Like Fools And Horses

Chapter 7

~Getting to know you~

Hi mi amigos :') Here is the next chapter :') I hope that you like it :')

Thank you to CrazyPeanutAttack- Thank you! Hehe, ahh I know the film didn't portray Sally as I hoped that they would :'( hehe Balletdancer5678- Thank you! Here it is hehe :') Tratie-Zutara-and-Perlia-Fan- Sorry! :'( Had to do it for the plot hehe thank you for your review! :') Pandastyle- Thank you! Here is the update! Oh I listened to the song, one word- amazing! Love it! Hehe :') aesir21- Thank you! hehe hope you like this chapter too! :) Skye222- Thank you hehe! Here is the next chapter, as for Annabeth I believe that you shall be seeing a bit more of her in this chapter, all shall be explained hehe :') dalulzing- Thanks for the review, sorry again about the confusion lol :') emthereble- Thank you for your review! Hehe glad that you liked it! Hope you like this chapter too! :') Avardsin- Thank you! Hehe I know right! Ahaa :') amist- Thank you for your idea, I kind of forgot about the fates ahaa, I shall try and include them in the future chapters to mix things up a bit ;) hehe

Thank you to everybody who alerted/ favourites for this chapter and the last chapter! So sorry that I forgot about it in the last chapter, my mind has been all over the place and now trying to find the e-mails to get everybody's names is just a nightmare ahaa :') I will try and organise my life soon ahaa :')

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PERCY JACKSON! :D hehe August 18th, the great day which Percy Jackson was born (in the fiction world obviously) and a day before my birthday! :D Yep, tomorrow I am turning 15 and going to V-Festival to celebrate hehe :D

I am going to do something a little different in this chapter- including the point of view of other characters hehe, I was just going to make this a one point of view story but it is vital for the chapter hehe hope you like it! It's going to start off in Percy's POV as usual and then I will indicate when I am going to change it.

Luckily after I had stormed out of the throne room I bumped into Apollo, quite literally. I told him the situation and thankfully he understood and guided me back to his palace, where he told me I was welcome to stay until my palace was ready. Of course what he actually meant by that was I had no other choice other than to stay with him, unless I really wanted to face the other Gods and ask them if I could stay with them after I just blamed them for my mother's death...maybe that wasn't the best idea I've had in a while but I am not going to bottle these emotions inside, I have a right to be angry with them and they need to realise this. Obviously I can't let them think that they are going to get away with everything they have done and put me through, hell no.

I collapsed on the bed in the spare room, my mind was too tired to even try and comprehend what was going on and all the thoughts that were building inside of my brain. My mother is gone. I am stuck with the same people for the rest of my life, who annoy the hell out of me and expect me to just get on with it and on top of that I still have a daughter to take care of. Normally when I am stressed out like this Sophie pushes me out of the door and tells me to get some fresh air and to find a way to clear my mind. Of course I can't do this now because I am confined to Olympus according to Zeus and it looks like I am going to be grounded for the next one hundred years or so. Now I understand why Dionysius is so moody and uptight all the time, being grounded is not fun...but at least he can escape Olympus by going to camp, I'm just stuck here. I just hope that I don't end up as sour as a grape just like him, no pun intended.

I didn't realise that I had fell asleep until I vaguely heard Sophie sneak into my room and snuggle up to my chest. I pulled her into a hug; this wasn't easy on the both of us. All of her life I always told her about how great her grandmother was and how we would spend loads of time together in the future and then when we finally visit her, she dies. Having a proper family was both of our wishes, but for now it is just the two of us, the way that it always has been and always will be. Maybe it's for the best, as long as we have each other than nothing can go wrong.

I was woken up, once again, by somebody shaking my shoulder. I opened an eye and looked down at Sophie, who was still asleep. My opened eye wandered around the room until it landed on my father. I opened my other eye and guilt started to eat away at me...I basically blamed him too for all of this and he didn't deserve it. I've lost two parents in the matter of a day that has got to be some sort of record.

"Morning Perce, how you feeling?" he asked in a gentle voice.

I shrugged "The same. That's all it's ever going to be like isn't it? Just the same"

He pulled me into one of his rare hugs "I am so sorry about your mother Percy, I wish that I could have done something to stop it...or even better I could have done something to stopped all of this, you could have been living a normal life with a wife, children, a good job and I didn't try hard enough to stop the Gods from forcing you into one of us..."

"Dad, stop" I told him "It wasn't your fault and I don't blame you in any way"

"But we..."

I interrupted him "No Dad, they! Them, I may blame them for what they have done but in no way do I blame you. You've been here for me when I've needed you and you fought my case for when I wanted to see Mum. Even though the visit had a terrible ending I'm glad that you still let me visit her and you didn't make me go back to Olympus when you said we had to"

"Ok then Percy, I didn't come here to argue with you and the best that I can do now is give my apologises, whether you accept them or not is up to you" he said "Anyway changing the subject, I thought that you would like some time alone so I got Annabeth to work overnight and your palace is finished. We can take care of Sophie and you can explore and just...clear your mind"

I nodded "Thanks, I may have to take you up on that offer"

"You should, only Annabeth is there putting some finishing touches on the place, you probably won't even see her, and Sophie needs to get to know the Gods anyway" Dad said.

"And it would be a good place to get some down-time" I added "Alright, look after my little girl though; otherwise I will not be happy"

He held up his hands and chuckled "Ok, ok point taken, go get ready"

Before I left I asked "Do you know where any of my clothes are?"

Dad threw some to me from the drawer next to him and I went to take a long shower. Any way in which I can kill time is good to me. It's been two days and I already feel restless, what am I meant to do with eternity?! Leaving the matter alone in my mind, I stepped out of the shower, willed myself dry and put on my clothes. Then the obvious though occurred to me...how would I even know what my palace even looked like?

"Hey Percy! You're up! Great come on, you have to see your palace man, it looks awesome!" Apollo exclaimed and pulled me out onto the grounds of Olympus.

I guess I have just found my tour guide.

Sophie's POV

I woke up and found that Dad was nowhere to be found, instead I found Poseidon happily sitting in a nearby chair next to Apollo playing cards.

"Having fun there are we?" I asked making them both jump and lose their cards.

"No fair Soph! I was actually winning for a change!" Apollo scowled.

"Don't scowl" I warned "It makes you look older"

Apollo's face fell and Poseidon and I burst out laughing.

"I shall never scowl again" Apollo vowed.

"Okay...so where's Dad?" I asked.

"We suggested that he have some alone time, just to think things through" Poseidon explained "He is in your guys' palace now and I'm sure he'll show you around later...but for now you get to hang out and get to know the Gods!"

"How...fun?" I replied.

"Come on Soph! It won't be that bad" Apollo told me.

"On the contrary I think it will" I disagreed "I'm quite sure that the rest of the Gods are pretty miffed with how Dad shouted at them yesterday and then having to hang around with a kid for the day must seem very boring to them"

"You see, that is where you are wrong. Us Gods are down with the kids, we know how to speak and connect with you, init" Apollo laughed.

"Please do not ever say that word again" I begged "It makes no sense whatsoever! What is in what? And there should be a pause between 'in' and 'it' seriously, are some people illiterate?!"

"Wow...and that is where the Annabeth/ Athena side of her comes in" Poseidon commented.

"Just saying" I sighed.

"Anyway...why don't you get ready and we can get this day started?" Apollo suggested.

"Or I can stay in my PJs and be lazy for the day" I said.

"What? No! Just the other day you were moaning because you didn't want to stay in bed and now you do?" Apollo said.

I shrugged "I just had a change of heart"

He chuckled and shook his head "You know what? No. You are getting out of bed even if I have to drag you out"

"Ooo I 'm scared" I challenged, not realising that he was actually serious and he picked me up out of my bed.

"Dude!" I shouted.

"Now lets' go face Olympus" he smiled.

"Fine. You win" I said through gritted teeth "Just put me down so I can go and get ready"

"Ah that is more like it" Apollo told me and put me down.

I dragged my feet into the bathroom, not sure what to expect for the day ahead of me.

Percy's POV

After Apollo showed me the start to my palace he skipped off and left me, which I was grateful for. If he decided to stay I probably would've snapped at him and then I would've felt really bad. There was only one word for the palace and that was stunning. Absolutely stunning, beautiful. All of the good adjectives Athena could name and then some. Seriously, it was that amazing. Maybe I could just hide out here for the rest of my immortal life, then I won't have to converse with the Gods and everything will turn out ok for me and Sophie…sorry Sophie and I. Hey, I'm spending an eternity with Athena, if I don't correct myself now then the chances are she won't shut up about grammar for the next one hundred years and I don't think I can live with that. Anyway…back to the palace, at the entrance of the drive there was an arch, which had golden vines wrapping around it and gold flowers sprouting out from the vines. I guess a blessing from Mr. D? The drive was cobbled and on either side there were flowerbeds of all the flowers you could imagine that seemed to go on forever. And all those different flowers you could imagine there was every colour of that flower for each of them. It was like walking through a rainbow….with dirt and path as well. Obviously Demeter had something to do with this, I'm just glad that the flowerbeds aren't filled with cereal, that would have been strange. I finally reached the palace doors, which looked as if they were made out of gold, and as I tried to open one of the double doors it felt like it was made out of gold as well. I thought that being a God meant super strength but I don't think I'll be able to leave because frankly I am too lazy to even try to open those doors again. The entrance hall was magnificent , there were greek paintings of the Gods and Greek Tales on the ceiling and there were pillars which held up the ceiling, again wrapped in gold vines and gold flowers. The floor was polished white granite and between the four pillars on the other side of the room, were separate rooms which led to different parts of the palace. Looks like I've got my whole day sorted.

"Percy?" a voice called out.

I turned around and replied "Oh, hi Annabeth"

And there goes my plan for being alone for the day. I know Annabeth better than anybody, and believe me she is not going to leave even if I ask her to. And I bet her stubbornness as been enhanced since she is now a Goddess.

"Hey, I'm sorry for what happened to you Mum" she told me sadly.

"Yeah…thanks…I guess that is what I have to get used to now, watching everybody around me die" I sighed.

"Ah Seaweed Brain, it's not like that. Everybody who you are close to now are with you, in immortality. You've got me, Nico, Thalia and our daughter" she reminded me.

I nodded "Yeah I guess" but I didn't exactly agree "If it's alright with you, I might take a look around, get myself together"

"Sure, sure. I can show you around. As the new and official architect of Olympus I can show you why I put everything in and any changes that you want made I'll do straight away" she smiled. Without giving me time to decline her offer she pulled on my arm and we were on our way around the palace.

The first room we stopped in was, obviously the library since I was with Annabeth, but even for a place that was meant to be boring and filled with old books it was beautiful. On top of the doors there was a silver engraved owl, the symbol for Athena. Of course the Goddess of Wisdom was going to make sure there was a library in my place. Just another way of driving me crazy. In the library the shelves were filled with books from the floor to the ceiling, and there was a ladder which slides across so you can reach all of the books, like the one from Beauty and the Beast…don't judge me, I am a sucker for a good Disney movie. Down the middle of the room there were seats and couches and desks…all of which I could either read on or work on if I wanted to. Or if I just wanted some time on my own with a good book and a cup of tea. Annabeth led me out of the library, but I wasn't listening to a word she was saying, just giving her the occasional nod from time to time to give her the impression that I was listening. I've known her since I was twelve and this tactic was not unusual for me, although I normally did get caught by her by now. The next room we went into seemed even cosier than the library. I checked the symbol, which was fire, and assumed that it was Hestia because if it was Hephaestus than I'm sure this room would have been a forge or something. The room had a lounge feel to it. There was a massive couch in the middle and a flat screen television, but also a massive fireplace to keep the room warm. Definitely Hestia's symbol. Also beyond the lounge area there was a kitchen and a dining room, incase there ever was a full family living here I guessed. I'm not crazy on the whole idea of letting Sophie near a kitchen but since we are immortal now, I am reassured by the fact that she can't kill herself whilst doing so. But nobody can make me eat what she cooks, that is for sure. The next room we went to had a symbol of a Lyre on top and I was certain that it was to symbolise Apollo. As we walked in there were instruments hanging up on the walls or in the corners and changing song lyrics on the spare space of the walls.

Annabeth answered the question before I could even ask it "Yes, the lyrics are changing. For the moment they are just some lyrics from popular songs-" I noticed the lyrics to Flo Rida's Whistle at that very second and they disappeared as quickly as they came "-But if you start writing song lyrics or if Sophie does…then the walls will memorise them so you don't forget them"

I couldn't even comment on how awesome that was. What really made me laugh was the small First Aid Kit hanging up next to an electric guitar. Once the God of Healing always the God of Healing I guess.

"Come on, I want to show you downstairs before we go anywhere else" Annabeth beamed.

"Downstairs? I choked "I thought this was the ground floor!"

"Oh Seaweed Brain, you are in for a real surprise" she laughed and dragged me out of the music room.

A part of me was glad that Annabeth was here to show me around, to be honest if I was on my own I would've have looked around those rooms and then settled in front of the fireplace, not bothering to check anything else out, besides the kettle to make myself a cup of tea. As we were going down I got the familiar feeling of being in the Underworld…were we underground? I'm not sure if that is even possible being in the air on Olympus. Annabeth opened the door once we managed to get down all the stairs and in front of me were silver trees that were growing all kinds of Gems and Jewels. It then occurred to me that I didn't check the symbol. I retreated back outside the door and sure enough there was the symbol of Hades- jewels. There was a whole garden here, just like Persephone's down in the Underworld. It was breath taking.

"Beautiful isn't it?" Annabeth smiled "Hades refused to not have one of these here. He wanted to thank you for making him and his children feel welcome, on Olympus and in Camp Half Blood"

"….Wow….." was all I could say.

"But this isn't it" she smirked "There is another door over there, Hades wasn't too happy about it but it was the only place I could put this room"

"What room?" I asked but then noticed the symbol of a grapevine. Dionysus. We walked in and it was a massive underground cellar.

"Why would Mr. D want me to have a cellar here?" I asked.

She shrugged "Not sure. He said every grown man should be allowed to have a drink in a while but I'm not sure what his superior motive is. Maybe he is thinking of hiding down here when he wants a bottle of wine without Zeus knowing"

"Wouldn't surprise me" I laughed.

We walked back up to the first floor and Annabeth told me "Before I show you the second floor, I think you should see the top floor first. There are only two rooms there anyway"

I nodded knowing that there was no point in arguing because I have no clue where to go.

"Wait if there is a second floor…and a top floor…how can I still see the ceiling from the first floor?" I asked.

We walked up the first flight of stairs and I immediately answered one of my own questions. The second floor was like a circular balcony, just with more rooms than the first floor. So I could literally look over the railing and see the first floor.

"Ok" I nodded "But that still doesn't explain the top floor…isn't this the top floor…the ceiling is just there?" I asked.

"Just because there is a ceiling it does not mean that it is the end…anyway, you'll understand when we get up there" she replied.

"More stairs?" I moaned.

"Come on Seaweed Brain, be excited!" she told me and started running up, pulling me along with her.

I ran up and then noticed the stairs had changed from granite to glass. I looked up at a glass door and saw the symbol of Zeus, an eagle. We walked in and I noticed that we were in a glass dome and I could see all of Olympus from up here.

This is mostly for nights since it can get terribly hot in the day and there isn't much in the sky during the day. But during the night, you can use these telescoped to look at stars and the moon" Annabeth told me "And now we go through this glass door"

I saw the symbol of Artemis and wondered what this could be and as we walked in I could only see glass everywhere.

"Ok, maybe I should have shown you this at night…anyway, in this room, at night, the constellations from the night sky will be across the floor…so it'll feel like you're up with the stars" Annabeth smiled.

"Oh my Gods, this is just amazing" I exclaimed.

"Still got another floor to go Perce, so come on" she told me.

I took one last glance around the rooms and went back down the glass steps…soon turning to granite ones. We were now on the circle balcony floor as I like to call it…also known as the last floor. Firstly Annabeth led me into a room which had the symbol of Poseidon, a trident, I wondered what Dad could possibly want me to have in the palace. We walked in and it was quite a simple room actually, but what made me smile was the view of the sea and the trident in the corner of the room.

"Your Father made sure that the view will always stay the sea, no mater what" Annabeth whispered to me. The sea, as always, was beautiful but Annabeth pulled me out of my trance "Come along now"

The next room had the symbol of winged shoes, which of course led to Hermes. The room looked like his cabin at camp…of course there was the absence of many children, which I won't complain about. On one of the walls there was a world map that filled up the whole wall, pinpointing places I should visit and in the middle of the room was a globe. All around the room there were different electronics, and a bed next to the window (which was from the ceiling to the floor) incase Sophie or I decided to sleep in here. It was a gamer's heaven. The next room scared me, the symbol was a dove. The symbol of the Love Goddess Aphrodite. Who knows what she has in store for me. I hesitantly opened the door and was greeted with what looked like a wardrobe.

"Is this a wardrobe? It's massive?! Is Narnia back there or something?" I asked Annabeth whilst walking in.

She laughed at me "No Seaweed Brain. This is called a walk-in wardrobe. Also known as every girls' dream. And Aphrodite has already filled it with clothes, shoes and accessories for you and Sophie"

"Wow" I repeated. I was at a loss of words today.

The next room we went into was Hephaestus, and it was a forge, so basically Tyson could visit more often, yet still carry on working for my Dad in the forge! The symbol of a blacksmiths hammer obviously goes with that room. I brightened up after being told that Tyson could visit but it also made me think that I am closer than ever to losing him. He'll be gone soon and I'll still be here, just with an empty forge. The next room was from Ares, with a symbol of a Vulture which was kind of creepy, but apparently he claimed that I needed to have a training room especially with the amount of training I'm going to be given one they decide on my domains. Great. How fun. The next, and thankfully last, three rooms consisted of bedrooms each with en-suites. The one next to the training room was a simple guest room which Annabeth thought would be a good idea for visitors, the next room was Sophie's and had a symbol for the Child of Olympus on top. We stopped outside the last room, I checked to see what Greek God had symbolised this one, if any. There was a majestic peacock that hung over the top of the door and it's feathers held many colours. That was when I recognised it this was Hera's symbol. Goddess of Marriage and…..childbirth?!

"Woah, I don't think I want to sleep in there with anybody just yet!" I told Annabeth.

She simply glanced at the symbol and chuckled "Perce, it's not what you think…if you walk in there with a girl they're not going to automatically get pregnant"

"OK then, what does it mean?" I asked.

"You already know that Hera is the Goddess of Marriage" I nodded "It just shows that this is the master bedroom…you know normally a room for a married couple…but it is your room Seaweed Brain"

I walked in and it was amazing. The bed, which was on top of a furry white rug, looked so comfortable, I could quite literally fall asleep on it now. Opposite the wall was another wardrobe, as if I need another one after Aphrodite's room. It was simple yet so elegant, and Annabeth told me that I could change the view out of the window to whatever I liked. Whether it be the sea, or the city lights of Manhattan…to the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

I noticed that Annabeth had started rambling again, but I tuned out although I did catch onto one thing "…hopefully our bedroom quite soon"

"Wait wait….hold up! Rewind that sentence please" I asked.

"Perce, I built this palace for us…you do know that right? This is so we can become the family that we've always wanted and be able to have proper children" she told me taking a step towards me and thinking that I had actually listened to the original sentence.

"What do you mean by proper children? We have Sophie- there is nothing wrong with her! And I'm sorry Annabeth but now is not a good time to have a full on relationship for me! I've spent the past sixteen years single and raising Sophie and suddenly I've been thrown into the world of the Gods and once again just expected to adjust to it. And I've just lost my mother!" I took a deep breath and continued "Maybe in a few centuries or so Annabeth but….not right now"

Sophie's POV

After I was ready I walked into the bedroom and saw Apollo and Poseidon in another game of cards. Maybe another chance to scare them for revenge on making me actually do something. I smirked to myself and snuck behind Apollo.

"BOO!" I shouted causing his to throw his cards in the air and flip the table on Poseidon.

"Hahaha I think Poseidon wins" I laughed.

"Not cool Soph" he glared "Not cool"

"Well, I think we should get this started so we can get it over and done with" I smiled "Unless you are willing to just have a pyjama day and watch movies, I won't object to that"

"Nope, come on Uncle P. Lets' go" Apollo said.

"Give me a second, you were the one who threw a TABLE on me!" Poseidon shouted as he got up.

"Hey blame little one here, who scared the life out of me" he replied poking me.

"Alright, alright, all blame is on me…now who are we going to see first?" I asked.

"Should we start with the big bad wolf?" Poseidon laughed.

"The who now?" I inquired.

"He means my father..as in Zeus" Apollo answered "I guess that could work"

We walked to Zeus' palace and Apollo knocked on the door.

"What Apollo?" Zeus asked irritated.

"Uncle P. and I are taking Sophie around Olympus to visit the Gods and we thought that you should be first Father" Apollo smiled.

"Hello, nice to meet you, bye" Zeus said to me and then closed his door.

"Wow, isn't he a bundle of sunshine" I said sarcastically.

"No, I believe that you'll find that is Apollo" I turned around and saw….Hermes…yeah Hermes behind us.

"Haha very funny Hermes….anyway, meet Sophie" Apollo replied.

Hermes held out his hand and I shook it "Nice to meet you"

"The pleasure is mine" Hermes smiled which gave me the impression that I should check my pockets.

"Anytime you feel like travelling to places and delivering mail then just let me know" he told me and walked away.

"Ok…."

"Yeah, me, Hermes and Uncle. P are the coolest Olympians here" Apollo smirked and put his arm around my shoulders "The rest just don't have swagger"

"Actually Apollo, it is Hermes, Uncle. P and I" A lady that I recognised as…Athena said.

"No why would it be you Athena? You don't have swagger" Apollo told her.

"No dimwit, I meant it as in you…but you don't say 'me' you say 'I'!" Athena shouted at him.

"Anyway…Sophie this is Athena, or technically your grandmother since Annabeth is your mother…but anyway meet the Goddess Of Wisdom. Athena this is Sophie" Apollo introduced.

"Yes I know who this child is. She is the spawn of my daughter and that sea spawn" Athena spat.

"Hey! My son done a lot for Olympus! Can't you just put your pride aside for a while and be grateful for what he did?" Poseidon shouted.

"I am grateful for what he done but that still doesn't change the fact that he is your spawn" Athena shouted back.

"Do they always fight like this?" I asked Apollo and he nodded whilst holding the bridge of his nose.

I tuned back into the argument in front of me and noticed the topic had changed completely.

"Well the people of Athens should have chosen my gift because it was way better than yours!" Poseidon pouted.

"The people of Athens were being wise, hence why they chose my gift. Anyway my gift was much better than your stupid gift. Get over it" Athena hissed.

"No, I will not get over it. I should have been the person that they named their city after, not you. What sort of name is Athens?" he told her.

"It's better that what it would have been if it was you they chose. How would they even be able to convert Poseidon into a city name? Poseidens? Possens?" she questioned.

"Actually poisson is the french for fish….so HA!" he laughed in her face.

"Is your head full of kelp? I know that poisson is the french for fish you idiot! I said P-O-S-S-E-N-S!" she yelled at him "And who even cares about fish?"

Poseidon gasped "You. Take. That. Back"

"Make me" Athena challenged.

"Fish do a lot for this world! Without fish, then who knows what would happen! The stupid animal that we don't exactly need are owls! What are they good for?!" Poseidon asked.

"Owls are fascinating and intelligent creatures! How dare you insult them. Owls are better than fish…I mean seriously a goldfish can't even keep a thought for three seconds and then it forgets it! Stupid. Just like the sea ruler" Athena smirked.

"WILL YOU TWO SHUT UP!" A voice shouted from behind us.

I turned round and saw Zeus half-hanging outside of his window, his face was a bright red. Athena scurried away and Poseidon looked extremely angry at how his sea was insulted.

"As for you three" Zeus said while pointing towards us "Take your introductions AWAY FROM MY PALACE!"

We also ran away, just like Athena and bumped into Demeter by one of the gardens.

"Oh hey Demeter!" Apollo greeted "Meet Sophie. Sophie meet Demeter!"

"Hi, nice to meet you" I told her.

"You too, young one" she said "My, my you must eat more cereal. You do know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day! I have to tell my daughter this all the time too, and her husband. Stupid brother of mine. He simply does not respect me or cereal. And his boy, deprived of breakfast for the longest time. It's no wonder why he is so skinny and bony. Yes, yes you need to eat more cereal would you like some?"

It took me a moment to process all that she said and to try and formulate an answer. I just wasn't sure how to tell Demeter, who at the moment seemed like the Goddess of Cereal, that I didn't actually like cereal that much.

"No thank you" I smiled politely "I'm not hungry"

"Ah, ok, but when you are hungry have cereal. Very, very good for you. I remember telling your father to eat more cereal. Does he eat more cereal? I hope that he does, he needs cereal you see. A warrior like him needs his strength, not sure how Hades child became a warrior. Never ate a bowl of cereal…until I made him of course. I'm still telling him and everybody on the council to eat their cereal, but do they take me seriously? No! "

I chuckled nervously and replied "Yeah, he eats cereal every morning"

"Yes, thats good. Your father, always a good man. Probably because of the cereal, it builds character you see. Now Apollo, Poseidon, I trust that you have been eating your cereal"

"Yes Ma'am" Apollo saluted "Now I am terribly sorry but we must be moving along. Come along now Sophie"

Apollo lightly pushed me forward and we excited the gardens with Demeter calling out behind us "Eat cereal! Yes, make sure she eats cereal you two. She needs her strength back and her immune system strong!"

After we got away from Demeter I asked "Does cereal actually help the immune system"

"I have no clue with Demeter…but I must admit that I thought vitamins helped with that…oh well. Anyway onto the next God or Goddess" Apollo replied.

"Apollo have you actually been sticking to the cereal schedule that she made?" Poseidon asked.

"Hell no" Apollo replied "Why in the name of Hades would I want to do that for?"

"Oh thank Gods, I'm not the only one" Poseidon laughed.

We walked along for a bit and we came across Ares.

"Oh, the punks kid. I wonder if she is just as much of a punk as the punk was" Ares wondered. I noticed that with some of the Olympians they repeat certain words. With Athena she says 'spawn' a lot, Demeter always refers to cereal and now Ares says 'punk' which makes his sentences even more confusing than Demeter's rambling.

"Toughen up punk, one of my kids could take you out with a single blow. So watch out punk" Ares sneered and strolled off.

"Ok..not exactly liking the whole 'meet the Gods' idea" I told Apollo and Poseidon "Seriously, I've been told to 'toughen up' because one of his kids could take me out. They're the kids of the War God of course they would be able to. Athena clearly does not like me and keeps referring me to the spawn of the sea spawn and I don't exactly know what that means! Zeus couldn't care less and I've been told, about a million times, to eat more cereal and if I hear the word cereal again I might go crazy!"

"Cereal" Apollo snickered.

"Shut. Up" I warned.

"Come on Soph, only a few more Gods to go…and then we have all the minor Gods" Poseidon said.

"Can't we just go and find my Dad? The rest of the gods can wait" I asked.

"Come on, it's only a couple more. Plus if you don't go see them and they find out that you've been introduced to everyone else then they will get upset" Apollo told me.

I groaned "Fine, but please make it quick"

I met Artemis, who was Apollo's twin and she kept telling me about the hunt and that I could always join if I wanted to. She was also about to give me a leaflet but Apollo dragged me out before I could accept it. It was a generous offer but I could never be in the hunt. I'm just not a hating person, plus Apollo has become like my best friend here and it would be awkward if I had to hate him. We talked to Aphrodite, who I have already met, but we thought it would be good to get a break from all the introductions. I also met Hephaestus, who told me all about how he loved to catch his cheating wife, Aphrodite, and her lover, Ares, whilst they were on dates and embarrass them to the whole of Olympus. I met Hades, which was lucky because he was just about to go back to the Underworld, and he told me about how annoying Demeter was and how she was always hanging around his domain telling everybody to eat cereal, even the ghosts apparently. He also told me about Charon being a nuisance and asking for a pay rise every few months. And then we also saw Nico who came looking for his Dad because he was needed in the Underworld. Nico hung around with us for a while and he told me about the adventures that he had with my Dad. Unfortunately he had to leave, but he promised to tell me more when he got back.

"Is that it now?" I asked hopefully.

"I believe so. Hera is 'extremely' busy and Dionysus is back at camp. I think that you have met everybody besides Hestia actually" Poseidon told me

"Look, there she is by the hearth!" Apollo pointed out and we ran up to her.

"My, my why are you all running up to me in a hurry?" she asked with an amused smile on her face.

"Well Hestia, we wanted to introduce you to Sophie here. Hestia this Sophie and Sophie this is Hestia"

"Nice to meet you" we said at the same time and started laughing. She also told me about how great and humble my Dad was back when he was really a teenager.

After our conversation I turned to Apollo and Poseidon and asked "Can we find my Dad now?"

"Sure"

Wow, that was a long chapter. Sorry about that. over 6,000 words…one of my longest chapters in my fan fiction history of stories. :D Yay! Hehe don't forget to review! Tell me your opinion! Seriously, the good and the bad. I'm open to all of your ideas and suggestions even though I may not be able to use all of them I shall try :')

Again Happy Birthday to the one, the only, Percy Jackson! :D

Until the next time mi amigos!