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The Ever Twisting Wind: Threshold Breakthrough

Chapter Eighteen: Let's Get Ready to Goddess!

Beta: ShadowofAxios


"Here we are ladies! Las Vegas!" Hebe declared with gusto as she and dozens of minor goddesses materialized from the aether in front of the infamous Lotus Hotel and Casino. "As promised, let's begin our Victory Las Vegas trip!"

"Yes!" "Finally!" "I'm getting wasted!" "We can finally relax~!" "Let's find the strippers!" "I want to try the tables, Nike no cheating!" "I'll do what I want!" "I want a big bed to drown in." "To the mortal arcade!"

Andi heard all that and just chuckled. Her fellow minor goddesses in the MGS certainly were hyped for this trip. Not saying she wasn't either but she was a lot more restrained about it compared to the others. Even on a trip designed to let her hair down, she had to be careful. Wouldn't want to do or say something and offend someone thus undoing all her previous efforts at mending bridges.

"Go, go, my sisters!" Hebe said with her unfailing enthusiasm. "The Lotus is, as you all know, completely free so go do anything you want! Enjoy!"

With that reminder, the goddesses erupted into one loud cheer and dispersed into the expansive integrated resort that served as the current home of the Lotophagi. Andi was no exception, though she was a little less enthusiastic than most and walked rather than ran into the building. It was not like they were in any hurry after all.

Especially when there was no limit on how many people could use any of the various amenities that the Lotus had on offer. And what a selection of amenities there were! There was the casino of course, which Andi quickly passed on. She might be a goddess now and technically ageless, but she was still underage by mortal standards. That and a general lack of interest, had her instead looking towards what stood next to the casino: the hotel's extensive arcade.

They say that it has a copy of every game ever made and some that's never even been released. Andi thought as she took a step towards the arcade. I wonder… What kinda cool gems are hiding in there?

The goddess of the Wild's attempt to explore the depths of the Lotus' game collection were thwarted however by Tyche grabbing her arm.

"Oh no, Andi." The goddess of chance said with a playful smirk. "Not that way. You'll be coming with me and hitting the pub."

"The pub? Why? And why me?"

"Why the pub? Because it's time you get a proper introduction to the intricacies of alcohol in all its various wonderful forms." Tyche explained with a chuckle. "Why you? Well, out of everyone who fought in the Battle of Manhattan, only you remembered that I played a role even if I didn't take part in any of the direct fighting so I want to thank you for that."

Andi was touched by this and offered the fortune goddess a smile.

"I'd be happy to join you." The younger goddess said as she shifted her position to walk side by side with her older peer. "But I don't really need any thanks."

Tyche laughed at that.

"Then consider it as my introducing you to the varied delights of booze then." She offered instead. "As wonderful as Lord Dionysus' wine is, it is hardly the end all, be all when it comes to alcoholic beverages."

"Really?"

"Yep! Like Jell-O shots. Hehe, or even body shots~!"

"...I'm afraid to ask, but what's a body shot?"

"Oh you innocent child. You have so much to learn. Now let's go find some mortals to do this properly. To the pool~!"

"The pool? Why?" Andi asked, blinking in confusion as she was dragged along by the excited older goddess.

Tyche just smirked. "'Cos that's where the hunkiest, and most beautiful, mortals tend to hang out. And where we can get cute swimsuits, we'll need it!"

"Uh… One thing at a time?" Andi suggested hesitantly even as they reached the pool.

Tyche rolled her eyes but nodded.

Andi barely noticed, her eyes instead drawn to the group of comely men that were surrounding Dike and Harmonia. Andi could feel the flirtatious vibes that the two goddesses were radiating from a distance.

The sight left Andi flabbergasted. The men were all wearing absolutely tiny g-strings! They were so small that the goddess of the Wild honestly found herself wondering if they could be considered swimsuits! They barely covered anything! Honestly, those guys would probably just be more comfortable if they just let everything hang free!

"Oh, you really are the goddess of the Wild." Tyche observed with a chuckle as Andi realized that she had said at least part of her thoughts aloud. "In more senses than one. And I must agree. They would look better hanging free."

"Huh? Oh, hehe. I-I guess." Andi blushed. Yeah, the men were just, whoa. She wasn't really into overly buff, but damn!

I know Will's more lean in terms of body type, but I wouldn't mind this either. The young goddess thought with warmth spreading in her body, particularly in her groin.

"You want to pick up one of the mortals? I'm sure Dike and Harmonia would be willing to share." Tyche suggested with a knowing smirk.

"Uh? No, I, um, don't think so." Andi said, shaking her head fiercely. "I have a boyfriend."

"Oho? Faithful to your mortal boytoy? That's so cute~!" Tyche giggled with an arm slung around the petite goddess' shoulder.

"Let's just get to the pub already." Andi said urgently, her face glowing with the force of her blush.

"Sure," Tyche said whilst still fighting her giggles and dragged them away from the pool towards the pub.


Without any detours this time, it took the two goddesses mere moments to arrive at the pub. Where they found the establishment engulfed by a bout of minor chaos as Até, goddess of mischief, delusion, ruin, and folly, ran all over the place in her child form causing mischief and pulling pranks on the other guests even as Eris added to the mayhem by tossing her golden apples of discord everywhere with abandon.

"Is going in there even a good idea?" Andi asked as, triggered by the sheer chaotic energy in the air, an electrical outlet spontaneously exploded.

"It's fine," Tyche insisted. "Até and Eris know not to cause any major disasters. Even the Lotus Eaters can only tolerate so much chaos. The two of them will stop their shenanigans well before they cross that line. Probably."

Andi just shot her a disbelieving look even as she let herself be dragged over to the bar. Her concerns were not helped at all by how a fake potted plant in the corner of the pub suddenly exploded after getting hit by one of Eris' apples.

"Here, try this." Tyche said, pushing a glass towards the distracted Andi.

"What is it?" The younger goddess asked as she lifted the glass and observed the amber hued liquid within.

"It's Long Island Iced Tea, they use nectar and some of Dionysus' wine here in the Lotus, so it's pretty good. Especially as a starter for our little tour through the world's alcoholic delights."


"Ah~!" Andi exclaimed as she took another sip of the glass of vodka she held in her hand. She was arm in arm with Tyche, who also had a glass herself, as they wandered over to the slots.

After hours of trying almost every alcoholic beverage known to man and god that Tyche could think of, and many that she couldn't but the bartender suggested, the two goddesses had finally decided they'd had enough of drinking for the moment. Mostly anyways. They still had to finish their vodkas after all. But besides that, they'd decided to move on and try their hand at some gambling instead.

"How is that fair?" Andi asked with a raised eyebrow as she watched Nike win again and again at the slots.

"It isn't." Tyche said with a scowl as she marched over to her fellow probability manipulating deity. "Nike! Stop using your powers to win!"

"No," the golden winged goddess snapped back. "I deserve this after being used as little more than a pocket victory goddess against Typhon by Zeus. No offense, Andi, but your Father can be so demanding sometimes!"

"Uh, none taken?" Andi said hesitantly. "I think we all know what he's like."

"Yes, we do." Tyche agreed. "But that's not an excuse to abuse your powers like this! Stop!"

"No!" Nike said, brandishing her golden tipped spear at the goddess of fortune.

"Uh? I think I'll leave you two to it?" The goddess of the Wild said carefully as she backed away from the two other goddesses who were glaring daggers at each other.

"Bye!" Andi said hastily when neither made a sign that she heard her and made good her escape.

She breathed a sigh of relief when she made it out of sight, and hopefully out of range of any fight that might break out, and took a comforting sip of her cup finishing it in the process. This being the Lotus and thus the height of luxury outside Olympus, this just meant that the glass refilled itself magically.

How convenient. These Lotus Eaters sure have good service. The goddess of the Wild thought as she took another sip of her drink.

It was official to her, alcohol was the best thing ever.

I can see why Dionysus swears by the stuff. I'm building a fountain of alcohol in my palace later. Now where exactly should I put it?

It was with this thought about her new home's interior design percolating in her mind that Andi wandered into the reception's lounge area and noticed the room's rather luxurious nature. Its art deco style, and thank you Annabeth for the incessant architecture talk teaching her what that meant, was quite fetching.

Maybe I should work it in somehow too? Andi pondered as she surveyed the room.

She was still making up her mind when her attention was captured by Limos and Oizys' dark laughter from over in a corner where the goddesses of hunger and depression were bumping fists.

"What's so funny?" Andi asked curiously as she wandered over, quirking an eyebrow at the two broody goddesses.

"Just some guys." Limos said with a cruel smirk. "They were hitting on us earlier."

Andi blinked. Wasn't that a good thing? I mean neither Limos or Oizys were ugly by any stretch of the imagination, but with the former's skeletal, emaciated seeming frame and the dark cloud that always seemed to hang around the goddess of misery Andi couldn't imagine they got much in the way of romantic attention.

"We sent them running scared by making them get all depressed and weak from hunger at the same time." Oizys added, smirking just as maliciously as her partner in crime was.

"And, yeah, we don't get much action." Limos said with a shrug, revealing Andi wasn't as careful with her thoughts as she'd hoped. "And yeah, watch your thoughts a little more. If you don't want us to hear, be careful about referring to us directly. That's invoking us and when a fellow god invokes us? We tend to listen. You never know if it's important after all."

"Will do." Andi nodded, with an embarrassed blush for her lapse even as she tried to redirect the conversation. "So you were talking about guys?"

"Yes, I was." Limos said with a dark chuckle. "As I was saying, just because Oizys and I don't get much action doesn't mean we like getting hit on by idiots. And that means most guys. The average male is a dumbass that will hit on anything with legs. Making them think they aren't hotshots is fun."

"Girls aren't much better." Oizys added with a chuckle.

"True," Limos nodded. "But they are at least fun for a quick round beneath the sheets. Guys not so much, they're so pushy."

"That's because you love them to beg."

"Guilty~"

The two turned to Andi expectantly, wanting her opinion.

"I have a boyfriend?" She tried diplomatically. "He's a half-blood son of Apollo."

"One of Apollo's kids? They're pretty hunky. I approve." Oizys said with a halfway pleasant smile. "Shame he's a mortal. I prefer male lovers unlike Limos-"

"I just like munching carpet, sue me!"

Ignoring the goddess of hunger's outburst, Oizys continued. "- but mortals? Even half-bloods? I generally find them too 'meh' for my tastes."

"Yeah," Limos nodded enthusiastically. "Mortals are lame."

Chuckling the two goddesses exchanged another fist bump and laughed.

"I'm quite happy with Will." Andi opined.

"Meh, you'll get over him once he dies. They always do."

"Maybe," Andi allowed for a shrug and ignoring the tremor of fear that shot up her spine at the mere idea. "But it's working for me for now."

"Well so long as you're happy then it's all good." Oizys told her earnestly as Limos nodded in agreement. "And just as a heads up, since you know I don't give out blessings."

"It's not her style." Limos explained.

"But I can promise you that I won't bring grief to your love life. I've seen that too much anyways." Oizys told her with a full fledged smile, something that was at once looked beautiful but yet out of place on her face. It made her look nearly broken.

Between that and her promise itself, Andi found herself filled with a surge of gratitude towards the daughter of Nyx. And the promise was a huge deal! Here was the personification of grief itself telling her that she would never suffer from it when it came to her love life. The goddess of the Wild couldn't be sure of the specifics of what that meant of course, but at minimum it meant that she never greive Will's loss and however she spun it that could only be a good thing.

"T-thank you," Andi managed to force out despite the tightening of her chest. "You have my deepest thanks."

"Don't mention it," Oizys said with a dismissive wave as she returned to her general gloomy disposition.

"Why don't you go explore a bit," Limos suggested with a pleasant if somewhat strained smile. "It'll help you calm down."

"Sure," Andi nodded. "Catch up with you two later."

Both Limos and Oizys waved her goodbye as Andi wandered off, taking deep breaths all the while as she struggled to steady her emotions in the wake of the tumult that the goddess of grief's promise had left her in.


Some time later and after a circuit of the resort to calm down, Andi found herself at the place she had first wanted to visit when she walked into the Lotus. Popping her head into the arcade, Andi could only smile in amusement at the scene playing out within.

The Muses and Horae were in the middle of a very competitive game of some kind. One that had attracted quite a crowd, made out of mortals, Lotus Eaters and visiting MSG goddesses, all of whom were cheering and screaming for one side or the other to win and keeping their eyes glued to a scoreboard where the numbers got higher and higher at a dizzying pace.

Alala was off in another corner, exclaiming challenges to everyone in her boisterous voice, feeding the competitive hunger in both the competitors and the spectators.

"I think I'll sit this one out." Andi told herself as she decided to wander back to the pub. After all, there were plenty more drinks to be had.


"Oooh, my head." Andi groaned, rubbing the heel of her palm against her throbbing temple, hoping to calm it down. Opening unfocused electric blue eyes, she felt a small draft. Blinking a few times, she looked down at herself to discover that she was butt naked. That wasn't the problem.

That honor went to the two equally naked goddesses, Antheia and Pannychis, who shared her bed. The two Charities were as naked as she was and more importantly were clinging onto Andi's body. Antheia's head was resting against her right breast, her breathing playing across her nipple and causing it to harden. Whilst Pannychis' legs had wrapped herself around Andi's left side in such a way that one of them rested between the goddess of the Wild's own, causing her knee to press against her very damp womanhood.

Oh sweet Us. What did I do last night?! Andi screamed in her mind. Ichor flooded her cheeks, making them glow.

"Mm, so squirmy." Antheia whined as she woke up, her sister doing the same. Pannychis stared at Andi's blushing bewildered look.

"You don't remember?" Pannychis asked with a frown, figuring out what Andi was thinking. "And we had so much fun too!"

"F-fun!? What did we do!?"

"I'm not surprised you don't remember," Antheia said with a sigh. "You were blackout drunk. It was like you were a Maenad."

"But damn girl! I can see why you're the goddess of the wild~" Pannychis giggled and pecked Andi on the cheek. She blushed and looked away, "If you ever feel like you need a lady's touch, give me a call. Please!"

"W-What!? What did we do?"

Antheia exchanged a look with Pannychis and had some kind of tightbeam telepathic communication that Andi could sense but could hear nothing of. It lasted for a second before with a very disappointed sigh, the two Charities disentangled themselves from Andi's sides.

"We went streaking up and down the strip chased all the while by the mortal police." Antheia told her. "It was your idea by the way. Apparently, you get adventurous after your three hundredth drink."

"We might even have made it onto Goddesses Gone Wild!" Pannychis chirped. "I love that show."

"Father is going to disown me!" Andi wailed, taking a pillow to scream into. It burst into feathers as her agitation transformed her scream into a Canary Cry.

The other goddesses just snorted.

"Like Lord Zeus would dare." Antheia said with a shake of her head. "He's not that big of a hypocrite. He's done way worse."

"He knocked up a lady as a shower of gold. Psh, that was just crazy."

"You don't need to worry about Father, Andi," Hebe said poking her head into the bedroom suddenly. "He's already liked the video of you streaking on Divnitytube so don't worry about it."

Andi breathed a sigh of relief. They were right. If Father liked the video he couldn't be too mad, could he? At least she hoped not.

Andi was so busy being all relieved that she failed to notice how Antheia and Pannychis both looked at each others' stomachs before smiling in satisfaction. Much less how Hebe caught them doing so and tittered about being an aunt.

What did snap her out of it though was Pheme suddenly appearing out of nowhere to start jumping on the bed. Though considering that the goddess of fame and renown was chattering like a chipmunk on coffee, it was next to impossible to ignore her. Talking so fast that she reminded everyone present of a car going at a thousand miles an hour, she clued them in on all the gossip that had been happening in the hotel and with what the other goddesses had gotten into.

Processing everything only thanks to her divine nature, Andi could only sit there and stare at Pheme in shock. Had everyone really gotten up to so many amazing things? And on just their first night too!

"How many days do we have left?" Andi could only ask again in bewilderment.

"Six whole days more," Antheia told her with a laugh as she pulled Andi off the bed and pressed herself into her side.

"Six more days of absolute, non-stop fun!" Pannychis agreed as she wrapped herself around Andi's unoccupied arm.

Andi couldn't help it, she smiled in anticipation. She couldn't wait to see what further madness they would get up to next.


Done and done! Thanks to Nameless and Axios as always!

Andi sure did join one hell of a divine sorority huh? She sure is learning about herself a lot during all this free time! I'm loving all the jokes and gags we put into this. Just the fluff times for the MGS is a blast!

Nameless: Oh, we had fun with it alright. Lots and lots of it. To the point where we had Andi drunkenly knock up two of the Charities. Was that for real? Yes, yes, it is. She's a goddess now, this kinda insanity happens. A lot. It comes with the territory. Will Antheia and Pannychis ever tell her? Well… You'll have to keep reading the series to find out.

I just wonder what Will will think. I personally think he'd be minorly okay with it? It's a tough call. Still, hot girl threesome. Mhm.

Nameless: Considering Andi's circumstances in regards to having children… Well, he'll have to deal. Oops, did I say too much? ;)

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