Chapter 7

Quiet Life

A Percy Jackson and the Olympians fanfic

Author's Note

A cozy room. A blazing fire ignites in the hearth, banishing the cold and darkness. Enter shy-twinee, Hestia and Rhea.

Rhea: Greetings viewers and reviewers. *to shy-twinee* Isn't there something you wish to say to our beloved readers, young lady?

shy-twinee: *looks guilty and hides behind the sofa*

Hestia: Come now, dear Child, you can do it. The readers are unable to physically assault you.

shy-twinee: *pokes head above the sofa* Dearest Readers, I'm sorry. *bows head in shame* If it wasn't schoolwork it was laziness. If it wasn't laziness it was writer's block. Please forgive me.

Hestia: Please condone any errors encountered as well as any feelings of boredom experienced while reading. shy-twinee is still working on her writing skills.

Rhea: And now, our special guest will do the disclaimer.

Hestia: Welcome a main protagonist from the fanfics of shy-twinee's beloved twin, Child of the Moon's Shadow. He is the former god of the sun, and is the Sun Superior of the Realm of Dreams. He is the one and only Helios!

Enter Helios from the kitchen eating pie.

Helios: *has his mouth full of pie* What's up, people from the Land of Reality? shy-twinee does not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians. If she did, her twin's stories (starring me) would be made into a sitcom.

Rhea: Where did you get that pie?

Helios: The kitchen, of course. Bottom shelf of the refrigerator. *chuckles* Funny thing actually…the pie had your name on it.

Rhea: *summons her battle axe*

Helios: Uh-oh.

Exeunt Rhea chasing and cussing Helios who shouts for Phantasos to "open the portal".

shy-twinee & Hestia: Enjoy!

Exeunt shy-twinee and Hestia.

Driving in the sun car (Hestia's POV)

Only five minutes had rolled by before Aphrodite proclaimed that she was utterly bored. Her perfectly manicured fingers travelled toward the radio to search for something of her interest to listen to. Aphrodite seemed to be losing hope because there was nothing she wanted to listen to on, until 'Tik Tok' by Ke$ha began to play. Apollo's eyes sparkled with delight. Ke$ha was his daughter after all. The two gods began singing loudly as I sank back in the back seat, trying to block out the excess noise.

When the song reached the chorus for the second time, I couldn't take it anymore. I reached over and turned the volume of the radio to 0. Apparently, Apollo and Aphrodite couldn't take a hint because they were still singing loudly. It took them 30 seconds to realize that music wasn't playing and Ke$ha was no longer singing with them.

"What gives?" whined the goddess of love. She turned the music back up and continued listening to the song.

"Come on, Hestia! Rockin' out to boisterous, in style music is a key component of being a real teenager," Apollo tried to explain to me.

"Oh, come on! I'm sure that there are teenagers out there just like me," I defended. Aphrodite had this look on her face which screamed that she knew something I didn't know. Deciding that it would probably be best not to know, I let it slide.

Aphrodite poked her head out the window to look at the world below the clouds as we drove high up in the sun car.

"Apollo!" she screeched. "You passed the mall. Turn back before you drive us to Canada!"

The Mall (Hestia's POV)

The mall had just opened its doors at 8 a.m. By 8:19 most of the stores were opened and ready to welcome customers. By 8:59 people of many different genders, races and walks of life filed into the mall to shop or be idle.

My introverted side began to kick in when is sensed the vast amount of individuals present. I actually thought of running away but then decided against it. Fleeing would be giving up without even trying. Besides I was bound to be pulled back by the god of the sun and the goddess of love if I turned around.

Apollo and Aphrodite began bickering about where we should go first. As soon as the argument took off, I took off to the nearby pretzel stand to buy something to eat. The plain pretzel was fresh and buttery and absolutely heavenly!

I walked back to Apollo and Aphrodite and found them still bickering.

Author's Note

A cozy room. Enter shy-twinee, Hestia, and Rhea.

Rhea: shy-twinee, what's up with this short chapter?

shy-twinee: Writer's block. It's evil.

Hestia: Please don't fret, Child. I'm sure something will eventually come to you.

Rhea: *pats shy-twinee on the back* That's right.

shy-twinee: Thanks for the support. *to readers* Sorry for the short chapter. Hopefully the next one will come out soon. I'm also going to try and update my other story.

Exeunt the three.