Chapter Two

*On Olympus: Two weeks later*

The Olympian council had gathered. A curious thing as it was neither the winter nor summer solstice nor was Olympus in the midst of war. Only one thing could thing could bring this about and it was

"Percy Jackson! Does anyone know the whereabouts of Percy Jackson?" Zeus rumbled from his throne.

If one were to look to the right of Zeus, one would see a distraught Poseidon who looked anxiously around the room, waiting for any news on the location of his son.

"Dionysus, Camp Half-Blood is your domain as of this century, surely you have some knowledge about Perseus' location," Zeus inquired.

The god of wine looked up from his 19th century wine collection magazine and shook his head before returning to his reading.

"My lord Zeus," Apollo said. "One of my children told me that Percy was seen walking into the woods two weeks ago. Afterwards there was no sighting of him."

"I see," Zeus said, rubbing his chin. "Dionysus, summon Mr. Grover Underwood. Perhaps he might have some insight to this matter."

"I honestly don't understand why we're spending so much time on just one demigod," Ares grumbled, earning glares from Poseidon and Hestia, who had been a friend of Percy's since the Titan War.

Without looking up from his magazine, Dionysus snapped his fingers and Grover appeared.

The startled satyr let out a yelp when he found himself in the Olympian throne room when he should have been organizing conservation groups in Australia.

"Mr. Underwood," Zeus bellowed. "You have been summoned by the Olympian Council for an inquiry as to the location of Percy Jackson. It is known by the council that you are currently in a romantic relationship with a dryad at Camp Half-Blood. Perhaps she may have witnessed something?"

Grover, whose face was red in embarrassment from the relationship comment, soon felt his knees began shaking from the attention but he quickly steeled himself. He was the Lord of the Wild. He must set a good example. "Lord Zeus, Juniper has in fact informed me of Percy's disappearance. If I may, with your permission, contact her through Iris Message, perhaps we can gather more knowledge as to his whereabouts."

Zeus nodded in consent and Grover said the blessing to Iris, forming a misty projection of a wood nymph drying her hair in the middle of the throne room.

"Juniper!" Grover called.

Juniper turned in surprise and a large grin spread across her face. "Grover! How are you? It's so great to see you and - why is the Olympian Council in the background. Grover Underwood have you been feeding the kangaroos cappuccino again? You know that makes them even jumpier!"

Grover blushed in embarrassment. "No! I have not! I have gotten over my coffee inducing ways. Anyways, we need to know whether you saw Percy 2 weeks ago. Do you know what happened?"

Juniper's face darkened. "I saw him by the creek. He was staring at his reflection and then decided to keep walking. He didn't have a direct sense of direction, like he was wandering around drunk or in a daze. I decided to follow him and I hid behind my friend Bluebonna, the blueberry bush. Percy started talking to himself and then suddenly he fainted. I went to get up and help him but when I moved to where his body was, it was gone, as if he vanished into thin air."

The Olympian Council was filled with grim faces at the mysterious disappearance of the troubled savior of Olympus.

"Thank you Juniper, I'll be home in a week," Grover said.

"Okay, bye Grover," Juniper said, smiling sadly.

The Iris image faded and Grover turned to face Zeus.

"Thank you Mr. Underwood, you and your partner have provided valuable information to this council," Zeus said.

"My lord, will you inform me if you hear anything about Percy?" Grover asked tentatively.

Zeus looked at Hera who nodded her head. "We will be sure to inform you if anything new comes to this council as to Percy's whereabouts," Zeus said.

Grover bowed respectfully and with a wave of Zeus' hand, the satyr was flashed back to Australia.

"A most troubling revelation," he said.

"What could have happened to the demigod?" Hephaestus asked.

"It is obvious he was kidnapped," Artemis stated.

"By whom, a god or something else?" Apollo asked.

"Probably a god, only someone with divine power could transport cause someone to disappear like that," Hermes said.

"He should have eaten more cereal," Demeter said shaking her head sadly.

A few of the gods paused to look at the goddess weirdly before returning to their original conversation.

"Now that we have determined it was a god, how do we find him? Dionysus should have sensed something if there was a god. Obviously this god or goddess is very powerful to have eluded us, is that so Dionysus?" Apollo said.

Dionysus grunted what must have been a yes and continued reading.

Apollo gave the wine god a quizzical look and returned to his point. "How do we find a demigod taken by such an obviously powerful and elusive god? What do we do?"

"We search," said Athena. The whole Olympian Council turned and stared at the depressed wisdom goddess who had not said a word since her daughter death 2 weeks ago.

"And how exactly do we do that?" Apollo asked.

Artemis shot a boxing glove arrow at Apollo's head which caused him gasp and rub his forehead in pain. "We track, idiot. My hunters and I will be able to find him," she said.

"Is it not also possible that Percy may have been taken by Gaea or another threat?" Hestia asked.

The room quieted. "Of course it is possible," Hermes said, breaking the silence. "But, I'm sure Artemis and her hunters will be able to find him if that was the case."

"Maybe he was taken to the Underworld. Perhaps a Fury had pity on him and took him to see Annabeth in Elysium," Hera put in.

"Aw, that would be so sweet and Percabeth would be together! But, it would be tragic because they are separated by the boundary of death," Aphrodite gushed.

Hermes rolled his eyes at that comment. "Your idea is possible, but a Fury, being nice? Does "Fury" and "nice" belong in the same sentence?"

"Only if "not" is in between them," Apollo joked, earning chuckles from the council.

"Seriously though, we need to find Percy," Hermes said.

"Very well," Zeus rumbled. "Artemis shall search for Perseus Jackson with her hunt along with Apollo. Poseidon may search his domain, and Demeter will inform Hades to search the Underworld for Jackson. Dismissed."

If one were to look at the council, one would see resolute and determined faces, saved for Apollo's cheeky grin and Artemis' angry glare directed at her brother for their arrangement.

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