*MATIA POV*

"HEY! Stop it!" Stan squawks at Banderdo. Ughhhh. How did I become the chicksitter?

"STAN! You are not 1 week old! Banderdo! Do not smack Stan with your wing!" I give in and screech at them.

They cower at the glare of the gray eyes. Serves them right.

*FFFFHHHHHHHWWWWW* I hear Annabeth whistle for me. Then, I realize that the whistle is meant for all of us.

"Come on! Stop your bloody bickering!" I screech as I leave the stables. [Idk why I made Matia sound British. Just felt like that in the moment]

Tachy speeds ahead of me, and I land in front of Annabeth.

"Hey Matia. It's training time." Annabeth says as she strokes my beak. I coo as an agreement.

"Okay. Training time! You have to fight airborne monsters on your ride. Weapons are encouraged, and try to bond with your ride! Have them feel like you are an extension of them and visa versa. Mount up!" Annabeth commands everyone.

"What about tack?" Tony yells.

"That is only for when you plan to leave for a journey. This is simulating us leaving with no notice. Now, mount up. Your bridles never come off your ride, so that is the only thing you need to ride them." Annabeth answers. She climbs on my back, and I do a test flap. We take off, and we are almost instantly attacked.

*MYLO POV*

What do you want to do?

Let's lift their projectile out of the air and drop them.

Okay.

We wheel around the sky, taking ammo right out of the monster's hands. I have never seen these monsters. They have brass wings, a serpent-like body, and a humanoid chest and head area. That means that they can shoot at us. After about 10 minutes of this, we finish off the last monster. We go to land, and Annabeth congratulates us. My brother, Tachy, looks very tired.

Hey, good job Tachy.

You too Mylo.

We go trot to the stables to rest.

*BUCKY POV*

"So, we know that you have main weapons. But, what if you can only kill them with a sharp blade or something that is long? So, we will be teaching you how to use various swords. Last time you sparred, you used your specific weapons. Everyone, grab a sword." Annabeth tells us.

"So, this is how you hold it." Percy shows me how to hold a sword for the first time.

"Now, copy my motions." He slashes at a dummy. I do it too. We do this until I can do a jump-strike, where I slash as I jump and spin, then land with my sword in the dummy's chest.

"Good job Bucky." Percy congratulates me on being the first to do that. I look around, and Tony can't even swing the sword without dropping it.

"Cool. So, do you want to spar?" I ask Percy. Percy raises his eyebrow.

"Really? Okay then. I will go easier on you." He says as we get into a fighting stance.

He charges, and I block. I sweep my leg under him as I block him. I drop to the ground as he tries to do the same to me. I leap back up, and I block his attack. He is attacking in rapid succession, and I analyze his moves to see what I can attack. He tends to favor his right hand and foot. He also likes to slash and stab. I do a jump twist, and I catch him off guard. I use my leg to knock his sword out of his hand, and I point my blade at his neck.

"Good job Bucky! I was only going 9/10 hardcore on you!" Percy raises his hands in defeat.

"ANNABETH! COME HERE!" Percy yells at Annabeth. She comes over, and Percy tells her what just happened.

"Do you know what you just did, Bucky?" She asks me.

"No," I ask confused.

"You just defeated the greatest swordsman in 300 years, with a sword and only 9/10 of Percy's skills! He was barely going easy on you!" She screeches.

"Wow. Cool!" I respond.

"Ok, you can do hand to hand combat with Steve if you want, or we can have Leo get you your gauntlet." Annabeth calls Leo over.

"Sure. I guess I'll get the gauntlet." I follow Leo to the forges.

"Okay Bucky. Is that arm detachable? Cuz we have to make it so that you can't kill a demigod by accident with the Celestial Bronze arm." Leo asks as we enter his work area.

"Yeah. It is." I reply, and I press the secret button behind my ear. The arm hisses a bit, and I press another button above my eyebrow. The arm hisses again, and I take it off.

"Dude. That is seriously cool. Well, I am going to have to borrow this arm for an hour to get a replica made." Leo takes the arm.

"Oh okay." I mumble. I leave, and I go find Steve.

"Hey Buck! Woah. Where is your arm?" Steve asks me.

"Leo is making a replica of it." I simply reply. It isn't easy to walk with a lot of weight gone on one side. I feel lopsided.

"Okay, want to go walk around?" Steve asks me.

"No, I would rather sit and talk." I head towards the woods. I found a spot in the woods that was a clearing, with the remains of a metal treehouse. I fixed it up a bit. We go up into it, and we sit down.

Sorry about the short chapter. I needed something to add in, and I am losing ideas.