A/N Hey guys! Thanks for all the reviews so far. Good news, I'm adding more chapters! (Thank you Captain Obvious.)
About updates: I will most likely be updating this every other day. Sorry, I can't update every day for two reasons. 1) I'm volunteering at a camp this summer, so I'm usually busy all day which leaves me no time to write. 2) Not everything I write comes to my head immediately. I do have to think of what to write in each chapter. (If you want to give me ideas at all, you can PM them to me. I can't promise that they will be used, but if they are, I will give credit to you for the parts that you thought of.)
Now, onto the next letter! Athena!
Disclaimer: I don't own the greatness that is known as PJO.
Dear Lady Athena,
(It would have bothered you if I said 'To Athena' wouldn't it?) You are probably still trying to understand my letter to you Olympians aren't You? Yes, that seems exactly like you. You think about things trying to digest as much information as you can. I bet you even are trying to find an ulterior motive to my letter. I assure you that I meant nothing more than what I said. I am not the hero you think I am, and I honestly think that the neglect of your children will eventually lead to your downfall as gods.
Now, you are known as the goddess of wisdom and battle strategy, but in all honesty, I don't understand why you have that title. Yes, I will admit that you are smart, but being smart is different from being wise. Often, people confuse the two things. To be smart is to know a lot of facts (as you do). Wisdom, however, us what you do with those things. Wisdom is how you apply knowledge to your daily life. You, Athena, are smart, but you are not always wise. You want an example I presume? Well, take me for example. When you first heard about me, what did you think? You took the side of your father and wanted to kill me. That was not wise thinking. You had the knowledge and smarts to know that eventually the prophecy would have to be faced. You knew what would happen if another child ended up being the child if the prophecy. The fatal flaw of a child of Zeus is power. Because of their hunger of power, they could have sided with Kronos so that they had a chance at power. A child of Hades has the fatal flaw of holding grudges. What would happen they became the child of the prophecy? They might want revenge on Olympus for making their father an outcast. That leaves you with a child of Poseidon, me. My fatal flaw is loyalty. I can't betray the ones who I have sided with, so really, I was your best option. That was when you made your mistake though. You wanted to kill me, and you chose to hate me just because of who my father was. (That is unfair and biased.) Do you know why it was dangerous to hate me? Hatred is one step short from betrayal. And do you what happens when you betray loyalty? Loyalty betrays you. You wondered why I didn't join Luke? That's why. It's because he betrayed me first. No Athena, you did not act wise, and that was poor battle strategy.
Maybe you would be better of being the godless of olive trees. You seem to be good at making those. (My father never told you he let you win, did he? You're lucky that he hasn't betrayed you yet with how rude you are to him.)
Tread carefully Athena. Loyalty is not something to mess with. Loyalty does not like to be betrayed. Remember, betrayal and revenge come hand in hand. (Why else would Zeus and his siblings get revenge on their own father? He betrayed them, that's why.)
As a wise man once said: Loyalty is rare. If you find it, keep it.
Whom you call stupid (although I really am not),
Percy Jackson
P.S. "I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise."
-Charles de Montesquieu
No, Athena, I am not as stupid as I seem. -Percy
A/N Review my minions! (Heh, heh, sorry. I just really wanted to say that. :D)
