Chapter 20: Not All Happily Ever After Is The Ending
AN: So sorry for the long wait. I'm sorry if you guys were scared that I will discontinue this story. No worries, I'm back. Not going to happen again. So to prevent that, I've made a schedule below (I'm not going to spoil the story and give you the chapter's name):
7/2 (Today): Ch. 20
7/3 (Friday): Ch. 21
7/5 (Sunday): Ch. 22
7/7 (Tuesday): Ch. 24
7/9 (Thursday): Ch. 25
7/11 (Saturday): Ch. 26
7/12 (Sunday): Ch. 27
7/14 (Tuesday): Ch. 28
7/16 (Thursday): Ch. 29
7/18 (Saturday): Ch. 30
7/19 (Sunday): Epilogue
And yes, there will only be 11 chapters left. I'll let you guys vote on what story I will work on after this at the end of the Epilogue. All the ideas will probably be a pertemis story.
Oh, and another thing, this chapter will mostly be both Pertemis and Pothena fluff! The rest of the chapters after this will be more serious. Hope you enjoy this chapter! Remember to favorite, follow, and leave a review/comment!
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======= Previously on The Rise of Night =======
Artemis laughed and punched him playfully. "You really are a seaweed brain!"
"I try," Percy said with a grin on his face as they both got out of bed, ready for a new day.
======= Now =======
Athena woke up with the sunlight streaming through the window. Poseidon was still asleep next to her. Deciding to surprise him, she carefully got out of bed and went toward the kitchen.
She was going to cook them breakfast. She first cracked the eggs, then she emptied them into the pan, opening the fire.
She put the bacon in next, taking it out when it was half cooked and put it on a plate next to her.
Poseidon woke up to the smell of breakfast. He smiled, knowing it was probably Athena. He got up from the bed and stretched his sore legs. Yesterday, the dolphins got a little over excited and things happened.
======= Flashback =======
"What's her name?" Athena asked Poseidon as she patted a dolphin gently. The mist covered them enough to not let any mortal question them, not like the mortal would have minded. They would have thought it was great to be in the presence of a god.
"I'm pretty sure our son named her Emerald," Poseidon commented while trying to calm another dolphin down.
"Percy?" Athena asked in surprise. "Percy saw this dolphin before?"
"Yeah," Poseidon answered her as he stroked the other dolphin. "She is from Delos."
"Wow," Athena mumbled. "This is a small world."
"I know, right," Poseidon answered her again, just as the dolphin he was trying to calm sped out of his reach. "Come back here!"
"Help me," Poseidon pleaded, looking at his wife.
"We could always find another dolphin," Athena suggested.
"But he was sick," Poseidon reminded Athena. "He won't be able to swim far. I was trying to cure him."
"I guess we need to catch him, then," Athena decided before giving Poseidon a soft kiss and holding onto Poseidon's hand.
Poseidon smiled as he used his powers that made them swim way faster in the water.
======= Still Flashback =======
"Mare!" Poseidon shouted. This was where he sensed the dolphin was. "Where are you?"
"Mare!" Athena called out as well as she continued swimming forward.
A soft whine could be heard from behind some kelp. Poseidon swam forward immediately and started cutting some of the kelp off so Mare could swim out.
"You okay, boy?" Poseidon whispered softly.
He let out another soft whine. "I know it hurts, just stay still for a bit, okay?"
Athena got to work curing him and Poseidon held him still. They spent the rest of their day taking care of him.
======= End Flashback =======
"Good morning, Thena," Poseidon greeted his wife as he sat across from her at the dining table. Athena smiled and gave him a kiss on the cheek as she sat down and handed him a plate.
"Good morning to you too," Athena replied back. "You're a deep sleeper."
"I guess I'm just tired from yesterday's chase," Poseidon thought out loud.
Athena laughed, a soft sound that sounded like a melody to Poseidon's ears. "You probably are. I can't wake you up at all! You sleep like a dead man."
"Haha," Poseidon responded. "I can't die."
Athena shrugged as she put another bacon into her mouth. "You never know."
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"This is too much," Artemis complained as she stared at the wedding dress in front of her. She knew that adding Aphrodite into the wedding was a bad idea. Now she was staring at a dress that was way too puffy for her liking.
"Let me help," Hera decided as she pushed Aphrodite out the door. They both let out a sigh of relief.
"Thanks for helping me," Artemis thanked Hera. They didn't like each other at first, but once they got over the "Zeus cheated on Hera again and Artemis was the result" argument, they got along pretty well.
"Of course," Hera agreed before holding up another dress. Artemis took it and went into the dressing room.
"How about this one?"
"You look beautiful," Hera commented.
When Artemis saw herself in the mirror, she gasped tears in her eyes. They looked at each other before saying at the same time, "Perfect!"
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"So, you are marrying my sister, huh?" Apollo asked Percy again that day.
"How many times do I have to say yes for you to leave me alone?" Percy grumbled under his breath.
"Until the wedding is over," Apollo decided before looking at the suit in front of them. "Think I look good in that?"
"No," Percy answered immediately. "The color looked awful on you."
"But not you," Apollo countered.
Both of their eyes lit up when they looked at each other. They said in synchronization, "Perfect!"
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"We're back!" Athena called out to the empty house of her son. They had dropped off their stuff in their house and were heading toward Percy's. There wasn't anyone in there, though.
"Maybe they are in Artemis' house?" Poseidon suggested. Athena nodded as they made their way to Artemis' house.
They knocked again, but no one was there, or so they thought.
Artemis went into the house with a wedding dress in hand. She almost dropped it when she saw two people in her house but calmed down once she realized that it was just Athena and Poseidon.
"How was the honeymoon?" Artemis asked them, setting down the dress.
"Great," Athena replied with a smile on her face. "What are you doing with a wedding dress?"
Artemis blushed and answered Athena, or her soon to be mother-in-law, honestly. "Percy proposed!"
"Wow," Poseidon mumbled. "Our little boy is growing up."
Athena laughed. "He surely is following in our footsteps. Proposing after we got married."
"When's the wedding?" Poseidon asked.
Artemis replied without thinking. "Tomorrow."
"That fast?" Athena asked. Artemis nodded.
"It's more of a secret wedding, though. We don't want too many people to know about it. Preferably, they would only know after the war. Only Hera, Aphrodite, Apollo, and you guys know."
"Why Aphrodite?" Athena asked. She had never really liked Aphrodite. "She is the biggest gossip in Olympus."
"We made her swear on the River Styx. Besides, she's the goddess of love and beauty, and I could use the help."
Artemis then held up her dress. "What do you think of it?"
"It's great!" Poseidon and Athena agreed at the same time.
"Percy is going to love it," Athena promised. Artemis bit her lips.
"I hope so."
"I know so," Athena told Artemis before she gave her a hug. "Now, we are going to visit Percy. He needs to tell us why we weren't the first people to know about the marriage."
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The next day came quickly. Everyone was in a small place in the forest, the place that Percy had found a few months ago.
Artemis was dressed in her wedding dress. It went below her knees with lace and diamonds around the bottom of the dress. It sparkled in the sunlight as she swirled around.
"You look beautiful," Athena told Artemis.
"Thanks," Artemis replied, still looking at her reflection in the mirror.
Aphrodite did her hairstyle. It was too fancy for Artemis' liking, but she didn't protest when Aphrodite did it for her. "Wedding starts in five minutes!" Aphrodite called out from outside.
Artemis took a deep breath to calm herself before a smile appeared on her face. This would be the best day of her life.
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"How do I look?" Percy asked his father as he dressed in his suit. It was dark blue and pretty simple, the way Percy knew Artemis liked it.
"You look really grown up," Poseidon replied. Percy smiled when Apollo called from the outside.
"Five more minutes!"
"You'll do great out there," Poseidon responded again. Percy smiled as he went out of the tent.
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"Do you, Artemis, take Perseus as your husband?" Hera asked, turning toward Artemis. Percy scowled at being called Perseus, but a smile found its way to his face again when Artemis said the next word.
"I do," Artemis replied instantly.
"Do you, Perseus, take Artemis as your wife?" Hera asked, this time turning to Percy.
"I do," Percy replied, smiling at Artemis, saying the word that sealed their fate together.
"I now declare you husband and wife," Hera announced. "You may kiss the bride."
Percy captured Artemis' lips on his own. They pulled apart a second later.
"Let the party begin!" someone from the crowd shouted, probably Apollo.
Everyone cheered. The hunters made up most of the crowd, Hera and Athena somehow found a loophole and brought Leto off her island as well. Poseidon, Apollo, and Aphrodite were also here.
They all ran toward the food, everyone lost in the fun.