At first, I didn't reply, but when she threw a hunting knife at me, I ducked away and sighed, then removed my camouflage. I thought about some things, like the fact that receiving both Kronos, Chronos, and Chaos' powers and them fading after every other god meant that I held the power of every single primordial and god in this universe, meaning that I was the most powerful and my blood would bleed a mixture of gold, for Gods and Titans, silver/platinum for Primordials, and bronze for Chaos. Luckily, I was able to use my powers from Chaos to hide that. Another strange thing was that bar from me, everything went almost the exact same as last time.
I was broken out of my thoughts by a timid, "Percy?" Thalia had walked into the clearing stacks of wood, which had clattered down.
"Uh…Hi?"
She ran up to me, hugged me – some members of the hunt scoffed and looked away – then slapped me with electricity. However, she didn't count on my water vapor armor, and her hand stopped a millimeter away from me.
"What the-"
"Like my new armor Thalia?"
"What ar-oh!" For my water vapor armor had begun to transform into the armor made by Hephaestus, out of Celestial Bronze, Imperial Gold, Stygian Iron, Chaotic Silver, and Adamantine, like my weapons (A/N: The last two are in PJO, just no one has it, look in the wiki) with patterns all over it – me fighting the Minotaur, fighting Kronos, holding up the sky, navigating the Labyrinth, and many more. The armor changed itself, so as soon as he did a deed it considered "worthy," it would appear on it. His second sword, named συνεχές, or Continuum (what, he was out of ideas) held all of his immortal power, as his mortal body could not handle the power of every immortal in the world. These items had been made by Hephaestus before he had travelled back in time, blessed by Chaos, and infused with his power, like the gods' items of power.
Artemis interrupted our reunion and said "You, male, are going to Olympus." Putting extra stress on the male, although I could hear a touch of sarcasm in her voice. Resigned to my fate, I nodded. She gripped my arm and flashed us to Olympus, then fired a silver arrow up into the sky. One by one the Olympians flashed in and gasped or stood in shock. Poseidon ran up and hugged him, Demeter, Zeus, Hera, Athena and Dionysus were indifferent, perhaps Dionysus annoyed, Apollo and Hermes smiled and gave me a thumbs-up, Hestia just smiled warmly, Aphrodite looked down in shame, Ares looked furious, and Hephaestus nodded in his direction. Zeus started the meeting by saying, "Well well well, looks like the runaway came back." Both Poseidon and Aphrodite, surprisingly, yelled at him.
"You know perfectly well it was Aphrodite's fault for messing with his love life-"
"It wasn't his fault! It's mine."
"OK, OK. What should we do with you?"
Athena piped up, "Why don't we have him travel with the Hunters? They can benefit from each other." Stupid Athena, always making the logical point.
"WHAT!? HE WILL FLIRT WITH MY HUNTERS, POISON THEM!"
"I'LL BE DEAD WITHIN A WEEK!"
"SILENCE! I am the king and my word is final. That said, who wants to give Perseus their blessing?"
"Actually, that is unnecessary…" I told them my story, leaving out the parts about me and Artemis being married, and my weapons. They were shocked, and Zeus was so angry that there was someone a lot more powerful than him so he hurled his master bolt at me, but I simply deflected it with my sword back at him, then used it to make myself back to my immortal form, with my sword holding the same amount of power as my other weapons now. He was furious and just flashed out, while most of the males gave me looks of sympathy and pity. Artemis just flashed out, fuming, and I followed suit. As I appeared in the Hunter's camp, I heard her explaining what had happened. "My father," she spat out the word, "has seen it fit to have this boy travel with us." There was an uproar at her words, and some of the hunters whirled around and stalked away.
Sighing, I set up my tent again and went in, but heard Artemis yelling my name. "Perseus, get over here!"
"It's Percy, not Perseus. What do you want?"
"As you are now part of the Hunt, you have to do chores as well."
I groaned and asked what I had to do. She gave me a list, and surprisingly it seemed the same as everyone else's list. When I inquired, she said that even though I was a male, I was still part of the hunt and it wasn't exactly fair to give me more chores. Shocked, I got to work. When I finished, I came into the clearing with all the tents and went into mine, then created a plate of lasagna with venison and ate it, then went to sleep.
