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After the Barbecue was finished, me and Asta got shown around the HQ and were brought to our rooms. The first thing I did was to clean. After all I have experience from my times with Mom at Montauk. I got a little sad thinking about those times and decided that it would be best to sleep early today.
I woke in the middle of the night covered in sweat. Even though it has been a few months since I came here the nightmares of that place still haunt me as vibrant as the first night. I knew it would be a waste of time if I tried to sleep once more so I decided to go for a walk.
As I entered the cool night I took a deep breath of the fresh forest air. I relaxed a bit and started to explore the vicinity a little bit. After some time wandering aimlessly, I heard loud noises coming from a little bit deeper in the forest. Deciding to look closer I tried my best to make as little noise as possible. After a ten-minute walk I came to the corner of a clearing. In that clearing I saw a girl shooting Water at a tree. Well she tried to shoot it at the Tree, but every shot changed course as soon as it came near its target.
Percy coughed loudly to make his presence known to the Girl. She whipped around surprised and shot water in his direction. Percy stopped the incoming ball with a flick of his hand. "Sorry I didn't mean to startle you. But what you are doing here? This is territory of the Knights of the Black Bull you know." She mustered Percy from head to toe with a slight prideful look. "I am aware of that. I am part of the Black Bull after all. I am Noelle Silva." The last part she said as it should mean something but to her dismay Percy just shrugged and said "Oh sorry. I didn't see you today at the welcoming party. My name is Percy. Nice to meet you, Noelle. Didn't mean to disturb your training." And with that he turned around and left an open-mouthed girl behind.
After that encounter Percy went on his way and began his training for the rest of the night. The next day he and Asta were responsible for cleaning the HQ and feeding the Pets Yami held. Percy took care of the pets. As he went down to the dungeon he stood in front of a huge cage. Inside that cage were a lot of different kind of animals. Anyways after they tried eating Percy, He scolded them playfully and kind of asserted dominance, even if he didn't mean to the Monsters are kind of afraid of Percy but he also got the feeling of respect and love from those cuties, so he decided to be kind and treat them to some special snacks.
In the afternoon everyone gathered, and Noelle formally introduced herself. She said she was a princess, but Percy really couldn't see that part of her after last night. After she introduced herself to everyone, she got quite arrogant. Percy didn't really mind since he even disrespected Zeus sometimes. So a "Noble" is not really a big deal to him.
In the evening everyone was called for a team meeting. Everyone except Noelle showed up. Magnus was given the responsibility to take care of the new recruits on their first mission. The discussion was in full swing as we suddenly all felt a very powerful presence. All of us rushed towards the forest where we saw Noelle inside a Water bubble the size of a house.
"Don´t interfere" Percy said and with that he made an air bubble around Noelles Head. After that he jumped into the air like some sort of Maniac and dived headfirst into the water. "Don't worry. In terms of Power he could rival a Captain." Yami said with a bored expression as soon as other members wanted to make a move. Asta still went ahead and jumped to erase the magic that Noelle causes. Just as he was about to reach the gigantic Water Bubble he was hit with a tendril of water and got smashed into the ground.
Percy felt a presence approaching and sent a tendril to deal with the intruder. After that was taken care of, he swam to Noelle. "Hey there. I assume you don't do this on purpose?" he joked. Noelle glared at him, but he could clearly see the tears and the fear. "All right let's end this together. First of all you need to try your best to calm down a bit." "How could I be calm. I could hurt the others." "No you couldn't how about you take a look." And really the once storming and thrashing water was calming down. "I told the water to calm down, but I can only do so much the rest is your responsibility." Percy said softly. He could end it all and just disperse the water, but he knew that Noelle then would never trust her abilities again. "First calm down, take deep breaths. Ok good. You are doing good Noelle. Now try to slowly start to feel the magic inside the water. You have a lot of Magic power so its harder to control, especially without confidence." At that she wanted to retort but Percy shook his head. "I can clearly see it, there is no need to be ashamed. It will come with time, I promise. Now look me in the eyes." She locked eyes with his and was lost. Bit for bit the ball of water got smaller and finally it dispersed all together. Percy gently took Noelle and rode a wave down to the ground.
At the ground they got welcomed by the rest of the Team. Noelle said she was sorry that she lost control but immediately changed back to the royal pain in the ass attitude. Percy couldn't but smile at that. After all was settled Yami announced that Percy, Asta, Noelle and Magna were sent on a quest together. You could feel the excitement radiating of Asta and Noelle. It was their first mission after all. Percy was also excited, but he firstly was more concerned. He had no good track record of easy quest in his old world. They always turned into something bigger. "Lets just hope the quests here are different" he muttered under his breath.
They ate a quick meal and got ready to fly over to the village that needed help with those boars. "What do you mean you guys can´t fly? How are you supposed to go to the village then?" Magna asked Asta and Noelle. Well. I don't have Magic." "And I can't really control mine." Percy sighed "How about we spilt them up. One rides with you, and one comes with me?" After a little complaining Asta sat with Magna on his Crazy Cyclone and Noelle sat behind Percy on his normal broom. "Ok hold onto me so you don't fall of" And with that he started flying. Noelle slung her arms around Percy to hold on. Good thing s/he can't see me. Both Percy and Noelle thought with a faint red tinge on his and her face.
