Percy's P.O.V

I stepped into the stone-covered hallway flooded with people chatting, laughing or simply standing. Without any further hesitations, I walked forward and pressed the button of the elevator on which engraved were the initials "ESB" written in a somewhat majestic font. "Empire State Building" I thought. I approached the portier.

"Going up to Olympus." I said.

He looked at me as if I was mentally ill. I reached into my pocket, pulled out a golden drachma and held it in front of him. His facial expression turned into a more normal one. The portier sighed.

"A lot of traffic today." He mumbled with annoyance.

He walked towards the elevator door and inserted his key card underneath the elevator button. Immediately, the elevator door opened. I stepped in. To my right there was a ridiculously looking floor button-board. It was big enough to fit about 50 buttons but only one was on it, placed exactly in the center with the Greek letter Omega engraved on it. I pressed the button and the elevator began to ascend.

After a while, it stopped and the doors opened. I saw the enormous temples, buildings and parks that were located on Olympus, the home of the Gods. I started to walk to the main temple, on my way passing trees that grew diamond apples, water that turned any item into gold and many other magical, or god-like, creations. The main temple emerged right in front of me. I marched up the numerous steps on the stone stairway. On top, I saw a centaur sitting behind a giant desk. He had glasses on and was reading something. He slowly looked up and his eyes rested on me.

"How can I help you, Mr. …?"

"Percy, Percy Jac…" I felt that I was being cut away from reality by something. My eyes pulsed arythmically. Involuntarily, I grabbed my head and held it firmly with my hands. I heard in my head "Hurry up Percy, there is not much time left…". The voice was soothing and the pain seemed to be leaving, however I knew that the person speaking to me in my mind was in extreme pain. I recognised the voice as Calypso's. The whole sensation went away,

"Are you all right?" the centaur asked, pretending to care.

"Yes, I am. I'm Percy Jackson and I'm here to speak with Lord Zeus." I sound both confident and humble.

"Ah yes, the King of Gods foresaw you coming. Please, enter." The centaur made a hand gesture welcoming me into the temple. I walked past him and he went back to reading some very thick book. I passed the rows of massive columns and reached the throne room filled with the thrones of the Gods around a semicircle. I remembered how I once tried to sit on my dad's throne and he did not like it. All the seats were vacant apart from one, the center one on which sat Zeus, the Lord of the Sky.

I approached him slowly and bowed before him.

"Lord Zeus," I started "I wish to address you on the matter of…"

"I know what you want Perseus Jackson," he interrupted "but to even think of coming here and speaking of that matter was foolish enough, not mentioning actually coming to Olympus and asking me any favour for that wretched girl."

"But Lord Zeus…" I tried to say something but, again, the King of Heaven wouldn't allow me to.

"Do not ask me of such things, Perseus!" he shouted "I have no intention of releasing that traitor from her curse, no matter what you say. She has mistreated us and shall pay the price for her arogancy."

I sighed.

"Lord Zeus," he seemed to be annoyed with my constant tries of asking him to release Calypso from her curse. " I ask of you a favour for my help with the war against the Titans. I have turned down your offer of becoming a God, the highest possible honour, as I simply didn't want anything then. I have everything I need and don't want more. Now, that Calypso is in great pain, I ask of you to release her from her curse. You must agree with me, Lord Zeus, that what I want from you is less than what you wanted to give me."

"But she has spat on the Gods!" Zeus roared with outrage.

"After all the centuries of being imprisoned on an island alone, she has become bitter. You can't blame her for that, you put her there.

I seemed to have a point as Zeus' didn't look so angry anymore, more like he was thinking about something.

"So this is the only thing you want, is it? The girl relieved from her suffering?" he asked.

"Yes." I replied.

"Fine, I will agree to this but only under one condition. You never will ask me or any of the Gods for anything. Do you agree to these terms, Perseus Jackson?"

I didn't even hesitate, the urge to save Calypso took over me and I replied.

"Yes."

Zeus closed his eyes and reopened them very quickly. He wasn't sure if he had done good but at least he knew that I would never ask him for anything again.

"I understand that you want to go to Ogygia now?" he asked.

"Yes, if that wouldn't be a problem, Lord Zeus." I replied.

He sighed and lazily waved his hand. My surroundings became blurry and fuzzy but soon began to sharpen revealing the ordinary view of the island that Calypso was left to dwell on. I looked around. Everything was like I remembered it.

"Percy?" a familiar voice asked from behind me. I turned around.

What I saw was beauty. Pure beauty. A girl stood just in front of me smiling warmly. I was shocked. Suddenly, I forgot about Annabeth, all I could think of was this stunning person that made Aphrodite look bad compared to her. Her skin was slightly tanned and matched perfectly with the colour of the sand. Her brown, long, curly hair hung just below her shoulders. She wore a light blue dress that made her look even more pretty.

"Calypso," I gasped. "It really is you. I made it in time."

"Yes, you did. You're my hero Percy, you'll always be." she stepped forward once. I couldn't explain what I was feeling now, all I could describe was an awful tingling in my stomach. I remembered the last thing I told Calypso in the cave when she contacted me through her dreams. It made me feel even more strange. She now stood right in front of me, looking up into my eyes.

"Percy." She spoke slowly trying to make every word she said count as much as it could be possible. "I love you. Ever since you came onto this island."

I leaned over her slightly and kissed her. She grabbed me by the neck and we both fell onto the sand holding each other tightly. The feeling was amazing. It was nothing like the kisses I had with Annabeth, these ones were magical, something was different about them. For a moment I felt like I was suffocating and needed to grab some air but it felt to good to stop and also because Calypso was holding me so tight and close to her. Her body was warm, pleasantly warm. She stopped and moved back a bit looking deep into my eyes.

"I surely hope you aren't leaving now." She said granting me one more of the gorgeous smiles she had. We both laughed.

"Definitely not." I answered and she pulled me to her once more.