When Zeus got back from talking everyone home, I was still propped up against the tree pain ebbing through my body I didn't have the energy to stand up anymore as everyone crying has made me feel worse. Zeus looked down at me with concern and worry in his eyes which really surprised me, the confusion obviously showed on my face as Zeus hauled me to my feet

"I'll explain when we get you inside, I can't leave my brother out here can I"

With that he supported my wait as I stumbled towards my temporary palace, when we reached my room in the palace Zeus sat me down on my bed and sat next to me my image flickered and I gasped in pain, Zeus reached for me and kept me on the bed and the bolt of pain seared through me

"Why are you doing this for me?"

It really puzzled me I thought Zeus would relish in the fact that I wouldn't threaten his rein anymore not that I did anyway, I wouldn't want all that power

"You're my brother and if it wasn't for you I wouldn't be where I am today"

"What do you mean?"

Don't you remember? When I was small I think you were ten and you would always be there even though mother wasn't"

Images in my mind of Zeus when he was a toddler, I was there teaching him to speak and walk, remembering when he would run off and I would chase him around the palace until he would fly up on top of a bookcase and I would have to wash him down with water. I smiled and chuckled to myself.

"You remember that" I asked

"Of course I remember that if it wasn't for you I would of never learnt to speak let alone walk, it's not like mother would've"

I smiled at the fact Zeus remembered and other scenes replayed in my mind such as when Zeus was refusing to eat and splashed his water all over me of which had no affect and the expression of disbelief and annoyance on his toddler face afterwards. Also when I got him to fly to the top of the door and place a bucket there so that when Father walked through he would get soaked. He was too young to understand what it was for, but the delight on his face when he saw Father get covered in water. I started laughing and Zeus looked at me funny

"What?"

"I was remembering the sorts of things we would do"

Zeus started laughing along with me "do you remember when I shocked you"

"Yes and If I recall correctly you got completely drench because of it"

We burst into more fits of laughter, once we calmed down Zeus looked at me critically

"You really fell hard didn't you?"

I looked up at him and sighed. "I guess I did" with that I looked back down at my knees and my image flickered once again

"Something I've never understood there are so many stunning mortal women in the world and yet you have only ever had 4 demigod children which is why it surprised me when you claimed Percy"

"I agree there are many pretty mortal women, but none of them are special, unique like Sally"

My voice dropped at the end

"You really do love her don't you, what makes her unique?"

"For a start she beautiful inside and out, she's never said a unkind word to anyone in her life or even raised her voice, she is completely selfless but she is also incredibly strong and independent as well as being smart enough to serve in Athena's court, she can also see through the mist which is what drew my attention to her and the list could go on. She had a rather sad life, when she was five her parents died in a plane crash and she had to live with an Uncle who didn't care for her much, she always wanted to be a novelist and spend the whole of high school saving up to have to quit in her senior year to look after her uncle who had cancer and eventually dies leaving Sally with nothing."

"She really does sound special to live through that sort of life" I could see the guilty look on his face like he blamed himself for it "how did you meet her"

I smiled as the fond memory came into my head "I was walking along Montauk beach with my trident which to most mortals looks like a surfboard and she walked up to me and asked 'sorry if I'm being rude, but why are you carrying a trident' I was shocked, she startled me I stood there trying to think of an excuse and I shock of the fact that she could see through the mist when she looked down at her watch and said 'sorry I'm going to be late bye' and sprinted off leaving me standing there"

"That's an unusual way to meet someone, how'd you tell her who you were and still have her love you most of them hate us afterwards"

"I didn't tell her who I was; she already knew I watched her from the aquarium at the restaurant she worked at most of them were rude to her but she just ignored them and carried on working. Eventually I approached her when she sat on the beach staring out onto the waves, I sat down next to her she looked at me and then turned her attention back to the sea finally I asked her what her name was and I remember her saying 'I'm Sally, Sally Jackson and you I figure must be Poseidon' it scared me to Hades so I made a fool of myself by stammering out ' h...how do y...you know?' and she pointed out all the things and I must of had a look of shock and surprise on my face because she started laughing"

I smiled cherishing the memory

"You really do love her"

"yes, yes I do"

"I understand now why you don't have so many kids as you truly love the person you have a child with"

I nodded "and I never have a child with them unless they want a child"

We just sat there for awhile my image flickering occasionally every time it did a fresh wave of pain washed through me

"Poseidon your aura's fading" I looked at Zeus and a new wave of pain went through my body so excruciating that I cried out and Zeus lay me down on the bed

"You need to get some rest Percy and Sally are visiting tomorrow hopefully we will find a solution I don't wanna lose my brother"

This chapter is rather long I hope you liked it :P please give feedback constructive criticism is nice :D