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Mowe - More
Thanks for all the reviews (and favs+follows) they meant me updating faster, now its half term I aim to update a couple this week (maybe Wednesday and Saturday ?), though I do have to revise. I'll try my best - no promises! Not really happy with this chap so might make adjustments. Depends what YOu think
At Olympus the Gods and Goddesses were yelling - nothing new. The main cause of the fighting was Zeus' downright refusal to realise that Kronos was in fact rising. Poseidon and Artemis were the main people protesting against Zeus while, Zeus' only representatives was an old, fat drunk (who didn't even understand what was happening, and an arrogant, idiotic jerk - himself.
"Pateras tha afxanetai alazoniki malakas. Akrivos epeidi eisak o vasilias ton theon den simainei oti boreite na thatpsei to kefali sas sta maxilaria kai na xechasoume to provlima!" Poseidon yelled angrily, the rough translation being;
Father is rising you arrogant jerk. Just because you are the king of the gods does not mean you can bury your head in your pillows and forget about the problem
As you could expect Zeus took great offence to this, and being the immature, theatrical jerk he is he didn't decide to reply politely:
"Kai mono epeidi zilevei sas gia. Ména den simaínei óti boreíte na prospoiitheíte patéra afxánetai. Sas aplós prospatheí na epanastatísei enantíon mou, kai den prókeitai na leitourgísei Boreíte ilíthio , ilíthio , ilíthio ilíthios."
Translating to Zeus saying that he controls all gods and Poseidon is just a 'jealous stupid, stupid, stupid idiot.'
That was pretty much how the fight was going with other gods occasionally butting in and Artemis continuously saying: Typiko paradeigma enos arsenikou - typical example of a male. Which to be honest was a typical example of Artemis. The main problem on Olympus was Zeus' refusal to believe that Kronos was uprising. Zeus let his power driven emotions get the best of him which meant he was insecure of the fact Poseidon was most likely more powerful then him and (in Zeus' mind) would overthrow him.
"Silence!" Zeus shouted angrily, "Stop Talking now!" The Gods and Goddesses looked up and Zeus' abrupt change in emotion. "You all seem to be stuck with the idea that the Titan King is rising. He is not, but as you are all so fixed upon this idea I have decided, to compromise!"
"What is your compromise brother?" Poseidon asked, calming down slightly.
"As we have armed the demigods, we create an elite group of fighters for Camp Half Blood. Just five or something. The best sword man in camp, which I believe is your son, Luke," Zeus glanced at the proud looking God, Hermes. "Shall lead this group, I suggest that we have a child of Ares, my daughter Thalia, a Hephaestus child and a child of Apollo or Athena. Then we have brains, aerial, ground fighting and general skill. This way the can fend off monsters." The other deities nodded slowly, coming to grips with the idea of an elite group. "Hermes, you will break this news after the meeting is finished. Which I believe it is unless anyone else has anything to discuss?"
The Olympian deities shook their heads, and thus the meeting was concluded. After it finished the Gods milled around talking to each other, gossiping or discussing domains. "Oh Aph, I love what you've done with your hair!" A nymph gushed, trying to get in the goddess of love's good books so maybe that cute satyr would notice her. 'Aph' just smiled with her pearl perfect teeth and twirled her hair in mock embarrassment.
"Its a look reserved for only the most beautiful in Olympus." She smiled slightly, "Me then."
"Yes. You are the most beautiful goddess." The nymph praised.
"Excuse me, her, the most beautiful goddess, what about me?" Hera demanded angrily,
"Well obviously Maple," Aphrodite said, making up a name.
"Its Jasmine," the nymph butted in shyly
"Whatever, your Maple now, obviously Maple has great taste, and can see who's more beautiful - ME!" Aphrodite exclaimed, calmly and cockily.
"While you might be more beautiful then Hera, I am obviously the prettiest, and I have brains as well." Athena cut in, she'd heard the whole conversation and thought it was disastrous how blinded some people could be.
"You, more beautiful than me." Aphrodite raised her eyebrows in disbelief, "Me, the goddess of beauty!" Staring at the, in her opinion, completely misguided goddess.
"Ladies, it is obvious that I am too stunning to even be involved." Hera snidely interrupted, thinking the other two were completely wrong, she was the Queen of the Gods, chosen by the most powerful of the Gods (that git Zeus by the way).
"Lets not forget about are last little, disagreement, Paris chose ME, not you, and certainly not you, sweetie, ME." Aphrodite told them condescendingly. Athena and Hera now both showed matching faces of anger, and humiliation at the thought of that competition.
"You cheated!" Hera accused,
"Yes, you bribed him with Helen." Athena yelled. All the other Gods and Goddesses ceased their conversations and looked over, sighing at the mess that would occur.
"All is fair in love and war. Oh and don't think Paris didn't mention to me that you bribed him also, so I guess it really is fair - I guess I'm more clever, and better, and obviously prettier because I won, I beat the goddess of wisdom, and the Queen of the gods. Plus with mine, it wasn't a bribe, it was a little gift, see he'd have chosen me anyway, I am the most beautiful after all!" Aphrodite smirked, a look surprisingly unpleasant on her.
The two offended goddesses lunged at Aphrodite, only to stop in confusion as the lights flickered. The whole room shivered in cold, and the shadows grew.
"Hello siblings, nieces, nephews, nymphs and other unimportant members, having a fun little family discussion." The man who walked out of the shadows asked bitterly,
"Hades, you are forbidden from Olympus, you may not be here." Zeus warned,
"Yes and you shouldn't be lying about the uprising of Kronos, I know things about Tartarus, I know the gossip. Yes, father is rising." Hades rose his hand as Zeus opened his mouth. "No, no, I don't want an argument - I just need to talk to your daughter, oh brother of mine." Hades told Zeus. "Artemis would you gift me with your presence." He asked with mock sincerity, but his eyes gave away his begging. Artemis sighed, hesitated and reluctantly nodded. They walked out of the main room and the other Gods and Goddesses all, still silent, sat down in shock. Hades, in Olympus, wanting to see Artemis of all people, and the man-hating goddess agreeing to this.
Outside the throne room
"So what do you want Uncle?" Artemis asked confused, Hades looked around,
"Not here, do you happen to know a safe place?" He asked in return. Artemis nodded, she rested a finger on Hades' shoulder and they disappeared to another place. It was on the edge of a cliff with a beautiful, diamond blue, glistening sea beneath them. The moon was in the night sky, the stars lay beside it like its blanket. The area they stood on was a green, lush field of green grass, with a dark green forest behind them.
"So what do you want?" Artemis demanded of her Uncle, the Lord of the Dead.
"Years ago, long before the oath, well ok a couple of years before the oath, I met a woman." Hades paused, sorrow filled his eyes, and a tear welled up. He shook his head angrily, angry he had let go of his emotions, but Artemis had seen the moment of compassion, from the normally compassionless god. "She was lovely, her name was Maria, Maria Di Angelo. We had children, two, one Bianca, the oldest by a year, and the second was Nico, the youngest. Zeus found out about them and threatened their extinction unless I took Nico and Bianca to Camp Half-Blood, but I couldn't let that happen, Zeus would kill them anyway. At this point Bianca was six, Nico four, nearly five. I offered Maria safety, with the children in my palace, Persephone didn't have to know. But Maria said all would be fine and Zeus wouldn't. I was with them and Maria had finally agreed, she ran upstairs to get a necklace from her late father to take with her when there was a massive explosion." Hades choked back an involuntary tear. "Zeus had decided their time was up, he didn't know I was there. I was with Nico and Bianca at the time, holding them in my arms. When I heard the explosion I immediately protected them in a cocoon of darkness. But I didn't save Maria in time. She, she died." Hades said a tear leaking down the side of his face. He rested his head in his hands. "I put the children in the Lotus Casino, to protect them from Zeus, they didn't remember me, or Maria, I had their memories wiped so they'd be protected. Last year, they were attacked so I tried to take them out. I put Bianca in an all girls school, but I couldn't find Nico. He wasn't there. I'm still not sure where my son is, I don't know." Hades quickly collected himself, then he stared at Artemis, begging her, "Please, please help me. I need to bring Bianca to camp, or maybe to join your hunters. Could you-" He stopped himself, "Please niece, please, help her, she is at 'Manhattan School for Young Ladies', please, please. Will you help her?" He asked desperately. Artemis ran through all possible conclusions. Nothing bad could come off of this. If she helped then Bianca could join her hunt if she wanted, or if Bianca didn't want to, or didn't suit the hunt she could go to camp, or to her father.
She nodded slowly, "Ok, I need two weeks, and some security and promises, and you'll owe me." Hades rapidly nodded,
"Of course, I just can't lose her to. Whatever you need niece, you have access to my realm, whenever you need." He said gratefully.
Artemis nodded her farewell and disappeared to her hunters, "Please save her, don't let my daughter die." Hades whispered, before finally letting himself grieve for a death which happened nearly seventy years ago.
Hunter's Camp
"Girls gather round. Zoe told me about your recent fight - well done, I am proud of you all, good, quick thinking Grace, I heard you truly excelled." Grace blushed, "We have a mission from Hades, we won't be going straight away, in one day. We are to save his daughter, a girl named Bianca, her details should be sent over soon, she is at 'Manhattan School for Young Ladies' we will be going under guise of a dangerous old school, a fire or something, I am not sure, we want to be there for at least a week before making a move. Yes? Perseus?" She asked confused as to why Percy had raised his hand.
"What, What about me?" He asked. Artemis stopped, she hadn't thought about this. "I can't exactly go to an all girls school."
"Yes, uh." Artemis stopped at a loss for words, which was a new experience for the goddess. "I have promised Hades completion of this mission, so I must complete this. Would you be fine with going to camp for a while, you could train your powers easier, and get to know the campers, I know you've already made a few friends."
Percy nodded sadly, "Of course, thats fine." He said sadly. Sometimes he wished he could fit in, maybe even wanted to be a girl, just so he could fit in. Gabe made sure he would never be normal, because he wasn't, he was a 'freak' in Gabe's sick, messed up head.
Flashback
"So brat, look at this knife, there dangerous things boy, even for a freak like you, I can make it so you'll never feel fine, never be ok, never fit in, even if you find more freaks like you." Gabe mumbled, smirking at the torture he could inflict upon the brat. He growled at Percy making him flinch in fear. Gabe quickly brought the knife up to Percy's face, he ran it down his face, at fires not drawing blood, just gently touching the soft skin on the brat he abused. In a moment of anger he pierced the freak's skin and quickly slashed a long cut down his face. Percy screamed in anguish,
"Pwease, no mowe, no mowe." The young boy, of around five whimpered.
"Why would I care if I hurt you, or if you didn't want it." Gabe asked rhetorically, he picked up his half empty beer bottle and took a long gulp of the intoxicating liquid, he was already drunk, why did it matter how drunk he was. Gabe finished of the bottle and smashed it on the wall, right next to Percy's head. The 'brat' flinched again, "Your a stupid coward. Its just a bit of glass. Its just a bit of blood. Honestly, your just a whimpering brat." Gabe paused and listened to Percy's silent crying, not caring how much noise he was making his face grew purple, "SHUT UP YOU BRAT!" He yelled furious, and drunk. He clutched his head, which was burning with pain, he already had a hangover from earlier.
"Sowwy." Percy cowered into a little ball,
"You can't even talk properly, but what did I tell you, you bastard." Gabe punched Percy in the stomach causing the young boy to double over and clutch the wounded area in pain. "SHUT UP!" Gabe raised his fist again, and began constantly pounding the innocent, young boy, his stepson, with his fist, before passing out unconscious, one hand holding a different beer bottle.