Hey everyone this is chapter 2. It will explain a lot about Arthur and reveal some truth about him as his life as his life is not as happy and colorful as one may think after reading the 1st chap.

Chapter 2

The Truth Behind Arthur !

Olimp

When Arthur returned home he head for the bathroom. He looked at his reflection in the mirror and sighted. He took of his glasses and rolled the sleeves of his shirt up to his elbows. He left his suit coat and red tie on the coat hanger by the front door. Once again he looked at his reflection in the mirror. Just by looking at him you were able to say that there is something bothering him. Once again he sighted and let the cold water running. He splashed some of it onto his face but that was not enough so he did it again and again and again. Finally he gave up and dumped his head under the tap and allowed the cold water to run down his head and face. He stayed like that for about 5 minutes or so before standing up straight and drying himself.

"I know you're there mom. So there is no use hiding just come on out." He said turning to the bathroom door. His mother Athena appeared in them a few second later. "Are you ok my son ?" She asked him with worry written all over her face. "And what do you think ?" He asked with a bit of anger in his voice. "Arthur please." She said. "No." He burst out at her. "Tell me why are you doing this to her ?" He asked. "What if she will get use to me. Start treating me like a real brother. If she'll think that she's finally is not so alone on this damn world. That there is someone that actually cares about her. That she will have someone she could always come to with anything. That she will have someone that could potentially help her if she will get into some kind of trouble or will be there for her if that stupid of a boyfriend of hers will either die or dump her. Huh what then ?" He asked once again. "Arthur with your knowledge I thought that you out of all the Gods would understand. My vision said that something terrible will happen to Annabeth. I don't know when or where thought. But I know that whatever it is she or anyone else at the camp won't be able to deal with it. So she needs some help form a full god. And please believe me I would do it myself but you know very well that I can't because of the prohibition that your grandfather stated. But you. You can do it. You can help her because the rule does not say that full gods can't have contact with their demigods siblings." Athena explained. "Oh that I know as well as that it won't last for long because as soon as grandfather will learn of this he will make all the sufficient changes to this law." Arthur said bitterly. "I just don't understand how can you do this to her. She will think that I will be there for her at all the time but the truth is that as soon as that mission of yours is over I will just disappear and the both of us will be forced to go our separate ways again. We will have to treat each other as if we never existed to each other to begin with." He said. "That will break her heart." He stated. "I rather deal with that then with her death." Athena said. "And what about me ?" He asked. "Have you ever thought of me while thinking up of your sneaky little plan ? Tell me what if I will develope feelings for her. If I will start loving her like any older brother loves his younger sister ? Tell me what will happen when I will just have to ditch her ?!" He shouted. Athena just stayed silent and looked down at the ground. "You don't know. And that's because you don't know how love feels to begin with. No matter which one' Parental, Sibling, The real romantic tape of one' neither of those or any other tape of love have ever been a guest in your heart." Arthur said to her. "To be honest I'm shocked till this day that you allowed dad to have his way with you so that I could come to this world." He never took his eyes of her. Athena looked up. "Arthur please don't say that. It was our joined decision to have you and I assure you that your father and I are really proud of you and how you came out to be." She took a step closed and tried to touch his face. "Don't you even dare to touch me !" He shouted. "All the things I did. All the doctorats I gained and houses I bought were just so that I could get as far away from this damn place as possible. But that was all for nothing because 25 years have passed and I'm still stuck here. Will ever get free from you and this crazy good for nothing place full of snobs and narcissists people ?" He asked. Athena just sighted. "I hate this place." He said and walked by pass her. "Please don't say that. You surely don't mean it." Athena turned to him. He turned back to her and took a step closer. "Oh I do and I can say even more. You are a terrible mother. That's the reason why I lived with dad as soon as I had the chance to." He stated and looked Athena straight in the eyes. "Here you go after so many years I finally found the courage to say it." He then turned back and start walking to the front door. Athena ran after him. When she caught up with him he was putting on his coat. "Where are you going ?" She asked. "I'm 25 not 10 I don't have to tell you where I go or when I'll be back." He said and open the front door. "Oh and one more thing." He said turning his head to her. "I always taught of aunt Artemis and Aphrodite more of a mother than I ever did of you and I still do to be completely honest with you." He then slammed the door behind him and left Athena standing there in the hall about to break into tears.

Hephaestus Forge

Hephaestus was in the middle of hardening a sword when Arthur barged into the room. "Wow. Arthur are you ok ?" He asked him. You really didn't have to know Arthur well to see that he was angry and frustrated. " I'm fine but do you need help with anything uncle ? I really need to distract myself from this thought that doesn't want to leave my head." Arthur half lied. Hephaestus kewn him to well to believe him but he still nod his head. "I'm nearly done making a sword for your uncle Ares now. He wants to give it to his demigod daughter or something. But I have to make a new shield for your aunt Artemis next. You can start on it and I will finish the sword." Hephaestus smiled and handed him a protective gear and one of his hammers. Arthur thanked him with a smile.

Some Time Later.

Hephaestus left Arthur alone in the forge as he was called by his wife Aphrodite. When he was back he was shocked and worried about his nephew. "Arthur stop !" He shouted. Arthur snapped out of his thoughts and looked at his uncle and then at the supposed to be a shield that he was forming. Instead he saw a lump of red hot metal with lots of holes everywhere. In that moment Aphrodite appeared at the forge door. Hephaestus motion at her to stay out. "Arthur there is something wrong with you today." He stated. Arthur sighted and dropped the hammer onto the floor. "You know what. I will fix that and you go help your aunt with what she asked me to help her with." Hephaestus smiled at him and side looked at his wife. "Arthur just nod his head and took the gear. "Oh and take a break after wards because believe me your aunts houseworks will tire you quicker then blacksmith work will. Hephaestus add. Arthur once again just nod.

Inside The House

"So what do you need help with aunty ?" Arthur asked Aphrodite as he approached her. "Nothing hard I just need you to change the lightbulb in the living room." She turned to him with a smile. "Aha." Arthur responded looking up at the chandelier. "I don't think that a ladder this high even exist." He said. "I know I always give out to your uncle about it." Aphrodite admitted. "He really is a stubborn bastard. Why didn't he just ask your father to architecture our house. If he had done that one would not have to fly to change a lightbulb." She started to give out. "No. I think we can manage. Do you have a trampoline ?" Arthur turned turned to look at his aunt. She looked back at him with a smiled. "You really are your mother's son aren't you ?" She asked ruffling his hair. He just send her a bitter smiled. As a love goddess Aphrodite knew that a heart problem was hidden behind this smiled and so she decided to get that job done as soon as possible and have a heart to heart talk with her most favorite nephew.

Sometime Later

"Wow uncle was right your house work will tire you out more then blacksmith work." Arthur said while taking a sip of ice cold nectar. Aphrodite giggled at his responses and sat down beside him on the sofa. "So will you tell me what is bothering your heart or will I have to guess ?" She asked him. "Just remember that I usually guess right the first try." She quickly added. "Arthur sighted. "There is no way I can hide anything from you is there ?" He asked. Aphrodite just shook her head with a smiled. "I'm just angry at my mother." He said. "And is that all." Aphrodite asked. "It's because of the fact that she doesn't consider people's feelings into her crazy plans." He explained. "Well that's how it is with gods of knowledge." Aphrodite said. "Then how come is dad normal ?" Arthur asked. "That's because he is a born playboy. Or rather was. He stopped his one night stands adventures as soon as he found out you were to come to this world." Aphrodite explained. "He has all the good looks on the world and he knows about it and so he used them. On the fire of Hades that guy even dated all of the musas all at once one time." Aphrodite giggled remembering how the girls had beaten him up for it when they found out about that. "I'm so happy you didn't inherit that part of your father's personality." Aphrodite ruffled his hair. "But I have to say you did inherit some of his good looks. You are very handsome after all. If only you weren't married." She sighted. "Aunty !" Arthur shouted shocked. "I'm just playing with you, you dummy. I know you hate the fact that most of the greek gods are into insest. Just like you hate them in general." She laughed. Arthur sighed. " You got that right." She said. "But still didn't my mom ever love anyone ?" He asked. "Oh Arthur she does. She loves you and so does your father. You were the little bundle of joy that opened their eyes and made them realize so many things. You also opened the eyes of many other gods around Olimp. Let's just take myself and your uncle Hephaestus. When you were just 7 years old you turned our life upside down and thanks to you we now respect and love each other. Another example is Hades. Thanks to you that guy is so much nicer now and his relationship with his wife had never been better. You are the biggest pride and joy of Olimp my boy." The love goddess hugged him as she end her speech. "Thank you aunty. You really know how to make one feel better. Arthur hugged her back. "To be honest I think of you and aunty Artemis more of a mother than I ever thought of my real mother." He revealed. "Arthur please don't say that. Your mother will be devastated if she will ever hear that." Aphrodite looked at his sadly. "She already does. I told her about it before I came over here." At that moment Aphrodite smacked Arthur on the back of the head. "Auuu. On the fire of Hades what was that for ?" He asked rubbing the back of his head. "For the child of the two knowledge and intelligence gods. You are pretty stupid do you know that ?" She asked him. "And what do you mean by that ?" He asked. "How can you hurt your mother like that ? You were just complaining about her not considering you feeling into her strategies but what did you do just now ? The exact same thing. You didn't think of her feelings when you said that to her did you ?" She asked. "To be honest I partly did and partly didn't. I was angry and was not thinking fully straight but I knew that it would hurt her and make her rethink a few things so in the end you can say that I said in on porpous. But everything I said is the honest truth thought." He explained. Aphrodite just shook her head in disbelief. "You really need a heart to heart session with your favourite aunt. You might as well lay down because it will take a while my boy." She said while still shaking her head.

Some Time Later

Arthur and Aphrodite talked for nearly 3 hours and Arthur felt a lot better. He was really grateful to have such an amazing aunt as Aphrodite. There is not a better person in the entire Olimp, Earth and the underworld to consult with if you have some emotional problems. She really is an expert when it comes to them.

When Arthur arrived back home no one was there. His wife and son were meant to come back from Asgard the next day. So that meant another night alone in that huge house. He looked at his watch. " 22:10 already ?" He asked himself. "I might as well have a cup of my favourite tea and go to bed. I so tired that I feel like I have ran a marathon." He commented himself and did just what he said he will. He just hoped that he won't have that dream again. The one he had every night. About being free and leaving Olimp and all the other Greek gods behind him. About having a normal life. He loves and hates this dream as it might me nice but when he wakes up he's devastated because he knows that as long as his grandfather is alive this dream will never come true. And that means it will just be a dream for the rest of his life as gods are immortal.

Hey everyone I hope you liked this chap and that you have a bit of a different view about Arthur now. Thanks for reading !