When we reached the throne room the gods were all waiting for us, instead of being in their usual twenty-foot Olympian size they were all average human size. Apollo was the only Olympian not in attendance. Normally when a meeting of the Olympian council is called all the Gods and Goddesses must attend. Apollo however is God of the Sun so he is rightfully excused. He can't hold off bringing daylight west of New York. That would be weird and freak out the astronomers and Physicists… not that they actually know anything.
"I call this meeting to order." Zeus said as a several thunderclaps shook the room and Apollo entered. Zeus must have created a thunderstorm over New York and much of the Mid Atlantic so Apollo could attend. I really have to ask him someday why he isn't the God of Theatre.
"Sorry I'm late, Lord Zeus. I had to put the chariot on autopilot." Apollo said. I could see the earphones in his ears. Apollo was in his usual form a tanned, muscular teenager wearing jeans, a muscle shirt, and hiking boots.
"Apollo, how many times must I tell you to turn that off when we are in SESSION!" Zeus said, getting angry as even bigger thunderclap shook the throne room.
"My apologies. It was a good song though. It had a great mood." Apollo replied. His rhymes really are awful in fact it didn't rhyme at all.
"There is no need for rhyme right now Apollo." Aphrodite told him in annoyance.
"Enough chatter. Lady Annabeth, Lord Jackson and Lord Di Angelo have their plans to present to us." Zeus said. "You may proceed."
Annabeth unrolled the blueprint. I stared at her, how did she expect them all to see it? Even I had trouble reading it when I was right next to her. Annabeth snapped her finger and the blueprint levitated in the air. She then made her hands into fists and then thrust her fingers forward. The blueprint turned into a hologram a 3-D hologram that is. It was fully interactive as well. My eyebrows raised and I stared at her. I hadn't realized she could do that. It must be part of her Olympian powers.
"It is my honour to present to you the new throne room. Percy would you like to present our plan for the throne room itself and then Nico will present his part?" Annabeth asked.
"Sure. We decided the throne room should have a bit more western influence. We decided to combine Greek and Roman Architecture. The throne room will have marble floors and the upper ceiling similar to that of the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol." I gestured to Annabeth to say the rest. I didn't want to do all the talking after all it is a joint plan by the three of us.
"'There will be a series of three semicircle steps. The thrones will be slightly set back on the third one. Marble columns will line the platform in the back. Nico would you present the last part?" Annabeth asked.
"Of course. Outside we will have statues of everybody lining the steps to the palace. Each statue will represent what each person is god or goddess of. The three of us will be under our parents. Zeus's statue will be at the top of the stairs holding his master bolt. The plans for the statues are not complete as we wanted your input on what they should look like." Nico said as he interacted with the hologram.
"Why does Zeus get the largest statue?" Apollo said." I am god of light. Without me there would be no world."
"I'm God Of Wine. Mortals would have very boring parties without me." Dionysus said.
"Wine is not important. Civilization would survive without wine." Aphrodite said in anger.
"Are you calling me unimportant, Love Goddess?" Dionysus said.
"Water is more important. All life depends on it." Poseidon said.
"The sun isn't? There would be no water without the sun." Apollo said in defense. I got a feeling that the new minimal hurricane in the Caribbean heading for Cuba was rapidly intensifying as a result of the gods arguing. That's what happens when the Gods get angry. The whole island of Cuba didn't need to have a storm on par with Hurricane Katrina strike so early in the season so I intervened before their arguing caused a hurricane to hit Lisbon as well.
I put my fingers in my mouth and whistled. "Hey!"
"Percy?" Aphrodite asked stunned that I had interrupted the arguing.
Many of the gods gave me a dirty look. I knew I was going to be hit with a ball of fire or maybe struck with Zeus's master bolt. Not that I would get seriously hurt or anything. I am a god after all and I do still possess the curse of Achilles, which never goes away.
"Why did you interrupt our debate?" Zeus said in anger as he raised his master bolt and tremendous thunderclaps shook the room.
"I have a solution to this debate. How about all the statues are of equal size? And how about you each get to design your own statue? There only rules are they cannot show disrespect for another god and must be of equal size to all the others." Annabeth announced. No one spoke for a few seconds, which was a good sign.
"That is not a bad idea, Annabeth. That is quite brilliant actually." I said.
"Yes, that is quite reasonable." Dionysus said.
"Not a bad idea. I say we put it up for a vote. All those in favour please say aye." Zeus said.
"Aye." About half the gods raised their hands. That didn't surprise me. The gods hardly ever agree on anything if at all. I was amazed they were able to agree on what to make us the gods of.
"Since there is no consensus work on the statues is therefore postponed.'' Zeus ordered.
"It is so ordered that work shall commence on the new throne room while the statues will be postponed as no agreement was reached. You may begin work Lady Annabeth. We have things to do." Zeus said. The other gods once again proceeded to list the things they had to do for the day.
"This meeting is adjourned." Zeus said in one of his grand exits via lightning and thunder. The other gods left us to do our work. Annabeth, Nico and I went to work rebuilding the throne room. There was not much for me and Nico to do. Annabeth being Goddess of Architecture could simply do a wizard like spell movement and make a column appear and change the decor and color of tile. She did let us come with some ideas for designs of the columns and some sculptures. Never the less, it took up most of the day.
When the gods returned they were very impressed with the new throne room. The Gods had a grand Italian feast in our honour. After dinner, I went to help Dad with the hurricane in the Caribbean as well as flooding in Belgium, specifically Brussels, and Vietnam. I wanted to flood Pyongyang but Dad said that was on the schedule in two weeks. Dad likes to plan things. I did however cause heavy downpours and street flooding in Louisville, Kentucky. Annabeth worked on stuff with her mother and Nico did some stuff with his dad.
When I got back to my chamber it was about 10:30 Eastern Standard Time. Annabeth wasn't back yet. I climbed in bed exhausted. I took my shirt off as I got in bed. Annabeth came in a few minutes later and got in bed with me.
"Percy?" She asked.
"Yes, Annabeth?" I asked.
"Can I feel your muscles? I've never gotten to feel those Olympian muscles of yours." Annabeth said. What she was really saying was she wanted to massage me. Why couldn't she just say that?
"Are you flirting with me?" I asked in flirty tone.
"Yes, Seaweed Brain I am." Annabeth said.
"Call me that again and I could blow you into the Hudson River." I said in joking threatening manner.
"Oh really and I could slam you into a brick wall." Annabeth said as she starting rubbing my 8 pack abs muscles.
"Percy, I've been wondering why you're so warm?" Annabeth asked.
"What do you mean?"
"Your skin is burning hot to the touch. Nico isn't like that and neither am I." Annabeth said slightly concerned. Ever since I became a god I've felt very warm like my insides were burning. I've grown used to it but I've been meaning to ask Poseidon and or Zeus about that."
"I don't know. I haven't asked the council about that yet. But it does feel good you feeling my muscles." I said as she started rubbing my huge muscular arms.
"I love you, Annabeth." I said as I yawned.
"I love you too, Percy. Goodnight." Annabeth said as she kissed me.
"Goodnight. I love you." I said as kissed her back. We both closed our eyes and went to sleep. I didn't know it then but things on Olympus were about to get interesting and not in a bad way.