Okay, I know I have other stories I should be working on, but I cant help it! I wanted to write one like this!

Please review and no flames please.

Chapter one.

Start of the Trouble

Hermes's POV

"HEY! Don't you two be switching the addresses on those letters! I can get in trouble for that!" I snapped at two of my sons, Travis and Conner.

"Pft, now why would we do that? Geez, dad lighten up. You worry too much." Conner waved his hand dismissively.

"Work on your lying, son. You have much to learn." I told him. I was at Camp Half-Blood, having my children help me sort out all the messages I had to deliver today. It was about three months before the Winter Solstice so everyone was sending stuff everywhere and too everyone. This was my least favorite time of the year. I looked up again and saw Travis and Conner take the labels off the envelopes.

"Travis! Conner!" I yelled. They jumped.

"I just told you two, DON'T SWITCH THE LABELS!" I snapped. Today I wasn't the best mood, as you could see. Hey, sorting all these letters and keeping an eye on kids from the Hermes cabin wasn't easy! It was very stressful.

"Sorry." They both said and looked down.

"Well, Hermes. Never seen you snap at your own kids that way when they're doing something they shouldn't."

I turned to see Dionysus walking over.

"Well, when they end up getting me in trouble, it's not okay. only I can get myself into trouble. And that happens enough, thank you very muc-NICK! Didn't I just yell at Travis and Conner for trying to do that? MUST you kids make me courteously repeat myself?" i couldn't help but chuckle when Nick jumped. This kid was so jumpy, ever sense Hades' son caught him stealing his sword. They complained that there were STILL ghosts haunting their cabin and messing with them no matter what they did.

"Sorry!" he squeaked.

"Im beginning to wonder why your mother didn't call you Squeakers…." I grumbled as I made piles of what went to Zeus, Apollo, Hades, Poseidon, Athena, Ares, and who ever else was getting mail which was almost everyone. Then I saw one of my daughters trying to burn a letter that was supposed to go to Aleous.

"Alright, that's it. give me the letters, I'll do this myself. im not dealing with you guys burning this stuff and getting me in more trouble then I want to be in." I sighed.

within a matter of second, there were piles of mail in front of me.

"I can already feel the head aches coming…" I put my head in my hands.

"Ah, you'll get over it. at least you're not stuck in a camp filled with little demons for a hundred years." With that, Dionysus left.

….

Panting, I made my way to Zeus's palace. This was my last stop, then I would've delivered everything I had to, and could take tomorrow off. Zeus and Hera were on the porch of their palace, talking about something in the starlight.

"Zeus….mail." I said, handing the many envelopes to the King of the Gods.

"More complaints." Zeus sighed as he looked at them.

"Probably. And Hera…." I yawned as I handed her the letters.

"Go home, Hermes. You've been running around like a mad man all day." she said. Ever sense I got on her good side –long story short, I tricked Annabeth into calling herself an idiot and stepping in cow poop….dont ask how I tricked her into doing that…lets just say she causes headaches when she starts talking about building stuff and yeah and Athena is still mad at me- she's been nice to me.

I walked into my palace(but I prefer to call it just a house or home) and ignoring Gorge's asking for rats, flopped into my bed.

C'mon boss! Where are the rats? Gorge asked.

Leave him alone, Gorge! Cant you see he's tired? Martha snapped.

Well cant he see that im hungry?

"I'll get some rats for you guys tomorrow." I promised.

Then I pulled my shoes off, and put my head on my pillow (which was stolen from Egypt and was made from Egyptian cotton) and fell asleep instantly.

….

"HERMES!"

I groaned and rolled over, not wanting to get up yet. Then my door was kicked down. I tried to ignore it.

Hermes, Zeus is here….and Hera…..why are they always around each other when you're around? Martha asked.

"Whaa?" I looked up, still half asleep, to find Zeus glaring down at me. it took a few minutes for me realize ZEUS the KING OF THE GODS was right there with HERA the QUEEN OF THE GODS.

"Zeus! Hera! Uh…can I help you? Offer you some coffee…or soda?" I jumped out of my bed, sloppily making it look some-what nice.

"Why are your pajamas pink with evil, rabid, purple, vampire bunnies on them?" Zeus asked, looking at my pajamas.

"Uhh….never mind that. Can I help you with anything?" my face was red. I wouldn't have worn these pajamas if I knew someone was going to break down my door!

"I need you to deliver this to Artemis. Get it to her as soon as possible." Zeus handed me this little envelope.

"Cant you Iris message her?" I asked.

"She's almost impossible to Iris Message because she's constantly on the move. Now go." He said, then he and Hera left.

"Don't let me sleep so late next time!" I exclaimed to Gorge and Martha.

She was the one saying you needed your sleep! Gorge protested.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever." I sighed and got dressed, then grabbed my caduceus and, using my awesome godly powers, teleported to where ever Artemis was. I never really liked telelporting places, but I just found that I littl easirer. I re-appeared above a tree branch. Then I fell from my spot in the air, and landed on the branch. I grunted when it made contact with my stomach.

Artemis came up from the side and raised an eye brow at me. im pretty sure I blushed.

"Uhh…a little help?" I asked sheepishly. What is it about this goddess that makes me so sheepish?

"Sure." She grabbed the end of the branch and began to pull it down.

"Thanks…hey, wait a second, Artemis…." She let go of the branch and I went flying. WHY did I forget my flying sandles? I risked a glance down to the snow cover earth, and found myself at least 300 feet above the ground. I yelped and closed my eyes, then fell torwards the earth and landed painfully on my back in the snow. I grunted again when I landed. Artemis looked down at me.

"Do me a favor, and NEVER do that again." I stood up and brushed myself off and looked around for Gorge and Martha.

Im cold! Gorge complained from somewhere in the snow.

No duh! You're in the snow! Martha snapped at him.

"Where are you two?" I asked.

OVER HERE! They both yelled in my head at the same time.

"Thanks for the help." I grumbled looking around for them. I found them still stuck under the brach which fell when Artemis flung me.

"Now, I know for a fact you hate the cold. So what do you want, Hermes?" Artemis growled.

"Zeus wanted me to give you this letter…." I looked around for it. I checked my pockets, my hair (hey, there WAS a time when I lost a very important letter and it turned out it was on my head….dont ask why, 'cause even I don't know.), I looked every where it could possibly be. I looked around in the snow, too! And I hate the cold!

"UGH. Zeus is gonna kill me." I groand and sat up against a tree.

Oh…uhhh, were you looking for that envalope? Gorge asked.

"Yesss…." I raised an eyebrow at him.

Heh….well, you see, I kinda got hungry…

"Spit it out, Gorge!" I snapped at him.

He started to gag, then spit the letter out on my face. And it was covered in snake spit. And was in his stomach. And was just thrown up. I saw Atremis trying not to laugh at me. That stinkin jerk. I peeled the envalope off my face, trying not to barf, and held it out towards Artmis.

"Zeus's orders to deliver this as soon as possible. And im asumming im going to get in trouble for it being eaten by a snake…." I shot a glare at Gorge.

Sorry! He apolagized in my head.

"Don't eat my stuff anymore! I said I'd get you rats later, so stop eating my stuff!" I snapped at him. I said before that this is a stressful job, right? Well, im going to say it again. This job is SO STRESSFUL! Atrmis read the letter, then turned back to me.

"Tell Zeus I'll be there at sunset. Then tell Apollo he has to pick me up on hiy back to Olympus." she ordered.

"Hey, I don't so this for free. Pay up." I stated.

"Pay you? Sense when has anyone had to pay you to deliver messages!" she snapped.

"Sense I got hungry. Plus, I hold an advantage. If you don't pay, then I have the choice to NOT tell Apollo to pick you up, then when you're late to whatever Zeus wants –if you show up at all- you'll be the one in trouble, not me." I stated matter-of-factly.

"I can just tell Zeus that you didn't tell Apollo." She pointed out.

"Oh, contare, my fellow Olympain. I am the god of theives, liars, and trickery. Surely that must tell you something."

"Yeah. it tells me you're a two-timer who breaks innocent girls' hearts."

"HEY! I only did that once!" I protested.

"And then they both commited sucide."

"Shut up. You don't have to make me all guilty again."

"Then you blamed some random guy you saw."

"So? He had that coming!"

"Fine. here. Now go deliver those messages before I change my mind." She handed me some cookies. I like cookies…

"A pleasure doing business with you." With that, I went back to Olympus, told Zeus, then found Apollo –in his Sun chairot- and told him to pick up his sister at sunset. Oh, and apperently, I have to be at this meeting thing too, because Zeus thinks my kids did something wrong. And what they couldve done so wrong to make Zeus call a meeting about it, im not sure I want to find out what it is.