AN: Hey everyone, so about the name for the roman gods I'm stuck between two good ones. I was thinking of making them the Kaisers, but one name popped up that might be really good too. So the two names I'm thinking on are the Kaisers and Hydropians. If you would rather choose another name just leave a review and I will see. And if you like one of the two I have already leave a review and say which one you would prefer. I just want to say sorry for the longer than usual wait. I had the worst case of writers block. Also, I know I said there would be no other Percy relationship besides Artemis, but I lied, sorry. Don't worry, very soon it will begin. With that out of the way, I beseech thee to have a good day and enjoy :)
(Olympus, Artemis POV)
The shocked silence permeated the room. Aphrodite was the first to speak. "You fought yourself? Well lucky me then, when I meet Venus we will have a nice chat about who the sexiest celebrity is," she said dreamily.
Zeus growled. "This is no joking matter. Tell us, dear daughter, how did you fare against Diane?" He said turning to me.
I sighed shakily. "I lost," I said simply. Ares began to laugh nervously. "How did you lose if you're right here?" He said continuing to chuckle. "Simple, Percy, Clarisse, Madeline, and I fought her and she kicked our asses. Then she captured me in a net that sprung from a small capsule and the net drained my power. Just as she was about to drag me off to wherever Pontus is, Percy formed a trident that radiated pure power and killed her with it. Or rather impaled her, then she disappeared," I explained as Poseidon looked at me oddly.
"When you say trident-" "Not yours, no, it was one with even more power," I said firmly, recalling the power of the trident. "How is that possible?" He asked, startled.
"I don't know, but it had Pontus engraved on the prongs," I told them, choosing not to mention the words on the handle. Poseidon looked at me strangely, but chose not to voice his thoughts.
After Zeus ordered that we keep our senses primarily focused on sensing our Roman counterparts, and saying that he expected daily updates, we flashed out of the throne room.
I felt the hunter's presence in Ohio, where it was currently midnight, so I directed myself to their general direction.
I arrived at the area where I had sensed my hunters at and appeared inside one of the tents. Unfortunately, I flashed inside Percy's tent and saw him with the daughter of Ares, snuggled together, asleep.
I rolled my eyes and grimaced in disgust as I quietly walked out, oblivious to the pair of sea green eyes watching me leave Percy's tent.
(Hunters camp, Percy POV, Morning)
I awoke to find Clarisse sleeping peacefully on my shoulder. I smiled, noticing her serene look as I leaned forward and kissed the tip of her nose.
Her eyes fluttered open, and when she saw me she smiled, before wrapping her hand around my head, pulling me towards her, our lips seemingly having a mind of their own.
After a blissful minute or so we decided to get up and after brushing our teeth and changing into decent clothes we walked out of the tent. As I was walking I saw Artemis looking at me oddly, but decided to ignore it.
As soon as I sat at the long table the hunters had built last night every head turned to me and stared. I was about to ask when someone beat me to it. "What are you all looking at? He saved your sorry asses just a couple hours ago!" Clarisse snarled.
Most of the hunters looked down at their food after a minute, but some continued to glare at me, while a few, like Phoebe, were getting ready to maul me the first chance they could.
After deciding to ignore them I helped myself to some food on the table and when I got everything I wanted I turned around and left, heading for my tent.
I heard footsteps behind me, and thought, 'If it's Phoebe then I'm dead.' I was about to turn around when an arm snaked around my shoulder and I heard her speak. "Why'd you run off like that, they wouldn't dare try to hurt you, especially with me around."
I looked at Clarisse and she laughed. "Don't tell me you're scared of the hunters, Jackson," she said whilst laughing. I just smiled and entered my tent. A moment later she came in too, but with a more serious face.
"Wait are you really that afraid of them?" She asked, slightly miffed. "No, it's just that they don't like males so I like to stay away so I don't bother them," I answered, digging into my cheeseburger. Her face morphed into one of annoyance as she punched me in the shoulder.
"Yea, well they have to get over it, you're staying whether they like it or not, and you should stop caring about everyone's feelings for once," she said firmly. I just shrugged and continued eating.
After finishing, I turned to Clarisse as a feeling of dread settled in my stomach. One glance at her told she felt it too. I quickly got up and left the tent, Clarisse right behind me.
We ran straight to Artemis, who we found lying on the floor, clutching her head. I looked at Phoebe, who was on her knees slowly feeding the silver eyed goddess some ambrosia and nectar.
"What happened?" I said, panic in my voice. Artemis opened her eyes and looked at me. "Dionysus," she gasped, as Phoebe fed her more of the godly food. Phoebe's hand stopped midway, a look of confusion on her face.
"Dionysus? What of him, my lady?" Phoebe asked. Artemis turned her gaze on me, and spoke, "Dionysus." Her head finally sinking to the ground, unconscious.
The hunters had gathered around us several minutes ago, standing there with their jaws dropped as low as possible.
"What are you waiting for fools!? Help Lady Artemis!" Phoebe said, screaming at the hunters. They all mobilized, and managed to get Artemis into the largest tent in the camp.
(Olympus, Aphrodite POV)
I looked longingly at the mirror, staring at the image of Percy, together with the daughter of Ares. I knew their love was young, but it was stronger than most couples. Compared to most others, they were like a blazing bonfire next to small, smoldering candles.
I was watching as they rushed to a fallen Artemis' side. I sighed, feeling like I would never have Percy. I was about to dismiss the image, and give up all hope, when someone opened the door to my room. I looked at the person and after a minute of plotting, I smiled. An idea slowly forming in my head.
I slowly got up and walked over to him, and told him of my plan.
(Hunters camp, Clarisse)
I was sprinting as fast as I could, so that I wouldn't lag behind the hunters. Even so I was in the rear of the group.
My mind flashed to what Artemis had told us when she awoke. "We must hurry, Zeus has tasked us with this mission and we cannot fail, or all of Olympus goes down," she said gravely.
Two minutes later we found ourselves running through the forest at extreme speeds. Percy, on the other hand, was stumbling through the forest and and was far behind us. He had needed to shadow travel to us three times already, something which pleased the hunters greatly.
Artemis was most pleased, because he had mastered shadow traveling without repeating their first and only day of training.
(Camp half-blood, Clarisse)
We had finally made it to camp when Grover trotted up to us, worry riddled on his face, but for some reason not reaching his eyes.
I looked at the campers and saw some playing some volleyball, while others were climbing the lava wall. Most of the campers were participating in a phony capture the flag.
I let myself smile, knowing that we would stay here until we get more information about our mission. Which meant a capture the flag game was due.
I was snapped back to reality when Artemis and the hunters stalked off to their cabin with an over excited Grover. Percy pulled me to the Poseidon cabin, and I felt myself turning red. As we walked towards the cabin, hand in hand, most of the campers looked at us in awe, and afraid to come greet Percy because the first person who had tried to do that was lying on the floor with a broken wrist.
"You didn't have to break his wrist, Clarisse," Percy said with a sympathetic look toward the young boy. I growled. "To bad, they should know better than to take somethong of mine away," I said as he turned red.
We had entered the cabin and when he closed the door, I grabbed him and roughly pushed him into the bed. I leapt on top of him. After several minutes of our lips wrestling each other I sighed in content and put my head on his chest, drifting off to a peaceful sleep. Or so I thought.
I found myself on a beach with Percy, enjoying a carefree day with him. He suddenly grabbed my hand. "Let's go for a swim," he said with a hopeful expression on his face. I relented, letting him pull me to the wide expanse of water.
For some reason, with every step we took towards the ocean, the feeling of dread that had filled my gut deepened. When his foot made contact with the water, he turned to me, his eyes flashing silver.
I recoiled, pulling myself from his grip. He quickly transformed, turning onto a watery being with alluring silver eyes. He suddenly began to grow to the size of the gods. Then he passed them, growing to the size of a mountain. He grew yet bigger, reaching an astonishing size, a colossal being of swirling water.
I noticed the waves of the ocean rising higher and higher, and realized with a start that the entire body of water was rising. Soon it was floating high above the ground, making a giant ring around where his chest should be.
He turned his massive head towards me and pierced me with his silver eyes. "Clarisse, I haven't properly thanked you," he rumbled. I felt completely confused. I had heard enough from Percy to know that this was Pontus. "What do you mean?" I voiced my thoughts.
"Why, you saved Percy when I asked you to," he said, his watery face morphing into a smile. Suddenly I remembered the dream I had, and the deep rumbling voice that matched the Primordial's now in front of me.
"It was you!" I exploded. "But why!?" I screamed. "Why would you want to save Percy!?" Although I was glad he did, it was not good that the enemy wanted him alive. Usually it was the other way around.
"I need Percy alive. He has the potential to wield great power. You see, his parentage is unique. He now has the blood of all the big three coursing through him. The son of Poseidon. The son of Sally Jackson, who is the descendant of the original Perseus, son of Zeus. That gives him the blood of two of the big three." He spoke, as I learned of why Percy was always the center of everything that happened. It would also explain why Sally was so adept at seeing through the mist.
"But how does he have Hades' blood?" I croaked, my throat turning dry, as I was stared down by the powerful being that could probably kill me even through a dream.
"In order for you to comprehend that you need to understand how blessings work. When Percy was blessed, the power of Hades infused with his blood," He explained, as I began to appreciate Percy's power with every passing second.
"When it comes to immortals, blood is much more important than one would think. It wields the core of our power, because it was the Ichor that was floating in the void that Chaos used to create us Primordials" he rumbled. "So that means that Percy has Ichor in him, although it is pooled in certain parts."
"His gut, where he feels the most powerful connection to water, for whatever reason. "His heart, so that he can survive with all that power of his, and his mind, because it is drawn to the Greek mindset. All of that gives him potential like no other," he finished, my eyes wide, a newfound respect for Percy.
"Wait, why tell me all this?" I questioned, while worry gnawed at me. How he knew this much about Percy, I had no idea. He smiled, his eyes flashing. "All in due time, but be warned, if you tell anyone, I will drag you back here and kill you painfully," he said, as the water circling him rushed back and filled the now dry area once again.
His body began to rapidly dissolve into the ocean, and when most of it was gone, he spoke his last words. "Farewell, Clarisse," he said, before disappearing completely.
AN: Okay, so I forgot to mention that Percy loses his Achilles curse when entering the Roman camp. Now that I have brought Aphrodite into the throng of events, things will finally start to lean towards the Pertemis side of the story. Pontus definitly loves entering dreams, and it is finally revealed why Percy is so super special awesome. Also, I just want to say, I LOVE Pontus. Don't know why, I just do. So with that, have a good a day and review! cuz I like reviews. Bye ;)