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Quick A/N: Thank you for the view/follows/reviews. The best feeling is when I wake up check my phone and see a notification for this story. Anyways Ch 3.
6:00 am 5th cohort Barracks
Percy awoke from his dreamless sleep to a loud banging outside the barracks. The voice was commanding, but after last night he recognized it as Reyna's voice.
"Cohort Five, get your asses to the principia in 30 minutes." her voice echoed.
Percy groaned as he rubbed his eyes and sat up in his bunk. He looked to his left and saw Frank strapping his bow onto his back. To Percy, Frank looked far from an archer with his tall stature and stout build. But his skills yesterday showed that he was adept with the ranged weapon. Frank turned around holding a purple shirt in his hand.
"Here Percy, it's going to be a long day might as well start it off fresh." Frank advised.
Percy agreed asking Frank for extra jeans and for the location of the lavatory. After taking a quick shower and slinging on his shirt he exited the showers before running into one of the cohort's legionaries.
He looked about 17 the same age as Percy, wearing the same purple shirt with SPQR on the front, he was stocky and held one of those elementary school red kool-aids in his right hand with his left in his jeans pocket. He glanced at Percy and waved his left hand at him, taking one last sip before he threw his kool-aid into a nearby trashcan.
"You new?" he probed.
"Yeah, just arrived here last night." Percy answered.
"Oh, so you're the stray demigod that came with Frank and Hazel?"
"Well I wouldn't really say I'm a stray. Lupa sent me here after I visited the wolf-house."
The boy nodded in understanding and stuck his hand out.
"Dakota, son of Bacchus and centurion of the fifth cohort."
Percy smiled shaking his hand. "How'd you know I'm new? Do I look that much of a greenhorn?" Percy asked.
"Nah, centurion is not just a title you know? I know everybody that stays in my barracks, even if it's only for one night, Percy." Dakota replied.
Percy was impressed to say the least.
"Are centurions the appointed leaders of the cohorts?"
"Yeah, we are also the most experienced."
Dakota rolled the sleeve up on his left arm and showed Percy his SPQR tattoo.
"Senatus Populusque Romanus. It's what signifies us truly as Romans. It means "The Senate and People of Rome". These 5 bars mean 5 years of service to Rome. Only those who have served 5 or more years are eligible to be centurion. It's also usually decided by vote within the cohort." Dakota informed, looking at his watch.
"We should hurry to the principia. I might be a centurion, but it would look bad if I was late on my first year as one. You know how Reyna is."
"I've only known her for less than a day, is she always this stuck up?" Percy questioned laughing a bit.
"Not in the past she wasn't, it's just that ever since Jason disappeared she's had to take up the main leadership role." Dakota responded as he noticed Percy shift his stance at Jason's name.
"You've probably heard his name thrown around, I'll get into more detail about him later. It's almost 6:30."
"Alright I'll hold you to it."
Percy and Dakota quickly hustled to the principia, where they saw the five other cohorts lining up. Percy saw Frank and Hazel wave at him and he quickly lined up as Dakota went to the front to stand with Reyna and the other centurions.
"Perseus Jackson to the front."
"Typical Reyna, straight to the point." Hazel sighed next to Percy giving him a sympathetic look.
Percy's eyes narrowed slightly, at Reyna calling him out. He'd only talked to her for less than 5 minutes and she was already singling him out in front of the entire legion.
Percy stepped forward now in between the line of centurions and the 5 cohorts as he stood there awkwardly waiting for Reyna to say something.
Reyna reached behind her taking out her sword and it quickly elongated into the shape of a spear before pointing the tip at him.
"State your business here Graecus." *
Percy's eyes widened as he took a step back at her accusation.
"Graecus? It sounds a lot like Greek…" Percy thought. He was about to speak until another voice cut across from behind the centurions.
"Enough Reyna."
From the principia exited Lupa, and even though she only spoke a couple words her voice was clearly heard. She was flanked with one wolf on each side as she stood between Reyna and Percy.
"An outsiderdares step their foot in Rome? What a disgrace Lady Lupa!"
From Reyna's side stepped forward a person Percy immediately disliked.
Like Reyna, he had a purple cape on his back donned with the medal of an eagle on his front. He had short spiky blonde hair and blue eyes, along with stuffed animals adorned on his belt. To Percy, he did not look like a fighter like the other legionnaires, especially with his pompous and arrogant looking face.
Lupa growled causing Octavian to flinch in response.
"Silence Octavian, this matter has been vouched for by Lady Juno herself. She herself stated that Perseus needs to become a member of the legion. Would you dare go against the word of a goddess?"
Octavian wisely stayed silent at Lupa's words before she turned around and addressed Reyna.
"Praetor Reyna, I will be taking over this issue."
Lady Lupa was aware where Reyna's sudden anger came from. Normally, more members to the legion would be very welcome if they can prove themselves, but Reyna was cold towards Percy not even giving him a chance. Lupa had a suspicion of why Reyna was acting like this and was going to have a talk with her about it later. Reyna shifted her gaze a bit looking directly into the eyes of the Roman wolf goddess before shaking her head.
"The floor is yours, mother Lupa." she conceded as she lowered her spear.
Lupa nodded her head before facing the legion.
"Senatus Populusque Romanus!" Lupa yelled.
"Senatus Populusque Romanus!" the legion echoed.
"Legionnaires! We have been in quite the time of peace ever since the events of Mount Othrys. However, the Gods have been aware of a new threat that is steadily gaining power. A threat that is far more powerful than the titans themselves." Lupa spoke.
Most of the legion was vexed by Lupa's proclamation. The only people that seemed to know the gist of what was going on seemed to be the centurions who did not flinch in their stances behind Lupa, and Percy himself who was already aware of the threat thanks to Minerva.
"The Gods believe Terra, daughter of Chaos and mother of all Titans to be on the rise." Lupa said, her voice deadly serious.
Many legionnaires were surprised to say the least.
"Terra?"
"A Primordial is going against the Gods?"
"Jason was able to defeat Crius on his own, but a protogenoi?"
"There's Jason again." Percy thought, as Lupa told everyone to shut up.
"There have been multiple unusual earthquake sightings within the past couple months that cause the Gods to believe this. But the suspicions did not start just recently, they began a few years ago after the Mount St. Helens eruption."
Lupa glanced at Percy for a second before continuing.
"Neptune believed this is what caused Terra to awaken, and since the Olympians had to deal with Typhon after the eruption, Minerva theorized that Terra regained her strength in secret. Rome may be called upon again in the case of a catastrophic event so keep that in mind." Lupa finished.
Suddenly a bright flash emitted from her right, revealing Juno in all her glory.
"Juno." Lupa acknowledged as the legion bowed in response to the appearance of the Roman goddess.
Percy focused his eyes on the goddess for a second before a holographic image of a peacock appeared over his head.
"Thank you Lupa, for informing the legion of the rising threat of Terra." she spoke.
"Romans! The Gods believe Perseus to play a key role to defeating Gaia. We believe he is a member of the Prophecy of the Seven. The Prophecy of the Seven that we believe will not just include Roman demigods but Greek demigods as well."
The entire legion once again was shocked at this revelation. It seemed this morning was going to be surprise after surprise. Reyna narrowed her eyes at Juno's words as did the other centurions who were standing behind Lupa and Juno. This was something Lupa did not inform them about, and it surprised Reyna quite a bit as she tightened her grip on her spear.
"It is obvious about the history between Romans and Greeks, but is this rivalry worth the fall of Olympus? The fall of civilization? The fall of the entire world as we know it?"
Silence is what answered Juno.
"Then I would like to introduce the newest member of the twelfth legion, Perseus Jackson son of Neptune." Juno proclaimed.
It seemed though that Octavian had enough of being quiet.
"Impossible! How is he a son of Neptune if he is Greek?" Octavian yelled.
Juno turned her gaze toward the augur.
"You dare question the word of a goddess? Are you accusing me of lying, Praetor?" Juno demanded.
"But the logic in your words is flawed Lady Juno! Did you not just confirm the son of Neptune is Greek?" Octavian questioned confused by Juno's sudden outburst.
"Did I say Perseus was Greek? Or was that something you believe because Reyna said it? I only stated that this rivalry was not worth the end of civilization. You should listen more carefully Octavian, maybe your ears is why your auguries have been wrong as of late." Juno taunted.
A few legionaries laughed at Juno's comment while Hazel and Frank could only watch on worriedly as Percy looked at Reyna, who looked away after Juno's comment. Octavian turned a bit red in anger but wisely kept his mouth shut. Lupa and Reyna were one thing to speak out against, but not a goddess, especially the queen of the Gods.
"Romans the world needs you more than ever, train hard because nobody is promised tomorrow. Senatus Populusque Romanus!" Juno yelled.
The rest of the legion echoed her words as she flashed away.
"Cohort's one through five are dismissed prepare for tonight's war games, and continue your training." Lupa ordered.
The cohorts quickly dispersed leaving Percy, Lupa, the centurions, along with Frank and Hazel as they stood behind Percy who still had a lingering gaze on Reyna.
Reyna walked forward a foot away from Perseus as she still had her spear in her right hand.
"Was Lupa not clear in dismissing cohort's one through five, legionnaires?" Reyna asked, addressing Frank and Hazel.
"Let them stay Reyna, they saved my life yesterday." Percy defended.
Reyna said nothing as she began walking motioning the centurions to follow.
"Follow me to the field of Mars then." Reyna said curtly as she began walking quickly taking the lead talking quietly with Lupa at her side.
Percy released a breath he didn't realize he was holding as he began walking with Frank and Hazel.
He shot both of them a quick smile, thankful they were coming with him.
"Wow Percy, Juno vouched for you, what did she say to you last night?" Hazel requested.
Percy sighed, all this new information was giving him a headache.
"Honestly, I hardly even talked, if anything she was talking to herself and I was just there listening to her ramble on. She just left me more questions to ask myself." Percy said his voice laced with frustration.
"Ever since Minerva led me to Lupa in the wolf house, there's been gaps in my memory."
"Gaps?" Frank questioned.
"Yeah, like I remember my mom, and I know how to fight, but there is just this blank space. It's frustrating really, and apparently Minerva has something to do with it according to Juno."
"Minerva, you say?" Dakota interrupted as he joined the small group nodding his head at Frank and Hazel.
"You talking about Sofia?" Dakota inquired.
"Sofia? No, we were talking about Minerva herself. But who is this Sofia?" Percy asked.
"That's Sofia, Percy." Hazel said pointing at one of the centurions. Percy squinted his eyes, but it was hard to see because she was wearing a helmet along with armor. The thing that he did notice however was that she had her sheathe on her right side, signaling she was left-handed.
"She's one of the centurions, specifically the second cohort." Frank stated.
"She's also the daughter of Minerva I was talking about earlier, the one who could challenge Reyna."
"Reyna was pretty scary earlier, pointing her spear at me in front of the entire legion." Percy said fingering his sword's hilt.
"Yeah, she takes her position of power very seriously, even to us centurions she's still a hard ass." Dakota said who sipped on his kool-aid that seemingly came out of nowhere.
"Why aren't you wearing armor like Sofia, Dakota?" Hazel enquired.
"Yeah, you don't even have your weapons on you." Frank pointed out.
After finishing another swig, Dakota jerked his thumb at the other centurions who were talking with each other in their own groups.
"Take a look at each of them. Notice how only about half of us have our armor and weapons on us? There's a reason for that." Dakota said.
"And the reason would be?" Percy asked expectedly.
"Dunno, Reyna just told the better fighter of each cohort's centurions to show up to the meeting with their gear." Dakota said shrugging.
Hazel deadpanned at this, while Frank laughed a bit.
"So, you don't know?" Hazel asked.
"Nope." Dakota said curtly.
"It looks like we are about to find out though." Percy stated as Reyna stopped walking in the middle of the field of Mars.
Without even turning around Reyna ordered the centurions to line up, the ones without armor on her left and the ones with armor on her right.
"Good luck Percy." was Dakota's words before he lined up on Reyna's left.
Percy leveled his gaze at Reyna as she began to speak.
"Since you have been vouched for by Juno and accepted in the wolf house by Lupa, I have no right to deny you from becoming a Roman. But while you have proved yourself to Lupa, you must prove yourself to not only the centurions, but to me as well." Reyna said.
"Placement in a cohort is usually decided by letters of recommendation, but if you don't have any you would usually be placed in the fifth straight away. However, I will give you an ultimatum. You will fight until you lose or draw, with each centurion you defeat you become able to join their cohort." Reyna finished as she shifted her stance.
"And if I defeat everybody?" Percy asked.
This caused a few centurions on Reyna's right to narrow their eyes at Percy's words.
"Then you will fight me and have a chance at becoming Praetor." Reyna said.
"But trust me, if you fight against me you will not win."
Percy nodded his head as Lupa offered him armor and a helmet along with a roman square shield, before stepping in between halfway Percy and the centurions acting as referee.
The centurion farthest away from Reyna, stepped forward before facing Percy. As Percy drew his gladius, he could tell that this was a girl, with blonde hair peeking out from her helmet. She had the same standard legionnaire armor he had, but along with the gladius in her right hand she had a bow strapped on with arrows in a holster on her right leg.
"Perseus, son of Neptune vs Gwendolyn, daughter of Janus and centurion of the fifth cohort." Lupa's voice announced.
"The match will be till either first blood, or until one side yields. You may begin."
Percy quickly made the first move, doing an experimental jab at Gwen's legs which she batted away with her shield, before rushing Percy with her shield attempting to bash him with it. Percy managed to block it with his own shield but was forced to take a few steps backwards because of the force behind it. This is exactly what Gwen wanted, as after she forced Percy to back step she retreated quickly, drawing her bow and using the range to her advantage began firing arrow after arrow at Percy.
Percy could do little against Gwen's arrows, as he remained stationary using his shield to block all the arrows, and tried to think of a plan. He peeked out from behind his shield and noticed that Gwen was using her arrows at an alarming rate. He waited, his eyes peeking out over his shield to see her down to her last few arrows. Percy charged her with his shield out in front, however Gwen was aware she was low on arrows, so before he rushed her she discarded her bow and drew her gladius out again.
Percy aimed a slash at her left shoulder, forcing her to shield his attack off before she stabbed at Percy's midsection. Instead of blocking with his shield though he pivoted stepping inside on Gwen's right. Gwen instinctively halted her stab and horizontally slashed to her right, which should've cut Percy, but he had his shield there to block her counterattack. Using the pommel of his sword, he smashed it into Gwen's helmet dazing her. Pressing his advantage, he used his sword to keep Gwen's at bay and shield slammed her while she was still off balance. She hit the ground and when she looked up Percy's gladius was already at her neck.
"I yield." Gwen said glumly.
"Victory goes to Perseus." Lupa announced.
Percy stuck out his hand to help her out, which she gladly took as she removed her helmet, which let out her blonde hair which reached her shoulders.
"It was a good fight, you definitely had the advantage with your shield rushes, especially since my head ringed after that pommel to the head." Gwen complained.
"You shouldn't be so stationary when firing arrows at me, you may be a good archer, but firing arrows in one place isn't smart." Percy said. Gwen nodded her head at his advice before retreating to the centurion line.
Percy took a deep breath preparing himself for the next fight as Reyna waved her hand toward the girl on Gwen's left as she stepped forward. Unlike Gwen she did not have the standard issue Roman shield and held her sword in her right hand. Percy grinned a bit at this, throwing his shield to the side and gripping his gladius with both hands.
"Perseus, Son of Neptune vs Leila, daughter of Ceres and centurion of the 4th cohort." Lupa announced.
"Begin."
Slowly Percy walked in a circle to his right as he eyed his opponent across from him. She didn't seem to be too aggressive as she walked in the opposite direction he was going.
"No shield huh? I also favor a bit of pure swordplay." Percy said analyzing her reaction.
She said nothing, and constantly looked at his feet as if predicting where he was going to step next. Percy's next step was exactly what Leila wanted as vines quickly grew from the grass where Percy was standing enveloping his legs and restricting him from moving.
"I forgot to mention that powers are allowed in these fights." Reyna called out.
Percy cursed as he decided to try and fend off Leila rather than bide his time cutting the vines holding him in place. She dashed to his left before slashing forcing him to parry wide, leaving no room for him to counterattack because his sword was out of position. She continued to barrage him with physical attacks constantly slashing and stabbing with her gladius, but Percy parried them all and tried the same technique he used vs Gwen.
Percy sidestepped one of Laila's thrusts at his chest and used her forward momentum to sweep her legs out from under her causing her to fall. Her eyes widened as he stepped forward to point his sword at her neck, but she acrobatically rolled backwards and quickly stood up taking a defensive stance.
"So, it seems you were faking being held by my vines." she stated, as she took in a deep breath.
"Being the son of the earth shaker comes with perks too." Percy quipped slashing at her left side.
Laila stepped forward meeting Percy's strike in the middle, and using her offhand smashed Percy in the nose, making him stagger.
Percy grunted in pain as he tried to blink the stars out of his eyes. Laila rushed forward, trying to take advantage of Percy's dazed state. She aimed a diagonal slash at Percy, which he caught with the flat of his blade, she again cocked her first backwards but this time Percy was ready.
He grabbed her wrist with his free hand, and with a quick flick of his wrist hooked the tip of his blade under her hilt, disarming her. He held his gladius to her neck waiting for her surrender.
"I yield." Laila spat, as she snatched her hand away from Percy's grasp, clearly disappointed in the way that she lost.
"Victory goes to Perseus." Lupa announced.
Laila retrieved her weapon and fell back in line with the other centurions. Percy ran to grab his shield as Frank handed him a bottle of water which he quickly began drinking. He relished in the small boost of energy it gave him as he eyed the next centurion.
"Nice one Percy! That was such a good bait to make her think you were helpless against her vines." Frank complemented.
"Yeah, even I forgot for a second I could easily break free which is probably why it seemed so real." Percy said.
"Percy, you should be careful though, all the centurions have been watching, but she has really been analyzing you fight, I swear every time I glance at her it's like she hasn't blinked once." Hazel whispered gesturing at the centurion closest to Reyna.
"You mean the Sofia I keep hearing about?" Percy asked.
Hazel nodded her head, as Lupa ordered Percy to get ready for the next fight.
The centurion next to Sofia stepped forward next, the only male in the group. He looked at Percy with a cocky smirk on his face as he hefted his pilum onto his shoulder. He was a bit taller than Percy, and was heavily muscled.
"You got lucky facing those weak girls, but trust me you should surrender before the fight even starts." he taunted spinning his spear in his right hand as he already began to circle his opponent.
All the girls within the vicinity sent him a cold stare, his words not flying well with most of the females in the area.
"Watch your tongue, demigod. A few of the Gods would be more than happy to end your life at those words." Lupa warned crossing her arms.
He said nothing to heed her warning as he watched Percy adjust his shield.
"Perseus, son of Neptune vs Paul son of Mars, centurion of the 3rd cohort. You may begin." Lupa announced once again.
As Percy expected, Paul blitzed him quickly using his superior range with his spear to poke and jab at Percy. Percy blocked all his strikes with his shield, but noticed that his strikes were weak so far, as he aimed at quick attacks to force him to constantly move his shield. Before Percy could even get a strike in, Paul yelled a loud war-cry flipping his spear to swipe at Percy's legs bringing his legs out from under him.
With Percy on the ground, Paul jumped viciously aiming his spear downwards to strike at Percy's chest. As Percy recovered, he moved his body at the last second, as Paul's pilum impacted the ground centimeters where his body would be. Thinking quickly on his feet, he jumped back up before launching his shield like a disc, as Paul was pulling his spear out from the ground.
The impact of Percy's shield forced him back, as he was separated from his spear, where Percy pointed his gladius at his neck. Before he could ask him to yield, Paul put on a burst of speed stepping inside Percy's gladius range and attempting to grapple him to the ground. Percy was having none of that, as he kicked Paul's solar plexus before slicing downwards, where a cut appeared on his leg as he was knocked down.
"First blood has been drawn, the victory goes to Perseus." Lupa declared.
Paul stood up, picking up his spear and limped back toward the centurion line, albeit with more than a few glares from the girls he insulted earlier. Percy gathered his breath as he waited for the next match in anticipation.
"So, I finally get to fight the famed, Sofia." Percy thought as the girl next to Reyna stepped forward. Finally getting a close look at her, he didn't notice anything out of the ordinary looking at her, she was about the same height as Reyna at 5'7, with black hair peeking out of her helmet. The only different thing about her was that she was left handed, as he watched her unsheathe her gladius.
However, her eyes told a different story as he remembered Hazel's words. Her eyes were a nostalgic gray, as if they were as old as time itself, staring at him closely. It was hard to tell with just a glance, but they did indeed look like they had been watching him the whole time.
Lupa's voice broke the silence, "Perseus, son of Neptune vs Sofia daughter of Minerva, centurion of the 2nd cohort."
"You may begin."
Percy stood still his gladius swaying, as he waited for her to make the first move. She mirrored his actions, spinning her sword in her left hand. If it wasn't for the hypnotic sound of her blade cutting through the air the field would've been deadly silent as the tension built up. This continued for a few more minutes, until Dakota took a very loud slurp from his kool-aid which made the centurions in line glance at him for a second along with Frank and Hazel.
"Sorry." Dakota said sheepishly.
After what seemed like an eternity, both Sofia and Percy rushed each other, blades cocked back for a strike. Sofia's slash at Percy's head was met by Percy's own as he used his hand to trap her hand with his hilt and vice versa. He quickly shoved his shield at her keeping her own shield at bay. For a few moments, it was a battle of strength as both fighters grunted as they tried to overpower the other.
Finally, Percy managed to force her to back step as she spun releasing Percy's grip on her hand, using the spin to add momentum to her strike at Percy's head.
"A spin at such a close range? It's already a risk to turn your back to the enemy." Percy thought.
Percy held up his shield in response, to easily block her strike, but was surprised at the force he took. He wasn't moved back, but his left arm tingled slightly at the impact. She continued to press her attack, adding stabs along with slashes forcing Percy to use his shield. He panted, as he realized what she was doing.
"She's trying to render my left arm useless." Percy realized as he blocked another strike adding a slash of his own but it was met by air.
"I need to think of something fast, or this fight will be over quick." Percy told himself tired from the previous fights, he sidestepped a thrust, and attempted a slash at her exposed left side.
What he didn't expect though, was her to position her gladius with the blade pointing toward the ground and the flat of her blade intercepting Percy's. His momentum carried him forward as his sword slid against hers. She quickly pommeled the front of Percy's helmet, mimicking the same move he used against Gwen.
Percy's eyes widened as he was dazed for a second, before he was shoved into the ground by her shield. Although Percy was stronger, Sofia used gravity to her advantage pinning Percy onto the floor with her shield on top of his. Percy grunted as he used all the strength he could muster to throw Sofia behind him using his shield as leverage. He rolled to the side as he quickly stood up, watching her flip in the air before facing him as she brandished her blade.
Percy took a deep breathe, glad for this short respite as she hardly looked tired. Sofia began to run using her momentum to feint left, but Percy saw through that and countered by parrying with his blade hilt on her tip. Percy had control over her blade in this position and slapped downwards with his sword using his shield to bash her head. He forced her to stumble backwards and slashed in a horizontal arc where in a surprisingly display of flexibility, she bent her body backwards almost parallel to the ground as she avoided his strike. Her helmet slipped off her head at this maneuver revealing her long black hair and her face which was of Asian descent. She kicked his shield using it as a way of creating space as Percy took a step back.
Then suddenly she pivoted chucking her gladius at Percy. He was surprised by the attack and moved his shield to block it feeling it be embedded. He lowered his shield peeking his head out, scanning the field for her. Sofia appeared on his left who opened her hand throwing sand into Percy's eyes. Percy without the aid of his eyesight could only stumble backwards as Sofia advanced behind him kicking the back of his legs, dead-legging him and forcing Percy onto his knees as she leveled her sword at his neck.
"Do you yield?" she asked breathing hard.
"I yield." Percy admitted.
He wiped his eyes as Sofia withdrew her blade, and sheathed it along with her shield, walking over back to Reyna and the other centurions.
"Winner Sofia, daughter of Minerva." Lupa barked out.
Percy stood up rubbing his left leg as he walked back over to where Frank and Hazel were watching.
"Wow." Hazel remarked as Frank gave Percy a bottle of water to drink.
"She fought very well." Percy said, clearly talking about Sofia. "I see what you mean now by her watching me fight. She had all this time to predict my moves, but still the way she fought me by throwing her gladius at me? In a real fight that is suicide."
Frank nodded his head at Percy's words. "Yeah, but I wouldn't say you are an orthodox fighter yourself you know? Maybe she took a page out of your book."
"I don't remember a lot, but I don't recall ever doing that in a real fight or a spar. She's extremely battle smart and I don't think it helped that she had all that time to observe me fight. I think if I fought her first without her analyzing me I would have won." Percy surmised.
"But the reality, is that you lost. You did fight well though Perseus." Lupa said as she approached Percy.
Percy bowed his head toward Lupa, as he noticed Reyna talking animatedly with her centurions in the background.
"We don't do this to every demigod that wants to join the legion. This was a good display of your strength not just to Reyna, but to all the centurions. Remember if you managed to defeat Sofia, you would also have had to fight Reyna. For as strong as you are, most demigods would not be able to make it past Gwen and Laila, especially since the fights were back to back." Lupa stated.
"If I was near water though, it would be a different story." Percy pointed out.
"Indeed, but now you have a decision to make." Lupa stated waiting for his response.
"The fifth." Percy answered, his mind made up.
Lupa nodded her head in response, calling for Dakota and Gwen to come over.
Gwen smiled a bit at Percy, while Dakota had an approving grin on his face.
"Welcome Perseus Jackson, to the fifth cohort of the twelfth legion of Rome." Lupa said.
A/N
And finally Percy is part of Camp Jupiter, I had a lot of fun writing this, but I did second guess myself multiple times. Dunno if I wanted to keep certain parts, or if a certain section sounded legit retarded af. But here it is, I'm not really 'looking' for a beta reader, but if somebody who has a good background of lore and grammar would offer themselves I wouldn't say no, so PM me if you like my story enough haha. Next time, I will actually get to plot! Hurray, also I'll include some of Greek POV, with Annabeth and Jason.
Also okay, I know my OC looks kinda OP cause she beat Percy, but remember that Percy was not near water and it was after he had to fight 3 other demigods who aren't normal demigods but centurions. I know Percy is extremely strong, but I want to build him toward that in my story.
Percy knows there is a Greek camp because of Minerva, but he recalls never being there.
** Graecus, while yes it means Greek, Reyna recognizes Percy from Circe's island but doesn't know he's Greek. Romans sometimes use the term Graecus as synonymous with outsider.
Pairing is also still undecided, but I love how you guys keep PMing/reviewing me for a certain pairing, it's pretty funny but I do keep count of the most 'popular pairing'.
R and R, even a simple good job motivates me to keep writing.
Until next time.