Angel of Darkness (a Percy Jackson Fanfiction) ~SLOW UPDATES~

Chapter III

Olivia POV

I wake up to the sound of shuffling feet in my room. I open my eyes, blinking a couple of times to get the sleep out of them. I almost called out "Mom," thinking I was still at home, to remember, I wasn't, and I won't be for a long time. I rub my eyes, sitting up and stretching. When I'm finally able to see without closing my eyes, I realize that there were four other people in the room with me.

They were the handmaidens from yesterday.

"Oh sorry, we didn't mean to wake you quite yet." One says, wringing her hands with nervousness or excitement.

"It's fine. I was half awake anyway." I reply, getting out of bed. They leave my clothes on my bed and leave until I'm done changing. I unfold the neatly folded clothes on my bed and look at them. They looked like something I would wear. It was a blue t-shirt, a pair of running shorts, and an Adidas warm-up jacket. They also had Nike socks and my Nike tennis shoes.

I changed into it, and open the door to my room. All four of them come into my room, two heading towards the bed, making it. The other two headed towards me, rushing me into the bathroom attached to my bedroom. I sat down on the makeup chair that was in there, as one started putting my hair in two Dutch braids, and the other started doing a small amount of makeup on my face.

When they were done, they brought me down to the dining hall. I saw tons of people getting it prepared for the morning's breakfast, and it smelled amazing. It smelled of bagels, pancakes, and everything you could ever want for breakfast. We kept walking until we approached a woman and a man, conversing in hushed tones.

"Ah, Olivia there you are. This is my wife, Amphitrite." Neptune says while Amphitrite sticks her hand out to shake.

"It is good to finally meet you," Amphitrite says, turning our handshake into a hug. It didn't feel weird at all, surprisingly. She had that mother feeling to her, warm, kind, and nice.

"It is good to meet you too," I reply, we stopped hugging, and I walked with her and my father to where I was supposed to meet this trainer of mine. I walked out of the castle into the gardens, following them until we got to this fighting arena.

We enter, and it was the biggest place I've ever seen. It was shaped like an octagon, with swords, bows, arrows, and other weapons lining 4 of the 8 walls. In the middle was a boxing-like arena, lined with a fencing, there were two boys fighting inside of it. 

One was tall, maybe 6'2", with dark hair, and fighting with a sword. 

The other was shorter, about my height 5'10", with blonde hair and two katanas. They were both very skilled, trying to find each other's weaknesses and exploit it.

They fought back in forth, the dark haired one slashing at the blonde haired one as fast as possible, both swords moving in an arch. The blonde one blocked the sword and makes an attack of his own.

This continued on, until the dark haired one knocked the sword from the other's hand, attacked him until he was down, and pointed the sword at his throat. He moved the sword from the throat of the other boy, and threw it to the ground, sticking a hand for the other boy to take.

When they put their weapons away, they come over to our small group of three, bowing in front of Neptune and Amphitrite. "Rise, my boys. There is someone I would like you to meet." Neptune says, casting a glance at me.

"This is my daughter, Olivia. Olivia, this is Will Whitman," he says pausing, indicating the boy with the dark hair, "and Zach Anderson." he says indicating the blonde boy. 

"It is a pleasure to meet you." Zach greeted, sticking his hand out for me to shake. 

"You too," I replied, taking his hand and shaking it. I looked over at Will, who nodded his welcome, which I returned with a smile.