When the glee club and the drama club agreed to work together and present "The History of Children's Shows", which would last all through the week, both clubs had so much to do to prepare that they even had to arrange lunch time meetings on to of their after school meetings. None of the girls saw much of Percy in his free time, since he ate dinner and went to bed as soon as he got home, so they naturally got worried that he may be overexerting himself.
One Saturday morning, Annabeth noticed Percy walk into Central Park. Curious, she followed him. He walked through the park and entered a washroom with an out of order sign on it. Annabeth looked around before following him in, as it was a men's washroom. The washroom was in a poor state. Any visible pipes were rusted shut and the cubicle doors were falling off their hinges. Percy knelt beside the pipes beneath the sinks, Annabeth figured he was listening for a water flow. He nodded and stood up. He took out Riptide and slashed at the middle pipe. The gash was angled in a way that would cause the water he would no doubt be calling to spray in an arc. He took the mirrors off the wall above the sink and placed them at what seemed like random points, but when Annabeth noticed the only uncovered window, she knew they were meant to reflect the sun's light into the waters path. He looked around to make sure everything was ready. Annabeth hid behind the wall when he turned to the doorway. Annabeth peaked out when the pipe started rattling. Water burst out of the gash in a fine spray. As the light shines through the water, a rainbow appeared. Percy went through the usual ritual to make an Iris Message. He cleared his throat before saying who he wanted to contact.
"Athena, Olympus," he said calmly.
Annabeth listened intently, curious as to what he wanted to talk to her mother about.
"Hello Percy," Athena said from the other end, "I'm glad you called. Grady seems to be worried about Selene. She's too depressed to speak and-"
"Blame Hera," Percy interrupted, not sounding surprised in the least, "Anyways, could you bring a few classes over here for the month? We're kind of understaffed in terms of preparing for the upcoming festival, especially my group. We would really appreciate the help."
"Of course we can," Athena agreed, "After all, Selene probably wants to see you after whatever happened between mother and her."
"Thanks, again, I really appreciate this. I wouldn't have asked if I didn't need your help."
"I'm sure the girls are looking forward to seeing you."
Percy chuckled, "I can't wait to see them. Hey Annabeth, you gonna stop hiding and say hi to your mom before I end the message?"
Annabeth stumbled out of her hiding place, shocked that Percy knew she was there. She looked down and noticed that the floor was covered in a large puddle, allowing for her reflection to be seen. Percy patted her shoulder when she got to the message.
"It's all yours," he said before leaving the washroom.
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Kira entered her dorm room, expecting it to be empty since Selene always went for a ride on Blackjack after class, but found that Selene was already in there, laying on her bed, clutching her plushie of their father and crying her eyes out. Kira instinctively dropped her school bag and went to cuddle with her big sister. Selene had been crying in her sleep for the past week and not only Kira, but their whole class had been waiting for her to break down. Though she had never spoken a word to her, Hera had really gotten to Selene. Kira wanted to comfort her, but she didn't have the life experience to help her. Sometimes it was hard being the most mature sister, but also the youngest. Kira could hear someone coming quickly got up and blocked out Selene's bunk by spreading her wings. She folded her wings back in and she saw that it was Artemis. Kira had forgotten that it was Saturday since she had signed on for classes every day of the week. Her wings burst back out on instinct at the sight of Hera coming in behind her.
"It's all right Kira," Artemis assured her, "just let us see my daughter."
Kira calmed down and moved away from the bed. Artemis walked over and sat on the bed. Almost instantly, Selene wrapped herself around her and bawled into her chest. Artemis embraced her in the comforting way only a mother could. Artemis glared at Hera.
"Now do you understand why I brought you here?" She asked, "It's your fault my daughter is like this. Whatever you have against me, whatever you have against Percy, it's purely between us. Take it out on my daughter again and I swear on Styx herself that you will regret it for all eternity. Now you can either apologize to her now, or come back with father and he can make you do it. It's your choice."
Hera stood in the doorway, looking at the little girl created through a means unique to and created by Artemis. She was a true miracle, though Hera originally thought she was an abomination. Seeing the child at her most vulnerable allowed Hera to see her in a new light. She walked over to the bed and brushed her hand through Selene's hair. Selene looked at her, her eyes from how hard she had been crying. Hera gave her something she hadn't given either of her parents at all, a genuine smile.
"I know your parents and I don't agree on much," Hera said, "but I don't want any hard feelings between the two of us. What do you say, friends?"
Hera held out her hand and Selene considered it.
"Ok..." She gave her own smile and took Hera's hand, "we can be friends... Grandma."
"Who are you calling grandma?" She asked.
"You are married to grandpa, right? So why not?"
Selene started laughing at how Hera had to think about it. Artemis and Kira joined in, overjoyed to see Selene finally enjoying herself again. Hera looked to each of the girls before joining in herself, glad to have finally become friends with someone after all that time of being emotionally isolated after leaving Greece.