Arianna's POV
As soon as we arrived at Delos, I sent my Father and the rest to the throne room while I headed straight to the armory.
The moment I saw him I gasped at how much we resembled each other but it doesn't matter now I told myself. He will find out the truth.
My lieutenant - Katie - saw me first. She immediately bowed, "Princess."
I nodded towards her, "I see our guests are making themselves comfortable. Have the Hunters arrived?"
"Yes, Your Highness. They were led by Phoebe since Thalia was with Lady Artemis though I am assuming she is here as well."
"You are correct. Round up the Hunters, your soldiers, and my Brother's army. I want you to patrol around the island in groups of five. Divide yourselves evenly. I want any suspicious activity reported directly to me. Understood?"
She nodded.
"You are dismissed."
When she left, I turned towards my brother and his companion.
"I would say 'Nice to meet you' but then we all know I am lying. Nevertheless, I welcome you to Delos, birthplace the Twin Archers - Apollo and Artemis."
"Who are you?" asked Annabeth.
"My name is Arianna. Now we must go. The gods and your parents are waiting, Percy."
When we arrived at the throne room, it was very quiet.
The rest of the Olympian Council and Hestia had arrived and were sitting on human-sized thrones. The only difference was that at the head of there were two thrones and Nico was already seated on one, meaning the second was for me. The demigods were seated on a couple of couches along with Sally and Paul, Percy's parents.
When Sally saw Percy, she immediately engulfed him in a bone-crushing hug as she sobbed into his shirt. Percy hugged his mom tightly reassuring her that he was okay.
When Sally saw me, she gasped. I mean she hadn't seen me in over nine years.
"Ari?" she asked. "Oh, my baby! Is that you?"
"Hey, Mom," I said quietly.
Annabeth gasped at the same time Percy said, "MOM?"
"Surprise?" Thalia and Nico said in unison.
Percy looked at his cousins with pain in his eyes, "You guys knew?"
"It was kind of impossible not to," said Thalia, "cause if she needed to get away she was with the Hunt."
"Or training in the Underworld," added Nico.
"Why didn't you guys tell me?" asked Percy.
"We were bound by oath," Nico said.
"Why?"
"For the same reason Thalia and Jason were separated," Said Triton as he flashed in.
I glared at him. I was still mad at how he treated Percy the first time they met. I mean, he got along well with me so why can't he get along with Percy as well.
"Only much worse," said Amphitrite.
"What do you mean?" asked Annabeth. "How can it be much worse?"
Hera sighed, "It has never been heard of that a Greek demigod and a Roman one would be born into the same family until Thalia and Jason. What happened with Poseidon is that Sally saw both sides of him both Greek and Roman. Arianna and Percy are neither Greek nor Roman, they are both." She raised her hand to stop the questions before continuing, "Even though they are both, they still showed dominant traits. Percy was more Greek than Roman and Arianna more Roman than Greek though she has now mastered both."
"I still don't get why they were separated," said Frank.
"Mom couldn't take care of two demigods because monsters would eventually find us," I said. "When Amphitrite found out, well, she took pity, maybe? Well, anyway she wanted a daughter so well, she manipulated the Mist to make it seem I was kidnapped but then felt guilty a few months later. So she told Mom the truth and Mom understood that she was just trying to help. Mom agreed but I had to visit her at least once a year but I was not able to visit her since I was six years old. I was too busy training."
"Then where were you during the Titan War?" asked Annabeth.
I glared at the gods especially Triton, " Grounded in the Underworld."
"But the gods don't get along and isn't Hades suppose to hate you because you are a daughter of Poseidon?" asked Annabeth.
Hades scoffed. "Is this how we are represented to the demigods nowadays?"
I laughed. "Well, you guys do get into your roles quite well."
"Roles?" asked all the demigods in unison including Nico.
Hestia laughed, "The gods do get along quite well, young demigods. It's just that we do get into some fights like normal families. Unfortunately, that includes trying to appease each other, as well."
"He tried to kill me!" exclaimed Thalia.
"Zeus kept you a secret, dear," said Hera whilst glaring at her husband.
"I still don't get how an arranged marriage appeased Uncle Hades as well," said Triton.
Nico and I's eyes grew wide as Percy looked murderous and Sally looked as if she was about to have a heart attack.
"ARRANGED MARRIAGE?" asked Sally.
Poseidon, Hades, Amphitrite, and Hera all paled.
"They're thirteen!" exclaimed Percy.
"Technically, Nico's over seventy," I said. "And well it was more of an assurance?"
"Assurance how?" asked Sally.
I looked down ashamed and Nico put his arm around me. "I don't want to talk about it," I whispered.
Annabeth looked as if she wanted to know more but a glare from her mother silenced her.
"Why didn't you marry a Roman?" asked Piper. "I mean, you are more Roman right?"
"Because neither Hades or Zeus have any more Roman Children," Athena said.
"But we have a younger sibling," said Jason.
Thalia looked at her brother questioningly, "What do you mean, Jason?"
"We have a little sister," he insisted.
Thalia shook her head, "No, we don't."
"We do, she's two years younger than me and looks exactly like me."
"Jason, I don't think we do," said Thalia.
"We do. Her name was Andromeda Grace."
The gods and I paled in realization.
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