Sigh, nothing to do at home... I know! I'll update one of my stories! Maybe Prince of Olympus?

*end of flashback*

And, that is how I came to do this. Ta-da!

p.s. I'm no good with sword fighting scenes so excuse me if I describe things wrongly. I only go by visualisation.

Poured down my sweat as I dodged another swipe of my father's blade. We've been at this for two hours and I seriously think that it was too much, even for me. Fatigue was starting to seep in. Poseidon still looked in tip-top shape. But, the words two hours didn't apply to him, he was a god, which of course meant that he had an almost impossible to drain energy source. I stepped lightly to the side to dodge another cut. Dad's eyes twinkled mockingly.

"Don't tell me you're getting tired, Perce. I trained you better than that," he taunted as he took another jab at me again.

I scowled as much as I could with my shallow breath.

"Who said I was old man?"

Poseidon gasped with mock offense.

"Don't you know it's not nice to disrespect a god?"

I had no answer to that so I just concentrated on the fight. If I could just get him cornered…

Just as if he had heard my thoughts, he went from attack to offense. It might be a bit harder to do that now. I analyzed the possible courses of action, keeping in my mind what Athena had said about keeping a calm mind. Suddenly, inspiration struck. My eyes zeroed in on the way he always dove in to parry my attacks. There was always a slight hesitation there. His ghostly words echoed in my mind.

My right arm got injured by Oceanus during one of our 'meetings', it's healing but it might take a few more days at least…

That's it!

I tried out the move that my father had taught me only days ago, a move that I hadn't perfected yet, but was desperate enough to try. I hesitated and hesitated then, at the corner of my eye I spotted Poseidon's hand twitch uncomfortably and I made my move. Slowly but deliberately, I brought my sword down, hoping that he would notice this and make a natural reaction. Luckily, I had enough luck on my side for him to do just that. He brought his sword up to parry my blow and I found the opening that I needed. Blade clashed against blade and sparks flew, metaphorically. I prayed to Athena that my plan would work.

I guess you know what I'm planning now. Yup, put enough stress on his injured hand to make dad lose his cool for a minute. One moment of hesitation was enough time for me to make my move…

Sure enough, our blades locked together. I put as much force as I could into that move and I could see Poseidon strain against me his injured hand wobbling slightly.

Now…

In one swift movement, I brought my foot out and swiped my father's feet from under him and causing him to lose balance. He tumbled to the ground, his blade clattering noisily on the cold, hard floor.

I stood above him grinning wickedly and held my sword over his heart –not that I would purposely hurt him- I took a deep breath to calm myself and felt the adrenaline rush fade away.

Before I said in a smug voice,

"I win."

It took a while for the shocked expression on Poseidon's face to fade away before it was replaced by one of pride. Immense pride. I offered a hand and he took it gratefully. He was still smiling as he said,

"You nailed it son. You're determination and prowess in battle is over whelming and you're drive to win was as impressive."

I blushed throughout his whole speech.

"Thanks dad," I managed to stammer.

We sat back on the bench breathing heavily. Or maybe it was just me. Dad was still grinning from ear-to-ear like a madman. It was an expression that I could easily imagine on a certain god of the dead. He offered me a bottle of water, half of which I chugged down thirstily and the other half I dunked on myself. Strength coursed in my veins and I immediately felt energized. Ah, the healing properties of water. It works miracles. I took another look at the wall clock. Five more minutes till my lessons with Athena.

Sigh.

So? How'd you like it?

Btw, I've just started reading twilight and I've gotta say that it's A-W-E-S-O-M-E!

Not more awesome than Percy though. He's still my No. 1!

Woo Hoo! Go Percy!

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