Chapter 10 Percy
I felt my self materialize after who must have been my dear old dad obviously transported me somewhere. I felt Annabeth's hand on mine; she squeezed it to let me know she was there and for this I was thankful.
Being alone with my dad was never that bad, but if he had to bring somewhere, alone, in an obvious rush, that could never be good. He was Lord Poseidon, the God of the sea after all, and his emotions could change as fast as the waves could. I opened my eyes blinded by the familiar glow of Olympus, seeing that we where in the thrown room. I turned to see Harry and Ginny. Who where holding hands with there eyes closed, only half there; not being at all god they weren't technically aloud to be there. I looked around only to see my 30 foot tall dad sitting in his throne.
"Dad?" I yelled up to him. "What are we doing here?"
"Silence son." He said oddly kind. One by one the other Gods filled the thrones; Hestia, Hermes, Hephaestus, Demeter, Iris... As each of them arrived I waved to the gods and goddess I personally knew and nodded to the others. After about 2 minutes all but two thrones were full, Hades and Zeus. The gods and goddess chatted amused themselves; from time to time someone would look to me or my dad wondering why we where all here, and truthfully I wanted to know too. I looked over to Harry and Ginny who still had there eyes closed, most likely blinded by the glow that Olympus let off. Reaching over to Harry I set my free hand on his shoulder. He jumped, turning his head from side to side and trying to open his eyes but failing.
"Harry, its okay, its just me." I said trying to calm him down.
"Percy? Where are we? Why can't I open my eyes? I know I'm not supposed to be here."
Annabeth let go of my hand and walked over to a trembling Ginny and began to whisper in her ear, obviously trying to calm her.
"I'm here. And you're right you're not supposed to be here but it's okay. Listen to me." I said putting my other, now free, hand onto his other shoulder so I was looking directly at him. "Try to open your eyes now, but only look at me! Don't look at the ground or the walls or anything but me." Now pretty much bagging I said "and please don't try to look at the other people in the room, that's a good way to get killed."
Slowly he opened his eyes clearly frightened of what he might see.
"Yes! I can open my eyes!" he cheered, and then he tried to look over to Ginny when I quickly stopped him.
"Harry, eyes here." I said pointing to me "You can't look anywhere else the mist is too strong, you will probably got crazy, that or burn up instantly." A chill ran down Harry's spine, I didn't mean to scare him but that was the truth.
"Annabeth," I said with out looking away from Harry. "Ginny can open her eyes and look at you but please warn her she can't look any where else."
Cursing in ancient Greek she looked to me and said. "Now why didn't I think of that, Perc?"
"I don't know wise girl." I joked.
"Seaweed brain!" She teased.
A smile crept onto my face. "Owl Head!"
"Kelp Mouth!"
"Annie Bell!"
"Peter Johnson!"
"Book Worm!"
"Captain Salt Water!"
"Wow" Harry chimed in "you have more names for each other then Ron and Herminie!"
"I know, right!" Ginny laughed "I didn't think anyone could!"
"Ron?" Annabeth asked.
"I'll explain later." Harry reassured her. Annabeth turned away instructing Ginny on how she could open her eyes. I could see in Harry's eyes that he was scared but trying to hide it.
"Annabeth will take care of Ginny; she's good with words if you couldn't already tell."
Harry let out a deep breath then began to speak calmly. "So Percy, where are we?"
Unsure what I should tell him, I asked him to close his eyes while I speak to my dad. Thankfully he tightened his grip on Ginny's hand and agreed. After watching him close his eyes I walked up to my dad as confident as I could hoping he would come down talk to me. Thankfully he saw me walking over to him he shrank down to normal size and walked over to meet me. Thank the gods!
"Dad?" I asked kind of babyish.
"Yes, Percy? He answered with authority.
"What are we doing here? And why did you call everyone in?"
"You will find out soon enough, son."
"What do I tell the others? Harry and Ginny, they want to know where they are and why they can't open there eyes."
"Oh yes," he snapped his fingers. "Next time you speak to them they will be able to open there eyes, as for what you tell them." He though for a second then slowly, as if no words where right he said. "Tell them- tell them all that you know. Yes, that will do. Perfect, you can tell them what ever they wish to know. I plan to fully inform them."
"Okay then." I answered sarcastically, and then quickly he spun on his feet and walked back towards his throne growing with each step.
I walked back to where Annabeth was with Harry and Ginny and grabbed Annabeth by the hand and spoke in the voice I use when giving tours at camp. "You guys can open your eyes now. Also feel free to ask me or Annabeth any questions you have. Oh as for where you are," I paused watching there faces light up looking around the room, jumping from god to god. "Welcome to the Mount Olympus Throne Room, designed by my one and only Annabeth Chase!"