Results went from 143 favors, 163 followers, and 66 reviews to 163 favors, 192 followers, and 83 reviews. I thank you all for these wonderful results, as does Shadow Gumball of Death. I'm still expecting to get to 100 reviews pretty soon, so I'm kinda hoping to reach there after this chapter or the chapter after this. I'll tell you, when he read the previous chapter I updated, he said I completely blew his mind. He said he had to reread the chapter a couple of times to make sure he read correctly. I'm very happy to hear that, and happy that all of you are very intrigued to read more of this story. Also, thanks to God, my exams are done and over with, and Christmas vacation is just starting, which means I can get back to working on my fanfictions again. For the next chapter, I don't think I have any shockers to throw at you all for it, just a chapter I'll work slowly through. And by that, I mean it'll be a chapter that'll most likely have random events on it. We'll see what I can come up with. Here's chapter 10.
P.S. Just to let you all know, I may focus more on working through editing my fanfictions. What I mean by that is go through them, look for grammar errors that I may have made but somehow failed to see beforehand, and fix them.
This is to Son of Athena5555. Thank you for your review. I've been rereading it a lot lately, and I just can't enough of it. I can't wait to hear how well you think this'll go from here. Thank you again, from me and Shadow Gumball of Death.
Son of Athena5555's review: Oh. My. Fucking. God. Ok I just started reading this and I am completely amazed by this. You, good sir, have managed to put romance, sorrow, pain, comfort, a bit of happiness, and a life lesson in this story. YOU KNOW HOW AWESOME THAT IS?! This story is something else man, it's just a complete mind blower. As for the OC, it's an ok OC. Nothing good but nothing bad but hey that's only my opinion. What I really like is how you have managed to show a side of Clarisse that I don't think any of us have expected. And not to mention it can actually fit in well with her too! Please keep writing and working on this. I hardly come across with FF like this. And to be honest that's the only kind of FF I like to read. The ones that bring something a bit new, have guts to do something that the readers might hate but makes the story all the more better because of the plot twist and ones that bring a new world of imagination to the FF world. So keep up the great writing and I'll keep checking for an amazing update. Happy holidays by the way and I sincerely hope my comment has made you feel more confident about your already amazing writing.
Zoe's POV
"I'm pregnant."
Oh my gods! Lady Artemis is pregnant! How is this possible? I mean, I know how happened and who the father obviously is, but how could something like this happen to her? I have never been so shocked before in my life. I just wonder how Percy is going to take the news. PERCY! Oh no! That just makes thinks even worse for me. Not only did I sleep with someone my lady has feelings for, but also with the father of milady's child. Oh, how could I be such a bitch?
"You're with child?" I nervously asked.
"Yes, I have a child, and Percy is obviously the father." She said.
I felt even worse than before. I've made the father of milady's child cheat on her. Well, maybe not cheat since they aren't exactly together. It doesn't change the fact that what I did was wrong though. I just don't know what to make of all of this.
"Zoe, are you okay?" Lady Artemis asked concerned.
"Yeah." I said, but not in a confident way really.
I knew I was gonna have to tell her sooner or later. Better to tell her sooner than later, I'll get in less trouble if I tell her now instead of later. "Um, milady, I need to confess to something." I started.
"Confess to what?" She asked confused.
"Well, you see, I – I . . ." I didn't know how to break this to her in the nicest way and in a way that won't make her feel so hurt or offended. "I kinda . . . – I . . . sorta . . . slept with . . . Percy." I finally finished.
I couldn't tell the expression she had on her face. Anger, Offence, Pain, Sorrow, Surprise, or all at once.
"You had sex with Percy? How? Why?" She asked, getting up from her bed and coming over to me.
"Well, after you left his room last night, we got to talking. He offered to a friend for me, and told him I didn't know if I could trust him due to what Hercules did to me, I didn't think I could trust him. He wasn't going to take no for an answer, so he gave me this as a sign of friendship." I began to explain and showed her the necklace Percy gave me last night.
When she saw it, she gently held it in the palm of her hand. Her expression was exactly the same as mine last night. She was enchanted by its beauty.
"Percy gave this to you?" She asked. I nodded my headed saying yes.
"How did he come by this?" She asked amazed.
"He said he found this when he was only six. It was just a jewel at first, but he had it made into a necklace and gave it to his mother on her birthday. When he was resting, he said she came to him in a dream and gave it to him. When he woke up, he found it around his neck, and he gave it to me. He said that as long as I have this, we will always be friends for each other. I couldn't help myself milady. I tried to stop myself, but I couldn't. His kindness just really touched my heart, and the heat he spread through me when I crashed him into a hug, and the way he smelled of sea breeze and coconut palm trees just kept bringing me closer to him, . . ." I tried explaining, but the memory of him was making me think about him and I was having trouble focusing what I was supposed to do right now. I can tell Lady Artemis was doing the exact same thing, dreaming about Percy.
"Anyways," I started, getting us both back on track. "It was too much for me to resist. I couldn't stop myself. I just lost control. I'm very sorry milady." I said.
I looked away from her as I began to feel a tear coming out of the corner of my eye. Artemis brought her hand to my face and turned my head to hers. She wiped the tear off of my face and didn't seem to be too angry at me right now.
"He is a wonderful man, isn't he?" She asked me, though it was more of a statement, not that I had any reason to say otherwise. I nodded my head yes again. "I understand Zoe." She said.
To say I was surprised by what she said was a bit of an understatement. "You mean to say you're not angry at me?" I asked surprised.
"Well, I am a bit angry, but remember we both already knew we both knew we had feelings for him, and it was only a matter of time when we'd both make a move on him." She said. I remembered that we both knew we felt emotional towards Percy, but I kinda thought we'd be fighting over him or something.
"So, what now?" I asked, unsure what to say or do now.
"Agree that since the two of us will most likely be in the same situation very soon, the two us share Percy." She suggested.
"Three." I simply said.
"What?" She asked confused.
"It may be three of us because a daughter of Ares named Clarisse has the exact same feelings for Percy as well." I explained.
"The girl who's been helping you humiliate Ares' sons?" She asked. I nodded yes. "Okay then. If she's on board, the three of us will be lovers of Percy Jackson until he dies."
"Agreed." I responded. This was gonna be interesting.
Percy's POV
After I got dressed, I didn't really feel like leaving the Infirmary quite yet, so I decided to just lay back down on the bed. I had many confusing thoughts in my head right now. Here I am, practically on my death bed, and I have three relationships with three girls. Well, one girl, one woman, and one goddess to be exact. I don't know what to make of this really. I don't really think I could be with any of them without hurting them. I only have a short amount of time to live, not to mention, two of them are already immortal and I'm nothing but a mere mortal. What can I possibly be worth to anyone when I'm dying right now?
Just these things were swimming in my head, someone came in the room. He looked like an older version of me. He had the same tan skin, sea green eyes, black messy hair, and everything. I'll be damned if he isn't who I think he is.
"Percy." He said.
"Dad." I responded.
He came and sat on the edge of my bed. "How are you feeling?" He asked.
"Fine." I shrugged pretty grimly.
He nodded his head. "You're probably wondering who I am. I'm Poseidon." He said.
Poseidon, the Olympian god of the seas. Makes sense why I love water and prefer to swim more than anything.
"What do you want?" I asked, not really in too much of a good mood that he only picks the time to see me when I'm dying.
"I came here for you my son." He said.
"Thanks, but I think I have more than enough help already." I said bitterly, getting out of bed and now attempting to leave the Infirmary.
As I was reaching for the door, I felt his hand on my shoulder. "Percy please, I just want to be here for you." He said.
I really didn't want to have him near me, but something about the way he said it made me think otherwise somehow. I sighed.
"How old was I when you left?" I asked.
"Seven months." He responded.
"Look, I don't care about being on my death bed throughout my life and you not being around. But I – I would've like to see you at least one time that I would've been able to remember you from." I said.
He looked pretty hurt by what I said. Half of me didn't care, the other half of me did feel bad, but didn't show as well as the other half of me.
"If you really loved me and mom that much, then why did you leave and never come back?" I asked, demanding an answer.
He sighed and took a moment to think of the best way to answer my question. "I was forced to leave." He started.
(Alternate version of what happened.)
I encouraged him to continue. "Percy, what you have to understand is that after the disaster of World War 2, my brothers and I swore on the River Styx never to have any children again. During World War 2, we Olympians had a war of our own with our father and the titans and it nearly got us all killed. Our children were the tools they used against us and after we were able to bring the war to an end, we agreed that it was best if the three of us didn't have any more children. But later on, I fell in love with your mother, and then you came along and things were just perfect. But when you were seven months old, Zeus and Hades found out about you and they both declared that if I didn't leave, they would kill both you and your mother." He explained.
I'm not too sure if I was going to take that as an excuse, but as excuses go, it's not terrible when compared to others. At least it didn't involve leaving us for a different woman.
"How is your mother, if I may ask?" Poseidon asked.
That was a question I was hoping he wouldn't ask. "My mother was killed by the minotaur." I said.
"I'm sorry." He said.
There was an awkward silence between us after he said that. We were both looking at everything around us but each other. I wish I could just open up to him since he's my real father, but I didn't bring myself to it. I just didn't really think he deserved it, not yet at least.
After a while, thunder began to rumble in the sky above us. That was when he finally spoke. "I have to leave. Zeus is calling for an emergency meeting." He said.
"Whatever you say." I said dully.
"Percy, I know I don't deserve it and it's not really something I should ask of you, but when I come back, will you please let me spend some time with my son?" He asked.
I took a moment to think. I really didn't want to say yes, but I have to remember that I'm dying and that I technically don't have much time left.
"Yeah." I simply said.
He nodded his head and dissipated into water and left. Interesting way of taking his leave I guess. After he left, I went back to bed yet again. But as I was about to lay back down, I started to feel rough in my pelvis. I knew this feeling all too well, so I rushed into the bathroom and went straight to the toilet. Long story short, I turned another toilet into a blood bath, not as bad as how I did in Artemis' tent, but a blood bath never the less. I was probably best if I just stay here for a while.
That's all I got. For those that I promised to have this by the weekend, I'm sorry I didn't. I tried, but my older brother's birthday was during the weekend. So I ended up getting carried away and forgot about the chapter. Not to mention I went to see the last hobbit movie, my parents forced me to run the concession stand for a few games, and my computer isn't working too well right now. So much shit is happening and I'm barely able to handle it all at once. I don't know when I'll have the next chapter updated. I'll update again as soon as I can.
