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Percy was having the most messed up dream of his life, first his best friend became half donkey or goat, whatever then his mom got killed by a bull dude in tighty whities and now to top it off he was at the bottom of the ocean with some guy in a Hawaiian shirt and khaki shorts claiming to be his dad and a Greek god. So he did what any sane person would say when your talking to a guy at the bottom of the ocean

"Okay I'm never eating spicy food before bed again, I want to wake up now".

"I'm sorry Perseus bu-"

"Its Percy" he interrupted out of habit before offering a sheepish apology "sorry"

"It's fine Percy" he responded with a kind smile "As I was saying Percy I'm sorry but this is not a dream it is all real I am your father Poseidon and your mother truly did fall at the hands of the Minotaur" He paused briefly as if to gather his strength to keep talking "This is the last time we will ever truly speak with one another, I am sending you away to another world to keep you safe from those that would kill you simply for being my son."

"another world like mars" Percy responded deciding its easier to just go along with the crazy dream until he wakes up.

"not quite my son, more like another dimension with different people. When you arrive there I will not be able to visit or protect you I will be restricted to send messages and you will be unable to reply."

"Thanks but no thanks I've been fine without your messages for 12 years" Percy spat suddenly bitter at the dream his dad was dead or didn't care about him or his mom why else would he never try and at least call them.

"Percy please ancient laws forbade me from seeing you or your mother. I just want to help you please heed my warning" He pleaded "when you land on this new world you will find it very different from your own the world is divided into four nations. The earth kingdom a strong hardy people with the power to control the earth. The fire nation a wilful people with endless determination and drive. They have the gift of fire. The air nomads a peaceful people living high in the mountains who value peace and tranquility. And finally the water tribes have the power over water and as a result are highly adaptable and are able to change to thrive in even the harshest of climates and situations."

After this massive amount of information dumped on him the young half blood responded in the usual way

"umm okay"

"Percy this is very important when you land in this new world it will be near the sea, where you will be most powerful. When the people ask you where you are from claim to be from an isolated island that should excuse your lack of knowledge of the world. Goodbye my son this is the last time we will speak to one another and I left the pen you borrowed from Mr Brunner in your pocket, you may need it." he ended with the same trouble maker smirk his son had inherited. The same smirk that warned all his teachers since primary school to run and never look back.

"Okay um bye?" Percy still didn't get what was going on and honestly just wanted this dream to end so he could wake up at start the summer.

"Oh and remember no matter how many times they tell you your a water bender your my son the son of the storm bringer, the earth shaker and lord of the seas. Don't underestimate your own power." As the dream world faded away Percy could still see that same mischievous look in those deep sea green eyes.

-broken line-

It was a quite night off the eastern coast of the fire nation. All that could be seen for miles was the stars reflecting off the glassy water of the ocean almost as if it was being kept calm for an extra special purpose. The fire nation battleship completing the last leg of its journey home was the only thing marring this serene image.

"SIR... SIR!" the young ensign called to his commanding officer

"What is it solider" snapped lieutenant Jee as he approached the railing of the ship that the ensign was stationed by

"There's a little kid in the water sir"

"What in Agni name are you waiting for get him on bored, and you deck hand wake the prince he will want to know about this and then alert the ships doctor the kid may need medical attention...NOW!" the officer thundered as the crew ran off to complete their orders. Throwing down coils of rope and netting to pull the boy onto the ship as the deck hand rushed to alert the sleeping prince and doctor.

Several minutes later the aged prince of the fire nation approached with the deck hand and ships physician in tow. The dragon of the west watched with a critical eye as the strangely clothed boy was heaved onto the deck. A boy seeming to be about the age of his nephew, with dark black hair and tanned skin similar to someone from one of the water tribes. But with a small and scrawny build of a child who doesn't get enough to eat. But the prince was not one to be deceived by appearances he could sense the waves of power rolling off him that most men would dismiss as their mind playing tricks on them.

"Whats going on lieutenant"

"Ensign Lee spotted him drifting in the water sir"

"Place him in one of the spare rooms after the doctor has inspected him for injures. I have a feeling that there is more to this boy then meets the eye lieutenant Jee." The general said calmly

As the doctor went to inspect his new patient the crew went back to their assigned duty's already discussing and theorizing on who this boy could be and how he ended up in the middle of the ocean all alone. Only Iroh noticed how the water seemed to reach for the unconscious boy and how only moments ago being pulled from the ocean the raven haired boy remained dry.

-Here lies a broken line-

Percy woke up with a pounding headache and the worst sense of vertigo he had experienced in his young life.

"urgh" never again was he eating spicy food before bed. Those dreams were weird even by Percy standards and he had a pretty high tolerance for weird stuff. He finally opened his eyes fully prepared to deal with the remainders of smelly Gabes mess that had accumulated while he was at Yancy academy. What he found when he glanced around was not his room in his small Manhattan apartment, but a metal plated dorm with an unhealthy amount of red adorning the walls bed and well, everywhere.

"uhem" The polite cough alerted him to the elderly man sitting in the chair next to his cot sipping tea, wearing you guessed it...red. The first thing Percy wanted to ask was who are you or maybe where are we but instead he said

"whats with all the red?" he cursed his ADHD for the billionth time

The old man seemed amused by his comment rather then offended as he sipped his steaming hot tea. "Before we start all the questions you might find a nice cup of tea will help make this easier" he replied sagely as he handed the young demigod a cup of hot tea.

As Percy took a sip of the tea his ADHD mind was working overdrive noticing the rocking of the room and the sound of the waves, they were on a ship and by the smell of coal and smoke an old one.

"My name is Iroh and to answer your question young man the reason for all the red as you put it is this is a fire nation ship." The now named Iroh answered as if it explained everything. But then Percys dream came back to him the weird conversation about the fire nation with the guy claiming to be his dad, and what happened before to. Oh god if that was real then his mom, his mom was dead. He felt like breaking down then and there, he would be forced to live with smelly Gabe. But then he remembered what his Dad (might as go with a dream dad now it can't be weirder then the rest of this) said, he was in another world he would never see Manhattan or Grover again.

Iroh must have noticed the look on his face because he put a comforting hand on his shoulder saying "If you want we can talk latter you can rest for as long as you like" but rest was the farthest thing from Percys mind he needed answers and he also needed to provide them to this guy without sounding like a crazy person. So steer clear of the whole god for a dad and another world topic.

"No its fine" he croaked out voice think with emotion. He took a deep breath to steel his nerves before continuing "whats going on where did you find me"

"We found you drifting in the open ocean. We are on the way back to the fire nation." He gave me a moment to absorb this new information before going on to ask "would you mind telling me how someone so young managed to end up alone in the sea miles from land"

"Okay Percy you can do this its just like lying to the teachers at Yancy" he thought to himself "I was on a small fishing boat with my mother and best friend, there was an accident and they didn't make it" he thought it would be best if he kept it as close to the truth as he could.

Iroh gave a moment of silence before pressing on "I'm sorry for your lose but I must ask, where do you live is your father around? Do you have someone to take care of you?"

"No my father left before I was born so there is no one left to take care of me and we lived on a small Island off the coast of the mainland." he thought it would be best to leave out that the mainland he was talking about was not the fire nation.

The aged man hesitated for a moment as if considering his options before replying "I will have to think about what I can do to help you but until then your belongings are on the table by your bed as well as a change of clothes for you to change into. Ill speak with you again before we dock."

Percy nodded mutely already drained from the whole ordeal. As the man left the room Percy tried to think of his next move but it was pointless as his body was still exhausted from his fight with the Minotaur. He fell into a deep slumber only moments after his door closed.

-shattered line-

Prince Iroh was in deep thought of what to do about the young boy that had just lost everything. His heart went out to the boy reminding him of his own son Lu Ten. He wanted to help the child but it seemed to be proving difficult. The boy was obliviously from the fire nation any earth kingdom or water tribe ships would be spotted if they ventured this deep into fire nation waters. Not to mention the only landmass anywhere near here was the many small island that dotted the fire nations territory, so his story checked out. This led to the problem he didn't look fire nation he looked water tribe all except for those sea green eyes in all his years the prince has never seen eyes like those they seemed to swim with power. This combined with the way the water reacted to him meant he was most likely a water bender and a powerful one at that. So he couldn't be placed in any fire nation orphanage they would kill him claiming him a spy if they found out but at the same time there was no safe way to bring him to one of the water tribes. Iroh was lost in thought for a long time until his eyes stumbled upon his Pai Sho table, more specifically the white lotus tile. A wide smile adorned his face maybe it was time to call an old friend. After all he was looking for a new student last the prince had heard.

Okay so this is the first real chapter I'm still looking for a beta so anyone at all pm if your interested I have no idea what I'm doing any help would be good. And a question for you guys do you guys want long chapters with infrequent updates or do you guys want short chapters with fast updates. And a cyber cookie for who can guess who Iroh is talking about.