Perseus and A Brief First Fight

I have always liked Percy... I have always had some trouble reading books and mangas because most of the time I find the main characters extremely unbearable and borderline revolting...

There was something about the guy though, that made me root for him, maybe his unyielding loyalty, his humility even while being the strongest, or maybe his immense character development during Artemis's quest, that made him seem more human than god.

During recreation I find him chatting with Grover, seems like the two already struck a friendship... I didn't know why I could just look at Percy and say 'yup he is Percy alright?' but I could. The roll call helped.

Going over to them I said "Hey guys, my name is Tom, a pleasure to meet you" I give my warmest smile while waiting for their answers.

Grover became briefly startled, he probably did not expect me to just barge in on the two new students... Percy also smiles, with a hint of sadness in it before replying " Hello Tom, names Percy"

"Names Grover, a pleasure to make your acquaintance" quickly stammers Grover may be a bit wary of me

Completely ignoring the unmasked suspicious looks he is giving me (gotta work on stealth buddy) I sit down on the chair and tell them "Everyone here pretty much knows the other here, since we spent 6 years together, they mix the classes from year to year to ensure we meet new people... Yancy is weird like that... Soo, where do you guys come from" I, ask with interest

Percy happy he already made two new friends (or at least people he can talk to) speaks excitedly "I come from Lexus, mom decided to bring me here for my sixth year, apparently she knows the professor or something. I overheard her speak with someone about it. So how is the school"

"I came here because of work really, emh..." He catches on to his mistake but quickly makes up for "my father work... yea... not sure what he does but... here I am ah ah ah ah" a nervous chuckle ensues hoping for it to be enough... he would hate if the guy he is supposed to protect fails to make a friend because of him, he knows how hard demigods live socially because of ADHD and dyslexia.

"So how is the school?" asks Percy somehow worriedly

"Well... we have our good and bad... It seems like this year we will have two new teachers, Mr. Brunner and Ms. Doods..." I start speaking and our convo flowed by itself, Percy was eager to talk, Grover tried to not come off as suspicious which fails miserably through the lens of a discerning eye (that Percy doesn't seem to have)

Meanwhile, I also see Nancy looking at me... and then at Percy with a flash of rage... oh no... our neighborhood kleptomaniac developed a crush, yes... on me this time... since I was the first person to speak with her in year four. Since then she tried her best to gain my attention (failing miserably) with similar tactics she used with Percy in the books. Eventually, she stopped harassing seeing as whenever for example my pen was missing I would go to her, hug her from behind and ask in a sweet whisper in her ear where she put it. the downside is that everyone thought I had a crush on her... ew. The resistance I found out was... zero... She would still try to get my attention from time to time. This time however it seems as if she found her victim... sorry Percy will try my best to protect you fren. Hang in there.

The school year passed quite eventfully, Nancy tried her best to get on Percys' nerves making him sport a couple of behavioral reports on his resume (correct word?) and detention... yup! Fucking detention... I felt bad so I always took detention with him to keep him company, Grover did the same. And like this with a couple kisses here and there on the cheeks to mess with Nancy came the fated day of "killing overgrown bat".

My abilities? I was surprised... If fencing does one thing right that is probably boosting perception and reaction times. It took 4 years to reach a somewhat noticeable level, and since it was a somewhat gradual change I can't say I noticed it. It just happened, I was faster, stronger, and deadlier. I could see all the blows the fellow mortals shot, and I became a master at parrying and counterattack... I lacked the initiative but I didn't really care... I was focusing on a style that could help me fight people stronger than me, fast counterattacks when they least expected it, and the reflex of a cat... not bad. I was confident in being able to at least survive one or two attacks from Doods. After all, if I couldn't no mortal could ever. Not without my almost superhuman reflexes.

I also told my father I wanted a bronze sword from a blacksmith as my 12th birthday and nothing else, my parents noticed my sudden interest in greek mythology so they did not think it was too abnormal... however it took a couple of days to finally convince them, I loved my parents but... I knew I had to abandon them... so I tried not to grow too attached... spoiler I failed miserably... huuu... life.

I sidetracked, we agreed on an inconspicuous design caus it "sounded cool" although for me it was very practical. The design was that of a walking cane that opens at the top revealing a light but strong bronze blade... The scabbard was sturdy and kinda heavy but overall balanced on the hand. I don't like broadswords nor xiphos, a light rapier-like blade was perfect for me.

Hopefully, it would be good enough.

"Say Percy... what does this represent?" asks Mr. Brunner waking me from my musings

"Prometheus... while the crow eats his intestines" The whole class winces at Percy's bluntness... I love this guy... how can he make so many people uncomfortable with one single word phrase

"When will we ever even use this," asks Nancy beside me

"And? Why is this important to us even to this day?" Mr.Brunner asks as if he heard Nancys question

"I...I don't know professor" says finally the son of FishBreath looming downcast

"Mmh" starts Chiron looking disappointed "Maybe you Mr.Firefield know the answer?" he asks while looking at me expectantly, he knew I loved mythology the most, and he probably knew I could see through the mist.

"Mhh, I would say that sometimes... doing the right thing is the wrong thing depending on who you ask... I would say that it is important to know what we can a cannot do in our group, while always remembering that what could be a crime in one could be the treasure of another. Did Prometheus get punished for helping the humans, for his search of vain glory (which he undoubtedly got if we are still talking about him to this day) ... or for disobeying the words of the head of Olympus?..." I left the question hanging for everyone to let it sink

That seemed to be the right answer "Extremely well argumented Tom, I'm proud, we can also take away..." he resumes his explanation... I immediately go to the bathroom to prepare for the big fight.

Cane in hand (that I masterfully took away from home without my parents noticing) I exit the bathroom seeing Doods taking away Percy while Grover and Chiron were looking worriedly at the scene.

I decide to sneak away from the group finding myself in front of the door with Chiron about to reach me I decide to enter the room.

Doods had just transformed and eas lunging at Percy, my sudden entrance startled her making her miss her target by a hair breath, I can do it.

I sprinted towards her capitalizing on her mistake unsheathing my bronze and swinging it at her, she masterfully rotates her "arms" trying to block my sword, it seems she didn't have time to take out her whip.

Not expecting much force from a mortal, and certainly not expecting a mortal with a bronze sword she was surprised when a gash formed on her forearm.

"What is it ugly bird... surprised to be an idiot?" apparently I didn't know when to shut up

The Fury completely enraged was all over me... and she was fast... hella fast (hehe), completely replying to my instincts I tried my best to hold her incessant claw attacks, left.... parry, right... parry ack... my shoulder, overhead parry ACK... SUCH STRENGTH.

Cuts were piling up, I kept parrying her swipes: Left, Noth-est sud-ovest again overhead, now left and tight quickly, while rapidly moving my feet to maintain the balance I was learning while fighting, the strength, the speed, I could beat her I just needed one small chance... Looking briefly at my left I saw a golden pen... or a wild Percy... yea that can work.

At the most crucial moment, Percy came over with riptide cutting her arm off, surprised by the sudden interruption again it signaled it was my moment to counterattack using kinetic energy to put as much force as possible into the last attack I spun on my feet cutting her head off cleanly as she exploded in a thousand particles...

That was hard... imagine if she had a real weapon (cit). Her flurry of fast attacks was unstoppable, in the long run... I could have lost... maybe not... I'm awesome after all, Apollo approves.

I felt giddy... happy... I did something... for the first time in both lives... I felt happy.

Smiling I turned to Percy " Yo Percy! You loom as if you have seen a monster, everything all right bud?" I ginned

"I....you... what the fuck Tom...." he was still out of it... I know he will thank me later... this ungrateful bastard...