
"That's kinda...depressing," Piper said.
"Yep" Percy replied, popping the 'p'. "You get used to it."
"I sometimes forget that you and Annabeth have been around the block a few time. Sorry that you're stuck here with me" Piper said dejectedly.
"What do you mean? You're a great person to go on wacky, life-threatening quests with. You're smart, good with people, great at picking up details, and you're wicked with a dagger."
"Wouldn't you rather have Thalia, Nico, or even Clarisse?" Piper asked.
"I would never try and separate Thalia from the hunters. They're her family, which she really needs right now. Clarisse would have gotten us ran out of town by now. And Nico? He's... complicated."
"How so?"
Percy briefly thought about his last interaction with Nico. Although it wasn't a bad per say, Nico obviously still had issues with him. "We're in a brand new world where the rules might as well be different to us. We need to stick together and make sure none of are left behind. Nico still has a bit of an attitude problem and doesn't like taking orders. Until he outgrows whatever problems he has with Annabeth and me, I rather not have him covering my back. Which sucks because he's a good kid. I thought that after he got over me, things would good between us." Percy said seriously. "Though having Grover here would be great,"
Before Piper could say anything else, a shout from somewhere near them caught their attention. "Ow! Stop it!"
They turn to see a girl that looks close to their age, being harassed by two large men. One of them was grabbing onto something on her head.
"We told you, that we don't want your kind near here with your filth. We already got enough pest around here" One of the men growled.
Percy's fist clenched and he made his way over to them. "Hey, asshole!" he shouted. "Leave her alone"
The two men looked at him and let go of the girl and towered over Percy, crossing their arms. They looked like typical sailors working on the docks - with huge muscles, overalls stained with dirt, grime, and probably fish guts. "Outsider walk away. This does not concern you."
"It does when you're harassing an innocent girl" Percy growled.
The two sailors uncrossed their arms and stiffened up. Percy knew they were preparing for a fight but he had no interest in fighting. "Piper could you get rid of them," Percy asked, not taking his eyes off them.
"Aw. I was hoping to see those muscles in action." she joked, coming up next to him. She glared at the two sailors and gave them a sickly smile. "Go to the most crowded part of town and make a fool of yourself. Don't hold back." she charm spoke. The dockworkers stiffened up, their eyes glaze over, and robotically made their way towards the center of town.
"Are you ok?" Percy asked, taking a cautious step towards the girl.
"Y-Yeah. Thanks. Most people would have ignored this."
"Well, we're not like most people. My name is Percy Jackson. Whats's yours" he asked with a gentle smile. The girl was slightly shorter then Percy and was as pale as snow. She had short spiky hair with green highlights, that looked very similar to Thalia' hairstyle. She wore a tight-fitting green leather jacket zipped up to her neck, and blacks trousers with the ankles wrapped in tape. She looked like someone who's about to start college, but what ruined the look was the green duel axes on her lower back.
The girl to deep breath and her eyes widened at their scents. After seeing the weird look she got from them, she blushed and gave him a small smile. "Yasmine Asan. Pleased to meet the both of you. What did you do to those men?"
"A bit of a magic trick" Piper spoke up. "My name is Piper. Why were they bothering you?"
She gave the both of them an 'Are you kidding me?' look. "The usual reason. I'm a Faunus" Yasmine explained.
Both Percy and Piper gave her a blank look. "A what now?"
"A Faunus. You know, people like me?" she said, pointing at the top of her head. The demigods followed her hand and looked in shock at the pair of cat ears that were moving in a nervous matter.
"What in Hades name?" Percy muttered to himself, as the two looked closer to the ears. Yasmine blushed at the attention the two very attractive demigods were giving her. "Those are real. Wait does that mean that merchant with bunny ears, actually had bunny ears?"
"Are you talking about Geoffery?"
"Can I pet it?" Percy blurted out. Yasmine's face turned completely red in embarrassment. and she tried to sputter out a retort.
Piper slapped Percy on the arm, taking his attention from the ears to glare at her. "Sorry about him. We came from a land from far away, where we've never seen a Faunus before. We had Satyr though, but I have a feeling that it's not the same." Piper explained.
"You've never seen a Faunus before, and you helped anyway? Don't you think I look freakish or unnatural?" Yasmine said in a tone of disbelief.
"Of course not. Those weird monsters in the woods are freakish and unnatural. You're ears look kinda cute, to be honest" Piper said honestly, staring at them intently. She'll never admit it out loud, but a small part of her wished that she had them too.
"C-Cute? Wow, you're the first humans here that actually complimented me. Heck, even talk to me like a person." she said with an awkward smile, rubbing a hand on her arm.
"Oh, my gods. She's like a teddy bear" Piper muttered, causing to Percy to chuckle.
"Are you guys here for the testing?" she asked.
"Testing?"
"Yeah. Since we don't have a hunting school nearby, Beacon usually send a person over to test out people with private tutors, or trained with family members." she explained.
Percy and Piper looked at each other and shrugged. "Well, we heard whispers of a school that teaches people how to kill these monsters, so we came here" Piper lied. They actually did learn about a school called Beacon Academy that taught people how to kill those monsters in the wood. It troubled them that these creatures are a big enough problem that there's school to teach teenagers to kill them. A place like Beacon could be useful for them. A school to teach them about this world, it's history, different kind of monsters, and the culture surrounding them. It would be perfect for them.
"You came at a good time. Kinda. The person that was supposed to come, is a bit late. The airship hasn't even arrived" she said with annoyance.
"Well, we're gonna look for our friend. You're welcome to join us." Piper said.
Jasmine looked surprised and looked down in slight embarrassment. "Um, I don't know. I-I don't want to be a burden"
Percy smiled at her and put an arm around her shoulder. She flinched at the contact, thinking she's about to get hit, but the lopsided smile on Percy's face eased her worries.
"You're not going to be a burden. Annabeth would be thrilled to meet you." Percy said, leading the girl to town.
Walking around with a Faunus finally got the town from ignoring them to downright just glaring at them. It was disappointing to the demigods that humanity in any world would discriminate and segregate anything different from their view of normal. It also made them feel a bit lucky that the existence of demigods was a secret back home. They don't even want to think about what humans would do if they found out.
Yasmine continued to look down, trying not to make eye contact with anyone, biting her lips slightly. Whenever some idiot feels brave enough to confront her, one 'wolf' glare from Percy made them run in the opposite direction. Piper looked downright murderous at the treatment Jasmine was getting. She remembered the stories her grandmother gave about her childhood and finally understood what she went through.
It took them a while, but they found Annabeth in front of the largest building in town. From the look of the professional looking people and guards, the demigods would guess that this is some sort of government building. They instantly cringed at the sight. Neither ever had good experience with them. Either getting in trouble with the law or accidentally flooding three floors on a school trip.
Annabeth noticed them and ran towards them, with a huge smile on her arms was a large book that made Percy's head hurt looking at it. "This place is amazing"
Percy looked at her skeptically. Amazing wouldn't be the word to describe the town. "Really?"
"Well, the world is. This town is quite terrible actually. Very unwelcoming to outsiders. I don't know what a Faunus is, but after seeing a few signs on stores banning them, I don't think this town is very open-minded." Annabeth said. "But they do have good entertainment. I just saw two guys aggressively flirting with an old lady."
"Two sailors?"
"Yeah... How did you know?"
"Heh."
Annabeth narrowed her eyes at the two, before turning her attention to Yasmine. She ducked her head instantly the moment those intimidating grey eyes were set upon her. "Who's this?"
"Oh, this is Yasmine. Yasmine, this is my girlfriend Annabeth" Percy introduced, pushing the shy girl gently towards Annabeth.
"H-Hi" she said softly.
"Hello. A pleasure to meet you" Annabeth said with a smile. It's nice to finally meet someone nice here. She examined the girl and could obviously tell that she's painfully shy and was not accustomed to talking to people. What caught Annabeth eyes was the pair of cat ears that was flattened against her head. Suddenly, all of the clues and confusing information that she gathered from the town made sense. "I'm guessing that you're what the locals would call a Faunus?"
"Y-yes"
"Kinda make sense. I guess Faunus are some sort of hybrid species between human and animals. Faunus does sound very similar to the word Fauna. Also, the Roman aspect of Pan is Faunus." Annabeth said, mostly talking to herself, completely ignoring the people in front of her.
"Don't mind her. She does this when she learns something new." Piper whispered to Yasmine.
"Wait, Pan had a Roman aspect? Didn't everyone assumed he kicked the bucket before... you know, actually kicking the bucket." Percy asked,
"The Romans still respected him and gave him a new name."Annabeth said, thinking how Grover would have been annoyed on how Percy talked about his Lord death.
"Guys. Maybe we shouldn't talk about home. You're confusing poor Yasmine here" Piper said, putting her arm around the girl.
"Well. I... borrowed this book from a library. It should have some basic information about the world. I'll read it later but first, we need to find a place to sleep."
"Yeah, I'm beat. Are we sleeping in the woods?" Percy asked. Oh, how he hated sleeping in the woods. Whenever he was a joint quest with the hunters, he was always miserable. Probably gonna be worse here with those monsters out there.
"Probably. We don't have any money to rent out a room at the inn" Annabeth shrugged.
"Y-You could stay with me" Yasmine spoke up, blushing at the intense attention the three demigods were giving her.
"We don't want to be a bother-" Percy started.
"No, it ok!" she interrupted a bit louder then she intended. "I'm living by myself for a while. My family already moved, so the house is a bit empty."
The demigods looked at each other and shrugged. They learned a long time ago to take what you can get. Annabeth stepped forward and gave the shy girl a smile. "Thank you for your hospitality."
"No problem. It's the least I could do for what you did for me. Plus since we're all taking the test, we should help each other."
Annabeth looked at Percy and raised an eyebrow. "Test?"
"Yeah. There's a school that teaches how people to kill those monsters and learn more about the world. I thought it would be neat to take the test to enter" Percy explained.
Annabeth looked at Percy impressed. "Wow, that actually a good plan. Good job" she said in a very patronizing tone.
Percy mockingly glared at her. "I could have good ones if I try"
"Yasmine, is there some sort of tuition we must pay?" Annabeth asked.
"No. Beacon pays for everything. I even heard that some students who don't even have a home are paid a stipend during their stay."
"Oh that would be good for us" Piper commented. She felt the hair on the back of her neck stand up and turned around to see a few people with various animal-like features, staring at them.
"That's good. But I rather not depend on this school for all of our monetary issues" Annabeth said. "We need to find out a way to make money on our own. What's the currency here, Yasmine?"
"Like everywhere else. Lien." Yasmine answered a bit confused by her question. How could she not know the official currency of Remnant?
"Hey Yasmine, why is all of the Faunus here staring at us?" Piper asked, gathering the attention of everyone. Yasmine looked around to see that Piper was right. Almost every Faunus that lived in this part of town has gathered around, staring at the newcomers. Some with smiles on their faces, while other looked at them with curiosity.
"Well... um, it's hard to explain" Yasmine blushed deeply as she tried to think of the words to explain.
"Try us"
"You don't smell human." The demigods stiffened up immediately. "Well, a bit human. There's this powerful scent around you that really overwhelms every human scent in the town. You smell amazing actually." Yasmine answered honesty.
Annabeth looked at her two companions and spoke in Greek. "They're very similar to Saytrs. This might be a problem for us in the future"
"There's also this aura around Percy and Annabeth. As if... nature supports you. Makes me feel safe, to be honest. Like you're very trustful. But Percy is a bit weirder"
"Oh?"
"It hard to explain. Most humans never experience these things and it's not part of their culture. It's like you're..." Yasmine paused for a moment, trying to find the right word. "...Royalty. I think that's the correct term."
"Royalty?"
Annabeth knew instantly what she meant and eyes narrowed at the implications. "Percy. Your dad"
"Oh yeah. I forget about that sometimes" Percy admitted.
"You forget that you're the prince of the-" Piper stopped talking when she saw the glare Annabeth was throwing at her.
"You're a prince?" Yasmine asked surprised.
"It's a long story. Hey, we should look for the representative for the test. Don't want to miss them before they leave" Percy said, changing the subject.
"If this person is also an outsider, they should be easily identifiable to you since you live here. We should just wander around and hope we bump into them" Annabeth said. With a nod from everyone, Annabeth led the group deeper into town.
It was a very strange sight for sure. Three strangers in armor walking around with a Faunus with a permanent blush on her face. Annabeth kept on asking questions about the world and the Faunus people, while Percy and Piper chimes in with questions about her cat-like features. Both were disappointed that she refused to answer if she could purr or gets affected by catnip. Annabeth handled creating their cover story whenever Yasmine asked them about where they came from. She kept it simple and easy to remember. The demigods came from a hidden island nation called Olympus and the three are here to learn more about the world.
They were currently walking through the Faunus part of town which looked a lot cleaner and in touch with nature. They caught the attention of every Fannus walking around and it was easy to see them sniffing the air as they walk by. The demigods felt a bit embarrassed at the attention but the trudge on. A few kids even ran to them, hugging their legs and asking dozens of questions before their parents collect them, apologizing profusely.
"So these monster that you are trained to kill-" Annabeth started.
"The Grimm?"
"That's their name? That's kinda cool" Percy said.
"What can you tell us about them?" Annabeth asked.
"Um, they are mindless creatures that have targeted humans and Faunus, for as long we could remember. They come in many shapes and sizes. Um... they can sense the negative emotions coming from us and it helps them track people. We don't really know that much about their biology because they disintegrate after death, but we know that they don't need to eat to survive."
"So they kill for no reason?" Percy asked. This sounds just like the monsters back home.
"As far as we know? Yes."
"Is there any theories on their origins?" Piper asked.
"There's one theory that they are the evil spirits inhabiting animals. A lot believe that one of the gods created them after humanity and Faunus were born, out of spite." Yasmine explained.
This caught Annabeth interest. "Gods? There's a pantheon that the people of Remnant follow?"
"Not a lot anymore. But you can find a church in every major city and towns."
"That's interesting. I'll need to research them more. Might answer some stuff" Annabeth muttered.
"Have you guys never encounter a Grimm on your island?" Yasmine asked. These strangers are very odd. They look like they're ready for war, and don't even smell human, and they act like they never encounter a Grimm before.
"Where we come from, there's no Grimm." Piper said.
Yasmine's eyes widened at the information "Really? I never heard of a human settlement never encountering a Grimm. But you carry weapons and armor?"
"For protection. Our people are a proud warrior race." Annabeth explained.
"GRIMM!" a voice yelled from up ahead. "GRIMM ARE COMING!". The group looked forward to seeing a man in white armor that was torn in multiple places, caked in blood, running down the street. Instantly almost everyone in the street ran into the closest building, while some took out weapons.
Percy hand twitched over his pocket and gave Annabeth, Yasmine, and Piper a look. "Shall we?" They nodded and took off running down the street, past the soldier.
"It would be nice to analyze how they fight. Yasmine, what's your fighting style?" Annabeth asked.
"I usually stay behind with my sniper" she answered.
They made it to the edge of town that bordered a large forest. From deep within the dark woods, they could hear growling and howls that sound too demonic to be a wolf.
"But you don't have a sniper" Piper pointed out. Yasmine ginned at her and took out her emerald duel axes. She brought the pummel of both axes together, and something that would have been normal in the Transformer cartoon happened. The weapons deconstructed into a bunch of small moving parts, and turned into a large barrel sniper, with four different magazines attached around the body.
"Ok, that is one of the coolest things I have ever seen." Percy said. Yasmine beamed in pride, while Annabeth stared at the weapon with stars in her eyes. The weapon expert in her wanted to take it apart and learn how it worked.
"Thanks. I build it myself. I call it Dream-Killer. Mostly because I blow up their heads." Yasmine said with a sheepish smile.
Before they could ask her more question about her weapon, three Grimm came out of the treeline. They looked like a more mature version of the ones Percy killed when he first woke up.
"What can you tell us about these Grimm, Yasmine?" Annabeth asked, taking out her Drakon sword from the sheath on her back.
"Beowolves. Usually travels in a pack so there's probably more coming. These seem older, so they're more patient, smarter, and agile. Hopefully, the Alpha is already taken care of."
"Alright, Yasmine climb that water tower over there to get a vantage point. Shoot any stragglers, and lead them to towards us. We'll handle any that tries to come into town." Percy commanded, pointing at a water tower on top of a small building. Yasmine nodded and took off running. Shocking the demigods, she took one big leap and landed on top of the small building.
"Damn" Piper said, with a very impressed tone.
"Yeah" Annabeth agreed.
"Girls, the wolf monsters." Percy reminded, uncapping Riptide and activating his shield.
"Pack maneuver 2?" Piper offered.
"Yep." It was a basic offensive attack plan against a small pack of Hellhounds. The person with the shield gathers the monsters attention, while the other demigods cover their back. and attackfrom different angels as they are distracted.
"These Beowolves are a lot smaller then Hellhounds, so that might not be necessary. We could just take one and kill them" Annabeth said.
BOOM!
The demigods look to the side to see a Grimm that looked like a boar, lying on the ground before it started disintegrating. The Beowolves got tired of waiting and rushed the demigods, with a roar. Percy ran forward to meet them and slammed his shield against the head of the Grimm leading the charge, before ducking under a swipe of the second one and stabbing into the chest of the last one in the back. He turned back to see Piper and Annabeth easily taking care of the last two, before he heard breathing ducked down instinctively, barely missing a swipe of a large paw. It was moments like these that he loved having ADHD and enhanced demigods instinct. He spun around and swiped Riptide into his attacker's bowels with ease. Percy jumped back to see the same bear Grimm that Piper killed before, falling down with a pitiful groan. Percy stabbed through its head and walked back to the girls, who were taking care of these small scorpions the size of dogs, with a golden stinger.
Three more shots from the top of the building rang out, killing more Grimm that where running away from the demigods, towards the docks.
"Man I want something like that" Percy commented, dodging the boar Grimm that spun along its spine.
"You can barely shoot an arrow straight" Annabeth said, stabbing through the top of the scorpion.
"Well, a sniper has a scope" Percy countered.
"You'll somehow manage to shoot backward. Even Artemis is confused about why you suck." Annabeth ducked under a Beowolf claw and stabbed her sword through its throat.
"I'm hungry." Piper spoke up. She just killed another boar Grimm and instantly thought about bacon.
"Yeah, me too. That pizza the other night was terrible" Percy said, scanning the area for more Grimm. There were a few stragglers in the distance, but where easily taken care of by Yasmine. Suddenly a loud roar caught all of their attention and a large Beowolf the size of an adolescent Hellhound burst through the tree line. It was slightly different from the ones they were just killing, with it being covered in more of the bone-like armor and spines. It had a more angular skull, larger teeth, and sharp triangular ears. Its red eyes burned with hatred as it realized its pack was dead.
"I'm guessing, that's the Alpha." Annabeth said.
"You should watch out" Yasmine yelled from the water tower. "Alpha's are usually experienced in fighting hunters. They learn from past battles"
"So they have higher brain functions" Annabeth muttered. "Percy you have a shield, you go first."
"Thanks for the opportunity" Percy said sarcastically. He raised his sword and shield and slowly made his way to the Grimm. The Alpha roared and rushed Percy, with one arm aiming to cut his head off. Percy ducked under the arm and turned quickly turned around to swipe his sword. To his surprise, the Alpha dodged the swipe and tried an overhand swipe, but Percy intercepted the strike with his shield. The Alpha tried to wretched the shield off over Percy's wrist, but Tyson made this one survive anything short of an Olympian.
Another gunshot rang out and suddenly the arm clutching the shield started to completely freeze over. Percy seeing the opportunity, spun Riptide around in his hand and smashed the arm with the pommel of his sword, completely shattering it. The Grimm roared in pain and staggered back. Not giving it anytime for it to recover, Annabeth quickly sprinted towards it and slid on the floor, under the swipe of its remaining arm. With one powerful strike, she completely cut through the beast left leg.
The Beowolf roared in pain and leaned on his remaining arm the stay upright. Without missing a beat, Annabeth quickly stood up, spun around, and stabbed her sword right through the base of its neck, with a sickening sound.
Piper cleaned up the remaining Grimm with the help of Yasmine and surveyed the area. "Are we clear?" Piper called out.
"Yes. There's nothing left in the woods." Yasmine yelled back. She then proceeded to collapsed Dream Killer into duel ax form and jumped off the water tower.
Piper turned to Percy and Annabeth, both with a grimace on their faces. "Are you guys ok?".
Percy who was messaging his arms, grunted in pain. "Yeah. Man my arm hurts"
"My back is killing me" Annabeth complained, stretching to crack her back. "I guess focusing on studying and making blueprints for the past couple of months made us a bit rusty."
"Rusty!?" Yasmine exclaimed loudly. "I have never seen someone take down that many Grimm and an Alpha to boot, without breaking a sweat"
"Indeed. That was quite impressive" A voice spoke up. The group turned to see dozens of weapon ready Faunus gaping at them in shock and awe. At the front of the growing crowd, was a middle age blond women with light blond hair tied in a bun, and oval-shaped glasses. She wore a long-sleeved white top and black high waisted pencil skirt. What really completes the look, well in Percy's eyes, was the sweet black and purple cape.
"Am I the only one who's getting flashbacks to their strict middle school teachers?" Percy muttered. Only Piper nodded and instinctively went behind Annabeth.
"Are you the representative from Beacon, ma'am?" Yasmine asked politely.
"Yes, I am. My name is Glynda Goodwitch. I assume you four are the ones I was supposed to scout out? Though I do remember there was only one applicate in this town" she said with a raised eyebrow. Both and Percy and Piper had the urge to run before she gave out detentions.
Annabeth stepped in front of the group and stared at the women straight in the eye. "My name is Annabeth Chase. My companion and I are travelers from a distant island and we just came across this town. When we learned that there's an elite academy training hunters, we just couldn't resist finding a way to enter. We just got a bit distracted trying to find you."
Glynda examined the four intensely, before staring at the three demigods weapons. They looked like something a soldier from a century ago would use and no visible secondary function."Your weapons are peculiar. I rarely see weapons cut through an Alpha hide and bone armor as if they were butter."
"They're made of rare special metal from our homeland" Annabeth answered. Percy got to give her props for making anything sound believable. She must have gotten that skill by creating the habit of lying to gods while she worked on Olympus.
Glynda narrowed her eyes at Annabeth, who was not affected at all. Her mother gaze is far more intimidating.
Glynda sighed in annoyance. She knew that these teens would be a valuable addition to Beacon. Heck, they should probably stay together as a team. From what she saw, it looked as if they've been fighting together for years. This type of team cohesion is very rare amongst even the second year students. To convince Ozpin of this would be a headache and a lot of paperwork. Especially since this year, Ozpin believed something 'big' was going to happen and does not want to take any unnecessary risk. She took out her scroll and sends a quick text to Ozpin before turning her gaze at the four.
Before she could get a word in, a Faunus with antlers and a large hammer stepped up.
"Hello, Jace" Yasmine greeted.
"Good day Yasmine. From the bottom of our hearts, we thank you" he said, bowing his head. The rest of Faunus population followed suit instantly.
"Oh boy, they're bowing" Percy said.
"Hey, some of us never had people bow to them before. Let me enjoy this" Piper said with a grin. Percy just covered his face.
"It was nothing Jace. We're just happy that your safe" Annabeth said with a smile.
"You have saved many lives here today. Just know that we will always remember your kindness and others will know as well" Jace said with a smile before walking back to town with the rest of the townspeople.
"It is important for hunters to have good relations with the locals. Makes our job a lot easier" Glynda commented before clearing her throat. "Well, I came here to evaluate one applicate but I'm very impressed with what I've witnessed. Although this is a very unorthodox way of recruiting students, I believe there will room for you at Beacon. Since we value quality over quantity unlike other kingdoms, the number of hunters in training and active hunters have always been on the low side."
"Thank you for the oppurtunity" Annabeth said.
Glynda nodded and looked at her watch. "Although this was a lot faster than anticipated, we just missed the last airship to Vale. We will meet tomorrow morning and take the first ship out of here. If you have any questions, I'll be at the local inn" and without another word, she turned around walked back into town.
Yasmine was buzzing with excitement and smiled widely at the four demigods. "We were so cool. I can't believe we actually got in!"
"Didn't think you would?" Percy asked.
"No. I'm nowhere near a good as some of the hunters here, and I had to teach myself everything."
"Nobody taught you?" Piper asked shocked.
"No. If you haven't noticed yet, I'm not a people person" Yasmine said sheepishly. "Anyway, since we're staying for one more day here, I should show you where I live". She grabbed Annabeth and Piper hand and dragged the two back to town, with Percy closely behind. Percy shook his head at the very exited Faunus. Just an hour ago, she looked mortified at talking to anyone.
Located at the edge of the Faunus ghetto, Yasmine house wasn't anything special. It was once a bakery that was popular amongst the Faunus population and the humans that weren't bigoted. Now it has long since packed up after Yasmine family have moved to Menagerie, the Faunus 'safe haven', with only Yasmine living here alone while she took her test. It always saddens the girl and makes her cringe whenever she walked into the now empty storefront. The once warm and homely atmosphere has long disappeared, leaving a blank slate for any new owners.
Currently, Piper and Annabeth lay side by side on the bed they were giving, watching Percy as he took off his armor. The demigods have been assigned the master bedroom due to it being the only room with a bed, other then Yasmine's. After a brief dinner and small geography lesson, everyone retired for the day. Yasmine was worried that they were forced to share the same room but the demigods waved off her concerns. They were used to sharing crapped spaces and wouldn't be uncomfortable for them to share a bed.
Percy thanked his lucky stars that Piper isn't on the list of girls Annabeth would punch if they snuggled with him.
"So we're in another world" Percy started.
"Yes" Annabeth confirmed.
"Filled with animal people, weird shadow monsters, and ninja schools?"
"Yep" Piper said, trying to not stare at Percy's muscles as he took off his sweater.
"Why would the gods do this?" Percy asked,
"Maybe it wasn't them" Annabeth stated.
"Kidnapping people while they're having amazing dreams, is kinda their M.O" Percy countered.
"What kind of dream you were having?" Piper asked with a raised eyebrow.
Percy gave a smirk. "Do you really want to know?" Piper looked at him surprised at the blatant flirty tone, while Annabeth shook her head in amusement.
"He's messing with you, Piper" Annabeth said. "And it wouldn't be wise to take us off Earth. If there was a threat, we would be one of the biggest assets the Olympians have. Wouldn't make sense to take us off it. Also, our parents have given us their word that they would try their hardest to give us peace, or at least give us warning ahead of time."
"So how in Hades did we come here?" Piper asked.
"I don't know. We don't have enough information." Annabeth said with a sigh. "Although, Yasmine told me that there is a variety of pantheons that is part of different kingdoms cultures. From our experience, there is a possibility that at least some are real."
"You think that the gods here might have kidnapped us?" Percy asked. He's gonna get a headache with all of these gods from different pantheon he's keep encountering. 'Keeping our world separate my ass' he thought bitterly.
Annabeth looked down, deep in thought. "Perhaps. Like I said, we have limited knowledge about everything. Once we get to Beacon and situate ourselves, I'll research everything we need to know about this planet."
Percy laid down next to Annabeth and put his arm around her shoulders. She instantly leaned her body against his. "We need a game plan. I have feeling that we're gonna be here for a while."
"We need money." Piper said. "Lots of it."
"There's plenty of way of getting money easily when you're a demigod. Both legally and illegally." Annabeth said with a smirk. "I think between Piper and myself, we could get what we need." Back at camp, Chiron just recently reopened classes on how to efficiently earn money, in a world that makes it harder for demigods to succeed. Legality be damned. Athena cabin has already considered 'money making' essential to battle strategies and the Hermes cabin already drew up heist plans.
"We need allies." Percy added. "We should have people that we could trust to cover our backs."
"Well we met Yasmine, and she's nice and a bit adorable" Piper said with a chuckle. "And it seems like we could make friends with Faunus very easily. What was that about the whole 'aura' thing that Yasmine said she could sense off of you?"
"Don't know. She could sense that I'm the prince of the seas somehow, but I don't know what she meant about 'Nature supports us'" Percy said with a small shrug. Both Annabeth and Percy tried to think of an explanation of Yasmine words. 'Nature supports you'.
"Percy?" Annabeth spoke up. "Remember when Pan faded away?"
"Unfortunately"
"Just before he...died, he gave all of us a bit of his power, Grover the most"
"And Grover got a cool power boost and a very irritating scream" Percy said.
"This might be his blessing. To make wildlife work with us better and nature spirits trust us more. I always assumed it would just to help Grover convince Saytrs that Pan was dead." Annabeth explained. "I might be wrong and it's Grovers doing. He is the new Lord of the Wild and there have been discussions on Olympus to make him a God. I wouldn't be surprised if he did some sort of nature magic on us when we're weren't paying attention."
"There is a precedent." Percy agreed.
"It's concerning that the Faunus population could sense this and know that we're not humans," Piper commented. "Could make our stay in Beacon uncomfortable. Someone might rat us out the teachers"
"Nothing we could do about that. I'm more concern if the Grimm could smell us. My first encounter with one was obviously hesitant about fighting me." Percy said, recalling his first encounter with the Grimm. "They could also sense that we're not human, and maybe they could smell us out like the monsters back home."
"That is something we should experiment with later. Hopefully, our time in Beacon should enlighten us on some of the rules that we need to play here in Remnant." Annabeth said before letting out a huge yawn. "But for now we should sleep. Big day tomorrow.
"Yeah, an airship" Percy said, obviously dreading to the method of transportation. He hoped that some version of Zeus with a different name isn't waiting on the opportunity to smite him. Piper snickered at the thought of Percy panicking on the ship. She pulled up the blanket over the demigods and snuggled closer to Annabeth. This wasn't the first time she slept in the same bed as the couples. Long nights of studying, movie and game nights, and just hanging around, made the two comfortable with her sharing their bed in their small cramped apartment.
The next day, Percy woke up with the sun lighting glaring into his eyes. He groaned in annoyance and turned to the side to see that he was the only one left in the room. He swore and quickly jumped out of the bed and put his clothes an armor back on. Percy rushed down the stair, adjusting his armor straps, and made it outside to see Annabeth, Piper, and Yasmine talking to Jace. The streets were busy, with the entire Faunus population out holding boxes, suitcases, and tools.
"Thanks for waking me up" Percy said, catching their attention.
"You looked too cute and we thought you should have an extra hour." Annabeth said kissing him on the cheek.
"What going on here?" Percy asked.
"The Fanaus population are planning on leaving this town and move to Menagerie" Annabeth explained.
"What? Why?"
"This is the third attack this month and the biggest one yet. We have asked the council hundreds of times to increase military presence and defense on this side of town, but all have been denied." Jace explained, with a murderous look. "Yesterday have been one of the biggest attacks yet and if you haven't arrived, many of us would have died. We're done being the humans' meat shield."
"Well then, good luck" Percy said offering his hand which Jace accepted.
"And to you too. We will always remember your bravery and the people of Menagerie will know as well. " and with that, Jacke picked up a large rucksack from the ground and walked left towards the docks.
"We should go too. Mrs. Goodwitch is waiting at the airships" Yasmine said. She picked up a small compact suitcase and started walking deeper into town and the Demigods followed suit.
The demigods noticed a few things as they walked down the street that was a bit interesting. Some of the more bigoted humans were drinking in public, dancing and celebrating for getting rid of the pests. While a portion was now looking at the now abandoned former Faunus ghetto with apprehension.
"Some of the smarter people here realized that they lost very good assets to the town" Yasmine said. There was this look in her eyes that clearly showed that she was enjoying their uneasiness. "A lot of the Faunus were former hunters that helped whenever there was an attack. This town just lost at least 30% of their reserved hunters and currently have one large section unguarded."
"Unless they completely change their defense strategy or spend a part of their budget on hunters, this town is in trouble" Annabeth predicted.
"Yep. I wish I could see their faces when they realize their mistakes." Yasmine said with a bit of glee. The demigods looked at each other with slight concern. They could understand her frustration and grudge against this town. they literally drove the Faunus away, but they hoped that she didn't hate humans.
They finally made it to the dock and saw that Goodwitch was talking to some women in a uniform. She noticed the four future hunters and huntresses and finished her conversation.
"Good, you're on time. The airship is just about to leave for Beacon. We should arrive at the same time as the other first-year students coming from Vale. Do you have what you need?" Glynda asked, obviously glaring at the three demigods lack of suitcases, and wearing the same clothes as the day before.
"Only the clothes on our back" Percy said with a smile.
"Where's your sword and shield Percy? They disappeared after the battle yesterday." Yasmine asked, looking Percy over. After seeing the demigods battle, she had an urge to grab their weapons and put them under a microscope to see what they're made out of.
Percy smiled and took Riptide out of his pockets to show Glynda and Yasmine the golden legendary weapon.
"It's a pen" Glynda said in a deadpan tone.
"A great pen" Percy said, a bit offended.
"I thought you were going to show us your weapon" Yasmine whined.
"There's an old saying back home. The pen is mightier than the sword"
"Wise words" Glynda agreed. "But against the monster that prowls in the night, its useless"
"For Zeus sake, Percy show them the sword" Piper said impatiently. She really wants to see their reaction.
Percy sighed dramatically and uncapped Riptide. The Pen quickly disappear and in its place, was the legendary glowing bronze sword.
Both Glynda and Yasmine stared at the sword in shock. "That's impossible. To fit the sword of that size in an object that small with no visual moving parts, that's not possible." Yasmine muttered.
"Kinda cool huh. Still figuring it out. Just recently learned that I can actually use it as a pen. I think I can turn it into anything if I could just figure out the controls" Percy said casually, spinning the sword in his hands.
"I picked the pen last night and it wasn't heavy at all. How did you reduce the mass?" Yasmine asked, taking a closer look at the sword.
"Magic" was Percy simple explanation. In other words, he had no idea. Percy did take an elective in magical crafting and smithing which he had the nack at, yet hasn't quite mastered the art of collapsing large objects into something much smaller. Zoe Nightshade was a master craftswoman.
"Aw come on" Yasmine complained.
"Perhaps you should talk about on the airship. We should get going now." Glynda interjected before walking away towards the ship.
"Yay. Airships" Percy cheered weakly.
"I'm sure Zeus won't zap you here" Piper tried to comfort.
"You don't know. Can't I just swim there? Maybe I could talk to some fishes, meet some mermaids"
"You could talk to fish?" Yasmine asked, giving him a weird look.
At the same time, Annabeth and Piper asked. "Why do you want to talk to mermaids?"
"Yes, and because people love talking to this amazing face, especially mermaids"
The quartet settles down on the airship seats once they safely stored Yasmine suitcases. Th ship lurched forward and Percy clenched Annabeth hand tightly and closed his eyes. Piper noticing that a panicked Percy is not that great sight, grabbed his other hand and gave a comforting squeeze.
"Is talking to fishes your semblance?" Yasmine asked.
Percy opened one eye and stared at her. "My what?"
"Your semblance. Maybe you guys call it something different from where you come from." Yasmine continued.
"What's a semblance?" Annabeth asked.
"It's a special ability that people gain once they unlock their aura" Yasmine explained.
"You know, you can't explain a term by using another term that we don't know" Piper said.
"What? Aura?" Yasime then stood up in shock and stared at the three Demigods. "You guys didn't unlock you're Aura!? How? That fight yesterday should have been one-sided then"
"I'm interested as well." Glynda spoke up from the opposite side of the ship. "I'm not comfortable bringing children that haven't even unlocked their Aura"
"Can someone explain to us what Aura is?" Percy asked frustrated. He felt like when he was the first-year camper at Camp Half-blood, and everyone kept talking as if he knew everything about the Greek world.
Yasmine clears her throat and stood up straight. "Basically, Aura is the manifestation of your soul that can help augment your abilities, strength, speed, and defense. Most hunters use aura as a shield against Grimm or other hunters attacks. It could also improve our reflex and agility."
"So that how you jumped so high onto the building?" Piper asked.
"Yep."
"So you'll obtain a Semblance once you unlock your Aura. How are they connected? " Annabeth asked. Her mind already creating strategies on how Aura could be beneficial to them. Demigods already had enhanced strength, speed and reflexes and getting this 'Aura' could give them an edge they needed to stay on top of this world.
"Semblance is a more tangible representation of one's Aura. It can be fueled and enhanced by Aura" Glynda explained.
"Interesting. Back where we're from, we have people with abilities that usually comes from lineage." Annabeth started. "For example, our friend Katie and her family could control the forces of nature. We don't have Aura, but our bodies different from most humans and we use Celestial Bronze armor, which is nearly impossible to damage through normal means"
"Also we're trained not to get hit" Percy quipped.
"Your home sounds interesting." Glynda commented.
"How do you unlock Aura?" Piper asked.
"There's a variety of different ways, but the most common one is to get someone you trust to activate for you." Yasmine explained. "Jace unlocked mine for me when I first started training"
"Perhaps you should wait until we arrive." Glynda suggested. "Unlocking one's Aura would be taxing to both participants."
For the next few hours, the small group talked about their homes, the world and most of all, Beacon Academy. Annabeth was soaking every information like a sponge, while Percy and Piper spoke to their fellow students that the Airship has picked up along the way. Some were first years like them, and others were second years. Percy still feeling a bit sick, moved to one of the windows and put his head against it. He looked down to see the ocean that looked a thousand times cleaner than the Hudson Bay. Percy had to fight the urge to open the window and jump in, and the sound of fishes trying to entice him didn't work. Curious to see if his powers still worked, Percy focused on the water. To his surprise, a massive bubble of water the size of a garbage truck shot out of the ocean and hovered in the air. Percy stared at it for a few seconds before letting it back down once the fishes inside started to complain.
"That's odd" Percy muttered.
"What's up?" Piper asked, leaning back against the window
"My connection with the sea is way more powerful then it should be. It feels like I could lift up the entire ocean with a thought" Percy described.
"Maybe since there's no sea god here that's in control" Piper guessed. "I guess my powers are going a bit weird too"
"How?"
"Back in town, I could sense the emotions off of some of the civilians there. Happiness, bitterness, and sadness." Piper said. "Also I got a stain on my dress yesterday from dinner and with a thought, it disappeared. I think I'm developing more of my mother's powers. I was about to mention this when we arrive at Beacon"
"Are we inheriting our parent's domains here?" Percy asked.
Piper scrunched up her nose "Don't know. Gods, I'm so not meddling in people love life."
Annabeth walked up behind Percy and snaked an arm around his waist. "Guys we're almost there. I can't wait."
Percy grinned at her enthusiasm and put an arm around her shoulders. "Ninja schools are guarantee cool."
"I heard that the architectures are unrivaled in the world. People make it sound like its a Disney castle." Annabeth said.
"So what are we doing when we arrive?" Piper asked.
"Well from what I learned, we will be subjected to a test to get our partners and teams. You stay on the same team for the rest of your career and some stay together after they graduate. However, Miss. Goodwitch said that we might be exempt due to witnessing our fight yesterday." Annabeth explained.
"It's great that we're staying together. Though we might need to tell Yasmine the truth one day if we're staying together for four years." Percy said.
"Of course. Once we get to know her better, we'll tell her." Annabeth agreed. "Now, we will get a monthly stipend from the school that would cover clothing, food, cleaning equipment, and other necessities. One of the second year students showed me a map of the city and there's a few money making opportunity there that I plan to exploit."
"Lot's of gambling eh?" Percy said with a grin.
Annabeth gave him a smirk and looked at Piper. "Of course. With Piper help, they can't kick us out if we win too much. If one well dries up, then we move to the next gambling den or casino. Maybe online poker too." Piper narrowed her eyes at Annabeth. his sounded way to plan out, but before she could voice her opinion, Glynda voice called everyone to attention.
"We're about to approach Beacon Academy. Please prepare yourselves for departure."
Percy grabbed Annabeth hand and gave her a grin. "New adventure, Wise Girl?"
Annabeth gave a smirk at the rapidly approaching castle in the distance. "New adventure."
A/N: If Annabeth and Piper had a semblance, what do you think it would be? I have a few ideas. What about Yasmine's? I hope you guys like the idea of Faunus detecting the Demigod scent. I think it would make life interesting for the trio. Pairing is Percy/Annabeth obviously, but I'm leaning on making this a quartet relationship, just because I never wrote one and there's isn't a lot out there (that isn't smut). Don't know yet.
Please review, favorite and follow. Sorry for any spelling and grammar mistakes. I really need a Beta. Thank you.
