Chapter 7

New Friends

"Well that was fun." Jason said breaking the silence that had surrounded them since they got on the train in Virginia. They had been silent for the entire ride to Kansas. As they got off the train in the afternoon to wait for the next one Jason felt the need to break the silence, it was just awkward to him.

Unfortunately for him Percy had no interest in talking, he was lost in his own thoughts and extremely scared of Jason to tell the truth. He was right there watching him fight and it was almost like he was different person when he was fighting. How could one person cause that much destruction on his own and not be a god? However he was pulled out of these thoughts as he was smacked in the head by an irritated Jason.

"Why would you do that?" Percy whined rubbing the new bruise.

"Serves you right," Jason laughed "if you're gonna live with me you can't just sit there sulking or be quiet, I'm antisocial myself but it doesn't help to keep everything in your head." He said as he remembered something, "So what were you thinking about anyway?"

Percy turned and looked at him nervously "How are you so strong?" Jason rolled his eyes and mentally groaned at this question, the one everyone asks, it was starting to get old for him. He sighed and started the long story.

"The same reason why you're such a mature seven year-old, life experience. All of my powers, all of my strength, all of my sheer willpower comes from my experiences in the multiverse. From fight aliens to building robots, everything I am comes from what I've done in the past."

"What kind of powers do you have then? Percy asked trying to see if he was really as strong as he thought.

"More than I can remember at one time that's for sure." He laughed for a bit then calmed down "I'm not kidding though I can never remember them all at once. But I do know that I have my Fire Dragon slayer magic and earth bending, as well as enchanting and I have several others that I can't seem to use right now for some reason, I have no idea why though." He mused to himself as he looked over toward the sky above the station. He grinned to himself as he said, "and now I'm sure that I also kept my ability to tell when people are watching us, so why don't you to come out from hiding and talk to us."

Percy was starting to get freaked out since by any sane person's point of view Jason was just talking to nothing, and it brought back bad memories.

Then something unexpected happened, a shadow pooled on the ground in front of them and a figure rose in front of them. A tall muscular pale man with eyes as black as tar and shoulder length black hair that looked like shadows, he wore black robes that looked like they were sewn together out tormented faces that moved in throes of agony. The man radiated power that would make you want to bow down in front of him and listen to his every command.

Next to the new man a burst of fire appeared and from it a woman materialized. She looked the exact opposite of the man, a kind and gentle face with warm brown eyes that was framed with ringlets of brown hair, the woman wore a modest brown dress and no make-up. She gave off a warm inviting aura that made you just want to kick back and relax, which really clashed with the aura from the man next to her.

"Lord Hades, Lady Hestia, it's an honor to meet you both." Jason said as he bowed to both of them.

"So how did you know?" Hades asked

"Well I've always been able to tell when people are watching me, and the moving shadows kind of confirmed that." Jason said with a smirk and Hestia grinned at her brother's embarrassed face.

"Hmm, are you sure this is the same one that insulted Zeus and half the council Hestia? He seems to have a rather good sense of respect." Hades mused rather enjoying a mortal showing him respect rather than fear or hatred.

"Yes brother I recognize him, although he is acting differently than he did on Olympus." Hestia said her eyes glowing with curiosity.

"That's simple," Jason inserted, "I show respect to those who have earned it and you two are probably my favorite gods. Hades is the lord of the dead and riches and I can relate to him as being the oldest who almost no one appreciates." Hades grinned at this. "And Hestia is a goddess who doesn't desire anything but peace and will willingly give up power, that's a rare trait in people in general, gods or mortals." Hestia smiled warmly.

"Well I'm glad someone recognizes my good qualities." Hades said with a smug grin. "What did you mean when you said you could relate though?"

"I have four younger siblings and I ended up helping raise half of them." Jason said a bit sour.

"I see and is this one of them?" Hades said as he spotted Percy who was hiding from them.

"No, this is Percy, a boy I found in Central Park in New York the other night." Jason said trying to hide Percy from Hades knowing what his response would be if he saw him. He hadn't noticed yet so he might just-

"POSEIDON BROKE THE OATH AS WELL?!"

'Well… shit' Jason thought as he put himself between Hades and Percy and Hestia tried to hold back her brother. To make it worse Hades began to rant.

AN: Merry Christmas everyone. For all those who might complain that i'm ripping of a certain writer (À̶n̸̡a͞͝k͘͏l̵͏̕̕͟u̕͘͜͡s͏҉m̵̵͟͠͏o̷͟͞s̴̛͏̛͟ ̸̕̕͝͞1͡͞4̸̀͘͘ ) well not everything can be original can it?