I don't own PJO or HoO, or anything else besides my imagination.
I enjoy reading these so I thought, "Why not?" Question: if you were a demigod, who would you want your parent to be? Personally I would like to be Daughter of Hephaestus or Hecate. Or maybe daughter of Hephaestus and student of Hecate (like Hazel) and Huntress of Artemis. I would love to be a Huntress of Artemis! Tell me who you would be in a review!
Susan Grace was beautiful, but not very nice. Zeus was beside himself with anger when he found Susan trying to burn her daughter as an offering to Zeus.
Thalia Grace had made it safely to Olympus, but Poseidon was very angry, so Zeus turned his daughter into a pine tree.
But when Poseidon had a child of his own, a boy, just a year later, Zeus was angry one. His son's mother had been killed by the Minotaur, so Poseidon begged Zeus to let him take his son in. The two had a very sophisticated and serious discussion about it.
Poseidon's argument? "Thalia lives."
Zeus's response? "She's a tree."
Poseidon's retort? "She's still alive."
The final decision was that Thalia would be un-treed and Poseidon's son must be named after one of Zeus's son. Thus, Perseus and Thalia, children of the big three, lived.
When Hades heard the news, he furious! 70 years earlier Zeus tried killing his two children and their mother! Only one of the children survived (A/N I know that's incorrect, only the mother died, but Bianca does not fit into my story so THERE) and he had been living in the Lotus Casino for 70 years!
He confronted Zeus, who was, at first, angry, that the child had survived, but then agreed to let him live with Hades.
News quickly spread that, agented ancient rules, the Big Three each had a child living with them. (I'm not pointing fingers, but it was a certain goddess of marriage…) and a meeting of the council of gods took place. That was the 12 Olympians, Hades, Hecate and Hestia. (A/N I added Hecate cuz she's the goddess of magic and magic is cool)
"YOU THREE ALL HAVE CHILDREN AND THEY LIVE WITH YOU!" Hera yelled so loud that Persephone and Amphitrite heard them and flashed into Olympus to see what was going on.
"What is this?" Persephone questioned Hades, "You imprison me in the Underworld with you and then go off and make a child with another woman?"
"See Persephone?" Demeter said triumphantly, "I told you! You could of married the god of doctors or the god of lawyers, but noooooooo, you had to eat the pomegranate!"
"Mother!" The girl yelled, turning red
"Is this true Poseidon?" Amphitrite asked, looking betrayed
"I am sorry my love, but he is my son." Poseidon said.
"It would be logical," Athena interrupted, "if the children were brought to Olympus." And with that the three children appeared in the middle of the room, little babies, not half a year of age.
"AWWWWWWWWWWWW" Aphrodite squealed. She rushed towards the children but Artemis held her back.
"You will frighten them!" she scolded
The gods and goddess all began to fight while the babies in the middle of the room began to cry. Suddenly a loud BANG shook the room and the Oracle of Delphi stood in the middle of the room, green mist surrounding her form, eyes glowing.
"Delphi!" Apollo yelled, "You should be at the camp!"
If the Oracle could understand him, it made no sign. It opened its mouth and spoke in ancient Greek:
Ξύπνημα βαθιά μέσα στη Γη,
Τελική απόφαση που ελήφθη από την θεά της εστίας,
Η θέληση για ζωή παίρνει μια ανάσα
Κόρη του Lightning και ο γιος του Θανάτου,
Μαζί τους καθιστώντας τους δύο τρία,
Ο σωτήρας, ο Υιός της Θάλασσας,
Και τα τρία παιδιά, έθεσε, μπορεί να σταθεί στο ύψος του,
Στα χέρια τους, τον Όλυμπο, θα πρέπει να αποθηκεύσετε ή να παρακολουθήσετε πέσει
Which was pronounced like:
Xýpni̱ma vathiá mésa sti̱ Gi̱ ,
Telikí̱ apófasi̱ pou elí̱fthi̱ apó ti̱n theá ti̱s estías ,
I̱ théli̱si̱ gia zo̱í̱ paírnei mia anása
Kóri̱ tou Lightning kai o gios tou Thanátou ,
Mazí tous kathistó̱ntas tous dýo tría ,
O so̱tí̱ras , o Yiós ti̱s Thálassas ,
Kai ta tría paidiá , éthese , boreí na statheí sto ýpsos tou ,
Sta chéria tous , ton Ólympo , tha prépei na apothi̱kéf̱sete í̱ na parakolouthí̱sete pései
Which translated to:
Awakening deep within the Earth,
Final decision made by the goddess of the hearth,
The will to live takes a single breath
Daughter of Lightning and Son of Death,
Joining them making their two three,
The savior, the Son of the Sea,
And three children, raised, may they stand tall,
In their hands, Olympus, they must save, or watch it fall
(A/N don't try to put this in Google translate, and then tell me I'm wrong, 'cuz Google translate messes everything up!)
The Oracle then flashed out.
Everyone turned to Hestia, goddess of the Heath.
Suddenly Apollo said, "The Oracle held back. She wouldn't say the whole prophecy, the fates forayed it!"
"We'll deal with that later! First we must decipher the prophecy!" Zeus thundered.
"Fine, fine." Apollo sighed,
"Awakening deep within the Earth." He recited and looked around. No one, not even Athena had an answer. He shrugged and continued.
"Final decision made by the goddess of the hearth." Everyone again looked at Hestia who said, "Final decision for what?"
"The will to live takes a single breath." No comment
"Daughter of Lightning and Son of Death." "Thalia and Nico!" Aphrodite cooed
"Joining them making their two three" "Percy!" Aphrodite cooed again
"The savior, the Son of the Sea." "Savior?" Ares snorted and got blasted with water
"And three children, raised, may they stand tall." No comment
"In their hands, Olympus, they must save, or watch it fall." A deadly silence broke this last line.
"The will to live takes a single breath." Athena repeated, "We must vote on if they should live or die!"
"All in favor of them living, go the left side of the room." Zeus gestured, "Dying move to the right." The gods moved with Apollo singing "to the right to the right to the right".
Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Hecate, and Artemis on the left.
Demeter, Dionysus, Ares, Apollo, Athena, Hera, and Hermes on the right.
Persephone and Amphitrite decided they should have a say, Persephone moved right and Amphitrite moved left.
Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades chose live because they were their own children. Aphrodite thought they were cute. Hephaestus understood it wasn't the children fault and they shouldn't be killed (like when Hera threw him off a mountain), Hecate and Artemis agreed with Hephaestus as well as Amphitrite.
Demeter and Persephone just didn't like Nico. Dionysus thought the less brats the better. Ares is just mean like that, Apollo seriously hoped this prophesy was a fluke, Athena found it unwise to let people who could destroy Olympus to live, Hera hated Thalia, and Hermes agreed with Apollo.
That left Hestia, the tie breaker, standing alone in the middle with the babies.
"Final decision made by the goddess of the hearth." Hecate spoke.
Hestia looked at the children and smiled. 'The will to live takes a single breath.'
She walked to her side, the other side groaning, took a deep breath and said, "They will live."
What do you think? Please tell me in review!