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"My lord, why have you brought her here? If the Olympians learn of her existence, which you have allowed to continue; moreover, the fact that you have sheltered here, it could break the unsteady alliance that we are trying to form here." Leto yelled over all the other Titans.
"Look Leto, if the circumstances had been different I definitely wouldn't have brought her here, but it was either bring her here or leave here defenceless in a forest. As for the Olympians, don't worry about them, I will speak to them about her, and if needed I'll vouch for her innocence. While she may be the daughter of Koios, she's not him. They, better than no one else, should understand that the evil of your father does not define you." I explained to the entire council, effectively stoping any from speaking. "Now, the only problem is that I leave tomorrow, and I'm not about to risk the mission over this issue, so, I'm leaving her here, in your care, and I don't want leaving until I get back, and by no means will any of you inform anyone outside of this council about her existence. I'm not asking that you trust her, all I need you to do is trust me when I say that I trust her." I finished saying with a sigh. Catching my air, I began to speak again, "Now that everything has been settled on that matter, this council is dismissed."
I stepped off my throne and walked away, with two people following behind me. When we were out of hearing range of the others I turned around and looked at the two expectantly. One was Prometheus and the other was Alyssa. "So you're gonna just leave me here with these people, I mean, did you say the many looks they gave me?" Alyssa demanded.
"Look, I know this isn't ideal for you, and neither is it for me, but if the Olympians find you and I'm not here to step up for you, then you're done." I explained to her.
"Okay, so let me come along then." She proposed.
"Sorry, but there's no way that is happening. It's far too dangerous of a quest. In fact it's being carried out by a goddess and a, I'm not exactly sure how to address myself as, an immortal, let's put it that way." I rebutted.
"That's another thing, could you please, for the love of Zeus, tell exactly what and who you are." She pleaded.
"Look, Alyssa, I'm afraid that a long story to which I don't have the time to tell. I promise that I'll explain things, just not yet. Now go, you'll be staying in the room you woke up in this afternoon." Alyssa huffed, probably unsatisfied that she doesn't know something. It reminded me much of how Annabeth acted in the same situations, but she would always find a way to get what she wants, which scares me to be honest. They might be different body's and memories, Anna and Annabeth, but they're still the same person on the inside. They think the same and act the same. Speaking of Anna, I think I'll visit her before the night is over, haven't actually told her I'm leaving, wouldn't be nice if she wants to talk to me and I'm nowhere to be found, actually, now that I think about it she has no means of contacting me, or anyone for that matter.
I'll think about it later, for now Prometheus is approaching me. "My lord, what is it exactly that you plan on doing?"
"I don't know what you mean my good-"
"You know well what I mean Lord Perseus. About this mission with the moon goddess. What do you plan on doing up there, and I don't mean with the women." Shit, scar face is smarter than I have him credit for, and that's saying something.
"Look, it's as simple as when I first explained it, I'll just go in the, have the goddess with me as a formality, take a peek at what their-"
"My lord, pardon my rudeness, but save me the bullshit. I know you well enough to wager that you plan on doing more than 'taking a peek.' So just tell me what it is exactly that you plan on doing." He demanded, crossed his arms, and have me a calculated glare.
There was no getting out of it, so I knew I would have to speak. "Look, I'm not planning on fighting this war alone or anything like that, I'm not that reckless. However, it's true that if I do a quick hit and run, maybe cripple their advancement south and their growing of army, that certainly won't hurt us. Just trust me my good friend. I won't let myself be captured, and I'll try to avoid a confrontation with Koios." I assured him.
Prometheus let his shoulders slump a bit as he let out a sigh of relief and relaxed some. It was one of those rare occasions when he would actually address me as if we were just friends, and not king and subordinate. "I just hope you know what you're doing lad."
"Don't worry man, I've got this under control. Well..." I looked down at my bare wrist, "it's Time to go." I flashed away, barely managing to see Prometheus shake his head.
When I reappeared I was outside of Anna's apartment. I went to go nock on the door, but then hesitated. What if she had someone else over, it would be rude of me to just intrude with, whatever it is girls do when they're alone. Actually, even if she is alone, it would still be rude to interrupt her private time, specially since I wasn't invited so she's not expecting...
"Are you gonna walk in, or are you just gonna keep walking in circles, either choice is equally amusing to me, so it's all up to you." I looked up at the opened door with Anna standing in the doorway. She had an eyebrow raised at me in question and her hands at her hips.
"Yeah..." is all I managed as I now noticed that she had a black see-through blouse covering her hourglass figure that was covered by a black shirt and really, really short shorts. Let's just say that the view was really kicking my primitive instincts on overdrive.
"You can either stop drooling like a dog, or come in with me." After that she turned back around, and I quickly checked for drool before shaking my head and stepping in.
"I assume you came here to deliver some important news. I mean it's..."
"11:38 with six seconds, yeah I know, and it is for a good reason. Also, I'm sorry for the bad timing and no heads up, but I just wanted to drop by to tell you something." I said, and stopped there cause I'm seriously not sure if I should tell her. If I do she'll be mad about me leaving, if I don't sell be mad at me for not telling her that I was leaving.
"Well, what is it, bark it out already, or did your brain freeze?" She was smirking at her own humour, which I will say was actually funny.
"Very funny, owl face." She just gave me a very confused look. "Never mind, forget it. On to what's important, I'm leaving."
"Uh... you did just get here."
"I mean as in I'm leaving the area, for a week perhaps, if things go as planned that is. Anyways, I just wanted to let you know that and give you a means of communicating with me if needed. So, here, take this." I handed her an iPhone.
"Um, I already have a phone," she said pulling out a piece of glass. "Plus, this things is so outdated, did you by any chance steal this out of a museum? Oh, right, the whole immortal thing, guess it gets hard to keep up with technology." Great, now I feel stupid, and super old.
"Okay fine," I said throwing it away and pulling out another one that looked like hers. "here, and I know you already have one, but this one doesn't run out of battery, it has infinite memory, and it always has perfect connection so you can call me at any time." She just smiled at me smugly. "Let me guess, all of those come as standard features in this things." She just nodded with the same smug look on her face. "Fine, I'll keep this one and I'll just give you the number..." I was trying to figure out how the damn thing worked when Anna took hers and tapped it to mine.
"There, I've got your info. Now, unless your up for some Boche and reading, I think you should go." It was my time to smile this time.
"Oh really, what are you reading? I already knew since I saw what she checked out of the library, but I didn't want to freak her out and make her think that I'm a stalker, it's enough with me feeling like one already.
"The Fault in Our Stars by..."
"John Green, yeah I've read it like a million times by now, don't question, I had a lot of free time, and so I decided to step out of my comfort zone and ended up being hooked on reading, of all kinds really. Actually, why don't we just watch the movie?"
"Haha, yeah right? And can we also go back in time and visit the Athena Parthenon?"
"Yes, and yes." I said smugly. Flashing a copy of the movie in my hands.
"What the hell! That thing is supposed to be lost, along with so many other movies?!"
"Well I preserved this one from when it came out. So, you up for it or what?"
"Is that even a question?" She said dragging me of to her room. Then suddenly she stopped and looked back at me. "Wait, did you say we could go back to the Parthenon, as in the original one?"
"Well yes, but right now really isn't the best time..." she got real close to me and pointed a finger at.
"I don't care when, but we are going, no matter what?" I just nodded cowering under her intense glare. "Very good." She then proceeded to continue on dragging m and pushed me towards the bed as I obediently got on and she snatched the movie case from my hand and went into her closet. She came back with a DVD player that had collected quite a bit of dust.
"Hopefully it works. I haven't used it in quite a while as you can tell, and when I bought it off that antique place, it was already in bad shape." I got off the bed and walked over to her as she was struggling to plug it in her TV with all the different cable converters she had.
"Alright, step back." I said as I snapped my fingers and a TV and blue-ray player flashed into my hand. I connected them both to the outlets and then plugged them together. I replaced the older TV with the pane of glass that Anna had.
"There, old, but simple and easy." Anna just stared at me.
"Do you have any idea how much this stuff is worth? I can say good bye to my student loans."
"That's nice, but for now we could just enjoy the movie." She nodded and hoped on the bed and I did as well. She waved her hand in front of her and a hologram control pane showed up. She clicked stuff and the lights around the house died except for one dim around the room. She then waved it off and looked over at me expectantly. I sighed and got on the bed next to her and flashed a remote into my hand.
"What is that?" She frowned at the controller then gasped. "Is that a remote controller?!" She said taking it from my hand and started clicking buttons as the trey kept opening and closing, the TV turning on and off, and the volume going up and down.
"Alright, stop, you an check all this stuff out after the movie. For now just enjoy the movie, okay?" She nodded, handing me the controller back. I fixed the thing back up to play the movie and after the first second of the actual movie Anna was hooked and leaning on me. All I could do was look down at her, smile, and then continue watching the movie. Some things just never change.
Through the entirety of the movie Anna was well indulged in it and soon enough the movie was ending and Anna was silently sobbing as I placed my arm around her to comfort her. It had gotten rather late and so I wasn't surprised to see that soon after the movie was over Anna was fast asleep. this meant two things, one, that I cant get out of this bed, and two that ill be spending the might over with Anna. Not that I'm complaining, I mean this certainly isn't that bad way to spend my last day here before I leave to go to the north. I close my eyes and allowed for a pleasant dream to take over my subconscious.
When I woke up I found myself in the most pleasant dream that I could have. It's one that I had many times over the course of my two hundred years of immortality. I was back in my cabin inside of cabin three, my old cabin. Next to him was Annabeth, as she stirred and began to wake up. This is what I had dreamed it would be like after the war, just Wise Girl and I, enjoying peace for once in our life. We would eventually move to camp Jupiter, where Annabeth would go to school and I would most likely train the legionaries. "Good morning Wise Girl."
Annabeth would lightly giggle before she would respond, "Good morning Seaweed Brain." I would then get up and pick her up with me as she would yelp in such a cute way and I would carry her to the shower where we would step in and I would dose her in water, while I would stay completely dry. From there the day continued in just the same manner. we would joke and kid around, go to the beach, maybe spar for a bit, go to dinner, relax at the campfire with all our friends, and then we would fall back asleep in my cabin.
It was my favorite dream, and for a long time my worst nightmare. I would have the dream since Annabeth had died in the war, and when I would wake up I would turn to my side to find myself alone, and then I would go through the phases of depression and disparity . First I would sob my heart out and then it turned to rage, and it would only stop because Michael would stop ,e before I made the entire cave fall in on itself. It even came to the point where I hated falling asleep. I feared it, because my greatest paradise was also my own personal Tartarus, where I did not want to go to sleep because I knew it would eventually end, leaving me hallow and reminding me of what could have been, but what I ultimately lost. Gaea had accomplished her last wish in the end, she had left me broken. Actually, I didn't hate sleeping, I did not fear sleeping and dreaming of Annabeth, what I hated and feared was waking up to reality. Back then if I had the choice to fall asleep for eternity then I would have, and if it wasn't because I was the Alpha and the pack depended on me, I probably would have been to weak and fallen into eternal slumber, until I was woken back up.
However, for the first time I woke up and turned to my side, and facing me, was the most beautiful angel to ever be witnessed. her same princess curls, same strawberry smell from the farms at camp, the same glossy pink lips, and beautiful features. A pain erupted in my chest, but it wasn't from sadness but immense joy. I was like a homeless man after being deprived of food for so long, as I broke down, allowing for one of those rare moments, when I didn't have to seem like I was invulnerable, like I was immune to pain, I didn't have to act like the perfect Alpha or king, numerous demigods weren't placing their live in my hands. It was just me, and Wise Girl, and it wasn't a dream, it was reality, she was here and so was I, and this time, I would keep that way, I don't plan on losing her a second time.
Pulling me back to the greatest of realities, the voice of my angel called out for me, "Good morning Seaweed Brain."
I wiped the tears as quickly and naturally as I could so she wouldn't know that I had been crying. I couldn't help the huge grin that threatened to split my face though, as I responded, "Good morning Wise Girl."
I sat up and so did she. Then something came to mind, she never really knew about my nickname that she had for me. "Seaweed Brain?"
"I don't know, it just felt right, like a natural response I guess." Could it be that meeting people she used to know, more importantly being aware of her past lives, could they maybe be causing her to remember her past lives. If there was some way I could bring back her memories, any way at all, I would find it. I would need to talk to Hades about this first though. "Besides, Wise Girl?" She said blushing. "I'm not that smart."
"Oh please, there's no need to be modest. Anyways, I must really get going." I'm surprised she hasn't asked too much about the quest. Such as where I'm going? Am I going alone? Why am I going? Instead she just nodded with an innocent smile. Unfortunately, if she's anything like the Annabeth I know, which she is, that means she's up to something. I didn't have time to wonder about that though, not now. Right now, I need to go to Artemis and tell her that I'm ready to leave. "I seriously enjoyed the movie, and I'm glad you did too. Also, you can keep the stuff and sell it if you want, I don't really mind, I literally have a unlimited supply. Another thing, about the Parthenon, I already have something in mind, and I think you'll enjoy it." She just nodded, still smiling. After a second or two of holding her gaze, I disappeared in a gust of old wind.
When I reappeared I was perhaps three meters behind Artemis's tent. I walked around tapped on the flap. I heated some groaning and seconds later a messy Artemis opened the door, only to pale when she saw me and rush back inside before coming back out in her parka, her hair tied back in a pony tail, and gone was the pyjamas with moons all over them. "Hi Perseus, I suppose you're ready to leave."
"You suppose correctly Lady Artemis. Shall we go then?" She bit her lip and looked like she was deep in thought.
"Yeah, though I've got to think about where I'm gonna leave the girls. I really don't want to leave them in the camp, they still hate it there, and they'll cause too much trouble in one of the cities." To me the answer was pretty simple, my pack.
"Well, they can stay with my pack, the guys there are either too young and innocent, or already have a mate. Trust me, their all decent boys and men, I mean, they ought to be considering the way their mothers raise them to be." I suggested to her.
Artemis thought about it for a while before saying, "Fine, it's definitely way better than my other options."
"A word of warning, remind your hunters to try the best to not lay a single finger on one of my men. As much as they might dislike the male population my female members are very protective, and while they are not part of my warriors, they can all fight like the best of them, so just ask them to please call the urge to hit any of them." I asked with a sort of annoyed tone. I can remember last time when we were headed to Olympus, one of the hunters attacked one of my men because tried helping her put away her tent. Well, let's just say that thanks to Devine intervention the poor girl managed to leave the ordeal with just a few scratches.
Artemis sighed in frustration, more at how hard it would be to accomplish it, than at the actual request is what I would wager. "I'll try my best, but no promises. Now I have to go wake them up and tell them we're leaving. It'll take us about an hour to unpack, and another one to get a ride from Apollo. Just go wait for us at your camp, we'll get there as soon as possible." She told me and I just nodded in reply and flashed off.
I had flashed into my little section of the cave and walked around as everyone greeted me, having not seen me in a while. I eventually ran into Michael and called him over, regrettably interrupting his crafting class with the pups. "Hello, my lord, you haven't been around in a bit."
"I know, and I'm sorry friend, but I've been busy like a one handed wallpaper hanger. Anyways, I just came to tell you that soon I'll be leaving for the North, and also, the hunters will be staying here with you all of a while. Have your mate handle that, and keep the younger paws in check alright?" I informed him.
"No worries Percy, I'll have it all under control, you can leave it to me." He answered, to my relief.
"Thanks man, that's one less thing I've got to worry about. I'll be in my temple, checking one last thing out. Well, I'll leave you to your class, and hopefully I'll be back soon. When I return, we'll need to start training for the upcoming war, tell Mergath to ready his forge, we're gonna need some fresh gear, also talk to Speck about the new guns, we're gonna need mortal weapons as well, you know why." After I told him what to do, he nodded and I took off for my temple.
When I walked in I noticed that there were actually people in here, like quite a few. People turned towards me and ten back to whoever they were with and began to whisper amongst themselves. Finally I found a girl in white priestess robes, she had white hair, and pale skin, Madie.
"Hello, Madie." I spoke, and in turn Madie looked up from the young child she was speaking to. She said one last thing to the child and dismissed him as he left to join a couple, I assume his parents. Madie walked over to me. Before she reached me I walked off into Madie's office.
Soon Madie walked through the doors and closed them behind herself. She then turned back to me with a smile. "Hello father, what do I owe this visit to?"
"Well, I wanted to tell you that soon, as in approximately an hour and a half, I'll be leaving on an expedition North. While I'm up there I'll be looking for a good place to move Othrys to. Now, the question I have for you is, do you want to stay here, and we'll keep this as our main temple, or do we make the new temple in Othrys our main temple and you can move into the city with me?"
"Well, if we do that, hmm. What I'm thinking is that we should try and keep this temple as powerful as it is now, and build an even bigger and better temple for our main centre in Othrys. While we may be concentrating our power in one spot too much, it's better than having your main temple outside of your territory." She answered after much thought.
"Yes, I think you're right, and by the way, how are we doing?" Madie grinned widely, assuring me of some good news.
"Well, over eighty percent of residents in New Rome have a shrine devoted to you, pretty much everyone in New Greece has one, with the exception of a few who can't afford it, but we are working towards getting them some for free. Our vault is pretty well stocked with rues, the new international currency, the leaders of the two cities signed a bill to make a coin that would work anywhere in the demigod world. A Rue is the base coin with a value of one, a Grimn has a value of ten Rue's, a Rus had the value of a hundred Rue's and a Tese has the value of a thousand Rue's. There are also Rufins, which are mainly used for large transactions, and are worth one million Rue's. I traded all of our sacrifices and donations into Rue's, and exchanged any old currency we had. In the end we have three Rufin, thirty-eight Tese, and about four Rus. With this we can start building temples in both cities, and soon, with s little more coin, I have calculated that we can build in the camp as well."
"What about Olympus? Should we think about building something there?"
"Well, presume you have a temple in Olympus already, and considering where and how you live, I'm sure it is quite vacant. It would be a prime place for a temple, and would only need some minor alterations. Also, this temple is dedicated to The Saviour, you that is, but most people don't know about your other, natures. In fact, none of your disciples even know, much less any of the new demigods. Should we maybe open up about who you truly were, and are? Many people aspire to be like you, and wish to follow your path and guidance. However, if they viewed you more as a person than a figure, I'm sure it'll inspire many more. So, what do you say?" I thought about what she said. So far people only know that I played some major role in the wars, and that I am the god of the North, Wolves, Ice, and Low Temperatures. Only a select few know me as the Titan of Time, or Primordial of the Earth.
"I think you're right, we should open up a bit more, introduce my other aspects, but, we should wait until I return, this is a matter that I want to go into full detail with you." She nodded her agreement at my proposal. "I should go now, Artemis should be arriving soon. Take care Madie, and don't hesitate to call me if needed."
"Yes, father." She responded as I flashed away. I appeared back in the forest outside of the cities where my pack was staying. As I had predicted a hunting horn could be heard in the distance. Soon, a group of girls clad in white, and a small pack of wolves came running this way. At first most of my man reached for their weapons or bared their teeth at a trespassing pack. I turned into wolf form and barked at my pack, who obediently backed off. Soon the hunters had entered with their wolves, which look more intimidated than a three year old facing Sylvester Stallone. I walked pass all my wolves until I was at the very front and first looked at the wolves.
"There's nothing to be afraid of, they won't bite, we're all part of the same family." Thankfully that helped ease the wolves who then proceeded to trot over to my side and began interacting with my pack. "Hunters, it is a pleasure to have you over once more, and I hope you will be able to enjoy your stay; however, as in sure you are already aware of, everyone in my pack, or visiting, will have an important role, and you must follow our rules and costumes during you stay here. Now, I'll be leaving with Artemis, and Sara, Michael's mate, will speak to you about the details." As I finished Sara handed her pup to Michael and walked over to the hunters and asked them to follow her as she led them into the cave. Artemis stayed behind and so I trotted pass her and nudged her side as I went.
"Where are we headed from here? You know the territory much better than anyone else." She asked as she came up behind me.
"Well, I'll transport us as close as I can to the enemy territory without being noticed, from there I can cloak us, but if we use any godly power, we will be spotted by Koios. This means that once we get there well have to resort to using mortal means for travel, and we can't use our symbols of power. While you may be deprived of your godly powers up in the north, that does not apply to your godly weapons, and I can keep them cloaked, considering that they don't get used. If, and only if, we are spotted, should we use any godly powers or symbols, understand?"
"Yes, it seems reasonable." She answered to my relief.
"Alright, one last thing, I will be capable of using a limited amount of low level powers, such as changing forms, or traveling relatively short distances, but for the most part the same goes for me, so don't expect me to be able to get you out of any tough situation."
"Don't worry, wasn't planning on it, besides, I can take care of myself." She said looking smugly.
"I have yet to see that, and get rid of that confidence, it'll prove fatal when we're in there. Now, we should head out." Without another word I wind traveled us as close to the border of Maine as we could. We were in an alley, right outside a mall. "Alright, as soon as we cross the U.S. border, we're officially in enemy territory. Now let's go." After I said that Artemis nodded and we walked towards Canada.
(A/N: I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I will be trying my best to shift back into one update per week, also, I was thinking, would any of you mind, or prefer, if I went through all my chapters and ident out any mistakes or errors. This will mean that it'll take longer until my next update, but you can also go back and read the story again, but this time without all the mess ups.
P.S. I also got ahold of a copy of Magnus Chase since it came out, which coincidently was also my birthday, best birthday gift ever. Anyways, it's an awesome book and all of you should get it as soon as possible, just make sure you've read Blood of Olympus, cause otherwise it'll spoil a few things, then again if you read Blood of Olympus it kinda spoils the big inning a bit, still it's best to just read Blood of Olympus first.
P.P.S. So I'm thinking of writing an original story. It won't have to do with any mystical things or anything, it's just a story set in a normal world. Anyways, please comment if you would be interested in seeing something like that from me.
SILT: Follow You by Bring Me the Horizon
RDS: Oh No by Bring Me the Horizon
RIF: A blood cell in the average human can travel around the bloodstream in about three seconds. To put things in perspective, if you were to stretch all your veins and arteries, they would wrap around the world two and a half times.
Additional RIF: Just felt like doing this one in honour of the Ancient Greeks
List of things we can thank them for:
City planning, alarm clocks, clock towers, lighthouses, vending machines, showers, philosophy, theatres, astronomical calculators, thermometers and temperature scale, complex currency[coins of different sizes and materials which had different values, much like coins today.], running tap water[meant we could use both hands when using the faucet], first home heating system, detailed topographical maps. That's just a few things among many, and definitely not counting all their scientific and mathematical discoveries and theories, otherwise this list would never end.
LOL: There are billions of people that are alive today, billions of people that have died, and billions of people who will one day inhabit our planet. You are one person, and until you do something to stand out, something so that people, thousands of years later will still remember you, will still talk about you, will still learn about you, you will still only he one person among the masses.)
