Poseidon's Point of view

One day a few weeks before the winter solstice Athena called a meeting and pointed out that since Percy had been added to the council there was no longer an even number of council members. We discussed the problem for a little while but were unable to come to an agreement on what to do about it. Unsurprisingly the discussion eventually became an argument. I think Percy considered interrupting so we might actually accomplish something useful, but he didn't although I'm not sure why.

For a while, I argued with Athena before the meeting eventually came to an end without a decision being made. I knew the subject of the uneven number of council members would most likely come up again in a future meeting since it was important to solve it considering that we'd always had an even number of council members.

I knew one thing if anyone suggested Percy step down I certainly wouldn't let that happen. I'd finally gotten my favourite son here with me, so I didn't want to lose him. Although I was able to see Percy more often now I'd also noticed that Triton was avoiding me. My only guess for why was that he wasn't pleased by Percy becoming an Olympian, and he might also be jealous of him.

For a little while now I'd been considering Proposing to Sally, I know it's technically still a bit early to do that since it had only been a little over five months since we'd gotten back together, but I thought she might still agree despite the short time since we'd reunited. I doubted Marrying Sally would help Triton's mood either, and although I would like to fix my relationship with Triton I also Love Sally and I want to marry her. As long as Sally agrees I'm going to marry her no matter what anyone else thinks.

I knew I would have to tell the council that I wanted to marry Sally since we don't give immortality to just anyone nowadays, so they would have to agree with it. I felt pretty confident that enough of them would agree with it so I wasn't too concerned, but I doubted Zeus would agree. Percy would probably agree, and I thought that most of the other gods would as well. After the meeting, I decided to go see Sally. Was I going to propose to her once I got there? Maybe, I would decide once I got there. When I arrived at her apartment, I could see that she was reading but she obviously noticed my arrival since she quickly looked up from her book and smiled at me. She set her book aside and stood up before she walked toward me.

once she reached me we talked for a short time but not for long since I eventually kissed her. I love her so much, my feelings for her were unlike anything I'd felt for any other woman and I hoped she would agree to marry me. When we eventually broke the kiss I made up my mind, I said, "I love you,"

she replied, "I love you too,"

The next thing I did surprised her but I don't think she minded. I teleported us out of her apartment and when we reappeared we were underwater, in my domain. I made sure she could breathe, and that didn't get wet. I'd done this with her before after we'd met the first time, in fact, it was the first place we'd gone together after I'd told her about who I really was. I could remember that night like it was yesterday even though it was over two decades ago. Based on her expression I think Sally could too, although she hadn't spoken since before we'd left the apartment.

The sudden trip to my domain wasn't the only thing I did that day to surprise her, After she made it clear that she was happy to be there, remembering old memories and making new ones, I knew I would make the memories of that place even more special for her. The next thing I said to her also surprised her. I said, "When I first saw you I knew you were special, and after we met I soon found out just how much. Sally, my feelings for you are unlike anything I've felt before, I love you just as much as I did after we first met. I want to spend the rest of my life with you, Will you marry me?"

To say she was surprised by what I'd just said would be an understatement.

She replied, "Yes I want to, but you're a god, I'm mortal, how can we do that?"

Wanting to tell her that it was possible for us to marry I replied, "Sally, I'll make you immortal. I will have to get permission from the council first, but I'm sure enough of them will agree. The only ones that will definitely disagree are Athena, Artemis, Hera, and Zeus,"

The reasons why Athena, Artemis, and Hera would disagree were obvious enough, and Zeus, well, he's Zeus. He seems to be against almost anything that has to do with me. Not to mention that he probably won't want to give immortality to a mortal who hasn't earned the gift through some form of heroism. Despite that, I thought enough of the others would agree with making Sally Immortal. Even if they didn't I would probably do it regardless. Sure that would really piss Zeus off but since when do I care if I do that or not?

I think that after what I'd said sally was at least somewhat reassured by my words. Since I could technically be in more than one place at a time I spent the rest of that day with her. I knew that now that I'd proposed and Sally had agreed I would have to tell Percy about our engagement. I thought he'd probably be happy for us since I knew that he didn't want to lose his mother any more than I did. I also think that he is happy to see that Sally isn't lonely like she was before.

Percy's point of view

Honestly, things seem to be going well these days, I'm learning my powers quickly so we won't have to worry about me accidentally hurting someone. That is definitely good since the Winter Solstice is only a few weeks away, and I wouldn't want to hurt someone during that, but then again if Annabeth is there and she gets on my nerves I might just slip up and pretend it was an accident. Sure that might put me on Athena's bad side but as far as I knew I was already there.

I wasn't so sure if that was true though, Athena seemed to be treating me more nicely than she used to but I wasn't really sure why. Sure I wasn't dating her daughter anymore, but I was still a son of Poseidon and I'm pretty sure that was one of the reasons why she's always hated me as well. I'd thought about asking her about it but I just hadn't bothered yet. Sure I was confused and slightly curious about why her behavior had changed but I also didn't think it was that big of a deal.

I knew that I had moved on from Annabeth and was mostly just angry at Annabeth now. I knew how I felt about Amber and it was clear she felt the same way about me. I tried not to think about how our relationship might eventually come to an end but sometimes that thought would occur to me. One day after one of my lessons with Apollo my dad came to Olympus to talk to me.

I wasn't too surprised when he admitted that he'd proposed to my mom. I knew that they still loved each other and were dating again, but I just didn't realize how far their relationship had progressed. I was happy for them though, I knew they loved each other and because my mom didn't seem to be lonely anymore I was okay with them marrying. My only real concern was that my dad might not stay faithful to her, afterall he'd cheated on Amphitrite numerous times, I was evidence of that myself. I just hoped that they would continue to love each other just as much as they do now and that I wouldn't eventually find out that I have a new half-sibling.

I actually voiced that concern to him and he didn't get angry or anything I'm sure he was well aware that he hadn't exactly been a faithful husband when he was married to Amphitrite. He sounded certain when he told me that he wouldn't be like that with my mom but only time would reveal if that was true or not. I also knew that he would have to get the council's approval before he could make my mom immortal, and although I knew I would vote to allow it I wasn't sure if enough of the other gods would.

Some of the gods might vote no just because they don't even like my dad that much, or some of the goddesses might disagree because of how he wasn't exactly faithful to Amphitrite, or they could just disagree because they might not think that my mom deserved immortality. I didn't know what would happen when my dad brings up the subject to the council but I guessed we would find out during the winter solstice meeting. We didn't have any more meetings until then.

The next few weeks seemed to go by quickly and nothing really important happened during them, all those days seemed to be much the same since I had my lessons with Apollo, visited Amber, Tyson and my mom, and sometimes spent time with my dad. Not too long after I accepted godhood Hephaestus had taken Riptide to modify it so it could be my symbol of power.

Since then I'd been taking some time to train to get used to the changes he'd made to it. Honestly, it was pretty cool, it no longer turned into a pen, but I could summon it whenever I needed it. Although it would stay as a sword most of the time it could change into another kind of weapon if I felt like I needed something else.

If Hephaestus hadn't told me it was the same sword it would be nearly impossible to tell by looking at it. Now almost the entire sword was Imperial gold rather than bronze and it had sea green gemstones in it as well. The swords name was also clearly visible on its hilt. I got the feeling that when Annabeth and my friends see me on the winter solstice, with the way I look now and the changes to riptide they would be pretty shocked. I didn't know if any of them would realize it was me without being told since I look different now and my voice also sounds a bit different.

I also found out only a few days before the winter solstice that Amber's birthday was coming up, and her friends would be having a party for her. When she asked me I told her that I'd go. I knew I 'd fallen for her hard, and I just couldn't seem to say no to her. I knew I would probably tell her the truth about myself soon. I was sure she could handle knowing and would probably just be shocked.

I also suspected that I wasn't the first encounter she'd had with things from Greek "mythology" she'd probably seen other things before and just never understood what she'd been seeing.