Hey guys sorry for not uploading earlier but I've been busy with college etc. etc. please read and review and if you've made it this far in the story and haven't given up on it congratulations you deserve a cookie. (::) (I was going to change Percy's age to 9 but that would interfere with my plot so Percy is a very advanced 6 or 7 year old. also I feel that the stuff Percy has knowingly done is probably too advanced for that age so if you do want to think of Percy as a 9 year old I'm not generally going to use ages in this so its up to you how old you want him to be.)
Percy's Pov
My dad is going to train me today, I've been training hard all week with Scarlett (Percy name for Sytust) and I was really hoping to get the day off from training, but my dad wants to actually train me himself, and to say I'm not scared would be a complete and total lie. I was terrified my heart was pounding and I was sweating a lot but I would not show my father that I'm worried or scared because I think that fear is a sign of weakness and that is one thing you cant be if your a child of Tartarus you cannot be weak. Maybe I'm wrong and my father wouldn't be bothered but I cant chance it for I truly am scared of him.
"Drachma for your thoughts Perseus." My father interrupted my deep thoughts and I didn't hear what he said.
"Umm what did you say?" I asked my father probably sounding like a fool as I did.
"I said Drachma for your thoughts Percy." I gulped long and hard what can I tell him. I'm not ready. I want my mummy? NO! I mentally shouted at myself. I need to control my fear and overcome them. "Your doing it again Percy."
Decision time do I tell him or not I need to answer fast I choose my answer and accept my fate. "Dad I'm scared what if I get hurt or if I let you down or If I. I. I." At this point I couldn't get any more words out. I was on the verge of tears when my father did something unexpected he let out a long sigh and pulled me into a comforting hug.
"I know training may seem scary. Or is it training with me your scared of?"
"It's Training with you I'm scared of. Don't get me wrong I like training but I've only ever trained with Sytust and even she is stronger than me but she isn't as scary or as powerful as you are." I hung my head in shame.
My father just beamed at me. "Is that what you were scared of? Perseus I would never hurt you I love you and only want you to be at your best so that you are safe from my enemy's and any you may make along the way. And I will have you know that you are stronger than Sytust you just don't know how to show it yet." I listened to all of my fathers words and could feel myself growing more confident as each word washed over me with some strangely comforting power.
"Do you mean it?" I asked shyly.
"Of course why would I say something if I did not mean it son?"
"Well I'm not sure but the boys at school say things that they don't mean and then they where nasty to me about it. Not any more though." I laughed before realising what I said.
"So what did you do Perseus?" My father asked me knowingly it was almost as if he already knew what happened to them but I just shook my head.
"Stuff." I said shrugging my shoulders.
"What kind of 'stuff' Perseus."
"They only got what they deserved and lets leave it at that."
"Are you sure they deserved it or was it just your anger that made you do it?"
A bit of both they definitely deserved what happened but I wouldn't have done it if they hadn't have pushed me so far."
"Are they alive?" I shook my head. "Fair enough but in future I would like you to at least offer whoever or whatever a chance at redemption if you think there worthy of a second chance punish them for what they did and warn them not to do it in the future." I had to agree it only seemed fair.
"And what if I deem it necessary?"
"I think you already know the answer to that question." I grinned mischievously at my father before we set of walking into the training room to begin my lessons.
As we entered the training arena I started to think about what I could be going to learn it could be anything but it would probably be how to control my powers that I would be learning today.
"So Percy today I'm going to test your ability's so I know what I need to work on with you in future lessons."
"Ok so what are we going to start with?"
"First I am going to test your battle reflexes and speed to do this I am going to throw orbs of energy at you. I want you to doge them block them or repel them back to me."
I gulped energy orbs that sounds painful. "How am I supposed to block or repel them father?"
"Smart question there are two ways in which you can block these orbs and if you block them correctly you should be able to send them back to me."
"Ok but what are these methods?"
"The first which is probably all you will be able to do for the time being is you can block the energy with your weapon if its a sword then I would use the flat of your blade so there is little chance of the energy detonating on impact as it is blocked." I nodded with understanding so my father continued. "And the second method would be for you to use your own energy to block and repulse the incoming attack."
"How would I use my energy like that?" I asked curious as to how it could be done.
"Well I was going to tell you about this later on after I had a sense of your skills but as it is a valid question I will show you." My father got into a battle stance and started to radiate power. "Go and grab a handful of throwing knives from the weapons rack Percy." I did as instructed and got 6 red and black throwing knives. "Good now I want you to throw them at me. Go as fast or as powerful as you like I will block them all with my energy."
"Are you sure I don't want to hurt you." My father laughed before nodding his head to say continue "Ok then prepare yourself." what I did next startled my father I used some of my power to set the throwing knifes alight I experimentally launched one at one of the arenas pillars across from my father. The pillar shattered from where the knife hit but the knife didn't stop there it continued out of the pillar into the wall through that and it embedded itself inside of the door to my fathers throne room the flames started to burn the door my father just looked from me to the knife and then back again His mouth was wide open. "Your going to start catching fly's father" I told him while I giggled uncontrollably.
"...But how?" My father asked after what seemed an eternity of stunned silence.
"Aww I'm sorry I wasn't trying to send it that far I just needed to check that I was able to throw it on target." I said modestly my father just started laughing as he clapped his hands.
"You weren't even trying to send it that far." My father said between burst of laughter. "Boy when your fully trained and grown up I wouldn't be surprised if you were stronger than maybe even Typhon."
"No I don't think I will be as strong as Typhon it was because I put a power on the knife I wasn't sure what it would do but I felt it would work well with the knife so I tried it."
"Don't talk yourself down Percy because I expect only greatness from you. Anyway that enchantment you put on your knife was just an expression of your own power and if I might add, it would have broken the barrier I was going to demonstrate to you. So I will need to keep my skills on a higher level so that you can truly learn what I have to teach you." I couldn't believe what he was saying I have already surpassed what he was expecting of me and we have barely begun training I think that I've just ensured that training is going to be more difficult than what it originally was.
"Should I throw a knife at you this time father?"
"Yes but just let me focus on how much power I will need to use while I do this could you please retrieve your knife before my palace burns down." I gulped I had completely forgot about the knife I could already see the door starting to burn away so I had to get to work and put the fire out before retrieving the knife. I decided to try another power of mine maybe if I focused my energy and thought of water perhaps I could summon some. It was worth a shot so I did and at first nothing happened then I felt a weird sensation in my stomach almost as if I was being pulled towards water I felt the pressure in my stomach begin to rise suddenly the end door of the hallway started banging. The sensation kept getting stronger I was blacking out and the last thing I saw before I blacked out was a multi-coloured river charging straight for me.
Tartarus Pov
I had just prepared myself for Percy's attack when I felt a great ripping sensation from within my heart the pain was immense as I felt all 5 rivers burst free from my blood vessels I felt my strength cut immensely as my heart was starved of blood I looked over to Percy to check he was ok. What I saw startled me there was Percy trying to use some power to extinguish the flames that his knife had caused but what happened next made my already weak heart almost completely stop. Percy must have been using his powers to summon water but the only water around here was in my arteries so Percy has unintentionally called all five rivers from the underworld to come to him. In a weird mix of colour they all flooded towards him Percy stared at the rivers a look of surprise crossed his face as he saw the rivers, Percy collapsed onto the floor as all five rivers surrounded him. I panicked as I saw Percy disappear in the torrent of water. I was still to weak to do anything to help him as my heart had not healed itself. Desperately I stumbled towards where Percy had been my legs gave out as I nearly lost consciousness but to my relief I felt my heart start to mend itself as the waters slowly receded I started to regain some power so I got up and staggered over to the form I knew was Percy. I approached his form and immediately I noticed that there is not one drop of water on Percy at all. Percy is in fact laid in a perfect circle that is completely dry there are receding waters on the outside but not a single drop is entering the circle. I decide to test this to see if any water can get in so I splash some water towards him where I noticed the water hit an invisible barrier and got reflected away. I knelt down next to Percy and picked him up I could feel that he was week probably from using so much power so I decided to cut training short and put him in bed.
I'm going to end it here because ive had this much done for ages and I completely forgot about this so sorry about that next chapter will hopefully be up soon but if not I'm sorry
