After rewatching RWBY season 3 I fixed Winter's personality to make her less OOC then what she was in chapter 2. I'll eventually go back and fix chapter 2 but for now, I'll leave it the way it is.

I'm also changing when this story takes place and is read will place it right after the TLO and I'm also gonna age Percy up by four years to somewhat match Winter's age.

The justification for This chapter taking so long was due to a fight scene near the end of the chapter that I got stuck on. Eventually, I just forced my way through the block so it might feel a bit rushed.

The waves crashed against the hull of the ship as it made its way through the sea. The salt in the air pervaded his sense of smell, and it filled him with a sense of comfort that he hasn't felt since landing in this alternate world. He felt at home on the waves, and it was nice to feel relaxed for once since arriving here. The comfort of the waves allowed him to think back on the past few days. After he and Winter had made their way out of Vale, or what's left of it that is. About a couple of airs into their flight the Bullhead had finally given out and they crashed near a coastal town where Winter purchased two tickets to Atlas so that she could regroup with this General Ironwood that she spoke of.

His thoughts were interrupted when someone occupied the space next to him. He could already tell who it was by the ice-cold atmosphere that she seemed to constantly exude.

"We'll be arriving in Atlas in a couple of hours. I would like for you to at least look presentable when we arrive, Perseus."

He sighed at the cold indifference that accompanied the tone from Winter. He didn't even have any time to respond before she was already gone, probably back to her room. He never really saw her except for a few instances at dinner though she always ate dinner in her room. She had bought them two separate rooms when she bought the tickets for the ship.

They'd been at sea for a couple of days now and the prospect of being on solid ground again felt refreshing. He may be the Son of Poseidon but even he got tired of seeing the constant ocean after a bit. It also didn't help that staring at the waves below him reminded him that this wasn't his world.

Everything had been peaceful while they made their way to Atlas but the feeling that he had developed from being attacked by monsters all his life had been going haywire since this morning, putting him on edge.

Deciding to test something Percy pushed out his hand, his palm facing towards the sea, causing the water to push outwards, then clenched his hand into a fist making a ball of water appear in front of him. His powers had felt weird ever since a week ago. He had just thought that it had something to do with him being in a new world, but the feeling had been getting progressively more prominent as time went by. But he couldn't do anything now so he would have to wait and see what happened.

Suddenly something disturbed the water beneath the ship. The only thing he could make out was the massive body of it. He decided to go and inform Winter after all he was never one to really sit still and plan something out in advance, he was more of a plan on the fly kind of guy.

A Long Way from Home

When Winter Schnee, revered specialist of the Atlas military, made it back to her room she expected to have a few hours to herself. After all, she needed to prepare for her meeting with General Ironwood to discuss their response to the attack on Vale that had severely crippled the Kingdom.

As she got her bath water ready and laid out her uniform her thoughts drifted to the man she had picked up in the attack. Perseus interested her. When she encountered him in Vale he didn't know where he was. She had chalked it up to him living outside the walls for most of his life, but when he showed a lack of knowledge in the Grimm that's when things didn't add up. Everyone she had met, from people outside of the wall to inside knew about the Grimm.

Another thing that didn't make sense was his fighting style. It was chaotic, random, with no sense of order whatsoever. She had never seen such a fighting style before and it was strangely effective, allowing him to adapt to incoming attacks with ease. His strength was on the level of a huntsman if not higher, and it looked as if he had been doing it for years. He had a darkness in his eyes, one that she had only seen in soldiers that had come back from the Mountain Glenn Catastrophe.

Her thoughts were halted by a ripple going through her bathwater. It was barely noticeable, but years of specialist training allowed her to notice the smallest details. A roar soon followed, Winter darted into her room, her bath forgotten, and threw on a pair of jeans and shirt before she ran out of the room, Nieswurz in hand ready to slay anything in her path.

"Winter! Wait," Perseus came and stand next to her, his sword already in hand. "I'm going to go and get everyone to safety try keeping it occupied for a bit."

She needed confirmation before running into the crowd of fleeing people Perseus already herding them to safety.

After a while, she arrived on the deck where she was greeted by a massive Grimm, one that she had only heard reports of. It was attacking the front of the ship, and she knew it planned to topple the ship on to its side to get to the people within. She grabbed the hilt of her sword and charged it with ice dust. Fins covered the Grimm's body indicating a life spent in the water. Its red eyes bore into her own.

The air around her became charged with static. When she looked back, the Grimm's head reared back, a ball of electricity gathered in its mouth and without a second thought released the stored energy resulting in a massive beam shooting down towards her location. She stabbed the point of her sword into the deck and released the ice dust that resulted in a tall sheet of ice forming a wall between her and the energy beam.

The beam impacted the ice, shattering it but it didn't reach her. She moved without alerting the Grimm. The Grimm was still focused on her previous position which had been covered in a thick fog from the intense heat of the energy beam impacting the ice. She crossed the deck in a matter of seconds undetected, Nieswurz arched forward and unleashed the energy stored within it. The thunder arced through the air crashing against the massive Grimm causing it to stumble. It momentarily let go of the ship.

In the commotion, she didn't notice Perseus arrive on the deck until he sent a spear of water into the Grimm's side. The water dug into its skin. could tell that holding the spear was tasking Perseus, so she quickly took advantage of the opening Perseus had caused to insert another piece of ice dust into her weapon.

With a plan in mind, she turned to Perseus because she noticed that the Grimm couldn't combat Perseus' spear.

" I need you to keep it still for a few seconds. I have a plan to put it down once and for all," Winter said.

Perseus nodded his head in agreement. She got into position behind one of the upturned tables as the Grimm finally recovered from the last attack. It looked around confused before it finally locked its eyes on Perseus standing on the deck alone.

" Come on big guy, hit me with your best shot." Perseus gestured to the Grimm

The Grimm's hand crashed onto the deck, planning on killing Perseus in a few seconds. However, just before the hand could reach him, chains of water came out of the ocean and wrapped around the Grimm's arms preventing it from moving.

Winter rushed out from behind the table and darted toward the Grimm's exposed neck. Her sword created a chilling atmosphere due to the ice dust inside it. She slashed upward with a mighty cry, the ice dust shooting out and impaling the Grimm's neck.

It froze, the ice keeping it in place as the Grimm slowly started to dissipate. Winter assessed the damage to the ship and concluded that this was the best scenario for the confrontation. Minimal damage had been done to the ship and it would not have to return to Vale for repairs and could continue its path to Atlas with a minor delay.

'This was unnecessary,' she sighed under her breath. She sent Perseus to notify the ship's captain that the Grimm had been dealt with and that the civilians were safe.

Something irked her, however. The Grimm died easily, too easily, in fact even with Perseus's help it should have taken much longer to put that type of Grimm down. She looked around but couldn't identify anything out of the ordinary until something metallic caught her eye near the lore of ice that had killed the Grimm. As she got closer, she noticed a pair of big metallic shears, made of a type of metal she had never seen before. She decided to dwell on it later. She placed the shears in her bag so she could identify them when she got back to Atlas. She heard multiple footsteps, looked up and saw Perseus, the Captain, and the passengers back on the deck. Most of them were unharmed with only a few with superficial wounds.

'That's odd Grimm's are usually a lot more destructive than this,' she thought as she gestured to Perseus to meet her away from the people.

" Can you check the hull of the ship and see if there's any damage?"

" Ya I gotcha," Perseus said with a lopsided grin that distinctly reminded her of Qrow and it irked her to no end. That was all Perseus said before he dove over the edge of the ship into the water.

The ease of Perseus's action made Winter sigh as she made her way to the Captain.

I think this is a good stop. Next chapter we'll find out what happened to Thalia and that Nuckelavee. I hope that the fight scene wasn't too bad and if you have any tips on writing fight scenes please leave them in a review.

Sadly, I'm putting Percy Jackson and the New Order on the backburner right now due to the sudden inspiration I have.

That's all, for now, see you next chapter which hopefully won't take forever