Ancient Reicarnation: The First Daughter

VIII. Percy

Percy woke up and groaned. Rubbing his eyes, he realized that they'd have to get moving any minute. "This is the third Great Prophecy I've been in," he muttered, heading over to the Big House. Pandora was still asleep.

He didn't want to wake her up. She looked so peaceful, but he had to. Percy poked her face carefully. She muttered something in a different language. "Umalis," she muttered.

"This is Percy," he said.

"Fýge," she responded. Go away.

"It's the quest?" Percy said nervously.

"O̱ theoí!" she exclaimed.

She ran to a different room in the Big House and came back in the same clothes Pandora wore on the same day they all met. Outside, three Roman eagles landed outside, along with Hazel and what Percy assumed was Dragon Frank. They entered the Big House along with Piper, Jason, Will and Annabeth. "Hey," Pandora said.

"Nico is gonna make sure the camps don't go against each other," Annabeth said. "A bunch of couples have already drifted apart."

"Not good," Piper said. "If we don't find my mom..."

"Piper," Pandora said. "I swear on the River Styx that we'd find your mom and help her get to Olympus safely."

"There aren't and guarantees. She's been weakened enough so that most couples are feeling the effects."

"Most," Jason said, grasping her hand and squeezing it. "I haven't."

Will and Pandora stood awkwardly at the other side of the room, occasionally glancing at each other. Pandora tucked a strand of loose hair behind her ear, and Will looked away.

"We'd better get going," Frank said. "If we want to meet Leo in Egypt by today, we've gotta get on the eagles."

"Time out," Percy said, making the symbol. "Air travel is a big no no for me. Can I take a hippocampus or-"

"You're getting on the eagle with me," Annabeth said. "I'm not going up there by myself."

"But-"

"Percy." He sighed.

"I'll get on the big eagle and risk getting blown out of the sky by Zeus. Fun."

"Is Nico in here?" Pandora questioned. He walked in after she said that. "I need to talk to you," she said to Nico. They engaged in a conversation in rapid fire Italian. What they were talking about, Percy would never know.

"I'll IM Leo," Jason said. As he he said that, an IM appeared next to Frank, causing him to jump out of the way.

"Hey guys," Leo said, grinning.

"Leo!" Jason exclaimed. "We're on our way soon. We should be there 'round 9 PM our time."

"It's super dark here, freezing cold, and I. Can't. Sleep," Leo complained.

"Leo," a voice groaned in the background. Percy recognised it as Calypso's voice. "Go to sleep."

"Hay is super uncomfortable to sleep on, Sunshine," Leo replied.

"Thanks Nico," Pandora said. "Hi Leo."

"Hi Pandora," Leo said, his face really goofy. She laughed.

"Well," Pandora said. "We'd better get going."

"Two to an eagle," Frank said. "I'll go with Hazel."

"Annabeth," Percy said.

"Piper," said Jason.

"Pagkamuhi ko sa inyo ang lahat," Pandora muttered. "I didn't say anything. I guess I'll go with Will..."

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"I HATE FLYING!" Percy screamed as the eagles took off.

"Quit being a baby!" Annabeth said, holding him at the waist.

"How did I let you convince me to do this?"

"I'm your girlfriend."

"Point taken."

Percy looked at Pandora. She was holding Will at his waist, looking uncomfortably at the sky. "Please don't blast us out of the sky," Percy heard her say.

"She's afraid!" Percy complained. "Get me off!"

"She's a girl Percy!" Annabeth retorted. "Please shut up!"

"How fast are these going?" Piper asked.

"About 120 miles?" Hazel said. She was riding on Frank who had turned back into an eagle as well. "Which is the reason why we get our reinforcements so quickly."

"We'll get to Egypt faster than expected," Annabeth said.

"Not too fast," Will said. He looked at Pandora, who was turning a sickly shade of green. Percy was pretty sure he looked the same way. "Here," he said, carefully handing her a piece of gum.

She chewed on it, and her green shade lessened. "Why does it taste like dirt?"

"Don't complain."

"Toss me one," Percy called out.

"Don't unless you want your eagles to crash," Hazel replied.

Percy looked down. The ocean was a blur of nothingness. He could be there right now and be at Africa in half the time. Then again, there's the walking distance...

"Are those venti?"

Percy looked up and saw a bunch of swirling clouds. A bunch of swirling, angry, sparky clouds...

"Get down!" Hazel called. "Jason!"

"I'm on it!" he said, flying up. Piper let go of his waist just in time. Jason jabbed at one, but they kept coming. He was overpowered by them, but he kept going, being a Roman. An arrow flew into one and killed it. A ventus disintegrated and Jason fell and came back up, stabbing some more.

Percy turned to the direction the arrow came in and saw Pandora shooting a hailstorm of arrows at them. Her legs were wrapped around Will to keep from falling. "Styx!" she exclaimed. "There are to many." She grabbed a red tipped one. "Jason down!" Jason flew down and she shot one of them, causing it to go boom and kill the others around it. She sat back down and put her head on Will's shoulder, her face beaded with sweat. "Gods, I've never done that before."

"That," Annabeth said. "Was incredible." The others nodded in agreement.

"I knew... I knew that we'd eventually be attacked," Pandora said through pants. "I didn't think I'd handle them alone..."

"That was awesome!" Will said. He turned to her. Pandora blushed and lifted her head from his shoulder.

Umalis.
Go away.

Fýge.
Go away. (In Greek)

O̱ theoí!
Oh gods!

Pagkamuhi ko sa inyo ang lahat.
I hate you all.

TY!

~Erica