Thalia nodded, "got it."
They began again and after half an hour, and one more lighting strike courtesy of Thalia, Bianca managed to control her mana. It came out of her so suddenly that Percy almost missed it. The mana explode out and immediately it took control of the shadows forming a protective cage around Bianca.
Percy smiled, "very good Bianca. You got the hang of it faster than I did," Bianca blushed at the praise and continued to work on controlling the shadows. After that Nico managed to pull out his mana by, what Percy assumes, was pure will power. It seems seeing his sister do it made Nico want it even more.
After an hour of mana lessons the children of Hades left. Percy gave them a few tips on shadow control and promised to have another class in two days time. This left Percy alone with Thaali, who was still struggling to remove her mana from her lightning powers.
Percy sat with Thalia as the demigoddess scrunched her face in concentration. He honestly didn't mind, separating your mana from your natural powers was a huge task, the only reason Percy could do it was because of the powers of the Game.
Thalia threw her hands up in defeat, "I can't do this! Fucking Hades this is difficult!"
Percy smiled, "relax Thalia, it's normal for you to take time to do this. It isn't an easy skill."
Thalia groaned, "when did you do it?"
PErcy scratched his head, "ah, let's not compare you to me."
"When. Did. You. Do. It?"
Percy sighed, "it came naturally to me. I could always tell the difference between mana and my natural powers. It's because of my scenting powers."
Lie Successful!
"Great, just great," Thalia sighed and lowered her head, "just another reason you should be the prophecy kid instead of me."
"Come on Thalia don't say that. Remember what I said, power isn't everything."
"Yeah well you can say that, but what difference does it make? If I can't get stronger….what good am I?"
Thalia looked depressed beyond belief. Percy got up and pressed a hand on her shoulder, "remember what I said? I will always be there to help you sparky. I mean it."
The daughter of Zeus shook her head, "yeah sure. But you can't always be there Percy, I need to stand up for myself."
Percy smiled, "then let me help you."
"How?"
Percy sat down right in front of her and took Thalia's hand into his own, "okay this is what I'm going to do. I'm going to guide you through this. I'll use my mana scening abilities to help you separate the two. And I promise, I won't leave you until we got this down."
Thalia looked saddened, "you really think this would work?"
Percy smiled, "trust me."
Thalia sighed, "Gods your happiness is infectious," she shook her head and became focused, "okay. Let's do this."
Percy nodded, "right. Close your eyes and imagine your core." Thalia did so and Percy could feel her mana core being accessed, "now pull the mana out, but remember, don't use anger, anger takes the control out of your hands."
"Then what do I use?"
"Use will power," Percy said, "that's how Nico did it. He wanted to catch up to his sister and that drive pushed him forward."
Thalia nodded and started to concentrate again. She closed her eyes and began to focus again. Percy felt her connect with her mana core again and pull the mana out. It was going smoothly, Thalia was pulling out the mana slowly, and she was in control. But just then it suddenly slipped out of her control and exploded outwards.
"Percy look out!" Thalia shouted as a blast of lightning exploded out of her body smashing into Percy's chest sending him flying across the air.
Defence- 296,171,000
Percy groaned as he picked himself up. His chest tingled with the after effects of the lightning attack and a big hole was burnt into his shirt. Percy looked at the defence lost and saw that Thalia's attack had done 5,000 HP damage.
'Damn, note to self, do not piss off Thalia,' Percy then got up just as the daughter of Zeus arrived with a panicked look on her face.
"Oh my Gods Percy I am so sorry. Are you alright?1 Do I have to bring someone? Please tell me you're okay?!"
Percy smiled, "I'm fine Thalia," he then looked down, "wish I could say that about my shirt."
Thalia blinked as she touched his chest, "you took a direct lightning strike to the chest...and you lived? What the hell are you?"
Percy smiled, "powerful. Now please stop touching me long enough so that I can change."
Thalia blushed and immediately removed her hand. Percy took of his jacket and burst shirt and opened his inventory.
"It's called Marble skin," Percy explained as he threw the burt shirt away taking out a new one, "that spell is the reason I'm alive. It's also what I want to teach you once you got the hang of your mana."
Thalia nodded blankly as she looked to the side with a blush on her face. She quickly snuck a peak at Percy's body as the demigod put on his new shirt, 'damn….. I want that.'
"So, why did you lose control?" Percy asked turning to Thalia only to find her staring at his abdomen with a glazed look, "ah, Thalia?"
The daughter of Zeus blinked and looked at Percy, "ah… what was the question?"
"I asked, why did you lose control? You were doing very well," he then put his jacket on as the two sat down.
"I...well I did like you said. I used willpower. But when I pulled it outwards...I kind of lost my concentration."
Percy nodded, "right, well we have to work on that," Percy then extended his arms causing Thalia to look at them in surprise, "what?"
"You want to do this again?" she asked unbelievingly, "I literally just zapped you with lightning, and you want to go again?"
Percy shrugged, "I barely felt it. And yeah, I do want to go again. Remember my promise, we are only going to leave when you access your mana. So yeah, I'm with you all the way sparky."
Thalia smiled as she held his hands, "thanks. And don't call me sparky."
Percy chuckled, "right. Now close your mind, and focus." Thalia did so and slowly Percy could feel her mana being pulled out. It was being jerked up and down, it felt like Thalia was raging a war inside herself.
Percy could smell the scent of ozone fill the air, 'I think she's going to blow again.' Percy was just about to tell her to stop when suddenly Thalia squeezed his hands tightly. Percy could feel the doubt rolling off her, so instead of telling her to stop, he pressed back.
Suddenly the war in her mind stopped, Percy felt her mana being pulled out smoothly. There wasn't a trace of lightning as Thalia brought out her mana and expelled it outwards.
Thalia opened her eyes, "did I do it?"
Percy nodded, "yeah. You did it."
"Thank the Gods," Thalia's eyes rolled to the back of her head as she fainted. Her body fell forward onto Percy as the demigod caught her.
'Damn, it must have taken more out of her than I thought,' Percy realised. He decided then not to disturb her, after all she did deserve it.
One hour later;
Percy rested next to the Fist of Zeus with Thalia's head on his lap and a book on hand. This one was different from all the others, this one was Argo's personal journal. So far Percy couldn't make head or tails of it. Argo had written the book in several different languages. Percy could understand the parts written Ancient Greek, but that was it. Everything else was unrecognizable.
'Maybe I should give this to Annabeth to translate,' Percy decided as he put the away, just then Thalia started to stir.
The daughter of Zeus got up and rubbed her eyes, "how long was I out?"
"An hour," Percy replied getting up before helping Thalia as well.
"An hour? Why didn't you just put me in my cabin?!" Thalia asked surprised.
Percy shrugged, "you can't enter another cabin without the permission of one of the cabin's members."
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