Percy woke up groggily to the hushed whispers of two very familiar voices he hadn't heard in a long time. In fact it'd been so long it almost sounded like one of the voices was... higher pitched? He closed his eyes and waited for the after sleep confusion to pass, the gods knew he wasn't a morning person. He could barely count how many people he'd almost decapitated because they'd woken him up from one of his more... unpleasant nightmares.
"You're not supposed to even know about that, and why do you think this boy has something to do with it?" A voice most definitely male and really familiar said.
"I can just feel it in my bones. You seriously can't tell me you don't feel it too?"
Percy tried to listen some more into the conversation but his body seemed to not want to respond to his commands and he felt his eyelids drooping, he hadn't felt like this in a long time after years of running he didn't really need to sleep that much and his body got used to that, now that he thought of it something about his body felt different it was familiar yet different. He didn't get to think any much more on what it was as he drifted into a rather peaceful sleep.
"Perce, wake up bro. You've been sleeping too long man." Percy woke up to the unmistakable sound of Grover's voice.
"Why do you soun-" Percy froze, was that sound coming from him. The undeniable sound of a pre-pubescent child.
He looked up at Grover and standing in front of him was not the man who he had become. The man who had discarded his reed pipes and instead learned to wield a sword and many other very lethal weapons to aid Percy when he had hit rock bottom. No, standing there was a shadow of the man he was yet to be, standing in front of him was Grover the scared of his own shadow kid.
"What's wrong Perce?" younger Grover asked.
Percy wanted to reply, but his thoughts were rapidly coming up with conclusions that would help him figure out how he had ended up where he was now. He slowly raised his arms, what he had long grown used to were the scarred but sturdy hands of his older self, but what he ended up seeing were the weak flimsy hands of his pre-teen self.
Before he panicked and ended up hurting himself or others, Percy quickly, but swiftly moved himself into a meditative position ignoring Grover's questioning gaze. He retreated into his mind to a place he had found out about during his travels, it was what he dubbed his 'mindscape', the manifestation of his mind.
He looked around at the serene place that was his mind it had changed wonderfully since he had first set foot in here. It used to be a place that had books, toys, and the whole lot of things scattered around. All things that held any significance to him. It had taken him years to make the place right. He first learned that the things in here held memories of past experience and when touched would automatically send him into a relapse of the memory.
After he had found out how to not get suckered into the memory when he touched anything he had to figure out a way to sort them. Every object was so different it was hard to sort them. Then he learned a neat trick, he could change any object he wanted into something easier to sort. So he made a library. First he constructed his most insignificant memory into the building. After all if the place was raided he didn't want to be found out and have his memories viewed by anybody.
So he set out making a library. All the books had titles to them the more important memories though we're not held in the library shelves they were hidden beneath the floors of the library. This place had proved to be a boon to Percy because when he reviewed a memory it seemed even the things he didn't see were included he guessed it had something to do with his godly side. So whenever he had a fight he could watch it over from a third person's perspective.
After a while the place became self-sorting and it grew. It became more than just a little library with Percy's memories it became a world. Everything began sorting even better than what Percy had originally. Instead of his fights being in a book inside of the library they were in an arena where Percy could fight the same enemies again. It wasn't accurate with the fighting styles since he didn't know all they're moves, but it guessed how the person would fight if ever there was a rematch. It had saved Percy's life many times over.
Looking around the place, it was beautiful. From the little lake where he had built his arena inside. To the serene pond that Japanese like style to it. This was Percy's special place.
Getting a hold of himself, Percy went back to doing what he came here for.
"Old man!?" Percy yelled. "Are you here!?"
"Quit your yapping, I was just taking a nap." Then walking out of a little cottage he had placed off to the side appeared a middle-aged man with white hair, he was built like a gymnast, strong yet agile.
"And why do you chose to use that abhorrent nickname you've dubbed onto myself" the old man questioned though already knowing the answer.
"Well like I've said the last hundred times, I can't call you gramps. That's Kronos. Can't call you great gramps either. That's Ouranus, and calling you great-great gramps is just annoying so I'll settle with old man!" Percy said smiling.
"Whatever, anyways, I know why your here and I'll explain some things. Hmm where should I start? OK I got it. It's all your fault get on with your life." The old man said already turning around to leave.
"How does that explain anything?" Percy asked.
"Hmm, oh yeah, well you have a brain use it and come up with the conclusion yourself." The man said.
"Well, I remember an explosion then ending up here. So it probably had something to do with the explosion. Umm then there's the fact that the explosion didn't come from somewhere outside it almost seemed like I exploded. Coupled with the fact that you said it was all my fault I guess I did explode, but that doesn't explain the reason I ended up here." Percy replied trying to figure things out.
"OK that was a reasonable enough deduction from the information you had. Hell a lot better than 'I don't know' you always gave me. Made me think you were stupid or something. "The man said laughing.
"Hey it wasn't my fault I was so goofy when I first came here. Besides, why was it that I got so much smarter after I got here, does that apply to everyone?" Percy asked curiously.
"Don't be stupid boy, you didn't get smarter. You were always smart this just help clear your mind this is how all minds are supposed to be, you were just a special case. Your brain was thinking too fast too even categorize everything that's why you had to come here and manual do it yourself. You're actually way above average in intelligence, as much as I hate to say it your nearly- no you are a genius. You just don't put that brain of yours to use much." The man said. It made Percy happy hearing that from him after years of only hearing berating this was a nice change. He wasn't going to let this chance slide though.
"Hmm I didn't quite here your second last statement, would you mind repeating it." Percy feigned innocence. This was probably the only time the man would ever compliment him he wouldn't let it go to waste.
"Quit your idiocy!" The man said pulling out a stick from nowhere and swinging it at Percy, who had seen it coming and was already some distance away.
"OK I won't talk but you should expect that memory to be the commercial for the movies you watch for the next couple of weeks." Percy said happily.
"Whatever boy. Now let's discuss the reason you're really here. OK so you're right about you blowing up but you don't know why you blew up or the reason you ended up where you are. Well you blew up because you were harnessing too much energy for a long period of time which your mortal body could not handle." The man paused expecting questions from Percy. Sure enough Percy was already asking the question.
"But don't I always have that much power in me?" Percy asked confused.
"You're correct, sort of. You do always have that power in you but it's usually dormant. When you used it all at once it blew your body up and sent you into the past." He knew there'd be no questions with that particular subject. Percy knew the consequences of energy being released too much too quickly. He was lucky he didn't immediately die. Which is what would have happened if he wasn't there.
"OK I get it. So how exactly do we keep this from happening again?" Percy asked.
"Hmm that well just channel excess energy into your sword, isn't that what it was made for? When that becomes too much you channel the rest into the ocean. It would probably help with-" the man was cut off by Percy.
"Wait hold on, explain first how that would help wouldn't it just be a waste?" Percy asked.
"Well no it wouldn't. Channeling energy into your element helps with your control over it. It's like charging a battery. The gods do it all the time. After all how do you think they stop rebellions although most of them have stopped, they're getting rather arrogant into they're abilities. I believe Poseidon and Hades are the only ones that still do. Poseidon because any slip up from himself could cause Oceanus to win in a war although I think he's being overly cautious even if he stopped for centuries Oceanus would have no chance." He was cut off again.
"Why are you so sure about that?" Percy questioned.
"Well it's because of the way they channel they're power into the ocean. Poseidon spreads it all over the whole ocean while Oceanus does it into a little part of it. Yet they're power concentrations are the same. Oceanus should be way more since he has a smaller part. It's just because Poseidon is that much stronger. "The man said ready for another question.
"But why did Oceanus did almost win that last war?" Percy asked.
"Well that's also your fault. Poseidon performed a ritual that would cause you to be protected. He made a mistake and accidentally called me into you, which is why I'm stuck inside you until I die since I have to protect you. Even that wouldn't have taken so much power from him but it's because I was sealed by my children so he had to break the seal made by primordial beings so that sapped him. That coupled with the fact that Oceanus attacked with a lot of the minor power hungry sea gods really messed him up." The man replied.
"Why does Hades still do the power thing then?" Percy asked.
"Hmm well Hades' realm is a special case. He's doing the same thing Oceanus is doing except he doing while acquiring more of the Underworld. He would have finished by now but managing the dead is a really tricky job. Not to mention he had to be the judge of the dead for a bit before he managed to get others to. "The man said.
That made sense to Percy he had been in the Underworld, he had seen some of the side that wasn't conquered by Hades and he didn't want to think of how easily someone could get lost there forever.
"OK so, what now?" Percy asked not sure what he was supposed to do.
"Well, I'd think it was pretty obvious. You wake up and cause hell. You've been given a chance some would kill for. You honestly didn't think you'd have to keep things the exact same? And with me in you we can mess whatever we want up and tell the fates to shove it. Now you should probably wake up before that friend of yours loses it." The man replied.
"Oh yeah Grover. Hey, do you think-" Percy started.
"Well we certainly aren't keeping the blubbering fool the way he is now. Since you have all his memories because of the empathy link I think you should just shove those into him. "The man replied already knowing what Percy wanted.
Percy sighed in relief he'd hate to have to put up with the old Grover, he didn't exactly hat him but he sure liked the new one way better not to mention they had a better empathy link and bond in the future and the current one was so terrible it was laughable. In the future (past?) The empathy link had saved both their live tons of times he could practically see what Grover had seen.
"How-"
"Just concentrate on his memories and push them through the empathy link" the man explained knowing Percy's question.
Percy woke up just in time to catch a falling Grover.
"Ugh" Percy heard Grover groan after a few minutes.
"I need a freaking Big Mac." Grover groaned. Percy sighed in relief, this was the future Grover, in the future Grover had adopted Mr. Hedge's way of thinking and accepted things with meat although he never ate goat meat but that was a given. He learned to love McDonald's. That had Niko ecstatic though he never showed it.
"Get up G-man and I'm sorry to say you're not getting a Big Mac for a while." Percy laughed.
"Why would you keep me away from my own personal heaven?" Grover shot up grabbing Percy by the collar of his shirt before freezing as he took a good look at Percy's face.
"This is why." Percy said gesturing toward both of their bodies.
"What did you do?" Grover said.
"Why do you immediately assume I did something?" Percy pouted which in the future would have looked sort of childish but still manly, but now it was straight childish and Grover showed just what he thought of it judging by the way he burst out laughing.
"OK laugh it up I'm I kid, big deal." Percy said.
"Hehe, so like what's the situation?" Grover said after getting his laugh.
Instead of explaining Percy just sent him the conversation he had with the old man through the empathy link. It was a really useful thing, he was surprised not more people used it, but then considering most Satyr's weren't the fighting type it made sort of sense, but it could still be use as a way to send data in a war. Now that Percy thought about it he was definitely going to implement it during the war. It would cut down the deaths immensely when there was no miscommunication. Though he'd have to start it at least a year before the war, empathy links took bonding to get stronger. He'd have all the camp heads get one and he'd have to explain more about it. It was after all rarely used.
"OK so we could do whatever we want, change whatever we want and tell the fates to suck it. Did I miss anything?" Grover said calmly, but Percy could feel the same excitement from Grover that he felt. This would be awesome.
"Basically, do you feel like discussing how we do this? You know, make a plan." Percy suggested.
"..." They stared at each other for a good 30 seconds.
Then instantly burst out laughing. It's not like making a plan was a bad idea or anything, far from it in fact, but that wasn't the way he and Grover did things.
Grover picked up the shoebox he had brought in with him.
"Remember this? I was so surprised when you first beat the Minotaur, but when you think of what you faced after all that it's not so surprising is it?" Grover sighed before handing him the box.
"These were great times weren't they? Before it all went to Hades. "Percy stopped talking he didn't want to think about what had happened anymore, not when they now had a chance to change everything.
"Well we're about to mess it up a whole lot more now." Grover laughed.
They had changed a lot. So much that the fact that they were in the past didn't really phase them in the least. The chaotic future they had come from guaranteed that. Where the strong prevailed and the weak did not. It was unpleasant to say the least.
"Well let's get going shall we?" Grover said after a while.
"Yeah" he got up legs still shaky from his fight with the Minotaur, he laughed at his past self's weakness.
He shook both his legs before trying again. Posture similar to that of a leader, which wasn't exactly wrong since he was in a way a king.
"You know you look a lot less intimidating with those lanky arms and baby fat still on you?" Grover laughed.
"All I heard was you saying I looked intimidating in the future" Percy replied immediately shutting Grover up, causing him to laugh.
"Whatever, drink the nectar and hurry up." Grover snipped.
Percy quickly grabbed the cup and chugged it down. The taste hadn't changed throughout the years. It was still his mom's homemade chocolate chip cookies. He frowned he'd almost forgot that Hades had her at the moment. He actually wondered how her time in the Underworld was. He knew her presence had caused quite a commotion.
"Whatever goat boy don't get your panties in a twist" Percy laughed running after the slowly moving figure of Grover.
As they slowly approached the porch he saw Mr. D and Chiron along with... Annabeth. He felt his anger fading as soon as it came, being replaced with Grover's own indifference towards her. He was glad, he'd hate to let his anger get the better of him and mess things up for himself.
"Mr. Brunner?" Percy called feigning ignorance. After all if someone were to figure out that he was from the future it would probably be Chiron he was a lot more perceptive than given credit for and he was known to be perceptive. He was just better than even that.
"Ah, good, Percy. " he said "Now we have four for Pinochle"
Percy sat at the offered chair.
"Oh, I suppose I must say it. Welcome to camp Half-Blood. There now don't expect me to be happy to see you." Mr. D said.
Percy had far grown used to his ways. He actually did care for the camp, he just was grumpy about the while no wine thing all the time. Percy would have to figure out a way to seek him some wine as a thanks for taking care of the new Half-Bloods in the future even though he didn't have to.
"Thanks." Percy said.
"Annabeth?" Chiron called.
"This young lady nursed you back to health, Percy. Annabeth dear, why don't you check on Percy's bunk, he'll be placed in cabin 11 for now." Chiron said.
"Sure, Chiron" she said.
He looked at her, she was a couple inches taller than him and he really didn't like that. It was probably because at his age he hadn't really cared about what was going into him. He should probably start eating healthier now since this was the perfect way to gain a couple of inches that would be really appreciated in the future. He wasn't short, he was 6 feet but he wanted to be at least taller than Jason he hated that look on his face when he looked down on him. It was perfect too since he hadn't reached puberty yet and could provide his body with the perfect foods to grow.
"..." Percy looked up to see that he had been staring for far too long at Annabeth's retreating figure. He hoped the others didn't take it the wrong way. Sure enough Mr. D and Chiron were giving him knowing looks he found quite annoying.
Percy asked.
"Not Mr. Brunner, I'm afraid that was a pseudonym, you may call me Chiron." Chiron said.
"Sorry to ask, but I just found out my best friends a satyr, you wouldn't happen to be the same Chiron from the books would you?" Percy asked already knowing the answer.
"Oh lookie here we have a smart one" Mr. D cut in.
"Yes Percy I am in fact the same Chiron" Chiron said surprised.
"So I'd be correct in guessing that he isn't just some drunk you found?" He asked gesturing to Mr. D, laughing internally.
"Watch your tongue boy" Mr. D said. Percy just turned to stare at him.
"I'm sorry, but from all angles you look at it. You look like a drunk. Didn't really mean to offend you" Percy said. He was having trouble keeping the smugness out of his voice and from the look of it Grover was having trouble not laughing. So was Chiron for that matter.
"Well are you playing or not satyr?" Mr. D yelled.
Grover quickly sat down. He could still feel his laughter through the empathy link.
"You do know how to play don't you boy?" Mr. D said snidely.
"I believe I know the basics" Percy replied. Even though he wasn't a bad person it didn't mean he liked Mr. D that much.
"I believe I know the basics, sir" Mr. D said
"..." there was a moment of silence.
"Well are you deaf or something boy?" Mr. D yelled.
"No I can hear perfectly, I just don't believe I need to respect a man who I don't know and looks drunk. It just doesn't seem right to me. Not to mention the fact that even though you know my name you have yet to call me by it. "Percy replied.
He picked up his cards as they were shuffled.
"I'd advise you to watch your tongue boy. You may learn just find out your disrespecting the wrong person." Mr. D said giving Percy his power glare. He'd far too many of those to be scared of the man, especially considering he was now almost impervious to mind attacks with a stronger being in there to bring him back from madness.
"I think I sort of get what's going on here. It's like all those Greek myths aren't myths anymore." Percy said turning to Chiron.
"That would be correct, Percy." Chiron replied.
"Interesting, ok I've got the gist of it, is there anything else I might need to know?" Percy asked.
"Well, nothing you need to know at the moment." Chiron told him.
"OK, Grover we'll stay for a week then we have to go find my mom." Percy said surprising the two adults.
"Don't be an idiot, boy. You haven't even received training and you think you can handle all the monsters that will come after you? "Mr. D screamed at him.
"Yes Percy, it would be unadvisable going out there without training, or even knowing everything." Chiron added.
"Well I know my mom was probably taken by Hades, he sent that fury after me. Plus she disappeared when the Minotaur had her so she didn't die. While I'm not sure how to get to the Underworld I believe Grover might know" Percy said.
"It would still be bad without training." Chiron persisted.
"That's what the weeks stay is for, I can pick up how to fight and leave." Percy explained.
He knew he really didn't need to do this after all they would make him leave at the end of the week, but he wanted to show them, Mr. D in particular that they couldn't control him.
"Now, I believe this game is mine. I'll be headed to this cabin 11. Don't worry I'll find my own way I need the wall to clear my head anyway. "Percy said quickly getting up and walking away swiftly.
"..." he heard silence as he walked away. Yes this would be a lot of fun.
Percy stood in the woods sweating, holding a familiar Celestial bronze sword in his hands. He'd nicked it from the big house when he'd been there it was so easy and he really missed the feeling of his sword in his hands. It'd been lost some time in the future, stolen actually he hated to admit it but it had probably been melted to fit some other demigod.
He had been coming to the woods non-stop for the last few days. He had some intense training he needed to do. He'd done it once after he'd been captured and starved and he had to get all the muscle back. It was actually a seriously dangerous way to train and diet, had he been anyone else he might've died. After all it was a three day training session. It was composed of a lot of protein and lots of ambrosia and nectar.
The protein was to help build muscle. While the Ambrosia and Nectar was to help him workout more immediately after intense training. It healed his muscles quickly so he could tear them up some more and build them up. The Ambrosia and Nectar were like a super steroid but better and more natural.
He also was near a creek so he could start applying what he'd dubbed as the 'chatter method' which was what the old man had told him. It worked for any body of water and he had learned that the 'charged' water would follow him to the nearest body of water to him although that wasn't supposed to happen it was just a trick the old man taught him. It was sort of like a magnet that would stay near him.
The old man also told him he could do the same thing to the earth, he said it would help immensely with his geokineses. It would probably prove to be very helpful in the future since he had always lacked in that side of his powers. His father was also known as Earthshaker and Stormbringer it was sometimes forgotten.
So he had immediately set out to putting his excess power into the earth too. He couldn't wait to see Grover's face when he did more than just make a little earthquake. He was dead set on actually manipulating the earth. He knew it would probably take forever but he was a hard worker. He could handle it no problem.
He layer on his back workout finally finished, the changes were very noticeable. Yeah, his workout was that good, or bad, well in any case he knew he'd be able to at least fight for a bit without growing tired. He looked at his arms they weren't like they were before, now you could actually see muscle definition to them, they weren't overly big but they never would be. He guessed that was something he liked about being a demigod. No matter how strong you were your arms never looked like huge boulders. They were compressed, very compressed.
He slowly made the earth on his back softer. That was sadly as far as he got with his earth manipulation, but then given the fact he had three days it was great progress. He could probably make a 4-6 earthquake at most right now on the Richter magnitude scale, but he didn't wasn't aiming for lots of destruction. He wanted precision, but that would be harder for him since his dad wasn't big on precision with his earthquakes, and that would most likely pass on to him.
He fell asleep, but not before sending Grover a message to come and get him. He was going to get claimed in a few hours and he didn't want to be late for capture the flag.
"You know Percy, people will ask questions on how you got rid of that baby fat and put on some muscle in three days. It's definitely something that should be nearly impossible and I don't think you want to tell them of your little work out. They'll think you're crazy. Not to mention you just up and left for three days straight, people think your dead. "Grover told Percy as they walked to tell Chiron where he'd been the last three days.
"Oh, oops, I actually never thought of that. I was just thinking of getting my body ready for a decent fight. Actually I don't even know what we're going to tell Chiron anyway." Percy replied.
"We? It wasn't me that left it was you. So you better be ready to face the consequences. "Grover bleated.
"That's no way to treat your best friend who, was so nice as to bring you to the past with him." Percy whined.
"You only brought me back because you couldn't stand my old self." Grover rebuked.
"Whatever, we're here so we'll just tell him the truth." Percy said walking into the big house.
They knocked on the door, after a while hearing the trotting of hooves toward the door. The door opened and they were met by the surprised face of Chiron, who became doubly surprised after getting a real look at Percy.
"Ah, Percy. Come in my boy, I'm sure you've got a lot to tell us." Chiron said before turning around. They followed after him.
They went back to the same porch that he'd been at on the first day.
"Oh, lookie here the mouthy kid finally returns, how unfortunate." Mr. D yelled.
Percy chose to ignore him in favor of looking at Chiron.
"I'm sure you'd like to know where I went, Right." Percy asked, after receiving a nod from Chiron he continued.
"I was, to put it simply, on a training trip." Percy said.
"Where you with your godly parent, because if you were they should remember that magically changing a body is illegal and has proven to be quite detrimental to your body." Chiron questioned.
"Minor gods being stupid." Mr. D muttered.
"No, I'm still not quite aware of who my godly parent is, although I have narrowed it down to a handful." Percy smirked.
Poseidon had probably received a shock when he checked on Percy and saw him practicing with his powers. That is if he checked on him that long. After all he once mentioned that he didn't like checking on Percy while he was at camp because he wanted to hear about his experience at camp from Percy himself that never failed to put a smile on Percy's face. Knowing how much his dad actually cared for him, felt really well after having doubts about that for half his life.
"Then why are you acting so smug when you're most likely going to die from the body enhancement that's been done to you?" Mr. D said, Percy could hear the condescending tone to his voice and he didn't like it one bit.
"I haven't had any magical enhancements done to me, whatever the heck those are." Percy replied.
"Than how do you explain the change in your body that happened so quickly?" Mr. D said.
"I believe it's called working out and training, isn't that what this whole camp is for?" Percy said riling him up.
"I'll advise you again to watch you tone boy, else something unpleasant may happen to you" Mr. D said angrily.
He wasn't scared since he knew Dionysus no matter how stupid he looked. Wouldn't blast a demigod he didn't know the parent of lest he start a war.
"Whatever, I came here to tell you I was training and I did, I don't have to sit here and listen to you." Percy said in a clipped tone.
"Now now Percy, you still haven't had everything explained to you." Chiron said trying to calm both demigod and god down.
"I already know what goes on here is. The naiads explain it all I also know there'll be a capture the flag game today. I know the team I'll be fine." He got up and quickly left again Grover following closely behind.
"Percy, I know what you're trying to do, but I'd advise you to not push it so far." Grover said after they got a safe distance that even Chiron with his razor sharp ears wouldn't hear.
"I know and I will... maybe. C'mon Grover, I know you and you can't say you don't find Mr. D getting angry funny." Percy laughed
"Whatever man, I should probably mention that I've got the old guys to at least consider making empathy links with demigods to help things out, but you know how they are they won't do it until the demigods come and tell them they're needed for that. I've also started practising my swordsmanship so we could start sparring in a few days maybe." Grover said.
"Good your wielding a sword will help a lot with the quest." Percy replied.
It was capture the flag time and Percy found himself again guarding the creek. He had a dispute with Clarisse, and she would probably be coming at him again. This time just to rough him up and get the flag. He wasn't going to let them do that of course.
"There he is" speak of the devil.
"Well well well, lookie here if it isn't little Prissy, all alone in the forest." Clarisse said.
"Not so tuff when you're by yourself are you now?" Another camper chimed in.
"Hm? Did you say something? When did you guys get here?" Percy said feigning shock in the most obvious way to make sure they got it.
"You're funny Prissy, but if you kept the jokes to yourself you wouldn't be in this situation." Clarisse said.
"I don't know what you're talking about Clarisse, but I'm not supposed to let you passed the creek so if you don't want to get hurt stay back." Percy said smiling.
"That's it, get him!" And they all charged to they're unmistakable doom.
The first guy swung his sword wildly, after all he was a new camper he wasn't expected to know and sword fighting techniques. It was over before it even started Percy batted his sword which was raised above his head so hard that it completely turned him. Percy took that chance to hit his head with the blunt side of the sword sending him flying into another who ended up hitting his head on a tree. They were both out of the picture.
The next two came at him more apprehensively not sure what had happened. How did the new kid know to fight? They tried flanking him, their flank was brutally destroyed by Percy who jumped to the closer guy, knowing that the other would take that chance to knock him out. So he waited then moved out of the way when he felt the other guys charge. He spun behind him and Spartan kicked them into each other sending them into a rolling mess.
Then there was three left. He'd thought there was more so they probably didn't send as much this time. As he was about to take the rest down until he saw Luke racing past the boundary line with two Hermes campers covering his retreat with an Apollo camper.
"A trick it was a trick!" Clarisse screamed but it was all too late to get him.
Just as everyone got to the boundaries Chiron trotted in and blew the horn signaling the defeat of the Aries team.
He didn't know why but he still felt ecstatic from the win even though he'd seen it coming. It must've had something to do with the cheerful atmosphere.
He heard the snapping of a stick and immediately turned to where he assumed Annabeth to be.
"The next time you have a plan that could have me getting the tar beaten out of me, I suggest you scrap it and come up with another" Percy said, it really had ticked him off the last time he had just been too tired to get mad.
"I was going to get you and would've jumped in but you had them so I thought better of it." She replied.
"If I'd been weaker I might've been killed. Those idiots don't know how to control they're anger." Percy replied, it might've been stretching it, but was maimed the last time and he didn't like that at all.
Just when she was about to reply he heard a canine growl and just like last time a hellhound came running at him, but unlike last time he had riptide and wasn't that tired so he was prepared.
He heard Annabeth shout something which he totally ignored. He got into a ready stance and just as the hound pounces he sidestepped and sliced through its side like butter. It instantly burst into a gold powder. Just as it was gone many arrows appeared embedded in the ground it had just been on.
"What the hell was that!?" Percy screamed, he had an act to keep up after all.
He would probably never get his answer.
"It is determined!" He heard Chiron announce.
All around him he saw the camper kneeling just like last time he looked up expectantly and saw his father symbol.
"Poseidon. Earthshaker, Stormbringer father of horses. Hail, Perseus Jackson son of sea god." Chiron finished.
Now, it was time for the fun part to begin.