As a god I didn't require sleep, but in my life as a demigod I had become quite partial to it, so while my lovers rested after hours of love making I usually rested my eyes for a bit. I thought with my divinity, since sleep was optional that dreams would be too and definitely not with the same magnitude or danger as a demigod dream. Never have I wished that I was right more in my entire life.
The dream started off like any other I had had when I was a demigod, vague.
From what I could tell, it was night, a clear sky was above and hundreds of stars were dashed across the sky. I was standing in the sky, floating so high that the ground was out of sight, swallowed by the darkness of the evening. I attempted to move, to try and reach the ground safely but some presence held me back, like strong unbreakable vines were wrapped around by body, holding me in place. Once I stopped trying to move, the presence subsided, still wrapped around me but invisible and less forceful in keeping me in place.
Soon a grand chariot soared through the air, at first sight causing me to think of Artemis and her Moon Chariot. However, her chariot was silver and lead by four golden reindeer and this one was black as the night sky, blotting out the stars on it's path towards me, reminding me of the metal that made Nico's sword, Stygian Iron, leading it were to dark horses with glowing red eyes and sharp silver fangs, their legs that would alter from solid galloping legs to wisps of shadowy mist.
I had seen this chariot once before, in Tartarus. My last and only encounter with the goddess who rode it was not a good one. Fear began to pierce through me as I saw flashes of Tartaus in my head, drinking fire, fighting hordes of monsters, the tireless journey through the realm of all evil, but what scared me most was the image of me poisoning Akhlys with her own poison, her screams and Annabeth's terrified eyes forcing their way into my thoughts.
Panicked breath exited my lungs as I began to shake in fear, the chariot had yet to arrive, I had yet to learn what was going on, but as more memories of my terrible acts in Tartarus drowned out all of my thoughts of reason and awareness, I crumbled. A scream for Annabeth left me, a plead for her to wake me up, to hold me as she did after our trek through the wasteland of the Primordial God of Monsters but she didn't wake me, she didn't enter my dream to calm me. I was alone.
That is until I felt an oddly comforting hand caress my head as a soft voice called to me gently,"Are you being plagued by the memories again, Perseus?"
The voice was not a new one, but it's tone was. When I had first met Nyx, she had at first been intent to kill Annabeth and I, partially because we attacked her daughter in self defence, partially because we intruded on her land by mistake but mainly because me said that her and her Mansion of Night weren't important tourist destinations on our "tour of Tartarus" and then started a fight between her children to chose who her favourite was while we ran through her mansion to get to the Doors of Death. Now, she was being strangely kind, as she stroked my head until my breathing calmed and my body stopped shaking. Croaking out a weak thanks from my tired throat, I looked up to her.
Her smile, once one of malice and cunning was now scarily reassuring, her eyes, pools of light brighter than stars were intoxicating to look at their beauty only rivalled by the rest of her body. The pale skin of her skin was flawless, not a single imperfection, the beauty of her skin being to overwhelming that only her face, upper chest and arms were visible or else a mere mortal or lesser god would melt at the sight of her. Her dress that looked as though it was made of the the night sky, with stars and galaxies sown within held large breasts, and shapely ass. Just above her shoulders, her short cut black hair rested against her wide spread wings of darkness.
"It seems the Pit still haunts you, dear boy. I am sorry for giving you reminders of that place," Nyx cooed, stroking my head soothingly as she held me close to her,"I wish to apologise for any sour memories linked to me that may bring you distress. I have no excuse for my actions, I am simply sorry."
"Ummm, okay?" I grumbled awkwardly, not truly understanding what her intentions were or if she was to be trusted. She pulled me onto her chariot and with a start I realised that I was able to move now, so I took a step away from her but still on the chariot, glaring questioningly at her,"Why the sudden change of heart? Do you need something? Want something?"
With a graceful smirk crossed her face, an arched eyebrow accompanying it as she appreciated my words. Her expression was calm, thoughtful and curious, but her eyes, her very aura was exuding a power that left my hairs standing on end. Nyx's smirk shifted to a small frown as she muttered,"War approaches and we Protogenoi, we Primordials as you know us, are divided in our afflictions."
"How so?" I queried, leaning against the side of the chariot as we continued to fly through the infinite night sky. A waver of worry filled my voice as I spoke, I had grown tired of war and wanted to avoid one with Zeus at all cost but if the Primordials were picking sides and they were assumed to be the ancient gods of the prophecy, war would come if they wished for it.
"Some among us, see Zeus as a good puppet for our desires, his paranoia leaves him susceptible to influence and his lust making him tamable," she growled, her eyes shifting from their beautiful blinding starlight to dark as her dress, like the deepest darkness of the night sky,"Ouranos, Tartarus, Erebos and even Pontus all wish to align themselves with Zeus just to bring themselves back to the mortal world and gain power once more. They are followed by a few other Primordials and many Titans, Giants and practically all of the monsters at Tartarus' disposal."
A shiver of fear ran through me at the mention of Tartarus, especially after my last encounter with his physical form and what he did to my friend Bob, his pet Small Bob and our ally Damasen. I quickly shrugged it off though, instead asking Nyx,"And you're telling me this because?"
"Because I don't wish to see this world reduced to rubble," the Protogenoi of Night sighed, gazing at me with her bright star-like eyes once more,"I may not be the best god, or the kindest. I know that I have spawned much darkness to the world bit I do not want it to be left in the hands of bitter, selfish men who would rather see the world in ruin than not have it for themselves. Added to the fact that you would be a far more noble and just leader for the universe than Zeus."
"Does anyone else approve of your stance?" I questioned, stepping closer to her,"What Primordials seek peace?"
"Many do," she sighed,"For once Hemera agrees with me, along with Nemesis and Eris, both of whom claiming to owe you favours and apologies. Many of my sons are with you too, as Aither, Thanatos, Hypnos and Charon. The creator herself, Chaos wishes to speak with you in the near future too, as she claims to have great plans for you."
"Wow, that's amazing!" I cried, stunned by the fact that Chaos wanted to someday speak to me in person one day. I turned to Nyx and bowed my head before adding,"Thank you so much, Lady Nyx. While I hope that this prophecy does not cause a full civil war throughout the pantheon, I am thankful for your support and information."
Nyx shook her head,"No thanks is needed, Perseus. Think of this as a small gift and a token of loyalty, should it be needed," the Primordial proceeded to take my chin between her fingers and pull my head up to hers, her once calm smile sensual and predator like,"Now, I can feel you are about to wake up, but I require a gift of my own as a display of your shared loyalty!"
Before I could process what was happening, I felt her perfect, soft lips smash against mine forcefully, almost in desperation as she tugged on my hair, probably hopping that it would somehow bring us closer together. A groan of pleasure left my body from her talented tongue battling with my own. While our lips worked together and our tongues danced, I felt my presence start to flicker, my mind being pulled back to consciousness.
With a start, I sat up, sweat dripping down my body.
I was in my bed, with the now heavily pregnant Annabeth, Piper, Shel and Calypso all by my side. It had been a month since Thalia had admitted her feelings to us and we had all had sex, a month since we had all last seen her before she went back with the Hunt, a month since the prophecy was told. From what we had heard, Thalia was doing fine with the Hunt, Artemis not kicking her out despite her breaking the oath showing that the Goddess had taken our conversation to heart.
On our side of things, all of the girls pregnancies were starting to show thanks to godly pregnancies only lasting three months. At this point there were now rumours going across Olympus about how I had not just impregnated my girlfriend but also three other minor goddesses and from what I heard Zeus was furious, only being held back from attacking me by Hera reasoning with him. A week ago, both Athena and Demeter had left Olympus to stay with Metis (who had been travelling the world ever since she got freed from Zeus' thick skull) and Rhea (who was had retired to an island after assisting Apollo) respectively, so that they could hide their own pregnancies from Zeus.
As I sat there on the bed, staring at my lovers, I saw Annabeth begin to stir from her sleep, groaning as she stretched in an attempt to bring herself to full consciousness faster. While she stretched, her face scrunched up into a cute pout that I just had to kiss as I caressed her small baby bump. The Goddess of Architecture below me moaned, wrapping her arms around my neck as she pulled herself up to meet my kiss with equal passion.
"Good morning, Seaweed Brain," she cooed once her lips were free from mine. She had a beautiful smile across her face as she rested her forehead against mine, causing the worry from my dream the thoughts of what Zeus wanted to do to us to wash away. It seemed my face still showed some fear though, as Annabeth then asked,"What's up? You look a bit freaked out."
For a moment, I thought about not telling her. I didn't want to scare her with information about some of the most powerful Primodials wanting to join Zeus if a war were to start. Before I even finished the thought though, I already shook it out of my head. Annabeth was brave and also the smartest person I knew, I wasn't about to disrespect her like that. With a heavy sigh, I started to explain the entirety of my dream to my girlfriend.
It took a while, over that time the others woke up and all shared a good morning kiss with us before listening in themselves. They all knew of the prophecy, I had told them what we were getting into and what might happen. Calypso and Shel had both been incredibly afraid when they found out Zeus was prepared to kill anyone who had my children, the titaness because she didn't anymore pain caused by Zeus and Shel because she was just a mortal who gained immortality because she promised to someday marry Piper and she was getting very overwhelmed. Over the past month they had both calmed down thanks to promises from me, my father and multiple other gods and goddesses that they would be protected.
When I was done with the story, I could tell the only thing stopping Piper from making a comment about me making out with a Primordial was the fact that if we didn't act fast, war was an inevitability. Instead she asked for all four of them,"What are we going to do?"
There was a low hanging feeling of dread, like a fog of fear surrounding us. Calypso and Shel now looked even more afraid than they'd been about the prophecy, while Piper and Annabeth had furrowed brows, frustration being prominent across their faces as they both seemed to be trying to think of something that could help us. I wasn't fairing much better.
Zeus, while a self-obsessed asshole man-whore with more enemies than children, was quite powerful and with new allies in some of the most powerful beings in existence, fighting him would be risky. I hadn't fully mastered my powers yet, only being able to control time or manipulate the earth a few time over the past few weeks. Diplomacy seemed like the best option to maintain peace but what Zeus wanted was degrading to my lovers and their future children.
"I'm going to call a council meeting today," I declared, standing up and began to pace the room. My hands shook with an intensity that I hadn't had in a while, my nerves heightening my ADHD, Annabeth and Calypso noticed this and got me to calm down a bit by grabbing one of my hands each. I took a breath, then looked at the girls,"I'm going to tell Zeus that while I don't seek war, if he threatens us, or our children again, war will find him. Then I will ask the council to pledge their allegiance, with hope they stay loyal to us and Zeus backs down."
"What if he doesn't?" Calypso queried,"I know you have grown tired of war Percy, but-"
"But nothing," I countered, a fury in my eyes that I pointed up to the ceiling, so that I didn't worry my lovers,"He threatened you all, the people who I love. He also threatened two of his daughters and his sister unwittingly, I will stand against him no matter what, I will not have our sons killed and you and our daughters forced into a life of sexual servitude to a serial rapist. I will protect all of you until my dying breath."
They all nodded in agreement and for a moment we all just stared at one another, before Shel stood up and pulled me into a hug, allowing me to breath in her comforting scent as I held her and she murmured,"Stay safe, Fish Buy," into my shoulder. The others quickly joined the hug as we all stood in the centre of the room, clinging onto each other desperately, fearing for what was to come.
Eventually, we all had to pull away from our group hug, me because I needed to get showered and dressed into comfortable clothes and armour (just in case), while the girls went to send Iris messages to Thalia, Athena and Demeter, informing them of what was about to happen.
As I was about to flash to the council room, when Annabeth approached me, a small, wavering smile gracing her face, as she told me,"Mum and Demeter are getting ready to come out of hiding, they're going to come to the meeting and try and convince Zeus away from war by showing him that they're pregnant too. Thalia's doing okay, her and the rest of the Hunt are a bit confused why she's still allowed their if she broke her vow. While we were talking to Thalia, Artemis showed up and said she will take care of her and wants to talk briefly with you after the meeting."
"Good," I sighed, pulling my girlfriend into another hug,"You and the girls should stay here for today, only let trusted people in the palace, we don't know who could be a spy," Annabeth nodded her agreement to that while I continued,"This meeting might take awhile and even after the meeting I might have to speak to more gods than Artemis, so I might not be home until late."
With a quick, yet still passionate kiss goodbye to her and the rest of the girls, I flashed away, to the dreaded Council Room.
Almost the moment I arrived in the room, the sound of thunder echoed throughout to chamber, as if the room itself could sense the urgency I held within me. Almost the moment the thunder crashed, Athena, Demeter, Artemis, my father and surprisingly Aphrodite all arrived in the room, all poised on their thrones, ready to jump into some form of action at any moment. Other gods arrived soon after, with Zeus being "fashionably late" as always.
Every god upon their arrival stared at both Athena and Demeter, who had baby bumps of their own pushing against their clothing. Neither of them seemed to care though, as Demeter had already had children before, so her pregnancy wasn't uncommon, while Athena looked like she was only worried for Zeus' arrival. Sending them both a soft smile from my throne, I turned to the Olympians present and greeted them with a surprising level of politeness. It seems fear of what was to some was making me careful of what I said.
Taking a moment to gauge the gods frame of mind, I scanned the room at all present. Hera seemed to be staring at the two pregnant goddesses who sat rather close to her with what appeared to be envious eyes. Aphrodite was happily talking with Athena and Demeter about something I couldn't hear, but the two goddesses actually seemed to be enjoying the conversation so I didn't worry about her, that is until she sent me a cheeky wink. Artemis sat on her throne, glaring at her fathers empty throne threateningly while occasionally sending curious glances at Athena and Demeter herself. Hestia wasn't at her throne right now, instead tending to the flames of the Hearth with a worried expression across her face, it was clear she didn't want a civil war as much as I did.
On the guys side, the first person I noticed was Ares, who was sending me a death glare with his fiery eyes, dragging his finger along his throat in a manner he assumed would intimidate me. Next to him, Hephaestus sat and tinkered with a small contraption, the same one he'd been working on the last meeting. Dionysus was next and he was drunk as a skunk, obviously enjoying his punishment being relinquished by Zeus after the last war. Hermes and Apollo were sitting next to each other, giggling like little school girls as they wrote something down on a peace of paper, sharing a high five every once in a while. Hades was doing paper work, a tired look crossing his face from all of the paper piled besides him.
My father, who was the last person my eyes landed on, was just staring at Athena, his mouth hanging agape from shock for a moment, before I saw a devious glint cross his face. The sea god looked as though he were about to say some snide comment to his rival, but surprisingly held back, turning to look at me, then back at the her and Demeter again, then back at me, before he murmured softly,"Percy?" just quiet enough no one else would hear.
"Dad, I promise, I'll explain what's going on to you but you've got to understand that there's more important stuff going on right now," I whispered to him in return, and not a moment to soon, as another crash of thunder filled the room as Zeus arrived.
"Who called this meeting?" the God of Douche-Bags bellowed, glaring at all of the gods in the room as he looked around. Upon his arrival, both Athena and Demeter covered their baby bumps as best they could. It seemed the King of the Gods didn't notice them, instead he spotted Ares pointing at me, a smirk crossing his face as his eyes landed on me and her barked,"Perseus, what did you call this meeting for? Ready to comply to my demands?"
"Let me think for a moment... Fuck off," I responded, sitting straight as I gazed around the chamber, realising that all eyes were on me. Taking a deep breath in, I continued,"I and all of the women whom I love, the women who are currently carrying my children, will not comply to your outrageous demands. We seek to remain loyal to the gods, to Olympus, we have all grown weary of war and seek peace above all else. But if you threaten me, my lovers or my children ever again, war shall find you, Zeus."
A low growl left Zeus as his eyes began to spark and glow with lightning, grasping his Master Bolt menacingly. I didn't falter though, angering him more as his teeth clenched together as he spat,"You dare defy me, boy? You dare plot to wage war on me? I will have you fade and any thoughtless bitch who bares your offspring turned to my personal whores once their children are dealt with!" Demeter quietly whimpered as he said that, clutching her belly tightly as she attempted to look away from him, obviously not wanting to be assaulted by Zeus again, Athena looked as though she were about to bark back at her father when he took notice of the two of them being pregnant,"Demeter, did you partake in Perseus' lustful rampage? Athena, did you break your oath with him? Did you both betray me?"
The entire chamber shook with his anger, wind blasting throughout as the sparks began to shoot off of Zeus' entire body. Demeter was too afraid to speak just covering her face and weeping as she clutched Artemis, the closest person to her. Athena herself was being held back from angering Zeus more by Hestia and Hera, who both tried to calm her and convince her not to risk herself or her child. A lone feminine voice was left to scream the following insult at the King of Olympus,"You fucking bastard! How dare you raise your voice at them? How dare you threaten multiple women and their children just because you are afraid of losing your power? You're sickening, Zeus! A vile disgrace of a god, who I wish would just pack up and rot in Tartarus!"
Every sat in shock as Aphrodite stood out of her throne, an angry, yet admittedly sexy glare pointed towards Zeus. Although, something seemed rather odd about her, but in a nice way. Usually, when I saw her, the Goddess of Love would look like Annabeth, or Piper, or any of my other lovers and some of the other women I knew, sometimes she simply took aspects of those women to look absolutely stunning, but at that moment, she looked like nobody I had seen before. At that moment, she looked like herself.
Beautiful flowing fair hair tumbled and curled just passed her shoulders, meeting her dress and her lovely tanned skin. Her eyes, much like Pipers, were a never ending shifting of colours, but not to make her appear more attractive, to make her eyes glow and spark with life and mischief. Her lips were full, and covered in a healthy amount of red lipstick, as perfect and precise as the rest of her make-up. Under her dress, the outline of her voluptuous breasts and ass were highly noticeable. But her true appearance wasn't just stunningly gorgeous, it also seemed to empower her Charmspeak, as all present in the room began to squirm in their thrones and calm down for a moment, while Zeus simply whimpered on his throne as he looked like a hurt puppy.
After a while, Aphrodite calms down, remaining in her true form and glaring daggers at Zeus as she spits,"If you want a war with the Hero of Olympus, you'll get one Zeus, Percy isn't one to back down from a threat, especially when people he loves are involved. Know that you will not have the council on your side if you do so," she smirked as she added confidently,"However, if you apologise and allow everyone to move on with their lives, you get to keep all of your power and not be destroyed by the most powerful god in this room."
Zeus let out an exasperated sigh, contemplating her words, while Hera seemed to be trying to advise him from the side. I kept my mouth shut, knowing that if I spoke I would have to be very precise with my wording and didn't want to risk it, so instead I simply glared at the King of the Gods. He met my glare for a moment, his eyes shifting to look at Athena furiously as he shrugged away from Hera, who looked tremendously hurt by the action, whimpering out,"Zeus, please don't!"
He didn't listen, as he simply raised the Master Bolt, screaming,"Traitor!" pointing the bolt at me as it filled with energy, before shifting it to face both Athena and Demeter,"SLUTS!" He released a bolt of lightning, and time froze as all the other gods screamed in shock and fear. And I mean it literally froze all actions, including the bolt itseld stopped, many gods looking in various states of shock.
The most noticeable were: Ares, who looked to be frozen in a moment of absolute delight as the conflict resumed; Artemis, who was jumping in front of Athena and Demeter, her eyes closed in preparation of being vaporised by the bolt; Hera, who was weeping as she reached out to her villainous husband and my father, who had his trident out, as he charged towards his brother.
Moving quickly, not knowing when time would resume, I ran towards the goddesses who were about to be struck by the bolt and felt power like never before as I grabbed them all, including Artemis and raised my hand, getting it ready for the bolt. Just as I reached my hand out, time continued, the bolt continuing its path but being blocked as a pillar of earth rose up from the ground right in front of my palm. The pillar itself was vaporised, and my arm slightly singed but all those behind me were safe. Zeus could only stare in shock as I was suddenly stopping his onslaught on his daughter and sister.
Poseidon and Hades moved quickly, the God of Death blasting a column of shadows at Zeus, sending him tumbling back, while my father continued his charge, slashing Zeus across his chest and pinning him down to his throne with his foot. Aphrodite then glowed faintly as she barked to Zeus,"Leave! Regret your actions!" with the strongest Charmspeak I had ever witnessed.
Under the influence of the Goddess of Love's magic, Zeus got up, glaring at all those in the chamber, before turning to his wife and ordering,"We're leaving!"
"No! We're doing nothing!" Hera spat, drawing a circle of light in the air, showing a faint and flickering thread of light that connected her and Zeus, they're bond of matrimony. "You're leaving, you cheating pig!" the thread shattered into a million particles of light, Zeus letting out a roar of fury before he flashed away. With his disappearance, Hestia grabbed Hera and pulled her into a warm embrace as she let out tears of joy at finally being free of a loveless marriage.
However, I didn't pay that much mind, as I quickly hugged Athena and Demeter, kissing them on the foreheads, accidentally getting Artemis caught up in the embrace as well, since she was still between us. The Goddess of the Hunt didn't stop me though, instead wrapping her arms around my waist for a moment, before realising what she was doing and pulling back.
"Are you alright, my loves," I queried, holding their faces in my hands as I showered them in my affection, apologising for putting them in harms way. Most other gods sat in their thrones in shock at the events that transpired, Ares meanwhile looking thoroughly annoyed that I hadn't died by this fathers Master Bolt. My father then approached me, a firm expression on his face as he wiped his brothers ichor from his trident.
"Thank you, Poseidon," Athena croaked, her head lowered as my father stood before her,"I know you didn't have to save me but you did and for that you have my eternal gratitu-"
She was cut off by Poseidon raising his hand, a teasing smile on his face as he cooed,"You know, if you wanted to end out rivalry by bedding a sea god, you could of just asked!" The comment, while vastly inappropriate, was just a tease, no meaning or threat behind it, but that didn't stop Athena from blushing in embarrassment. A chuckle ran through my fathers lips as he took a tone of genuine affection,"Don't worry Athena, you're having my sons child, my grandchild. I'd put aside a thousand rivalries and raise a thousand tsunami's to defend you right now," he turned to Demeter and I,"As well as you and the rest of my sons lovers."
Athena then did something that surprised everyone, she pulled my father into a hug. Gasps ran through the room and after they separated Athena cried to all the Olympians,"This meeting isn't over!" effectively silencing everyone. We spent the next few minutes restoring a sense of order to the council, with Athena taking full control since Hera was currently being comforted by Hestia.
As Athena was filling the gods in on the events that had transpired in my life recently, bar the sex and more the emotion behind it, my eyes landed on Aphrodite and I decided to take her aside for a moment, to thank her for all of her help. I walked up to her slowly, making sure not to interrupt Athena or Demeter as they explained everything. Once the love goddess saw me approach her she smiled fondly as she too stood and we walk to a far corner of the chamber, out of sight and ear shot.
"Sorry about taking you away from the story but you already know more than anyone else," I started, as I met Aphrodite's eyes, getting lost in them for a moment as they shifted from grey, to blue, to brown. Coughing to try and stop myself from being caught checking her out, earning a slight giggle in the process I added,"I mainly wanted to thank you though. You've been really helpful, especially today and I owe you a lot for that."
"You don't owe me anything, honey," Aphrodite replied, caressing my face softly,"My daughter is one of your lovers, so even if you don't get around to railing me like I want you to, I'll still help out. I'm a very patient woman." Choking on air from shock, I could do nothing but stare forward while she kissed my cheek and sauntered all the way back to the thrones. Shaking myself out of my stunned silence, I joined her soon after, sitting upon my throne just as Athena ended the story and earning a glare from Ares.
"With that, meeting adjourned," Athena called, after a moment. The gods all began to flash away, one by one until it was just Artemis and I left there.
We still had to talk.
For a few minutes, we simply sat in our thrones and stared at one another, before I stood up and asked,"Do you want to go to the same place as last time?"
When walking to the edge of Olympus, we decided on walking in almost complete silence again. I say "we" decided, it was more like I attempted small talk and Artemis gave me a death glare so intimidating yet sexy it would have given Annabeth a run for her money.
Eventually, we arrived at the edge we'd spoken by before and almost the instant we got there Artemis sat with her legs dangling over the edge. She had this far off expression on her face but unlike the last time we were here, the tracings of a smile graced her. It was nice to see, especially after how much stress she was in the last time we were together. She wore the exact same expression I remember having after my underwater kiss with Annabeth.
Sitting besides her, a chuckle escaped me as I questioned,"I'm guess you've had a couple of conversations since we last spoke?"
A rush of gold went to the Goddess of the Hunts cheeks, her embarrassment and immediate attempt to cover her face with her hands was overbearingly adorable. "Yes, I have," she groaned, her silver eyes barely peaking out from her hands to meet my own,"I took your advice, I talked to all of my hunters, not just the ones who I know were developing feelings. Needless to say, I'm now even more confused than I was before."
"Welcome to the world of romance," I replied, laying my back down on the ground. Artemis actually joined me, resting her head on my chest as she absentmindedly drew patterns over my heart with her finger, I gulped, asking,"What did you talk about?"
"About love and if the girls felt they were missing out on romance because they were in the Hunt. A lot of the girls said no, saying they only needed the love of their sisters, while some said that while at times they felt as though they were missing out, they much preferred the Hunt and didn't wish to leave," she answered,"I then made a change to the oath for the girls, basically allowing them to remain in the Hunt and find love as long as it was actually love, not just lust, or wanting to sleep with someone."
Needless to say, I was surprised, Artemis the man-hater, the goddess who renounced love thousands of years ago, was now allowing her Hunters to experience it,"That's very mature of you. Does that rule mean that Thalia gets to stay even when she has her child?"
"Yes, but she'll technically get maternity leave," Artemis joked, still cuddled into my side.
"And has this rule allowed you to be with your hunters the way that you want?" I inquired, caressing her hair as I spoke.
"It's not that simple," the Goddess of the Moon answered, pulling away from me so that she could face me,"I've been a maiden since forever and while I can understand Athena finally wanting to be rid of her maidenhood, I just don't feel ready yet. I have... kissed Thalia and Zoe though, so that's nice."
"Well I hope everything goes well for you and that you can figure out what you want," a smirk crossed my face, as I wiggled my eyebrows teasingly,"Now I have another, highly important question for you, milady," she nodded cautiously when I left the statement open, before gasping in shock as I rolled us over so that we were farther from the edge and I was on top of her, although leaving her an easy way out if she didn't like what I did. I gave her the opportunity to leave from beneath me, but she just stared up at me, blushing and panting in very obvious arousal,"Did you really kiss me a while ago? And do you want to do it again?"
Artemis was breathing heavily now, weakly responding with,"I don't have any clue what you mean. I would n-never kiss you on your tasty lips - AH! - I mean, you're terrible lips! Because your a man!"
Raising an eyebrow at her, I simply leaned down and kissed the maiden goddess, earning a surprised squeal before Artemis wrapped her arms around my back and met my lips with a fiery passion. It seemed that when she said she'd been kissing Thalia and Zoe, she was downplaying it as she was properly making out with me now, which was much more than I was expecting from her, especially since she was moaning from the kiss too.
We spent a few minuter just laying there on the ground, making out with one another, that is until I heard a loud,"JACKSON!" piece through the air causing Artemis and I to jump off of each other, the goddess taking extra care to fix her hair, which had gotten pretty messy. There was nobody around to have seen us though, so I was incredibly confused until I saw Ares marching from around the corner with his sword drawn, screaming bloody murder,"What have you been doing with my woman?"
"Huh?" I barely had time to say before a sword was swung for my neck from the raging God of War, which I dodged swiftly, shoving Artemis with me as I went. While the goddess did a graceful barrel roll that turned into her summoning her bow and quiver, an arrow already drawn and pointed at her half brother, I simply ducked under the sword and uncapped Riptide, allowing the ancient sword that was once Zoe's to appear in my hand, as well as the shield Tyson and Leo had added. Thanks to my preparation for violence from Zeus earlier, I was already in my armour and ready for a fight. "Ares, I have no idea what you're on about!"
"Liar!" he bellowed, charging towards me once more, our swords clashing together and his fiery eyes getting right in my face, trying to spark the flames of aggression, hatred and fury within me. I'm ashamed to admit, as always, Ares influence boiled within me quickly and I found myself roaring a battle cry like no other, the ground cracking breath my feat and the wind starting to whip around me.
"Ares, you idiot, what are doing?" a new voice shrieked, as Aphrodite ran from where Ares was,"All I said is that you shouldn't follow your father into war! What's gotten into you?"
"The fact that I know the only way to get a slut like you to align yourself in conflict!" Ares barked attempting to decapitate me but only leaving himself open for me to stab his leg once I dodged out of the way,"FUCK!" he roared in pain, taking a step away from me, keeping eye contact,"That's what you did, right? You fucked my girl to put her on your side!"
"No, what the Hades in wrong with you!" I spat back holding a firm defensive position in preparation for another attack,"Aphrodite is on my side because her daughter was being threatened by Zeus! Stop complaining about your fragile ego, or let me beat your ass like I did when I was twelve!"
Obnoxiously, Ares took a confident step towards me once more, resulting in Artemis firing an arrow straight to his shoulder. He didn't even flinch in reaction to the pain of being shot, just glared at Artemis as if he was telling her that she was next. Artemis had clearly meant for that to be his only warning shot, as I could tell that she was aiming for his head with her second arrow, she was only stopped by Aphrodite, who simply raised her hand and nodded towards me.
With that, I charged, slashing and blocking with my shield as Ares and I engaged in combat. From what I could tell from how strong Ares was fighting against me right now, with all of his strength and speed, along with a fair share of raw martial power, he had been going easy on me back when we first fought.
That isn't to say that he was overpowering me now, not at all. My skills in combat had gone up significantly since I was twelve, my talent with a sword so unstoppable I had slain almost every beast in Greek Mythology by this point. Added to the fact that I had now gained the title God of Warriors, compared to Ares' God of War, I technically had an edge by the fact that my domain was an individuals power, while Ares was the entirety of the war. He relied on shared strength and conquest, while I relied on technique and my head.
As swift as the wind, I struck Ares in the chest with my shield the moment he left an opening, knocking him off balance onto his injured leg, making him buckle for a moment, inviting me to stab him in the side. His second roar of pain brought two things, spectators and a sudden swing of his blade towards my chest. I jumped out of the way but it was to late, he carved through my armour, leaving a nasty gash across my torso that even with nectar, would turn into a large scar to accompany all the others that adorned my body.
Glaring at one another as we caught our breaths and circled one another, I could make out a few people in the crowd. Artemis and Aphrodite were both next to one another staring at the fight with looks of admiration and worry respectively. Most of the rest of the crowd were minor gods and goddesses and a bunch of satyrs and nymphs, but another person caught my eye, Hera was watching the fight and she did not look happy.
Assuming that Hera was upset with me and looking to continue the trend of pissing her off, even if I felt bad for her after all the pain Zeus had put her through until the events of the council meeting today, I turned to look at her idiotic son with new purpose, gripping Riptide with a sureness I hadn't felt in a while. Maybe it was because I hadn't had to fight in a while, maybe it was because some of the last fights I'd been in had been again a near indestructible Nero robot, all I knew was I felt powerful, beyond anything.
Ares took a visible step back, as I felt this surge within me and from the corner of my eye I could see that my eyes were now glowing entirely golden from the reflection of Riptide. It was an intimidating look, reminiscent of the long shattered Titan of Time, Kronos himself. Leaning into my new frightening gaze, I tilted my head to the side and smirked, before stepping forwards, ignoring the blast of pain across my chest from my open wound and the ichor that covered the ground as I moved.
Once again, the God of War took a step back, before growling and shaking himself out of his fear. He met me step for step until we were right by each other and then we began to hack and slash at one another, our swords meeting, my shield blocking his attacks, but I never stopped, meeting him blow for blow and not allowing him a chance to take a break or go fully offensive like he wanted to. Soon, I had him by the edge of the Olympus from all of the back pedalling he was forced to do.
"Surrender!" I growled, my sword at his throat as his was in no position to attack me or defend from any attack of mine. He simply glared at me, seeming to dare me to send him over the edge. I didn't want to give him the satisfaction though, simply calling,"Artemis!" as I brought my sword down to stab him in the foot, through the earth, effectively pinning him where he stood as I took a step back.
Artemis seemed to enjoy what she got to do next, as she fired arrow after arrow at the bloodthirsty god, covering his chest in arrows. He let out a scream of pain as he fell to his knees in pain, a sickening sound of his foot being chopped down the middle from the action following him. Ares then just rested there, breathing heavily as he seemed to still want to fight.
That was until Aphrodite walked up to him and slapped him across the face,"What in Tartarus is wrong with you? I try to advise you to not follow your bastard father against Percy and you take that as an invitation to fight him? I'm done with you Ares! You psychopath!" she then marched over to me and handed me some ambrosia, which I quickly ate.
Our spectators all stared on in shock at the scene but somebody audibly gasped when Hera stepped out to the crowd, going up to her son and grabbing him by the ear, screaming,"You stupid fool! Just for that, I won't beg Apollo to heal you, your going to wait and heal naturally!" This surprised me, usually she was highly defensive of her children and hateful towards me but it turned out that the Goddess of Marriage was on my side for once.
"Mother!" Ares barked, attempting to stomp his foot in protest but screaming in pain instead as he let the two halves of his foot hit the ground and flap apart disgustingly. His mother continued to drag him away by the ear as he begged,"I've had a really tough day, please, let Apollo fix my foot!"
"It's fine, Hera," I called to her before she got out of sight and continued to yell at her son, adding,"Let Apollo heal him. In return, I simply want him to apologise to Aphrodite and admit he lost."
Glaring at me with a fiery passion, the God of War turned to his mother for help but she gave him a scolding glare and he grumbled out,"I'm very sorry, Aphrodite..." Aphrodite, Artemis and I all chuckled as he spoke, cutting him off and causing him to growl at us but Hera kicked his shin,"Ow! And yes, I lost to Percy Jackson again! Zippity-doo-dah!"
An evil smirk crossed my face as I looked at Hera and added,"Actually, I changed my mind, thanks anyway."
"You're most welcome," she smirked back, dragging a whining and thoroughly beat-up god behind her as she faded into the distance.
With the show over, all of the spectators walked off, leaving me behind with Aphrodite and Artemis. My wounds were now closed thanks to the ambrosia, however my chest still stung but I fought through it as I retrieved my sword and turned both it and the shield back into my pen, pocketing it. My eyes landed on two awkward goddesses as I turned around, with Artemis looking a bit bashful still about us being interrupted, while Aphrodite looked embarrassed about Ares' actions.
"Did we interrupt you guys on a date?" Aphrodite joked, earning a laugh from me and a death glare from Artemis. The Goddess of Love smiled excitedly at that and squealed,"Oh my gods! So that's what that wave of arousal and affection I felt come from here earlier! Were you trying out some of the Percy goods, Artemis? From what I hear, they're quiet good in all departments. If you catch my drift?"
"I can't stand you!" Artemis screamed, flashing away suddenly. We stood there awkwardly for a moment, before Artemis reappeared, flipping Aphrodite the bird, before grabbing me and pulling me into a kiss,"If she already knows how I feel and what we're doing, she won't mind me giving you a goodbye kiss!" she murmured before glaring at the Goddess of Love, barking,"If you gossip about this, I swear-!"
"Yeah, yeah, I know," Aphrodite smirked, a crooked grin gracing her face,"You'll chop me up and feed me as a stew to your wolves," she then strutted over to Artemis and pulled her into a quick and passionate kiss of her own, which the Goddess of the Moon was to shocked to react to,"It's a shame really, based from how I sense Percy feels around you, I'd much prefer to be eaten by you than your pets!"
Lost for words, Artemis simply flashed away, a golden sheen colouring her cheeks once more. "I think you broke her," I snarked, crossing my arms across my chest as I smirked at the goddess,"She probably won't speak to either of us for another month after this."
"Pushing her down the list," the Goddess of Love replied, a dangerous yet sexy smile crossing her face as she grabbed me by my sides and pulled me flush against her, her large breasts squashing against my torso, her bottom lip trapped sexily by her teeth as she looked at me like an animal in heat,"I want to apologise for all the trouble that my ex may have caused you, as well as show you my undying loyalty to you and well. I couldn't exactly do that if she was all over you, now could I? I doubt Artemis would want me present at her losing her maidenhood."
"Are you seriously coming onto me, right now?" I mumbled, not really opposed to the idea, not just because Aphrodite is hot, but because she had been very kind and helpful recently. However,"I really don't feel comfortable being your new lover, I wouldn't want to lose Hephaestus as an ally. He's a cool dude."
A much gentler smile replaced Aphrodite's predatory stare, as she answered,"Hephaestus has been as trapped in our marriage as I have. While we love each other, it's more like we are best friends than husband and wife. The only reason he kept trapping Ares and I was because it annoyed the oaf and everyone else found it funny, especially me," she stroked my face lovingly,"Now that Hera's finally taking charge of her domain and getting people out of shitty marriages, she'll probably come around to letting me and Hephaestus split up.
"Anything else that'll stop us from banging?" the goddess asked, to which I shook my head, excitement coursing through my veins. She too seemed overjoyed that this was happening, as she grabbed me by the back of my hair and pulled me into a hungry and desperate kiss, which knocked the air out of my lungs, before asking me,"Your place or mine?"
Needless to say, we soon flashed into Aphrodite's Palace, in her bedroom to be more specific. Upon our sudden appearance, I was met by two things, the smells of flowers and perfumes, and the feeling of an incredibly comfortable bed beneath me as I was on my back, with the lustful Goddess of Love straddling my lap, kissing me with so much passion and hunger I felt my erection appear almost immediately, although I suspected that her powers had something to do with that.
Another thing Aphrodite's powers seemed to do was heighten my lust and weaken my inhibitions, as I found myself moaning throatily as I grabbed the front of the goddesses lovely dress and ripped it in half down her front, revealing her to be wearing pink lacy lingerie that barely contained her 34DD-cup breasts. A pleasured squeak left the goddess as I quickly tore the rest of her dress off of her and picked her up to put her on her back. Acting swiftly, she kicked off her high heels and wrapped her legs around me and moaned joyously as I began to tease and kiss her neck, undoubtedly covering her neck in hickeys.
Desperately, I began to hump her pantie covered pussy, while I was still clothed. Of course, I knew I could just will my clothes off of my body, but with the amount of lust and need filling my body, I couldn't even process that fact. I was to busy squeezing Aphrodite's tits with both of my hand, rewarding myself with the lovely sounds of her moans and gasps of pleasure. Not being able to to hold back, I found one of my hands grabbing the hem of her panties while my other grabbed the clip of her bra and pulled on both, taring her panties off her to show her sopping wet pussy and free her full and enticing boobs.
Moving my lips downwards, I began to lick and nibble on her left nipples while I squeezed her other tit and teased her dripping folds with my spare hand. Her moans that followed were like music to my ears, her begs for more were even better. I soon had two fingers sinking inside of Aphrodite, who was tight. Not as tight as a maiden goddess, but still incredibly tight, although, I guess being the Goddess of Sex gives a woman perks. Focusing on giving her pleasure was my main priority, as I began to curl my fingers, finding her g-spot and just starting to hammer away at her with my hand while I moved my head to suck on her other tit.
The result was a loud scream and a powerful orgasm from the woman beneath me soon after it. I wasn't done with her yet, because I began to meander down from Aphrodite's sexy breasts to her pussy with kisses and the occasional lick. Once I was in front of her drench core, I began to lick and suck on her clit, all while still fingering her pussy and hitting her g-spot. The goddess could do nothing but grab my hair and moan once I did that, once in a while saying,"Oh fuck, right there," or,"Finger me harder, baby. I can take it."
So I did, I flipped Aphrodite onto her hands and knees and had her raise her ass up high, presenting it to me as I began to finger fuck her pussy as rough as I could, leaning over to face her puckered asshole and began to shove my tongue in it at the same time. As I penetrated both of her holes at once, I spanked her ass repeatedly, leaving hand prints everywhere, each time I did causing her to gasp and moan louder, until she once again came violently, squirting down onto her bed sheets.
"Wow! Percy, honey, your really know how to please a lady," she cooed, rolling onto her back. Even though she had came twice, Aphrodite looked like she had no intention of stopping, as she gestured for me to crawl up to be face to face with her so that she could whisper to me,"Now I want you to get out of those clothes and show me that gargantuan dick of yours so that I can show you how a really lady treats her man."
Not one to deny such an offer, I didn't really strip, more like tare off my clothes like I had done to Aphrodite's previously. Once my entire body was on display, the goddess took notice of my new scar and all the others that accompanied it, caressing each one she saw for a moment before she lay back down, only this time with her head dangling back over the edge of the bed. Ensuring this is what she wanted, I jumped off the bed and pointed my shaft right at her face from this new angle, in return earning a cheeky wink and a teasing lick from the tip of my cock to my balls, which both disappeared into her mouth.
Aphrodite soon had the head of my cock in her mouth, her throat relaxed in preparation of what was to come. I slowly pushed deeper into her mouth until I hit the back of her throat, hearing her gag for a moment, before she tilted her head back a bit more and I saw a satisfying bulge in her throat as I shoved my entire shaft inside her mouth. I held my position for a moment, before drawing back, grabbing the Goddess of Love by her neck as I did so, hearing her moan gleefully from my action. Soon, I was fucking her throat with no restraint, a way I had never had a blow job before.
It seemed that Aphrodite's powers over lust and sex made my powers that allowed me to gain energy quickly meant nothing, as I soon was nearing an orgasm of my own. Grunting out,"I'm close, babe," I felt the goddess moan around my shaft as I continued to fuck her face, asking her,"Do you want a shower, or a taste?"
My answer was a pair of arms pushing me away for a moment as Aphrodite retracted my dick from her mouth and rolled over onto her belly, fluttering her eyebrows at me as she jacked me off, her tongue hanging out and eyes closed. Not being able to handle anymore, I fired spurts of cum all over her face and tits, hitting a tongue a few times before I grabbed the back of her head and put my dick back in her mouth just to give her a full taste of me.
While I came down from my high, Aphrodite scooped up all of the cum on her tits and face and licked it up, instantly reviving my erection. With a burst of speed, I got behind Aphrodite and began to line my dick up with her waiting folds. With a sigh of pleasure, I sunk into her and began to slowly thrust inside of her. Each thrust sent a moan through the goddess, her eyes rolling back and toes curling as I began to pound into her.
Soon, the two of us were just a tangled mess on the bed as I gripped her hair and smacked her curvy ass while I fucked her into a screaming and moaning goddess who only had orgasm after orgasm. I myself was only holding off from releasing by pure will alone and was now hunched over Aphrodite as I pulled her close to my chest and teased her clit while I fucked her, hoping to push her over the edge one last time before I reached my release once more.
With one last thrust, I came, deep within the goddess, shooting into her womb. Once I did, she screamed in pleasure as another orgasm crashed into her, wracking her body and leaving her a panting heap on the bed. I held myself deep inside of her for a moment, making sure I had finished my orgasm, before I heard her moan,"That was worth the wait."
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