Part I

I stared at the mirror in my palace room. I shifted on my feet, yep feet. I was in the dry area of my rooms.

Anyways, I was looking at myself and seeing if there were any physical changes going on. Everything was the same, except my eyes. They weren't as bright. They were darker green. I sighed. Whenever I got truly angry around Night or anyone of the shadow world, I would start emitting wisps of shadow. I sighed again and tried to emulate what Ouranos had taught me. Daily meditation and mental exercises worked wonders. I had to keep in mind the priorities of my life, to combat the lies that Night was subtle to weave into our lessons.

"Checking for facial hair? I'm afraid you'll be disappointed."

I rolled my eyes and turned to look at Triton. "Piss off."

He snorted and smirked. "If only Mother could hear you say those words!" He entered my room, walking on two feet. I had only seen him do that a couple of other times. I shuddered slightly.

He looked at me concerned. "Percy?"

"What was I like? When I was blocked from myself. What was it like?"

A shadow crossed Triton's face. "You didn't recognize any of us. You didn't even know Annabeth. It was…frightening. You had all the power in the worlds, and yet, you didn't have the one thing that mattered most."

I raised an eyebrow. He sighed. "Your personality. You weren't standing there. It was a monster using your body. Everything that was you was gone. I felt numb. I was confused and terrified. I knew that you would have no trouble striking me down where I stood, me, your brother. You wouldn't care. You didn't care."

I turned away and stared at the mirror again. "I keep trying to see the killer that everyone told me I had turned into. I keep trying-"

"Don't try."

I turned and looked at by brother, confused. "What?"

"Don't keep trying to remember something unpleasant from the past. It won't do you any good if you do remember. You won't learn any lessons from it that you don't already know." Triton snorted. "Your only lesson would have been: I promise from here on out, that I will not try to invade a Titan's mind, using the gods' power to do it."

I snorted too. "I wish my life had come with a warning label, and an instruction pamphlet."

He smirked and shook his head. "I'm actually indebted to Tartarus and Kronos."

I frowned. "Huh?"

"I would never have befriended you if you hadn't come to the sea." He grinned. "We would probably still have been enemies by the time you left after Christmas Break. However, because of the threat, you had to stay longer."

I shook my head. "That feels so long ago. Like decades."

He nodded. "I know." He moved closer to me and pulled me into a hug. "I love you, Percy. I'm proud that you're my brother."

I was frozen, but slowly, I began to move too. I slipped my arms around his shoulders and hugged him back. He pulled me tight against him. "I'm so glad you're my brother, Percy. I'm so glad that we became blood brothers."

I frowned at his word choice but didn't argue. It was a nice moment. I didn't want to ruin it.

Of course, Amphitrite did anyways. "Oh what a wonderful moment! That reminds me! We need to have a family portrait made! Poseidon!" She moved away quickly. I groaned.