Percy speaking
Percy's thoughts
Adamos in Percy's head
Adamos speaking through Percy
All characters are owned by Rick
(Except Adamos he's mine)
Chapter 7
Meeting Family
(Percy P.O.V)
After that major bomb drop about my newly discovered family, I left the beach heading back to the cabins. I was mentally and emotionally exhausted. Back at the cabins all of the campers were lined up outside each of their cabins in some kind of order.
"Percy, jump in the back of the line and we can start heading for dinner." Luke shouted from the start of the line in front of cabin eleven.
Not really knowing how things went around here I just made my way to the back of the line. I noticed the at many of the kids from cabin eleven had the same feature: sharp noses, upturned eyebrows, and mischievous smiles while others looked completely different from each other.
"Those are Hermes's kids. They all have shifty looks, which reminds me, we need to set up some anti-theft measures." Adamos trails off.
After we were all in line, we marched off to the dining pavilion. Satyrs began heading in from the meadows, from the lake a bunch of naiads had come out, and from the forest, girls were coming out of the woodworks, literally. Overall there were maybe over a hundred campers, a few dozen satyrs, and a couple dozen assorted nymphs and naiads all coming for dinner.
The pavilion was surrounded by large marble columns that held torches, only increasing the ancient Greek aesthetic. In the center of the dining area was a large bronze brazier that held a flame that was reaching at least six feet high. Each cabin seemed to have their own table, as there were four empty tables like the number of empty cabins at camp. Cabin eleven's table on the other hand was so overly crowded that I was hanging off the edge by a cheek.
I noticed Grover and some other satyrs sitting at table twelve with Mr. D and two plump blonde boys that resembled the wine god. Chiron was standing off to the side of a large picnic table that sat at the head of the pavilion, to big to sit down at the table. Annabeth was at table six with a bunch of serious looking athletic kids, they all resembled each other with blonde hair and gray eyes. Clarisse sat behind me at table five, currently dry after todays events, belching and arm wrestling with her siblings.
Once it seemed that everyone had arrived Chiron drew their attention to the head table. Pounding his hoof on the floor of the pavilion till everyone was quiet. He raised his glass up. "To the gods!" Which everyone, minus Mr. D, responded back with equal enthusiasm.
Wood nymphs then came to each table, carrying platters of food. There were a variety of different fruits, cheeses, bread, vegetables, meats, but most importantly was that they had barbeque! They only thing that seemed to be missing was that none of the nymphs were carrying anything drink related. Well unless you wanted to drink straight gravy but that was a no for me.
"The goblet in front of you seems to have an enchantment on it to summon drinks. Try asking it for something to drink."
Looking at the golden cup in front of me half expecting it to be a trick, but after all I've seen today, I wasn't skeptical. "Uh… cherry coke?" The glass then began to fill with the fizzy soft drink. Then I got an idea, "Blue cherry coke." And it turned cobalt blue. I took a sip and relished the taste of the soda. I internally toasted to my mother hoping that she's all right, and with Adamos's help I would get her back.
"Here you go Percy." Luke said from my right, handing me the platter of brisket that I may or may not have been eyeing for the last few minutes. I was taking a rather generous amount—or selfish amount—and was about to take a bite when I saw everyone taking their plates towards the brazier in the center of the pavilion.
"Uh, what are they doing?" I ask.
"I believe they are making sacrifices to the gods."
"I thought that they were supposed to sacrifice animal bones and hides and stuff like that? There was that whole myth about Zeus being tricked by Prometheus." I think.
"Well look at you remembering your myths. As your teacher I must say that I am proud that your learning." Adamos said with a fake sniffle. I resisted the urge to physically roll my eyes at his dramatics. "Any ways I think as times changed so did what qualifies as a sacrifice if I had to guess. I haven't received a sacrifice in many millennia, so this is just an educated guess."
"Well, when in Rome, or Greece I guess?" I say as I stand and make my way over to the brazier. As I make my way over, I saw the other campers taking portions of their meals and scooping them into the fire.
Luke murmured into my ear, "Burnt offerings to the gods. They like the smell."
"The smell? You're kidding?"
"It actually does smell good." Adamos filled in.
Luke however just gave me a look that said to take this seriously before he stepped up to the fire and scooped some food in. "To Hermes."
Then it was my turn. I didn't really know who to sacrifice to. All of the gods? Just dad? I wasn't really sure how to do this, then a thought came. I scooped some of my food into the fire and made a silent prayer. "To Adamos."
Almost immediately a smell that seemed to come from the brazier entered my nose. It didn't smell like burning food at all. It smelled like freshly baked cookies and brownies, grilled steak, and a bunch of other delicious foods. It had to be one of the greatest things I've ever smelt before. Then I was hit with a noticeable boost in energy and I felt far less exhausted physically and mentally.
"You didn't have to do that Percy."
"Why not? You're a god too right. You said that no ones sacrificed to you in a long time because no one remembers you. Besides I'd rather sacrifice to the god I know rather than a bunch of strangers."
"Thanks Percy. That…That actually means a lot to me."
With a small smile and an internal feeling of gratitude that I knew wasn't mine, I made my way back to the table for cabin eleven and started to eat. Luke chose to sit next to me at the table.
"I stole you a sleeping bag and some toiletries from the camp store. I left them in the cabin for you since you didn't seem to have arrived with anything." He said.
"Oh. Thanks, I completely forgot about that." I said just realizing.
"It's no problem. It's your first day, and they can be a little tough, and that's usually how it is for everyone." He says in between bites, but it was the slight tone of bitterness that surprised me.
"So, your dads Hermes?" I said trying to change the subject. It seemed to work as the tension around Luke seemed to lessen, though I didn't know if it was a good or bad thing.
"Yeah that's him, Hermes, god of messengers, medicine, travelers, merchants, thieves. Anyone who uses the roads really. That's why there are so many campers in cabin eleven. He takes in any unclaimed nobodies." He said gripping his fork tightly.
This seemed to be an uncomfortable topic for him, so I figured he didn't really mean it when he called me and the other campers' nobodies.
Luke turned to me and put on a reassuring smile. "Don't worry about it Percy. The campers here are mostly good people. We are family after all, we gotta take care of each other."
"Percy I'm getting a weird feeling from this kid." Adamos said with a critical tone.
"I don't know, maybe he's just stressing about something." I reason.
"Still—" Adamos says suspiciously.
"He seems like a good guy. I mean he got us toiletries and a sleeping bag, and he's the only one so far that's actually made me feel welcome." I say cutting him off.
He sighs, "Alright Percy. It's ok to give someone a chance, but never give them a chance at your back." Adamos says in a warning tone.
"Fine." I go back to eating my food, not really knowing what he meant.
"So earlier Annabeth kept calling me 'the one'. Would you happen to know what that's about?" I ask. Adamos said that I'm supposed to be a part of something important in the future, but I was wondering how she knew.
"I hate prophecies."
"Excuse me?" I ask with a raised brow.
Luke absent mindedly reaches to touch the scar on his face. "Let's just say that I went on a quest a few years ago and screwed things up for everyone at camp, since then Chiron hasn't allowed any more quests. Annabeth's been dying to go out and see the world. She kept asking Chiron about going on a quest until he caved and told her that she was apart of a prophecy and wasn't meant to go on a quest until someone special came along. Now she thinks that any new person that comes across the boundary is that special person, its been years since then though so I wouldn't worry."
The conversation with Luke died off quickly after. He seemed like a good guy. He was friendly and welcoming to all of the campers in cabin eleven and me when I arrived, but something in the back of my mind was setting off alarms. I figured it was just Adamos trying to warn me further.
After everyone was finished eating Chiron began stomping his hoof on the marble floors once again to get everyone's attention. Mr. D just got up with a huge sigh.
"Yes, I suppose I should say hello to all you brats. Well hello. Chiron, our activities director, says that the next capture the flag is Friday. Cabin five currently holds the laurels" Mr. D said dismissively. At this the campers at the Ares table cheered. "Personally," Mr. D continued, "I couldn't care less, but congrats. Also, I should welcome a new camper. Peter Johnson."
Chiron just murmured something into his ear.
"Err, Percy Jackson, sorry," Though he didn't sound the least bit apologetic, he actually made it sound like a chore. "That's right. Hooray and all that. Now get going to your sing along or whatever. I'm going to bed." He murmured out the last part. Everyone cheered before heading down to the amphitheater.
"Alright we can use now to get away from everyone. Tell Chiron that you aren't feeling like going to the sing along."
"Alright but what about curfew? We can't stay out or people will notice."
"Leave it to me. Now go."
Hanging back at the table until after all of the campers have left, I got up and approach Chiron.
"Percy! What seems to be the problem? All of the others have already made their way to the amphitheater, if you don't hurry there won't be any materials left for smores." He turns to me with a smile.
"Actually Chiron I wasn't feeling up to singing. I think I just need some time to process today." I half lie. Today really has been long.
Chiron takes a moment to look me over, like he was trying to sense any lies, before he nods. "As you wish Percy. I do hope that you feel better tomorrow. I know it takes some getting used to things but that doesn't mean that you still can't enjoy the activities, I believe that trying them always helps ease the new campers in." He says before trotting off to the amphitheater, leaving me in the pavilion.
"So what do we do now?" I ask.
"Now? Now I'm in control," Adamos says before I let him take control. "I'm going to introduce you to family." He says before turning around and heading the brazier.
"Who are we meeting?" I ask curiously.
"Our aunt." Adamos says not giving anymore details. He said our so that meant that this was some one from our dad's side of the family. This was a goddess that we were going to meet and the second immortal being that I'm meeting today.
Adamos just makes his way over to the burning brazier before stopping in front of a small eight-year-old girl, she had dark brown hair that framed her face in ringlets, warm brown eyes that soothed the soul, and a soft tanned skin. Her outfit just consisted of modest brown robes and a shawl. She was absently poking at the coals in the fire pit with a long poker.
"Do you mind if I sit here with you?" Adamos asks the small girl. For her part she seemed a bit surprised at the conversation before composing herself.
"No not at all. Please sit." She says in a voice that sounds melodic and calming.
Adamos sits near her at the foot of the brazier, keeping a foot of distance between us. "So, what are you doing here by yourself? Shouldn't you be singing with the campers?" He asks.
"I could ask you the same thing." She says back.
"Touché."
The small girl smiles. "But to answer your question. No, I don't need to go, I'm content with watching and tending to the fires."
"Really?" Adamos says with a raised brow. "Surely it must get lonely by yourself?"
"It can at times, but it makes me happy." She says, then turns to look Adamos in the eyes. "But what brings you to the hearth?"
"Not much. Just need to sort some things out in my head with all that's gone on today." He says, looking out into the night sky. "Although the first question that comes to mind is what's a goddess such as yourself doing here? Wouldn't you rather be at the hearth on Olympus Lady Hestia?" Adamos turns back to her and gives her a smirk.
Her features stay schooled. The only indication of her surprise is the barely noticeable widening of her eyes before she gives my resident god a small smile. "So, you know who I am. I must say not many mortals notice me let alone know my name."
"Yeah well, I'll have you know I'm far more perceptive than any mortal. It tends to help when finding any worthwhile secrets and gossip" He says.
"Oh really?" She raises a brow, "And what secrets would those be?" Hestia says with bits of amusement.
"Well Chiron seems to have a minor addiction to chocolate." Adamos rubs his chin and looks off in no particular direction. "And Mr. D seems to use cabin inspections as an excuse to spend time with his sons despite the ancient laws, considering he went to 'inspect' only their cabin earlier today. As well as the blonde princess trying to eavesdrop on our conversation." He whispers that last part into her ear.
Hestia covers her mouth with her hand only to fail to suppress her giggles. "My you are the observant one. But how did you know she was there?"
"Oh, you know I just saw her hang behind the group and break off once she thought she was far enough away, and she's not exactly the stealthiest when walking through the woods. There's only so many times the bushes can rustle before you know somethings there. But if you wouldn't mind id rather keep this conversation private." Adamos then snaps his fingers and mumbles something so fast that Hestia, even with her godly hearing, couldn't pick up. A few sparks of green erupt from the snap, and a moment later Annabeth walks out of the bushes near the pavilion, with a baseball cap in her hand, and marches towards the amphitheater with a blank look on her face.
At this Hestia's eyes gain a critical look. "What did you do to her?" She and I say to Adamos at the same time though I say it in thought.
Adamos smirks, clearly pleased to have both of our full attention on him. "Oh, nothing really, just a little manipulation of the mist and a spell of my own design. Think of it as the Jedi mind trick, but you know, better. And no, there are no adverse effects to her, she's perfectly fine minus some memory loss of this conversation."
"A spell such as that seems to be rather well done. I wonder how a young demigod that only arrived today could know such a thing. I can tell that your reactions today were genuine when you were with Chiron, however now you act completely different. How is it you know such a thing?" Hestia says her eyes boring into Adamos. If I wasn't sharing headspace with him, I never would have known the bit of nervousness that Adamos was feeling. It was quite weird to be honest, feeling the normally confident and knowing god being nervous under the gaze of an eight-year-old goddess, but for his credit Adamos never visibly showed the nervousness.
"Oh I know many things Hestia," he smirks, "I know that the sun chariot was impounded eight times in the last twenty years, that the war god once put on drag to see if he was pretty enough to start a war like Helen of Troy, that a certain silver eyed huntress can't sleep without cuddling with her pillows, or how about that once a year, on the same day, at the same time, you set up two cups of tea for yourself inside your temple on Olympus but never drink the second cup."
At each piece of information Hestia's eyes widen more and more, and her body tenses. "H-how do you know all of this."
"I told you not much goes by without me noticing, however the better question is how do you know about all that. Unless of course you've been peeking into a certain book that you keep with you at all times." Adamos continues to playfully smirk at the goddess.
Hestia instinctively reaches for a spot near her left hip, hidden by the robes that cover her small frame in its entirety. After checking she breathes a small sigh of relief and whatever it was apparently still was there. Her eyes however never left Adamos. The hand that was still holding the poker tightened around the long piece of metal. "I must warn you, normally I abhor conflict, but this book was left to me by someone I love and care for dearly so that no one would abuse it. I won't let anyone have it, even if I have to resort to drastic means to keep it so." Hestia says, her voice filled with conviction and her warm brown eyes were now ablaze like a raging fire.
Adamos's smirk just turns into a full-blown grin. "And that my dear auntie, is why I trusted you with it more than anyone else." As he finished his sentence Adamos raised his arm forward, his hand in a grasping pose like it was reaching for something. Out of Hestia's robes an unassuming book flew towards Adamos's outstretched hand. The cover was a deep blue and was lined with flowing dull grey designs that resembled a spear going through a shield with a dragon's head with a sword and arrow criss crossing behind the shield, but as soon as it touched Adamos's hand the cover seemed to glow to life. The previously dull grey designs radiated a glowing silver, the edges of the pages shimmered golden, and the book itself pulsed with power like a heart beating back to life.
Hestia just stood their silent, her mouth opening and closing but no words were coming out. She then shook her head to get over her shock before speaking. "T-that's not possible. The book's been dormant for millennia, it never responded to any one other than…" She trails of before coming to a realization. Hestia takes a cautious step towards Adamos, I myself was watching with rapt attention at what was going on.
"Is it you?" she asks in a soft voice. "are you really…" She doesn't finish as if she's afraid that she's wrong.
"Yes, Aunt Hestia. It's me I'm really here." He says, giving her a warm smile and holding his arms open in invitation. His eyes shifting, turning from the bright sea green of Percy's eyes to the oceanic blue, white-gold sands, and tropical green islands of Adamos's eyes.
Hestia immediately accepts. She switches her form from an eight-year-old to a beautiful woman in her early thirties in mid stride, engulfing us into a warm and soothing hug, her body being taller than my own. The sound of quiet sobbing could be heard in the silent night. The two immortals stayed like that for a while before breaking apart. Hestia looked a bit disheveled, tear tracks quite visible on her flawless face, and her eyes had a red ring around them from crying.
Then out of nowhere Hestia slaps Adamos so hard that it caused a 360-degree turn. I was quite surprised that we didn't get whiplash from that hit.
"Where were you?" She said angrily. "After what happened I was able to keep track of you for a few decades but then you just disappeared. We thought that something happened to you. The only way that I knew you were alive was because the book was still writing things down, though barely. We all feared that you had given up and faded after the first few centuries when the book stopped writing itself all together." She said in a voice filled with anger, sadness, and hurt as she pointed to the book in Adamos's hands. "You never gave us a sign that you were still alive." Her eyes threatening to once again break out in tears.
Adamos wrapped Hestia in another hug which she tried to struggle out of before giving in and fully embracing Adamos once again.
"I'm so sorry." He whispers into her ear. "I never meant to cause any of you so much grief."
"Just…tell me what happened." She whispers.
Adamos slowly brings them down to ground to sit. The god and goddess finally leaving their embrace, but their shoulders staying in contact. "I tried to stay in Greece. I really did." Adamos began. "But it just became worse. Everywhere I went monsters followed. A bounty was apparently placed in all of Greece for my head and my weapons. That's actually why I left you the book. I figured if any one could use it wisely it would be you."
"Well I appreciate the level of trust that you put in me to protect something so important, but that doesn't explain why your hiding here at camp. And if you don't tell me I'm sure that Hera, Athena and Artemis would love to have a word with you. That's not to mention your father." Hestia says playfully. Adamos however goes completely rigid and seems to break out in a cold sweat.
"Y-your n-not g-g-going to t-tell her. R-right?" Adamos stutters nervously. "None of the Olympians can know I'm here! Especially her. It'll throw my entire plan out the window!" Adamos pleads.
"Don't worry I won't if you tell me the reason you finally decided to show up now." She says as her tone turns serious
Adamos collects himself and takes a deep breath. "I spent the millennia wandering around the world. Meeting with other pantheons, doing tasks for them, keeping busy, learning many new things and making some new toys, getting into fights with a certain eastern monkey, a Viking with a hammer, and a falcon headed sore loser. You will be glad to know I still have never lost a duel and have managed to set up good relations with the other pantheons. Except the Mayans. Those guys were jerks."
"I hope you didn't just go around looking for fights. I know Hera and I raised you with better manners than that." Hestia says, looking him straight in the eyes.
"Of course not. Who do you take me for?" She just raises a brow in response. "No. I didn't go around attacking people. They challenged ME. But after a while I began to see certain signs and I began to look into them." He turns serious. "Aunt Hestia. The Crooked one is rising."
Hestia paled as the words left our mouth. "So, what does that mean for you?" Sher asks cautiously.
"I've…made a deal with the fates. No don't say another word and let me finish." He cuts her off before she can say anything. "The things that they needed me to do have already happened. In return I asked them to let me interfere with the prophecy. To quote 'save and protect my family' as I put it." Hestia smacks him on the arm multiple times. "Ow ow OW. Jeez Auntie what was that for?"
"That was for doing something as stupid as making a deal with the fates. You could have died. Those three never ask for anything easy." She says then gives him a kiss on the cheek. Warmth and comfort flow through my body, it felt like my mom was here comforting me and telling me everything was all right. "And that was for being as great a man that I know you are."
"So are you going to introduce me to the young man that you seem to be inhabiting?" She asks.
"Oh! Right he's here."
"You forgot about me!?"
"Cut me some slack! I haven't seen her in five thousand years."
I feel Adamos's control give way. "Um…hello Lady Hestia." I say in the politest way possible. The only other gods I've met were Adamos and Mr. D. Adamos was relaxed with my responses, but Mr. D seemed to not like me at all.
"Oh please, Percy is it?" I nod in response. "There is no reason for formalities I haven't been an Olympian in a long time so there's no need for such, besides we are family. Also, out of any one Adamos chose you to help so that must mean he trusts you a great deal."
"It could just be because we're brothers." I say rubbing the back of my head. Adamos and I were both feeling embarrassed at her words.
"So, he's told you who your father is?" Again, I just nod. "Well I can say that he has never once let family restrict him from making the best choices. He's always tried to make the best choices that benefit those he cares for over all." I didn't have a response for that.
I felt Adamos turn away from the praise in my head. "You know you do look so much like your father. Almost exactly like he did when he was younger. I know he is proud of you Percy." This threw me for a loop. Here was my aunt that I just meet telling me about my dad. Adamos only told me bits and pieces from when was last with him. Hearing it from her just seemed to make everything feel more real.
"Now if you don't mind me asking. What are you planning on doing Adamos?" Hestia asks.
Adamos takes control again. "Well for now I'm going to start training Percy. Between weapons training and using his powers and some magic lessons on the side. If something has indeed happened on Olympus." Hestia nods in confirmation. "Then there might not be much time before we need to act."
"Well it's at least good to see that you're training Perseus. I know Hera and I didn't raise a freeloader." She says waving a finger.
"Come on Aunt Hestia. When have I ever been a freeloader?" Adamos whines childishly.
"Do you really want me to answer that?"
"No. But if Uncle and Father have been fighting like I've seen and what I've heard is true than I'm going to need a few items from you. Please." He asks sincerely.
"Of course."
"Alright. First, we're going to need an enchanted backpack that can't be stolen from and has lots of extra space, and preservation enchantments. Second, I will be needing you to go to this location," He hands Hestia a piece of paper "Once your inside go to the second floor and grab me the book in the fourth row, third shelf up and fifth from the left. And finally, I need you to bring me some hearth fire."
"May I ask what you need all of this for?" She says, tilting her head inquisitively
"The backpack is for the Hermes cabin and anything that we come across that we can take with us. The book is a book of magic so that it can help teach him magic instead of me just lecturing. The hearth fire is for in case we are going to where I think we are going. If this is going to happen, they may use him as a scapegoat to make things work." I had no idea who or what they were talking about, but Hestia nodded like she knew exactly what he was talking about.
"Well, it will take me some time to get the other items but here," Hestia snaps her fingers and a backpack appears at the foot of the brazier. "The backpack has everything that you asked for it plus some supplies that I'm sure you'll need in the future. The pack will also return to you should you lose it, you just have to summon it."
Adamos picks the backpack up and puts it over his shoulder. "Thank you for everything Aunt Hestia. I know that this is asking a lot, but it means so much to me that you did this." Adamos then gives the glowing book back to Hestia, which she puts back in her robes. "Please hang on to this for a little while longer."
"Think nothing of it. I'm just glad that our family has a chance at being whole again." Hestia says, "Should you ever need anything please, just ask." Then in a flash of fire Hestia disappears.
Adamos then turns and walks down the hill towards cabin eleven.
"So that was our aunt."
"Yup sweetest lady you'll ever meet. She is the picture book definition of the kindness."
"She did seem nice." I say. "So what was that about other pantheons?"
"Nothing that concerns us at the moment. Many of those pantheons are no longer on earth. Some have faded, others have just cut themselves off from the mortal world. The odds of us meeting anything from other mythologies are slim to none." Adamos explains.
"But they did exist?" I ask.
"Yes, they did exist at one point. But you can't tell anyone else about this. It's one of the biggest secrets of the divine world. A secret the gods would kill for."
"Ok so no talking about it or death. Got it."
Adamos just begins to pick up small rocks along the way to the cabin until he has seven stones. He enters the cabin and goes to the spot in the corner with a rolled up sleeping bag and a bag of toiletries.
"So what are you going to do with those rocks?" I ask
"I am going to build us a decoy." He says as he pulls one of the minotaur horns that I had in my back pocket and begins to carve a bunch of symbols into the stones before setting them up in a line inside the sleeping bag. He then pricks my thumb and smears a bit of blood onto the head stone. A second later a sleeping Percy appears in the sleeping bag.
"Wha—I don't—how?" I barely sputter out.
"Magic." He says doing jazz hands. "It's a simple decoy spell. It will last for about half a day. More than we need. We are going to use this time to train after everyone sleeps. Something big will happen and we are going to be dragged into it. It's best to get you prepared as much as possible till then."
"What's going to happen?"
"Nothing that you need to worry about because we won't be able to change whats already happened anyways. We just need to get you prepped."
"So, what are we going to do?" I ask.
Adamos stands and puts his hands on his hips. "Now? Now we are going to the beach."
(Linebreak) (spinning bat signal-BananananNah)
"And now were at the beach." Adamos says to no one in general.
"Uh—yeah we've been standing here for, like two minutes just looking at the waves." I say.
"Whatever. Just give me a moment and we'll start." Adamos says as he begins carving symbols into a few trees and boulders around the beach. The area that we were in was secluded from the rest of camp and would be missed entirely unless you already knew where to look.
"All right. Done." Adamos says putting the minotaur horn back in the backpack we brought. Adamos then begins muttering something to fast to comprehend and places his hand on the center of the largest boulder. A faint glow begins to spread around the area before fading away. "All right the barrier is set up. Now no gods will be able to detect us while we are within the boundary." Then a stone man breaks free from a nearby boulder.
"Gah!What is that?!"
"That Percy is your sparring partner." He says with a smirk before carving a symbol on its forehead. The symbol was of a spear going through the middle of a shield with a dragon's head and a sword and arrow making an X behind the shield. The eyes glow a light blue color and a stone staff erupts from the ground and into its hands. It gets into a fighting stance, pointing the staff at my face. Adamos then give over control to me. I pull on the band on my arm and it turns into Adamos's spear.
"You better watch out Perce this guy might be just a sparring golem, but I implanted a bit of my combat knowledge into it."
"So what does that mean for me?" I ask nervously.
"Your fighting a being that doesn't tire, doesn't feel pain, and doesn't yield to any danger and has a bit of my skills and experience." I gulp. "In other words, I'm gonna break you." The golem dashes forward at great speed, I barely manage to block the over head strike with the shaft of the spear. "Like a Kit-Kat bar." Adamos says with a smirk.
"This is gonna hurt." I think to myself.
(Time Skip)
I collapse on the sand exhausted. My muscles feel like they are being ripped apart, my lungs were on fire. I had been sparing with the golem for three hours. THREE HOURS! And I only managed to hit the stupid thing twice. Meanwhile my body was covered in bruises.
"Well, you did pretty well Percy. And we only stopped for breaks six times."
"I…Hate…You...So…Much." I gasp out.
"Ah love you to buddy. Don't worry the physical stuff is over."
"Yaaaaayyyy." I moan out.
"Now we need to work on drawing out your powers as well as mine."
"How are we supposed to do that?" I mentally groan.
"We're going to meditate. Underwater. At the bottom of the ocean."
"You do realize that I can't breathe underwater right?"
Adamos sounds like he's straining to talk straight, but it isn't noticeable. "Don't worry Percy I'm a god of the deep seas, I can let you breath underwater."
"All right. Just give me a moment. I can't really feel my everything."
"Don't worry. I got you." The sand then begins to move down the beach to the water, taking me with it. "All right Percy just continue to breathe, once we go under you'll be able to breathe like normal. Just close your eyes and breathe."
I close my eyes and focus on breathing. I feel the sand moving beneath me and the waves lapping at my body. After a moment I feel my body rocking above the surface of the ocean before I slowly descend towards the ocean floor. My body begins to rapidly heal and I feel a burst of energy fill my body. A soothing and calming feeling fills my mind and all exhaustion leaves my mind. I begin to open my eyes under water and see that I can see perfectly clear beneath the water, heck my vision seemed to be clearer now than if it were a sunny day up on the surface.
"Hey Percy."
"Hmm."
"I totally lied about helping you breathe under water."
My eyes immediately open. I start screaming and thrashing trying to get to the surface. In my mind Adamos was just laughing like a madman. It takes me a moment before I calm down and realize that I'm breathing perfectly fine underwater.
"THE F# K" I shout out.
"Ok ok. I'm good. I—I'm good. Wooh that was funny."
"NO IT WASN'T!"
"Come on Percy I wouldn't put you in danger if I didn't have a way to get you out safely."
"That STILL wasn't funny."
"Yes yes. Now time to get a meditating."
"Fine." I say begrudgingly. I sit on the sea floor. "So how are we supposed to do this."
"First your going to need to relax your body," I follow his instructions. "Then even out your breathing. After that you just need to find your core"
I close my eyes and steady my breath. I sit there for a while listening to the sounds of the ocean. "So, what exactly am I supposed to be finding?"
"Your core."
"And what does my core feel like?"
"Like what you did to that Clarisse girl. When you summoned the water in the bathroom. Something like that."
I continue to sit there with my eyes closed trying to feel the water around me. My world goes black and I feel something in my gut. It feels like an orb of power, like a container the size of the Big House, and inside was a sea green light the size of a basketball. The container was mostly empty. Inside the small sea green light was pulsing. I reach out for it and feel the power from the light. I grasp the light as it reaches out, keeping a firm hold and spreading the light out to the edges of the container. I pull more and more, and the pull slowly becomes painful.
"Keep pulling Percy. Grasp your power and spread it around." Adamos instructs.
I keep pulling as Adamos instructs, the pain becoming so intense that it almost causes me to let go, until I feel a snap and I release the power. I look back to the container the light was the same size but it was now flowing and reaching out like the tide towards the edges of the container. I could feel my power being less restrained yet still weak. Like an underdeveloped muscle.
"Ok Percy you opened up your well of power. This will grow with you and power up as you train with it. Like a muscle it will become stronger and easier to control with practice. Now you need to connect my well to yours."
"Your well?" I ask as I internally look around.
"Look up."
As I look around the blackness that is my internal world, I look up for the first time. What I see makes my jaw drop. Up above me is a massive sphere of energy. It easily dwarfs my container by a ridiculously large margin. If my container was the size of the Big House than Adamos's was at least the size of two hundred story sphere, maybe bigger. It was a mixture of chaotic energy. Lightning, fire, lava, raging waters, destructive light, white flames, soft glowing golden light, darkness with streaks of silver, and chunks of massive earth were all melded together into a sphere. It was both beautiful and terrifying at the same time.
"Percy your going to have to have to reach out and connect it to your power well."
I slowly reach out towards the massive sphere but hesitate at the massive amounts energy flowing off of it. It felt barely restrained, as if it were moments away from destroying everything around it. A small amount reaches out, heading towards my direction. I hesitantly reach out then grasp the tether of energy and immediately a burst of pain shot up my arm causing me to release it.
"Whats wrong? Why did you let go?"
"It hurt like hell when I grabbed it. Like what the hell was that about?"
"It's god levels of energy Percy. We gods are physical aspects of the world. Controlling that takes a lot of energy. Far more than the mortal body can handle. It's going to hurt but if you can set up a pathway from my power well to yours than I can give you access to my domains like if you were a demigod child of my own, stronger even since I'm here to supply and regulate my power."
"So long story short I just need to do it once?"
"Yes, that is technically what I'm saying."
I take a deep breathe, preparing myself. "All right. I'm ready." I say then I reach out and grab the tether once again. I feel the pain coursing through my body. It felt like a billion bolts coursing through my body, my skin burning and peeling away. But I keep pulling on the tether of power before finally reaching my container. With one mighty pull I force the tether to come into contact with my container and a flash of light explodes, causing me to close my eyes to shield myself from the brightness.
I look back and see that where the tether of energy was, is now a golden rope that is seeping power into my container. The sea green light intermingling with the different energies from Adamos's well of power before settling. The sea green light was still the size of a basketball but had melded and become a collage of different energies. The sea green and oceanic blue of Adamos's power were the most prominent of the colored energies.
"All right. That's done."
"Good. That was the quickest way to get give you access to my powers. We'll take a few days off so that the power can settle. Putting to much strain on your mortal soul and body by drawing from my powers could cause lots of damage, and possibly kill you."
"Rest and relaxation. Got it." I say tiredly. Today really has been one of the longest in my life.
"I think that it's time for you to go back to the cabin to sleep." Adamos says softly.
"Alright." I yawn out.
I walk out form under water towards the beach. Slowly trudging, my exhaustion doubling as I leave the water, I pick up my backpack. I tiredly make my way back to cabin eleven, where I stealthily make my way over to my sleeping bag without waking anyone, moving the stones that make up the decoy, and sliding inside. As soon as my head hits the sleeping bags built in pillow I immediately fall asleep.
(A/N)
Salutations true believers. All right so I know that I have huge gaps between my updates. So I'd like to say I'm sorta sorry. Between college starting and work its just been a bit chaotic. So I'm about 3/5ths sorry. I do actually read the reviews so when Andersonb said that my chapters are short I'd just say that I prefer to keep the chapters close to seven thousand words. I find that it's a decent size to read. Not too long and not short. Plus I wanted to flush out Adamos's relationship with the other Olympians. Another thing is the whole power wells thing. I always read POJ fanfics and the book they describe a shattering glass sound during Percy's meeting with the misery goddess(I forget her name). So I figured that they are containers that act as mortal limits for a demigods divine power. Percy is just the only one so far who has broken his demigodly limits. Also if you can find the TFS reference in the story, you get a cookie. Please review, it helps when making the story. Also this is still my first story so I apologize if it is kinda crappy or something.