"Were they pirates?!" Nico asked with his eyes practically sparkling.
"Hmm… I suppose they were," Percy said as he placed a hand on the chest, "but then that would make me a pirate as well wouldn't it?"
"What?! You're a pirate?!" Little Percy asked as the wonder of meeting a real life pirate excited him as well.
"Yup," Percy reached under his shirt and pulled out his necklace showing off the cyclops skull he had strung in it, "this skull is proof that I am part of their crew. In fact I meet them just a few days before I meet you guys."
"So cool!" Nico yelled out, "who were they? What were they like? Did they eyepatches? Did they have parrots as pets? Did they always drink rum? Did one of them have a hook for a hand? Or a stump for a leg? Did-"
"-Slow down Nico, I can only answer one at a time," Percy interrupted chuckling, "and I promise to tell you all about it later. Right now I'm more interested in this here treasure chest."
"But we don't have a key," Little Percy said, "how are we going to open it?"
Percy smiled, "like this," Percy then formed a line of shadows coming out from underneath his sleeve. He couldn't use his vibrations to open this, the locking mechanisms inside was two big, he couldn't shake them open, and if he used to much vibrations he could damage the chest and whatever is inside.
The shadow then went into the lock and Percy wiggled it around. He pushed the pins inside one by one until everything was unlocked and something clicked, 'Bingo!'
Ping!
A new skill has been created!
Shadow lockpicking, Lv- 1/5 (0%)
Creates a tendril of shadows that can be used to open any mechanical lock.
Limits- simple key locks.
Percy pushed the notification aside and removed the shadows out from the chest. Nico and little Percy looked at the chest over Percy's shoulder as he slowly opened it.
Inside was what anyone would ever consider to be in a treasure chest. There were golden coins all over with rubies, emerald and sapphires. There was even a crown and a few swords in there along with a green metallic slate that was embedded with a map of some kind.
"WOW!" Nico and littler Percy yelled out as the ran their hands through the golden coins and rubies.
"This is amazing!" Little Percy exclaimed.
"This is real pirate treasure!" Nico yelled out.
Percy however didn't pay attention as he picked the green plate and Observed it;
The Lost Bronze plate of William Blake- A map to Hell;
One of the few lost plates of the poet William Blake this plate portaties the literal road to hell. It is one of the few actually maps containing directions to the christian hell as depicted in John Milton's 'Paradise Lost'.
Percy was beyond surprised, he knew who Blake was, after all they always talked about him in english class. To find a previously lost bronze plate of his…...this thing could be worth millions!
Percy opened his inventory and put the plate in and then turned to Nico and little Percy.
"What are you going to do with these Percy?" Nico asked.
"I'm not really sure," Percy said, "I think I'll keep some and give the rest to Chiron, after all it could be used to buy things for camp, like training equipment of something."
"I see," little Percy said as he continued to look at the treasure in want.
Percy smiled, he knew that look. "But I think you two deserve some kind of reward for helping me out," Percy said causing the two to look at Percy in wonder.
"Really?" Little Percy practically glowed.
"Ah- you don't' have to you know," Nico said as he tried to sound genuine, but Percy could see the look in his eyes.
"Neh, I want to," Percy then reached in and took the crown inside. It was a plain gold band with skull molded in the front. 'I know just what to do with you.'
Percy turned to Nico and put the crown on the boy's head. It was big and it slipped down till it was just above his eyebrows, "there, a crow for the king of the dead."
"Cool! I'm the king of the dead!" Nico said touching the crown.
Percy smiled and then reached in and pulled out a celestial bronze sword form inside the chest. Percy unsheathed it and found the blade still sharp and shining underneath. He then resheathed the blade and gave it to little Percy, "I know you use one of the camp's spare swords, but you need one of your own."
The son of Pan gladly accepted the sword. It was around two and a half feet in length and its tip was leaf shaped with a very detailed and integrate crossguard that looked like two branches, perfect for the child of the wild.
"It's amazing," little Percy said in awe as he unsheathed the blade and spun it around.
"Do you have a name for it?"
"What?" the son of Pan looked surprised, "why should I name it?"
"All the best swords have a name stupid!" Nico shouted pointing a finger at little Percy, "everyone knows that!"
"Yup," Percy nodded, "my blade's name is Anaklusmos," Percy took out his pen and uncapped it turning it into a large greek blade.
"Woah," Nico said looking at it, "that is so cool."
Little Percy turned from Percy's blade to his own. He looked intently at the blade, he focused on the details of it. He looked and suddenly a name came to his mind, "Elasmafyllou."
Percy smiled as his brain immediately translated it for him, "Leaf blade."
"That is so unoriginal," Nico huffed tilting his crown to the side, "I would call mine something cool, like Execution, or Bone breaker."
"Well it's not your blade, it mine, so pfft!" Little Percy said sticking his tongue out and blowing Nico a raspberry.
"Remember to only use it on the enemy," Percy warned, "or Nico if he get's to irritating."
"Hey!" Nico shouted.
The two Percy's chuckled at the son of Hades as he stuck his tongue out. Percy put away his blade and closed the lid on the chest putting it back inside his inventory.
"Come one guys, let's go and find something to do," Percy said as he reached out and held both their hands.
"Right," Nico said as he and little Percy dragged the son of Poseidon back into camp.
"I heard the Hermes kids were about to replace every lipstick in the Aphrodite cabin with rubber glue," little Percy said with a smile.
"Oh I definitely want to see that," Percy said with a smile.
"Hey Percy could you teach me that thing you did?" Nico asked.
"Thing? What thing?"
"You know that shadow thing," Nico explained.
"Yeah! That was so cool!" Little Percy exclaimed out loud.
"Hm… I'll think about it Nico," Percy said, "I think you should be able to do it no problem, you are the son of Hades after all, it's in your blood. Maybe we could also get your sister to join up."
"Cool!" Nico shouted as the three walked back into camp half blood with not a care in the world.
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