"Lady Artemis, you don't want to know what my father's going to do to you if you don't listen to him! Trust me; it's not worth whatever satisfaction you're getting from this meaningless ignoring streak you've gone on. I can feel the electricity building up all around me already…" I rambled on, trying to annoy some semblance of sense into my favorite goddess, who didn't seem eager to comply.
"Thalia, if you don't stop, I swear..." Artemis said, leaving me to imagine what she would do, which would be somewhere along the lines of chores for a loooooong long time.
"Alright" I mumbled as I glanced down, eyeing the forests ground, as if it was the most important thing in the world "But don't say I didn't warn you".
Pheobe and the other huntresses snickered at my situation, which didn't help me at all. I gave her the good ol' glare of 'as soon as this is over you'll wish you never met me', which didn't deter her in the slightest. Artemis looked as if she were about to say something, but she never got the chance. A flash of golden, godly light engulfed her, and I really didn't want to be her right then.
"Father!" I shrieked at him, scowling deeply at him, turning his smile down for a while. The nerve of men appalls me so much, especially godly men, they had more nerves than a nervous system! Of course, that's the reason I became a maiden goddess, to avoid men, especially after Orio- nope I thought, not going to think of Orion. Wait I just thought of Orion. Again. I deepened her scowl at her father, who stared questioningly at me.
"Ah hem" He coughed suggestively.
"Sorry Father, I didn't hear you" I replied, wishing the meeting was over already.
"Ironically, I asked if you were ignoring me" Zeus told her slowly, "Which was like asking if you were paying attention, or if-"
"I get the point old man" snapped Artemis, getting a bad feeling when Zeus's eyes sparked suspiciously like he was refraining from using the master bolt on her.
"Old man?" Zeus stood up threateningly, trying to scare her.
Hermes and Apollo decided to throw in the same comment at the same time "Ooooh Daddy's little girl is growing up!" Breaking down in laughter together, earning a disapproving and threatening glance from Hera and Hestia, which made them sit back down, although they kept the grins on their faces.
"Yes, yes she is" Zeus said thoughtfully "Perhaps we shall punish her?"
With that, an excited squeal, and puff of perfume came from Aphrodite's throne, which was now empty. She was whispering into my father ears, his thoughtful face turning into a grin. 'Uh oh' I thought. 'Not good, really not good.'
His smile made me shiver, or maybe it was his eyes, or his posture, but I felt very, very bad about this.
"Due to the course of the nature of the actions of my daughter, Artemis, I shall punish her. She shall have to" Zeus paused slightly, taking a breath "letaboyjointhehunt" Finished the lord of the sky nervously.
Silence greets my ears. More silence greets my ears. Narrowing my eyes ever so slightly I asked "you're playing a joke, right? Haha?"
"You've brought this upon yourself, daughter. Deal with the consequences, or I'll make them worse" he threatened.
At the same time a young boy, Perseus Jackson, Hero of Olympus walked in, with his usually beautiful green eyes and striking posture he usually had gone. He had red rimmed eyes, and looked as if he had been crying for a long time. He actually looked cute-'shut up dummy' I thought furiously to myself. Why do I care if he looks good, or has the most amazing eyes?
Lady Athena seemed to be thinking at the young man's sudden appearance, rather angrily it seemed.
Percy walked right up to Lord Hades, whispered something in his ear. Lord Hades paled even further than he already was, and shook his head from left to right, slowly. Percy rose and spoke to the audience, with a speech that we will never forget.
"Gods and goddesses I come before you today to claim my favor, the only thing that can, that will make me happy. Over the past few months my life has deteriorated to where almost nothing is enough to satisfy me. I have no friends, I have no Family, I have no home. Please grant me this one wish" he spoke calmly, articulating clearly, staring straight into Zeus's eyes through the speech. He paused.
"Do you finally accept godhood?" my father asked, almost hopefully.
"Nope" he answered flatly, slightly popping the P, "I've come here today, on this fine day, to ask you to kill me".
Dang, I thought, this was a weird way to lose your life. The rest of the Olympian counsil stopped to a point where you could have heard a hunter sneaking, which was like down to zero noise. I'm not sure who the most surprised person there was, me, Zeus, Poseidon, or Athena. But my thinking was soon interrupted by the other gods' comments and actions.
Hephaestus was setting up some sort of Olympians to go reality camera, while Poseidon was screaming his brains out at his brothers. Zeus was thoughtful, and Hades was indifferent. I decided to see what had happened to make such a proud soul go to waste.
"Percy, I know it seems like a hard time right now, but you have to move on" I heard myself saying, trying, but failing miserably to comfort him "Think about those who will and will not benefit from this decision"
He turned to me slowly and said the worst, most morally draining thing I've ever heard. "I, Perseus Jackson, as of right now swear on the river Styx, that there is nothing for me to live for, except death".
Even more silent, I swear it was the worst silence possible. It was broken by a furious, screeching Athena "WHAT ABOUT MY DAUGHTER?"
"Well, you, ah, see, what happened was…" What a poor excuse for a human I thought, of course he would get rid of the girl "She dumped me". I blinked and cleaned my ears out, this would be interesting, and for some reason I perked up.
Athena just stared at Percy, as if he was a ghost, and mumbled some sort of reply, sighing, as if her worst fears had come true.
"Let me explain this" he told us all, who teleported ourselves back to our thrones, "Perhaps then you will understand my reasons"