Percy stood frozen for a minute, his hand touching the spot on his cheek were she kissed him. He felt butterflies in his stomach. He shook it off. He was thankful to have her as a friend. Both were against love anyway, so the kiss was a friendly one he told himself before vanishing in a flash of flames.

"I sure am glad we got that chapter finished." Percy said with a smile. "Now, who's up for lunch?" he asked before everyone bolted for the doors leading to the Olympus sized kitchen, leaving the still unconscious Apollo faced down on the white marble floor.

"Come on, love. Let's go get some food." Percy said offering his hand to his wife.

She took it and they both disappeared in a flash of flames.

Chapter 6

When they appeared in the kitchen on Olympus, they were greeted with a rare sight: the gods, sat at a table, having civil conversations.

Zeus and Hera were conversing about the fact that their children had married each other.

Athena and Poseidon were talking like normal people. She kept on apologising again and again for her ex-daughters actions towards his lover and son but Poseidon shot her down and told her that he didn't blame her.

Hades and Demeter were deciding the monthly activities that they would do with Persephone in the Underworld in a civil manner.

Dionysus and Hermes were talking about the beat down Apollo got but had agreed that it was well deserved. The conversation moved onto how awesome Percy's wings were and even Dionysus had to admit that Peter Johnson was overly powerful.

Past Artemis was chatting rapidly with Aphrodite about something and kept giving glances at her older self and future husband so it was fairly obvious that they were talking about her future relationship.

Ares and Hephaestus were comparing combat techniques. Ares would tell his half-brother various combat manoeuvres and Hephaestus would instantaneously make up a collection of various computer sequences to import into his automatons to counter the said combat manoeuvre.

Hestia was stood at the working space of the kitchen smiling warmly as her family conversed like a normal family. It seemed that her champion's presence had had a positive effect on the gods.

While the gods were chatting at the table, the demigods were going that same at various other tables throughout the kitchen.

The hunters were chatting amongst themselves about the fact that in the future, their mistress would break her vow and get married, thus leading to the present time of being nearly 9 months pregnant. Not many of them were happy except (Past) Thalia and the girls who Percy had rescued whist using his 'Blake' alias.

The campers were sat towards the far end of the kitchen, occupying 4 tables. They were talking rather loudly about how their missing friend and leader would become super powerful in the future.

Finally were the group who came from the future. (Future) Thalia was doing an imitation of how Apollo looked when Percy absorbed his blast of godly energy. Chloe and Zoe laughed heartily at the impression.

Suddenly, as if practiced, every single person in the room turned to face Percy and his wife, making them extremely uncomfortable.

"Um, 'sup guys?" Percy said nervously.

Many chuckled at his nervous remark.

"So, what do you all fancy to eat?" he asked causing everyone, except those from the future and his mum and patron, to give him blank looks.

"Really? Does everyone forget that I'm Hestia's champion?" he asked with a smirk. "Anyway, your short term memory lose aside, what do you want? I'm sure Aunt Hestia wouldn't mind helping me conjure up some meals."

"Of course not, my Champion." Hestia said giving her nephew/champion a smile.

Suddenly everyone began to list off their orders. The noise was almost unbearable and it continued for a minute of so before they were cut off with a very loud wolf whistle courtesy of Percy.

"Geez guys. What are you? 5 year old? Please, one at a time." He smiled.

(Line Break)

Finally after everyone had ordered and received their meals, they all ate in silence at a long joint table that the gods had conjured up for them all to eat at. Well it was silence up until somebody *cough*Thalia*cough* decided to be their typical self.

"It was awesome the way you kicked Apollo's ass, Kelp Head." Past Thalia said with a huge smile.

"Um, thanks Pinecone Face." He replied with uncertainty. "I didn't exactly want to do that. Apollo and I are pretty cool back in my time… or is it forward in my time? Anyway… I feel quite bad, to be honest-"

"Yeah, but it was self-defence, Perce" Travis said in a rare moment of seriousness.

"Still… he's like a brother to me and he planned a great stag night… despite the Aphrodite-Stripper incident… sorry, got off topic there. The point is I shouldn't have retaliated and I guess I have a guilty conscience." Percy replied seriously, his face containing a sad expression.

"Chill, Perce. It's not like you did any serious damage; Apollo will be fine." Hermes said, trying to reassure the immortal demigod.

"That, Hermes, is where you're wrong. By the end of the book, you'll see just how powerful my husband is." Future Artemis said, taking Percy's hand in hers.

"Baby, what do you mean?" Zeus asked the future version of his daughter.

"Well, without giving too much away, Percy has enough power to make a major god and perhaps a primordial fade." She said.

The room echoed with a loud gasp courtesy of the room's many occupants.

"W-What?" Zeus asked slightly scared.

"Come on now." Percy said with a smirk. "I don't want to ruin such a great story."

"Since when do you read?" Past Thalia asked.

"Since I lost that bet with Athena and now I have to spend every Sunday evenings reading with her. Surprisingly I didn't want to run myself through after the first session and I just love reading those stories and FanFictions that the mortals make up about the gods. You'd be amazed at how many mortals think that Dad's and Athena's rivalry in ancient times was a ploy and that they were secretly meeting up, going out on dates and entertaining each other at nights." Percy said before breaking into a laugh. "Maybe the mortals could be onto something." He added causing Athena and his father to flush bright red.

"N-No, our rivalry was genuine and besides, I'm married." Poseidon stuttered.

Athena, not trusting her voice, only nodded in agreement whilst trying to get her blush under control.

Everyone in the room burst out laughing at this before Zeus suddenly stopped with a serious expression on his face. "I hope that the mortals speculations aren't true, brother." He said, almost threateningly.

"Don't worry uncle, Apollo and I performed a simple lie detector test." Percy smirked. "We simply asked each of them 10 questions with the promise of destroying/imprisoning their treasures if they told a lie. We threatened to burn down Athena's personal library," he said earning him a glare from a furious Wisdom Goddess. "and threatened to imprison Dad's trident in uncle Zeus' domain." Cue the furious glare from his father. "It's safe to say that the mortal's speculation was false but you can't help but wonder where they get their imagination."

Zeus let out a sigh of relief and smiled at his nephew/son-in-law.

"Wait, what did you mean when you said the 'Aphrodite-Stripper incident?" Zeus asked with a sly smile.

Percy shivered while Future Artemis sent Aphrodite a murderous glare. Aphrodite, in fact, looked excited.

"Well when we announced that were going to get married, Arty here, asked Zoe and Athena to share the responsibilities of the Maid of Honour. I decided to let Apollo plan my stag party and well,.. it was going great until about half way through.

I'd asked Apollo to not get any strippers and he'd seemingly kept his promise but we all know Apollo right. Anyway, we went to Vegas and got kicked out of many bars and clubs. We went to several casinos and had a great time until somebody," he said giving Aphrodite a glare. "decided to ditch the hen party and turn up wearing nothing but lingerie in the middle of the poker table I was playing on. She spent hours trying to get me to sleep with her until mom showed up looking for her.

When she learned what Aphrodite was trying to pull, mom went into a frenzy and lets just say that it took all of Apollo's healing powers to get Aphrodite fixed up for the wedding."

Many people; Hera, Past Artemis, Future Artemis, Past Thalia, Future Thalia, Hestia, Zoe, Chloe, Zeus and Poseidon, glared at Aphrodite causing her to look down at her plate to avoid everyone's death glares.

"The, after our honey moon and after Arty found out, it wasn't pretty. By the time Artemis was done with her, Aphrodite couldn't even beat Typhon in a beauty contest." He said giving his wife a kiss on her cheek.

"Soooooooooooo, the moral of this story is: no trying to bed Percy when Artemis is pregnant and hormonal." Hermes joked earning a chuckle from the male gods.

(Line Break)

They ate and conversed with each other for hours until finally, they made their way back to the throne room.

"You know, there's one thing that I'm curious about." Athena said to Artemis after everyone had re-taken their seats.

"What's that, sister?" replied the pregnant Moon Goddess.

"Well, all goddesses, when they fall pregnant, are only pregnant for 6 weeks at the most but you're nearly 9 months pregnant. Why is that?"

"When we found out that we were going to pregnant, Percy asked how goddesses go through pregnancy and when I thought about it, I wanted to experience how mortals go about pregnancy-"

"Hormones and cravings included." Percy chimed earning chuckles from many in the room.

"The comment from my idiotic husband aside, we went to Hera who blessed us with a mortal's pregnancy and… there you have it." Future Artemis said, slyly rubbing her husband's thigh.

"Oh well I guess that clears it up." Athena mumbled.

"So are we going to read the next chapter?" Demeter asked.

"Wait, what about Apollo?" Percy asked.

"He'll wake up when he's ready." Ares shrugged as Poseidon picked up the book, reading to read the next chapter.

Just as he was about to start reading, a bright flash eliminated the room and when it died down, there stood the Fates.

"We just came by to let you know that another guest will be joining you in a few moments; please wait patiently." Clotho said before the Fates flashed out.

After a few seconds of silence,

"So, who do you think's coming to join us?" Hera asked no one in particular.

"I don't really know." Was the response she got from most of the council.

"Say, son," Poseidon said. "What would you be doing about now I our time?"

"What's the date today?" The Son of Poseidon asked.

"July the 24th 2010."

"Oh… today's quite eventful." Percy grimaced. "Today's the day I almost get raped by Lamia."

"WHAT!" Poseidon, Past Artemis (I know right, jealous much), Hera and Hestia yelled.

"Yeah… I'd just taken a daughter of Ares to camp when she cornered me as I was taking a bath in a lake. She used some sort potion that froze me in place while she tried to make a move on me." He shivered. "Luckily, one of Lupa's wolves came to my aid and distracted her long enough for me to plunge Riptide down her throat."

Artemis gripped Percy's hand in hers before pulling him into a passionate kiss. The kiss lasted minutes before they were broke apart by someone clearing their throat.

Zeus.

"As happy as I am that you're finally married, can you keep the PDA to a minimum please, daughter?"

"Sorry Daddy." Future Artemis said as she, and her past self, blushed heavily.

"Suddenly, there was a flash of light. When the light died down, there stood a half-dressed man with raven black hair and sea green eyes.

Percy Jackson.

Of July the 24th 2010.

AN: So here's the next chapter guys. Hope you enjoyed it because there wasn't much action or drama in this one and I really ran out of ideas for a lunch break.

Someone requested that I add the younger version of Percy to the mix and I thought 'why not?'

Anyway let me know what you think and as always, all reviews and criticism is welcomed.

If anyone has any ideas on some topic I can touch up on, e.g. a flashback on how Percy found his mother and Paul's dead bodies, then review with your suggestion. (I probably won't cover that and it was just an example.

To the ignorant prick that PM'ed me who said:

"This story is a bag of wank and you're ruining the great story that Anaklusmos14 wrote. If I was you I would delete all your stories and then deactivate this account because you're an embarrassment to FanFiction."

My response:

"Fuck you!... It's kinda funny how you are the only person complain about this story and to be quite honest, you seem to be confusing me with someone who actually gives a fuck.

I know I'm not some professional writer and I know I don't have much talent at writing but this is just a hobby for me and to be honest, I don't see you having uploaded a single story in the 3 years that your account has been active.

It must make you feel sooo good to try and put others down because you're ashamed to have no ambition or talent whatsoever.

Oh and by the way, if you're right and I am shaming Anaklusmos14's story by writing this, then it's his job to tell me and no one else's. If he has a problem with it then I'll take it down but I sure as hell won't listen to pompous and hypocritical son of a bitch."

There, rant over.

Thanks for the support guys (minus the dick that I ranted about), it means a lot.

Special shout out to Pluto's Daughter 11:

"Hurry up with you chapters, girl. Your stories are leaving me in suspense and I need my fix. I love 'That Color Silver' and 'Broken'."

Thanks.