Old Friend
Percy's POV:
I woke up and rubbed my head as I tried to contemplate what I just saw. However, when I saw I was at the bottom of the mountain again I felt my anger rise.
'I am the guardian of Artemis! I should not be having this much issue climbing a fucking mountain!' I thought to myself as I got up and grabbed onto a rock and started climbing, my anger slowly pushing me to move faster, sometimes even leaping up the mountain. By the time noon hit, I had made it half way up the mountain, but I was sweating buckets, and my arms ached as well as my legs.
Despite feeling like crap, I reached up and wiped the sweat from my brow before leaping onto the rock and continued climbing. After several more hours of constantly moving faster I reached the platform where I was only to see the Wyvern waiting for me. It let out another roar before beating its wings again. However, I dived forward behind a boulder and waited for it to stop. When it did, I rolled out from behind my cover only to find the wyvern there and destroy the boulder before it let out a stream of fire at me.
I rolled to the side and felt the buffeting winds hit me again. I got low and made myself as small as possible to not get lifted off and I slowly felt my frustration and rage build. I looked at the wyvern and narrowed my eyes as I opened my mouth and let out a roar of anger.
As I did this however, I felt a large pull from my gut and felt a surge of winds from my mouth. I looked at what I was doing and suddenly stopped when I saw a miniature typhoon sprouting from my mouth and slamming into the wyvern. The attack stopped and the wyvern looked at me fearfully before bowing low causing me to falter.
"Hi los vahzah dii drog" I heard an ancient voice say from the top of the mountain "Rok los mul"
"Faal Strun Praal Kosil Rok Voth Faal Kun" a more feminine voice said
"Faal Kul los aan vahlok do ok Lein, aan ku do Faal Okaaz, Ahrk Spaan Do Kun" Midguardsormr said in his wise and ancient voice
I sighed at their own language and kept climbing, not bothering to sleep until I reached the top where I found the three dragons laying down and watching me with interest.
"There, I made it. Now can we start my training?" I said slightly impatiently causing Vortix and Valkyrie make a look of confusion
"Do you not want for rest boy?" Vortix asked and I looked at him
"No, I've been plagued with nightmares for the past few days, I do not want to sleep, I want to train" I said calmly, and he nods his head
"Very well, first you shall learn our language I will not teach in this barbaric tongue" Vortix said and I groaned but nodded "Mu Kiin Nu"
The first few months of my training with the dragons went over their language which I had to learn fluently in order to ask them any questions. The language was much different than I had expected however, once I learned the basics it was pretty simple. I then went on to learn a few basic combat moves from either dragon. From Vortix I learned the breath attack, a tail whip attack, water spout and storm surge, from Valkyrie I learned how to use silver bullet move, which was very similar to moonlit step. I also learned the breath attack, and silver wind.
The roars were the easiest thing to learn, as it pulled directly from my gut and went straight through my mouth. Everything after that was much harder to learn as I had to figure out where to guide my energy through my body.
"Hi Haalvut Daar Pruzah Kul" Vortix said in his tongue which I bowed to him and smiled
'You and Valkyrie have taught me well' I responded in kind
'You have yet to master the art however, so today you shall go to the temple on the side of the North mountain and retrieve a chest there marked with the word 'Qah' and bring it back' Vortix said and I nodded
'Of course,' I said before I turned and faced the cliff ready to use my speed ability, but I heard a grunt from Vortix
'This is a test, there will be no cheating, we will be watching young Perseus' At this I sighed before shrugging and making sure I had all my lightweight gear on
This included my hidden blades, one sword of my choice and my shield watch. I had to leave everything else on the top of the cliff making it so I had to train my reflexes better with limited gear.
I pull out the map I had gotten from Midgardsormr and looked it over before spotting my destination. Once I did, I jumped off the cliff and slid down the rocks. For the next few hours I traveled through the jungle constantly swatting at flies and avoiding getting lost. Eventually I found myself at a stone entrance that was covered in moss.
I ran my hands across the smooth weathered stones before walking into the structure. Walking up a long set of stairs I noticed there was some carving in the walls. The scenes showed a battle against different tribes that once lived on the island.
'Percy' I heard a voice say and I whipped around but found myself alone in the temple
Shrugging it off I continued up the stairs for a few more minutes. I hit the main floor of the temple and saw a large statue of a man holding a spear at another man's throat.
'PERCY!' I heard someone yell and I extended my hidden blades as I looked around but saw nothing
I shrugged and retraced my hidden blades when a large head splitting headache appeared, forcing me to drop to the ground as I held my head. Suddenly my vision darkened and I felt myself sent into a vision, something that I had gotten used to while on the island.
(Flashback)
Third Person:
Percy was sitting around a small campfire with four other members of team Delta. Percy was by far the youngest but Lucas had brought him along to try to clear the young boy's mind. The others were currently discussing their current assignment, a small scuffle between two large villages that threatened to turn violent.
"I just say we take the side of one, attack the other and kill everyone. It'll make everything easier and we can go home to sleep" A buff and burly man said as he raised, he sharpened his axe
"I agree but I feel like we should do it in their sleep" Another much thinner man said as he inspected his knives
They continued to do this, talking about slaughtering the entire village for several minutes before one of them looked at Percy.
"What do you think kid? Were at a bit of a standstill and Tobias doesn't want to get involved" the beefy man said
"Why, can't we just settle it peacefully? We don't need violence..." Percy said in a small voice causing both men to scoff loudly
"Oh, I forgot, ever since your pathetic sister died you've been a bleeding pacifist, haven't you? You're a lot like her, a coward. Always avoiding a fight" The man said while laughing loudly causing Tobias to glance over with a frown and shake his head
The man however didn't see Percy gripping his fists causing a thin trail of blood to run down his palms. Percy glared at the fire trying to tune out the man's voice.
"You know, maybe if she came back, I could 'teach' her a few lessons on how to act" He said suggestively and the comment made Percy snap his head up before lunging at him
Percy had begun to throw heavy punches into the man's face. The burst of violence surprised the other members. Percy had always been the calming voice, trying to be different from everyone else in the unit, everyone hated it but mostly listened to him. That was mostly because Lucas forced the team to. However, this time Lucas was out gathering firewood for the small group and once the man registered what was happening, he shoved Percy off and pinned him down before grabbing the fire stoker and holding it up to his face.
"I've wanted to do this to you for a long time bastard, you and your fucking peace talks always get on my nerves, and you want to know something? Lucas isn't around to save your sorry ass!"
"Blake, let the kid go" Tobias said emotionlessly but Blake laughed
"Or what? We all know you won't do anything Tobias! Your just as bad as the kid, but at least you can hold your own. Unlike this little brat!" He pressed the hot metal to Percy's face causing him to flash back to his time in the camp and his eyes darkened as he went silent much to the confusion of Blake who was expecting a scream of pain
"BLAKE!" Lucas said as he ran up after dropping the firewood and brandishing his spear at the man "What. The. Fuck. Is. Going. On!" He demanded as he pushed Blake off of Percy and held his spear at his throat
"He attacked me first Lucas, I was just defending myself" Blake yelled but Tobias shook his head
"No, Blake insulted Percy's sister, Percy retaliated, then Blake attacked back" He said calmly and Lucas looked at Blake with fury burning in his eyes
"From this moment forward, you are banished from my unit and your absence is absolute" Lucas growled as he pushed his spear into Blake's throat killing him
(Vison end)
Percy's POV:
As my vision returned to me I panted heavily as I felt a hand on my shoulder. I leapt forward and spun around while extending my hidden blades before I recognized the figure who was there. I retracted my blades and stood up shakily and smiled.
"Hey Zain"
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