Authors Note: Hey guys! This is my new one-shot series, based on certain referenced, now expanded events mentioned in my book, The Cradle of Olympus (CoO for short). If you haven't read it and just stumbled on this fic by chance, then pleas give my fic a read first, and then head over here. Well then, let the shenanigans start!

Chapter 1: The gods lowkey try to win over Perseus XD

Takes place between chapter 3 and chapter 4

As dawn approached the world, the residents of Mt Olympus were also more or less waking up. Whether from a well-deserved rest or a full blowout of a party. Which was also a first for one hearth goddess. The well-deserved rest, not the party. Hestia yawned as she trudged down the stairs in her home, holding a very wide-awake baby Perseus who was nibbling on a piece of rubber, shaped like a lightning bolt. The baby was only under Hestia's care for two weeks and was already starting to teeth, which was one of the reasons that kept him and Hestia awake.

"Okay Perseus. Do you want the ambrosia baby formula or just nectar mixed with milk?" Hestia said as she glanced at Perseus who just cocked his head to the side. "No answer? I figured you would start talking by now but looks like you're going to take your own time." Hestia said, placing Perseus on a high chair. "As for me, I'm going to have pancakes with strawberries. Would you like pancakes in the future?" Hestia asked, receiving a blank look from the baby. "I'm really expecting him to talk, imagine if he can talk like an adult while being a baby... As if babies can do that." Hestia muttered, rummaging through the pantry.

"Hestia, are you there?" a male voice shouted. Ares then came inside, decked in armor and weaponry. "I need a batch of those protein drinks you made for me last month, I want to use it on some minor gods I'm training."

Hestia frowned. "You know you should knock, right? And I don't have the materials needed to make those drinks. Why don't you ask Demeter?"

"Demeter is out with her daughter. And she has those dragons of hers out so I don't really want to talk to her." Ares muttered. "Do you have nectar at least; the other gods are all out and the birds haven't delivered our monthly batch yet."

"I'll see if I have that. In the meantime, can you watch over Perseus for me?" Hestia asked. Ares just grumbled in response which Hestia took as a yes and exited the kitchen.

Ares awkwardly shuffled around in his place while Perseus stared at him, looking intently at the sword hanging from Ares's belt.

"What are you looking at runt." Ares muttered, following the baby's gaze. "You like this?" he asked, unsheathing the sword and waved it around Perseus's face, who followed its movements. "Well, will you look at that. Destroyer is already taking an interest in very important stuff, not bad kid." Ares said with a grin. "Tell you what, once you grow older, I can show you the ways of these weapons. Swords, axes, spears, the whole platoon. What do you say?" Ares asked, getting a "Bah' in response and a rubber piece thrown at him.

"Already practicing your aim. 'Bah' huh. Looks like I learnt a new baby word. Though I do hope I don't hear 'waahh' coming out of you. I'm not trained for that."

"Bah."

"Hmm, can you say, 'figh-t'." Ares asked, kneeling next to Perseus.

"Fff."

"Yeah, that's it. Figh-t. Come on, get the letters rolling. Figh-t"

"Fff..ff!" Perseus said, letting out a giggle.

"A work in progress, but progress will happen. Okay, can you say 'war'."

"Fff" Perseus said.

"Maybe we'll go one word at a time." Ares said, quickly standing up when he noticed Hestia approaching.

"He didn't trouble you, did he?" Hestia asked Ares, smoothing Perseus's hair.

"Nah, runt looked bored out of his mind. Threw this at me though." Ares said, handing the rubber lightning bolt to Hestia. "Is that for me?" he asked, eyeing the box in her hands.

"Yes. Ten vials of nectar, should be enough hopefully. Do you need anything else or no?"

"I'm good, thanks a lot." Ares said, flashing away.

Hestia then let out a sigh as she smiled at Perseus. "Was Ares being a big meanie to you?" she asked, handing over the rubber bolt to Perseus. "But still, no throwing things at people, got it Perseus." Hestia said. Perseus just stared blankly at her as he bit the rubber bolt.

"So, what do you want to do today. We never got to spend a day together, just you and me. All the other gods like to barge in because they want to meet you, hmm?" Hestia said, brushing Perseus's hair back. "Do you want to visit the park, watch some mortals build some temples, or watch the constellations on the roof of the throne room? You like watching those stars, don't you Perseus?" Hestia asked, tickling Perseus who squealed in response.

The air above Perseus shimmered, as an image of Demeter showed up. "Sister, are you busy right now?" Demeter asked.

Hestia sighed, but nodded. Can't she spend at least one day alone with Perseus? "I'm not busy, what's wrong?"

"I need your help in making some dishes for a picnic I'm going to be having now with Persephone." Demeter said, her eyes gazing at something that was not the Iris message. "I even have the perfect thing to give you in return. My newly developed chocolate baby formula. Perfect for baby gods, and of course Perseus. So can please come over."

"And who is supposed to take care of Perseus, may I ask? I definitely won't be able to watch over him if I'm helping you and I'm sure Persephone isn't qualified for the job." Hestia asked.

"I already took care of that." Demeter said in a dismissive voice. "The Horai will come over to your place and watch over Perseus. It's that simple. Oh no honey, don't pick those flowers, they might be infested with bees." Demeter called out.

Hestia shook her head exasperatedly and smiled when she saw Perseus mimic her. "Alright, I'll be there when the Horai come around." she said, watching as the Iris message started to disappear. "Say hello to Perseus for-" Demeter began to say but was disconnected.

"Looks like we have to delay our almost existing plans." Hestia said. There was a couple of knocks heard and Hestia walked to the front door, opening it to find three sniffling goddesses who definitely looked like they came from a night of partying.

"You three look terrible, are you sure you all are up for this." Hestia asked, glancing behind. "Perseus is quite an energetic child."

"We'll be fine Lady Hestia." Spring said with a yawn.

"Yeah, we'll just put him to sleep and done. Easy-peasy." Autumn said with a grin.

"Hope it'll be easy." Autumn muttered.

Hestia shrugged. "He woke up an hour ago, so good luck." Hestia said, going inside to say goodbye to Perseus (Which he didn't like) and then flashed away.

"So this is the kid? He looks cute." Autumn noted.

"Cute? He looks so adorable!" Spring said, with a squeal. "Hello little baby, aren't you so adorable! Yes you are, yes you are!"

"You're smothering the poor child." Summer said with a sigh. "Aren't we supposed to make him sleep?"

"Probably, if our sister let's him go that is." Autumn said, watching as Spring took Perseus over to the living room and plopped him on a mat.

"Does he have any toys? He might like some toys." Spring asked.

"We are supposed to make him sleep and then go out to spy on those minor gods training under Ares. They are definitely going to be sweaty... and shirtless." Summer said with a dreamy sigh.

"Which is why I'm asking for his toys. We could tire him out by making him play and all and then he'll go to sleep. It's that simple." Spring replied.

"Wow, for once you have come up with a decent idea." Autumn said.

"Oh please, I come up with amazing ideas all the time." Spring said, glaring at Autumn.

"Excuse me?!" Summer cried out. "I am the one who comes up with all our brilliant ideas. Who do you think is the leader and the most beautiful out of us three?"

"I thought those titles were nonexistent among us?!" Spring shouted.

"And I'm the one who has to do damage control." Autumn muttered, glancing at Perseus. "Um... girls?" Autumn said nervously.

"The only reason It's nonexistent is because you would cry." Summer said, smirking.

"Why you litt-"

"Girls!"

"What Autumn!" Summer and Spring said together.

"The baby is missing!" Autumn cried, frantically looking around. The two other goddesses paled on hearing this as they too looked everywhere in search of the baby. For almost ten minutes.

"We are so screwed; how can we lose a baby?!" Spring cried, dashing outside the house and then coming back in. "He isn't anywhere!"

"That's it, we have lost our five hundred drachmas." Summer cried, coming down from upstairs. "Goodbye beautiful white gossamer dress!"

"Will you stop crying and try to find the kid! He definitely couldn't have gone far. And it's not like Lady Hestia is going to show up now." Autumn chided, immediately stilling when a knock was heard on the door. "Oh no."

"Go open the door!" Summer hissed, watching warily and a bit scared as Autumn approached the door and opened it. "Lord Poseidon! What are you doing here?" Autumn squeaked.

Poseidon blinked. "I could be asking you three the same thing." he said, glancing inside the house. "What are you all doing here."

"Babysitting duty! We're taking care of Perseus. Hestia has gone out" Spring said nervously.

"Oh, I see. Where is Perseus though?" Poseidon asked, stepping in.

"Um... he's hiding! We're playing hide and seek with him." Summer said with a laugh.

"Hide and seek huh. I remembered playing that game with my siblings." Poseidon said with a chuckle. "Though there weren't a lot of places in my father's stomach to hide."

"Oh..." Autumn said, looking a bit green.

More voices were heard as Hestia and Demeter came into the house. "Poseidon? What are you doing here?" Hestia asked.

"I came to see the little one." Poseidon said with a grin. "Hope that's alright. I got a trident plushie for him as well." Poseidon said holding the plush up.

"Why a trident?" Demeter asked.

"Hades has already given him a blanket and Zeus that rubber thunderbolt, I need to up the ante." Poseidon said with a shrug. "Perseus is currently playing a game of hide and seek with the Horai right now."

"Oh how sweet. Demeter, you remember how we used to play hide and seek inside father's stomach? You always used to hide behind that-"

"Um, we heard it already Lady Hestia." Autumn said a bit weakly. "There is a slight problem though."

"What" Hestia asked.

"The thing is... we can't find the baby." Autumn said with a wince. "We have been searching him for a while but with no luck at all."

Hestia blinked. "Wait a minute, you're telling me he's hidden himself, and not with the help of any of you'll three?!" Hestia asked, staring at the guilty expressions on the season goddesses faces. "So no one knows where he is?"

A loud giggle was then heard, followed by a squeal which made the gods present jump. "Did you all hear that?" Demeter asked. "I'm pretty sure that was Perseus."

"Yeah, but where?" Poseidon replied, checking behind the sofa. "He sounded really close."

Another giggle was heard, followed by a bunch of 'Bah's' said over and over as the gods frantically looked around.

"He didn't make any sounds before, why now?" Summer asked.

"Is he invisible? He might be invisible." Spring said, followed by a 'why didn't I think of that' from Summer.

"Possibly. Let me just keep this here." Demeter said, placing a bottle filled with a brown colored liquid that caught Autumn's attention.

"Is that chocolate?" she asked

"Yes, a special blend of baby formula I prepared for Perseus." Demeter replied.

"I remember mother always feeding me little chocolate bits when I didn't listen to her, used to help her when I was being difficult." Autumn said, handing over the formula to Hestia. "Why don't you try it?"

"I hope this works. Perseus, I have some chocolate for you. It even has littles chipped chocolates." Hestia said, opening the bottle in order to let the aroma flow. A few moments later, the closet door opened slowly making Summer yell out in fear. Perseus then poked his head outside of the closet, a full-blown smile on his face when he saw Hestia.

"There you are sweetheart." Hestia said, scooping Perseus up. "You had to scare your mother, relatives and babysitters like that, didn't you?" Hestia said, getting a giggle in response. "Give me a minute, I'll make a bottle ready for you."

"Well that's taken care of." Poseidon said. "You three didn't think of checking the cupboards?" he asked the Horai.

"We didn't think of checking the cupboards because there's no way he could have gone in one!" Autumn protested.

Demeter sighed. "Whatever the case, I'm not going to cut your pay, but-" "Thank you milady!" Summer squealed. "But, You three have an assignment in the flower fields on Olympus, and, in Sparta. So get going." Demeter said, which was followed by three loud groans.

"Got to have him imprint on the plushie, can't lose." Poseidon muttered as he dashed into the kitchen while Demeter ushered the Horai out.

So that's the first chapter of this series. This moment was actually mentioned in Chapter 4 of CoO, hence why it takes place before that. As for updates, expect an update every Sunday, only once a week. I already have some ideas written out, but if any of you readers want an event to be seen then just let me know. And title of this fic is actually based on a gag which came out from CoO. Hope you guys enjoyed. Bye!...\/