I am on fire right, I am literally on a role. I've got yet another chapter planned for the story already. As for what I did in the last two chapters, I really doubt they'd be a part of a third Percy Jackson movie, if there will ever be one, which I don't think there will be. But it's better than nothing. Plus I'm not trying to screw up the franchise like Chris Columbus. If anyone does make a third movie, I hope they make it soon. But I don't think it'll happen. Anyways, here's the next chapter.
Welcome Home
Percy's POV
I tell you, there can't possibly be anything more hilarious than seeing a Stymphalian Bird take a shit on an Olympian god. The best part of it was that I was the one who made it possible, I was the one who made it happen. It's nice to see that at least every once in a while, something can come out good from a dark event. Everyone was laughing at Apollo. Though out of everyone, I couldn't really tell who was laughing the hardest out of everyone here, me or Lady Artemis.
"You okay shit head?" I asked.
"Percy Jackson!" Apollo exclaimed in a warning tone.
I know I've said this a lot already, but I can't help but feel like I need to say this every once in a while. The only thing in this world that I'm truly afraid of is Kronos. Apollo doesn't frighten me even in the slightest. All I found in him right now was a reason to laugh my ass off. It got even funnier though when Artemis suddenly came near me and took a picture of Apollo.
"Oh, this is definitely going in the family album." Artemis said through her laughter.
"HEY!" Apollo complained.
"Just drive off to camp." Artemis said looking at the picture she took.
She then made her way back to her seat as I did to mine. Apollo then started the chariot again and continued the way back to camp. As I made my way to my seat, eyes from everyone were on me. I just ignored them and sat back down in my seat. I had no bird shit on me, thank God for that. But due to all the Stymphalian Birds I killed and sent back to Tartarus, I was kinda covered in golden dust. Better than shit, that's all I got to say.
"Percy!" Someone said.
I looked up to see Sophie running up to me and jumping on my lap and wrapping her arms around me. Which all caught me off guard and surprised, but I didn't take long to wrap my arms around her to.
"You saved me again." Sophie said.
"I saved a lot of people today, yes." I said.
"You were amazing, the way you kept jumping and attacking those Stymphalian Birds, you looked like a superhero." Sophie said all happy and excited.
It was nice to see her all happy and cherry instead of sad and scared. I thought happy looked good on her. It definitely suited her very well, a lot better than fear and sorrow to.
"Do you think you can teach me how to fight like that someday?" Sophie asked.
"Um, I honestly wish I could say yes, but I'm not really good at teaching, so you might be better off being taught how to fight by someone else honestly." I answered.
"Aw." Sophie responded.
"Sophie, why don't you head back to your seat. With how my brother sucks at driving, and now more than ever, you should really keep your seat belt on and everything on." Artemis said.
"Okay." Sophie said and hopped off my lap and back to her seat.
I could tell she really wanted to stay with me for a little longer, which I didn't really have a problem with. I just already had too many suspicions being thrown at me by all the other hunters.
"You have done well Percy Jackson. Your skills in battle are indeed most impressive." Artemis commented.
"Thank you." I said.
The ride went on from there in silence. Well, not complete silence, but for the most part, it was nothing but silence. The only person that was actually still making noises was Apollo, who was groaning, muttering, cursing, whining, and bitching of being made a full out of right now. You know, with how Apollo and Artemis are completely opposite of each other, it made me wonder how the two of them could be twin brother and sister. Kinda like how when I was younger, I couldn't help but wonder a little how in the movie Underworld Evolution the original vampire Markus and the original lycan Willian could be brothers when vampires and lycans are sworn enemies to each other in the other Underworld movies. Just in case none of you know, lycan is basically the short and easy way of saying werewolf. It is indeed strange on how some things work out. Anyways, Apollo eventually was able to get us back to camp. Of course, his bitchy attitude about being shitted on hadn't improved even in the slightest. As soon as he landed his chariot to the ground, he said to us to get out and get out now. Getting on the bad side of a god isn't exactly the best thing to do, but in this case, you simply can't help it. I mean, who would be able to help it? Even Artemis finds it funny. When we were all out, Apollo took off at like 100 miles an hour or so into the sky and didn't bother to offer any comments like how he did when he offered us a ride back to camp. When everyone was out, the hunters gathered in their group while Grover, Annabeth, Thalia, Nico, Bianca, and I stayed out of it.
"Alright girls, head over to your cabin, and get settled in." Artemis said.
"Yes Milady." The hunters replied.
"Right, so right this way ladies." Grover suddenly said and stepped forward and once again revealed his typical Grover moment.
'God Grover, they are going to rip your head off and shove it up your hair ass if you don't stop this.' I thought to myself.
"We're perfectly capable of getting to our cabin." Zoe said.
"So would you ladies care for some music on the way?" Grover said while starting to walk to the direction of the Artemis cabin and playing whatever terrible song he was playing with his red pipes.
The hunters all just sighed in irritation, rolled their eyes, and muttered some things quietly enough for no one else but them to hear, as they were stuck with suffering the burden of being a part of a typical Grover moment.
"Oh Grover." Thalia sighed and face palmed.
"Come on. Let's just take these two over to the Big House and have them introduced to Chiron." Annabeth suggested.
"Alright." Thalia sighed as we began to head over to the Big House.
"Percy Jackson." Artemis said.
And that was my que to let Thalia and Annabeth handle this while I have to stay and see whatever it is that Artemis wants from me.
"Yes?" I asked.
"I just wanted to start by clearing something real quick. As you know, you have my approval, but I'm afraid that doesn't mean you automatically have the approval of everyone else in the Hunt." Artemis said.
"I figured as much." I replied.
"Well then I trust you won't give them any reasons for me to regret this?" Artemis asked.
"I'm nothing like Grover if that's what you're worried about. But other than that, I'll be sure to keep my distance." I said.
"Good. I'll hold you to that." Artemis said.
"Alright then." I replied and was about to take my leave when Artemis stopped me.
"Not so fast Percy, wait a minute." Artemis said.
"What?" I asked.
"Here." Artemis said tossing me a token.
It was a token very similar to the one Ares gave me that one day he and Poseidon confronted me about Clarisse and I becoming parents, only this one had Artemis' symbol on both sides.
"I can easily see that you haven't had too much practice with any archery. You ever feel like you'd like some tips, I'll be available." Artemis said.
"Thanks, I'll definitely keep that in mind." I replied.
"Take care, and remember my warning." Artemis said.
"I will." I said.
She simply nodded and flashed away. After that, I just put the token she gave me in my pocket and began to make my way into camp. I looked around and there was snow all over the place. Snow was also falling from the sky and it was a chilly night. I don't know about all the others, but I kinda like camp when it was like this. I always thought that winter was the best season out of them all. Like every other place, camp only gets snow during one season each year, so it's something you should really enjoy seeing. I also thought that some places, like my cabin, looked great with snow on it. Plus like in the mortal world in the case of mortals and school, if the weather gets a little too rough, we don't have to participate in any camp activities. All camp activities get cancelled. It's a beautiful thing.
"Percy?" Someone asked.
And speaking of beautiful, there was a beautiful girl in the corner of my eye.
"Clarisse." I said excited to see her again.
"PERCY!" Clarisse exclaimed running over to me.
I rushed over to her as well. We met halfway towards each other and when we were reaching distance, we brought each other in a tight hug. I lifted her up and twirled her around. I was so happy to see her again. When I put her down, she grabbed a fierce hold of the sides of my face and brought me in for a heated and rushed kiss. I didn't mind though. I knew she was doing this because she was worried sick about me. I could instantly tell by the way she shoved her tongue in my mouth the very moment she brought my lips to her. I brought her body closer to mine to keep us as close as possible. She wrapped her arms around my head and neck, trying to bring me closer as well. I had no idea how long it's been, only we had to be pretty short on breath right now. Though considering she was moaning with so much need and urgency, she obviously didn't want to stop for any reason. But the cruel need for air made us stop when we both needed to breathe.
"Oh Percy." Clarisse whispered before bringing me into a tight hug.
"I've missed you Clarisse." I whispered.
"I was so worried about you. I thought that you were killed." Clarisse said with a tear forming in her eye.
"I'm alright. I'm here, and despite a manticore and some Stymphalian Birds, everything went fine. We found the two demigods we were looking for and got them here in camp. We took care of everything." I said giving her another kiss, though this was just a kiss since both Clarisse and I still needed to catch our breaths.
"Sounds like a lot has happened. You're gonna have to tell me later." Clarisse said giving me another kiss as well.
We were both just enjoying each other in the middle of a snow covered camp without a care in the world. She and I have been really getting serious lately, ever since the first counsel I had with my grandfather Kronos. I guess that was the good thing that came out of that counsel. Clarisse and I finally decided that we needed to stop playing games. If we were both going to raise and love our baby, then we needed to make sure we learned to do the same for each other as well first. And I'm very happy to say that if we haven't fully gotten there just yet, we sure as hell were very close.
"How about you? How are you doing, and how's the baby?" I asked glancing down at her now bigger belly.
I tell you, it truly was a beautiful sight, seeing her carrying my baby, the slowly growing bump growing on her, and imagining us bringing this baby into this world. I truly did love it.
"It's been torture, having to sleep in your cabin but to not have you beside me, to have to eat my meals without having you by my side, worrying that you may not return to us, and longing to have you back." Clarisse said as a tear fell out of the corner of her eye and she brought me in for another kiss.
"It's been a living hell for me to, not being near the two of you and not being where I belong. But I'm back now. We're back together now." I said holding her close.
We just stayed like that for a while now, that is until Clarisse started to shiver and her teeth started to chatter. I was used to the cold. Cold weather never really does bother me too much. Though I think that might actually be from the fact that I'm the son of Poseidon and the snow is basically frozen water, and I can decide on how I'm effected by water or not. Clarisse on the other hand, she wasn't into the cold as much as me. And the fact that a lot of her clothes don't really fit her too well anymore with how big her bump is didn't exactly help her either.
"Come on, dinner isn't for another hour, let's warm up a little." I said leading her into our cabin.
Yes, I said our cabin. She may not be a child of Poseidon like me, but she's my girlfriend and she's carrying my baby, so that makes my cabin her cabin as well. Plus, ever since I discovered that I was going to be a father, she's been sleeping I mine instead of hers anyways. So as we got in our cabin, I went to get a fire going to heat up the place a little and Clarisse locked the door so no one would be able to get in. As the fire got going, I sat down right in front of it. Again, I wasn't really cold, but I knew Clarisse would really want me with her here. She came over to me and wrapped herself in a ball against me. I wrapped my arms around her, trying to keep her warm and away from the cold.
"Hm, you're so warm." Clarisse moaned cuddling against me.
"Glad to be of service." I said.
"So Percy, what exactly happened?" Clarisse asked.
I told her the whole story. I told her of how we found the two demigods we were looking for and that their names were Bianca and Nico Di Angelo. I then told her of how we were attacked by a manticore named Dr. Thorn who was actually the manticore she killed in the sea of monsters, which she was very surprised to hear about. Then I told her of how I was able to kill him and we were met with Lady Artemis and her hunters and that they offered us a ride back to camp through Apollo and his chariot. I also made sure to tell her about how Artemis may actually support us and our baby, but it was in truth only a maybe and that there really wasn't any guarantee that we had her support. She was relieved because a maybe was better than a no. Of course, bringing that up made her begin to rub her belly. Like how she said before, rubbing her belly was becoming an addicting habit and a habit she didn't want to break. And then there came the part of the story I told her about us being attacked by a group of Stymphalian Birds. I told her exactly how I fought them off, which she was very shocked to hear about. It was one of the many times that I was able to get the look on her face that told you that I was able to Godsmack her. And last but not least, how I got a Stymphalian Bird to take a shit on Apollo, which got her laughing pretty hard. Kinda like how I got her to laugh when I told her some of my jokes, which I hope you all were able to find funny, but not as loud, long, or hard as Clarisse. I also hope that you all remember them.
"That's a hell of a story Perce." Clarisse said.
"Yeah, a lot has happened these past few hours Clare. I have a feeling Kronos is still after us." I said.
"He'll never take us." Clarisse said leaning in closer to me.
"Indeed he won't." I said as I slightly tightened my hold of her.
Then we turned our direction away from the fire and towards each other. One look at each other and the next thing, I have her laying on her back on the floor and me leaning on her side and we're kissing each other. I had one of my hands on her cheek while the other was rubbing her head. She had one in my hair and the other around my neck. I was so happy to be back with her. I missed this so much and I didn't want it to end. Because this is where I belong, with Clarisse and my child.
Okay, three chapters posted in one weekend, I'm gonna consider this an accomplishment for myself. Now I need to get Lethe posted for "Love The Goddesses" and a new chapter post for "A Dying Romance". I also really need to get my brother to get those chapters done. He still hasn't finished them and he's really pushing it. If any of you can help me get my brother (Master Porky Minch) to get those chapter done, please do help. The stories we're working on together may not be the best, but we still need to finish what we started. Other than that, I hope you all like all three chapters and I'll see you all later.
