Part Two

I listened to Ouranos. "The first thing is to focus on what gives you hope, happiness, and light. It must be a healthy happiness. Not drugs or something of the like."

I nodded and thought. "Annabeth, my family, and the Sea.

Ouranos nodded. "Good. Focus on them. To keep the darker nature in you contained, you should focus on what is light. Never lose that. It will be hard. Your mind is treacherous and rebellious. The slightest distraction will cause you to lose what it is you hold most dear."

I nodded and swallowed. Ouranos smiled. "Now. Creating stars, transforming material into something else. You've become curious about this." He smirked.

I looked at my hands. Ouranos patted my knee. "Relax. It is not bad to want to learn. It only matters what you do with that knowledge." He stood up and summoned a stone from the garden we were sitting by. It was a garden filled with black roses and moon lace.

"With the magic you're learning from Nyx, you have practice ethereal magic. Summon a stone to you with thought alone."

I lifted my had and extended my magic to a nearby stone. The stone slapped into my palm with a painful sting. I winced. "Fucking stone."

Ouranos snickered. Smoothing his features, he spoke again. "Twist the stone to your will. Bend it to your imagination."

I exerted my will onto the stone, twisting it. Night came to my mind. I struggled not to think of darkness, but the more I tried not to, the more I did. I focused on my mom. Her smile, her laugh, the safety I felt around her. The sound of the sea, the softness of Annabeth's lips.

The stone twisted and smoked and finally it set into a black cage of cold, harsh metal with small but razor sharp spikes, but floating inside the cage was a flawless, white, glowing stone. The thin metal cords seemed to curl around the gem, not touching it, as if repelled, but almost as if protecting it and trying to be as close as possible. It was entrancing.

Ouranos stared. "Beautiful…A perfect balance between light and dark. Flawless…"

I was panting. "Then I give it to you-"

"No!" His voice came out as sharp as the crack of a whip. I blinked.

"Why?" Was he still angry about what happened on the beach?

Ouranos sighed. "Your magic leaves a residue. If a sorcerer, or magician, learned enough about you, then they could unravel what you made and discover the very heart of you. Your essence. These inventions that need your memories, you desires, and your fears in order to be made, should not be handed out carelessly. Only give them to whom you trust, if you must give them away at all."

He saw the confusion in my eyes and sighed. "Remember your lessons with Nyx. The darkness that you fear. You thought of your fear. However, you also thought of something that gave you light. Your mother, most likely. Your heart was put into this, Perseus. That stone you made in the chasm in your father's kingdom, was only made for a purpose. It was a tool, not a work of art as this is."

I blinked and then understood. "This is the first thing that I've made like this." I looked at Ouranos. A shiver went through me, as I held the cage the size of a hummingbird. "What could they do to me, if they unraveled the magic that I use?"

"They would know your weaknesses, your strengths, your flaws, your biggest desires, your pressure points. They would know you."

I swallowed, my throat suddenly dry. "Okay, mental note, don't let anyone get these."

Ouranos nodded. "Oh! And the more powerful sorcerers could harness the power you infused into this. They could take that power and unravel your…" He faltered as he searched for a way to explain it. "Your power is something like your magical DNA. If they could harness your power, then they could become you, shallowly. They wouldn't know specific details of your past, but they would have a rough picture of who you are physically and mentally. For example, they wouldn't know why your favorite color is blue, but they would know your mother's name."

I nodded and sighed. "How can I make something this beautiful, but not this intimate? Something like that stone I made into a flashlight."

Ouranos sighed. "You must stay detached. Keep a clear view of what you want. The product will no doubt be beautiful, but it will not be breathtaking."

I nodded. "Okay…" I looked at my watch. Surprisingly, it worked wherever I was. Tyson was a miracle worker. "I need to go now. It's almost dawn."

He nodded and then pointed to the black cage with the glowing stone. "Keep that very safe." I nodded, and then, he took me back to my cabin.

Yo!

I needed to let you guys get some more background on Percy's training so the future stories won't hit you between the eyes. ; )

Hope you guys liked it!

Ink…