It's good to know someone (Rider of the Winds), likes this story. And isn't a stinkin flamer. Now, im not going to rant on about flamers, but I just want to point this out: has anyone realized that most Flamers don't even log in before they flame? If you're going to flame someone, at least log in.
But I said I wasn't going to rant, so im not going to.
Chapter 9
Nico's POV
I caught Katie as she fell back. It's a good thing she's light. There were a few coughs before Poseidon sat up slowly –with his hair all messy and I was trying not to laugh- and Percy woke up. Annabeth ran over to Percy and hugged him, and blah blah blah. I put Katie in a chair that Hermes had placed behind me.
"How did some mortal do that, when im a god and couldn't do anything but ease pain for them?" Apollo was baffled.
"She is no mortal, Apollo. Look at her. She has the glow of a goddess and has shown she holds the power of more then one goddess." Zeus corrected.
"How?" Apollo asked.
"She redirected lightning, can breath underwater, shadow-travel, change into different animals and creatures, knew that Athena was the one who poisoned Poseidon, and was able to cure him. if that isn't enough proof, then I don't know what is." Zeus explained.
"You dont like her, do you?" Hera asked.
"No."
"Good."
It took a few hours, but soon Poseidon was yelling at Zeus to give Athena a worse punishment then the one she already had (which was having to do Hermes job for ten years while Hermes got to make it much harder for her), and Percy was listening to Annabeth who was telling him what happened after Apollo took him away. I stayed to the shadows, waiting for Annabeth and Percy to be ready to leave. Out of no where, Katie jumped up from her chair, and gripped the arms of the chair as if she was in pain.
I was about to call for Apollo or someone, but then Zeus appeared next to me. and I wasn't exactly his favorite demigod.
"Don't call for help, son of Hades. The ghost of Zharamor is taking it's full control." He said.
"How do you know?" I challenged.
"Don't question how I know."
after about fifth-teen minutes, Katie's appearance changed and she relaxed a bit. She was now in some weird dress –which I thought she said she would never wear dresses- that was all the colors found in nature, blending together and constantly changing, going from the reds, yellows, oranges and browns of fall, to the white and blue of winter, then the pink, orange, and yellow of spring, and the greens and blues of summer. The color of her eyes changed with the season her dress reflected, but her hair stayed brown.
"Hey, uh, Zeus? You do know that another throne, bigger then yours, just randomly appeared out here, right?" Hermes called from the throne room. Zeus left the room to go see what Hermes was talking about, while I turned back to Katie…or Zharamor? If the Ghost of Zharamor took control over her, then would that make her Zharamor or Katie? This was confusing. She looked at me like she was trying to remember who I was for a second, but then realization shone in her ever-changing eyes.
"Hiya!" she exclaimed sitting up as if nothing just happened.
I just shook my head in mock shame.
"What?" she asked.
"One hour, you're draining the poison out of Poseidon. The next, you become a goddess and act as if nothing happened other then that day on the boat. How do you do that?" I asked.
"I dunno. But then again, im constantly confused about things, so I don't find any of this surprising." She blinked.
"Then what do I call you know? Zharamor or Katie?"
"Either one. some people will have to call me Zharamor, but you don't have to."
"Why don't i?" Geez, I felt like a little kid asking all this stuff. But then again, I pretty much was a little kid sense Zharamor's Ghost was countless years old.
"Because I think of you as a brother, and brothers are family, and family doesn't have to call other family members by their real names."
"But im not related to you."
"There is where you are wrong. I've always wanted to say that! Anyway, Hades is your dad, and if Zharamor was the creator of all, or something like that, then that somehow makes you related to me. and I say everyone is relatd to everyone…now that I think about that, that's disturbing. That means im related to the kids I hate at school…"
"You will forever confuse me."
"I live to confuse!"
"Well now you get to confuse people forever. You're immortal."
"Oh yeah…."
then she slapped me.
"Ow! What was that for?" I yelped.
"For slapping me on the plane. I was just waiting for the right time to slap you back." She smiled. I rolled my eyes.
"Ya know, I would go into the throne room, if I were you." I stated, pointing toward the throne room.
"That might be a good idea…" she said slowly.
"Is your brain screwed in the right way?"
"I dunno…I may have burned it out earlier."
"Well that's good to know."
we walked out there where Annabeth was still talking to Percy, Athena was trying to write something on some paper but Hermes kept messing her up by saying things like "no! you got the letter 'c' all wrong! Fix it!" or just moving the paper away, and Poseidon was angrily arguing with Zeus and Hera.
They all froze when Katie/Zharamor walked in. they stared at her.
"Zharamor, Goddess of All." Hera murmured before bowing. Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades followed, along with everyone else. Well, I didn't because she wouldn't let me, and by that, I mean she was gripping my arm so tight it was turning purple. Me and purple skin don't go that good together.
"Uh…please stop squeezing my arm." I said.
"What? oh right. Sorry." She said, then looked back toward the others. "Um…you don't have to bow…" she stated.
"But you're the goddess of all…" Ares said, nervously looking up at her.
"Fine. then I say you all have to go back to whatever it was you were doing unless you wish for internal punishment."
That got them all to continue what they were doing.
"Wow. I wish people would listen to me like that!" I complained.
"Ah, maybe I'll let you sometime. Why don't you go see how Percy is…" her voice trailed off and she walked away toward Zeus, Hera, and Poseidon.
KATIE'S/ZHARAMOR'S POV
I walked over to where Zeus, Hera, and Poseidon were arguing.
"I want her punished worse then just being stuck with Hermes for ten years! Poisoning on the of the Big Three is worth more of a punishment then that!" Poseidon snapped, his eyes blazing with a water-y flame.
"No, Poseidon. I chose her punishment, and it's staying like that." Zeus said sternly.
"Yes, Poseidon. Don't argue with-" Hera began, but stopped when she saw me. Zeus and Poseidon looked at me nervously. Geez, if everyone was going to do this when I walk up to them, then im going to go mad.
"What are you arguing about?" I asked. No answer.
"I said, what are you arguing about? Really, you don't have to act like im going to destroy you all. Really, lighten up." I rolled my eyes.
"I say Athena needs a better punishment then just having to have Hermes job for ten years with him making it harder, but they say her punishment it fine!" Poseidon growled.
"Hmm…I have to say, for someone who's immortal, isn't ten years more like ten minutes? I agree with Poseidon." I stated.
"But-"
"But nothing, you didn't let me finished. Athena's punishment should be made longer, but not worse then having to deal with Hermes for years. Maybe ten millennia. Think about that for a while." And with that, I left. I hate arguments sometimes. Really, arguing over a stupid punishment? Ugh. The nerve of some people.
Sorry it's short….i was having some trouble thinking of stuff for this story…I know whats going to happen in the next chapter, and was going to add that into this one, but then thought I should keep this a semi-happy and not filled with trouble and pain and stuff chapter.
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