Author's Note: Sorry if some of you thought that I over did the romance in the last chapter, I won't put much in this chapter. Plz review, I love reading your reviews and I will reply to anyone who sends one, also, I love taking peoples ideas and using them to make my writing better. Well here it is, Chapter 5!
Annabeth walked back to the back library after her amazing hour with Percy, it had been the first time that they had had any real romantic time since they had been her in the city of the gods. But she understood that there was still much preparation to be done before they could go to their goal in the city of Atlantis. So she went back into the library, sat back in one of the elaborate leather reading chairs, opened a large book, and went back to her research.
Percy walked to a training field where his father had told him to be at this time. He had another special training test for Percy that he had not told him the specifics of. When Percy got to the spot where he had been told to go, there was no one or nothing around him. He was just in the middle of a clearing surrounded by a bunch of trees when suddenly he heard the sound of horses galloping through the trees and he turned to face them. Saying that he was surprised by what he saw was a huge understatement. His father Poseidon was pulled into the clearing in a chariot pulled by two beautiful horses. He wore a blue helmet and carried a bronze trident in one hand and a bronze sword and shield in the other hand. He nodded to Percy and threw him the sword and shield. Percy picked them off the ground and looked at them. Poseidon began to exit his chariot and speak, "Percy, today your training opponent shall be me. If you were able to hold her own against Kronos and his deadly scythe, I think you should do just fine against your old man. No need to worry, the weapons we will be using are the same weight and length as Riptide and my trident, but the edges are dulled so nothing unfortunate happens." Percy was still too stunned to speak; he wouldn't have thought in a million years that he would be fighting his father, a god. So he just nodded and got into a fighting stance. Poseidon smiled at him, "You looked frightened Percy, there's no need to worry. This is just a normal sparring match to see how much you've improved, but please do give it your all." Now Poseidon got into a stance and charged at Percy. Percy deflected the blow with his shield and lunged at his dad with the replica of Riptide. Poseidon deflected the blow with the handle of his trident Percy went on the attack and Poseidon easily blocked each attack with his trident, he didn't even need a shield. It was almost like he had been wielding that trident for thousands of years, but then Percy thought, he actually had.
Poseidon's smile turned to a look of determination; it looked like Percy was actually pushing him. Then Poseidon began to make water spout out of the ground and into Percy's face. Percy smiled for the first time in the battle, "Hey dad, that's not fair!" Percy then followed his example and started shooting water into his face. For the first time in his life he felt like he had a normal father, it was just like a son and dad playing outside with water guns. Except normal fathers didn't use water that they had summoned to the ground to drench his son.
But then the normal dad moment ended when Poseidon put the three tips of his trident to Percy's chest and looked up at his face, "Percy, you must keep your focus on the task at hand, always pay attention to your opponent's fighting style and how they move."
Percy looked disappointed, "Father, you should no that it's pretty hard to focus on a single thing when I have Attention Deficit Disorder."
Poseidon nodded and put his hand on Percy's shoulder, "I know that it's hard Percy but you've conquered plenty of difficult tasks in your life. You traveled to the depths of the underworld and brought back my brother's master bolt. You ventured through the sea of monsters to the island of the Cyclopes and retrieved the Golden Fleece. You saved your friend Annabeth from a horrible burden and trapped Atlas back under the weight of the sky. And the most important of your victories, you saved me and all of Olympus from a horrible demise. For those accomplishments, I will be eternally grateful."
Poseidon sounded truly grateful as he took his hand off of his son's shoulder and walked back over to his chariot and grabbed the reins. "Thanks dad, that means a lot coming from you."
Poseidon nodded and took his helmet off, "Of course Percy, I will see you tonight at 7:30 tonight then?" Percy nodded and Poseidon smiled at him and rode away in his coral and gold chariot. Each night, the gods had a grand meal which they invited important guest to join them. Of course, the five members of the team that were going out the quest were invited every night to join them for supper. Percy walked out of the trees and on to the main street of Olympus that lead to the house of the gods, on this rode he saw Tyson.
When Tyson saw him he yelled, "big brother!" He ran over to Percy and caught him in a bone crushing hug, when he let go Percy was gasping for air. "Daddy told me that we are going to lost city to make a big boom! Is that true big brother?" Percy nodded, to much out of breath to speak. "Yay! Will Annabeth and the goat boy be coming with us too?"
Percy nodded once again, "Yea big guy, they'll be coming with us. Also, your friend with the 100 hundred hands will be joining us too." Tyson let out another Yay, he had really grown found of the giant with 100 hands over the last few months after Kronos's attack on Olympus. "Hey big guy, how about we go for a swim in the lake?"
Tyson laughed, "I'll race you there big brother!" So they both took off towards the lake.
Author's Note: Well, how did you guys like it? Plz review. I will try and get the next chapter up as soon as I can.