Thalia Third Person POV
Thalia was slowly winning the Huntresses over. Right when she told them the plan, they obviously retaliated. A few just shook their heads simply whilst others, mainly the ones who had gotten heartbroken, didn't want to. She thought she had them because after all, they are her sisters. The only close people she has left in the world. It doesn't matter if they are not her biological sisters, they are her sisters from left to right. With that thought in her head, she did think at least a few would join her. But that didn't really work out as planned, making Thalia want to facepalm against her stupidity. Of course they weren't going to help, they are Huntresses. Forbidden to love or pursue any romantic relationships. So in a nutshell, the Daughter of Zeus messed up, a lot. "Huntresses! SILENT!" She shouted over the audibly loud sisters, making them turn silent. Thalia nodded in affirmation, trying not to look like a tyrant. She didn't even want to have that outside perspective, but the Huntresses aren't exactly as disciplined as Thalia is. After all, they are so use to going out and not trying to set up one of their former Huntresses with a male. She glanced over to Phoebe, letting the adopted Daughter of Artemis acknowledge that she needed help. Phoebe's face quickly turned into a clueless one, which made Thalia get a bit angry. "Phoebe. What's your opinion on this?" Celyn, one of the eldest Huntresses, asked. The other adopted Daughter of Artemis stepped backwards, falling into line with Phoebe. A few others followed whilst the remaining ones stood there. A feeling of hurt fell on top of Thalia as she knew that at least half of the Huntresses followed her only because Phoebe did. She felt an open hole in her stomach when looking into Phoebe's eyes, the Huntresses do sincerely have more loyalty with Phoebe than her. And that hurt her, a lot, as she just wanted their approval. It did take a long time before she was even accepted as lieutenant, but the Huntresses didn't oblige as their own Mistress Artemis made the promotion.
Phoebe was honestly feeling guilty by then. She was complaining about how Thalia had all the Huntresses approval, yet here she is with half of them. She was feeling heart warmed by her sister's loyalty, and she always wanted this moment. It was a wonderful one, and it just made lava seemingly pour into her insides. But she didn't want to look weak in front of her sisters, it would ruin her reputation after all. Phoebe quickly stepped forward. standing right in front of Thalia whilst staring into the Daughter of Zeus' eyes. A few Huntresses quickly got right behind Thalia, willing to defend their lieutenant. Thalia stared right back hauntingly, not letting her emotions take over. Phoebe already knew the face of someone trying to keep their emotions in check, she did beforehand have to deal with it for when Zoë was the lieutenant. It was an easy thing to identify as the main look would have a straight mouth but also different facial features, which proves that they are holding something back in. But she didn't really want to fight Thalia, that would surely lose her mother's support, and that would be the nightmare come true for her. So the duo stood there, glaring at each other until one backs down. How none of them backed down proved that they were both qualified to run at lieutenant. And the other Huntresses knew that, as they started tensing with anticipation when nothing happened. Finally Phoebe backed away, letting Thalia's face soften. She did see the worry in the Daughter of Zeus' eyes, which did make her guilty enough to back away. After all, she does not want to steal someone's life just for her own benefits. That is what he did before, and that is why she wouldn't do it again. Not repeating the exact thing someone else did to their former lieutenant. Celyn opened her mouth, but quickly shut it when Phoebe raised her hand. "I'm sorry. But only some of us would help. I would bring the others to the archery range."
The Daughter of Zeus finally let out a sigh of relief. She really thought she had just messed up everything. It did seem fairly convincing as they had a glare-off, but luckily Phoebe stepped back. Now Thalia was thinking over why the most oldest living Huntress had even stepped forward. It could've been out of peer pressure itself, but the adopted Daughter of Artemis did step forward with content. Like she had loathed Thalia for a long time, and that scared her. If Phoebe did want to become lieutenant, she sure does have the power to. Phoebe raised her hand, signaling the other Huntresses to follow her, and the majority followed her out. The remaining watched with an eerily silence as the 2 groups split, but finally Naomi, another one of the eldest Huntresses, stepped forward to comfort Thalia. "Hey, Thalia. I would help. And the others would help too." The other-other adopted Daughter of Artemis reassured, letting the other Huntresses in the room to comfort Thalia. She loved the comfort her sisters are giving her, and eternally grateful for them. A smile was brought onto the Daughter of Zeus' face, letting Naomi sigh with relief. "So-your plan just said that we have to somehow get Percy and Bianca together. And how do we do that?" The logical statement started to make sense to Thalia, as she groaned in response. "Well. Based on my small knowledge on relationships: I feel like we need to get one of them into it. Perhaps, Percy? He does have guts to do reckless things, so he could probably do it." She answered back, letting an idea pop into another Huntresses' head. "He can-Argh...you know what I was going to say. Anyways, we can let him do it, and see if Bianca rejects him." She explained her plan, which did make sense to Thalia. The Kelp Head could get himself into some trouble, and he doesn't exactly understand his feelings yet so he could easily do it. Even if he gets rejected, he could probably live past another heartbreak...maybe.
Naomi had a very good idea in why the other Huntresses' left. It wasn't their strong suit to start up relationships, heck, it is hated by the Huntresses. Yet she didn't want to leave Thalia alone, so she had to stay back and help. And it was better than probably going into the archery range. After all, it was a new experience when the first thing they did was get a Daughter of Hephaestus whom is a Huntress and let her plan out the scene. The scene itself was an awesome idea, which did impress her even though she had years of not being impressed. The scenery was simple, but also a fairly overthought scene. The Daughter of Hephaestus placed down the scene itself, in the strawberry field and that field alone could stand perfectly. But the Huntress also made a way too detailed carpet. Stripes hanging around the outer line, black and blue ones for the theme to be proved. Triangles and squares danced around the carpet, which is now looking like quilt. Naomi was impressed herself, and it did take a lot of dedication to make the quilt. Thalia had started directing the Huntresses around, doing various jobs while all Naomi had to do was help her fellow Huntress building the quilt. And against Naomi's protests of not being skilled in knitting, she was put on the job. The Huntresses had started to finish up the basics of the quilt, and hours had passed since they started. Soon enough, they finished making the quilt at perfect timing as the sun was slowly going down. And it doesn't take a romantic genius to know that sunsets or Artemis' domain is the spotlight for romantic scenes. Thalia had left earlier, telling Percy of the plan. It did take a lot of convincing as he didn't want to do it. Which made Naomi's opinion of males slowly soften as all males sometimes is a bit too harsh of a word. She knew it was bad to soften against males, but Percy was truly one of a dozen millennia male.
Percy Third Person POV
Percy didn't want to do it. He already knew that he liked her, after all he did experience the feeling before with Annabeth. But he didn't want a repeat of the break up. Yet he gave into Thalia's demands as he didn't want to ruin another one of his friend's relationship with him. That would be a horrible experience, and would increase his loath against the Fates for giving him one heck of a lifetime. So what if he wanted just a peaceful life? If he could, he would honestly just charge the Fates and make them alter what had happened. However, he should be at least a bit happy since one person came back to life. Thalia hadn't really told him the entire plan, but the basics was just to see if Bianca would get with him. Which, he is still wondering if he should take the chance. On one hand, there is a chance where she would hate him while the other hand: there was a chance where she would enjoy it. A 50-50, and he had been in worse odds, so there is a bigger chance that it would work in his favor. But he doesn't know what he wants to choose. It is already hard trying to get into a school, and Paul barely made it happen, now he has to do this by his own. So the plan was revealed later on to Percy, which really surprised him as why the Huntresses were even helping with romance, along with even dedicating a few hours of their lives to do it. And that really confused him, although there was a small slimmer of joy because they really dedicated themselves to helping him. That warm feeling shot through his chest, going straight through multiple organs although it did make it feel like he was blushing. It is a huge heartwarming moment, and that made Percy feel a lot more enthusiastic. "Percy, you ready? Remember the plan?" A Huntress, whom Percy remembered as Naomi, whispered gruffly to him. He nodded in affirmation, letting Naomi know that he remembered the plan. She snorted in response, "You can remember a detailed plan, but you can't remember how to do the Quadratic Formula? Seriously? What is up in your brain?" She teased, clearly enjoying her moment of it. The Son of Poseidon started blushing intensely, making her chuckle a bit more until Thalia answered her question. "His head is full of Kelp. Can you remember that?" She questioned to Naomi, making the adopted Daughter of Artemis laugh. "Yeah. I can remember that." Thalia nodded, acknowledging the sarcasm, she turned to Percy and indicated him to put the plan into action. The Cousin of Thalia nodded, starting to get nauseous at the thought of doing what he was about to. Maybe it wasn't a good idea to get involved in it; nevertheless, he stood up and started heading onto the quilt the Huntresses made in the strawberry field. Mild flashbacks suddenly struck the back of his head, remembering the time when he and Annabeth were having a picnic on Camp grounds until Hermes came up. He suddenly became a lot more nauseous, barely stumbling over to the quilt before plopping on the ground. A corner of his eyes caught the Daughter of Hades walk over to where was sitting, making beads of sweat start to form on his head.
Bianca was confused at the concept of being in the middle of the strawberry field, until she saw Percy. She guessed that the Huntresses wanted her to feel welcomed, so that is why they led her to Percy. Right? Probably, at least that is what Bianca thought was the answer. "Percy? Is there anything you need?" She questioned, walking forward before plopping herself down onto the quilt right beside him. He nodded, but that really made her question why he was acting this way. Was he nervous about being by her, or embarrassed by having to be by her? And based on her experiences in her short lifetime, it was probably the latter. Yet he just nodded in silence, making her insides churn in questions. Seemingly making herself feel like someone is stirring a cauldron full of soup inside her stomach, and that didn't really set well with her. She raised an eyebrow at him, and narrowly saw a blush that shone on his cheek. That simple detail that was on his face set her off, "What is wrong?" He finally sighed, as if getting over what he had to do. And that made her question herself even more, until something entirely different happened. He kissed her. That would be forever one of her best memories in the life of Bianca, but that didn't really matter at the time. It felt like as if her whole body shut down suddenly after the kiss, making herself start to scream on the inside for it to stay longer. The feeling pleased her throughout the her whole body until her consciousness kicked back in like a rodeo in the harshest of temperatures. She started kissing him back, enjoying the moment until they finally pulled back in sync. "Uh-um." Percy started suddenly, making the atmosphere feel a lot more warmer than it definitely should be. "Yeah-um." Silence washed over the duo, making it still feel a lot more warmer than it should be. She started contemplating on what to say, after all this was her first time doing it. But it felt amazing. "Do you want to be my girlfriend?" He blurted out, cutting straight through the silence that had already taken over the duo. She jumped out of her skin in her surprise before a smile engulfed her face. "Yeah. I would be your girlfriend."
After that, the word of them getting together traveled very fast around the camp. It started off with Katie spotting them making out in the strawberry field. Luckily, the Huntresses were not there but Katie made the experience horribly embarrassing. After that, she told Travis about it and he accepted the fact before telling Connor. And the Stolls never would want to miss an opportunity to screw everything over and miss a huge paycheck, so they sold the information like a black market. Soon enough, the whole camp knew about that and it was only a matter of time before Annabeth would demand what happened. Percy was still afraid of what Bianca would say after that, but now his father's biggest rival's daughter is coming to interrogate him? It is a terrifying experience to go through. And his thoughts were true when Annabeth charged into his cabin when he skipped dinner. A face of fury was planted right on her face, and that made the Son of Poseidon pale in color. "What. Exactly. Happened?" She stepped forward, standing right in Percy's face and straight into his eyes. The stormy gray eyes made him very-very uneasy. But his stupidity got the best of him as he answered back, "What? I didn't do anything." She stepped even closer to Percy, making his legs seemingly wobble. Although he had faced multiple massive monsters, having a Daughter of Athena interrogate you is probably worse than Hyperion himself threatening to destroy a number of Olympian thrones. "Yes you did! You got with that Hades Scum! Did you even think of me?" She yelled at him, letting her fury straight out onto him. "No! You broke us up and what was left of us is gone now!"
Annabeth was in a fit of fury by this moment. She still loved him, yet he went out with another girl. It did hurt her, really badly. They have been bonding throughout their entire lives, starting at 12. And he went out and made another girlfriend right when they broke up. But she didn't want to get hurt, she just wanted her life back. It was completely taken away by Xander, but that story is for another time as Athena took it in her hands to make the Son of Morpheus have a wondrous time being well taken care of by Athena. But yet she was still heartbroken by the whole experience. "No! There is still a chance. I still see it in you. Please! Percy, please." She begged, starting to hug Percy in desperation now. But she knew that there was no chances in them being together again, and her ex knew that too as he just hugged her back. Yet it wasn't in a romantic way, it was in a brotherly-sisterly way. And that made her terrified of the whole ordeal. "You cannot keep running back to your past. You have to move on from me. After all, you did make it past others. Can't you do that to me too?" The Daughter of Athena started sobbing after that. She had once said that Percy and Thalia were exactly alike in personality, and it seemed to be proved by their words corresponding with each other's. That really made her break down in tears as that was another moment her and Percy really bonded. But Percy really did know how to comfort her, after he had to deal with her for 4 years of their life. "You have to move on. I'll be waiting." The Son of Poseidon left her sobbing on the ground of Cabin 3, not looking back.
Perianca! Finally, it has been long enough.
When I see you again, bye!
(5/21/21-5/23/21)