Hey guys I am back! Sorry for the long update, but I fractured my face playing baseball, and I have a ton of homework, and I have almost no free time anymore. I don't want to bore you with my problems, but as you can see, I am busy. So this chapter is about the same length as last chapter, but in about two weeks I will update more frequently with longer chapters because that is the beginning of SUMMER! Ok here it is and remember to review.
After I left Athena, I went back to Olympus. I flashed into my palace and changed my clothes to just a t-shirt and a pair of jeans. I walked out of my palace and towards the throne room. As I was walking I heard talking coming from the throne room. Quickening my pace, I walked faster towards the voices. I reached the grand doors of the throne room and opened them. Once I went inside I saw my father and Zeus talking.
"There you are Perseus," Zeus said as I grew to my full height and sat on my throne, "We have been discussing what you have said to us and we have come to an agreement that you are right."
Wow, I didn't know whether to be more shocked that what I said got through to them, or that Zeus just admitted I was right. They must have really come to their senses.
"Yes, we have been discussing what you have said," my dad confirmed, "and we have come to a decision that we will be better gods and not fight as much," he finished. I still can't believed it worked. Now it is time for them to know my plan.
"Good, but now I want to give a suggestion that will help me and all of the gods control the earth," I said looking at both of them.
"Very well, what is it?" Zeus said with a interested look on his face.
"Well, since I am the god of elements, but I also have many other duties controlling time, war, and what not, I am suggesting that we make four new minor gods, that will each have their own element and will serve me," I said.
"Go on," my father said with the same look as his brother.
"They will be the elementals, they will be loyal to me and no one else, but will still do stuff for the other gods, and the four of them will help control each element: air, water, earth, and fire," I said "This will also help focus more on my other duties," I ended.
"Well, that seems like a good idea, but Perseus, if they are loyal to you, then you will have tremendous power in war if we ever go into a civil war," Zeus said pointing out the flaws of m plan. "Think about it, you will have the entire earth on your side because it is made up of the elements, if you ever have battles there, your elementals could help you," Zeus ended.
"Yes, but, I could do that anyway with my own powers, and besides, unless you declare war, there won't be a civil war," I said."That, and most likely, I will be on your side, unless I think you are being irrational," I finished. Wow I am sounding really educated, I don't like it. I have been spending too much time with the other gods and their old and big words are getting stuck into my head.
"Ok, you do have a good point, I guess I will let you put your plan into action, but I have to allow the people you choose, ok," Zeus said with a tired look.
"Ok, I will tell you who I am choosing by this time tomorrow," I said and flashed out.
After flashing out I already had a few people in mind. It would be great to see my friends again, it had been a couple weeks, but it felt like a couple of years. I flashed to the woods next to camp. I walked around and saw that they made new cabins to respect the minor gods. Good, so the gods did listen to my second wish.
I walked until I found a cabin with two gun crisscrossed behind an hourglass, in front of the colors of the elements. The cabin looked really cool, like a fort. I then realized it was my cabin. Deciding to check it out later I kept on walking until I came across a black cabin with skulls on it. I was guessing this was the Hades cabin. I knocked on the door and ten seconds later a half asleep Nico came out.
"What do you want?" Nico said very tiredly.
"Is that how you say hi to a god and to your friend that has been like a brother to you," I said in a fake hurt voice. Instantly Nico stood straight and rubbed the sleep fro his eyes.
"Percy! I thought you would never come back," he said giving me a hug.
"Well I am back, but I didn't come to say hi, I have a proposition for you," I said.
"What is it?" Nico said looking confused.
"Come with me and I will explain later," I said.
"Ok," he said, then as soon as he said that I flashed us out.
I tried to look for a gods power on earth, that was powerful, and in the woods. I finally found one and we flashed there. Luckily we ended up where I wanted to. The hunters camp. We walked around until I saw a big tent into the middle.
"Stay here, I need to talk to Artemis," I said looking at Nico.
"Are you kidding, you may be a god now, but I am not listening to that order, the hunters will kill me if they see me," he said.
"Fine, just be quiet," I said giving up. We walked to the tent and once we reached it we knocked as best as you could on nylon.
"Come in," I heard a voice. We walked in and we saw Artemis sitting in a chair. The tent looked the same way as it did last time, but now, instead of Zoe sitting next to Artemis, it was Thalia. That thought brought back bad memories. I pushed those aside and both me and Nico sat down.
"Percy!" Thalia said and came up to give me a hug.
"Hey Thals, it is good to see you, but I need to talk with Artemis, I will explain later," I said.
She nodded her head and sat back down while I said "Artemis –" but she cut me off.
"I know what you are here for, and it is her choice, but I approve of whatever she wants," Artemis said with a pained expression.
"Good, now Thalia," I said looking at her "Do you and Nico want to be minor gods." I said looking at both of them.
"Can I get some more details," Thalia said.
"Well, I am the god of Time, warfare, – which is just a shortener for everything in war like soldiers, and weapons – elements, and heroes. Now that is a lot of duties, so I am trying to find minor gods that are loyal to me only, and each are gods of one element. This is to help take care of all my jobs, if you both except, I will need to find two more people." I said looking at their shocked expressions.
"Yes of course I will do it, but is it ok with you Lady Artemis?" Thalia said looking over at Artemis.
She had a stern expression but said "If that is what you wish, but you have to tell your sisters," Artemis said like she was close to tears. Thalia's face paled when she remembered the hunters. That is when I had an idea and I could almost hear the ding of the lightbulb going on above my head.
"What if Thalia stays in the hunt but still becomes my elemental?" i said "She would be the minor goddess of the wind, so since the hunt travels so much she could monitor the wind everywhere. Then she would still be your lieutenant and faithful to you, but will serve me and be loyal to me."
Thalia's face brightened and she looked at Artemis and begging with her face. She was so hopeful for this choice it would be a shame if Artemis didn't except.
"Well," Artemis said pausing "It would be nice having a full immortal lieutenant, but on the down side she may need to do her duties asa goddess when we need her," Artemis finished still debating.
"You could have another huntress be a third in command, so when I am not here, the hunt will be fine," said Thalia in a begging voice.
After about another minute Artemis finally said "Ok, but on one condition, you still have to swear off men, so that means no demigods!"
"Yes!" Thalia shouted "Thank you Lady Artemis,"
I looked at Nico and said "Don't thin we forgot about you, are you in, you would be the minor god of earth."
"Of course, why did you even ask, you could have just said ' Come on, your going to be a minor god that serves me'. The answer would have been a yes either way," he said with a 'duh' like expression.
"Ok cool, thanks guys," I said getting up "and make sure you are at olympus tomorrow at 6 o'clock in the afternoon sharp,"
"Ok," Thalia and Nico said.
"Nico, do you want to go back to camp half blood, or do you want to come with me to get the other two people I had in mind?" I said.
"I'll go with you," Nico said smiling, "I want to know who I am going to be working with,"
"Alright then, come on, we should get going," I said as we took our leave. I waved to Thalia and Artemis and said "I will see you both tomorrow," and they waved back then we left the tent.
Once we were out of the tent, I told Nico to get ready and close his eyes because we were going to flash out. Once we were out of the hunters camp I flashed us to an alley in New York so the mortals wouldn't see us.
We walked for about half 10 minutes before I saw a familiar apartment in which I had been living in fr the past couple of years when I wasn't at camp. I walked in and headed straight to the elevator with Nico. I hit the button that said three and we were going up.
I heard a ding and the doors opened. I walked out with Nico and we walked to the left towards the third door and I knocked. Then my mother opened the door and gasped.
"Percy!" she said when she could talk "Your father told me you were a god now, and I didn't think you could visit for a while," she finished while giving me a hug.
"Ya, it has been a bumpy ride already, but it is getting better," I said.
"Well, you will get used to it," she said letting us in. "And who is your friend?" she said noticing Nico for the first time.
"I'm Nico Di Angelo, son of Hades," Nico said shaking my mom's hand.
"Wow, Hades, never met him, but I have heard things about him and Zeus from Percy's father when Percy was just born so I could look out for them, just in case they wanted to kill Percy," she said smiling.
"Ya, he is't the most loving father, but he cares," Nico said sitting down.
"Ok, Mom, I need to ask you something," I said taking a seat.
"What is it?" my mom said with a serious and confused face.
"Well, since I am the god of time, elements, warfare, and heroes, that is a lot of responsibility, but Zeus said I could get elementals, or minor gods that are gods of a specific element. These minor gods could help me control the elements better so I could focus more on my other duties. They would be loyal to me, and then Olympus," I said.
"Go on," my mom said.
"I need to choose them by tomorrow and I would like you to be one of them, Nico and Thalia are already in," I said.
"What will I be the goddess of, water?" my mom said.
"Yes"
"Will I get to see you everyday?"
"Yes."
"Is it ok with your other people you chose?"
"Yes."
"Is it ok with your father?"
"Yes."
"What will happen to Paul?"
"Mom! Stop asking so many questions. Your hyperventilating." I said.
"Ok, but really what will happen to Paul?" my mom asked worried.
"He could be your immortal husband," I said making a quick decision.
"Ok, I will do it, so I can live forever with Paul and you," she said smiling, "but we have to ask Paul,"
"Ask me what?" Paul said walking in the room.
I was about to answer but my mom beat me to it, "If you want to be my immortal husband wile I am a minor goddess of water to help Percy,"
He had a shocked expression but said "Hold on," and left the room. Now it was our turn to be shocked, but he came back 2 minutes later with a worried expression.
"What's wrong Paul," my mom said, but instead of answering he got down on one knee.
My mom gasped and Paul took out a small blue box and said "I was going to do this a little later, but given the circumstances I think now would be a good time, and besides I think I should be the one to do this. Sally would you be my immortal wife when you are a goddess."
"Yes!" my mom cried out and Paul slipped the ring on her finger. It was nothing fancy, just a really big diamond.
"Ok," I said laughing with joy with everyone else "so your in?" I finished. My mom nodded and I got up.
"Ok, Percy we better go so Paul and your mom can have some alone time," Nico said getting up as well.
"Ya, got that right. Well, by mom," I said waving.
"Goodby Percy, I will meet you at the empire state building tomorrow,but what time do you want me there?"
"6 in the afternoon,"
"Ok," and we left. Three down, one to go.
We flashed back to camp and I went straight to the big house. I didn't see Chiron, he was probably teaching archery. I went to the guest rooms in hopes to find Rachel. I found her in the first one. She was listening to her iPod.
"Hey Rachel," I said tapping her shoulder. She turned around and looked at me.
"Percy, hey," she said taking out her headphones and giving me a hug.
"How's it going, being the oracle,"
"It's great,but how did you know, Apollo said no one told you, I wanted it to be a surprise."
"I am the god of heroes, and since heroes ask you for prophecies all the time, and heroes are part of prophecies, I know what goes on," I said.
"Wow that's cool, but I know you didn't come just to visit me, what do you want?" she said smiling.
"You know me too well,but I came here to ask you if you want to be the minor goddess of fire. You would help me in my duties in controlling the elements and you would be immortal," I said not wanting to repeat what I said to Thalia, Nico, and my mom.
"Speaking of Nico, where did he go," I thought to myself. Probably back to his cabin. I was knocked out of my thoughts though when Rachel spoke up.
"I would, but what about being the oracle?" she asked.
"Apollo will let you do both, that is what Artemis did with Thalia, and Apollo being himself will not let Artemis look cooler and nicer than him. Am I right Apollo?" I said looking at the sky. There was a flash of light and Rachel turned of that brightness though, was Apollo.
Apollo looked at me and said "Hey, I am not like that, I just tend to be nicer that Artemis, not for me to look better, but out of the kindness of my immortal heart."
"Ya ya ya, but can Rachel be my elemental?" I asked.
"Sure," he said. "Well, goodby and I will see you at the meeting tomorrow," and with that he flashed out.
Rachel turned to me, smiled, and said "This is going to be so great, I get to be immortal, the oracle, and I get to see one of my best friends almost everyday, that is so amazing," but then her smiled faded. "But what are we going to tell my parents. I know they aren't the best, but I still love them and I don't want them to find out."
"It's ok, you can make yourself seem a little older each time you see them, when your a god you go into the age of your prime, so just make it look like your growing and once they pass away look anyway you want." I said with surety.
"Good idea, thanks Percy I won't let you down, and I will meet you at the empire state building with Nico. Oh, I better go to bed soon," she said looking at the clock "By," she said and I walked out.
"See you tomorrow," I said before I was completely out of sight. Today was a good day, no one I asked said no, I get to see my mom and my best friends forever.
I was walking to the beach thinking about nothing when I saw a blonde and a teenager that looked a lot like Apollo making out. I walked towards my left so I was looking in between them even from about thirty yards away. Once I got a better look I saw it was Annabeth and Will Solace. I got really mad at first and turned away, then I eased down and looked at them once more. I still was pretty mad but I told myself that at least she didn't lie to me and cheat on me about a hundred times as I walked away.
I flashed back to Olympus and just walked around in thought. I kept telling myself all of the 'at least she didn't' sentences so I could ease the pain, but it didn't help the fact that she broke my heart. I just tried not to be mad and be happy for her. I guess the fates didn't want us to be together.
I was walking past the minor gods palaces when I stopped and sat down on a bench. I heard footsteps behind me and I flashed myself a knife and spun around and slashed at the figure. They dodged and held my wrist.
"Who, sorry I didn't mean to alarm you," the person said in a womanly voice. I looked at her face and saw Athena. Instantly all my pain and worry faded away and it felt like I was in Elysium, no better than that. It even felt better than the Isles of the Blest. Just by looking at her literally brightened my day.
"Sorry Athena, I was just thinking," I said in a worried and terrified voice.
"About my daughter?" she said. It wasn't really a question, it was more a statement. I stayed silent and sat back down and she took a seat next to me.
"How did you know?" I asked.
"I saw my daughter and that son of Apollo kissing and I also saw you watching them and storm off," she said "So I came looking for you, to try too cheer you up,"
"Oh, well thank you, you seem to care a lot when I am upset," I said teasing her.
"I do not," she said in a defensive tone, I just don't like it when powerful gods like yourself are upset because it could start catastrophes on earth and harm mortals,"
"Ok, like I told Ares, what ever helps you sleep at night," I said with a smile.
She got angry and I ran. She yelled at me and started running after me. I ran hard, but she kept catching up. It was a good thing I got a head start. She was chasing me like I was her prey. It was funny to see two major gods act like kids chasing each other around, but Athena did that to me. She made secure, incautious of what people think.
Anyway, I ran until I was at the edge of Olympus, I didn't stop though i made cloth appear in between my feet and hands that was attached to them on both sides. I jumped off Olympus and like a flying squirrel, I glided over the night sky. I looked around, and there she was, right behind me and apparently she knew how to use these things because all I knew how to do was glide, and she was spinning and flying towards me fast.
She caught up to me and tackled me, I made our wing like cloth disappear and flashed us back to the bench. She got off me and had a smile on her face.
"Never try to outrun the the goddess of war," she said.
"I let you catch me, I could have used my time powers and slowed you down," I said.
"Yes, you could have, but that would have been cheating, and it is not nice to cheat," she said laughing. I laughed to and thought of something.
"Man you have a talent for cheering me up, but instead of kneeing my man hood this time can you do me a favor?" I asked in a begging kind of voice.
"Sure, what can I help you with?" she said.
"I was wondering if you had any ideas you could give me for a weapon, I mean no offense, but I am just as powerful as the big three, so I think I could have a weapon like my father's trident or Zeus's master bolt."
"I think you are right, and as a matter of fact, I do have an idea in mind, I will tell you and you can tell the cyclops at your father's forge, they did built Zeus's bolt after all," she said.
"Ok, what do you have in mind?"
"I was thinking you get a sword that is half Stygian Iron, and half blue colored celestial bronze, with an hour glass on the handle on the celestial bronze side, and the element symbols all clashed together on the other side," she said.
"Go on," I said liking this idea.
"The special thing about the hour glass and the elements clashed together is that it will allow you to control those specific powers through the weapon, and I think it will look amazing." she said like she was all proud of herself.
"Ok, why don't you come to my father's palace with me so you can tell the cyclops exactly how to do it, because it seems like you have it all planned out," I said amazed at the weapon choice she made for me.
"But your father doesn't like me very much," she said uncertain.
"Trust me, he won't do or say anything if you're with me," I said.
"Ok, lets go," she said still a bit worried. Then we flashed out.
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