Chapter 9

Forever In Harmony, The Sky and The Seas

"If you think your done, you've just begun"

Third Person Point Of View

Percy Jackson, the son of Poseidon and Prince of the universe was walking away from the Olympian throne room after he had said his good-byes to his daughter and father as well as his surrogate family in his step mother and step brother, He was looking forward to a good nights rest after all the commotion that had been happening for the past few hours since he had returned to earth to face Erebus in one final battle to ensure the peace and the balance of the universe restored.

He ran his hands through his midnight black hair, silently wondering on why the craziest things always happen to him. Ever since his return to earth, he was pitted in a battle or a duel if you will of some sorts against the Titan of Destruction who had apparently had the blessing of Erebus the Primordial God of Darkness, it was a gruesome display, but everyone needed to know that they would not hold back on anyone who chooses to side against Erebus. Immediately after that he had learned a painful truth that his mother was still in fact alive but it tore his very soul apart upon learning that she had been corrupted by Erebus, to top that experience off, he had a six inch blade that was stabbed through his chest. He was still wondering on where the Chaos Silver had come from but could worry about that another time. His thoughts wandered off to where his daughter had healed him and when he had to tell the his tale to satisfy everyone's curiosity.

But none of those were as crazy as the bomb that Lady Chaos had decided to promptly drop on them just a few moments ago, He had to get engaged within the next week, or forfeit his title and pass it on to his daughter who then would have to face the prophecy of fighting Erebus alone, and he would not let that happen. The Gods were in agreement and tried to find a solution, but like all Olympian meetings go, everything soon erupted into chaos, thankfully Percy's daughter Azzreanna Luna Jackson came to the rescue and gave a intellectual solution to the problem, but right now, Percy is faced with his biggest challenge in five thousand years, He is faced with a group of five very pissed off goddesses and demigods, and some of them he had no idea to why they were even mad.

"Umm, Hi?" Percy said hoping that they would just let him get some rest.

"Hi?, HI?! That is all you say after five thousand years? Hi?!" Thalia screeched

Percy inwardly cursed his misfortune as all he wanted was to get some rest and was hoping that he could deal with all of this the next day, but as of the moment he was currently being glared at with a look that said I promise you pain

"What do you want me to say Thals?, Its not like I could have dropped by" Percy reasoned

Thalia was about to begin an argument but was promptly cut off by Athena "And why exactly could you not let us know you were alive? Did you not know how saddened we all were?"

Percy just looked at Athena with a raised eye brow, He would admit that he did feel very guilty at never letting anyone know that he was alive and that they had to grieve over his death, but he would have never expected Athena to be saddened by his passing from the earth, but he pushed the thought aside in favor of finishing the conversation so that he may have his much awaited rest.

"No one except Lady Chaos and my knights knew who I was Lady Athena, and I highly doubt that Lady Chaos would even allow me to reveal myself, If it was not for the situation with my mother, you would not even know that I am who I am." Percy replied with a stern voice that somewhat had shocked the group of girls, They had never known Percy to be one so easily angered, and this did not go well with the pride of one man-hating hunter.

"Watch your mouth boy, you are still in the presence of Olympians, you do not tell us what we should and should not know" Artemis replied as her pride had gained the better of her for the moment, Athena, Thalia and Annabeth nodded with her words since they did not like the thought of not knowing and felt that they deserved the right to know.

"Artemis is right seaweed brain, when were you ever one to bow down to authority?, so what now? you think because Chaos said that you were made into an archangel or whatever, you get to play God and and decide when or when not to tell the people you left behind that you were alive, what? you follow rules now like a good little soldier?" Annabeth snapped, after five centuries of grieving, she learns that Percy was alive and that she deserved to be able to vent out on him, while Thalia who had not said a word did not have to as she wordlessly agreed to her companions words.

Lady Hestia on the other hand, was starting to get worried, She had just wanted to confront Perseus and somehow find a way to get to know him better, she had not expected this to happen at all, She was about to say something but was immediately cut off by an ominous feeling of dread, which left her wide eyed when she found out that the source of this feeling was coming from Percy himself.

Artemis, Athena, Thalia and Annabeth along with Hesita and whoever was left on Olympus just stared at Percy wide eyed as his eyes were beginning to glow a a bright shade of silver, they could feel the air that was surrounding the throne room begin to thin as some demigods who were still in attendance began to fall on their knees and some were already unconscious seeing as they were gasping for air. They mere pressure and force of Percy's aura had created a crater on the very floor in which he stood before flashing his eyes towards the girls.

"I will sat this once and only once, I do not care for what you think I should have done, I did what I had to do, and I do not need to remind you that it was because of your jealousy towards me that you were corrupted by Erebus, and none of you did not even move a single fiber in your body to prevent anything, You all watched until the final moments as I lost my breath and left this earth." Perseus said in a rare showing of rage

Hestia who snapped out of her initial shock, tired to move towards Percy to calm him down, but was not fast enough seeing that Percy was far from finished

"It seems you Gods have not change at all, and now you think you have the right to demand an explanation. I do not care if you are an Olympian or not, You do not order me around, and let this perfectly clear, If I was not off playing good little soldier as you all claim I am, every single last one of you would be in your graves right now, and let this be a warning and the only one that I will ever give."

"I DO NOT GIVE A GODS DAMN IF YOU DO NOT RESPECT ME, BUT YOU WILL GIVE LADY CHAOS THE RESPECT SHE DESERVES OR I WILL PERSONALLY SEE TO IT THAT YOU FADE" Percy said leaving a foreboding warning before vanishing to the nearest shadow leaving the Artemis, Athena, Annabeth, Thalia and Hestia shocked to the very core at the sight of Percy angered the way he was just not

Silence had engulfed the throne room once again, seeing as that every one did not know what to say, but all knew that they never wanted to anger Perseus again after that display, one by one they had left the throne room, leaving the five to speak among themselves.

"He has changed so much since we had last saw him" Athena decided to speak

"How can someone change like that?, It is like I never even knew him" Annabeth added

"and he has the gall to threaten us that way." Artemis stated to which all the girls nodded except for Hestia

"Hold your tongue niece, We do not know what had happened to him in these past years, and from what he has told us, he had fought in more wars than any of us have taken part of. " Hestia said

"So? He doesn't have to be an ass about it, talk about being selfish" Thalia finally said deciding to speak up

Hestia was about to reply when a voice from behind the group spoke

"He has every right to be young one, you all claim to love him but do not try to understand his pain, you all believe that his world should revolve around you. He may be the prince of the universe but he will always be a soldier until there are no more wars to be fought" The voice said

The group turned around to see who was speaking and immediately bowed down once they saw that it was Lady Chaos

"L-Lady Chaos" Annabeth managed to saw, as she was shivering in fear as well as the others beside her, hoping that she was not there to punish them for what had happened a few moments ago.

"Rise children" Lady Chaos said

"W-what are you doing here?" Annabeth managed to ask although stuttering

Lady Chaos merely frowned at them before saying "The anger of Perseus was felt throughout my realm and everyone was worried at what had happened, I watched what you all had said, and it took me a great deal of effort to prevent the creed from stepping in."

"I apologize if my earlier comment was disrespectful, but I did not mean any disrespect and Thank you for not allowing the creed to interfere, I swear never to disrespect you again" Annabeth said, as fear was now beginning to show on her face, as was everyone beside her at hearing that the Lady Chaos had to step in to prevent the creed from doing anything

Lady Chaos merely raised an eye brow at seeing the obvious fear these women were displaying on their faces, wondering if they even understood why the creed was so willing to step out in the shadows, her light jab at her did not mean anything as the she as well as the creed had heard far worse and were not really bothered by her comment.

"You apologize to me, and swear not to disrespect me, but you do not do this for Perseus?, May I ask why?" Lady Chaos stated as she studied the women that claimed to love the man that she saw as her own son,

"Why should I apologize, let alone respect that boy he lied to us, he let us think he was dead, he never even did anything to let us think otherwise" Artemis said with a scowl visible on her face

"and when he said that we would never even had found out that it was him if it was not for the whole situation with his mother, and that would only mean he would have left without saying a word about who he really was after the war" Athena added with a frown on her face

"Not to mention that I thought he loved me, but he had a child with someone else, and to top it all off, he did not even come up to me and speak with me in private once his identity was revealed, not even a single word,"

"he comes back and listened to everything we had said about him during Lady Hestia's story and he did not even reveal himself even after seeing how everyone was sad and still grieving over his loss, it was selfish" Thalia said

"For the first time in my life, someone had made me lose all hope that everything would be better, and for a time, I was lost. I am not angry at Perseus nor do I blame him for his decisions, but I just hoped that he would at least explain why he did it, it would ease the weight in my heart" Hestia added with a sad smile.

Lady Chaos looked at everyone and sighed but she did slightly smile at Hestia's explanation, she was always level headed and the most reasonable of her great grandchildren.

"How can you all claim to love him, when you are doing nothing but being selfish, I do not see love, I do not feel that you care. You care more about yourselves that Perseus himself." Lady Chaos said

"How am I being selfish?!" They all cried out, well all except Hestia who was quiet pondering if she had really been so selfish, selflessness was something that she prided herself in.

"Yes selfish, all you are thinking about is what you are feeling, you do not even care nor even tried to understand Perseus's feelings, do you honestly think that he wanted to watch you all saddened?, do you think it was easy for him to accept death?, do you even think for one second that it was easy to watch his friends betray him and his father kill him, Influence or not, it was not easy. He had fought thousands of wars and won all of them for one and only one reason. To make sure that all of you are safe. and you are here being selfish only caring about your own feelings not even giving the slightest thought about how he felt when you said those words to him."

The girls were trying to comprehend the words Lady Chaos spoke, Hestia held her head down in shame, but the rest were staying strong in their beliefs, but Lady Chaos was not done yet. She looked towards the daughter of Athena first and said

"Daughter of Athena, you say that you still love the man I think of as my own son, but you do not show it, instead I can feel that you despise that he had a child with another woman, but what you do not realize is that all you are doing is pushing him away, He loves his daughter more that anything else in the world and she is someone he would gladly die for, and if you cannot accept him having a daughter I suggest you forget about him as he will not leave her for you."

"Artemis, You claim that he is the only man that you have ever loved, but what have you done to actually show him that what you claim to feel and say is true, you look at him like you look at any other lowly man, You assume that what he says is a lie, because you cannot understand nor can you comprehend his reasons, you do not care about what he feels, but instead you treat him like something to be won, a prize in a game, I will tell you this, the creed did not care if you insulted me since we have heard worse, but they would not have a second thought in making any of you the firsts gods they assassinate, this little soldier you all think of him, commands the greatest army in the universe."

"Daughter of Zeus, I can see it, you envy his power, you despise how strong he has become, you say that your feelings are true and regret that you joined the hunt, but you have not even left the hunt, you call him selfish, when you ran away from the prophecy, you say that you had every reason to demand why he had not told, well let me tell you the reason. You would be dead if anyone outside my realm knew of his identity."

"Pallas Athena, I am truly disappointed with you, you pride yourself as the Goddess of wisdom, but there is no wisdom in your words, you claim to care for him but you loath that he cannot be tamed, like the sea he is unpredictable and wild and no matter what you do, he can never be tamed, you seek knowledge and hate not knowing, but your mind cannot comprehend the very secrets of the universe. You take joy in knowing that you are unbeatable in battle and strategy but you will fall if you had fought in the wars Perseus had fought in, You once said to Perseus that his fatal flaw will end him in the end, but the truth of the matter is, his loyalty saved you all from death."

"Hestia, While I do know that you feel you deserve some questions answered, I thank you as well since you did not speak ill towards Perseus, however, the moment you said that you had once lost hope I was disappointed, how can you claim to love someone in whom you do not have faith in, You of all people know that it takes time for someone to open themselves and become vulnerable again, but I can tell you now, that his creed will not allow him to, especially not after what had just happened."

As soon as Lady Chaos said those words she examined the expressions everyone had, she was torn between disappointment and relief at what she saw, she inwardly sighed before turning around to leave the group and return to the Void, but not before saying

"Perseus is a son to me, and heed my words, if you cannot get over yourselves, leave him be or I will be forced to make you leave"

Thalia Grace, Daughter Of Zeus, Immortal Huntress and Lieutenant of Artemis's Hunt

Point Of View

After Lady Chaos had left, I went ahead and returned to the hunters camp and proceeded to my respective tent, I immediately crashed onto my bed and began to stare at the ceiling, her words were still ringing in my head, I began to ponder on what she had said, was I really envious of his strength, of how powerful he had become over the years,

I began to remember the selfless boy that I fell in love with, the boy who save us not once but twice out of love, he never asked anything in return and just wanted his happiness, I remembered when he was lost to us and my heart began to cry in sorrow, during those times, I had never actually thought that I would ever get the chance to see him again, but now he is right there in front of me, but for some reason I can't help but be mad at him, was Lady Chaos really right and I am really envious of his power?.

When he was dying, I knew that I loved him, I knew that he was my world and he was the only thing that ever mattered in my life, and once his last breath was drawn my whole world came crashing down in front of me, i never recovered from that, but what angers me is that he returns and acts like its nothing, like I never mattered, he acts like he did not die in front of my very eyes,

Tears were already running down my cheeks as I recalled all those memories, it hurts, it hurts so much that I don't know what to do anymore, I never left the hunt because there was nothing for me outside of the hunt anymore, but when he returned I never once contemplated in leaving the hunt, my heart clenched when I imagine his sea green eyes that were so deep that I constantly lost myself in them, all I ever wanted was to be held in his arms and hear those three soft words that would forever change my life,

But now, I have to deal with all this competition and the man that I honestly loved with all of my heart and soul has to be engaged within the next week, and after what had happened I don't think he can ever forgive me, I could not even bear to think about how I would feel if I saw someone else being held in his arms,

With each tear that left my now red puffy eyes, I felt the pain of being alone, five hundred years have passed and the emptiness within my heart has never been filled, the one thing that my hearts crave for more than life itself is only three words away. I admit that I was envious of his power but that does not mean that I do not love Percy, I was angry, I was angry that he did not tell us,

I wanted him to know how much I care and how much he means to me, I then decided to do what I should have done five hundred years ago, I am going to stop running, I will leave the hunt, I will tell him how I really feel, and hope that he feels the same way, I steeled my self with determination at what I was about to do, but I will not waver, not now, not when he is so close to me,

I stood up from my tent and made my way towards his cabin, hoping that everything was going to be alright.

As I was making my way towards his cabin I was hoping that no one else were going to have the same idea I had, I just want this one moment with Percy all to myself, I could feel my heart beating faster than ever, my hands were beginning to sweat and my mind was at a loss for words, Once I had reached the cabin that they created I stood in marvel at the beauty of it.

I took a deep breath and steeled myself at was I was about to do, I was about to knock when I heard a sound coming from the beach, I immediately was on alert and went to see what it was but lost my breath at what I saw, The man I love was walking out of the water, his sea green eyes turned to the seas and marveled at its beauty, his midnight black hair that complimented the way the moon shines. I wanted to move closer to him but I was stuck in place.

He turned his way towards me noticing me for the first time, My heart began to beat faster and faster and faster as he made his way towards me, I tried to think of something, something to say, but nothing was coming to mind, I just stared at him making his way towards me, I noticed his body that was built like a sculpture to perfection, but frowned upon the sight of scars that I had never seen before.

I then remembered the words of Lady Chaos, and thought about the wars Percy had fought, It was then I realized the stupidity in my words, it was always about us, he fought those wars to make sure that they never reached the shores of the earth, throughout the years, he earned these scars to protect us, even in death he lived for our sake. I felt tears forming in my eyes as I thought that he was still mad, or worse he hated me for what had happened a while ago.

He stopped right in front of me and stared into my eyes that were filled with tears while I was beginning to lose myself in his eyes that held the depth of the seas full of emotion, full of sorrow, full of loneliness, we were so much alike that my heart was already screaming at me to pull him into an embrace and forget the world around us.

I unconsciously began to move my hand slowly to a scar that was located on his chest, I began to trace the scar that seemed to have been caused by the blade that was used to stabbed him a moment ago, I began to think about the pain he had felt when that had happened and I had done nothing but complain and blame him for things that I could not understand and it caused my soul to shed a river of tears.

I wanted to say something but my voice was no where to be found, my sight was blurred due to my own tears and my mind was in turmoil, the guilt and sorrow I felt was eating me up inside, I suddenly felt a hand cup my cheek and wiped away my tears, I looked straight into his sea green eyes and saw forgiveness, he was still the selfless man that I know and fell in love with all those years ago, and for the first time in five hundred years my heart felt something that I that I thought was lost for eternity.

He pulled my hand of his scarred chest and inter laced his fingers with mine, he stared right straight into his eyes and gave me a smile that made me lose my breath, a smile that shined like the brightest of stars in the night sky, He then pulled me into the tightest of embraces that his warmth just overwhelmed me, I began to cry uncontrollably into his chest as the moon light was shinning on us.

I pulled away to tell him that I was sorry and that I loved him, but before I could say anything he put a finger in between my lips and took my hand, leading me down towards the beach and into the water, I tried to protest seeing as that I was a daughter of Zeus, I was not exactly welcome in the seas, but one look from him and the smile he gave just washed all my worries away as I allowed him to lead me.

I could feel the water crashing on my feet as my toes were buried in the sands, He pulled me into an embrace and rested my head on his heart, I could hear his heart beat perfectly synchronized with the waves of the ocean, I closed my eyes and felt the warm sea breeze brushing on my face as I melted right in his embrace, I wrapped my arms around his waist just hoping that we would be like this forever.

I knew from that moment that my heart can never be silenced, that my heart knew that this was true love and something that can never be fabricated, not matter what others may saw, my love for Perseus Jackson is something that will always be mine and this moment will always be ours, I felt him gently brushing my hair with his hands while I was still in his warm embrace, I pulled back slightly not to break the embrace but to see his eyes once more,

"P-Percy, I-I'm s-s-sorry" I managed to say, in between tears as I began to cry once again seeing as I hurt the one I love most with my words and hoped that he would accept my apology, he showed me something beautiful and I can't pretend that, that does not mean anything to me, I used to be always in control but now I just don't care and would allow him to take me anywhere.

He responded by simply keeping his arms around me in an embrace while wiping away the tears on my face, he smiled one last time before gently placing a soft kiss on my forehead that made my hear skip several beats at that moment,

"There is nothing to forgive Thals" He said to me, and I just looked at him in shock for a moment before remembering how forgiving he was,

"H-How can you be so forgiving?" I asked

"Do you know what I saw during my first war for Chaos?" Percy asked and I simply shook my head, He gave me another smile, but this time it was a sad smile, and a look of worry etched on my face at seeing that,

"I've seen countless of lives lost, Thals, their deaths weigh heavy on my heart, I can feel my the blood that has stained my blade for a thousand of years, I'm not a good person Thals, I've seen planets destroyed and the lives of the innocent lost because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time, but everything I did was to make sure that the balance of the universe is kept. You are correct Thals, I am a soldier, I am no prince, I was angry at what all of you said because it reminded me of the monster that I am,"

"No!, You are not a monster Percy!, you are the most selfless man I had ever met, you are nothing like a monster Percy, please please, don't think of yourself like this, I can't bear it!" I said as I broke down into his chest.

He pulled me in tighter, like he was afraid that I was somehow going to vanish from his sights,

"I've missed you so much Thalia, I'm sorry for leaving, I'm sorry" Percy said as the tears that were falling from his eyes mixed with the sea as soon as they fell, I could feel the waters of the sea blow its currents around us as him understanding the sadness of one of its own,

I could not bare to the man I love like this, He needed to know how I felt but no words were coming from my mouth, but I gathered the courage to speak, as I pulled away from our embrace and looked him in the eyes and said

"Do you know what love is Percy?" I asked and cut him off before he could reply

"Love is something that can only be felt by the heart Percy, with every beat of the heart, It is something that can never be seen, It can only be felt, its a feeling that is so pure that nothing can ever be compared to the feeling of love. Its when your, mind, body and soul are in perfect harmony and screams in joy at being near the one the heart longs for."

As soon as those words left my lips I pulled him into a kiss, showing him my feelings as our lips met, I'm giving him my trust and my love for him to keep and cherish, I stopped thinking and enjoyed this moment that we were sharing together, He was shocked for a moment but slowly melted into our kiss as his hands wrapped me around by the waist and I flung my arms around his neck as we drowned in the moment as our lips enjoyed this tranquil feeling.

I could feel the currents of the sea going wild around us, roaring in joy, even under the sea I could feel the night skies begin to clear as every star began to shine brighter that they had ever had before, I could hear the creatures of the sky sing in joy of the love that we were feeling at the moment, I could feel the life that lived in the seas dance in harmony as our hearts become one.

I slowly pulled away from the moment, the kiss, the love we shared that will forever be placed in our hearts, that will forever be seen when you look at the stars, whenever you feel the waves of the sea crash on the shore, whenever the wind blows followed by the warm sea breeze, This moment was something that could never be taken away from me, from us, the beating of our hearts in perfect harmony, a union of the sky and the seas

"That is what love feels like seaweed brain, I Love You, Perseus Jackson, with all my heart and soul, I've have been in love with you from the very first time our eyes met, I never stopped loving you since the moment you left, and right now, I tell you that I love you because you can make my heart sing in joy and take the air out of my breath"

TO BE CONTINUED

Authors Note : HEY!, This chapter is done. :) Next chapter will be the other Girls, and an AZZREANNA POV! :)) THEN WE GO BACK TO THE ACTION. :))

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Will be posting the next chapter unfortunately next week. Been really busy this week and have no time to actually write the next chapter. I apologize in advance,