Percy POV
I woke up back in the gues… well, my bedroom now I guess, feeling like I had been hit by a bus. Multiple times. I sat up and felt considerably heavier but that was probably a side effect of the ritual. Speaking of which, I really can't remember what happened after the pain the started. I hope I didn't do anything embarrassing or screw anything up. I tend to do that a lot around important items, mom's favorite vase, Gabe's '78 Camaro's paint job, a few store windows and their displays, you know, that kinda thing. I had a nagging suspicion that I had somehow broken something this time too but I couldn't put my finger on what it was. I felt, off somehow too. My head was buzzing and my actions seemed to be rushed without me trying to do anything fast and everything seemed to be sharper and more vibrant in color. I was about to go get real clothes on when I smelled it. Pancakes. More specifically, BLUEBERRY pancakes.
My brain just turned off and I walked out of the room in a sort of trance. All the way to the kitchen were I first sighted the target. I was about to just scarf them down when I heard a voice shout, "Percy! You were AWESOME! You like, glowed and were all floaty and cool!" I snapped out of my trance suddenly to turn and see Esmond beaming up at me from a little to my right. Hearing Esmond, Melody, who was also in the kitchen, turned around smirked, "So, sleeping beauty FINALLY decided to come out of her chambers and grace us with her glorious bed-headed presence. What's sup? You getting used to the changes from the adoption? Your wings still look amazing by the way."
Wait.
Did she say, "Wings?" I asked "What do you mean?" She looked at me and seemed like she had short circuited again when she said, or rather, shouted, "HOW HAVE YOU NOT NOTICED YOU HAVE WINGS?! HOW DAFT ARE YOU TO NOT NOTICE YOU HAVE TWO NEW LIMBS ON YOUR BACK?! LET ALONE THE WEIGHT OF THEM?!" I shrunk back "I don't know… I just, didn't notice I guess." I was slowly backing away because Melody looked ready to burst with exasperation when Esmond totally saved my bacon by going "Melody! The pancakes are ready to be flipped! Get over here!" Melody glared at me and said, "This conversation isn't over." Then went to tend to the pancakes.
I decided I wanted to get a good look at my wings instead of just what I could see from looking over my shoulder. I went back to my room and silently promised myself to avoid betting cornered by Melody later. I went into the bathroom and saw my wings properly for the first time. They were a navy blue tipped with small spikes at the apex of the wing that I could see from over my shoulder. They had a very faint swirling pattern going on in a slightly lighter shade of blue. I then decided to try to open them. It was not as easy as I thought it would be. I had no idea how to move those muscles, so I spent the next couple of minutes opening and losing them by hand in order to figure out how moving them felt then I was finally able to open them without my hands when Melody began calling everyone to breakfast. I realized I hadn't even got ready for the day yet like mom had taught me how to do before the streets so I quickly put on clothes and didn't bother to brush my hair, it was already clean and you really couldn't tell the difference anyway. As I was walking out the door I ran into Ralen.
"Hey Percy! Cool wings. Race you to the table?" He asked. I didn't answer him as I was already racing to the kitchen as it was the only place I knew how to get to beside the music room. I easily outpaced Ralen but when I got to the table I realized I didn't know where to sit seeing as Jared was in his place where I had sat before so I just stood there awkwardly. Intonay noticed and pulled up an extra chair from the side of the room next to Melody as she sat on a side by herself. The chairs were concave and with my wings folded I could sit in them comfortably. I realized, not for the first time, that no one else who had wings currently had them out.
"Where are everyone else's wings?" I asked Melody. She looked at me funny for a second then remembered that she hadn't exactly given me a straight answer the first time around.
"Well… you have to learn how to do it but it's pretty easy. You'll want to learn how to fly first that way the muscles are strong enough to do it without getting stuck. So we'll teach you later." Intonay explained "Now we have a lot of things to discuss today and the rest you can learn later but first we need to hammer out a few important details. It is still the start of fall and the school year so if you want to go you can, however, it would be very new for you and from my experience most people are already in their respective friend groups by now and most will not make room for more (AN: Let's face it guys, we ALL do it whether it's intentional or not.) Jared and I would be happy to homeschool you as well but you also wouldn't really meet any other dragons." I thought it over. To be honest going back to school was a scary thought, even scarier than the little street kids and I would probably be way behind. Besides, I wanted to spend time with my new family.
"I'll take homeschooling thanks. I don't really want to go back to school. I tend to bring severe misfortune to every school I go to anyways." Melody shot me a knowing look.
"Okay, next on the list when you and Melody turn 11 your father and I have decided that you will be old enough to begin a sort of physical training. As you should know now, dragons have better senses than humans so we will be helping you to fine tune those senses and instincts that will help you survive out in the world, which is where MOST jobs you can get are. Your father and I were lucky enough to score a MUCH less dangerous job in that you father is a advisor to the royal family because we are cousins. My mother was the younger of the two daughters born to my grandfather and so she didn't inherit the throne."
Intonay stopped, seeming to realize that she was beginning to ramble then started again. "In any case, would you two like to do that? Ralen and Esmond will get their training in school but we will be giving them a few family secrets as well. Would you guys consent to that?"
Melody and I looked at each other. This was a no brainer. "DUH!" We said as one and believe it or not, it was not planned in the least."
Intonay apparently had one more thing to say. "One more thing. After summer ends in that year, since you decided to homeschool, you will go to a public school in the city to learn social skills, because you can learn them all you want here, but unless you practice them you will be social outcasts forever and none of us want that. Deal?"
"Fine," We said in sync again. This is a huge coincidence I swear.
We were all about to disperse when Jared spoke up, "I think we should start training them in their powers over water and air now that Percy has all this newly acquired power we should tame it before it goes rouge." Personally, I agreed. If I caused as much trouble as I did when I was only half incredibly powerful dragon-demigod thing then it was probably for the best.
"Yeaahh, that would be smart given my reputation." I voiced "Okay then, that settles it." Said Intonay, "Your first day starts tomorrow, be prepared, you too Melody, I am turning up the heat." That didn't sound good, and yet, I was still stoked for tomorrow. I couldn't wait.
AN: First off, I am going to answer a question I was asked which was "Why they sound so smart?" That is because I am simply incapable of dumbing it down and it's been a while since I was 7,5 and 2, so I have to go off of my siblings who aren't exactly ideal models of what I want to portray. I am going to justify their intelligence by saying that dragons learn significantly faster than humans and are much more perceptive. Thank you so much for all the wonderful reviews, I really appreciate them and have a great day!~ FictionGirl11
PS: Be prepared for longer chapters again.
