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Sadly, I don't own PJO and the song Peacock (Katy Perry). :):

The God of Truth Tells a Lie

APOLLO'S POV

"Hmm... Na, na..." I hummed to the tune of Katy Perry's "Peacock." Yeah, I know that song is from last year, and that I can listen to some newer songs. But hey, being the god of music, I can't help but hum some old songs- even as old as the '70s. Besides, that song's tune is catchy.

"Apollo! Apollo! A- po- llo! APOLLOOOO!" My baby sister, Artemis screamed.

"Yes 'lil sis?" I asked, as I removed my headphones and smiled my well- known bright smile, knowing that calling her those two words she disliked would irritate her.

"Apollo. Please. Do not call me your ''lil sis.' We've been through this," ahe chided me.

I shrugged. "Is that why you were calling me? I wasn't even speaking to you the whole time. In fact I wasn't talking to anybody the whole time."

"Yes. That's the reason why I was calling your attention- you weren't saying anything during the meeting. You weren't even listening."

"Right!" I agreed, smiling again.

But instead of smiling back, she frowned even more. "I think it's because of that iPod."

"Whad'dya mean?" I asked, dangling the thin, rectangular gadget.

"You've been absorbed with that thing ever since that was invented. And usually, you use that iPod during our... meetings, sometimes even during important parties." Artemis explained.

"Yeah... so?"

Artemis stared at me as if I was stupid or something, which by the way, I'm not. "You should stop listening to that gadget at least for once!" she explained, only this time she said it slowly.

"Ooh... Oh, okay. But seriously? What part of me being the god of music don't you get?" I replied.

"You don't have to listen to music all the time, Apollo!" My sister snapped.

"Yeah? Well, what about Athena? She gets to be wise all the time!" I complained. But hey, it is true. She sits there on her throne and be wise all the time. Why isn't there a person who complains, and tells her that she should stop being wise for once? Well, Ares did do that. But that's different story. But here I am being scolded by my sister that I should stop being addicted to music and my iPod for once. I was about to tell her that I'm not that addicted to my iPod, and that I don't use it all the time.

Until some goddess broke our fight- Hera.

"Now, now. I just hate it when my family argues. So please now, both of you, stop," she purred.

We did stop. I turned to face her and I squinted. Since when did this woman even care about us? I thought. She only cares for her children. And by 'her' children, I mean the ones she makes with Zeus. And since my mother isn't Hera, she hates me and Artemis.

"Ah, yes. Hera is right- both of you should really stop these nonsense fights. Giving me a headache." Zeus grumbled. Hera rolled her eyes and mumbled something about him having headaches because of his tendency to get angry easily.

"Anyways... Apollo, since you seemed like you liked that song... may I hear it? So that um, ah... I may know you better. Oh yes, and what is he song's title, may I ask?" Hera told me, smiling.

I stared at my stepmom, like she was a twenty- headed dragon with some alien antennas. Was it just me or was this woman sounded nice? I shrugged the idea off, and almost handed my IPod to her and said the title of the song.

"Pea-" I stopped myself. If I told Hera the title of the song, she'll be excited to listen to it. But I know that Hera's no fool. She'll be able to find the double meaning in no time. Oh yeah, in case you guys are wondering, I didn't figure out the meaning okay? I overheard some high school girls talkin' about it. Anyways, Hera was staring at me- probably expecting me to finish my sentence.

"Pea..?" I looked at her nervously. Man, I need to find a good excuse out of this one. Suddenly, two excuses popped inside my head. The first one didn't sound like it would work. The second one sounded good enough.

But without thinking, I used my first excuse. "The song is called 'Pea.'" I announced.

Then, immediately I mentally cursed in Ancient Greek, the other gods and goddesses were looking at me weirdly- except for Artemis, she probably didn't find it exciting that we were talking about a favorite song of mine.

Aphrodite giggled, as Hera shot me puzzled look. "Pea? Who would want to write a song about peas? Or give a song a title called 'Pea'?" Hera asked me. She looked at her husband for confirmation, but he just shrugged.

I immediately said my second excuse. "Yes. Yes. The song is called 'Pea.' May I go now? I'm really tired and need to catch some Zzzs. If I wake up late tomorrow, the mortals will freak out about the missing sun. Yawn! Good night everybody!" I told them, as I started to bolt to the door.

Hera stopped me by asking, "Oh. Well, who is the singer?"

"Katy Perry!" I answered automatically.

I didn't know it yet, but telling stepmom about the singer would later make me regret it.

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I already have Apollo's punishment in mind, but it's nothing severe. In fact, it won't hurt him at all!

Okay, to tell the truth, I have no idea what the double meaning is of Peacock. But you know, I'm having some... ideas on what it means!