Training

Seriously, I don't know how to control Percy's, Thalia's, Nico's, and Aura's powers. I'm just guessing. Don't tell me that I'm wrong, because I told you about it beforehand. I hope you like it!

Disclaimer: I don't own PJO

Sophia's POV

After breakfast, Dad and Mom took us to a river. The others showed up shortly after. All the adults looked at Dad, "My story involves everyone here. It begins at a school field trip when I was twelve…," and Dad told us everything, from that fateful field trip to the Titan War. My parents rocked! My family history was more than I could've imagined.

I learned that the river we were at was called River Percy, and Dad made it. Dad insists that Mom helped him, because he made it to protect her. Mom says that it was all him. Whatever.

"Any questions?" Dad asked.

"So Hallie and I can control water too?" I asked.

"Yes. After we told you the story, Thalia, Aura, Nico, and I were going to teach you all how to use your extra powers," he answered.

"Except me," Greg said glumly.

"Theodore and I are going to take you to practice archery," his dad told him. Then the three left.

"Sophia and Hallie, come here," Dad commanded. Tanya went to Aunt Thalia, and Stella went to Aunt Aura and Uncle Nico.

"Controlling water is easy. You just will it to do something and it will. Hallie goes first," Dad instructed. Hallie walked to the river's edge. Suddenly, a spout of water came straight at me. I held my hands out in front of my face to protect it. I thought about where I wanted the water to be: back in River Percy. I braced myself for impact, but it never came. I lowered my hands from my face and opened my eyes. Hallie had a pouting face on, and Dad was grinning proudly.

"What happened?" I asked.

"You blocked the water and sent it back to the river," Dad told me.

"Sweet!" I exclaimed.

"Next thing; breathing underwater," Dad said. Then he jumped in the river. When he came up, his head was dry, "You won't get wet unless you will the water to make you wet," he explained.

Hallie jumped right in, and I followed suit. I realized that I was in a saltwater river, but my eyes didn't burn. Saltwater fish swam by, and I realized that I hear their thoughts. Dad surprised me by speaking to a fish, "Hello."

"Hello, Sea Prince," a voice said in my head, "Who are they?"

"My daughters, Sophia and Hallie," he answered.

"Hello, Princesses of the Sea," the fish said.

"This is so cool!" Hallie said, "What's your name?"

"Billy Bob Joe," the fish answered. I resisted the urge to laugh. The fish sounded serious.

"Can I just call you Billy or BBJ?" Hallie asked.

"Billy is fine," Billy said.

"Girls, wait here," Dad told us. He swam to the surface and came back with Mom. He put a bubble around her, and we swam through the river as a family. The river finally emptied into the sea, and Dad led the way. He stopped Mom's bubble when we reached a coral reef, so Hallie and I stopped too.

Mom smiled at Dad, "Our coral reef," she commented. She turned to us, "Your father took me through the ocean in a bubble all the time since we were fifteen. Well, the first time was when we were thirteen, but that's beside the point. When I was sixteen, we found this coral reef. Years later, he took me here to propose to me."

Hallie and I explored the reef. It turned into a game of hide-and-seek. I was 'it' most of the time because Hallie was much better at finding hiding spots. I sucked, much to my disappointment.

I thought I saw a person's face I didn't recognize. I swam where I thought I saw the face, but nothing was there. I swam around the corner and saw her. She was a naiad. She giggled and swam away. I didn't follow her.

Tanya's POV

I walked up to my mom. She smiled mischievously at me and poked my shoulder. Where she poked me, I got an electric shock, "Ow!" I yelped as I rubbed the spot she poked.

"Do you want me to teach you how to do that?" she asked.

"Hades, yeah!" exclaiming, I smiled. I learned the term 'Hades' around camp. Mom folded her arms and raised an eyebrow at me for my 'bad language'. Psh. Mom still didn't do anything but raise her eyebrow with her arms crossed so I corrected, "Yes, ma'am."

Mom laughed at me, "It's not hard at all. Just think about the electricity leaving your finger, and it will happen. It's in your blood," Mom instructed. I thought about electrocuting her like she did me and poked her, "Ow!" she yelped.

"I did it!" I exclaimed in disbelief.

"You sure did. Now think about an electric current running through your body," she instructed. I did, and I felt energy on my skin, "Do you feel it?"

"Yeah," I answered.

"It's the perfect armor. No one will want to touch you. When someone touches you that you don't want touching you, such as a monster, send the current through your body. They will be in for a shock, no pun intended," she informed me.

"Sweet!" I exclaimed.

"One more thing; how would you like to make lightning?" she asked. I nodded quickly, "Raise your hand above your head, think about lighting striking a certain spot, and quickly bring your arm down."

I did as I was told. It didn't sound too hard. My hand above my head, I thought about lightning striking a few yards away from me. I brought my arm down quickly and heard ear-shattering thunder. Mom clapped.

"I did it! I can't believe I did it!" I cried.

"You sure did!" Aunt Aura exclaimed, "It took me longer than that to create lightning. Maybe it's because your Mom is so awesome."

Mom rolled her eyes at her half-sister, "You want something, I can tell. Whatever it is, you're not getting it."

Aunt Aura stomped away, "I wonder what she wanted," I wondered.

"We'll never know," Mom said.

Stella's POV

Mom just finished telling me how to use my powers from her, and now she walked off to Aunt Thalia to ask her a question. I thought it was so cool that I could make lightning! One thing I found weird about this whole Greek god grandparent thing is the fact that my parents are cousins. Aunt Thalia was Uncle Theodore's half-aunt. Uncle Percy and Aunt Annabeth are second cousins. They're related and married. Weird.

It was my dad's turn to teach me, "There is only one thing I really need to teach you. The other things are much more difficult and will take much practice. The thing I will teach you is how to raise armies of skeletons. Clench your hands into fists. Next think about needing protection. Finally, stomp your foot."

I did just that, and a crack opened in the ground. Out popped skeletons with swords, ready for battle, "Awesome!" I exclaimed.

"Congratulations, Stella! You did it," Dad told me proudly.

Greg's POV

I ran to the Apollo Cabin to get my bow and arrows. As I ran, I heard girls giggle. What the Hades? I decided to ignore the girls, especially when a group of them blocked my path. I was getting annoyed.

The last straw was the group waiting at the door to my cabin. They wouldn't let me in! I sighed, "Can I please get into my cabin?"

The girls got closer to each other around the handle, making sure I couldn't reach it, "My name's Isabella," the girl in the middle said.

"Whatever," I said. I reached past them and knocked on the door. One of my aunts opened the door, "Could you please get them to move?"

She looked at the girls and went back inside the cabin. She came back with my bow and arrow, "Here," she said, handing it to me.

"How did you–," I asked.

"Apollo is the god of prophecy," she said simply.

"Thanks!" I said as I ran away from my cabin towards the archery range.

When I got there, my dad asked, "What took you so long?"

"I got held up," I said through my teeth, signifying the fact that I didn't want to talk about it.

Dad, Uncle Theodore, and I weren't the only ones there. There was a girl about my age with sandy blonde hair and pale skin that was a shade darker than paper there too. She had a golden circlet braided into her hair, a fact I found strange.

She turned to face me and I recognized her immediately, "Tracey?" I asked.

"How did you know?" she asked suspiciously.

"I saw your picture in a school yearbook. How are you still fifteen?" I explained.

"I am the lieutenant of the immortal Hunters of Artemis," she answered. She notched an arrow onto her bow, aimed it, and let it go. The arrow struck the center of the bulls-eye, "I am also your archery teacher."

Theodore grinned at his 'twin' sister, "You are such a show-off," he said. Tracey rolled her eyes at him.

"You better not be a hopeless case. Joining the Hunters was the best thing I ever did, and I'm taking time off to make you feel 'special'," Tracey warned. Dad snickered.

I had the urge to show off, to make Tracey impressed. I might regret this decision, but hey, life's about mistakes. I raised my bow the natural way, notched an arrow on it, aimed it, and shot. Up until now, Tracey had an amused expression on her face. But as the arrow hit the center of the bulls-eye, Theodore, Dad, and she gawped at me like fish out of water. It was kind of humorous, really.

"How did you…?" Theodore asked.

"Remember when we just met Tommy, he hit the bulls-eye ninety-nine percent of the time? Remember that he had no idea who his father was and had no training whatsoever? Maybe Greg inherited that trait," Tracey suggested.

Dad gave me a proud smile, "You're just like your old man."

"Dad, you're not old," I told him.

"Figure of speech," he said dismissively.

"Does he really need a tutor?" Tracey asked.

"He does need someone who will make sure he doesn't get cocky," Theodore smirked, "His father did!" Dad rolled his eyes at his half-brother.