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"Pollo, you freaking idiot! Do you realize what you've done?"
He smiled at Mel sheepishly. "Not exactly…"
She groaned loudly. "You wiped the memory of twelve of the most powerful deities. How idiotic can you get?"
"It's not their whole memory," he pointed out oh so helpfully. "They just can't remember anything past the fall of Greece." He tried to put on a confident smile. "Nothing important happened since then anyway, right?"
It took all of her energy not to slap him. "What am I supposed to tell my siblings? What am I supposed to tell Hermes and Artemis's twins? And most importantly how can the gods rule over their aspects when they know nothing of modern culture and situations?"
"Listen Mel, we'll just let your siblings take over for a bit. While they do that, I'll start work on a potion to reverse it…"
"Oh no, you won't. You are going to continue to do your job as normal, while I fix everyone."
He laughed. "Just how do you think that's going to work?"
"It's a theory of mine," Mel said pushing her black curls behind her ears. "I've been working on a cure to Alzheimer's. I thought that a strong, steady flow of familiar people and things might help jog the memory for a short period of time. With these being immortal beings however, I believe that if we administer ambrosia and nectar during this temporary gain of memory, then their memory should stay for good."
"I don't understand half of what you said," Apollo said with a groan.
She sighed. "You stay here and do your job; my siblings will do theirs and do the work of those who aren't able to at the moment."
"What are you gonna do?"
She smiled, her green eyes filled with a bit of amusement. "I'm taking them to Camp."
"All right, do you guys understand what we need to do here?" she asked.
The campers nodded. The plan was simple. Each cabin would take their parents. Those closest to them would try to jog their memory without saying anything too outrageous. She looked specifically at a few campers, the ones with the toughest jobs.
"Stolls, that means you can tell Hermes that he has a wife now, you cannot tell him who she is." They nodded, but she doubted they were actually listening. "Percy, you and Annabeth try to explain what's happening to the twins. I'll tell Mom and Dad that you're married, but Chase and Victoria need to understand that they don't remember anything."
Thalia, who was currently eight months pregnant, looked around. "Who exactly is going to take care of Artemis or Hera?"
Melecia thought a moment. "The Hunters are coming; we'll leave Artemis with them. However…Hera? Well, I may or may not have left her with Pollo…" She whistled innocently.
Percy laughed. "That's down right evil! But won't Apollo twist this to his advantage? Maybe convince Hera she's had a major personality change?"
"He's the god of truth; no matter how much he wants to lie, it won't work."
He shook his head with a smile. "I guess I'll go tell Annabeth and the kids what's happening then." He blinked. "Where are the gods anyway?"
"Chiron's giving them his speech on Western Civilization. Dad's probably dying about now." Her brother laughed and disappeared into New Greece, Annabeth's pet project.
Just about then the gods and goddesses reached the crest of the hill. Poseidon looked bored out of his mind, but he kept glancing in Athena's direction. Hermes was trying to pickpocket Demeter who was looking at the strawberry fields excitedly. Ares was polishing his spear. Aphrodite was reading a fashion magazine, how she got it nobody knew. Hephaestus was fiddling with a few twigs making something, what exactly Mel couldn't tell. Artemis was looking at the male campers disdainfully. Zeus and Hades were arguing about something and Hestia was trying to get them to stop. Athena was the only one paying attention to the centaur. She was trying to soak in what had happened in the last few thousand years.
Mel called the campers to order. She fixed her hair and tried to stand confidently. She knew that the only way for this to work was to project an air of authority. "Chiron?" she said when they got closer. "I'll take it from here. You go make sure that everything is running smoothly."
He bowed, "Milady." He turned, bowed to the other Olympians and walked away.
"Welcome to Camp-Half Blood, I'm Melecia goddess of heroes. These are the campers, your children with a few obvious exceptions." She curtsied to all of them.
Poseidon blinked and then glanced at Athena, before looking back towards Mel.
"I'm splitting you up so you can regain your memory faster," Mel explained.
"First up, Zeus this is Thalia your daughter." He nodded, glad that Hera wasn't there. "Standing next to her is her husband Nico, Hades that's your kid. You two are both going with them. We're also sending Hestia along, per Nico's request." The two brothers looked at each other and groaned. She only smiled a weary smile; maybe the couple could help her keep them calm.
"Hermes, you got the Stoll brothers. The taller one's Travis the other is Connor. If you can pry them away from their wives, your sons should give you full attention." He nodded and had a devious look in his eyes, like he was contemplating how he could steal from his own children.
"Demeter, the young woman next to Travis is Katie, your daughter. She'll be showing you around the strawberry fields." The goddess nodded and shot her daughter a small smile, she was a caring mother.
She looked to Aphrodite. "Your daughter Piper is coming in just a minute with her husband and six month old daughter, why don't you just wait here and finish that?" She looked up from her magazine and nodded.
"Ares, your daughter is this girl here." He looked at his daughter fiercely. "Her name is Clarisse and you have her undivided attention until five when she has to take care of her 1 year old." He gave a gruff nod and grumbled something about being more important than a mere baby.
Mel glared at him, and then shook her head. "Moving on, Hephaestus this is your son Leo." Said man had a devious smile on his face. "Don't mind him; he hangs around the Stolls way too much. Though lately he's been hanging more with his fiancée."
"Artemis, your Lieutenant should have your Hunters here soon. You'll be spending your time with them."
She smiled. "Zoe Nightshade?"
"No," Mel said sadly, "she died several years ago. It's a girl named Phoebe; she's one of Apollo's."
Artemis sighed slightly. The good people never lasted.
Finally Mel turned to Athena and Poseidon who were both turned away from each other rather awkwardly. "Okay, you two. You're coming with me."
"What?"Poseidon squeaked. "Both of us?"
"Yes."
He blushed lightly which caused Mel to raise her eyebrow."Fine," he eventually said. "Bird Brain?"
Athena turned her back towards him. "All right, Melecia. Where are we going?"
"Mel, please."
"Mel," she said.
"Well we're going to visit your favorite demigods as soon as Artemis and Aphrodite have someone to show them around."
A horn blared from the woods. "What in the name of me?" Hades said looking around.
Flying down from the sky were two girls, twins. "Hey Mel!" the red head called. Her sister followed quietly as normal, only waving her hand to say hi.
Melecia blinked, "Ireland? Cheyenne? Shouldn't you two be out, doing your job?"
Ireland, the red head, laughed. "Eh, it's not like Dad'll get mad at us, besides they're boring messages anyway."
Mel sighed. "It's your funeral." She turned to the Olympians. "These two are the messengers to the animals."
"We speak every animalian language, because animals have important messages, too," Ireland said.
Cheyenne nodded, "Yeah." She turned to Lady Artemis. "Your hunters are a little busy, so you're coming with us."
Mel arched her brow, "You two know what's going on?"
Ireland nodded, "Word travels fast among animals. If anyone can help her regain memory, it's us."
Mel sighed. "True, we need her to regain her memory fast. If not Apollo's going to mess up again, isn't he?"
"He does have a knack for that."
"And he wonders why I won't go out with him."
Aphrodite perked up a bit at that. "Go out, that means date right?" She clapped, "Apollo's got a crush!" She virtually squealed.
A groan was heard from the sky. "Really Mom? Leave those two alone, it isn't gonna happen anytime soon."
Piper was in her husband's arms holding her little girl. "Sup Beauty Queen, Sparky!" Leo called.
"Shut up Repair Boy!"
"My fiancée wouldn't have a caught a ride per chance?"
Jason shook his head. "New rule, only one of us can leave at a time."
Mel waved them down, "Reintroduce yourselves to Aphrodite, I need to take these two to meet Percy and Annabeth."
Before she could leave, Piper pulled the goddess to the side. "Why are they acting like that?" She gestured to Poseidon and Athena who were still standing there awkwardly giving the other small glances.
"Not a clue, but let's worry about that later."
A/N:
Why are Athena and Poseidon acting so oddly?
And does anyone have a suggestion as to what brings back ever one's memory, like Demeter could be given cereal or Hestia could hear that hope survives best at the hearth (totally butchered the quote by the way).
Also I can't tell whether my step-dad's being mean or nice. Where I'm at we're getting out of school so thanks, but I wish he'd stop ruining people's homes. I'm just going to give him a benefit of a doubt and blame Zeus for everything? Who else likes that plan?
