Chapter 3

Percy POV

Despite my fear I could already feel my brain working, what did I know about the Minotaur. It has bad eyesight, bulls can't make sharp turns, it's not known for it's brains. All this information just coming to me like out of a file and it felt great. The Minotaur lowered it's head and charged "Grover hold on" I said grabbing his arm before he could run "what! can't you see it's coming". "Just hold it" I said, at the last second I shoved him out of the way and leaped to the other side "it can't make sharp turns" I called to Grover as he got up. I think he wanted to say something but our 'conversation' was interrupted by another roar by the minotaur as it charged again, apparently reds not the color that attracts bulls it's blue because this thing really seemed to like my shirt.

I did the same thing I did last time jumping aside at the last second and by sheer luck dodged his hand that shot to grab me 'ok so apparently he does have a little bit of brains' I thought. 'ok so if I jump to the side his hand goes for me' I thought looking to my left at Grover who was unconscious next to a tree after getting hit by the Minotaur's other hand, as I caught sight of the tree I got an idea. I grabbed the biggest rock I could find and stepped next to a tree "hey bone I'm over here, or are you just too stupid to actually catch me" I called which succeeded in really ticking him off. Naturally he put his head down and charged and I waited till the last second to dodge, as I expected his hand was waiting there to hit me which it did. But it barely even hurt because his arm literally moved like two inches before hitting the tree causing his shoulder to snap as he was forced to a complete stop mid charge. The minotaur stumbled before falling flat on his face and I seized the opportunity to slam my rock down on his skull with all my might from his wounded side.

He disintegrated and that's when my adrenaline wore off, all of the sudden I was tired and my muscles hurt. Tiredly I walked over to Grover and dragged him over the hill before collapsing in front of some blond girl.

The next thing I knew I was waking up in a tent, I went to sit up but my back had other ideas "ow" I croaked as I just about flopped onto the floor. Thankfully Grover who was sitting next to my bed caught me "careful there Percy" he said, I would have responded but as I looked at his legs something really seemed wrong. "um Grover am I on any medication" I asked, he sighed like he got this a lot "no your not and before you ask yes I do have goat legs" he said.

"So I'm guessing that thing with the Minotaur wasn't a dream" I said "yep". "Great" I said sitting up with Grover's help "what's up with my back?" I asked "you strained it somehow during your fight with the Minotaur, here drink this it'll help trust me" he said handing me a glass that looked like it had apple juice in it.

Cautiously I took a sip, it wasn't apple juice but it tasted so much better. It was like my mom's cookies she would make every fourth of July, it also made my back feel better so I started to chug the drink. About half way through Grover started getting ancy "Percy? you might want to stop, dude stop seriously, STOP!" he said yelling the last part as I finished off the drink. He quickly ripped the now empty glass out of my hands and put a hand on my forehead.

"hm that's strange" he said after a while "what's strange" I asked, I may have looked calm but at that particular moment I was freaking out and him saying something was strange didn't help. "Usually half bloods can't drink that much nectar without burning up but you're not even sweating" Grover said "whoa back up, what do you mean half bloods and what does that have to do with me" I said still in freakout mood. Grover scratched his head "um you know the Greek gods and all that" he said "ya" I said "well they're real, the gods, the monsters all of them are real".

I really wanted to say something like 'ya and I'm Zeus' but I couldn't really say that after fighting the minotaur, plus as I tried to deny it I felt like I was denying my own existence. "ok" I said "really just like that?" Grover said "well I just fought the minotaur and you have goat legs" I said "touche" Grover said "that just makes this easier, so do you know what a demigod is".

"Aren't they like half god half mortal or something like that right?" "that's correct" Grover said "but what does that have to do with me" I asked. Grover stared at me for second before it clicked in my head "you can't be serious" I said "you think I'm a demigod". "I don't think I know" Grover said "that drink you just had is called nectar, it's the drink of the gods regular mortals can't have it without dying. Demigods can drink and it heals you, but only if used in small amounts".

When I didn't respond right away Grover asked if I was fine "ya just need a minute" I said "here follow me" Grover said. We walked out of the tent and down to a huge white house "we call this the big house" Grover said and I could see why. On the porch I noticed a familiar bearded man in a wheelchair playing cards "Mr. Brunner?" I asked. Mr. Brunner turned around "ah Percy my boy, good to see you" he said "what are you doing here" I asked.

"he's our activities director" Grover said, "also my name isn't Mr. Brunner that's just a name I took during my time at your school" Brunner said. "So what is your name then?" I asked "Chiron" he said.

Athena POV

"How's Percy doing" Poseidon asked as he entered the study in my palace where I was watching Percy "he's doing fine" I said "he took the news about the gods and him being a demigod surprisingly well. We did run into a little bit of trouble when his friend gave him some nectar and he drank too much, but I don't think he's realized the truth". Percy may have had his godhood and immortality taken but he was still born from two immortals which came with a few lasting side effects. Since his body was still that of an immortal it held the same properties such as, being able to eat and drink as much ambrosia and nectar as he wanted, being able to see the true forms of gods as he had no mortal half that would burn away, and having golden icor for blood which was a problem we quickly solved by giving him a necklace when he was three that makes it look like regular mortal blood (thankfully he never takes it off, not even when he's sleeping).

Looking back to the small pool of water next to my desk I saw Percy getting shown around camp half blood by his younger sister Annabeth. Poseidon and I stood there watching Percy for an hour or so, he tried his hand at archery and failed miserably after shooting the arrow at a near 90 degree angle to the direction he was facing "guess he got his archery skills from me" Poseidon said. Next he went down to visit the cabins, most of them he just walked by barely paying any attention but when he past mine he took a special interest in it.

Percy asked a few questions about the cabin which Annabeth willingly answered, then went over to another one of my children and his younger brother Malcolm who was drawing up plans for a building he wanted to have built one day. Percy asked a few questions as for how he was going to distribute the weight and what not. Malcolm clearly enjoying having someone to talk to about it and understand explained everything. I couldn't help but smile, Percy didn't even know that Malcolm was his younger brother yet looking at the to you would have thought that was the case.

After Malcolm explained how a certain set of crossbeams would be holding up most of the top floor Percy pointed out that the ceiling wouldn't hold, Malcolm was naturally a little depressed as he would have to start over on the whole thing but Percy showed him how he could fix the problem by adding a simple set of stone columns on both sides of the room. At this I flat out laughed, Percy despite being my son having skipped a few grades and having a natural sense for architecture didn't really care for it that much. He was more interested in the sea and had even designed a few ships of his own that made a several modern ships obsolete, he didn't know that of course he just drew the plans for fun 'guess we know where he got his brains from' I thought.

Hermes flashed in which both scared me since I had been completely focused on the pool of water and pissed me off "Hermes! how many times have I told you to knock!" I said "Sorry, but father has called an emergency council meeting" Hermes said "and why are you here Poseidon". "I was thinking about doing some renovations in my palace and I wanted to get Athena's opinion" Poseidon said, it was a lie of course but I was proud of my fiance for coming up with a convincing one so fast. "We'll be right there" I said, Hermes flashed out and I gave Poseidon a quick kiss before doing the same.

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