Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians
AN: Three and a half weeks after Percy left Camp Half Blood for Atlantis
Chapter 3: Visiting Olympus
Percy's POV
It's been over a week since I had the run in with the Megalodon shark and the burns on my back have almost healed completely. From what my dad told me, if I had been any other demigod I would have been dead with these burns, but right now I could barely see any signs that I had been burned. This whole healing in water trick is pretty cool. I got out of bed and got ready for the trip to Olympus. Dad would be picking me up in thirty minutes. I finished and got dressed in a green dress shirt with a pair of navy blue dress pants and my best leather sandals. On Atlantis sandals are the big thing and the ones my dad gave me were incredible. They were leather, but they had celestial bronze straps with leather on the bottom and the soles of the sandals were a greenish blue color. I looked in the mirror and noticed for the first time that my hair had grown to my shoulders and that my skin color had lightened. Not that I was pale by any means, but my skin was now a normal tan instead of my usual surfer dude tan. Suddenly, my dad appeared in front of me.
"Percy are you ready?" Poseidon asked.
"Yes, I have my bag and I brought my guitar just in case Theseus wants to play." I said.
"Good, I know you've been unable to practice here in Atlantis, so I hope you can play on Olympus." Poseidon said as he put his hand on my shoulder and we dissolved into a green-blue mist. We reappeared a minute later and we were standing in the throne room garden on Olympus. I noticed that all of the flowers were in bloom and the trees were full of leaves. The garden was a rainbow of color and smelled wonderful.
"Where are we going first, dad?" I asked.
"To my apartment, so you can put your things away, then I have a council meeting to attend." Poseidon said. We walked to my dad's apartment on Olympus it was only about a block away from the throne room. The apartment was about the size of my cabin in camp. There were three bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen and three bathrooms. The walls were made of beautiful Olympian marble and the view out the front window was incredible. You could see the entire city, Olympus gleamed in the sunlight and I couldn't believe how beautiful it was. I thought of Annabeth and all the work she put into this city, she had done an amazing job so far. I put my stuff in the bedroom I would use, the bedroom was painted a greenish blue color that was very similar to my eye color, there was a bed, two closets and a desk with one of the special computer terminals that my dad let me use in Atlantis. I walked out of my room and dad asked, "Are you ready to go?"
"Yes, let's go!" I said.
We walked the block back to the throne room and entered the beautiful marble building. I noticed now that the throne room was broken into two sections one for the council of twelve and the other for all of the minor gods. We walked to the Olympian throne room and opened the double doors and entered. All of the Olympians were there except for my dad who hurried over to his throne and sat down. I made my way to the guest section that was over to one side of the room. I didn't see anybody else there at the moment. I waited while the gods discussed some business regarding reconstruction, primarily regarding infrastructure improvements. When they were finished they all started to disappear except for three particular gods, my dad, Theseus and Athena.
"Percy, come here son." Poseidon yelled to me. I walked over and was gang hugged by my brother and his wife. When we broke apart I just smiled and started to laugh.
"What's so funny?" Theseus asked with a smile.
"Well, you all act like I have been gone a year already." I said sarcastically.
Theseus and Athena just looked at me and smiled.
"It feels like you've been gone that long." Theseus said.
"I see that you're wearing the head band that Hephaestus forged for you." Athena asked.
"Well, that's why I couldn't tell you were here." Theseus said.
"He has to wear it at all times as you know. That's the primary rule of the training. He has to rely on his own power not on others. He has enough strength to be dangerous, he doesn't need help." Poseidon said.
"How's camp?" I asked.
Theseus and Athena gave me a knowing look. "Annabeth is fine Percy, but she misses you a lot." Athena said.
"How do you know I was talking about Annabeth?" I asked.
"Come on brother, I don't even need to have our mental link to read you." Theseus said.
"Besides Annabeth has missed you a lot, she even avoided the first capture the flag, but I finally talked her out of her funk." Athena said with smile.
"Good, I don't want her to miss out on her last summer as a camper." I said sadly remembering that I would miss out on my last summer.
"Well, we have to be off, we both need to go to camp, but we'll be back later." Theseus said. He and Athena disappeared into a golden light.
"Son, if you want to get your guitar I believe Hermes and Apollo are practicing in the ballroom." Poseidon said with a wry smile.
"Sounds great" I said. I ran out of the throne room and made it back to my dad's apartment. I grabbed my guitar case and ran to the ballroom. The ballroom was a beautiful white marble building surrounded by four large Corinthian columns on each side and at the top of the building were carvings of the gods in battle against their enemies. I ran into the building, I heard a keyboard and drums being played. As I entered the main ballroom I saw Apollo and Hermes on the stage practicing. They're eyes lit up when they saw.
"Percy get up here and help us practice!" Apollo yelled as Hermes nodded in agreement.
"Guys, I have a song I would like to practice with you." I said as I began to play the song on my guitar.
"That's a good song." Apollo said as he began to play it as well, then Hermes joined us with his drums. Once we all were playing in rhythm together I began to sing the song, "Move Along" from The All-American Rejects.
Go ahead as you waste your days with thinking
When you fall everyone stands
Another day and you've had your fill of sinking
With the life held in your
Hands are shaking cold
These hands are meant to hold
Speak to me, when all you got to keep is strong
Move along, move along like I know you do
And even when your hope is gone
Move along, move along just to make it through
Move along
Move along
So a day when you've lost yourself completely
Could be a night when your life ends
Such a heart that will lead you to deceiving
All the pain held in your
Hands are shaking cold
Your hands are mine to hold
Speak to me, when all you got to keep is strong
Move along, move along like I know you do
And even when your hope is gone
Move along, move along just to make it through
Move along
(Go on, go on, go on, go on)
When everything is wrong we move along
(Go on, go on, go on, go on)
When everything is wrong, we move along
Along, along, along
When all you got to keep is strong
Move along, move along like I know you do
And even when your hope is gone
Move along, move along just to make it through
(Move along)
(Go on, go on, go on, go on)
Right back what is wrong
We move along
When I finished singing I looked up from my guitar and standing in the floor of the ballroom was Annabeth with tears in her eyes. Behind her I could see Athena and Theseus smiling, but I really couldn't take my eyes off my wise girl. I put away my guitar in a hurry and jumped off the stage and ran to her. We engulfed each other in a huge hug. I lifted Annabeth off the ground and spun her around in the air for a few seconds before I lowered her feet to the ground. We pulled apart slightly and looked into each others eyes. We were both crying, I reached down and wiped away her tears and said, "I can't believe you're here. I've missed you so much."
Annabeth just stared at me and smiled, that smile that always takes my breath away.
"Oh, Percy I've missed you too!" Annabeth said as she reached up and kissed me softly. I felt electricity as her lips met mine and I returned the kiss passionately.
"It is so good to see you. You look tired." I said.
"I am a little, I haven't slept very well since you've been gone. You look different, your tan is lighter and your hair has grown so much." Annabeth said.
"I know, do I look bad?" I asked.
"No, just different, but a good different." Annabeth said nervously as she looked into my eyes.
We spent the next two days together on Olympus. Seeing all there was to see in the city. Annabeth would watch me practice with Apollo, Hermes and Theseus. I would watch her work with Athena on plans for new buildings in the city. Then the time came that I dreaded, I had to get back to Atlantis. Annabeth and I were in the flower garden just talking and keeping each other company when Poseidon appeared in front of us.
"Percy, I'm afraid that we have to go son." Poseidon said sadly.
I saw tears well up in Annabeth's eyes, so I wiped them away.
"Be strong wise girl, I want you to enjoy this year and hopefully we will have another visit on Olympus, you never know." I said.
Annabeth stared at me and smiled. "It will be hard, but I promise to have fun at camp and to have a good year." Annabeth said.
"I promise to succeed with this training and when I return, you will be the first person I will see." I said. I leaned down and kissed her softly and then I walked over to Poseidon and we disappeared into a green-blue mist. My last sight of my wise girl was of her beautiful gray eyes and her hopeful smile, I'll remember that image always.
AN: I know another short chapter, but we all knew that this was just a little filler chapter for upcoming adventures in Atlantis. As Percy said there may be another rendezvous in Olympus, you never know.
