Chapter 10: Settling Old Scores

Thalia's POV

Luke and I spent one peaceful night of Sleep in my cabin. One. Then we had a few disruptions.

"I'm gonna kill you." Jack said as we exited my cabin.

"You don't think it's Luke's fault that Silena's dead." I said as I snapped my fingers and used the mist.

"You poor thing. I believe you." Jack said to Luke.

Even with mist, that's unusual for a child of Ares.

"It is my fault." Luke said.

"No, it's Kronos and the drakon's fault." I said.

We walked toward the arena and ran into someone else.

"I meant what I said yesterday, but I'd still like to settle our problems in a sword duel. Is that okay?" Clarisse asked.

"Fine. It's reasonable." Luke agreed.

"I'll even play fair." Clarisse half joked.

"Play dirty. I'm still a good swordsman even if Percy's better." Luke suggested.

Clarisse smiled at the joke. Then they walked into the arena. Clarisse picked out a sword she used before she got Maimer, and Luke picked out a random sword because he didn't want or have Backbiter. They went to the center and got ready to duel. Chris walked up behind me.

"Think he'll let her win?" Chris teased.

"No idea." I said.

Luke and Clarisse fought for a while, and even laughed a little, but something about the fight changed. Clarisse looked like she was in pain even though Luke hadn't slashed or hit her. Then she collapsed in the middle of the arena and you could see tears in her eyes.

I heard Luke whisper, "It's okay. She's okay, she's with Charlie. And she says she misses you." As he tried to console her.

She sobbed harder.

Then he whispered. "If Aphrodite abd Silena were telling me the truth, you might see her and Charlie alive soon."

Clarisse looked up at him. They had a short conversation that I couldn't hear, and then they hugged. Luke walked Clarisse over to Chris, and they left.

"What happened?" I asked.

"She really misses Silena." Luke vaguely explained.

"We all do. Silena was a hero." Percy said behind Luke.

Luke turned around.

"Do you blame me?" Luke asked.

"Not anymore. But there's one thing I've gotta do, and you might not like it." Percy said.

"Go ahead." Luke beaced himself.

Percy punched him so hard he fell over, then he helped him up.

"Now we're good." Percy patted Luke on the back.

"Fair enough. You hit harder than I remember. Impressive." Luke said.

There was a little bit of blood under Luke's nose.

"Yep." Percy said.

Then he gave Luke a small hug abd walked off.

"That went really well." I stated.

"Yep." Luke agreed.

Then we walked to the beach. Annabeth was sitting there, talking to an Iris-Message.

"Huh? So you actually like him as my friend. And you approve of Percy now? Why?" Annabeth asked.

"Percy settled his score with Luke without going to far. It takes a real man to do that. And Luke's a good kid." Athena said thhrough the IM.

"Alright, bye mom." Annabeth smiled.

"Bye." Athena had a similar smile.

The IM was finished. Annabeth turned around and saw us. She smiled. Then she walked up and gave Luke a hug.

"Welcome back. I told them you'd come back." She said and pulled away.

Luke smiled. "Got anything to settle? I'm free game." He teased.

Annabeth slapped him. Then she smiled and gave him a friendly kiss on the cheek.

"See you later." She said.

"Bye." Luke said.

"That went better than with Percy." I teased him.

"Yeah." Luke said.

Then we were teleported in front of the Olympian counsel.

"Luke Castellan, we need to speak with you." Zeus said.

"If you want to hurt me, just do it. I won't be separated from her again, but I'll take almost any punishment, as long as I'm with her." Luke said.

Aphrodite, Artemis, and Athena smiled.

"Actually, we would like to offer you Godhood. You are one of the big two saviors of Olympus, no matter what you did in the past. You sacrificed yourself to defeat Kronos." Zeus offered.

Oh no. Luke thought for a moment.

"I'll only become a God if you make Thalia one too." Luke said.

Aphrodite, Artemis, and Athena smiled again.

"Alright. Fair enough. About time one of my female children became a Goddess..." Zeus muttered the last part.

No one objected. So Zeus hit us with lightning bolts. It went right through me, but Luke looked high.

"I love being electrocuted." Luke giggled.

He had to bring that up now? I was nervous, and I accidentally electrocuted him once. Now he likes it. I was suddenly as tall as the rest of the Olympians, and so was Luke. We were Gods, and we could feel the power.

"What are you Gods of?" Athena asked.

"Storms." I said.

"Swordsmanship." Luke said.

"All hail Luke, God of Swordsmanship, and Thalia, Goddess of Storms." Zeus decreed.

"I'm one of the Big Two. Percy's the other one. The Big Two's like the Big Three, only better." Luke whispered.

"I heard that." The Big Three said in unison.

I giggled. Our lives are going to be interesting now.