A/N Sorry this took so long everyone, I've had writer's block for a while I will try not to take so long on the next chapter.
Thalia's Point of View
It was the day of the winter solstice meeting. Normally I wouldn't go to olympus with Artemis to see the meeting but for some reason, Artemis told me I should this time. I thought that was slightly odd, but I decided not to question her about it and just go. Now that I was going I was wondering if I would find out what had happened to Percy while I was there. I knew that Annabeth had broken up with him and that she'd been cheating on him. I honestly thought she had made a stupid decision by doing that, Percy had fallen into literal hell for her I doubted the guy Annabeth was with now would ever do something like that for her.
In order to find out what had happened to Percy we had contacted his mom thinking that he might have gone home after the breakup. We had also contacted some of the gods and none of them had given us straight answers. Almost everyone at the camps were worried about him, even some of the other hunters were slightly concerned about him since he had helped free Artemis when she'd been captured by the titans.
Percy wasn't the only one that was missing though since two of the pegasi had mysteriously gone missing from camp not too long ago. We all wondered if Percy had something to do with that because one of the missing Pegasi was his pegasus Blackjack.
The only people who didn't seem to care about what had happened to Percy were Annabeth and her new Boyfriend. I didn't know Annabeth's new boyfriend well, he was a newer camper who had arrived at camp after I joined the hunters but from what I knew about him I guessed that he wasn't as loyal as Percy. When the head counselors from camp half-blood arrived in the throne room I joined them and stood by some of my friends. Artemis had been one of the first gods to arrive but the others were also arriving one by one.
Once all the gods had arrived I could see that there was still one empty throne. I was sure it hadn't been there the last time I'd been in the throne room. Why would the gods have added another throne? The only logical explanation was that a new god had been added to the council. I found that theory hard to believe though since I didn't think there was anyone they would consider worthy of becoming a member of the council.
Sure they had offered Percy godhood before but if I understood them they would have just made him a minor god, not an olympian. I decided that I would just have to wait and see if the gods were going to explain it. I think everyone else came to that same conclusion, as we waited for the gods to start their meeting.
When I glanced at him Chiron seemed less surprised to see the new throne than the rest of us were. I wasn't sure if he already knew the reason for it or if he was just used to surprising things happening since he'd been dealing with the gods for so long. I looked at the throne and I assumed that the designs on it hinted at what the god who normally occupied it was the god of.
Finally, my father spoke even though the new throne was still empty. He said, "Demigods! I am sure you are wondering why there is a new throne, It's because there is a new olympian,"
Despite the fact that I already guessed that was probably the case, I was still pretty surprised because it was still kind of hard to believe. Moments, after my father finished speaking, there was a bright flash of gold and green light. When it faded the new god was casually sitting on his throne, like he really didn't care that we were there. I think at first we were all staring at him trying to figure out who he was.
I think we all knew that the gods wouldn't allow just anyone to join their council. So I tried to figure out who the new god was. I could see that he had messy black hair so the first person I thought of was Percy but I quickly noticed his eyes were gold not green, although there might have been flecks of green in them. The longer I looked at him I became more and more certain that the new god was Percy.
I didn't really know anything about how someone becomes a god so if Percy was the new god his appearance had obviously changed. He also didn't seem too bothered by Annabeth being there even though she had broken up with him only a few months ago. When he did eventually look at her he still looked kind of mad at her since he was clearly glaring at her, but I guessed that he had already started to get over her, or maybe he already is over her but is still mad at her for some reason.
I didn't really know what that reason could be but I was sure that the new god was Percy, His appearance and clear dislike for Annabeth weren't the only reason I thought that. His voice also sounded vaguely familiar. Clearly it had changed as well but I was still certain that the new god was Percy.
When I looked at Annabeth I wasn't sure if she had come to the same conclusion I had. I didn't think she had based on the look on her face, I was pretty sure she was still trying to figure it out. Either that or she had but she was in denial, not wanting to believe that Percy could be the new olympian.
After the new god looked at Annabeth, he said, "Well Annabeth, I thought Athena's children are supposed to be smart, you should have figured out who I am by now,"
The amused smirk on his face only made me more certain that he was Percy. I decided to speak up before Annabeth could, "Percy?" I asked, wanting to confirm my suspicions.
"Yes Pinecone face, it's me," he said, amusement obvious on his face as he looked at me.
After that, I think almost everyone in the room stared at him in shock. The gods, Chiron and I were the only exceptions. While almost everyone was speechless my dad spoke again. He said, "I introduce to you, Perseus, the god of time, tides, waves, heroes, swordsmanship, and loyalty,"
Damn, that's a lot of powerful domains. I glanced at Annabeth again, she was still staring at Percy, practically gaping at him in disbelief. Percy looked like he was amused by everyone's reactions. I guess I couldn't blame him, from his point of view they probably were funny.
"P-Percy," Annabeth stuttered, clearly not over her shock.
Coldly Percy replied, "You've lost the right to call me that Annabeth Chase,"
It was obvious that Percy was glaring at her. He was obviously still angry at her.
Annabeth went silent, looking even more shocked. I think she even paled a little.
After he finished his statement, Percy returned to ignoring her.
I was surprised too, I'd never heard Percy talk like that to anyone, not even to his many enemies.
I couldn't blame him for talking to her like that, she'd hurt him, and said things about him that weren't even true. I still didn't know what she was thinking when she'd cheated on Percy and left him.
As I looked at the gods, I was pretty sure some of them were finding Annabeth's nervous state amusing, it was just Apollo and Hermes who were obviously amused, most of the others didn't really seem to care all that much. Poseidon also seemed slightly amused, but I thought I could see another emotion on his face, and I wasn't exactly sure what it was. The gods became even more amused when my father announced that Annabeth would have to design Percy's palace and camp cabin. He also said that Jason would have to make sure that he gets a temple at Camp Jupiter.
When Zeus said all that Percy also looked slightly amused clearly enjoying the shocked and unhappy expression on Annabeth's face.
Our attention was drawn away from Percy as Poseidon spoke up. He said, "I have an announcement to make,"
Everyone looked at him as he continued speaking, he said "I have found a new wife,"
"Who is she?" my father questioned, obviously surprised.
"She is a mortal-" Poseidon continued.
"And you want to make her immortal!" My father replied sounding kind of annoyed now.
"Yes," Poseidon replied stating the obvious.
Frowning, my dad asked once again, "Who is she?"
For a moment I looked away from my father and Poseidon. As I looked around I saw that some of the other gods seemed interested in the conversation while others didn't seem to care. I also suspected that Percy already knew who Poseidon wanted to marry. My suspicions were quickly confirmed as Percy answered my father's question, he said, "She's Sally Jackson, my mother,"
Moments after the words left his mouth Aphrodite started squealing for some reason. I couldn't help but think that she was crazy. I was also surprised that Percy's Parents were back together. I thought that they both would have moved on by now. Especially since Sally had been married to Paul Blofis up until Almost a year ago.
Zeus ignored Aphrodite and confronted Poseidon about wanting to marry Sally. I didn't really know why my father was so annoyed about it, was it just that he didn't want to give immortality to a complete mortal? I didn't know but it was clear my father was annoyed.
When Poseidon said that he would marry Sally whether my father agreed or not. my father finally reluctantly gave in. He said, "Fine bring her here then!"
Percy spoke up once again, saying, "I will go get her,"
Percy stood from his throne before shrinking down to a more normal height. Even at a shorter height, he had to be at least 6 foot five if not taller.
I quickly turned away before Percy assumed his true form and left to go get his mom. Just as I was looking away from Percy I heard Annabeth mutter, "Show off,"
Even though she used to be my friend she seems to have changed and now she's just annoying. I knew her pretty well and I suspected she was jealous of Percy now that she knew he'd become a god. Maybe she was also annoyed by the fact that Percy seemed to have moved on from her.
Although Annabeth made it look like she was completely happy with her new boyfriend I suspected she wasn't. I hadn't been to camp in a while but I still heard some of the things that had been going on from Nico. to say Nico was Annoyed with Annabeth would be an understatement and I agreed with him. Nico had mentioned that most of the camp did as well since they basically shunned Annabeth now.
Everyone seemed to have gotten over the shock of Percy being a god. But Athena said something that shocked us all, "How could you do that to Percy Annabeth? He is a good man, He was nothing but faithful to you yet you betrayed him,"
Annabeth was clearly shocked by her mother's words and so where the rest of us. We all thought that Athena hated Percy, yet it seemed like that had changed.
Annabeth stuttered, "B- but mom I thought you hated Percy,"
Athena replied, "That's not true, Perseus has proven himself worthy of my approval, I'm wondering how you could be stupid enough to leave someone like him,"
It was clear that everyone was shocked, especially Poseidon since he probably didn't expect Athena to actually praise one of his children.
I thought Hermes might have been taking a video of the argument with his phone.
Annabeth shrieked, "Why are you defending him, mother? He wouldn't have gotten through any of his quests without me, it was his fault we fell into Tartarus!"
I couldn't believe what Annabeth was saying, it was all ridiculous, Percy had been on two quests that she wasn't even part of, and their fall into Tartarus wasn't his fault either.
Athena spoke up once again, "It wasn't his fault that you fell into Tartarus, it was Arachne's"
"No, it was his fault!" Annabeth insisted.
When I glanced at Poseidon I could tell he was furious and I was surprised he hadn't spoken up yet. it seemed he'd had enough of Annabeth's Lies though since he finally spoke up.
He said, "Watch your mouth girl, in case you have forgotten we are talking about my son and he is a god now so he could turn you into a pile of ashes at his feet with just a flick of his wrist. If you don't stop I might just do it for him,"
Annabeth paled even further and her new boyfriend was trying to comfort her, she was smart enough not to argue any further since I doubt Poseidon could have tolerated her much longer. If she had continued I probably would have spoken up as well since I was getting tired of listening to the ridiculous things she was saying.
Although they were no longer arguing Poseidon was still glaring at Annabeth and she was doing her best to ignore his furious gaze. Poseidon looked away from Annabeth when there was a flash of gold and green light as Percy Returned with his mother. Percy must have noticed the tension in the room since he asked, "What did I miss?"