Percy Jackson: The Light Bringer

I Spend My Day Carrying Luggage

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   Yoga was...creepy.

   It involved a lot of stretching to the point till you die. Bending forward till you die, placing your legs over your head till you die, being stretched vertically and horizontally till you die...you get the idea.

   But since I didn't have the privilege of being reviewed every time I die and also the fact that I didn't want to do yoga, I gave Olivia a hard pass on that. 

   I thought about leaving to find my target, but decided to first explore Valhalla. I had a bit of time that I could spare and I doubt I would be let inside the hotel a second time...not that they could stop me but still.

   Under the personal command of Odin, Olivia was given the task of showing me around. She grudgingly accepted it, not before muttering a whole variety of curses, and acted as my guide. 

   After a while, she warmed up to me and started to curse less often. I think I even saw her smile once. She showed me the hundreds of doors and the exits to each world. Then she led me to the 'gift store' of Valhalla. When she learned that I could summon red gold, her expressions became mischievous faster than a greyhound winning a race.

   When we left the store, I was carrying enough stuff to make me look like Santa on Christmas...

   Olivia bought hundreds upon hundreds of things from weapons to chocolates. The worst part was that she made me carry all of them. The checking counter staff were surprised that I had enough currency for the enormous purchase. Honestly, so did I.

   As I was walking, I fiddled with the only item that 'I' had bought. It was a seashell. And not just any seashell. It was the one I had been given to, in my dream by that spooky ice cream girl...

   In remember in the store, when I was struggling to carry the million pound (weight not currency)  items that Olivia bought, something shiny had caught my eye. It was small and on one of the far corners. I approached it  and there it lay, in one of the small boxes that was partially unwrapped. It was the exact same shell as my dream. I purchased it along with another item. 

   "Yo Percy!"  The lovely voice, note the sarcasm, of my Valkyrie broke me out of my thoughts.

   "What is it Oly?" I asked rubbing my forehead in irritation "please don't tell me you need to buy more stuff!" Olivia rolled her eyes and motioned me to follow her out of the store....Finally!

   Once you got to know her, she was pretty cool to hang around. She's a student in a nearby boarding school, something that I found hard to believe at first. Her parents stay in New Hampshire, where she was born and brought up.

   She's also the captain of her football team. She has four brothers and three sisters, all elder to her. I think that's where she gets her competitiveness from. Sibling rivalry can do great wonders...of course I wouldn't know[[{ But I would }]]

   I walked over to where she was and gasped at the beauty of the view. We were on the top of a huge waterfall that I couldn't even see the bottom of. I wondered why I didn't hear the water. A mile or so ahead, was a beautiful city. The houses/palaces were covered in gold, made of silver ingots for roofs and had huge doors.  

   To put it simply...it looked like heaven, which I guess it was for the Norse.

   "Nice" i said while looking over the edge, trying my best to find the bottom of the waterfall I was standing on top of. Next to me, Olivia laughed and patted my back. She started walking to some other building and I was going to follow but I remembered that I had already wasted half of the day.

   "Wait" I said running till I was next to her "I've gotta go. I believe I have a target to find". Olivia looked disappointed and groaned to show it. I chuckled lightly before coming up with an idea. I channelled some of power into a tiny marble, just like I had done with Hunding and handed it to her. 

   She was confused at first but then when she took it, it started glowing and changed shape. I expected something like an unlimited red gold credit card or maybe some new kind of weapon. Instead, the marble dissipated into smoke. Some of the smoke was absorbed into her palm while the rest came back to me.

   Now it was my turn to be confused. Olivia on the other hand looked like she had an epiphany. "What was that?" I asked her. I expected her to ask me since it was my powers but well...I'm Percy.

   "Thank you..." was the only thing she said. I rolled my eyes and waited for her to continue. When it became obvious that she wasn't going to, I groaned and put my hands up in exasperation. Olivia chuckled and before I could react, gave me a hug that could rival that of Tyson. 

   "Stay safe buddy" she said with a smile as he let go. I was in too much of a shock. Olivia was the Norse version of Clarisse La Rue. Her hugging me was the last thing I ever expected to happen.

   "Tell anyone about this...and I'll personally send you to whatever hell it is for you" she said while smirking. I rolled my eyes. The normal Olivia was back. I gave her a sad smile, knowing that this could very well be the last time I saw her. "Goodbye" I said softly.

   "Go get your girl" said Olivia, punching my shoulder. I laughed a bit and closed my eyes. I willed my body to dissolve into soft light, not intending to harm anyone who looked at it. I felt the familiar feeling of travelling through space. 

   When I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was the huge giant in front of me.

   Well not exactly...the first thing I saw where two huge pillars that spanned so high that I couldn't get a proper look without spraining my neck. The next thing I saw, was that those pillars  were actually legs. 

   A few feet in front of me, was an enormous giant that one could see from a whole country away.

                    "Ahhhh....I messed up didn't I?"

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