Fight and Fly

Chapter 1- A Harpy(?) Falls From the Sky

*Percy POV*

I thought I had seen it all, being a demigod and everything. Greek and Roman gods, goddesses, their legacies, monsters, satyrs/fauns, and other magical beings that were only supposed to exist in legends and myths. But apparently that wasn't enough. Here's how it went.

A meeting was taking place at the Big House, discussing the topic of joining Camp Half-Blood and Camp Jupiter. Naturally, the Seven (including me) and Reyna (as a praetor of New Rome) best understood the relationship between the Greeks and Romans. This meant that we had to go discuss with Chiron how we were going to make this work.

"I think that is should be absolutely fine for all campers to move freely to and from both camps," said Annabeth.

"I agree with that as well, but we might need to make some small changes to both of the camps' security. Remember Terminus?" Piper exclaimed.

"Yes, I think we might need your help in persuading him not to kill any Greek on sight, Pipes," Jason replied.

"My charmspeak won't work on him, but I can still try to persuade him,"

"That's settled then, any other important decisions we might want to make?" Reyna inquired while scanning the room.

There were no answers, I only shrugged my arms and looked at Leo and Frank. They were much too busy playing with some kind of paper cylinder thingy to even look at us. Jason and I only chuckled but the girls gave a death glare that probably would have been able to kill Gaea... again.

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After the meeting, we decided to all get some training in.

"Hey! Wise Girl! Let's spar, I win and I get to throw you into the lake!" I said smirking.

"You're on, Seaweed Brain! But if I win, which I definitely will, you have to throw Clarisse into the lake instead!" She shouted.

"Fine!" I replied as I pulled out Riptide.

Annabeth took out her sword. It was the Maeonion drakon bone sword that had long since replaced her old knife. I knew that she was still much better at fighting with her knife, but since it was Annabeth, I wouldn't underestimate her with a sword either.

CLANG! The fight had begun. We went at each other, both rolling and jumping to avoid attacks. Just then, Annabeth took the chance to slash at my unprotected side. Wrong move, I thought. I quickly took the chance and used Riptide to disarm her.

"Looks like I win, Annie!" I said cheekily.

Annabeth glared at me. "Fine, I can accept defeat. But I cannot let the fact that you called me Annie slide!"

I nervously laughed and backed up a couple of steps.

"Uh, I'll throw you in the lake later?"

"Oh no, you don't, Percy. You're not getting away!"

We both broke out into a run, her chasing and me running for my life. The rest of the Seven were laughing, making no attempt to help save me.

"Hey! Jason and Frank! Come grab Percy and get him to the lake so that I can throw him in!"

Jason and Frank didn't move but didn't say they weren't going to help. I made a run for it, knowing what was gonna happen next.

"Perseus Jackson, get back here, now! Jason and Frank, help me or I swear to Hades I'll push you two in the lake as well!"

"Yes, ma'am! " The two broke into a sprint. Jason must have been using the winds to their advantage, as they seemed to be going a bit faster than should have been normal. Leo and the girls merely jogged at an even pace following them a couple of meters behind.

I stopped running when I realized I was just in front of the lake. I would have fled again in a different direction but something caught my eye. Something was falling from the sky, bound to fall right into the middle of the lake. I squinted at it. Was that a... Harpy? But no, it couldn't be. She was much too pretty. She had blonde hair just like Annabeth. And her eyes, they were deep voids of chocolate brown. Wait... Her eyes? How would I see them if she was unconscious? My eyes widened as I realized she was still awake.

And just as I turned around to tell the others, I felt two pairs of hands push me on the chest right into the lake.

But I didn't think I needed to say anything. As I fell backward, I saw Leo with his face scrunched up in confusion, focused on a particular someone hurtling through the air behind me. A split second before I hit the water, I hear him say,

"Pipes, I don't think you have the power to transform a harpy. Was it your mom?"

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First chapter of my first fanfic ever!!! YAY!!! Dedicated to @DodoDing because she gave me my first dedication ever, votes for my bad stories, and is a great writer and friend! <(^-^)>