Percy PoV

Well, shit. I guess I'm gonna find out how long it'll take for me to reform in Tartarus the hard way. On the other hand, girls will stop hitting on me, and I can do things like hold Artemis's hand in public. I leaned over and kissed my beautiful girlfriend, inhaling her forest-y scent. She took my hand and we walked to the living room, met with both an angry Apollo and Athena. Artemis sunk into my chest as I wrapped my arms protectively around her. Apollo turned to Artemis, "Sis, how could you? You're supposed to hate men, so nobody can touch you! You made an oath!"

"Actually, stupid," Artemis responded, "I never made an oath. Father just promised he would never force me into an arranged marriage, so, I actually am allowed to do things like this." Arty turned around and kissed me hard on the lips. When we broke apart, Apollo and Athena stood, mouths agape.

Athena stumbled on her words, trying to find some reason for Arty to hate me. She finally huffed, giving up, and growled, "Fine, but if you ever hurt my sister, I will personally see to it that you are cast back into Tartarus."

Apollo glared at me with even more hatred, saying, "Same here, Perseus. If you do so much as accidentally hurt her feelings, I will end you."

I nodded, "Fair enough," I said. The oh so mighty goddess of wisdom and god of the sun was flabbergasted by my response, flashing out.

Artemis grabbed my hand, tugging me back to the bedroom, and said, "Now, where were we before being interrupted?" I smirked and she pushed me on the bed, straddling me as her tongue explored my mouth. My hands travelled back to her thighs. She moaned into my mouth, giving me a chance to explore hers as I massaged her thighs. My mouth moved down to her neck as I sucked gently on her collarbone. She moaned loudly, and not that I was paying attention, but I'm pretty sure I saw a wet spot on her pants. Artemis guided my hands up to her ass. I squeezed it as my teeth grazed her neck. "Peerrccyyy," she breathed. I smirked, squeezing her ass again. My hands travelled under her shirt as I traced symbols on her back with my fingertips. My fingers moved to her bra clip. I felt Artemis grind on me a little bit, which I took as a signal to keep going. I unhooked her bra, pulling it out of her shirt, letting it drop to the floor.

Artemis tugged both our shirts off, them joining her bra on the floor as I flipped us, going into a pushup position hovering just above her. Artemis crashed her lips back onto mine and tangled her fingers in my hair. She shifted her head, and my lips were trailing down her neck again. They trailed further and further down until my face was between her breasts. Artemis, hands still in my hair, shifted my head so it was over her left breast. I started licking circles around Arty's nipple, making her gasp as my teeth grazed it. The same happened with her right breast, and she flipped us so she was straddling me again. I cupped her cheek and kissed her softly. Artemis wrapped her arms around my neck and responded with passion. I started kneading her breasts and she moaned into my mouth. Her body shook and she breathed my name again. I sat Arty on the bed and kissed her on the forehead. I went to grab our tops, and she grabbed my back belt loop, pulling back onto the bed. She whispered, "You have to clean up your mess first before doing anything else, aqua boy." I raised an eyebrow and she kissed me hard, pushing me back on the bed. Arty took my hand and put it inside her jeans, letting me feel how wet her underwear had become. I gave her one of those 'are you sure' looks and she started grinding on me. I let her tongue explore my mouth as I unbuttoned her jeans. I slid my thumbs on the insides of her underwear, pulling them and her jeans down to join our tops on the floor. Arty shifted so her pussy was right above my face. I blew into it and she moaned. I stuck the tip of my tongue in, causing my girlfriend to gasp. I smirked and flipped us so my face was just above her feminine areas. I started eating her out, and she whimpered, pleading for me to go faster. I felt another gush of her fluids enter my mouth, which I swallowed all of. I cleaned and changed us into some pyjamas, carrying my now dazed girlfriend to her bed. I laid down with her curled around me, her face buried in the crook of my neck.

The next morning, I woke up to see the angelic face of my love, sleeping. I peeked her on the lips and her eyes fluttered open. I nuzzled Arty's neck and she stretched, pecking me on the cheek. "So," Arty said, "I suppose we should tell them next time there's a council meeting." Just after she finished thunder boomed, somehow different from when someone makes an oath on the Styx.

I smirked, saying, "Like that?" Arty slapped my arm and I pecked her on the forehead. We changed into our normal clothes, made ourselves presentable, and flashed to the council, hand in hand, in hopes of breaking the ice. We grew to our godly heights and released hands only when we sat down. We

were also the last ones to arrive.

"AHA!" Zeus boomed, "So you did break Artemis's oath!"

"Wh-what? No! Do you see a ring on her finger yet?" I spluttered.

"No, father," Artemis said in a more collected tone. "I am still a maiden. Yes, Percy is my boyfriend, but he can keep it 'n his pants. Also, I never made an oath to forever remain maiden father, you know that. You just promised I would never have to marry." Most of the Olympian's mouths hung open. I smirked and was met with lightning, which I caught and tossed back at him, singeing his crown. Honestly, does he think throwing his electrified toothpick would solve everything? I realized the others had read my thoughts when everyone save Zeus was laughing. I grinned stupidly, which was cut short when Artemis was shrouded in black mist. I lunged

toward Arty, wrapping myself protectively around her before the mist transferred us to Tartarus.

Before anything else could happen, I pulled Artemis close and said, "I will always love you, I swear it on the Styx. Be safe, my moonlight." I flashed her back to the cabin. I had changed it so it was safe from all those I didn't want to enter. Iris Messages could be sent, but I hadn't yet figured out how to undo the 'no powers' thing. I turned and saw some immortals I had hoped I would never see again. That's when my torture began.

Time: 1 month later

Well, it had been one month on Earth. Down here, it'd been an aeon (about a billion years) I had even memorized my schedule, like back at school. Except, I prefer school. That's how bad it was. This was my schedule

Get bludgeoned awake-2:00AM

Be Hyperion's therapy dummy-2:05AM

Be Oceanus's torture practice dummy-5:00AM

Be Kronos's canvas-7:00AM

Get a bucket of nectar dumped on me-12:00PM

Monsters get revenge on me-12:05PM

Poison Testing-3:00PM

Weapon Testing-6100PM

Torture Method Testing -9:OOPM

Get bludgeoned unconscious-1:30AM

Yep, freaking painful. But, at least it got easier to bear over time. One thing that kept me going all these years. Artemis. My love. My Arty. My moonlight. Then something irregular happened. Gration walked in, saying Artemis's screams would be music to his ears. I finally snapped. I let out a scream of raw power and disintegrated my holding cell, and everything in a hundred miles of it. I appeared in the Alaskan power proof cabin, next to Artemis. I remember seeing the worried face of my lover, and then just darkness.