I hear someone knocking, and I yell, "It's open!" as I turn off the movie.

"Hey Raven." I hear Zach call.

I lean over and ask, "Yeah?"

"Everyone's doing great. You really took it out of them."

"Sorry that I couldn't help. Flashbacks." I explain.

"Can you tell me where you got them?" He climbs on a nearby branch, teetering on the thin stick of a branch.

"I was an experiment. That is where I got my wings and developing powers."

"Oh, when we were eating, you freaked out when I noticed your hair was changing."

"Yeah," I mutter.

"Can I see it?"

"Okay, but don't tell anyone. Jason knows, but no one else." I tell him before closing the door to a crack.

I sit up and on the edge of the hammock. Drawing in a deep breath, I lower my illusions. My eyes return to their purple, and my hair turns into silver peach fuzz. I have scars all over my body from their scalpels. I am missing part of my ear from an Eraser. Remembering all of the memories that come with the illusions, I feel tears start to fall.

"Oh," Zach gasps. "I'm so sorry for bringing it up." He jumps to my branch and hugs me.

"It's fine. I was going to show you at some point, might as well be now." I sniffle, trying to compose myself. My usual look comes back, and I feel more secure and safe.

"Come on, I think it's time for lunch." Zach says and he looks for a way down. I point at him, and I use my powers to lift him up and off the branch, then lower him to the ground. We walk, hand in hand, to the dining hall and take a seat. Everyone is just arriving, some with a bandage on their arm, and others with a Band-Aid on their hand.

"Sorry guys." I apologize for their cuts.

"Oh it's fine. We usually get more injured at camp while training."

"Well, I am glad I didn't break any bones." I say, then I hear Percy groan when he sits.

"Where did you get that armor? I need some of that. They gave me a serious bruise." He asks. I forgot they had wings too.

"Leo." I reply.

"Man, he never offered to give me some." Percy chuckles. We all get our food, sacrifice it, and eat. We are close to land, and we should be "docking" tonight. All of a sudden, the ship rocks violently. We are in the sky, so this isn't good.

"Here guys! Lash yourself to the mast. You may get bounced, but at least you won't fall off!" Annabeth shouts as she presses a circlet on her neck. It expands to armor, and she pulls out some bungee cords and 8-point harnesses. Zach, Nico, Magnus, and Alex grab those and go strap themselves to some hooks I saw on the mast earlier.

"BATTLE ARMOR ON!" Annabeth bellows, and I run off to my room. I quickly slip on the wing armor, helmet, and an energy crystal Bucky gave me to recharge my powers. I slip that into the pocket of my left ear, and I feel great. I already have the arm cuffs on, so I run outside and throw my wings out. I see Percy and Annabeth fighting off some Harpies and Griffons. Jason is on his eagle, slashing at some Griffons, and Nico is grabbing the Harpies on deck and throwing them off the side with his shadows. Zach is shooting at them, but often missing. Alex is whipping her garrote, and Magnus is... Talking to a sword that is flying?

A screech blares in my ear, and I spin around and behead the griffon that just attacked. Another attacks, and another. I spin around, deflecting claws and beheading monsters. I hear a scream, and I whip around faster than humanely possible. Zach. I swoop down, land, and I rush to him. My wings transform into a tent of armored protection as I look at the injury. His shoulder has been slashed, and there is blood everywhere. I quickly rip off part of his shirt and tie it around his shoulder, then I levitate him up, and into the Med-bay. The bungee cords follow to strap him to the table, since the boat is still rocking. When I know he is strapped, I turn back into the battle and I am instantly attacked by a Harpy. She rips off a part of my wing armor, making me unbalanced. I have a claw at the ends of my wings, so I stab her with that as I rip off another piece of armor to even it out. Someone whistles, and I look up. There are people on the clouds with rocks. Great. My wings turn metal, and my armor changes with them to cover all of my wings. As rocks start raining, my wings grow to a staggering 80 ft wingspan. I run and deflect rocks as Annabeth steers us away. I hear the whizzing of a projectile, and I jump on instinct. I land too early, and a rock lands on my foot, crushing it. It isn't broken off, but I know my ankle it broken.

"ARGGHH!" I screech in pain as I create another tent with my wings. I peek out and I see everyone getting knocked over. I manage to crawl over to Annabeth and levitate everyone over to us. I shield us with my wings as Annabeth flies us down to the water.

"HOLD ON! THE OARS ARE BROKEN! GET READY FOR A BUMPY LANDING!" She screams as we start to quickly descend. Suddenly, a wave of water hits my wings, almost knocking me over. The wing tent is waterproof, but that wave was harsh. Once I can hear nothing, I open my wings and help get everyone down to the med-bay.

"Guys, come here." I hear Magnus say. I limp over, barely able to put any weight on my foot.

He bends down and touches my foot. I cry out in pain.

"Hold her." He says, and Percy, Jason, Alex, and Annabeth hold me still. Nico uses shadows to hold my wings against my back. Magnus grabs my foot and yanks it back into alignment, which hurts like TARTARUS.

"AGGGGGHHHHHH!" I bellow in pain as I try to pull him off my hurt foot. I feel warmth bloom from my foot up as Magnus starts to glow. The pain in my foot is now just like an arrow to the arm. Not terrible, but still bad.

"Here," Magnus hands me a flask of Nectar and a square of Ambrosia.

"Only a sip, and eat that whole square." He instructs as he goes to help Zach. Everyone else is doing fine after a bit of Nectar and Ambrosia, but Zach is pretty beaten up. He has a bruised rib, slashed shoulder, and a concussion.

I extend my normal sized wings to do a check up. I have armor that can regenerate as long as I have that power crystal, and it can change with my wing shape. I take off the armor, and I put the crystal back in it's ring for safe-keeping. It isn't good for me to have it in at all times.

My wings are looking fine, I just lost some primaries and secondaries. Those have to grow back before I can fly. Unlike my body, changing my wing shape will still show any injuries I have apart from the scars of experimentation because the feathers cover them.

"Guys, Coach is on guard duty tonight. We all need some rest." ANnabeth announces as Magnus wraps Zach's injuries and injects him with some Norse healing powers. I can see the bruise shrinking and the scar fading, but he still is unconscious. Probably the concussion.

"Should I bring Zach to his bed?" I ask.

"Sure. We need someone to watch him. He has another place to sleep right?" Annabeth asks.

"Yeah, he has a hammock on the other side of his room by the ceiling."

"Okay. Want some help?"

"I got it. Good night." I dismiss her as I lift Zach up with my powers. Carefully, I navigate the hallways and people and get to his room. He is already in some pjs, courtesy of Magnus, so I lift the covers and put him under them. After making sure he is good to go, I grab a blanket off the floor and I settle into the hammock and I fall asleep almost instantly.