Third Person POV
Percy sat cross-legged as he meditated above what is considered the most isolated large mass of water, Lake Vostok, found in the most isolated and sparsely populated continent, Antarctica. He had his eyes closed and he was calming down his nerves from his encounter with the quest members.
-Flashback-
Percy stood where he was with the eyes of the quest members on him accompanied with those of the goddess Artemis. Everyone present had wide eyes and was struggling to comprehend how easily he had defeated Atlas. It was, a refreshing experience for the quest members to say the least. PerVy turned around and as he gazed, he let go of his demon inherited powers, and his eyes returned to normal. Everyone there gasped as they came to realise who he was. Of all of the people present, Artemis was the most unnerved, mostly due to his earlier statement. She was unable to guess his parentage but could tell he was the son of a shadow diety from his ability to shadow travel. She thought about gods who had a domain related to darkness and had a Kingdom related to darkness. The first thought that came to her was Hades, and it would make sense a bit that he would send someone to be the guardian of his daughter, but it was unlikely due to his speed and that sword of his. She ran other gods through her head, but none of them worked with him. But, suddenly, as she was thinking about these, an old story came back to her. Long ago, in the old age of Ancient Greece, it was said that her father attempted to punish Hypnos, for something that she couldn't remember now, but Hypnos ran away to his mother who resided in Tartarus, who in her maternal fury, scared Zeus so badly that he ran away as fast as he could.
"Is it possible he is a son of Nyx?" thought Artemis, "His abilities match and it would explain his speed and that sword of his, but the primordial have retreated for a long time, and not a single sign that they were alive remained". She was snapped out of her thoughts by Percy who snarked, "You may as well take a picture, it will be longer".
It was almost immediately that all of the girls were snapped out of their thoughts and they looked at his face, now realising that the balaclava with the strange hood was gone. As the girls stared at his face, most of them couldn't help but blush, Bianca, Annabeth and Thalia had faces so red they could be mistaken for tomatoes, even Zoe and Phoebe had a light blush adorning their face, and Artemis, her cheeks held a tinge of gold. Artemis was the quickest to snap out of this, and she immediately demanded, "Boy, you are to come with me to Olympus. The council will decide your fate".
Percy couldn't help but smirk at this comment, and his pearly white teeth came into view, appearing almost blinding with such light intensity, but he quickly responded. "Ahh, Artemis, haven't changed much I see. One would assume that being under the sky and being saved by a man would teach you some humility, but it appears not. Perhaps you would like me to smack some into you. After all, Atlas wasn't much of a challenge, even in my weakened state, perhaps you will be more of a challenge". Artemis narrowed her eyes at this. That was impossible, no being could take on Atlas so easily, even with the combined force of Zeus, Poseidon and Hades had struggled. Although Artemis didn't believe herself to be arrogant, she couldn't help but think that she was the best warrior in the family, with Athena a close second. As Artemis readied herself for an attack, she saw the boy's (Percy) hand dash forward, and she could only watch in surprise as a murky silver kunai with metal chains through the whole sail towards her, and in her state of shock, all she could do was close her eyes. Immediately, she felt a stinging pain on her cheek, and she kept her eyes close expecting more, but when she closed her eyes, she saw the boy simply playing with the kunai. Wearily, she raised her hand and felt her cheek, where she could feel something wet, and bringing her hand to her face, she saw it was a golden liquidy substance, Golden Ichor. She looked back at the boy, who had a small smile adorning his face, which made her all the more annoyed. He turned around, his back facing them, and he began walking away.
Artemis couldn't help but blurt out, "The gods will hunt you down and so will I, don't expect mercy".
The boy turned his head around with a smirk on his face, "I do not expect mercy, I expect incompetence, and don't worry, where I'm going, even your father is afraid of going in fear of facing the combined wrath of my mother and father". And suddenly, he started to dissolve, and as soon as his body was gone, there where his feet had been a raven carved into the floor.
"So you are my brother, I would have expected you to be scarier" came a voice snapping Percy from his meditation. As he opened his eyes, he came upon a 5'3 woman with blonde hair and black eyes. She had a slightly pale complexion and seemed to ooze an aura similar to that of Azazel, only slightly stringer. Percy stared at her for a second before he responded, "Lilith, father informed me of your disappearance, but I did not believe you would attempt to contact me, so, to what do I owe this pleasure dear sister".
Lilith soon replied, "You are interesting. You are powerful enough to destroy the Olympians who would kill your mother should they find out who you truly are, and yet you do not. You know that as a son of an archangel, the level of power you will come to wield would be strong enough to eventually rival grandfather, and yet you do not abuse this knowledge. Why?".
-Line Break-
Paris, better known as the city of love, was even at midnight, incredibly beautiful. Sure it was as lively as New York at night, but it was incredibly beautiful and held heritage and history, where New York didn't. A figure dressed in black Ralph Laurens jeans and an ice-white Polo shirt that was accompanied by white Polo court shoes, and even though it was midnight, black sunglasses adorned his face. There were few people awake at this time, even less than normal due to the cold weather present today, and none bothered to pay attention to him. After all, it was very common for men with extravagant wealth to visit, and this figure seemed to fit with this picture perfectly. The presence of this figure had caused a large global phenomenon that climate reporters couldn't even begin to understand. Dark storm clouds had been governing the skies of Paris for the past few days, and on multiple occasions, it even snowed, much like it was now. Tiny crystal snowflakes gently descended upon the sky as the figure made his way to one of the most famous buildings in the world, the Eiffel Tower. With each step the man took, ice seemed to materialise beneath his feet and spread outwards, freezing the street. However, not one person bothered to look at the figure, the effect of his presence appearing almost invisible, just how he liked it. The man checked his wrist, where a golden watch was but that wasn't the only object that grabbed your attention. A silver ring adorned one of the figure's fingers, and even in this darkness, seemed to gleam and shine, but that wasn't the only extraordinary part of it, but rather the exquisite blue gem that adorned the ring.
The figure sighed before suddenly disappearing into what looked like a miniature black hole. A second later, at the base of Eiffel Tower appeared the figure, looking bored. He was snapped out of his boredom by a sweet voice. "My My, you sure made an impression with the Olympians cousin. I do not remember the last time Zeus was so scared that he shit himself".
The figure turned around and was met by the sight of a woman that anyone would consider perfect. Curly brunette hair, light tan, plump lips, shapely figure and pink eyes that seemed to entrance you. "Aphrodite, uncle told me that you change your appearance to suit what a person believes is perfect, so please, change into your true form".
"See, that is what is surprising me, Percy, I already am" came the reply from the woman now identified as Aphrodite. Percy carefully analysed Aphrodite and couldn't sense any lies in her words so he nodded, and asked, "Explain".
"As you said, normally, my appearance changes to suit each person, but you are special, you're somehow able to make me appear in my true form, something no being has been able to do, not even my father Ouranos" came the reply from Aphrodite. Percy raised an eyebrow for a second before saying, "So, why have you asked for me, I have some training to do, and you are wasting my time. You make me come to Paris so you can talk with me, and yet you do not give me a date and time, expect me to wait for you a few days before you send a dove to me telling me that we have to meet at midnight, so whatever you have to say, it better be important". As these words escaped his mouth, the temperature around Paris seemed to drop even more, almost reaching 0 degrees celsius.
Aphrodite was surprised by this but continued to answer the question. "Zeus has realised that Nyx and Erebus are your parents, and added with the details Thalia and Bianca have told him, he has become paranoid, and against the wishes of the council, he has deemed you a threat to Olympus and even put a price to your head. Poseidon has chosen to refrain from informing the people of the sea of the price of your head, and Hades has begun amassing an army in case Zeus tries to force him to side with him and so has Poseidon. Athena has been going on as normal and focuses on the war with Kronos, Hera has for the first time chosen not to side with Zeus and has been giving him the silent treatment. Demeter believes that you have 'been eating your cereal' so she has chosen to refrain from informing any of the land spirits of this bounty on your head. Apollo has sided with you because you saved his sister, but the same cannot be said for Artemis. She has been trying to hunt you for the past two weeks, and each of her attempts have failed. Ares is eager because he believes that he can fight and defeat you, my ex-husband doesn't care and he has returned to his forge where he tinkers with his machines. Dionysus is too lazy to care and unable to do anything because he is stuck at camp. Although the price on your head is high, most of the minor gods that aren't your siblings are too afraid to try anything. I am sorry that I wasn't able to contact you earlier, but as a child of Ouranos, Zeus was keeping a close eye on me to make sure that I wasn't siding against him".
Percy looked at her, slightly surprised by the detail in what she said, and he calmed down a bit realising that he had acted rashly. He let out a deep sigh, before replying, "Thank you. I'm sorry for being rude to you. Is there any way for me to make it up to you".
As soon as those words escaped his mouth, he regretted it. Aphrodite squealed like a guinea pig and almost immediately replied, "Of course there is, you are going to come shopping with me, and we're gonna have some lunch after that in Rome, and then shop some more. It'll be like a date Ohhh, I can already imagine what I'm going to buy".
Percy cursed under his breath until a sudden realisation hit him, "Did you just say date?"
Aphrodite nodded, and just as he was about to retort, she replied, "Nu-uh, no way are you getting out of it. You are going to take me, and that's that". As soon as that was over, she flashed out, leaving a distinct smell of expensive perfume and roses. "Damn it", muttered Percy before, he melted into the shadows and disappeared.