Percy woke up a little drowsy the day before the festival. The first thing he saw was Annabeth laying next to him , which made him sit straight up. The last thing he remembered from the previous night was writing out a schedule for Kira so she didn't miss him in the drama/glee joint performance. He didn't even remember going to bed. A little worried about what might have happened, Percy looked under the covers. They either did it, or he fell asleep just as they were about to judging from his lack of clothes. He put the covers back down and took a deep breath, he didn't want to know what happened.

After showering and getting dressed, Percy sat down for breakfast. It was then that he noticed something.

"Where's Artemis?" He asked, "And the girls?"

"You didn't honestly expect her to let them stay and listen to you and Annabeth going at it, did you?" Sally asked.

"Ugh," Percy slammed his head on the table, next to the plate his mother had placed in front of him, "it's hard to think about something you can't remember."

"So you were half asleep. That makes sense. You always were incredibly bold when you were half asleep."

"I was?"

"Yes. There was this one time when you streaked halfway down the block when you were four. Some of my most entertaining memories were in those instances."

"Ok then." Percy shoveled his food down as fast as he could and brought the plate to the sink, "I think I'm going to look for my wife and daughters now."

"Be quick about it. We have to meet Allianna and Kai at the water park later."

Percy waved in response as he put his jacket on. He left the apartment and hurried down the stairs and out the building. He didn't need to go as far as the Empire State Building to find the girls. He spotted them in the window of a local clothing store that had been repurposed as a costume shop for October. It was then that Percy realized that he had been too busy to help the girls find Halloween costumes, even though he was really looking forward to it, as it was their first Halloween. He entered the store and joined them. Kira was looking at a fairy costume that was almost entirely pink with whatever wasn't pink being white. Kira's ear twitched, something that only happened when Percy got close.

"Look dad," she said, turning around with the costume in her hand, "isn't it cute?"

"Yeah, it is," Percy patted her head as he looked to Selene, who scoffed at the costumes, "what's wrong? Nothing you like?"

"I want to be a superhero," Selene said, "but the ones they have for girls all have skirts and-"

"Let me guess," Percy interrupted, glancing at Artemis, "skirts are for dresses and school uniforms?" Selene nodded and Percy turned to Artemis, "And you said there isn't enough of you in her." Artemis shrugged and Percy turned his attention back to Selene, "Why don't you and your mom go and visit your uncle. He made your first dress, so I'm sure he'll be more than happy to make your first costume. I'll stay here and help Kira find her costume because let's face it, pink is not her color. No offense Kira."

Kira pouted a bit as Artemis and Selene left. Percy took the fairy costume and put it back on it's hook.

"Do you know why you were drawn to that costume?" Percy asked, "It wasn't because it was cute. It was because, as a creature based in fantasy rather than myth, you're drawn to magical beings and stories. I first found out about that when your mom showed me her costume." Percy took two costumes off of some hooks, "She's going as a princess, so why don't you," he put one of the costumes back, "go as a witch?"

"Why a witch?" Kira asked.

"Because everyone is insisting that I go as a knight and it would be nice to have someone match my costume. Someone who isn't trying to win some kind of "cutest couple" award." He handed her the witch costume and looked over the prop wands. "I'd like to match at least one of my children. I guess there's no better choice for that than my youngest." He took a wand and handed it to her, "let's go pay for this so you can show your grandma."

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"Wooo-hoo-hoo-hoo!" Percy yelled as he slid down the water slide.

Percy shot out the bottom with a huge splash, getting Allianna soaked before she even got close to the pool. Artemis walked over and wafted the steam away before any mortals noticed. Percy popped up out of the water and gawked at Artemis' swimsuit. It was a one piece swimsuit that had no straps anywhere, meaning that she had to wear it in her teen form or it might've fallen off. Despite being a one piece swimsuit, it showed just as much skin as Khel's bikini.

Kira splashed Percy as she practiced her kicks while Khel taught her how to swim. Percy looked over and saw the young Dragon doing a terrible job at fake spluttering. He knew full well that his daughters could breathe underwater and only recently told them to put up the illusion that they couldn't. Regardless, it was still embarrassing that he had forgotten to teach them how to swim. He knew that Khel would teach Kira any skills she needed to survive on her own, but Artemis stayed back, knowing full well that Percy promised to teach Selene himself. He swam over to Selene, who sat on the side of the pool.

"Are you ready?" Percy asked, putting his hands on her sides to help ease her into the water.

As soon as she realized that her feet couldn't reach the bottom, she wrapped her arms around Percy. Just because she couldn't drown didn't mean she wasn't scared of sinking.

"Hey, take it easy. I know you're scared, but you just need to kick your feet." He grunted when she kicked him in the stomach, "maybe not this close to me." He pushed her away, but didn't let go. She kicked her feet and waved her arms, still looking frightened. "Relax, I've got you. I won't let go. I promise." He slid his hands up her sides and along her arms until he held her hands. He then started pulling her along, "come on sweetie, kick. You can do it. I know you can." She kicked and looked around, panicking, "hey, hey, look at me. Don't look anywhere else. Just at me. Focus on me." She continued to kick, more calm now that she was looking into her father's eyes. She could feel his confidence in her abilities. She got closer to him, "ok, do you think you can use your arms to push?" Percy loosened his grip and she tried but started flailing, so he grabbed her hands again, "ok, ok, we'll work on it. Let's keep going with the kicks."

How did you guys like this little bit more fathering from Percy? Which Superhero should Selene dress up as for Halloween?