The gods make a fool of themselves
Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson. I only own the demigods I created in the story. :(
Chapter 1
Yolonda's POV (Yes, I'm using myself in the story)
My sister, Sara, and I were helping Annabeth with her designs for Olympus. She was trying to build a model of the Parthenon next to Athena's temple. Poseidon might not like, but did we care? NO! What did Poseidon ever do for our mother? Our mother, by the way, was Athena, goddess of wisdom and battle strategy. Go Athena!
"What if we make this part thicker, so that it can stand on the hill but not lean over, like how the leaning tower or Pisa did?"
"Well, that would work, but it would be heavier on top than at the base, so if that earth shaker Poseidon gets angry, it would be destroyed"
"Well, what if we move this piece a few feet to the left, it might historically inaccurate, but the weight would be balanced, and you can add metal reinforcements"
"That's perfect, thanks you guys!"
"Anytime, Annabeth"
Sara and I left, hearing Annabeth muttering something about needing to send the blueprints, designs and notes to Hephaestus immediately. At dinner, Chiron made an announcement.
"The gods are having a contest. They have decreed that demigods can participate by writing dares down and putting them in this box." He pointed to a box beside him with blank cards on top. "Hermes will come every night while the campfire is going on to pick up your requests. Hephaestus will then video tape the gods fulfilling the dares for our amusement every morning during breakfast!"
We all broke out into cheers. It's not every day you get to see your godly parents acting like fools! I could already think of a thousand requests.
I yelled out, "Is there a limit to the number of requests you put in the box?". A lot of other kids nodded, like they had been wondering the same thing. Chiron answered "There is no limit, but don't put in any requests that would force them to break any oaths they have."
A couple kids, yes, I'm looking at you, Travis and Conner Stoll, groaned. The rest just ran to the box like it said "Free Candy, please take" or something. I got out some paper and started making a list with Sara about what we wanted the gods to do.