A/N Well, I told you all I would update again, and here it is. This chapter is even longer than usual.
Percy's Point of view
I have to say that I found everyone's reaction to me becoming a god pretty amusing. Although I was still angry at Annabeth It had taken all of my self-control to stop myself from rolling on the floor laughing at how shocked everyone was. Annabeth kept glancing at me nervously as if she was afraid I would blast her. I was sure I could do that if I really wanted to but I wasn't planning on it.
I also got a better look at the guy she'd left me for. I recognized him, although I didn't know him well, I'd seen him at camp plenty of times. Obviously I also never realized he was stealing my girlfriend. I knew his name was Stephen, he was a son of Morpheus, and he had platinum blond hair and blue eyes. I'm sure he wasn't as good to her as I had been. That didn't really matter now though since I have moved on and fallen for Amber, so I wasn't interested in Annabeth anymore.
As I left the throne room to go get my mom I was sure I heard Annabeth mutter, "show off,"
I really didn't care what she thought, I had moved on from her so her opinion meant nothing to me, if anything it just made me more amused.
When I arrived at my mom's apartment, I found her sitting on the couch, reading. She obviously heard me arrive since she looked up from her book. Her eyes widened in surprise. As she marked her place in her book, she asked, "Percy what are you doing here? shouldn't you be at the winter solstice meeting?"
Walking over to her I replied, "I was there mom, but dad announced that he wanted to marry you, and someone needed to get you so they could vote about making you immortal,"
Mom nodded and stood up. She stepped toward me and I could tell that she was nervous.
I replied, "It will be alright mom, Dad has enough of the other gods on his side. I'm sure they will agree to make you immortal,"
Once again mom nodded, although she still seemed nervous. I guess I couldn't blame her, she was a mortal, she'd never been to Olympus before, and the only god she had ever met was my dad. We didn't talk for very long before I told her to put her hand on my arm and shut her eyes. After she did that I teleported us to Olympus.
Once we got there mom seemed to be looking around taking everything in, while I immediately noticed there seemed to be a lot of tension in the room, I was kind of curious about what had happened while I was gone so I asked about it. the only response I got was Zeus saying, "It was just a discussion,"
I doubted that but I also guessed that either my dad or Apollo would probably fill me in later. When I glanced at her I could see that Annabeth seemed really nervous and Pale while my dad was clearly angry although he was trying to control it. Rather than returning to my throne, I stayed by my mother's side as Zeus boomed, "All in favour of allowing Sally Jackson to become an immortal!"
Everyone raised their hands except for Hera, Artemis, Athena, Ares, and Zeus. Dionysus didn't give his opinion since he was asleep in his throne with a wine magazine over his face. That didn't really matter though since enough people agreed with it that my mom would become immortal. Now she would be able to marry my dad. I was happy for them, they both had seemed lonely before they got back together. Well, that and the fact that I wouldn't have to worry about losing my mom anymore.
Now that the decision was made Zeus once again spoke, " Sally Jackson, you will now be made immortal,"
My father and Zeus spoke for a moment, possibly discussing who would make my mom immortal. That's when I thought of something I could do that, and it would certainly shock the demigods even more. I spoke up, "Lord Zeus, Dad, if you don't mind I will make her immortal,"
My dad and Zeus exchanged glances before Zeus replied, "Very well Perseus, you can make your mother immortal,"
I turned to her and before I did anything I said, "I'm sorry mom, but this is probably going to hurt,"
"Okay Percy, she said, and I guessed she was probably bracing herself for the pain that would probably come soon. I gently placed my hand on her forehead, and quietly began to chant in Ancient Greek. I concentrated on giving her immortality as well as some other abilities she would need in order to fulfill her role as my dad's queen. As I did that gold and sea green light surrounded her. I noticed that the demigods had to look away due to the brightness. Annabeth had been too shocked to look away so her boyfriend covered her eyes, and shut his own eyes. Once I finished the light gradually faded and I removed my hand from my mom's forehead
Looking at her I could see that she no longer had any signs of aging. the grey streaks she'd had in her hair were now gone, and the few wrinkles that had begun to form on her face were also gone. She could have been in her twenties, except we all knew she wasn't. Even I had to admit that she looked beautiful. Although I thought that anyway, even before I made her immortal.
For a moment, my dad stared at her, practically gaping at her. She smiled at him. I also suspected that she was amused by his shocked expression. Moments after that, I led her over to my throne where I made a smaller chair appear next to it. She sat down on it before the meeting continued.
I thought the meeting might devolve into the arguments that are typical of the olympian council. Much to my surprise, Zeus said, "Demigods! all of you except Thalia step forward!
Looking confused, the demigods did what they were told and bowed to us. I had no idea what Zeus was planning so I mentally contacted my dad to find out if he knew what was going on.
When I asked it seemed he had also been left out of the loop for some reason.
Zeus was still talking, he said, "Demigods! Because most of you fought in the second giant war, and some of you also fought in the second titan war, we believe that you deserve larger rewards than what you have already received.
We will give all of you Partial immortality!"
I was both surprised and annoyed by what Zeus had just revealed. I was okay with it when it came to most of my friends, but Annabeth would also be getting it, and that annoyed me a bit. My dad must have suspected what I was thinking, because he contacted me and said, "Think about it Percy, if she is immortal you could make her life even more difficult."
I had to admit he had a point although I didn't think I would do anything to her unless she really starts bothering me for some reason. I've found someone else so I shouldn't really hold a grudge against her. After this, we made the demigods partial immortal, as we did it a golden glow surrounded them. After we finished it took a few moments before the glow faded completely.
That seemed to be the last thing we needed to do since Zeus said, "You are Dismissed!" After those words, the gods started to leave the throne room.
I stood from my throne and shrunk myself down to my usual height. My mom stood from her chair and I made it vanish from the throne room. I started walking toward Chiron and the demigods as they were also preparing to leave. Before they could I told them to stay a little longer since I wanted to talk to them.
After we started talking I told most of my friends and Chiron that they could treat me like they always have, they were like family to me so I didn't want them to treat me differently because I was a god. Not only that but I don't really like the formalities that the other gods insist on. Annabeth and her new boyfriend were really the only ones that this didn't apply to.
Leo was one of the first ones to ask me a question, "So you are the god of time now?"
Smiling for the moment I replied, "Yes Leo, I'm the god of time, as well as a few other things that I'm sure Zeus told you earlier,"
Leo said, "That's cool… then he seemed to have an afterthought and blurted, "Wait, can you time travel!"
Smirking, I answered, "Yes,"
I had shocked them once again and started laughing at their expressions.
Thalia seemed to have a less pleasant thought, "Wait so if you're the god of time does that mean that your powers are similar to…
I'm not sure why she didn't finish her sentence, but I knew who she meant even though she hadn't said his name I knew who she meant. she was asking if my powers were similar to Kronos' I couldn't help but remember when I'd fought him on the princess Andromeda, and during the battle of Manhattan, If I ever have to face him again, it would be an interesting contest since I was a god now, and we have a domain in common. Of course, I don't want to have to face him again, but since I'm immortal now, who knows what will eventually happen in my future.
In response to her question, I said, "I don't really know what all his powers were, but I'm sure I probably have some that are similar,"
I mostly tried to ignore Annabeth and her new boyfriend as I spoke to the others. Of course, Annabeth wasn't happy with that and decided to butt into the conversation I was having with Chiron. Not only that but she asked what had to be the dumbest question I'd heard all day, and I'd been talking to Ares earlier. She asked, "Why did you leave?"
I replied, "are you really that stupid Annabeth? I left because I was upset after you betrayed me! What did you expect me to do? stay and wait for you to change your mind and come running back! Hades no! Don't come crying to me if he breaks up with you, You and I are over!"
After that, I told Chiron and the demigods who are actually my friends that I would talk to them another time. Maybe I'd Iris message them or maybe I'd visit camp, I wasn't sure yet. Either way, the demigods had to leave and Mom and I had to go to Camp Jupiter so they could find out about us. After Chiron and the demigods left I teleported both of us to Camp Jupiter. As we arrived I heard Jupiter explaining that a new Olympian had been added to the council, he also told them my domains.
As mom and I arrived we took our place at the end of the row of gods as Jupiter had almost finished his explanation. Reyna asked, "My lords and Ladies, with all due respect, who is the new god or goddess?"
That was when I decided to answer for him, saying, "I can answer that," The legionaries' attention immediately shifted from Jupiter and the other gods to me. I said, "Long time no see Reyna," I was going to tell them who I was if someone didn't figure it out first. I was just giving them a chance to think about it.
After a short silence, Hazel spoke up first, "Percy?"
I replied, "Hey Hazel, it's been a while."
She smiled, and I could tell that all the legionaries were shocked that I was the new god. I wasn't even sure if they'd known that I'd left Camp Half-Blood. Regardless they knew now, and that's all that really matters. Now that the Campers knew that I was the new god, my father told them who my mom was, and why she was with us.
Now that they were informed I knew we would probably be leaving soon, although I would probably stay a bit longer to talk to Reyna, Frank, and Hazel. I'd noticed that my roman form is a bit different from my greek one. The first thing I noticed was that Riptide had taken on the form of a roman gladius. The other changes weren't as obvious so I only noticed them later on. It was after everything was revealed that Reyna spoke up again. She looked at me as she said, "We heard about what Annabeth did to you, how are you doing?"
"I'm fine, after the gods offered me godhood again, I decided it could be a new start, I'm happy now,"
Silence ensued for a few moments as no one spoke, the legionaries seemed to have gotten over the shock of me being the new god. It soon became obvious that most of them had accepted me and would honour me just as they did the other gods. Although I still considered Reyna, Frank, and Hazel my friends, The personality of my roman aspect was a bit different from my Greek one. As my Roman aspect, I was more accepting of Respect and formalities. I was also more serious.
That all became evident when Frank finally broke the silence. "We will follow you, Lord Perseus,"
I think he meant it as a show of respect. After his statement, Reyna nodded in agreement I nodded in acknowledgment before Reyna took the gesture one step further by bowing. Catching on to what she was doing, the rest of the Romans followed her lead doing the same. At that moment something surprising happened. I noticed one of the Romans' Pila was flying toward me.
