Chapter 8

PERCY POV

Getting to my dad's palace was easy.

Dive straight into the sea and let the ocean currents carry me to Poseidon's underwater kingdom. As I was carried by the currents, I realized that this was the first time I've been in the water after I was made immortal. I felt stronger somehow; the water was my element. I was the protector of the sea.

Finally, I saw a light ahead and my spirits lifted up. The palace looked pretty okay for a structure that was used as a battle between two ancient, powerful gods.

I quickly made my way to the throne room. My father sat there, stroking his beard, deep in thought.

"Father!" I called. He jumped a little but immediately relaxed when he saw it was me.

"Ah, Percy. Glad you could stop by" he said.

"You seem worried"

My dad shook his head and smiled. "I am making an important decision, my son. A decision that will affect my realm." What the hell?

"And that is?" I asked, unsure.

He stood up from his throne and paced back and forth. "Every realm has its own king. The sky is ruled by Zeus. The Underworld is ruled by Hades and the seas are ruled by me."

"I have come to a decision, Percy. No king can last forever, not even the gods. That is why-"

"Father!" a voice boomed. Triton burst through the doors of the throne room and knelt at my father's feet. What is his problem? Dad was talking about the fate of his realm blah blah blah and this guy comes in.

"You asked for me father" he said.

"Yes, Triton" his expression was pained, like he didn't want this guy to come at all.

"My sons" he said, gently. "The throne needs a heir." He walked over to me and placed his hands on my shoulders. "Percy, I want you to be the heir to the throne."

What the hell?

"What?" Triton said, disbelief obvious in his tone. "Father, I am the heir! How can you give the throne to him? This little..."

"Silence!" he bellowed. I'm already sick of this drama.

Triton glared daggers at me and I would have told him, This thing isn't my idea! if not for my father.

"I am the ruler of the seas. Do not forget your place, Triton" my father said, giving him the glare of death. Triton looked like he wanted to cuss me out. Love you too, man I thought unhappily.

"You both may leave now" my dad said. Triton stormed out, the water swirling around him. I turned to leave but I stopped.

"What if I was a mortal?" I asked.

Poseidon smiled sadly and said, "It was nice talking with you, Percy" and he vanished. Great. Just great.
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I rose from the ocean, and walked along the beach. With the breeze in my hair, I walked on for a little while longer. I froze and saw Rachel, gazing into the horizon. To go or not to go? My body acted before my mind and I walked towards her.

"Hey Rachel"

She looked startled to see me and said "Hi Percy, didn't expect to see you here"

"Neither did I"

Ask her out for coffee tomorrow, a voice spoke in my mind. Ugh, fricking Aphrodite. I wanted to ignore her but she spoke again. Don't you think of ignoring me, young man. Keep your side of the bargain, and I'll keep mine.

Fine. I replied curtly.

"Would you like coffee tomorrow?" I asked willing myself to be confident.

She smiled impossibly wide and said, "Yeah, I'd like that. I'd like that very much."

"So tomorrow same place, same time?"

She nodded. She got up and said, "Bye Percy. See you tomorrow."

"See you too." I said, not really disgusted I have to spend my time with her. Rachel is a cool person.

I jogged down to the dining pavilion after she left and saw Annabeth waiting for me.

"Percy it's your mom. She wants to talk to you" she said, handing me her phone. What?

"Mom? Is everything alright?" I said immediately.

"I'm fine Percy" she said and I could swear she was rolling her eyes. "Could you come over for dinner next weekend? Be sure to bring Annabeth too."

"Sure" I said, breathing out a sigh of relief.

"Okay! Don't be late" she said and cut the call.

"What's wrong?" Annabeth asked.

"She wants us to join her for dinner next week"

"Oh, thank the gods. I thought something was wrong" she said.

"Actually, you should know something." I said unwillingly. She deserves to know.

"Go ahead"

"My dad just told me that I'm the heir to his throne" I said looking at Annabeth for her reaction. She smiled, a hint of sadness in her eyes.

She kissed me and said, "It doesn't matter Seaweed Brain. I will still love you, heir or not." And I was grateful for having somebody like her.

[I got shitloads to study so this chapter is a wee bit short. I just realized that I got midterms for TWO fucking weeks! Sorry guys, you gotta sit tight for the next two weeks. You might get a bonus chapter on Monday but I'm not promising anything. Ill update when I can and thanks for the 900+ views!]

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