Aquagirl (Fem. Percy x YJ)

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I yawned and swam out of my bedroom, and upon noticing Mother setting the table for breakfast I attempted to sneak back into my room.

"Perseus, do not attempt to skip eating." Father's hands gripped my arms from behind.

I tilted my head back so I could look at him. "I am not hungry."

"You expect me to believe that?" He raised an eyebrow before scooping me up.

"Father!"

He did not respond and he sat at the table, holding me on his lap. Mother laughed softly before kissing him. Then she looked down at me.

"Did you sleep well?"

I sighed and did not answer her. Father did not comment as I nestled close to him.

"I am taking that to mean you did not have a restful night." Mother pressed a kiss to my head. "Do you wish to tell me why?"

"I had a nightmare."

"What of?" Father pulled me away slightly.

"You do not want to know."

Kaldur

"Here you go Kaldur." Megan smiled at me as she sat a plate on the island counter.

"Thank you my friend." I returned her grin but did not touch the food.

"What's wrong? Do you not like this?" Megan asked.

I shook my head. "No, I simply am not hungry and-"

"Did you eat last night?" Connor looked at me.

"Again no, but-"

"Then eat." He went back to his own meal.

I sighed and took a few bites of food before stopping. I pushed the plate away before resting my head on the cool surface of the counter.

"Are you feeling okay?" Megan rested a hand on my shoulder. "Do you have a fever?"

"I am fine, I simply feel as though something is going to happen today, and good or bad I cannot tell." I have this feeling in my gut, the type of feeling you should listen to or run the risk of painful death by fiery explosion.

Essentially the feeling Percy described having when she was in the volcano she told me of.

Neither of my friends responded and I felt a gust of wind, followed by the sound of chewing.

"This is delicious babe." Wally said around a mouthful of food.

It did not take long for the others to arrive, including Black Canary. After she entered the living room and instructed us to follow her, we did. And thus began our training for the day.

Not much could be said, aside from it was, as usual, debilitating. By the time we had finished we were all laying on the ground panting.

Six hours of nonstop training. I feel as though Black Canary speaks with each of our mentors on how to make us almost pass out. Or perhaps that is only in my case.

"Kaldur, get up dude." Wally prodded me with his foot.

"I am going to-" I paused, drawing a few more deep breaths. "Lay here for a moment more."

Unfortunately I did not get a choice in the matter with Black Canary pulling me to my feet.

I swayed on my feet before steadying myself.

"Are you okay?" She narrowed her eyes at me.

"I am fine. Perhaps I should drink some water." I turned to walk towards the kitchen but I stumbled. Black Canary caught me by the arm and gently forced me to the ground.

"Wally, go get some ice packs." She ordered.

Artemis stared at me. "What's wrong with him?"

"Heat exhaustion. I forgot how much heat affects Atlanteans." Black Canary said, placing an ice pack under my neck.

Percy is lucky. She seems to have inherited much of the fire resistance that the cyclopses have. Add that to the list of reasons why I believe us to be-

"Is he okay?" My king asked. "You are not injured are you my son?"

I did not hear the Zeta Tubes announce him. I did not answer him either.

"Black Canary, explain."

And I did not notice Batman either.

"Heat exhaustion. He should recover quickly once his body temperature stabilizes."

My king sighed. "This is why I ask you to not wear the jacket while you train. You know you cannot withstand-"

"Enough. I have a mission that is of the upmost importance for the Team."

I sat up and held the ice pack to the back of my neck.

Batman pulled up a holoscreen.

"Tomorrow is a Wayne Foundation Gala at the Gotham Art Museum in order to generate donations by allowing early access to the new Atlantean Art Gallery." He explained.

"And why do you need us?" Connor asked.

"In attendance will be members of the Atlantean Royal Family. Your job will be to act as bodyguards. If anything were to happen to them, Aquaman doubts he would be able to prevent war."

"So we're protecting Queen Mera and Prince Orm right?" Robin asked. It appears as though this is the first he's learning of this.

My king shook his head. "No. They, along with myself and Kaldur'ahm will be making an appearance undersea. Instead you will be protecting two siblings."

My eyes widened and I stared at him.

"My king, I will not do this. The last time I did something like this I almost ended up with her sword through my stomach."

"You do not have a choice. Besides, your sister has already been informed and we both know what will happen if you do not go with her."

My shoulders dropped and I slowly stood up. I walked with my king to the Zeta Tubes.

My king disappeared but I paused to say something before I followed.

"Please ensure their safety, I do not wish to go from fighting for the safety of the surface to fighting against the surface."

Roulette Day!

Okay so...

What do you think is going to happen?

And I have a fun little thing I want to try. Cause I'm making covers for some of my books.

So what do you think a good cover for this would look like?

And

I'm casually going to be hiding in my bedroom the whole day because my mom told my uncle I was taking her to dialysis when really I'm going to be cleaning my room

Because she told me I had to have that done soon so that's on her and not me cause she knows I hate cleaning

See yah