Hey guys how are you? I was typing my other story up when the three brothers came up into my head and I was like I really need to update that! Now here I am giving you the very chapter you all have been waiting for! I made it extra long just for you guys!
Percy Pov
Man that was fun! Jason, Nico, and I used power travel to get here. That way the harpies or anyone else wouldn't see or hear us leaving. Power travel is when we use our powers to increase our speed or to keep our energy up. It's pretty hard to master but practice does make it perfect. Anyways we were in the HQ which we're going to name later but right now we were just looking at the place.
The place was HUGE and my sisters called it small, it was almost the size of the throne room which mind you make's a football place look like a broom closet. I understand now why the place was in a mountain and why it had to be kept a secret. Just looking at it would leave the Olympians jealous. I can just imagine Annabeth talking about the place's architecture. The arena was in the corner and it looked like a replica of the Roman Coliseum but with a few designs on it. Who am I kidding the entire thing was different except for the shape. There were theater seats on it instead of stone or wood. You just had to say what food you wanted and it would come in front of you with a table. There were black iron gates that gave you the look of old but they were new. I'm guessing they hold monsters and other things just in case if we want to train on a moving target.
On the walls were too many weapons for me to count. From bows to swords to guns to rifles was the selection. It looked like there were some figures there that were moving. When we looked closer we realized that they were dummies but they were somehow able to move. Must be a spell I thought. We tried out some weapons before continuing on exploring. Beside the arena was this huge dome thing. It seems to be another arena but this one looked different. When we looked inside we realized that the dome can set up obstacles and places. That way we would know what to do when were in a cold or hot place. We named that place the survival dome. On the right corner was a water place where there was a beautiful lake with many waterfalls. On the side were some trees, a dock, a rope tied to a tree, and some benches for us to eat at. The mist was refreshing to feel and the animals greeted us with happiness. We took some swings with the rope. It was great to feel the water on us. My dad wasn't like the others and let's my brothers into his domain without any harm which they are grateful for. Near the park/harbor (There were some ships and submarines beside the dock.) place were some pillars of rock that seemed to pop out from the ground. We didn't really get why it was there in the first place but decided to investigate it later. North-West of the area was theses three places that looked pretty cool. One had darkness and shadows surrounding it or was in it. The place looked like death itself. Another had clouds and large blasts of wind going around. The clouds had a yellow gold sheen to it and looked really comfy to sleep on. Lastly the other was a water wonderland. It was full of exotic fishes and underwater places.
"I'm guessing that those are gifts to us." I said to my brothers. They nodded before we all played in our area. We all took turns in our places. We soon got a great idea and used our powers to make them come together. The water surrounded the clouds which came in the form of a temple. The shadows stabilized it. The dead trees were put in a corner and the water and clouds put them back to life. Making it look like a small forest. There were small rivers, streams, and lakes on the ground making the place look like mini Olympus. The water held dangerous creatures making sure that people wouldn't be able to enter without our permission. Right in the middle of the city/town was a mini mansion. Surrounding it were houses and other things making it look like a small city. The walls were mostly glass that was obviously bullet proof. Leading to the door were a set of stairs that were great if you add the statues of our weapons on pedestals leading up to the entrance. There were captions under each one describing how they look and what they do. The door had some designs that were pretty hard to explain. It was mostly full of pictures of the wild and what looks like to be other worlds. They were blending well together making it look mesmerising. We looked around our house. The entrance had fire balls floating in mid air alongside the walls. They would change color once in a while. The floor was white marble with some unbelievable detailed designs on it. Leading up to the second floor were two spiral staircases that met each other to the top. In between the staircases were three statues. They were statues of us in what looks like battle outfits. Our weapons were out and we were what people called our fighting positions. The statues looked so close to reality. On the left was the dining place that seemed to come out of the olden days when there were princes and princesses, although the table was smaller and the room had different colors on it instead of the deep rich colors they had back then. Right beside the dining room was the kitchen which had modern day stuff thankfully.
At the right was the living room that had a huge TV that almost covered the wall! Beside it was a big bookshelf that held all games, movies, and game consoles known to man. There were some comfy couches with a round table in the middle. For some reason it kept reminding me about the knights table. Right beside the TV were soda machines and that popcorn stand that you see in the movies. I guess from now on we'll get movie service. We quickly ran over to the shelf, took out call of duty and started playing it. After one hour we continued on with exploring. Beside the living room was the gym/training room. It had all the things from camp except more advance. There were treadmills, weight lifters and many more. There was an open door entrance beside the modern/old day gym was a dojo. I guess we're going to learn martial arts. We checked out the stuff and tried out some of the things.
The last room on the second floor was a library. It was enormous! The shelves were the color of Red Earth and held many books. Most of them looked ancient and some priceless. The books would organise themselves on the shelves and in the middle was a pedestal. It was a golden yellow color. Jason stepped out and asked for a book. The book came to us, flying out of a shelf and landed on the pedestal. We read a bit of it before we closed it and it went back to its place. There were several tables, couches, sofas, and lamps.
On the top floor there were many rooms. One room had molten lava with our own mini volcano. There was metal on the table with some other things. This must be the armory I thought. The other room had many fabrics which made us scrunch our nose up in disgust until we noticed that these fabrics weren't normal. They seemed to be moving like they were alive. When we got closer we realized that these fabrics were used for fighting and other missions. I guess we're going to have how to make outfits for certain missions and stuff. Beside the fabric was a computer that had designs on how to make them etc. The next room were all the electronic things were. There were computers, laptops, and all other stuff. You name it and we probably have it. In the middle of the room there was a meeting/war table. In the center was this holographic globe that kept showing us different scenes. One of the computers held all the things the Olympians and other people did which I promised myself to look at later.
There was this other one that was probably used for training like how to hack into things, that kind of stuff. At the third floor were rooms for us. They all had our names on the doors with fancy writing which was surprisingly easy to read. We agreed to check them out later and decided to see if we had a garage. We sure did and they had the most awesome rides ever! There were three motorcycles and three cars. They all were our favourites and before anyone could say anything all called on both the black/blue rides which made Nico and Jason grumble before picking theirs.
We checked out the town after. There were some shops to which that held weapons, food, and many other things. Some things were moving by themselves which made me guess that the place also had invisible servants like Calypso's island. The homes were pretty big and could hold a large amount of people. We all went to our house to try out some things while I went to my room to change before I go train.
My room was azure blue with a queen sized bed. The covers were admiral blue while the pillows were steel grey. My room had a soft white carpet while the walls had some paintings that seemed to be from our adventures. I laughed at some before checking out the washroom. There was a counter, a shower/bathtub, with a Jacuzzi/hot tub. The bath tub had a button which I pressed and soon it became an indoor pool which was awesome! All the stuff on the counters was their including the soap and other cleaning utensils. Across from the bed was flat screen TV attached to the wall. In the cupboard below it were filled with my favourite movies and games. After seeing if all of them were there I opened a door that was close to my bed.
Inside was a walk in closet! I know it sounds girly but this closet was anything but girly! I mean there were so many shelves filled with different types of clothing. They were mostly sorted by country, climate, weather, and season. I bet that the Aphrodite kids would kill for this kind of wardrobe I thought happily. There was this one collection though that was called Training/fighting collection. The clothes were pretty dark but they also had some bright colors with it. Although none of them seemed to suit me at the moment. I looked at this other section that said, "Casual" It was full of t-shirts, jeans, sneakers, and jackets. The accessories were in a different case. There were different type of watches, sunglasses, and phones. At the back was this display case. Inside it was this cool outfit. There was a cloak, with this jacket, t-shirt, some big shoes, with baggy jeans. Beside it was another case that held weapons and a backpack. There was a panel on the side of the display case where my clothes were so I put my hand it. The case opened and I looked at the outfit more closely. It seemed to radiate magic. I put the outfit on and with the cloak. I zipped up the cloak and put the hood on. I looked at the mirror and smiled. The hood covered up my face except for my nose and down. There was a shadow casted over my face no matter how I tried to see my eyes it still kept it covered. Now all that was missing were some gloves and a set of armor. I looked behind me and noticed a pretty large box at the bottom of the case. I opened it and found some gloves and some armor that went with the cloak. I put them all on and went to the training arena.
I couldn't find Nico and Jason anywhere. Probably checking out their rooms I thought smirking. I slid down the staircase and found Nico and Jason playing in the theater room. I chuckled at how they acted towards the game. I stepped out of the house and took a deep breath of the air. Even though we were underground there were some air holes that gave us oxygen. It was all clean and the top of the mountain was enchanted showing us the night sky. Since there was no pollution in the air here we were able to see the twinkling stars. My feet made noise against the little rocks as I went to the training ground.
I called upon my weapons and the next thing they were in my hands. The dummies or the SS (Shadow Soldiers) as I know call them attacked me seeing that I was ready. I tried to use the weapons like how I did with Riptide but that plan backfired. One of the SS threw a spear that was able to tear a bit of the cloak but the cloak knitted itself together. Well that's an interesting ability I thought. I tried to block, stab, and slash but none of them worked. Very soon I became frustrated.
"You're not using it right brother." My sisters told me. I turned towards them,
"Then tell me how to use them! I tried everything and nothing works. "I said pleadingly. They looked at me understandingly.
"Look deep inside your memories Perseus. You do know how to use them. Just remember." They said softly before disappearing. I sighed and closed my eyes. I let my hands fall to my sides with the weapons. I went deeply in my memories and tried to remember. Bits and pieces came. Slowly I imagined the SS in front of me in my head. On instinct I raised one of my swords and heard a clang! I opened my eyes to find my sword blocking one of the SS's. They started attacking me and I dodged, weaved, and attack like I've been doing this my entire life. Slowly we went into a dance of swords. I was surrounded but that didn't worry me the slightest. I quickly flipped backwards in mid air behind an SS that was trying to stab me. As if in slow motion I looked at it before leaving an x mark on its chest before landing in a crouch. I threw destiny at my attackers and continued attacking. It went through the air like a boomerang and went through the SS like butter. My training was soon done and I was a bit out of breath. I walked towards the exit when I stopped, reached my hand out and destiny came back flying into my hands.
"Dude how the heck did you do that?" Jason said. I saw Nico and Jason at the entrance staring at me with wide eyes.
"Do what?" I asked smirking.
"The-the flipping, attacking, throwing, the awesomeness! " Nico said trying to explain. I raised an eyebrow at that even though they won`t be able to see it.
"Awesomeness? Is that even I word?" I asked.
"Forget that!" Jason said tired of waiting. I shrugged and said,
"I just remembered all the things we did before in training and did that. It was just training. Maybe you guys should that" I said walking out with my weapons disappearing. I decided to try out the survival dome next and then see what those pillars are used for. I entered the dome which kind of reminded me of the movie Hunger Games. It`s possible that that`s where my sisters got the idea from. I looked at the instructions before saying,
"Computer please turn dome setting 12367. Forest scene with obstacles included." The scene was changing and the ground soon became covered in grass, bushes, and trees. There were some mountains far off. The sky soon became a nice blue.
"Dome turned into what you wanted sir." The computer said. I gave a thank you before I started walking. The goal of this place was to pass every obstacle that comes at me. Since I`m at a forest I have to hunt, find shelter, a water source, and many other things. We have this thing just in case our powers don`t work that way we would know what to do with our surroundings. The training can take hours or days. It may seem like I`ve been here for a week but outside it could be an hour or two passed. I walked silently trying not to make any noise or else the animals will be able to hear me. What I need to know first is my surroundings and where water is. Without water I won`t be able to survive and I could last a few days without food. I started searching for a good tree to climb.
Soon I found one that was low enough for me to reach and was sturdy enough to hold. It was also one of the high trees in the forest. I started climbing carefully. The gloves protected my hands from injury and infection. As I was slowly getting to the top I noticed that the branches were getting farther apart from each other. The only way for me to get to the top was if I swung branch to branch or flip all the way up. I reached my hands out towards that closest branch to me and held it tightly. I let my feet of the branch and started to swing back and forth. Slowly I was doing full circles around the branch. I let go in mid swing and landed on a branch farther up. What I did took me many hours and days of practice. Slowly I got higher up on the tree. I looked at my surroundings. Not far north were the mountains. On the west was a little gap. That must be where the water is. I thought. The mountains weren`t far from it and near the place was a large group of trees that were close together. This made it a good place to hide, set camp, and also a dangerous to be attacked in. The sun was slowly getting to the middle of the dome making it almost afternoon. Now that I know where I can make my shelter, where the water is, and what my surroundings are, I can get finally get started on training. Now all I have to do is get down...
Nico Pov
Man what Percy did was awesome. I'm going to have to train if I want to do what he did while fighting. It seemed that Jason had the same idea since he took out his weapons. I took out my weapons too and got ready to fight the SS. I thought the dummies were the same as camp except that they move but they sure are darn fast! I barely dodged a spear that was aimed for my head. Jason and I teamed against them. When we finished the last one more came. This is going to take a long time.
Percy Pov
Right now I was making a canteen to hold my water. I just got some long leaves, twigs, pieces of bark that were stripped into small thinned pieces of sting to hold it together with moss. Once I was done I tied the canteen around me with the rope I made. Soon I was running quickly towards the water source. Up ahead I saw a group of trees blocking my way to the water. I put my feet against a tree and used the magic in my outfit to make my feet stick to the bark as I ran but I usually would have been able to do this without the magic. I just wanted to practice a bit. I quickly did a flip and landed on the ground with my hand on the ground in a kneeling position. I walked quietly towards the water and filled my canteen up. I`ll boil the water up later that way I would be able to drink it. I was about to walk away when I noticed that the water was moving. I heard a sloshing sound. Splash! Water covered me in head to toe making me soaking wet.
"ROAR!" I wiped the water off my face and found a lake serpent looking at me angrily. It had light green scales that had mud and kelp on it. It`s breath reeked of dead fish. I quickly bought my weapons out and got into a fighting position. Seeing that I was ready to fight it charged.
Jason Pov
"Man look at Percy go. His been doing flips for a while." I said watching him fight the serpent. We took a break from fighting and were now watching him train in the survival dome. He dodged the teeth of the serpent and slashed at its mouth giving a cut. It must have been pretty deep and painful since the serpent roared in anger before it continued to fight Percy.
"I know what you mean. He never did flips before. I would know because I spar with almost every time. I wonder why he didn't use them before." Nico asked.
"We can answer that question." The fates said. We were about to bow to them but they stopped us.
"No need for formalities. The reason why you don't know that Perseus could do that was because he didn't train at camp. He trained at home or on the weekends." Clothos explained.
"Wait his mom taught him? But I thought Sally was a regular mom?" Nico said. Ok now I'm confused.
"Your moms were keyblade wielders. Your parents were either too busy to teach you or they died early. Sally taught him because he needed it. Your luck wasn't as bad as his. Also she just trained Percy with little flips like that." Artropos said pointing to the screen where Percy did a black flip to dodge the teeth of the monster.
"Then how come Percy knows what to do in the forest?" I asked. They smiled and said,
"That's because his talent/gift is survival. His gift is such a big category making him almost survive anything. He got it from his mom and we're not sure why but his mom was the only one of the three to get the gift." They explained together. Nico seemed to be upset about that part. I reminded him that Sally thinks of us as his sons too.
"So do you guys want to train or do you want to watch our brother train?" Artropos asked. We settled for both. Watching him train and try to do the things he did.
Percy Pov
I rolled out of the way as the monster tried to squish me with its tail. I summoned magic from my weapons and threw it at him. The magic was weird black-blue orb that had light in it. It damaged the monster pretty well but my energy was getting. I dodged its teeth again but was smashed against trees with its tail that I did not see coming. My vision got all blurry and my head was hurting like hell. I knew that the monster would attack again and quickly rolled to the left. I got behind some trees for cover and to get my vision back. My head stills hurt but I got my vision back. I tried to dodge its tail again but it smashed me again! I was flying through the air and was about to land in another group of trees. Quickly I stuck my feet together and landed on the tree's bark sideways. I pushed myself off and attacked it again and again. Quickly I got on the things head when it tried to eat me. The only weakness of this serpent was its eyes kind of like a Drakon. I held onto its scales for dear life. The serpent started shaking hard trying to get off. I didn't dare open my mouth to speak or do anything in fear of cutting of my own mouth. It was really hard to hold onto its body because this guy sure can shake hard! It suddenly stopped and started looking for me. It stopped looking for me and was about to go back in the water thinking that I was dead when I quickly got up, ran up its scales and stabbed its eyes with both of my blades. It gave one last roar before turning into dust. I saw the dome turning back to normal. Huh. I guess that's all I'm going to learn for today. Also I think I figured out what those pillars are used for.
I stretched before walking towards the exit. My things from the dome disappeared. I took a deep breath of the air as I stepped out. I stretched a bit before walking towards the Alps as I know call them. When I reached the place I looked closely at the rock. I put my hand on it. Quickly I slammed my hand down on the rock sideways. The pillar shook but didn`t collapse or show any signs of breaking or cracking. I`ll get a better view of the place if I climb up to the top. I thought. I tried to find a place to put my hand on but the rock was smooth and had no holding places. I thought hard again. I summoned my weapons and stabbed at the rock. It stuck in there lodged. I took it out and the rock healed itself. I figured it out. I`m supposed to use my weapons to help me climb. This place is a test. The climbing wall at camp had holding places but this one we have to use whatever we have available with us right now to climb it. My weapons are climbing tools for me to use in this area. I better get started. I made Destiny and Fate get stuck and pulled myself up. This seems easy so far but I have feeling this is only the beginning.
Nico Pov
"What is Percy doing?" I said as I watched him try to smash the pillar. He then got out his weapons and stabbed the pillar. He smiled as he stabbed the thing again. The fates smiled as they watched him.
"He figured out what those pillars are used for. At least a part of what they're used for." They said explaining. Jason looked confused.
"What do you mean by part?" he asked.
"You'll see very soon." Was their reply to Jason's question which left him more confused. I felt sorry for him not getting the answer to his question.
Percy Pov
I tried to gasp for breath as I climbed. This thing was sure tall! I continued on climbing no matter how much my hand and lungs were begging me not to. I gritted my teeth when my hand almost slipped from Destiny. I continued climbing when it suddenly happened. My hand slipped and I was now dangling on Fate which was kind of ironic since now the fate of my life rested on my weapon. Oh the irony. I heard crumbling. I quickly looked up and noticed that Fate was loosening up. It wouldn't be able to hold me up much longer. I reached my hand towards Destiny. I stretched and my hand wrapped around it. Fate came out and was now dangling on my hand. I lodged it up a bit further up and made sure it was secure. I continued on with my climbing. Soon I reached the top and was sweating like crazy. I looked down and saw that I was 50 feet up in the air. I climbed that high? Man Uncle Zeus would kill me if he finds out! I looked at my hands to find little blisters but with a little spell they quickly healed. I looked around and noticed that the pillars were put randomly not in sequence. I guess all that climbing was for nothing but in a way it did improve my endurance. Now how do I get down? I tried to find a way down but found none. Unexpectedly where I was standing on the pillar collapsed, making me fall 100 miles per minute! The ground came closer and closer. I closed my eyes and waited to land on the ground with all my bones broken when I certain memory came back to me.
(Flashback)
It was windy day and I was at home. It looked like to be nearing fall. Mom was making her famous blue chocolate chip cookies. I was fourteen then when I entered the kitchen. Surprisingly I was wearing the outfit I'm wearing now.
"Hey mom, I'm home!" I said to her as I dropped my bag on the floor and gave her a hug.
"Hello Percy. How was school today?" she asked me. I shrugged,
"Same as everyday but this time there weren't any attacks!" I said happily. She smiled.
"That's great! Today I'm going to show you something else we can do with our weapons powers. But first you have to eat!" she said bringing out the cookies and putting them on a plate while I got a glass of milk.
When I was done eating Mom and I went to central park. We made sure no one was watching as we went into the tree that was hologram. On the other side was our training camp. It wasn't that big but it was enough for us. Mom led me to the pillars that were the height of our apartment buildings or more. She stopped and turned to me.
"Since our outfits have magic in them they can make us do certain things. It depends on how much magic you have that lets you do those things. For instance if you have enough you can climb walls with your feet, others have enough to float for a bit. But if you have a really large amount of magic you can glide/fly!" she said explaining to me.
"Now I have enough magic to climb walls and jump at heights but for you Percy since your weapons are special you have an unsustainable amount of magic. Meaning you can fly! Now what I want you to do is climb that pillar and fall. As you fall make sure that your feet stick to the pillar. That way it looks like your running down. When you feel ready push your legs off and try to reach to the other pillar. That way it looks like your flying! Soon you'll learn how to glide." She said smiling at me. The memory started fading away.
(End of Flashback)
Quickly I did what my mom instructed me to do. I stuck my feet on the pillar and started running down. I got into a pouncing position and pushed myself of the pillar. I was soaring through the air! Man Jason will be jealous when he finds out I can fly! It felt great to have the wind push past me. I reached the other pillar and my feet stuck to it like glue without falling down. I kept pushing myself of pillars as I practiced flying. Every time I yelled out in delight. What I didn't know that my brothers, the fates, and Lord Chaos was watching me.
Chaos Pov
Hmmm...So these are the three. I see now why the six chose those three. The others who tried to control them were greedy, ignorant, and power hungry. While the boys are humble, kinds, carefree, powerful, and rebles, just like the weapons. I smiled as I watched Perseus soar through the air with that contagious smile. So this is Sally's son, I thought. You trained him very well daughter.
DUN, DUN, DUN! What do you guys think of this very long chapter that took forever to right. Yes, yes another cliffy. You guys must hate me right now but hey that's how an author works! Review or else I won't right! Until next time!
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