I'm back with more! I was given the task of writing a prank and a reaction by the author of a story I beta. (You should go check it out - Bookreader10's the gods read the lightning thief and the gods read sea of monsters.) And this is the result. I recommend reading the stories first...but if you're lazy - like me - then heres a bit of back story:

Some of the demigods (Percy, Thalia, Annabeth, Nico, Travis, and Connor) are sent back in time to read about Percy's adventures.

During a day of bonding with their parents, Travis and Connor, Hermes, and Apollo managed to pull a trick on Artemis. This is where Artemis realizes what they've done.

Enjoy!

Artemis POV:

I sat in the throne room for a bit longer just talking with Hermes for a little bit. Before long I grew bored and bid everyone left a goodnight. As I walked down the hall, I held a star in my hand and sent a message to my hunters.

"...and my dear Zoe, don't let any of my new hunters feed the wolves until I return; they aren't used to them yet. . . " I trailed off. "Await my orders, I will be in touch shortly." The star flew down the hallway and out of sight. I'd finally reached my resting quarters. What caught my attention right away when I got to it was a not written in gold directly on the door:

Your brother, you love,

You simply show it strangely.

Look within, you'll find...

I rolled my eyes. Only Apollo could come up with something like that, what worried me was the symbol of Hermes. Apollo alone was bad enough, but the two of them working together? Talk about trouble.

I tried to open the door slowly, but 'slowly' wouldn't let it budge. Uh-oh. I tried a little more force. I managed to get it open about an inch. After a third attempt the door swung open and I was immediately showered by gold dust. "Aaah!" I screamed.

I stepped further into my room to get away from the incessant golden rain. Unfortunately, stepping farther into my room caused me to run right into a trip wire – which served it's purpose... yes, it tripped me... - and to fall forward onto my hands on the floor. I used the momentum to swing my legs above me and over my head back down to the floor.

I stood and surveyed the catastrophic war zone that was my room. Apollo and Hermes had managed to cover everything – and I mean everything, from floor, to ceiling, etc. - in gold and blue, the majority being gold. It covered my silver – well used to be silver – bow and quiver. My ceiling no longer had visible constellations on it either. They had covered my stars with little suns, and around the suns, like little blue rays were miniature caducei.

"They will not last through the night," I muttered darkly, trying to find my way through the blinding glare of gold. Finally, I gave up and turned out the lights, closed my eyes, and gathered a few stars. When I opened my eyes, there were still suns on my walls and ceiling, but not nearly as many.

I gazed at my hands and arms. They were still covered in gold. I shook my head in disgust and dismay and gold flecks fell from my hair as well.

I grabbed a change of clothes (I had locked them in a drawer that only I could open – I had it made by Hephaestus), and my bow and arrow, and my hunting belt. I took off down the hall.

I tried to think of who to go to first, who would be most likely to help me out. I figured I could go with Athena and Poseidon. As much as they hate each other, they both love me. I made my way toward Athena's library first, trying to stay out of sight as much as possible.

-Third Person-

*knock knock knock*

Athena stopped feeding her beloved owl and walked to the door. She opened it and gasped.

"Artemis?" Athena asked, a hand covering her mouth. The slender young maiden was covered head to toe in gold powder, sparkling like Apollo's chariot.

Artemis looked up at Athena with an evil grin. "I need to ask you a bit of a favor," She said. "May I come in?"

"Of course! Come in," Athena said, ushering her through the main library part and into her bedroom. She looked over Artemis once again and shook her head. "Let me guess: Apollo did this?" Artemis' silver eyes glinted harshly telling Athena she was dead on. "I'll give you a minute to change, come out when you're dressed; I want to know what happened."

Not too long after Athena settled herself into one of the chairs at her desk to study her war figurines, Artemis came walking up. She looked as if she were only a thirteen year-old, yet she was dressed in a silver and white flowing dress like they used to wear. It had a flowing partial sleeve that was open on the inside and connected to her bracelets on each arm. She had her hair pulled back into an open ponytail that let her long hair – still specked with gold – spill from the back of her head like a gracefull waterfall.

"Come, sit down and let's see what we can do about Apollo's latest trick," Athena said.

"Okay," Artemis said. "Well it wasn't just Apollo this time."

"Hermes joined in as well? And if Hermes joined in, his sons were in on it too." Athena's eyes widened. "This can't have been good."

Artemis shook her head with a wicked smile. "And they left their mark too. Over everything." Athena waved her on. "I was sending a message to Zoe, my current chief lieutenant, when I got to my room. The door had an Apollo original poem written in gold on the door. It wouldn't open without using a lot of force and when it did open it dumped a flood of some gold glitter mixture all over me! My entire room was gold with blue streaks.

"You know my ceiling? It has stars on it, the kind you could only see before the stupid mortals polluted the skies. Each and every star's light was covered by a sun spot with little blue caducei sprouting out of them."

Athena listened as Artemis spilled out her story and continued to go over the details of what the boys had done. When she had finished, she looked at Athena and said, "This is why I need you: I need a plan to get back at them, and seeing as how they keep annoying you as well, I thought we could pull a little group of our own together and go after them."

Athena smiled. Seeing Hermes and Apollo have a taste of their own medicine might not be too bad, she thought. "Sure. I'll help." Artemis smiled brightly. "Who else were you thinking of having help out with this little...scheme?"

Artemis smiled a cruel smile and said one word: "Poseidon."

-Artemis Pov-

Getting Athena was simple enough. Now to get my favorite uncle to work with Athena might be a little more challenging, but he likes me enough that he should be able to get over it.

I decided to go for the innocent-little-girl-who-was-tricked-by-her-brothers game, so I ruffled my hair and put on my hurt expression.

I ran up to his temple; he didn't have a room since he has a palace in the sea. He was talking with Amphitrite, via Iris Messaging. He looked at me and I heard him mutter 'I love you' to her and saw him turn away as the mist evaporated.

"Artemis! What's wrong?"

"I need you're help, Uncle Poseidon!" I said, "Hermes and Apollo pulled a trick on me."

He smiled. "Again?" he muttered to himself. "What did they do this time?"

I told him what they did and showed him the gold sparkles still stuck in my hair and still making some of my skin sparkle gold. He laughed at first but I silenced him with one of my cold looks.

"I'm sorry, Artemis," he said. "So why do you need my help?"

I told him my plan to get back at them. "...and I thought you might like to help because they keep making fun of Percy and I could really use some water tricks." I smiled up at him like I used to do when I was really young. He chuckled and rubbed my arm.

"Sure," he said. "Who else is going to help? Or is it just us?"

"Well, I figured we could get Percy involved, Thalia will help, seeing as she's my lieutenant now, and Annabeth, seeing as it wouldn't be fair for you're child to help and not Athena's."

"Why wouldn't it matter if Athena's daughter helps or not?"

"Because she's helping too, of course! Meet in my room in fifteen minutes with Perseus."

-Third Pov-

Artemis was seated on her bed, talking with Thalia, when she heard Athena knock on her door. "Come in!" she called.

Athena came in followed by Annabeth, Percy, and Poseidon.

They stared in wonder at Artemis room. Granted, most of it was still covered, but it was slowly recovering; Percy could see numerous constellations on the ceiling poking around the miniature suns. He could also see the stunning silver walls behind streaks of gold sparkle.

"Okay," Artemis said with a mischievous grin. "Thanks for coming!"

All of the demigods sat together on one side of the bed as the gods settled themselves around the other side.

"Um, you're welcome?" Percy said.

Annabeth smacked his head. "Our pleasure, my Lady," she said politely.

"What are we doing again?" Percy asked.

"We're going to prank Hermes and Apollo," Thalia said.

"So here's the plan," Artemis said, glancing toward Athena who nodded. "Poseidon, you're going to start out distracting Hermes and Apollo. We need to get them down to the amphitheater. Okay?" Poseidon nodded. "How you get them there, is up to you, but don't do anything to obvious, we want them to remain in the dark."

"Isn't that going to be hard for the god of the sun?" Percy asked curiously. Thalia and Annabeth chuckled along with Poseidon, but they stifled their giggles as Athena spoke up.

The planning continued for another thirty minutes before they broke apart agreeing to meet in the morning outside Poseidon's temple at 7 am.

"Where are you going to stay for the night, my Lady?" Thalia asked curiously.

"I need to visit my hunters for the night. I'll see you in the morning, dear Thalia." She said and with that, she bid Thalia a goodnight.

- 7:45 am -

Poseidon spotted Hermes sitting by one of the trees talking to Martha and George. Since the demigods arrived, Apollo and Hermes had decided to use their teenager forms. He walked up to Hermes with a small package in his hands, addressed to Annabeth.

"Hey, Uncle P!" Hermes said.

"Hello, Lord Poseidon," Martha said.

"Did you happen to bring any rats?" George asked.

"Hello, Martha, George," Poseidon said politely. "Hermes, I need this to go to Annabeth, she left this in the reading room...and I'm not sure where she is."

"Did you ask Percy?" Hermes asked curiously. "Seems to me they're always together."

That caught Poseidon off guard for a minute. Luckily, it didn't phase him. "I can't find Percy either, I think they're talking with Nico and the others or something."

"Whatever," Hermes said, standing up to receive the package. "Is there anything else I can do for you?"

"Do you know where Apollo is? I have a question for him."

"Um, did you try his temple? He's always polishing his statue, but if he's not there, you could try down near the amphitheater."

"Thanks, Hermes," Poseidon said as Hermes form started to waver.

"One down, one to go," he muttered to himself and with a scent of sea breeze he went to find Apollo.

He was indeed polishing one of his statues, like Hermes had said. Poseidon walked in the temple with a thoughtful look on.

"Hey, Uncle P." Apollo said, not looking away from the carefully molded golden lyre.

"Hey, Apollo. Did you not hear what happened?"

"Huh?" Apollo stopped, looking up at Poseidon.

"Yeah, I heard someone's playing you're guitar. It might just be Hermes' children, but I don't know. You might want to go check it out."

"Where is it?" Apollo asked, putting the cloth back in it's hiding block.

"I heard they were in the amphitheater, I'd better hurry, you never know what they could do to it."

Apollo was walking out the door before Poseidon finished speaking.

He chuckled to himself. Plan Payback has been set in motion.

-Annabeth POV-

I waited patiently from my spot on the risers in the little...okay...maybe not so little amphitheater. My role was to greet the two, receive my 'package' – which was really a silver note from Artemis – and then to manage to get the two on stage before the crowd gets here. It really was a genius plan. Then again, my mom was the main conspirator so I'm not really surprised.

Once they get on stage, It's up to Percy and Thalia to handle it until Artemis gets here.

I scanned the area before returning to studying the different types of architecture and the angles of my surroundings.

"Delivery for a Miss Annabeth Chase," A voice sounded from behind me. I smiled as I turned to face him.

"Hello, Lord Hermes," I said, trying not to think about how much Luke looks – looked – like him. "Thank you, who's it from?"

"Poseidon said you left it in the reading room," Hermes said scratching his head. "Have you seen my boys?"

"Yeah...I thought they were going to meet me here, but I haven't seen them yet," I said with a sigh.

"Oh, okay, mind if I hang around a bit? I heard there's going to be a show in a little bit," He said with slight interest.

"Oh, really? I didn't know, I was just admiring the architecture."

"You're so like your mother," he said not unkindly.

"I mean, I've seen it before, but this time I actually have time to appreciate it. The last time I saw it in this form, was right before the war..." Right before Luke made his choice. I trailed off before I could say too much. I saw Apollo enter the stands and look around.

Apollo jogged up the steps toward us. "Hermes, Annabeth," he said, greeting us, glancing around frantically.

"What's wrong, Lord Apollo?" I asked. "You seem frazzled."

"I heard someone had brought my guitar down here. Someone mentioned it might have been Travis and Connor...but I don't see them anywhere. Have you seen them, Annabeth?" He asked.

"No, but I thought they were going to join me down here. I'm sorry, Lord Hermes, but sometimes your sons are too out of control for me."

"That's okay, Annabeth," Hermes said.

"I did however see someone go on stage not to long before Hermes got here. It looked like whoever it was was carrying something." I stood up. "Come on, I'll help you look for it."

Hermes and Apollo followed me. I had to bit my lip to keep from laughing. For a sun god, he isn't very bright sometimes.

We split up once we were back behind the curtain and I slipped on my Invisibility cap. I walked over to where Percy and Thalia were standing waiting for the note.

"Here," I whispered, taking off my cap with one hand and handing them the note in the other. "I hope you're ready."

Thalia's eyes sparked and Percy's smile brightened my morning.

"I've got to go get people seated. Hurry, okay?" They nodded and laughed and I wished them luck.

Stage 2 done.

-Thalia POV-

"Hey, Hermes!" I called trying to get his attention. "What are you looking for?"

"Oh, I'm trying to help Apollo look for his guitar. Annabeth..." he trailed off, looking around. "Well, she was here a minute ago...Annabeth said that she thought she saw someone come back here with it."

"Oh, well, I haven't seen anyone, and I've been back here for a while... Could you help me out a minute?"

"Oh, um, sure, I guess, what do you need help with?"

"It's this rope over here," I said tugging him toward the middle of the stage. "I'm so horrible with knots."

He smiled and said sure. I positioned him just right and then pointed to the rope. "It's that one." It was positioned in the middle of the curtain, near the stage floor. As he bent to pick it up I said, "I'll be right back, I need some water," and I walked back toward the curtain controller.

-Percy POV-

Annabeth walked away leaving Thalia and I alone. "Good luck," I whispered and we split up.

I found Apollo looking through all the props and decorations. "Whatch'ya doin, Lord Apollo?" I asked and he jumped about three feet in the air.

"Percy! You snuck up on me," He said, rubbing the hairs on the back of his neck.

"Sorry about that," I said. "Can I help you find something?"

"I was looking for my guitar. Have you seen it? I heard it was brought down here, but it's supposed to be locked up in my room..."

I shook my head. "Sorry, but I haven't seen it. Say, since you're here, could you help me for a second?"

"Um, I guess so. What do you need help with, Perseus?"

"Please, just Percy, and it's over here." I led him onto the platform behind the screen. I looked toward the curtain controller's station and saw Thalia nod at me. "It's a little dark in here, I dropped my pen, and these pants don't have pockets. Can you brighten it up a bit for me?"

He smiled and the area around us started to grow bright as day. I walked around and dragged him with me.

"Okay, stand here...and I'm going to look right over here," I told him walking to the side opposite Thalia.

"If you say so, Percy." He said and started humming to himself.

I rounded the corner and started up the ladder to the catwalk. My next task was the silver rain and confetti.

-Third Pov-

The stands were starting to fill up and Annabeth's excitement level grew higher and higher. This is going to be awesome. She said. She watched as minor gods and even a few of the others filled the stands. There's Travis and Connor and Nico. And Poseidon and Hades too; Zeus will be down before long I do believe.

Artemis had brought some of her hunters with her to help with her … plan. They were currently sitting among the crowd in carefully planned seats. Annabeth was glad she had decided not to join them; she simply loved Percy too much.

She caught her moms eye and new it was almost time. Just as Athena sat down, a bolt of lightning struck through the amphitheater, and the curtain wavered, getting everyone's attention. Then, all of a sudden, the curtain was gone, and Hermes was on the stage, staring blankly at everyone in the stands, I started to laugh. Then, Percy dropped the streamers and the confetti. Hermes blinked up at the silver streams raining down from above, and comprehension dawned on his face.

The stage was set up for a play, but I couldn't tell which one it was. It had a lake, and it was set at night with a full moon, so it was the perfect setting for a certain goddess of the moon to have her revenge. As the silver mist continued to rain the lake backdrop was pulled up to reveal Apollo shimmering gold being showered by silver sparkles.

It was so funny, I laughed even harder. Then Athena's owls dropped a banner they were carrying as they passed in front of the stage. At the same moment, 6 silver arrows shot through the air pinning the banner against the stage's pillars. On the banner, in silver paint was the following:

Show my love, I try.

Your ways are stranger than mine.

Yet, I love you still.

- A

Artemis and her wolves came from the wings of the stage and they corralled Hermes and Apollo in a circle. They looked at Artemis and shrank away from her.

"I believe you have something to say," Artemis said to them and their expressions were so priceless, I wish I could have gotten it on camera.

Apollo straightened up and looked directly at her and said, "Artemis, I'm sorry."

She smiled and turned to face Hermes.

"I'm sorry, Artemis. I shouldn't have helped."

"I still thought it was awesome," said Apollo, now covered in silver. "Um, sis? Can you get this off of us now?"

Artemis laughed. "Of course not. That's going to stay on for quite some time. And don't even try to wash it off, Poseidon proved it was water proof."

Thalia and Percy stepped onto the platform.

"Show's over, folks! Thanks for coming out!" They said in unison and everyone clapped, laughing at the looks on the gods faces.

"Well done, my Lady," Thalia said, as Poseidon, the hunters and I joined them on stage.

"So have you learned your lesson?" Athena asked the brothers. Hermes nodded with a smile that clearly said no. Apollo just kept looking around.

"So, are you sure you haven't seen my guitar?" He asked.

"It never left your room," Artemis said shaking her head. "Honestly! If your mind get's much more empty, it'll be as dry as Percy is underwater!"

I laughed then placed my arms around Percy and Thalia's shoulders. "Well done, guys," I said, and we headed back up to the throne room.

AN: So...what do you think? Love it? Hate it? Review and let me know!

Until next time,

~Jezi Raewin