"Perseus Jackson!" Zeus thundered. The young boy stared right back up at him. He was standing infront of the Olympian Counsel. "You have been accused of stealing and breaking property of others." He smirked and Perseus had to leave to him. He knew Zeus had wanted get rid of him since years. He rolled his eyes. "First of all, what else is new? Then, who did?" The gods looked taken aback. "Um, Brad Wilson. He has found evidence of it in your cabin, proving..." "And you believed him?" He looked at them incredulously. "You believed him? You believed him over me?" He looked at all of them. He could see disbelief in some eyes, pain and and remorse. He was surprised to see Dionysus and Ares looking rather sad. He looked at his father and saw anger and disappointment. That made him sad and angry at the same time. "After all I did for you?" Zeus stood. "We will have a vote, if he shall be killed or not." There was an uproar. "You can't be serious!" Poseidon screeched. "He hasn't even had a hearing yet!" "Silence!" Zeus thundered. "Everyone who wants to withhold shall say so before the vote begins." Hephaestus and Demeter put their hands up. Zeus nodded and continued. "Everyone who is for his banishment shall raise their hands now." His hand was the first to rise. Hera and Athena followed. Then Artemis. And then Aphrodite. It stayed that way. Everyone gasped, looking at Ares to raise his hand. "What?" He asked. "Oh nothing darling. We just thought you were going to raise your hand against Perseus!" Aphrodite said sweetly. Ares eyes glazed over and he started to raise his hand. Midway he stopped and shook his head. "You." He said angrily. "If you charm speak me one, I repeat, one f****** more time, I will..., I'll... Agh!" He looked murderous. "Well anyway," Zeus said. "On with the vote." "Say what?" Hermes yelled. "It was a draw! That means..." Zeus smirked. "That means the demigod councillors will end that vote." He waved his hand. A few feet away from Percy his fellow councillors appeared. They looked around confused, until Zeus explained the situation to them. Some looked at him pained. "Ok, daughter of Hecate, begin." Lou Ellen voted for him to be banished. Pollux and Jake Masin did the same. Katie Gardiner and The Stoll twins voted against it. After eighteen if the twenty cabins had voted, there was a draw. It depended on the last two cabin counsellors, Annabeth and Brad. Brad stepped forward. Following his fathers lead he said loudly. "I vote for the banishment." He looked up to his father, who looked down at him with cold eyes. "Very well, my son." Zeus thundered. "Jason wouldn't have wanted this." Percy heard Piper whisper in the crowd if demigods. 'No he wouldn't have.' Percy thought sadly. Jason had disappeared together with Leo about a year after the giant war, while looking for Nico. No one had seen the two since two years. He turned to Annabeth. Three years ago he would've had no doubt that she would support him. Now, even though they were still together, they had grown distant, even more so when Percy had been gone for three months on a quest to get a son of Dionysus back to camp. "Annabeth Chase!" Zeus called. "Makes your choice!" The girl looked Percy in the eyes, calculating grey meeting a stormy green. "I choose..." The throne room was dead silent. Everyone leaned forward in anticipation. "... His banishment." She said. You could have heard a pin drop in the room. Suddenly an earthquake hit the throne room. Everyone looked at Poseidon who shook his head and looked at Percy. The son of Poseidon was frozen and had a broken look. The remaining seven, that were there remembered the look. It was the same look he had when he returned from Tartarus. Zeus smirked. He took out his master bolt and threw it at him. Suddenly the air smelled sour, like a good wine, just as the bolt hit Percy. Everyone turned to Dionysus. "Were did you take him!" Zeus yelled. "Somewhere you can't reach him." The wine god smirked. He looked at Apollo and Hermes and winked. 'My place, after the meeting.' He said in their heads. Then he turned back to his father. "Well I guess this is finished here." He sighed and snapped his fingers. Then he started to fold like a piece of paper and disappeared with a 'plop!'. Poseidon looked at Annabeth with a murderous look. "I swear," he said quietly. If you go anywhere near a body of water..." He smiled evilly. "Well, there are worse things than death." Annabeth paled. Athena jumped from her seat. "If you touch one hair on my daughter, then..." She faltered when Poseidon glared at her. "Then what?" He yelled. "Then what Athena? You'll call me names? Send owls after me?" "This is pointless." Ares suddenly said. Artemis frowned. "Wait is Ares breaking up a fight?" The war god rolled his eyes. "They have been fighting since millennia. Or should I say Athena has been fighting? Poseidon doesn't even care! If he had been really fighting Athena would've been crushed centuries ago." Heads turned to Poseidon, who sighed and slammed his trident on the ground. "My kingdom needs me." He said and flashed out. The other gods followed.
