"There's just one thing i still don't understand," Artemis said, adjusting the mask on her Huntress costume.
"And what might that be?" Percy asked, smoothing the wrinkles out of Selene's indigo cloak.
"Why the last minute change from Killer Frost to Raven?"
"Well," Percy paused so he could focus on putting the model gem on his daughter's forehead, "Apollo and I have our reasons. He didn't give me all the details on his most recent vision, but who am I to not believe him?"
Artemis watched as Percy stood and left to put on his own costume. She then looked at Selene as she admired her costume in the mirror. Percy entered another room, nodding to Apollo, who stood in a corner, as thanks for letting them use his temple to change. He noticed Allianna helping Kai into the outfit Nico claimed once belonged to the last harpy to resemble a human in her true form as much as Kai does. It looked like a servants outfit from the time of the very first Queen Elizabeth. Once the outfit was on completely, Kai took on her true form, causing Percy to chuckle at the fact that the Mist was probably going to hide it anyway.
Kira, on the other hand, put her entire costume on herself, with the exception of her hat, which she pushed up out of her face with both the wand and broom that came with the costume. Percy already saw why she was having so much trouble. He took the hat off her head and reversed it, showing Kira that she was wearing it inside out. He put the hat back on her and she just stared at the flap, waiting for it to flop down.
Percy stepped behind a changing screen and began the lengthy process that is putting on a knight costume.
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Khel walked with Aurora and Nira along the school campus, waiting for the dance to start. Khel looked at Aurora, clearly miffed at her princess costume.
"I'm seriously regretting telling you about Percy's costume choice." She said, stopping, " we agreed that Light and us would be the Links from Four Swords. With you as a princess, we'll be without a green Link. We might as well be naked." Khel noticed Nira start to strip at her words, "No! It was just an expression."
"Sorry," Nira looked down, "I have a knack for taking things too literally. Thalia says it's a problem I desperately need to fix."
"Nevermind that," Khel adjusted her purple tunic, then Nira's red cap, "Let's find our blue."
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Aurora was left panting after Percy finished dancing with her, as per her request when he arrived. She was probably the only one in Percy's new inner circle to not know about Zeus refusing to let his brothers and their children outshine him and his children at the Gala, so she was caught off guard by Percy's quick feet on the dance floor. Percy kissed her hand, playing into his costume as well as hers, before going to dance with his wife. Nira was quick to catch Aurora when she fainted, unfortunately, her costumes boots had very little grip and she ended up falling over with Aurora on top of her.
Annabeth and Allianna were dressed as Black Canary and Batgirl respectively, making them, along with Artemis, the Birds of Prey. There were so many people going as a set. Very few people did as Kai did and went in their own costume. This made Kai feel like she stood out, making her rush to Percy, intercepting him before he got to Artemis. Percy knew what she was experiencing and wasn't surprised.
"If you want to be basically invisible, go to the snack table," Percy told her, "people tend to ignore someone who stays by one." He looked towards the table, noticing a Laura Wolverine scurrying from it, "stay away from the punch."
Percy walked over to Artemis and leaned in to whisper in her ear.
"Light told me that Annabeth is definitely pregnant," he explained, "Annabeth agreed to watch over Selene while we're gone. The girls will never let us go if we tell them, so if you want us to leave for our honeymoon, this is the time to do it. We'll go after our dance."
Artemis nodded and took Percy's hand as they made their way to the dance floor. While Percy's dance with Aurora was determined by the music, Percy and Artemis had a more traditional dance. They completely ignored the music and focused only on each other. They moved in perfect sync, causing everyone to watch in pure amazement as the two glided along the dance floor. The cape on Artemis' costume flowed as though it were the skirt of a ball gown. The couple's dance was truly mesmerizing. When they finished, all of the students clapped, causing them to bow as they backed slowly out of the gymnasium where the dance was being held.
"Run?" Percy whispered when they were out.
"At least until we can find a hiding place for me to flash without the mortals seeing." Artemis nodded.
Percy turned around, picked Artemis up bridal style, and started running. He had to run at least three blocks from the school before they lost their new fans.
"You ready?" Percy asked, panting.
"Just close your eyes so I can get us there." Artemis flicked his forehead, "We're giving Selene a full sister."
For the sake of keeping the T rating, I will NOT be writing the details on the "Making of" Percy and Artemis' second child. However, if someone would like to write out the tie-in lemons for the story, please message me.