Thank you everyone for the name suggestions.
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Only two days back at camp, and the crazy finally set in. The Perseus Cabin now had four denizens, with Ondine's birth and Mr. D finally allowing Kai to reside in the cabin despite being adopted, and the camp itself had two new teenagers, who weren't even in their teens yet.
Kira had gone through her second growth spurt and now had the body of a fifteen year old, causing Khel to glare at any flirts who stared at her daughter too long. Her hair had grown past her knees, causing her to lock herself in the cabin at the mere mention of a haircut. The purple streak in her hair also grew, now taking up a good portion of her bangs. The succubus DNA from her great-grandmother definitely served her well, causing Percy to ask if it was possible for her to have less "revealing" armor that didn't restrict her. But the most drastic, and beautiful in Percy's opinion, change from the growth spurt had to be the shape of her eyes. They had become more defined and angular, accenting her heterochromia beautifully.
The other non-teen teenager was Ondine, who had grown, quite literally, overnight. Artemis explained the sudden growth as being a result of her divinity expelling her mortality out of her body, essentially making her a full blown Goddess. Her hair reached down to the middle of her back and was black with natural auburn highlights. Her eyes were silver with wisps of green. Her body definitely took after her mother's teen form. Despite her "mature" appearance, Ondine quickly established that she was still an infant, crying whenever one of her parents wasn't around. Artemis commented that they would need to get potty training and walking out of the way as soon as possible and that everything else could wait until later.
Selene was a little upset that her little sisters had blown right past her in terms of physical growth, so much so that she hadn't even realized that her mental maturity was far greater than anyone else at her age until she was told so by Allianna, who frequently requested Selene's assistance after laying an egg.
Apparently, baby phoenix's were rare because phoenix eggs tended to spontaneously combust, killing the embryo before it built up it's immunity to fire. Knowing this, Allianna charged Selene with the important task of keeping the egg cool enough to survive, so Selene carried her unborn sister around with her to do her camp duties while Allianna kept a close eye on things.
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Ondine proved to be a quick learner. she was up on her feet in a matter of days and had gone to the bathroom by herself fort he first time by the end of the week, looking very proud of herself at that. Percy received a bit of a surprise when he checked on the girls and found Artemis and Annabeth trying to teach Ondine how to read and write.
"Shouldn't talking come first?" Percy asked.
"That's what I said!" Kira looked up from the summer homework given to her by Grady.
"You expect me to share this angel's voice with the world?" Artemis asked, "I don't think so."
"You called?" Light poked her head through the doorway.
"Not you," Artemis stated.
"Oh," Light then noticed Percy, "So, Percy, when are we gonna-?"
"Can we talk about this later?" Percy cut her off before she said something he didn't want the children hearing.
Light merely shrugged and walked away.
"So," Percy turned his attention back to Artemis, "you intend to have our second child communicate exclusively through writing?"
"She'll be able to speak freely to us," Artemis assured him, rubbing Ondine's cheek and earning a soft coo from the girl, "But, yes, that's essentially the plan."
"And how often have your plans worked, outside of hunting?" Percy asked.
Artemis glared at him, knowing exactly what he was thinking about.
"You know I wasn't in my normal state of thought," she reminded him.
"Regardless, you shouldn't be restricting her like this, otherwise we might be dealing with the rebellious phase by next week, and who knows when that'll end?"
"I know what I'm doing," Artemis assured him, "besides, she won't rebel against me."
Before Percy could present a counter argument, Khel burst into the cabin.
"Percy!" Khel grabbed his arms, "There's something important I need to tell you!"
"What is it?" Percy asked.
"I've received a summons from my mother," Khel explained, "the time has come for me to fight my sisters for the crown!"
"What? Do you need us to go with you?"
"No!" Khel then dropped her panic and blushed, "I have to leave immediately, and I'll be gone for weeks, but, the thing is... I scheduled Kira's swimsuit fitting for tomorrow..."
"And a parent needs to be present?" Percy asked, receiving a nod in response. Percy sighed, "Where is it, and who do I ask for?"
"In a back alley in Queens, covered in a thick layer of Mist," Khel explained, "ask for Riktor."
"Got it," Percy cupped Khel's cheek, "It doesn't matter to me who becomes the new queen, just promise you'll come back to us alive."
"I promise," Khel smiled and gave Percy a kiss before embracing Kira and getting ready to leave.
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The next day, Percy and Kira looked all over Queens, trying to find the right alley. They had arrived early in the morning and didn't have any luck until noon, when Percy noticed a completely barren alley, no busted cars, no dumpsters, no homeless people, no thugs, just a lone door on the side of a building. Percy opened the door and the entered. Inside was a full blown boutique stocked with casual wear, regal wear, underwear, which Percy quickly looked away from, and swimsuits, which they were there for.
The sleeves on the back of each top showed that the clothes were tailored specifically for dragons, and there were dragons everywhere. A rainbow wings and scales surrounded Percy. Pink dragons, green dragons, yellow dragons, dragons whose wings were part of their arms, dragons with feathered wings. Percy was looked to Kira, wondering how she was taking all of this, only to find that she had taken off her human clothes, revealing her armor underneath, and reverted to her true form, stretching her blue wings and tail and tail out after having them cooped up all morning. The two approached the receptionist's desk.
"My daughter is here for a swimsuit fitting with Riktor," Percy said to the black scaled dragon.
"Her name?" the receptionist asked.
"Kira Jackson." Percy replied.
"Your relationship to her?"
"I'm her father."
The receptionist looked finally looked up at the two, first examining their features for similarities, then eyeballing Percy.
"So you're the "Percy Jackson" Khel was raving about?" she smirked, "Riktor will be ready in a moment, why don't you two look around while you wait?"
Kira didn't need to be told twice. She rushed over to the underwear section, and in the change room in the blink of an eye. Percy looked around and noticed a row of benches. Judging from the expressions of their occupants, Percy figured it was where the agitated fathers and boyfriends sat. After a few minutes of Kira trying on different pairs of underwear and using Percy as a judge of it's appeal, the pair was finally called into the back room, where a lone cyan dragon waited for them.
"Hello," she greeted them with a thick accent, "I am Riktoroshia, everyone call me Riktor." she turned to Kira, "You are Miss Khel daughter, yes?"
"Uh-huh," Kira nodded, clearly not prepared for the accent, "I'm Kira."
"You look very much like her," she then turned to Percy, "You Miss Khel husband?" Percy nodded, "Son of Poseidon, yes?" Percy gave another nod, "Then you are my Lord."
"Excuse me?" Percy asked.
"I am Water Dragon," Riktor explained, "We serve your father. He treat us with respect, help me to create this business. It please me to serve the child of his child."
"I'll be sure to let him know," Percy said, only then noticing the fins on Riktors arms, legs and back.
"This way please," Riktor guided Kira to the platform for the fitting.
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I'm curious, what sort of accent are you guys imagining for Riktor, I don't really have one on particular.
