AN: I own neither PJO or the World of Avatar the Last Airbender and everything that comes with it, *mentally sobbing at the thought I could have been rich!*

"Perseus," a whisper in the darkness calls out, "Perseus, awaken."

Waking up with a start, I don't see the familiar sights of cabin three, I see water surrounding me. I look around only to see nothing; no fish, no life, no debris, I don't even feel a current. I swim to the surface of the water to look for shore. But there's nothing. I focus on my internal compass and feel for my bearings, and again, nothing. Literally.

Usually, I can tell you exactly where I'm at under or over water. But now? I'm apparently standing over something or maybe nothing, I'm not sure. This is insane… might as well try something similar. I jump out of the water, willing it to support my weight and stand on top of the still surface.

"Good, Perseus, good. We have much to discuss." A woman's voice comes from everywhere yet nowhere, "I am Raava, and my world is in danger. I know you have lost much Perseus,"

I scoff at the understatement but this Raava thing continues,

"But I offer you a new beginning. A new life, a new family, a new world entirely. But, this world must be saved."

Here we go again… another world to save, wasn't the first enough?

"I am the spirit of the Avatar, a person who binds the realm of spirits to the realm of benders. The benders are men and women who control the major elements of Water, Earth, Fire, and Air comprising the four nations: the Water Tribes -settled at the north and south poles-, the Earth Kingdom, the Fire Nation, and the now extinct Air Nomads. The Fire Nation, much like the imperial nation of Japan in your second World War, has expanded their influence through conquest. The Air Nomads are no more, the few remaing airbenders are comprised the descendants of four air nomads that escaped the Fire Nation's genocide, no longer do they take the tattoos of their ancestors but leave their skin bare while hiding amongst the people of the Earth Kingdom. The avatar was once the peacekeeper of the nations, a bridge between the mortal and immortal planes, as such he is able to bend all four elements. If you should accept this offer, you will have authority over Earth, Wind, and Fire to add strength to your dominion over Water. I ask for your help, the cycle is broken, only a man outside of the four nations may take up the mantle."

I blink, this was unexpected but "why do you need my help?"

"The pact I made with the first Avatar, it did not do as I wished… A mistake was made where the first Avatar asked for me to be given to each nation until the cycle was broken, I agreed. I intended for these powers to be passed on in times of great need to the worthiest of the four, the best of each nation when the previous avatar died. Until the day I and the first Avatar merged in spirit and body from a decision made by the first Avatar, now I am only able to pass from newborn to newborn through the nations in a cycle of air, water, earth, and fire through my spirit. I pass to the first child born in the next nation of the cycle after the previous avatar dies. Regretful but manageable. I am the Avatar's spirit, therefore all avatars live on after death through me. The Avatar is able to commune with the spirits of his past lives, thus he is at his strongest but also his most vulnerable. If he dies in this state, the cycle is broken."

There it is.

"Great, lady…" I sigh and shake my head slowly, putting my forehead in my hand before exhaling sharply, looking up to the horizon I ask, "but how is this my problem?"

"It does not have to be," my eyebrow shoots up, that was unexpected... "but this world is on the verge of falling to chaos. The fire nation has nearly taken over the world. If they are not stopped, then this world will fall. The Avatar, an airbender named Aang, has fallen. He was immolated by a particularly powerful bolt of lightning whilst in the Avatar state. There are people he touched that will no longer be redeemed without his guidance."

"Redeemed?" I scoff at the term... I call out to the unseen voice in the deep blue void, "like Luke? We had Kronos defeated, he had stabbed himself! His last action could have been that of a hero, he could have been remembered for saving everyone from Kronos, but it wasn't!" I scream to the sky, "his last action was to bury Annabeth's OWN knife in her chest when she said she didn't love him!" My voice breaks and I fall to my knees, in a broken whisper, "Redemption is a lie and friends die... I don't have any now, thanks to this war, and you are asking me to fight another?" I feel the tears stream down my face.

"Yes. I have no choice, and for that, I am truly sorry," the voice says genuine in it's remorse, "The Avatar can no longer come from one of the four elemental nations, and if the fire nation succeeds millions will die, and I will too. In a month you will have your memory erased, kidnapped by Juno," who the Hades is Juno? "and forced into another war for the gods, one more devastating than the one against the Titans. You will be fighting the Earth mother herself."

I loosen my control over the sea and fall under at this news. Another war? So soon? Haven't I lost enough? I'm not fighting one that could kill hundreds more demigods… whatever this voice wants maybe will be better than a waragainst an opponent like that. I listen as she continues on.

"Is this what you truly want? A war that, without Annabeth Chase, cannot be won. You will die. Your soul will pass to the underworld but it will not remain there. It will be tossed to the void along with every other hero in Elysium. You will know nothing, Annabeth will know nothing, your friends will know nothing for longer than eternity. But if you leave, the Earth mother will show mercy."

Sold.

"I accept your offer," I whisper brokenly, no one deserves that fate... "they deserve their rest."

"Thank you, Perseus, and good luck." I nod and close my eyes.

A beam of blue-white light engulfs me in an instant. I find myself on an iceberg in the middle of nowhere and, miraculously, I'm not in just the boxers I went to sleep in. Instead, I'm in a black parka with a blue trident standing out on the left shoulder, a pair of fur pants, thick boots, and -most shockingly- armor over my chest, back, shins, forearms, a helmet, a knife in my boot and another familiar weight settled on my hip, with a Trident in my right hand.

I look over the weapon quickly and realize something important, it's steel… At first glance, it looked like Stygian Iron but it's not soul sucky enough for that. It feels similar to how riptide did, not physically but there's something about it, maybe?

I twirl the spear, smirking slightly when it shrinks into a ring on my right hand. Magic. That's what it was. Strangely, I also feel lighter. Confused as to why that could be, I look down and nearly jump as I see my armor disappeared too. I catch a glint of metal on my wrist, and see a bracelet settled on it with a Trident engraved in the metal.

When I finally look up I see a pair of teenagers with their jaws on the floor. The guy is looking from me to a spot behind me every other second. I turn around to find what's so interesting to him and my eyes land on a huge buffalo spider looking thing and a boy rapidly disappearing into thin air, my eyes widen like the other two when I see that but I rush into action.

I kneel beside the quickly disintegrating body and say the first words that come to my mind, ignoring the two teens behind me.

"In life, loved.

In death, free.

With the spirits, may you find rest.

May your life be celebrated,

May your death be mourned.

Go on the wind, Airbender, for you are free.

Go in peace, Avatar, for your duty has been passed to another.

Fly high, son of the sky, for your Earthly tether is no more."

The boy fades to nothing. I look over at the unharmed, but asleep, spider-buffalo wondering what the heck I'm going to do with him. A blue light ripples into existence and the boy is looking back at me, 'his name is Appa, he was my sky bison. Take care of him for me? If he stays with you, he'll fly when you say 'yip yip'" The boy fades from view once again and I rise to my feet, looking over to the two stunned teenagers the girl speaks first.

"He was the Avatar?" The girl asks in a small voice while the boy's jaw just works up and down until he manages to get out,

"Who are you? How'd you get here? Where'd that spear go? And where's the armor?" He almost overlaps his companion but the way he says it gives away his nervous fascination. A tense, uncertain voice that lightens when mentioning the Trident, really need to name that… οδόφραγμα, odofragma... Barricade. Yes, that will do well.

I look at the girl and nod solemnly, pausing for a few moments to gather my thoughts before answering the boy's question aloud. Looking into his wide eyes, I watch as they slowly return to normal as his face slackens while he slowly falls to his knees, a look of numb horror written across his face.

"The Avatar is a baby again, isn't he?" His voice breaks and he looks me in the eye. I shake my head slowly disagreeing.

"No, I'm the new Avatar. How I got here though? Well, that's a story…," I shrug and think about a few minutes ago, both teens stare at me with eyes the size of saucers and jaws on the floor. The guy jumps to his feet, turning to his companion and taking her shoulders in his hands, he almost screams out,

"Katara, he can stop this war!" he turns to me, falling to his knees again, "You can save us!"

"Maybe, but I need to see just how bad this war is," I tell him using the ice and snow to pull him to his feet, "so her name's Katara, what's yours?"

"You know how to water bend!" the very attractive girl, Katara, calls out but calms down pretty quickly, but the excitement is still clear in her eyes, "this is my brother, Sokka. Could you tell us yours?"

"My name is Perseus, but most people call me Percy."

"We need to get back to the village!" Sokka cries out, "do you think the giant monster thing could take us?" he starts pacing back and forth before starting toward Appa.

I look over at Appa, "I believe the Skybison could, but," I lock eyes with Sokka, "I can do one better." I focus on the water and force the iceberg forward and the currents to take us even faster getting us up to ten knots rapidly toward open water, "what's the heading to get you two back home?" Sokka just kinda points and falls over, out cold. This guy really fainted?

"Could you teach me how to do that?" she asks excitedly, "I'm a water bender but I need a master, could you teach me?" she demonstrates by pulling a ball of water from the sea.

"Yeah," I say hesitantly, "I'm sure I could try, but I can't promise any more than tha-" A low groan from the giant behind us interrupts the rest of my response. I turn around pulling my hands up as I go meeting giant grey-black eyes, "Appa, hi buddy, I'm Percy. Aang told me to take care of you," the bison tilts his head at me curiously, "Aang isn't coming back, buddy," I look at the bison as the words register with him, 'ανάθεμα this guy is smart,' he tilts his head back and roars out his grief before looking back to me. His eyes sort of glaze over and suddenly he falls limp to the ice. I blink in stunned confusion, 'what the hades just happened?'

'He's yours now,' a faint voice calls through my head, as Katara's cuts through the air.

"Percy? Your eyes are glowing..." I blink before the term comes to mind.

"Sorry, Avatar state I'm guessing. I've never been in it but I assume that was it, at least partially. This guys last owner just told me he's mine," she looks absolutely stunned but nods in at least partial understanding before hesitantly continuing on our conversation,

"So…" she starts, "why are you not sure if you can teach me water bending? It looks like you're already a master," she says with such hope visible in her eyes that I don't want to let her down, 'σκατά… time to think fast.'

"I'm self taught," entirely true, "But what's that?" I nod to a flicker of light in the darkness.

She looks where I nodded, grinning when she sees the light on the ice shelf, she points at it and says "that's the village! Oh they're going to freak out when we tell them you're the avatar!"

When we arrived at the village… Well, let's just say 'freak out' was almost literal.

I forced the ice to melt in order to push the iceberg through the ice to about fifty feet from the wall, freezing the water behind us. I walk toward Appa and nudge his side gently trying to get him to wake up, he does. I smile at him carefully, "hey buddy, it's time to get to the village over there," I nod toward the village and he groans in acceptance. I throw Sokka over my shoulders in a fireman's carry, looking over to Katara we start our walk to the village "gate" with Appa at our side. Appa eventually splits from us, floating over and laying down at the side of the village gate.

We enter the 'town square would be generous wouldn't it?' to find the entire town had gathered into it. The village was bathed in fire light from a few torches around the square, the village women were holding flimsy spears and clubs in an attempt to guard the children.

"Katara?" A shocked voice calls out, "2here's Sok- Why is Sokka over this young man's shoulder? Better yet, who is this young man?" A villager elder calls across the ice and snow. The woman walks up to us like she owns the village, which she probably does. Thankfully this broke the ice in the village, not the ice under our feet - mind you, that could have been disastrous. The village women disperse back to their tents taking their children with them, "I believe they have the right idea, shall we take this to our tent, Katara?"

"Yes, gran-gran," she says quietly. We make our way to the village's largest tent. I lay Sokka on a cot, assuming it's his due to the 'armor' next to it. 'Wouldn't be very effective in combat would it? Looks like decorative fabric, maybe some low quality leather, but there aren't even enough layers to stop a determined arrow but it looks well insulated… Ah, anyway…' I look over to the grandmother, dropping to my knees in a Japanese style - completely uncertain as to what to do or say to a tribal elder but end up saying:

"Elder, my name is Perseus Jackson, I am the Avatar," I keep my eyes on the floor to keep my small blush of embarrassment from being seen but I miss her initial reaction in return.

"Rise, Avatar, you need not bow to me," her voice wavers slightly and I look up at her, rising to my full height, "you are an airbender then, boy?" And there it is, the confusion laced with disbelief.

"No ma'am, I'm from a land far from here, summoned by the spirit of the Avatar herself," I say while Katara looks on in shock, "Avatar Aang was the last avatar, he was the airbender. I know as much as Katara and Sokka do about that with the added bonus of knowing he died from a lighting strike in the Avatar state."

The elder's eyes widen and she covered her mouth with her hands in pure horror, but that passed into confusion, "then how can you be the Avatar?"

I smile wryly at the question, "I am not from any of the elemental nations. The Avatar spirit has passed from Fire, Air, Water, and Earth for millennia," I say and the woman nods, "but in that time, an Avatar has not been killed while in the Avatar State. How did they know what would happen if they died in the Avatar State?"

The old woman's eyes widened in recognition and in hope, "incredible…"

"Aye," I say with a grin, "that it is."

"But why you?" and with those three simple words my world collapses once again.

"I had nothing left to lose," I look into the old woman's eyes before adding, "the girl I loved, dead. My father abandoned me and my mother. My friends, dead. My mother, dead. My mentor, injured." I sigh thinking about what happened to Chiron as the elder nods while Katara's eyes mist over.

"I lost my mother too… I was eight, it was a fire nation raid. She died protecting me..." she choked back a sob as the tears stream down her face.

I nod and rise to my feet, opening my arms for the girl. She practically tackles me as tears stream from her eyes, I nod to the elder and she walks across the tent. I pull back to look Katara in the eyes, "you may not have been able to save her, and I may not be able to bring her back, but you'll be damn sure we'll avenge her," she nods vigorously and takes me by the arm.

"C'mon lets get you to a tent."

I follow behind her as she leads me to an empty tent, she leads me inside. I pull the flap aside as Katara pulls me into another bone crushing hug, "I knew you'd come back," she whispered before kissing my cheek, pulling back hesitantly retreating from the tent, great… really pretty girl has a crush on me. This might not be an awful thing, but we'll see what happens. I pull back the sleeping bag, laying down, and closing my eyes falling into a dreamless sleep… that's a first. I wake up to the sound of ice cracking in the distance. I jump to my feet, and pull on my clothes. Katara chooses that exact moment to burst in. While I'm only in boxers…

"Percy! The fire- Oh!" her dark complexion turns bright red as she runs from the tent, I laugh gently but rapidly pull on my pants, boots, shirt, and coat. I walk out of the tent glancing over at a furious blushing Katara, I walk up next to her elbowing her ribs gently.

"So, enjoy the show?" I grin as the blush spreads from her cheeks to down her neck, up into her forehead, and into her collar. Geez I didn't know it was possible to blush that much, but I sober up quickly, "what's the situation?"

"Fire nation warship spotted headed toward the village. It will be here so-"

"Bout time you woke up!" Sokka interrupts Katara as he walks over to us. He's decked out in… strips of cloth and warpaint? A skinny fishing spear in one hand with a club and strangely angled blade attached to his back. I blink at his words though.

"How long was I asleep and what are you wearing?"

"Ten or so hours, I'm impressed actually, this is my combat gear!"

"No, you'll get killed in that if a soldier doesn't think you're any more than a slight inconvenience," I gesture to the strips of linen over his body, "those will go up like oil if a firebender sends a jet of flame your way," he gawks at me as I say those words, that's when the wall of the village comes down. Appa roars in disapproval as his resting place literally falls away.

I look over to see a ship's prow axing through the ice, a black ugly thing fifty feet tall with an odd curl trailing up the top. The steel warship comes to a halt after it rips down the village wall.

A gangplank falls from the front of the prow, three men appear at the top. Two masked soldiers flanking a teenager? He has pale skin, golden eyes, and ανάθεμα that's a big scar… He charges down like a man on a mission, which he probably is, but Sokka -the bonehead- charges up the runway to meet him. Getting swiftly kicked off to faceplant in the snow… I facepalm and look up to see the teenager is pacing like an angry tiger in front of the villagers.

"Where are you hiding him?" We lock eyes and he moves on, grabbing Katara's grandmother, "he'd be about this age, master of all elements!" He shoves her back and she immediately grabs her granddaughter in a hug, shaking in terror. I'm about to step forward but Sokka -the bonehead- charges the guy with a club again shouting at the top of his lungs… Obviously he gets judo flipped harder than I used to by Annabeth. He lands on his rear before taking the blade strapped to his back and flinging it at the guy, he misses but I smirk knowing what's about to happen. Sokka you genius, you're a bonehead but a genius.

"Show no fear," a kid says tossing Sokka the flimsiest spear I think I've ever seen. This is proven by the guy snapping the spear and then poking him in the forehead with it, I can't help the smirk that comes over my face at that. That's when the prince was whacked in the back of the head by the boomerang. I step forward when I see the rage boil forth on his face.

"I am the Avatar," I call out and his eyes snap to me as his good one widens while the other attempts to.

"You're the airbender? You're the avatar?"

"Actually the airbender you're looking for died yesterday, I guess you could say I'm his replacement."

The guy blinks and then puts his hands up in a fighting position, "I've spent years preparing for this encounter. Training, meditating... And you're my age!"

I will the ice to surround every firebender on the ice sheet and constantly regenerate from the steam they produce.

"Well, you see here. We're kind of at an impasse, wouldn't you say? You may be my age but you're out of your weight class. I don't want to fight you but you want to kill me. I could kill you like a bug while you're helpless like these people are compared to the military might of the fire nation. I don't want to hurt you right now, but I have a feeling this won't be the last time I see you if I let you go free… so what do I do with you?"

"UNCLE!" The boy roars out. I raise my eyebrow, why is this guy already- a bolt of fire passes over my head and I intercept it with a ball of water.

"Prince Zuko, how do you always get into these situations?" 'Prince?'

"Prince?" Sokka mirrors my thoughts as he calls out from the crowd.

"Uncle, this is the Avatar! Capture him!"

"Oh! How nice!" I freeze the old man as what looks like the entirety of the crew charges down from the gangplank, I freeze them too as soon as they step onto the ice. I shake my head at how easy this is.

"People of the water tribe, welcome to your new vessel!" I look at the fire nation soldiers and focus on grouping them together, commanding the ice and steam to keep freezing for three hours so we can get a good distance out to sea, "you two though," I unfreeze Zuko and his Uncle leaving their hands and feet frozen in blocks of ice, "are coming with us."

I levitate the two to the ship and lead the water tribe aboard the fire nation vessel, except only two follow me. Katara and Sokka, with sleeping packs tossed over their shoulders. I sigh and focus on the other firebenders, willing them onto the ship. Appa flies to the top of the deck as I will the gangplank to shut.

"As the two princes of the fire nation, you are entitled to your personal quarters. They will be frozen shut until meal times and designated times on deck, other than that you are our prisoners until we can find a prison in either the northern water tribe or the Earth Kingdom that can keep a platoon of fire benders prisoner."

Iroh nods his head as Zuko looks furious. I feel the ship under my feet and will it to come back from the ice, I steer us toward the open sea. Next stop? According to these maps, the closest semi large settlement is on Kyoshi Island, let's see what we can do.