A/N: Disclaimer: I don't own Percy Jackson.
The demigods walked up, and stood in a clump before the dying gods. All of them wondered how this could possibly have happened- and those who noticed it (Annabeth, Percy, Katie, and Chiron) wondered why Poseidon and Zeus' thrones had been switched. Chiron left the room.
Artemis moved first. She beckoned for Thalia to come forwards. Thalia did, and Artemis grasped her hands.
"Do you, Thalia Grace, accept the role and powers of the goddess of the moon, hunt, animals, and childbirth?" She asked. She was glowing silver, a smile on her face. She didn't look like she was dying at all. She looked more powerful than ever, actually.
"I-I do." Thalia said. Artemis smiled, and then disappeared into silvery wisps that I assumed was moonlight. Thalia winced, and fell to the ground. She felt as if she was on fire, as if a thousand knives were sticking into her. She collapsed on the floor.
They went up, one by one. Annabeth took the place of Athena, Hazel of Persephone, Katie of Demeter, Reyna of Hestia, Rachel of Hera, and Piper of Aphrodite. Travis took the place of Hermes, Will of Apollo, Frank of Ares, Leo of Hephaestus, Pollux of Dionysus, and Nico of Hades. All collapsed on the floor in pain.
All that was left was Jason, Zeus, Percy, and Poseidon. Jason nudged Percy, who was about to step forward, as Zeus would obviously want to go last. That way he could claim to be the strongest.
But, instead it was Zeus who stepped forwards, and gestured to Jason. Surprised, the Roman stepped forwards.
"Do you, Jason Grace, accept the role and powers of the god of the sky, wind, thunder, and lighting?" The god asked.
"I do." Jason answered. Zeus turned into wind to go… wherever they would be for the rest of eternity, and Jason fainted, screaming in agony like the rest.
Poseidon stepped forwards, and so did Percy. He wondered why Zeus had not said his full title. All the others did. Plus Zeus never missed an opportunity to remind everyone that he was king. Chiron had said that the powers would be directly transported from the parent to the child, so Jason would have become king.
Unless, Zeus had made Poseidon king before they came, which would mean…
"Do you, Perseus Jackson, accept the role and power of the god of water, seas, earthquakes, storms, horses, and sea creatures, as well as the role, powers, and responsibilities of being King of the Gods?" Poseidon asked his favorite son.
"I do." Percy said confidently. Then, instead of turning into water immediately, his father hugged him.
"Finally, you accept your destiny of becoming a god. I just wish I could see you doing your job. I will always love you Percy." He said.
"I love you too, dad." Percy said awkwardly. Poseidon smiled. Then he turned into water vapor. Then Percy felt pain. His body felt like it was on fire. This was ten times worse than when he bathed in the River Styx, but it was bearable. Percy didn't fall to the floor. No, he stayed standing, and braced himself against the pain. For him, it only lasted about 5 minutes before jut turning numb. After 3, Chiron came in.
Chiron hadn't expected to walk in on anyone who was standing- he had expected everyone to be passed out on the floor. He stood in shock, until Percy moved. When Percy turned around, he looked up at his old mentor, and walked towards him.
"Thank you, Chiron. For everything." He said.
Chiron bowed. "You're welcome, my lord." He said. Percy groaned.
"Please don't call me that! I don't like formalities. Or people acting like I'm their boss." He said. "Doesn't help that now I'm technically everyone's boss. He muttered.
"Ah, yes. I see you discovered your… extra title?"
"You knew they were going to make me king?"
Chiron's eyes twinkled. "I've been alive for a long time- long enough to gain the first Olympians' trust. There isn't much I don't know."
Percy sighed. "Zeus transported the whole 'king of the gods' powers into Poseidon, who gave his powers to me, making me the new king, and you knew? And didn't tell me? Typical."
"Well, you are a great hero, Percy. Even if you weren't made a god- which was bound to happen sooner or later- your name would be remembered forever."
"Ugh!" Percy groaned. Then his head snapped to the right. They heard Annabeth groan softly, and saw her rubbing her head.
Percy ran over to her, though Chiron stood back. He had a good idea of what was going to happen.
"Hey, you ok?" Percy asked Annabeth. She nodded.
"Why do you look upset?" Annabeth asked.
"Zeus made me the new king." Her boyfriend said. Then he grinned. "Although it wouldn't be that bad if you ruled beside me."
Annabeth grinned. "So the wedding's still on?"
Percy smiled. "My dear Annabeth, I didn't go through all that trouble to propose to you for no reason, did I? Especially when it happened not even a week ago."
Annabeth's smile grew wider. She hugged her fiancé. Then Chiron walked over.
-TIME SKIP-
(It's been 6 hours since the gods faded. The others haven't woken up yet.)
Jason POV:
"Ugh." I groaned, rubbing his head. "My head hurts."
"Mine too." Chorused everyone else in the room, massaging their heads and rubbing other sore body parts. All of us were moaning in pain. Then Chiron walked in, with a smiling Percy and Annabeth right behind him. When did they wake up?
" Please go to your thrones." Chiron asked. I turned around to go to where my dad's throne was, but it wasn't there- Poseidon's- well, Percy's- throne was sitting in its place. And Athe- err, Annabeth's- throne was in the place of Hera's. What?
Percy tapped me on the shoulder, and pointed to the area where his father's throne used to sit. I saw the throne that was now mine, and walked up and climbed into it.
"Now, imagine yourselves big enough to sit in the thrones comfortably." He said. I imagined myself 60 feet tall. I felt myself growing taller, my limbs growing longer, and suddenly I was huge.
"Now" Chiron started. "This may come as a shock to you, but Jason is not the new king. For some reason- although keep in mind, this was not his fault- the gods saw fit to give that title to Percy. That's why the thrones are switched." He told us.
I was in shock. Why had Percy gotten the position and not me? We were supposed to take over our parent's positions- so I was supposed to be king. Why did they give it to Percy? What made him so much better than me? I glanced at Percy, who looked a little uncomfortable. I realized I was glaring at him. Wait- was I jealous? I shook my head, and focused on Chiron, who seemed really uncomfortable now. I wonder why.
PERCY POV:
Chiron was getting really nervous. I wonder why… oh, right! He was telling them about that law he told Annabeth and I earlier. This was gonna be good.
"Ok, the first thing you should know is that the romantic relationships of the past Olympians don't carry over to the new gods. So Jason is not married to Rachel, and Nico is not married to Hazel, and so on."
Everyone sighed in relief.
"Good! Being married to my sister would have been really, really weird." Nico exclaimed. Hazel and Nico shuddered.
"Well, technically the ichor makes it so you two aren't really related, so…" Piper trailed off as the siblings glared at each other.
"But," Chiron continued, "The family relations do, in a sense. You are now related the way the past Olympians were- that is, closer than the demigods were, but separate enough that having intimate relationships won't be considered weird."
"What does that mean?" Leo called out. Everyone, including Annabeth, looked as confused as he was.
"It means that technically Percy, Jason, and Nico are now brothers, and Katie, Rachel, and Reyna are their sisters. Also, ichor-wise, Frank and Annabeth are half-siblings, as well anyone who replaced someone fathered by Zeus. That means that Frank is technically the son of Jason and Rachel. But this is only through ichor- you have no more DNA, meaning that these don't affect you. You don't even have to really acknowledge this. It is only so the bloodlines don't get so spread out in time that it no longer has any ties to actual family. This way, children of, say, Nico and Jason, would be cousins the same way you two once were."
I blinked. "I'll just take your word for it." I muttered. The others agreed.
At this point, Chiron was really, really nervous. He took a deep breath, and spit it out. "Everyone of you except for Pollux have to get married by the end of the month." He said quickly.
For 3 seconds, there was complete silence. "WHAT?" Everyone screamed.
"Everyone but Pollux has to get married by the end of the month. Well, not exactly married, more like engaged." Chiron said, a little more confident this time.
"WHY?" They all screamed.
"To make up for the complete lack of romantic bonds this group now has. This wasn't my choice- the ancient laws demand it."
"Well what about maiden goddesses?" Thalia asked desperately.
"There were so many maiden goddesses last time, it unbalanced things. So everyone has to get married this time." The old centaur replied. Everyone was freaking out.
"Wait, why aren't you two freaking out? I know you two will eventually get married, but aren't you scared about it being so soon?" Jason asked Annabeth and I.
We exchanged looks. "Well… Percy proposed to me last week." Annabeth admitted.
The looks on their faces were priceless. Then we all heard a loud squeal.
"I just knew it would happen soon! Why didn't you tell me?" Piper demanded. We all stared at her. She blushed.
"Sorry. It's the Aphrodite in me." She responded.
"Anyway, any pacts made in the last era don't carry over. The next thing you need to know about is the Ancient Laws vs. the Council's Laws. The Ancient Laws stay the same for the rest of history. They were made by the fates long ago. The Council's Laws are those that you make and everyone has to follow, including yourself. These laws can be changed if voted so by the council, but you cannot do it often, and only on the winter or summer solstice." Chiron's eyes widened.
"Um… You need to have at least 2,560 rules. All need to be made by the end of the year. None can stay exactly the same, except for… the fact that every Olympian must be present for every meeting, and that if there isn't a god watching the camps… well, now just the camp, someone must check in once a month."
"WHAT! IT'S SEPTEMBER!" Everyone screamed. "How do we do this on time?"
"That's for you to figure out. There will be another meeting on Wednesday so you can start your jobs. I recommend that you start making the laws now. Here is a book of the past rules." Chiron said, tossing a book to me. "You have to tell the campers and hunters what happened, by the way." He walked out.
"Um, ok, we can do this." I said, looking in the book. The first 5 pages were a table of contents.
"There's a list of chapters on the first five pages!" I cried.
"Then we can start with the first one." Reyna suggested.
"It's… Behavior in the Mortal World." I read.
"Dude, that's so easy. No teleporting to where people can see you, and no using your true forms. Done!" Katie glared at him. "We aren't done yet, Leo." She said, annoyed. Leo slumped down in his throne.
"Alright, that's two laws. No teleporting, and no true forms. Vote?" I said. Everyone raised his or her hand. "Majority."
"I want to be able to live in the mortal world. Since we're gods, we can actually pretend to be normal." Rachel said.
"Ok, who wants to be able to go to school, and own a house in the mortal world?" I asked. Again, everyone raised his or her hand.
"I can show off my art." Rachel said.
"College." Annabeth said.
Will, Leo, Travis, and Pollux looked at each other. "PARTY!" They screamed. Everyone rolled his or her eyes.
"Ok. Majority."
"Next one. What about money?" Annabeth asked.
"What do you mean?" Reyna asked.
"Like, how much money can you have in the mortal world?" She asked.
"How about we can have enough money to live a little more comfortably than a rich mortal in that specific area. If you want anything fancier, you get a mortal job or ask the council and we vote on it." Jason suggested.
"Why more than a rich person?" Hazel asked.
"We're gods. I want to use that to do something fun." Jason stated. Hazel rolled her eyes.
"Ok. Vote? Majority."
"How about we can't go to jail?" Travis said. "Like, we can steal and bend the mist so we don't get caught."
Everyone stared at him. "That's a terrible idea!" Piper, Rachel, Hazel, Reyna, Annabeth, and Katie shouted at him.
"Hey, I mean like stealing. Not like committing a murder!" He raised his hands, defending himself.
"No harming or doing anything extremely violent to mortals unless absolutely necessary or you get special permission." Will said.
"Good. Vote? Majority."
"How about, you can steal stuff, but you can only manipulate the mist to cover it up if it's absolutely mandatory?" Travis tried again.
"Oh, so you can steal a bunch of game counsels?" Katie asked sarcastically, rolling her eyes.
"No." Travis retorted. "I mean, if there's some artifact we need to destroy or examine, and it's in a mortal museum or something. Or if they get information that might reveal our identities, and we need to destroy it."
The girls stared at him in amazement. "What?" Travis asked.
"You- you said something smart!" Lou exclaimed.
"Ha ha." Travis said sarcastically, annoyed.
"All in favor? Majority."
"What about mist manipulation?" Frank asked.
"How about, only in life/existence threatening situations. Like the titan war- we couldn't have anyone seeing that. But you can't use it to steal stuff, or buy something, unless the council decides otherwise." Piper put in.
"But then we can't ever go into the mortal world. Can't we use it to appear like humans and do other stuff like that?" Leo asked.
Piper groaned. "Fine."
"Good. Let's vote." All hands went in the air. "Majority."
"Can't acting natural be one? Like, you have to act like a mortal when in their world unless there are special circumstances?" Leo asked.
"Vote? Majority."
"Any other ones?" I asked them.
"What about Annabeth and Leo- and anyone else that creates something- can't share their inventions in the mortal world. Their devices would have much more advanced technology than anything in the mortal realm, and it would arouse suspicion." Rachel put in.
Annabeth looked thoughtful. "It's a good idea." She admitted. She put up her hand, as did everyone whose arms weren't already in the air.
"Ok. I think that's enough for now. Let's go explore." I said.
"Wait." Travis said. We all looked at him.
"I can't lose my brother. If there's any way-"
"You want to know if there's a way to make him immortal." I finished for him. He nodded.
"It doesn't have to be full immortality. It can be like the kind the hunters have. Just as long as I can see him, and he won't age." Travis said.
"It's a good idea. Maybe he can be you're assistant. Every time I saw Hermes, he was overwhelmed with all the work he had." I said.
"Oh no. I am not spending the rest of eternity with both of those idiots!" Katie said.
This lead to a very long debate about the topic- most of which consisted of people trying to convince Katie to let it happen. Eventually she gave up, throwing her hands up in the air and shouting, "Fine!"
I looked at the rest of the council. Most of them agreed to letting Conner be immortal (Katie very reluctantly)- mostly because they all knew that the two brothers were basically two halves of the same person, and that Travis would just go behind their backs if they didn't agree.
"Ok. Conner will become immortal. Now, does anyone have any idea how to do it?" Leo asked. We all shrugged, and looked at Annabeth. She pursed her lips.
"I'll have to go through my mother's library. I'm sure there will be something there. And Thalia, you should check your temple- it used to belong to Artemis, and she made all her hunters immortal, in a sense." The new goddess of wisdom said.
"Wait- is my palace PINK?" Piper screamed, rushing out of the room. We all looked at each other and shrugged.
"Well, with that, meeting adjourned." I said. Everyone flashed out to go see his or her quarters, except for Annabeth and I. We got off our thrones and walked up to each other. Then we began to have a make-out session.
After a while, Annabeth pulled away. "Oh, Styx!" She muttered under her breath. I was confused.
"What?" I asked. My girlfriend looked me in the eye.
"We have to tell the campers and hunters." She said.
Styx.