The next morning, Percy woke up feeling refreshed.
After he showered and dressed, he walked down the stairs into the Great room.
"Percy, glad to see you're finally up." Carter said.
"Which god is that?" Percy asked, pointing to the statue of Thoth.
"That's Thoth, our god of wisdom." Carter answered
"Like Athena for the Greeks." Percy said, trying to understand it.
"Basically, come on, breakfast has already started." Carter said, leading him out to the terrace.
"Whoa, you've got a crocodile pool on your terrace?" Percy asked
"Yeah, don't worry, he's friendly though." Carter assured him.
Percy took his word for it and sat down at the table.
"Who's the new guy?" A blonde girl with a red highlight in her hair and spoke in a British accent asked.
"This is Percy Jackson; he's a new recruit that arrived last night." Carter said.
"He looks Greek." A black kid that kind of reminded Percy of Nico said.
"That's because he's actually a Greek demigod on his father's side of the family Anubis." Carter said
"Anubis?" Percy asked
"Call me Walt, that's my actual name." the kid said.
Percy looked at Carter who gave him a look that read, tell you later.
The girl who sat on Carter's other side asked "How is it that a Greek demigod has magic powers?"
"His mother's side of the family descends from Cleopatra." Carter explained.
The girl just nodded.
After breakfast, Carter took Percy to the library, where there was quite an assortment of weapons.
"This sword looks greek." Percy said, taking it from its holster.
"It's from the time of Alexander the great. It's good for offensive magic and it seems to suit you, so you can keep it." Carter said as he tossed Percy leather bag.
"That bag has all the supplies you'll need to perform magic." Carter said.
"Okay, but would someone mind teaching me how to use magic?" Percy asked
Carter then explained to him about the Duat and the gods and using magic.
Percy decided to start with something easy, like creating water.
Carter showed him the hieroglyph and he said "Maw."
Immediately, a deluge of water poured down on the library, but Percy used his demigod powers to control it and dissolve it.
"You're a natural." Carter said.
"Why do I feel so tired?" Percy asked
"It's the first time you've ever actually used your powers. After a while, you'll be able to perform pretty basic spells without too much effort." Carter explained.
"So what next?" Percy asked
"Now, you need to select a god's path of magic to follow. I follow the path of Horus, my sister Sadie follows the path of Isis, Walt follows the path of Anubis, mainly because he's the Eye of Anubis and my girlfriend Zia follows the path of Ra." Carter said
"Did you say the eye of Anubis?" Percy asked
"Magicians can actually host the gods, Me, Sadie and Zia have all done that and Walt still does that. The goal is to become one with the god, actually merge with the god and be in complete sync with him or her. Magicians who manage to accomplish this are called the eye of the god. I'm the eye of Horus." Carter said
"So, whose path do I follow?" Percy asked
"That's up to you to decide. If I were you though, I'd select a water god like Sobek, Hapi or Nephthys, since you seem to respond best to water." Carter said
"Despite that Son of Sobek incident, I think the god himself is pretty cool, so I think I'll follow his path." Percy said.
Carter nodded and said "Okay, now it's time to begin your training."