Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Mama take this badge from me

I can't use it anymore

It's getting dark too dark to see

Feels like I'm knockin' on heaven's door
-Bob Dylan

Percy looked up at the bright night sky, the moon shone brightly against the calm waters of Montauk.

'Artemis must be in the mood', Percy thought.

Percy looked back at the beach cabin his mother used to bring him when he was younger, now it was him bringing his child here. Yes, you heard it right, Percy Jackson now has a child, and her name, yes, her, is Zoe Jackson. It's quite obvious who he named her after.

Percy could see the small silhouette of his daughter sleeping in her bed, he felt great sadness for her, because her mother, Annabeth Chase, died during childbirth. When he learned that Annabeth was pregnant, he was the happiest man in the world, it only got more exciting when Percy learned it was a girl, and for 9 annoying months, Percy have been overthinking what her name will be, what her room would look like, what she would look like, and that's saying something, because it was Annabeth who does all the thinking.

When the day had arrived for Annabeth to be in labor, Percy had been biting his finger to the point he broke his index finger by biting. By the time the doctors were done, Percy heard the most beautiful thing in the world, the wailing sounds of his newborn daughter. Percy didn't know how much he cried that night, when he held his daughter in his arms, he noticed how fragile she looked, how small and young she was, Percy vowed on the Styx to be the best father to his daughter. But all that happiness would wither away when he heard the doctors saying something wrong, Annabeth went flatline. It was one of his darkest nights ever, even darker than his memories in Tartarus, but he made a vow that he would raise his daughter.

It was hard for Percy because she was his mortal anchor to the world. Sure, he had help from his mom, Piper, Thalia, and other members of the Seven who are still alive, but that wouldn't change the fact that his daughter will grow up motherless.

Percy looked at the pen in his hand and opened the cap, revealing the infamous Riptide. He looked at the beautiful blade in his hand and saw the reflection of the Huntress constellation. Percy wouldn't admit it to anyone, but he kinda had a crush on Zöe when they were on the quest to save Artemis, hence why he named his daughter after her. He looked back at the sky and inhaled the nightly air.

Then, something strange happened, the Huntress constellation glowed brighter, Percy blocked the light with his hand because it was too bright. Percy felt that his gut was telling him that something was falling, Percy removed his hand and was knocked out when something heavy landed on him.

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Percy woke up with something on top of him, he then noticed black hair was sprawled over his face, he moved the hair to see who landed on him, and to his utter shock, lying before him was Zöe Nightshade, former Lieutenant of Artemis. She appeared to be sleeping peacefully on top of him. He could feel her breath in and out on his chest. As he tried to get up, he noticed that Riptide was missing from his hand. Looking around to find his sword, he saw that Zoe, his daughter was awake, Riptide in her hands, clearly struggling to carry it, and was in her pajamas.

"Daddy are you okay?" she asked with her lisped voice.

Percy nodded.

"Uh, Zo, why don't you put that down? You might hurt yourself" Percy tried to tell her. But his daughter shook her head.

"Nu uh, not until the stranger tells me why she is here" she said as she poked the sleeping huntress awake.

Zöe woke up with a groan as she woke up holding her head like she had been hit by a soccer ball. She looked around to see she was sleeping on top of a male, but he looked familiar, Zöe rubbed her eyes to see that it was no other than Perseus Jackson, the one man she approved by her death bed. She flushed as she got of him, it seems that her wish came true (we'll get to that later).

Zöe saw that she was woken up by a small child, she looked like him with black raven hair, with the exception of her eyes, gray calculating eyes that seek knowledge. Zöe was fully aware of everything that happened when she was in the sky, the scenes after her death, the battle of Manhattan, the second gigantomachy, the trials of Apollo, and the fall of the Third Triumvirate. She was also aware of the fact that Perseus had a child with his former lover, Annabeth Chase.

"Um, Pardon me youngling, but who are thee?" Zöe asked.

"My name is Zoe, now silence prisoner, tell me who you are ow face the wrath of Zoe Jackson!" she shouted, causing Zöe's ears to ring from the loud volume.

Percy looked at his daughter incredulously.

"Prisoner?" Percy asked.

"Yeah, because I captured hew" she said.

"But she didn't put up much of a fight, and neither did you"

"B-but… whatever daddy, she is my prisoner now, and she will answer for hew crimes"

"What crimes may I ask?" Percy folded his arms to his chest.

"For attacking you daddy" his daughter looked at him with innocent eyes. Percy would have melted on the spot for the sheer power those eyes can display, but since he can do the same, he was basically immune to it.

"I don't remember getting attacked by Zöe"

"Then why was she on top of you, daddy, huh, why was she on top of you?" his daughter said. Percy sighed at his daughter.

"It was an accident" Percy told his daughter.

"'Ohhhhh, it was an accident' yeah daddy, it was very much like an accident" Zoe said.

"Um Do I have a say in this?" Zöe spoke up after the father and daughter stopped arguing. Percy looked at her, completely forgetting that she was there, despite the subject of their argument. He kneeled down and looked at Zöe from the feet up to her face.

"Your real" he whispered.

"You're actually real" he said as he gave a Tyson-level hug crushing the Huntress in it.

Zöe Nightshade never thought that she would be hugged by a male, much less be flustered by it. She slowly wrapped her arms around the Hero and rested her head in his chest.

Percy pulled back from their hug, much to Zöe's dismay, and looked at her with confusion.

"Wait, how are you here though? Last time I saw you were in placed in the sky by Artemis"

"About that…" Zöe started but then a bright flash appeared before them, and standing before them was none other than Artemis, goddess of the hunt, staring at Zöe with wide eyes, tears threatening to leak out. She violently pulled Zöe out of Percy's grasp and hugged her tightly.

"I knew something was up when I didn't see your constellation" she whispered. She looked at Zöe and touched her shoulders, arms, and hands, soon she was laughing with relief.

"Thank Chaos, this isn't a trick by the fates, or a prank by Apollo, you really have returned. But… How?" Artemis asked the same thing just as Percy did moments ago. Zöe looked back at Percy and after taking a big breath she spoke.

"It was a reward by Quranos himself" Artemis and Percy gasped, Quranos, Primordial of the Sky, former husband of Gaia, Father of the Titans, and Grandfather of the 6 original Olympians, rewarded Zöe Nightshade by returning her to life.

Artemis gave a silent prayer to the Primordial for giving this miracle to her. And without asking Percy, the two huntresses left in a silver flash, without much of a goodbye. They must have returned to the Hunt, he thought, he looked back at his daughter, who seemed to be completely oblivious of the events that took place, the only thing that came out of her mouth was probably the same reason Percy decided to think none of that happened.

"So, What's for breakfast daddy?"

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After the entire Zöe incident, Percy told his daughter about the huntress and who she was, Zoe was embarrassed that she was threatening the person who was her very namesake. She was curious why the huntress was on top of her daddy though, so the only way she could get an answer was by asking her father a few questions.

"Daddy, do you think she is pretty?"

"Huh?" her father asked, confused.

"Do you think she is pretty?"

"Um, yes?"

"Then you like her?" she asked while staring at him.

"W─What?" he asked while choking on his blue cereal.

"You said she was pretty, so then you like her" she said, like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

Percy was about to answer when he heard a knock on the door. He walked to the door and answered it. Zöe Nightshade had returned, but with a few changes, she was wearing a dress, a white dress with a shade of dark blue, she wore star shaped earrings and had silver heeled shoes on her feet. She was magnificent in Percy's eyes. Zöe was in deep red when Perseus was just staring at her. Behind her was Artemis, who Percy did not seem to notice, was looked back and forth from Zöe to Percy, being tired of the display, she decided to snap Percy out of his gaze. Percy looked at Artemis and paled, he dropped to a knee and stammered.

"L─Lady Artemis, w─what can I do for you?"" he said while focusing not to look up, because of how low he kneeled he could be able to see what was under Zöe's skirt, but refused to give in.

"Zöe here is going to stay with you" she simply said.

"Wait, what?" Percy said but was paused as Artemis put her hand up to silence him.

"Are you sure you want this?" Artemis asked, with a tinge of sadness in it. Zöe looked back at Perseus before looking back her goddess,

"Yes Milady, this is my wish" Zöe said as Artemis smiled sadly and hugged her former lieutenant tightly.

"Good luck Zöe, I hope he brings you joy" she said as she disappeared in a flash, Zöe looked back at Perseus and smiled. Percy stood back up and smiled at Zöe, something which made her stomach do summersaults.

"Come in Zöe, boy do I have a lot to tell you" despite knowing about everything that happened, she wanted to hear Perseus─no─Percy's side of everything, the other reason being that she just wanted to listen to his voice.

Percy ushered her into the living room to the couch, then told her everything that happened from the quest to save Artemis to the Battle of the Labyrinth, to the Battle of Olympus, the Second Gigantomachy, his time with Apollo, and his stories about his daughter.

"So, thee named her after me?" she asked. His response was a nod. She blushed a bit learning that the noblest man in the mortal realm named his daughter after her.

"So, why did Quranos rewarded you?" he asked, Zöe sighed as she decided to tell him the truth.

"He did not reward me per say…" Percy then got confused as he tilted his head "…It was a particularly sad day for me when the former king of the cosmos came to me and asked, 'what's the matter?' I was feeling empty, like I was missing something, I told him that I was fine, but he could see through me so I told him why, he told that when I want it, he can grant me a wish to any extent. I thought about carefully and decided on one wish that I desired the most. I came to him, and he granted me my wish… thus, here I am" Zöe finished her story as Percy listened.

"So, what was your wish?" Percy asked. Zöe looked at him with eyes filled with love, she put on hand on his lap and moved her face closer to his.

"You…" she simply said.

"W─What?" Percy stammered, he wasn't expecting her to say that he presumed she wished that she wanted to return to the hunt and be alive again.

"It is you I wished for, for thee has stolen my heart, at the moment of my death, I realized that I harbored feelings for you, feelings which I rejected to acknowledge, until now, I love you Perseus, I have since that fateful quest. But… If you don't feel the same, then I understand completely" Zöe said with tears in her eyes. Percy's heart broke at looking at her cry for confessing her feelings to him, feelings she tried to reject, but fail. Percy wiped the tears of her eyes and placed his finger under her chin to make her look at him.

"No Zöe, I actual do feel the same way about you, ever since Annabeth died, I was empty, you came back this morning and then… boom! My old feelings about you came back for a sequel and I just couldn't stand seeing you cry. I care for you Zöe, I love you" Percy finally said it. Zöe looked with hope in her eyes.

"Y─You do? Truly?" she said, Percy nodded with a smile of his face. Suddenly Zöe lunged herself at the Son of Poseidon and pressed her lips on his. She was kissing Percy Jackson! 'Gods make this not a dream!' Percy on the other hand was in total shock, bit leaned in to accommodate her, they kissed passionately with pure love and care. After a few minutes, they released themselves from their kiss lying on the couch. Zöe muttered a 'wow' at her first kiss.

Percy laid back stroking her hair like holding her small frame into his. "Zöe?"

Said girl looked up to see her new lover's face.

"Would you like to… to be Zoe's mother?" Zöe looked at him with wide eyes and a gleeful smile.

"Truly? Thee want me to be thy daughter's mother?" she asked.

"She needs a mother, and since you took care of little girls in the Hunt, I think you would be just fine with her" Percy before Zöe kissed him again, they both were in a hot make-out session until they heard a young voice ring throughout the cabin.

"She is going to be my mommy?" Zoe Jackson asked with a little bit of hope in her little voice.

Percy picked her up and brought her in between him and Zöe "Yes Cupcake, she will be your new mommy"

"YAY!" she gleefully hugged Zöe to which the former huntress hugged her back.

"When am I going to have a baby brother?" Zoe asked, Percy and Zöe blushed but shrugged at the thought of their daughter having a little brother.

It seems Zöe Nightshade and Percy Jackson have a new quest, get their daughter a baby brother.