Sea MIA
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Zeus's POV
I glared at the author. The author grinned.
I was about to say something rude when Hera coughed and said "Athena! What were you about to say?"
Athena looked up. "I was about to say that it can't be Gaia, since she's still waking up, the only person who could have kidnapped Poseidon would be Uranus.". Hades gasped. Everyone else looked terrified. No one else would admit it either, but they all thought Poseidon was pretty much one of the kinder Olympians. I didn't want to think what Uranus might do to him. I wouldn't be surprised if he had a broken arm or leg, or a broken anything really.
I noticed Athena and Apollo looking at each other knowingly. What did they know that I didn't? I didn't have a chance to find out then because Percy and Annabeth came flying through the doors. They looked really worried. "My dad was kidnapped!" Percy shouted.
I rolled my eyes and said "We know that! We also know where he is and who his captor is! He's at Mount Othrys, and Uranus kidnapped him, were sending our best to find him, so of course me, Hades, Athena, Ares, Apollo in case he's hurt, and Artemis and her hunters!"
Percy looked rather annoyed. "You don't understand! He could very possibly be hurt or worse," This kid was getting on my nerves. Didn't he think we knew that? "and Chiron told me to come here, because we know something about Poseidon that you don't!". I'm pretty sure I know all there is to know about my brother. I even know his fears! Apollo and Athena glanced at each other again. Hades looked like he knew what these demi-gods were talking about. Then Percy said something that changed my opinion about what I know and don't know about my brother.
"Poseidon is blind". I did NOT see that coming.
"It's true. He's been blind since he was born. His vision returned for a little while, but then, after a training accident…" Athena voice wavered a little. "He's blind for the rest of his life". Wow. Did Athena actually CARE about what happened to Poseidon? It sure seemed like it. Maybe... no, there's got to be another reason.
"If he's blind, I would have noticed. He will sometimes read the announcements aloud to the council, and he reads perfectly. He doesn't seem to have any difficulty." Athena and Apollo looked at each other. Again.
"Whenever you give out papers or whatever to the council, you give them to me to pass out. I always make sure there's a copy in Braille for Poseidon." Athena said, looking a little guilty.
I asked why in Hades she would help out her rival. "I caused the accident that made him go blind". Percy looked like he wanted to murder Athena. "Poseidon says he doesn't blame me for what happened, but it's kind of hard for me not to blame myself for what happened to him…we were both training, and Apollo was on the sidelines muttering something about pancakes, I didn't know that the statues in the arena were a little… well, they were about to fall over. When I threw my spear, Poseidon dodged it… it hit the statue behind him… luckily, he has at least some common sense and he jumped out of the way. Then it kind of started a chain reaction, and Poseidon didn't notice it until it was to late..." I was confused, and it must have shown on my face, because Athena clarified it for me. "The ceiling started to cave in. and we all know that marble is heavy… Lets just say, when Apollo was looking at an unconscious Poseidon, he told me that he would be blind for the rest of his life. When Poseidon woke up, he told me that he was blind since he was born, so it really didn't matter to him, since he was only able to see for a year…" I was absolutely shocked by this news. I looked at Hades, who didn't look at all shocked.
"Hades are you not even surprised by this?"
Hades looked up "I was there". He didn't need to say anymore. I looked at Percy. Something tells me he never knew the extent of what happened to his father to make him go blind, or that he was only able to see for a year. It almost made you take pity on the young demigod and his father. Almost.
"Am I the only person who didn't know that Poseidon was blind for his entire life?" I asked the council. They all nodded. "So you're saying that he just forgot to tell me?"
"No, he just didn't want to tell you. You can get a little…any way, you don't take it so well when a god is handicapped or had a disability" Athena said. "So we just kept it a secret from you". I admit, that was good logic, but how did they keep it a secret for so long? And when did Poseidon ever plan to tell me that he was blind?
"Lord Zeus, I know you're getting over the fact that Poseidon is blind, but the reason I told you is because that seriously puts his life at risk with a titan like Uranus, and we should seriously go save him now!" I just kind of nodded and got up.
This is the end of the chapter! And I just found out that Rick Riordan doesn't get the fan mail sent to him in emails, so you have to write him a letter. Books for Children 114 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10011 This is the ONLY address through which Rick accepts fan mail. If you try to send mail to any other address, it will not reach Rick Riordan! I bet you didn't expect Poseidon to be blind! But it's part of the story, you'll see towards the end why I had to put that in. ANY FLAMES WILL BE USED TO ROAST MARSHMALLOWS WITH MY BEST FRIEND PERCYSGURL101 AND USED TO MAKE S'MORES OVER A CAMPFIRE! And Percysgurl101 guessed the titan correctly. And what Titan-boy refers to. Anyway, I'm not going to say what Titan-boy refers to! You just have to guess through reviews or PM's!