Chapter 12: Up To The Fates Now

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Chapter 12: Up To The Fates Now

[Recap: Percy, along with the rest of the Council, decided to confront Leonidas with the intent to arrest him and hold him in camp until the Promised Day had ended. But their plan soon failed when Leonidas suspected their attack and prepared for them. The now revealed son of Heracles made short work either defeating or killing a few campers before throwing a dagger at Percy only for Annabeth to take the blade for him. Leonidas fled from the Big House, killed Peleus and stole the Golden Fleece before jumping into the air and flying off North-East.]

(June 3, 2011 - Several minutes later - Empire State Building)

Only a few minutes after taking off outside the Big House in Camp Half-Blood, a midnight black winged steed touched down outside the Empire State Building. Percy doesn't know exactly what the dozens of mortals around him saw since he paid them no mind, but he could only imagine what they chose to see. Only Annabeth mattered right now.

"Thanks again, Blackjack." Percy thanked the pegasus as he jumped from his back and as gently as he could, swept the still unconscious Annabeth into his arms bridal style and ran off towards the building.

"No problem, boss- Hey! Don't I at least get a sugar cube?!"

Percy ignored the pegasus as he forcefully pushed his way through the sea of tourists around the iconic building. He's sure that he received some insults or complaints as he nearly knocked down a group of people gaping at the building, but it all fell on deaf ears as he entered the building. Having to have caused quite the scene as he carried in an unconscious and bleeding girl in his arms into the tourist destination.

Percy was speaking to the man behind the desk before he even got there, ignoring the long line of people. "I need to get to the six hundredth floor."

Said man behind the desk didn't even look up from the magazine he was reading to answer. "Sorry, son, but there's no such-"

"Let me up to Olympus before I bring this gods damned building down." Percy threatened low enough so that only the two of them could hear. The ground beneath them rumbling and the air around them vibrating.

It was only now that the man moved his eyes over the magazine to look at Percy. Once he did he seemingly recognized him because his eyes widened until he looked down even further and at the unconscious girl currently bleeding out on the floor in Percy's arms and his eyes threatened to burst from his face. "Oh Zeus…" The man mumbled, staring in awe at Percy. "You're him."

"You know who I am?" Percy questioned lowly in a hushed whisper. "Then you know it's not an empty threat. I need Apollo now! Let me up there!"

The man visibly gulped. "B-but I'm not allowed t-to… Olympus is c-closed-"

"I don't care!" Percy growled, yelling so much that he gained the attention of the entire room. "This is life or death! I swear, if you don't let me up I'll-"

"Okay, okay," The man put up his hands in surrender. He reached into the desk and handed Percy a keycard that was immediately grabbed. "Just don't tell them I let you up, okay-"

"Thank you." Percy's voice was soft for the first time, surprising the man enough to cause him to blink. But by the time he registered this, Percy had raced towards the elevator, thrown the people currently on it off, and was standing there with Annabeth in his arms. Then the door closed, blocking his view of them.

"I pray to the Fates that Zeus just doesn't kill you on the spot…" He muttered under his breath. "Good luck."

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Percy leapt off the elevator as soon as the doors opened. He was planning on running all the way to the Throne Room, that is, until he came face to face with a small group of armored warriors wearing the symbol of Zeus. As soon as they saw him, the guards summoned their weapons and brandished them at Percy.

"Halt!" The one at the lead cried. "Olympus has been closed to all mortals by order of Lord Zeus! Turn back mortal, or we shall be forced to-"

"I need help! She's bleeding out!" Percy cut him off, looking down to Annabeth in his arms with pleading eyes. "Camp Half-Blood was attacked. The gods are in danger-"

"Stay back, mortal!" The guard cried, aiming his spear at Percy. "Olympus is closed-"

"I know that!" Percy yelled back, the air around him starting to vibrate in his rage. "But Annabeth is dying! I need Apollo!"

The guard only got closer. The tip of his spear shimmering with power. "That is of no concern-"

Percy let out a low, frustrated growl, the ground under his feet trembling. "Let me through or I swear I'll-"

"My my, what is going on here?" Suddenly a young woman of about twenty or so burst from a calm light in between Percy and the guards. She walked out of the light and elegantly stepped towards Percy when she saw Annabeth in his arms. Her voice very concerned. "My dear, is she alright? What has happened?"

"My Lady." The lead guard sucked a quick breath as she appeared, standing a little straighter as his men copied his actions. But she paid them no mind as she walked up to Percy and held her hand over Annabeth's body.

Percy didn't know who this woman was, but she was obviously a goddess with some authority. Over what and who she was, he didn't know. But she was as beautiful as Aphrodite with a warmer, kinder, more natural aura around her that, in Percy's mind at least, made her slightly more attractive than the love goddess. She had long, flowing blonde locks that fell freely down her back with a crown of beautiful pink flowers atop her head. She was dressed in a lovely, flowing white gown that almost looked like a wedding dress but in a more traditional Ancient Greek style. She was holding a sizable, golden chalice and, oddly enough, had a large eagle perched on her shoulder that watched Percy with intense interest. Percy blinked because of the randomness before coming to his senses. "She was stabbed in the stomach, it's pretty high but I don't know what it hit. She's been unconscious since it happened and it took some time but we finally got her to mostly stop bleeding." He quickly told the woman, hoping to any being that listened that she was kind enough to help as well as a healing goddess. "I need to see Apollo but these guards won't let me. Please, you-"

"She is not well." The woman spoke calmly yet with haste. She moved her hand to float over Annabeth's wound, her eyes widening once it moved over her stomach. "By the Fates, this is not good…" She mumbled to herself. Her hand beginning to emit a soft ethereal light that soothed Percy and filled him with more energy, life and calmed him. Suddenly she looked up to Percy. "We must take her to my mother right away, she is at risk. Come with me."

"Your mother?" Percy asked hesitantly. "But shouldn't we see Apollo-"

"Apollo will tend to your love, do not worry." The woman reassured him softly, washing her glowing hands over Annabeth's stomach. "I have used my abilities and Domain to further her life expectancy at the moment and, in a word, 'jump-started' her body's' self healing and improved demigod rejuvenation abilities. Her external injuries, strain, any scars, lingering pain and energy have been healed, removed or restored, but I have done all I can for her at the moment. While I am not a healing goddess, I have some ability and have done what I can to heal her. But my mother and sister can tend to-"

"My apologies, my Lady..." The lead guard spoke up cautiously, his head slightly bowed to the goddess, unwilling to let his eyes fall on her. Like he did not want to incur her wrath despite the calm, kind and genuinely innocent aura she outputted. "But Lord Zeus has declared-"

"I care not for what my father has declared." She told them dismissively yet somehow still kindly at the same time. "My mother would wish to help this young woman, as do I. So you will allow them entry, understood?"

"But my Lady…," He hesitated slightly, his voice tense. "Your father-"

"Understood?" She repeated herself, a little more authoritative this time.

The lead guard, along with the others behind him hesitated for a second before quickly bowing their heads low to her. "As you wish, my Lady."

The goddess turned back to Percy, a small, warm smile forming on her face. "Be at ease, Perseus Jackson. I sense that the worst has already past for your love. But we still must see my mother and sister. They will tend to them."

"Them-?" Percy was asking but was cut off when she suddenly teleported them into the Olympian Throne Room without warning. In the middle of one of Zeus' speeches, apparently, because the king of the gods was currently sitting in his throne addressing the council when they entered. As Percy, Annabeth and the mysterious goddess entered the room with a dazzling array of lights, it of course gained that attention of the entire council.

"What is the meaning of this?! This is a closed assembly-, oh, daughter," The king of the gods' voice calmed once he recognized the goddess and turned softer than Percy often heard it. "What is it? Has something happened?" Zeus was actually sounding kind, that is, until he laid eyes on Percy. "What are you doing here? Olympus is closed-"

"Mother," The goddess cut off Zeus without so much as a worry. Looking right to Hera beside him and gesturing to Annabeth in Percy's arms. "This young woman has been injured. I have done what I can but she needs your assistance."

Hera rose from her throne and looked to Annabeth in Percy's arms. "Tell me what has happened." She ordered as she made her way to them. Motioning her hand in a 'come here' action to Apollo. "Come, Apollo, this young woman is injured."

"Annabeth…" A goddess with striking stormy grey eyes slowly rose from her throne, her face filled with shock. "No…" Athena was besides her daughter a few seconds after Apollo arrived and summoned a medical cot for Percy to place Annabeth on.

"Percy?" Poseidon looked to his son and his son's girlfriend with fearful eyes. He too made his way over to the small group.

"What happened to her?" Hera asked Percy, not wasting a second and summoning a soft aura around her hands and holding them over Annabeth's stomach. "By the Fates…" Her eyes widened. She quickly faced Hermes. "Retrieve Eileithyia right away, we will need her assistance. As well as Asclepius to assist Apollo."

Hermes hesitated slightly, eyeing Zeus but the king of the gods was so stunned that he didn't say anything, so Hermes nodded before racing off. "Right away, my Lady."

"She was stabbed in the stomach by a knife." Percy told the goddess quickly. "It was thrown-"

"What has happened to my daughter?" Athena demanded, looming over Percy. "If you have harmed her-"

"She was hurt by another demigod at camp." Percy cut her off, his tone becoming defensive over the accusations, a dangerous endeavor. He quickly looked to Zeus still on his throne. "Camp Half-Blood was just attacked! A demigod attacked the War Council, killed a few of us, almost killed Annabeth, stole the Golden Fleece and killed Peleus!"

Zeus looked like he was going to say something but Artemis beat him to it. "Was it this Leonidas that we suspected?" She asked Percy as she approached, now almost half the council was off their thrones and around the injured young woman. "He managed to defeat the entire War Council by himself?" Her voice was filled with nerves and fright as Percy nodded. "You cannot be serious. No mortal should be able to do that."

"How is she, Apollo?" Hera asked as the medicine god examined the young girl. Her hands still emitting an ethereal glow and hovering over Annabeth's stomach.

"Her vitals have leveled, her life is no longer at risk. However, she will have a very lengthy recovery once I manage patch her up." He answered, looking from Hera to Percy. "But I need to examine the wound, may I?"

Percy didn't even hesitate. "Of course."

"Alright." Apollo nodded, summoning a pair of long medical scissors. "I will do my best to keep her as modest as possible."

"Be sure that you do, brother." Artemis warned him as she stood next to Percy.

With that the god cut a straight line from the hem of her shirt to just under her chest, being extra careful about the dagger that was still in her. Once the wound was visible to the air Percy's breath hitched, he hadn't seen it yet. And while he had seen much worse injuries before, this one was on Annabeth so his judgement wasn't very clear.

"The dagger has punctured her small intestine, just missing the kidney by a few hairs. Luckily it isn't very deep. And thank the Fates that this is a silver blade and not a Celestial Bronze one… We must be thankful that Annabeth is not a werewolf, as it would have killed her on the spot if she was." Apollo muttered as he inspected the wound, summoning a vial of Nectar and lightly pouring it over the wound. "And the blade has seemed to miss anything vital, excluding her small intestine, but I can easily handle that. I can tend to her internal injuries in time, but I need to move her to my palace. In my weakened state, I cannot heal her outright, this will take some time. I may have to put her in a healing sleep until after the-"

"What is that?" Percy asked, cutting the god off worriedly.

"What you would call a 'healing coma'." Hera told him kindly as she continued to wave her glowing hands over Annabeth's lower stomach, away from where the blade hit. "With our dwindling power even we can't heal her right now. It may be the only option-"

"Do whatever you need." Percy told her. "We can-" He started to say but it was finally now that Zeus seemed to realize everything going on because the king of the gods stood from his throne and moved towards the small group.

"You will tell me what has transpired at Camp Half-Blood." He ordered strictly, looming over Percy like the overdramatic king of the gods that he was. His eyes darted quickly to Artemis before returning to Percy. "What demigod do you speak of? What has happened to the Golden Fleece?" His voice then lowered dangerously. "Then you will tell me why you seem to believe that you can storm into a private assembly while Olympus is closed-"

"Please do not be angry with Perseus, father. I allowed him entry." The mysterious goddess stepped up to the king of the gods, putting her delicate hands in his larger one in a begging fashion. Looking up to him like a pleading child she spoke. "I could see the pain and desperation in his eyes for his love… and I could not deny him assistance. Such a thing would be impossible for me." Her eyes grew slightly larger like a puppy begging for forgiveness after a scolding. "Please to not be angry with me, father." Her voice started to shake like she was trying to hold in tears. "I was only trying to help-"

"I could not be angry with you, daughter." Zeus reassured the goddess kindly, placing his large hand on her shoulder and offering her a rare smile. It disappeared however when his eyes moved to Percy. "I see that I have no choice but to grant you permission to briefly stay here, Perseus Jackson." He told Percy coldly with narrowed eyes. "But as soon as Athena's daughter is healed, you will both have to leave. Olympus is closed-"

"Because of the Prophecy and the Promised Day, I know." Percy said quickly, gaining the attention of every god in the room bar Apollo as he continued to tend to Annabeth. Percy looked right to Zeus. "The Mortal of Might in the Prophecy has been discovered. He was the one that attacked the War Council at camp, killed a few of us and hurt Annabeth." Percy said the last part looking right to Athena before turning back to Zeus. "I also know that you tried to have me killed, several times." The king of the gods instantly stiffened, as did every other god in the room as if the sensed Zeus' internal shock. "But I honestly don't care about that right now…" Suddenly Percy did by far the single dumbest and bravest thing he had ever done in his life and grabbed the god's expensive silk suit around his tie and forcefully brought Zeus' face down to meet his with a sudden jerk, ensuring that the god could see the boiling ire in his eyes.

Percy's voice was like bristling venom. "But once this is all over… I swear on the River Styx that you will answer for everything you've done to us demigods and this world. Mark my words. Maybe Leonidas was right in believing that you should die…" The thunder boomed overhead so loudly that the very marble floor beneath them shook, causing the entire room of gods to stare at Percy with wide, terror filled eyes. A mortal had just openly challenged and threatened the king on the gods and lived to tell the tale. Standing there still as a statue with a fistful of Zeus' suit in his hand as he stared down the god, with a powerful aura of vengeful energy rolling off of him, the other gods in the room fully understood why Zeus feared Percy so. If he wanted he could most likely kill a few of them in their current states before being subdued by Zeus' guards.

Percy roughly released the god with a dismissive hand and looked back to where Annabeth laid. "Right now I only care about Annabeth… but we also have to worry about Leonidas…" He looked right to Artemis, his eyes betraying his forced calmed exterior. "He plans on destroying Olympus and killing all of the gods on it… so we have to prepare for war." Percy then went on to tell them all everything that happened. From the beginning when he and the hunters ran into Leonidas in the woods, to his random appearance at camp. The giant man's immense strength, skill, natural talent and intellect. His ability to affect the courage of his enemies. Everything. Several of the gods interjected once every so often to ask questions or add their thoughts, but every one of them, Zeus and Hera included, were surprised to hear of his lineage.

"His name is Leonidas Dione Reed… and he is the son of Heracles." Percy told them, receiving a wide spectrum of reactions from confusion to complete and utter surprise to Athena's eyes widening as she covered her hand with her mouth and forcefully sitting down next to her daughter in what looked like shock. But Percy ignored her reaction and continued. "That's where he gets his strength from. We assumed that he was a son of Ares."

"I would be proud to call him my son if his strength and battle prowess are even close to your claims." The god of war chimed in. "But I didn't know that Heracles even had demigod children."

"Neither did I." Zeus said from his throne, sitting down to listen to Percy's story as Apollo tended to Annabeth with Hera's help. "I knew that my son abandoned his duty at the Pillars of Heracles for some time, but I did not know why."

"Nor did I, husband." Hera nodded from her throne next to him. "If I had I would not have chided him so for ignoring his duties. I just assumed that he was rebelling against his duty again. I do not believe that anyone knew-"

"I did." The mysterious goddess with the eagle perched on her shoulder spoke up, interrupting her mother and queen of the gods. She was sat with immaculate posture at the foot of her mother's throne, in between her parent's thrones, now looking up to Hera.

"You did?" Hera sounded astounded by this. "And you were not enraged by his unfaithfulness?"

The beautiful goddess only softly shook her head, her dazzling blonde hair shimmering in the light. "I will admit that I was hurt for some time that he had fallen for another woman… but I soon realized that the love between them was not because of any spite or hatred for me, but was genuine and true." She gave a soft half smile. "I cannot say that it did not hurt, but I forgave him in time. And he, in time, came to me to tell me what he dad done, that he had sired a child with another woman. He begged for my forgiveness, so I gave it."

"But how?" Her mother asked, genuinely not understanding. "Why?"

"Because that is what lovers do," She told the goddess of marriage with a soft smile. "They forgive each other. Because they love one another."

Hera said nothing as she let this sink in. From next to her Zeus cleared his throat, gaining everyone's attention again. "You say that this mortal, this son of Heracles, my grandson, is aiming to destroy Olympus on the Promised Day?" He asked Percy, receiving a nod.

"Then I say that we assemble our armies and meet this mortal blade for blade!" Ares said from his fiery thrown. "We still have the strength at the moment to destroy him outright, no matter if he has the help of a Titaness or not."

"Do you know of which Titaness is assisting him, Percy?" Hephaestus spoke up from his throne, twiddling with a few gears, assembling and disassembling them as he spoke. "You did not say who she was earlier."

"She would not tell me who she was," Percy shook his head. "But Leonidas mentioned who she was. He said something like… 'Eon', 'Eoe'... something like that." Suddenly he snapped his fingers. "Ah, it was Eos!" His shoulders slumped slightly as he wore a confused expression. "But who is 'Eos'."

"She was the Titaness of the Dawn many eons ago." Artemis said from beside him. "But we can tell you more after we take Annabeth to Apollo's palace." She faced Apollo. "Are you ready, brother?"

He nodded but faltered slightly seeing the large gathering of gods around the unconscious young woman. "Yes… but only you, Percy and Athena will be permitted to come." He told the other gods. "I need to focus on keeping her vitals level, and we do not need a large audience."

"I will be coming as well." Hera spoke up from her position still holding her glowing hands over Annabeth's lower stomach. "You will need my abilities. Even you or I cannot help them like Eileithyia can. So until she arrives I must be there to ensure their safety."

Apollo didn't even give it a moment's thought. "Of course, Lady Hera. I appreciate your assistance." He nodded to the queen of the gods before letting the various tools he had been using to disappear, the action tiring him slightly if his heavy breathing and slow movements were anything to go by. He quickly looked to Hestia who sat at the Hearth. "Will you tell Eileithyia and Asclepius to meet us in my palace please, aunt Hestia?" After receiving a quick nod he faced the small group. "Well then, let's get going. Time is not on our side." With that the god Flashed away with Annabeth and Hera, Athena quickly following them. A second later Artemis stepped up to Percy, put her hand on his shoulder in a comforting manner, then they too Flashed to Apollo's palace."

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(Later - Apollo's Palace, Olympus)

"Who is this 'Eos'?" Percy asked. "And why would she work with Leonidas?" It had been almost an hour since they had traveled to Apollo's palace. And in that time Apollo had taken Annabeth into an infirmary deep in the palace to work on her with Hera, making Percy wait with Artemis and Athena in the entryway lined with comfy couches and overstuffed chairs. After some time, Asclepius, the god of medicine and doctors arrived and immediately went in to assist Apollo and Hera. And not so long after that a middle aged goddess with a slightly heavier set and wider girth than Percy was used to seeing when looking at the usually perfect, beautiful and attractive gods and goddesses he normally saw, arrived. She was dressed in what almost looked like an old fashioned nurse's uniform combined with a nun or something with a large hood and long flowing crimson robe. She wore a pure white headdress atop her head with a matching white apron down her front. This, as Artemis had informed him via a whisper, was Eileithyia, a daughter of Hera. But besides that small piece of information, Percy didn't know anything about the new goddess, he only hoped that whoever she was, that she could help Annabeth where Apollo, Asclepius, Hera and the young mystery goddess from earlier couldn't.

"She was the Titaness of the Dawn like I told you before." Artemis told him after finally getting him to sit and stop his constant pacing that he had been doing since Apollo left with Annabeth. "She was the sister of Helios and Selene, the god of the Sun and goddess of the Moon, respectively."

"But she, like her brother and sister, Faded long ago." Athena spoke up from her seat several spaces away from them. She didn't bother to look up to them, only spoke as she faced the marble floor in front of her.

"But she couldn't have Faded." Percy said to the goddess. "I saw her. She showed herself to me and Rachel Elizabeth Dare, our Oracle. And besides, Leonidas seems to believe she's alive. And if she wasn't, then where did he get the ability to fly and control air and light? He's the son of Heracles and Heracles can't do that."

"You are right about that, Percy." Artemis agreed with a nod. "But I would have thought it impossible for any Titan or Titaness to grant their powers to a mortal, demigod or not."

"That is what perplexes me as well." Athena added. "In order for the mortal Luke Castellan to bear the power of Kronos, his body had to be strengthened with the Curse of Achilles so his body would not be simply destroyed from his immense power. Leonidas, while immensely strong and his body much more durable than normal, lacks the sheer invulnerability the Curse of Achilles grants."

"But Kronos didn't grant Luke any powers," Percy cut in. "He took over Luke's body as his own. It doesn't seem like that's what Eos and Leonidas are doing."

"I concur." Athena agreed, though her eyes were distant like her mind wasn't fully there. "I was merely stating the only other known partnership between a Titan and a mortal in recorded history. As far as I am aware, Leonidas is the only mortal to be granted the powers of a Titan. Eos must have made him her mortal champion, and as such, bonded them together as one."

"What does that mean?" Percy asked.

"We gods do not promote mortals without much deliberation," Athena explained instead. "As with you, Hestia named you her champion, so you, in turn, were granted with her support if you were ever in need. But for Titans… their method of choosing a champion must differ greatly. This is merely conjecture at this point, but I suspect that Eos and Leonidas may have, in a word, entangled their life forces."

Even Artemis next to him had a confused look on her face. "What do you mean, sister?"

"I mean," Athena went on, standing from her seat and beginning to pace again. "That Eos, in desperation of Fading as well as in her severely weakened state, may have tied her own life force to Leonidas in order to heal herself using his natural demigod regeneration abilities. And, in turn, Leonidas would be granted with some of her abilities."

Percy's eyes widened as he spoke. "And now with the Golden Fleece he, and now she, are both fully healed."

"This is merely a theory, but I believe that this is the most likely outcome." Athena nodded slowly to herself as she paced the large room. "I suspect that this is how Leonidas, combined with the abilities of his father, is so powerful. He is, technically, a son of Heracles, a Legacy of Zeus as well as due to his union with Eos, the closest thing to a…" The goddess paused slightly to let out a visible gulp as she wore a terrified expression. "... A demi-Titan that the world has ever seen. That explains how he is so powerful, he is no longer fully mortal or a demigod, but almost a new species. A demi-Titan."

"But how is that possible?" Artemis asked her sister quickly. "That has never happened before-"

"Just because it has never happened before does not mean that it is impossible, sister." Athena cut her of softly, her eyes distant as she thought. "But that does not explain why she wishes to destroy us. If I remember correctly she was a pacifist Titaness, was she not?"

"Yes, I believe so." Artemis nodded. "While she and I shared many similarities with our Domains, she was always the most distant and reclusive of her siblings. I cannot even remember a single instance of us having a conversation. So I do not know why she would wish to destroy us either."

"I don't know about Eos," Percy started, looking to the two goddesses. "But Leonidas had a personal grudge with Aphrodite. From what he told me, he hated her. He even told me that he did not believe in love as a child until he fell in love with a mortal named Mary." Percy's voice dropped slightly. "...Then she was killed in front of him. And he blames Ares for that. Which would explain why he would want Ares and Aphrodite, or, Love and War, dead."

Athena rose her finger up to her chin in thought. "As far as I remember, the only god she ever had contact with was Apollo after her brother, Helios Faded and Apollo took over his duties. But we cannot interrupt him right now to ask. Oh, yes, if I remember correctly, didn't Eos have a rather big disagreement with Aphrodite a few millennia ago?" She looked to Artemis. "Aphrodite may be able to shed some light on Eos, shall we ask her?"

"I would rather not, but if we must..." Artemis muttered under her breath before talking louder to the ceiling. "Aphrodite, if you are not occupied messing with the love life of mortals or applying makeup, we could use your assistance. So come here."

A split second later a bright pink puff of perfume appeared beside the goddess of the hunt. An absolutely stunning goddess dressed in a rather revealing pink fluffy bathrobe stepped out of the cloud and immediately wrapped Artemis in a hug.

"Oh Arty! It's sooo good to see you~!" Aphrodite cried as she enveloped the shorter goddess. "We haven't talked in ages, you never call, you never write-"

"Enough of your mindless prattle. And get off of me!" Artemis shoved the taller goddess off of her and started to fix her hair that got messed up in the exchange.

"Oh, allow me, Arty." Aphrodite pointed a finger at Artemis and without warning her hair morphed into an elaborate braid that snaked down her back elegantly. "Oh I always loved that braid on you-"

"If you are done, Aphrodite, we have some questions for you." Athena stepped in and quickly brought the conversation back to business.

"Oh, Athena, you're here too?" Suddenly the love goddess let out a high pitched shriek and rushed towards Percy. "Perseus! Oh you poor, poor thing! I'm so sorry this happened to you!" She quickly wrapped him in a tight embrace that made him more than a little bit uncomfortable due to the fact that she was wearing nothing but a bathrobe and he was pretty sure that he could feel nothing else under it. After a few seconds he managed to pull himself free and averted his eyes from her.

"Will you please leave the young man alone, Aphrodite?" Artemis scolded the older goddess. "And for Chaos' sake, put on some clothes before you give him a heart attack."

"Oh right right, sorry about that, my dear. I had just finished up with an absolutely heavenly full body massage and soak in my palace and was getting ready for bed when my favorite goddess called. But alas, I should not temp you so, Piper got on me last time for attempting to flirt with her friends. That girl needs to learn to relax, if you ask me." She winked to Percy before snapping her delicate fingers and transforming her robe into a beautiful sundress. "Now now, what can I do for you my dears-"

Suddenly another figure appeared in a dazzling array of lights next to Aphrodite. "Ah, Aphy, there you are. I was-" The goddess stopped once she noticed the small group and Percy's eyes widened again. It was the same mystery goddess from earlier that brought him to the Throne Room. She was dressed the same as before but the eagle that had been previously sitting on her shoulder was absent. The young goddess looked to Aphrodite. "Am I interrupting something? My apologies-"

"No no, it's alright, dear." Aphrodite assured her. "Arty, Athena and I were just chatting and-"

"Actually you are interrupting, sister. We must speak with Aphrodite, it is a matter of priority. You can speak with her afterwards." Athena spoke up a little rudely, most likely quickly losing her patience. She turned back to face Aphrodite. "Do you remember the Titaness Eos?"

"Nope." Came Aphrodite's quick reply before she immediately spoke again. "Oh wait, yes, yes I do remember her. I think."

Athena's eye twitched slightly. "You think? It is a yes or no question."

"It's yes," Aphrodite nodded quickly. "I remember her."

"Are you sure?" She asked the love goddess, receiving another nod. "Care to enlighten us?"

"Oh she was awful!" Aphrodite waved her hand at the last word, turning her nose to the ceiling. "I remember everyone said that she was the most beautiful woman on Olympus when I'm clearly the most beautiful. She had such a high opinion of herself, thinking that she could just waltz around batting her lashes and bed whoever she wanted-"

"You mean like you?" Artemis cut in, receiving a narrowed eyed look.

"As if. I have boundaries. She was never faithful whilst I-"

"Faithful?" Percy cut in this time. "Other than Zeus, you're like the most unfaithful person on Olympus. Aren't you married to Hephaestus?"

"Yes, she is." The new addition to their small group nodded eagerly to Percy. "And my poor brother has been heartbroken by her unfaithfulness for millennia. And, if I remember correctly, Eos wasn't married. Right, Athena?" The younger goddess faced the goddess of wisdom.

Athena nodded. "As far as I remember she wasn't. I seem to remember that she had a few relationship throughout history, but they all either ended in tragedy or death. Or both."

"That doesn't matter," Aphrodite interjected. "I caught her having an affair with Ares-"

"But weren't you, and still are, in an affair with Ares?" Athena cut her off. "Where is the faithfulness that you spoke of earlier?"

"It doesn't exist." The other goddess said cheerfully, receiving a scorned look from Aphrodite.

"My word, Hebe. Whose side are you on?" Aphrodite held her hand to her heart like she was deeply wounded. "You know I'm trying to be more faithful to my husband."

"Hebe?" Percy asked, looking to the blonde goddess. "Is that your name?"

"Why yes it is, Perseus." She gave him a warm inviting smile that caused Percy to smile back due to her cheerfulness. She stepped up to him with immaculate posture and form and held her hand out delicately to him like she wanted him to take it. "It is lovely to finally meet you after so long."

Percy raised a brow at her hand held out before him, looking over to Artemis for some sort of direction. The goddess of the hunt promptly nodded telling him to go ahead. "...It's good to meet you too, Hebe." With a slight delay he took her hand and went to lightly shake it but was surprised by her unassumingly strong grip. "But please call me Percy," He requested with a smile. "'Perseus' makes me feel old."

Hebe chuckled lightly to herself at this, her smile widening and her cheeks meeting her eyes. "Makes you feel old? Oh my dear, you are so young. Your body still flows with youth and will so for many years to come. So I would appreciate it while you can."

Artemis saw Percy's confused expression and explained for him, gesturing to her half-sister. "Hebe is the goddess of Eternal Youth, the Prime of Life as well as Forgiveness."

Percy's eyes widened slightly. "Oh, I remember you from history class at camp. Aren't you the cupbearer of the gods or something?"

Hebe's smile peaked slightly at the corner of her mouth. "Why is it that that is always what people remember me for?" She asked herself with a slight chuckle, so Percy knew that she wasn't upset, not that she even seemed like she could get upset. "But yes, Percy, I am the cupbearer of the gods. I tend to my mother, father, as well as the other gods during parties and events." Her face lit up slightly like she just remembered something. "But I am also the Patron of Brides, don't forget. So I expect to be invited to your wedding so I can offer Annabeth some advice and bless the union-"

"There will be no wedding." Athena cut her off coldly. Her eyes turning fierce as she faced Percy that made him grateful that looks couldn't kill. "My father, Zeus, as well as myself, have rejected his request to marry my daughter."

Percy let out a low growl from between his clenched teeth. "Which is still a load of Minotaur-"

"Maybe it would be best to talk about this later." Artemis cut her half-sister off as kindly as she could as to not start an argument with all the pent up frustrations and emotions swirling around the room. "Perhaps we should get back to asking Aphrodite about Eos?" She tuned to the love goddess with an expectant look.

"Oh yes, Eos." Aphrodite spoke the Titaness' name like a slur. "Well, as I was saying before someone here so rudely interrupted me, I caught Eos and Ares, whom I was dating at the time, mind you, in an affair. So I cursed her." She then gave a slight unbothered shrug like it wasn't a big deal. "Then she left Olympus and never came back as far as I know. And good riddance if you ask me-"

"You cursed her?" Artemis cut her off. "And you did not feel that this piece of information was important enough to mention earlier?"

Aphrodite just gave another shrug. "It was just a little curse. No harm done-"

"What kind of curse?" Athena asked, interrupting the goddess.

Aphrodite raised a delicate finger to her chin in thought. "Hm, let's see… Eos' curse, Eos' curse, Eos' curse." She repeated this like a mantra to herself as she tried to remember. "I've cursed so many people it's hard to keep them all straight."

"Well try to remember, this is of utmost importance." Athena's eye ticked in irritation.

"Perhaps you should curse less people," Percy muttered under his breath, his voice dripping with sarcasm. "So that you can remember one curse from another."

"Or perhaps so that less people hold onto grudges with you." Hebe said cheerfully from next to her friend. When Aphrodite looked to her with a hurt expressions Hebe's smile faltered slightly, but she maintained her stance. "I am merely stating my opinion, Aphy. Quite a few gods and goddesses speak poorly of you… so perhaps you should treat them better so that they, in turn, treat you better."

Aphrodite looked like she was about to say something but Athena spoke up first, bringing the conversation back on point. "Do you remember the curse you placed on her or not?!" She snapped, her voice rising so that it rung in the large room they were in. The others in the room were taken back by the sudden outburst, but admitted that her frustration was understandable given the circumstances with her daughter.

Aphrodite nodded quickly. "Yes, I do. To pay her back for lusting over Ares, I cursed her to forever have an uncontrollable lust over handsome young men. So much so that it is practically debilitating and almost painful. But just out of spite I made it so that every man she falls for dies prematurely." Her expression turned smug. "It sure showed her, didn't it-"

"You're despicable!" Athena cut off the love goddess. "Placing an eternal curse on someone to endlessly fall in love only for their lovers to die? That fate is worse than Calypso's! Didn't Zeus forbid you from placing such terrible curses on people?"

"He did long after the fact, yes." Aphrodite nodded. "But since no one besides me and her knew of the curse, I didn't get in trouble with Zeus. Honestly, it has been so long that I had forgotten about the whole thing." She gave a one shoulder shrug. "I doubt that she even remembers it."

"I doubt that she could forget, Aphy." Hebe told her without her trademark smile. "And I also doubt that she would forgive you. What you did to her was awful."

"And now we all have to deal with the repercussions." Athena added, giving Aphrodite a narrow eyed glare. "You do realize that your petty jealousy for Eos could be the cause for the entire destruction of Olympus, right?!" Athena shouted in her face, stepping closer to the love goddess. "If not for your jealousy for her beauty and status, she would not wish you dead and she would not have united with Leonidas. Because of you we are facing the darkest hour in Olympian history while we are at our lowest in power!"

"Hey hey," Aphrodite stood up a little taller. "Don't blame this on me. How was I supposed to know that someone I cursed a few millennia ago would come back for revenge?"

"How about you just don't curse anyone! You dimwitted-"

"Calm down, Athena. Act like your Domain and not a child." Hera stole the attention of the group as she made her way through the doors that led to the infirmary and stopped n front of the group. "Apollo has finished his work on Annabeth." That simple sentence sobered the goddess of wisdom. Athena's eyes widened as she tried her best to decipher Hera's mask of a face.

"How is she?" Athena asked. "May I see her?"

At this Hera's mask broke slightly. "She is… alive… but there were complications." She dropped her mask and offered a somber expression to Athena and Percy before travelling to Artemis and Hebe where she faltered slightly. "But to preserve her privacy, I would request that only Percy and her mother be present." She said to the two other goddess, with Hebe nodding in agreement and Artemis merely raising a brow. "But for now I can say that we have placed her in a healing sleep so that we can keep her alive until after the Promised Day. Then when our full powers are restored we will heal her completely. But for now, all we can do is wait."

"So she's going to be okay?" Percy asked hopefully, his hands clenched so tightly that his nails were drawing blood in his palms.

Hera's face dropped as she bit her lower lip in the most human expression Percy had ever seen. "I honestly cannot say." Percy's heart sank and his face dropped with his hands. Hera stepped up to the demigod and put a reassuring hand on his shoulder. "I am sorry, Perseus, but we have done all we can for her now. Her life is up to the Fates now-"

"Oh to Tartarus with this!" Athena suddenly yelled, pushing past the queen of the gods and up to the doors that contained her daughter. "I shall save her myself!"

"Hold on, child. I know your pain, but you cannot do anything for her." Hera tried to stop the goddess but her hand was swatted away. "Please calm yourself before going in-"

"Do not touch me!" Athena shouted, smacking Hera's hand away and throwing the doors open and storming through them. "I will not lose another child this day!"

"Athena! Come back here at once!" Hera ordered but was promptly ignored as Athena ran into the room. The small assembly of goddesses and Percy following her.

Apollo noticed the approaching group and turned to them with a somber expression that turned into confusion when he saw a furious Athena storming towards him. "Daughter!" The goddess yelled as she quickly made her way to the operating table. Are you-"

"Lower your voice, please." Apollo cut her off authoritatively. "She cannot hear you, Athena. I have placed her in a healing sleep with Hypnos' help in order to help heal her. But we are not sure if she will make it until the Promised Day-"

"Then I shall save her myself!" Athena declared as she pushed past Apollo and stood next to her daughter, her hand beginning to emit a bright golden glow. "How none of you thought of this is beyond me-"

As she made her way into the room, Hera's eyes widened when she saw Athena. "Athena, stop!" She ordered with a shout. "You know as well as I that my husband has banned-"

"I do not care!" Athena shouted back, spit flying from her mouth and the veins in her neck popping from her rage. "This is my daughter! You cannot force me to sit idly by and watch her slowly die!" She faced Annabeth again, her face morphing into repressed frustration. "You are supposed to be the goddess of family! How do you expect me to let my daughter die?"

"We do not know that she will die." Apollo stepped in, speaking calmly as to try to calm Athena down. "The probability actually is-"

"I don't care about the probability!" She roared at the only god in the room. "I will make her immortal and bring her back from the brink of death-"

"No you won't." Percy's low growl of a response caused the goddess to cut off and for the entire room to look to him. Athena's momentary shock quickly wore off and she waved a dismissive hand in his direction.

"You have no say in this, you miserable son of-" The goddess was suddenly cut off when Percy threw his fist into her face. "Ahhh!" The goddess flew back from the table and into the wall several yards away with a deafening 'thud'.

Percy slowly stood up from his punching stance, glaring daggers at the goddess. The floor below him starting to tremble and the air around him starting to shimmer. "I said, no you won't." Percy's voice was low and deathly calm, but his strained face and trembling hands gave away his internal rage. Percy watched as Athena, still surprised by the sucker punch, slowly rose to her feet. "You want to make Annabeth immortal?" He asked through gritted teeth. "Well I won't let you."

"How dare you strike me?!" Athena roared as she came to her senses, now standing tall. "You would prevent me from healing my daughter? You claim to love her, so how do you-"

"I won't let you make her immortal because I love her." Percy cut her off, his voice starting to rise and his forced calmness starting to unravel. "Annabeth doesn't want to be immortal! She and I- we, decided to decline immortality in order to be together, get married, have a family and grow old together." He stepped in between Annabeth's bed and her mother, slowly drawing a pen from his pocket with shaking fingers. "I promised her that I would do anything to make that happen. So I won't let you take that away from her!" He uncapped the pen with shaking fingers and held the newly formed sword at the goddess. His jaw was so tight his teeth were at risk from shattering. "It hurts like fucking Hades, but I can't let you make her immortal!"

Suddenly Athena summoned her sword and shield and held the blade out at Percy. "You would challenge me? The goddess of Wisdom and Battle Strategy? You think too highly of your abilities, mortal. I am not Ares, you cannot simply-"

"I love your daughter." He cut her off, clicking his watch into his shield. "And because I love her, I'd challenge all of Olympus if I had to!" He declared with a yell, the floor beneath him starting to crack and wind to suddenly pick up around him.

"Percy," Artemis reached out to him with widened eyes. "Calm down, if you-" But the goddess of the hunt was too late because without warning Athena charged at Percy sword first…

...Only to have her blade miss him completely as he dodged out of the way. "I will kill you for this!" Athena roared. "It is because of her foolish love for you that my daughter is dying!"

"Foolish love?" Percy yelled back, swinging his sword at the goddess only for her to deflect it with a little difficulty. "At least I love her!" He yelled back to the goddess. "I love her more than anyone in this world! More than you as well!"

"Why you!" Athena pushed through his attack and leveled her blade to his neck. "I'll kill you-" 'T'CHING!' Suddenly Athena's sword was knocked from her hands and fell to the floor. The goddess looked to her feet where a silver arrow laid then to where the goddess of the hunt was stood with her bow drawn facing her.

"It seems to have slipped you mind, sister," Artemis spoke slowly, her glowing silver arrow aimed right at the other goddess' heart. "But Percy is an honorary member of my hunt. So by aiming your sword at him, you aim it at me as well."

Athena's eyes narrowed at her sister. "You would align with this mortal over me?" She demanded.

"Not just her, but me as well." The god of medicine stepped up beside his sister, drawing his own golden bow and aiming an arrow at the goddess. "I can't let you forcefully make Annabeth immortal without the council's approval." Apollo's usually carefree attitude was completely absent as he pulled his arrow back even further. "And I of course can't let you kill Percy. Think about it rationally, Athena. We are too weak to leave Olympus, and even then we are severely weakened and not fit to fight. If you kill Percy, then who do you think will be able to stop Leonidas?" His eyes quickly scanned over her body. "In that short amount of time Percy almost shattered your jaw, fractured your left hand and broke two of your ribs. You haven't noticed it yet, but one of your broken ribs has punctured your lung. So I would suggest putting down your weapons and laying down before you pass out."

Athena only let out a stubborn low growl, summoning her sword back into her hand. "I am fine." She retorted, making a point to raise her sword a little higher. "But if you two decide to ally yourselves with him, then I shall defeat you too in order to save my daughter-"

"You can try." Percy cut her off, raising Riptide up to Athena's eye level. "Apollo's right, you're weak, I can tell by your slow movements." He studied her carefully. Her chest was heaving quickly and her good hand was tightly clenched around the hilt of her sword, but her arm seemed to be unable to hold the weight without a lot of strain. She looked like she was about to collapse any moment and was only standing due to her sheer will and stubbornness. "Stand down. Don't make me fight you." He told the goddess slowly, his voice calmer now as he lowered his sword. "Don't make me do that to Annabeth."

Athena held her sword up with all her might. Her eyes drifting back between Percy and her daughter. Her blade lowered as well as she bit her lip and had an internal debate with herself. Her eyes stopped on her daughter for what seemed like an eternity. Percy let out a held breath and let Riptide transform back into a pen, slowly stepping towards the bed where Annabeth slept. "Alright then," Percy started. "We can-"

"Aaargh!" Athena suddenly roared as she turned on her spot and quickly threw her sword out at Percy. The son of Poseidon was in the process of drawing Riptide as Artemis and Apollo let loose their arrows, but were too slow. Within the fraction of a second Athena's blade was inches from Percy's throat and was about to impale him…

...Only to be stopped when a figure appeared in between the two, knocking Athena's blade from her hand and deflecting the godly twins' arrows harmless to the ground. The queen of the gods stood silently in between Percy and Athena, a bright aura like shimmering peacock feathers was radiating around her. If looks could kill, everyone in the room would be dead.

"That is enough!" She suddenly yelled, looking back from Percy to Athena to Artemis and Apollo. "You would all be foolish enough to fight so close to Annabeth? Are you all mad?" Her eyes jumped from the twins to Athena. "Do you wish for your father to sense you fighting? Do you have any idea the damage you could cause if you killed Perseus? His father would demand retribution, not to mention half of the council that has sided with sparing Perseus." Her voice turned from a yell and more like she was scolding a child. "If you were to kill this young man it would cause a rift among the gods and send Olympus into civil war! Right now Olympus is on the verge of destruction from outside forces, but you seem insistent on destroying it from the inside."

The goddess let out a breath through her nose and relaxed her harsh expression. Slowly she placed her hand on Athena's shoulder. "I understand your pain, Athena, but you cannot forcefully make Annabeth immortal." Her eyes drifted to the still form on the bed. "In out states I am not even sure that we could safely grant her immortality… you would be putting her more at risk by doing so." Her softening eyes moved back to the goddess in front of her. "Right now… all we can do is leave her in the hands of the Fates and pray to Chaos for her to heal your daughter."

Without warning Athena dropped to her knees, her good hand held over her heart as her eyes started to drift backwards. "Catch her before she passes out!" Apollo ordered as he made his way to her. Percy's feet moved without him telling them and found himself catching the goddess before she hit the floor.

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After helping Athena to another medical bed summoned by Apollo, the god of medicine began to tend to the goddess and, after several minutes, had managed to pull the broken rib out of her lung. It was also during this time that Hera decided to spring the biggest news of Percy's life on them.

"I feel that I should tell you that while Apollo and Asclepius tended to Annabeth, Eileithyia and I tended to her baby. We used all of our available powers to assure that the child was safe."

Percy instantly knocked over a small rolling cart holding several medical tools, his legs threatening to let him fall as well. His eyes threatened to break from his face. "I'm sorry… what?"

The queen of the gods instantly froze, pausing from her work on Annabeth to face Percy, her own eyes widening as she noticed his surprised expression. "Oh my…" She muttered under her breath before bringing her hand to cover her mouth for a few seconds. "...You didn't know."

"Annabeth's… pregnant?" Percy asked, his brain unable to put those two words closer together.

From her spot on her own bed, Athena suddenly sat up despite the words of Apollo. She faced Percy with burning eyes. "My daughter is what?"

Hera stiffened slightly as she faced Athena. "Pregnant. Annabeth is pregnant." She gestured to Percy. "Perseus is that father-"

"Why you- You're no better than your father-" Athena made to get up and attack Percy but found that she was held down by Eileithyia who just Flashed into the room.

"Lay back down, sister." The nurse looking goddess scolded lightly, pushing Athena back down on the bed. Once Athena was laying down, the goddess turned to a still stunned Percy. "Ah, you must be the father. I am Eileithyia, goddess of Childbirth, Labor Pains and Midwifery. It is a pleasure to meet you."

Percy just stood there like an idiot as Eileithyia tilted her head to the side, watching him like she could see into his mind. "Ah, you didn't know, did you?" She asked, but said it more like a statement. She gave him a warm smile that reminded Percy of his mother. "But don't take it to heart, my child, the baby is still young, still under a full inch. I would say that she in no further than eight weeks along." Percy still hadn't moved so she stepped closer to Percy, lightly took his hand and led him to sit in a seat next to her.

"Do not believe for one second that she was hiding this for you because she was angry, upset or meant to hurt you. She may have been anxious, without a doubt more than likely scared by the knowledge of being pregnant so young…" She paused to carefully take his hand and squeeze in reassuringly. "But take it from me, my child, and I've looked after every child in the womb since my birth, she just didn't know how to tell you."

"Are you sure?" Percy spoke for the first time in a few minutes, looking from Annabeth to Eileithyia as he bit his lip. "What if she-"

"Doesn't love you? Is mad at you? Angry?" Aphrodite suddenly spoke up, slightly shaking her head. Percy forgetting that she had been there for some time. "Percy, if you say those words I will hit you." She stepped forwards and offered a smile, not the usual flirty, mischievous, sensual smile she gave him, but a reassuring one. "The love between you two is the purest I have seen in centuries… trust me, she loves you more than life itself."

"I can promise that she loves you as well." Hebe spoke up from next to Aphrodite. She looked from Annabeth to Percy. "I am the goddess of youth and I watch over not only brides, but the youth of the world as well. So I have been watching you for some time." Her usual smile dropped as she bit her lip. "I- I am sorry that I could not prevent my step son from hurting her… I had been watching him since he was a boy, but the last few years my vision of him has been clouded. I- I saw him attack the camp but was unable to do anything." Her chin dropped to hit her chest. "I am sorry."

"Step son? Percy asked in confusion. What do you-" Suddenly his eyes widened with realization. "Oh yeah, you're married to Heracles." He said, finally remembering the only other piece of information he knew about her from history class at camp.

The goddess nodded. "Yes, I am. And while he is not my son, I tried my best to look after him. I saw what he was going through… but I did not know the lengths he would go to in his hatred."

"It's not your fault." Percy told her softly, his head resting in his hand. "No one could have prevented it… Besides, I-" He paused to take a deep breath. "I don't think- no, I know that he didn't mean to hit her. He was aiming for me, Annabeth just jumped in front of the dagger."

"How do you know that?" Artemis asked. "How are you so sure? He killed other campers, correct? Why would he think differently about killing her?"

"...Because I saw the look on his face." He told them slowly, thinking back to earlier that day. "He- he told me the story of how his first love, a mortal named Mary, died in front of him after she jumped in front of a bullet meant for him… And I heard him say her name after Annabeth fell to the ground."

The room was quiet for a full minute as they processed this, the god and goddesses not knowing anything about Leonidas ad using this information to put together more of an idea of him. After another minute Eileithyia slowly got up with a little difficulty and made her way to Annabeth and held her hand over the demigod's lower stomach.

"Luckily for both of them, the blade hit very high and the child is so young that it had not moved higher and is so small." She paused to face Percy, offering him a reassuring smile that a grandma would find soothing. "I am happy to say that the baby is unharmed and unaffected, as of now." She added a second later. "However, while she is in the healing sleep the baby is at risk. Her body is very weak and will be unable to fully support the baby as it develops as it focuses on healing her."

"But that is why my daughter and I are here." Hera quickly told him as she stepped up besides Eileithyia, placing a hand on her daughter's shoulder. "We will tend to the child until Annabeth is out of her healing sleep and is able to tend to the unborn child herself. Hestia and Demeter have also stepped forward to help the baby develop and grow naturally." The goddess stepped up to Percy, lightly raising his chin to look up to her. "Do not worry, Perseus, they are in the best of hands they can be in. We have four goddess tending to the baby as Apollo and Aristaeus tend to Annabeth. You are now a father and, as such, have became a family with Annabeth and your child. Thus entering my Domain and my protection… So I give you my vow, that I will protect your new family with my life." Percy's eyes widened as she continued. "I swear it on the Styx."


(Author's Note)

Hey everyone, sorry again about the delay, but work has been crazy lately. I hope that this chapter helped reassure you all about Annabeth, she HASN'T lost the baby and it is alright(I won't be revealing it's gender until the end, sorry). I hope Percy's reaction was believable, the way I see it is that he's been through an emotional rollercoaster today and it hasn't fully sunk in yet. I also hope that you all now get why the gods aren't just killing Leonidas themselves a little more now. They are so weak that they cannot leave Olympus. And even if they did, Leonidas could most likely kill several of them without much trouble.

I know that not everyone will be happy about Annabeth being in a healing sleep and basically taken out of the story for a little bit until the Promised Day in about two weeks in story and five chapters. So she won't be out for that long. I'm sorry, but I had to follow through with the stakes I put in place. I just can't have her hurt like that the have her be better in the next chapter, that's anime anime logic right there and not realistic at all. But I also needed Percy at his limit, his angriest, at the point where he would do anything to win.

So we got some more info about Leonidas and Eos. More so her history with Aphrodite. Some clarification, Aphrodite was just jealous, Eos is actually one of the nicest beings in Greek mythology. But the history between them and the curse is actually taken directly from mythology. We also learned that Leonidas is, in a way, almost a demi-Titan due to his and Eos' life forces being connected. What do you think? Is that enough to explain how he's so powerful?

Last but certainly not least, Percy swore on the Styx to make sure Zeus pays for everything that he did to the demigods. Remember, he is responsible for a good number of them dying during the Third Titan War when he sent them to Olympus to fight the Titans alone.

Well, that's it for now. It's 2:30am and I gotta be up for work in two hours. Think I'll just stay up and start in ch13 instead of trying to get an hour so less of sleep. I'll just survive on caffeine at work then crash when I get home.

Fun Fact: Leonidas absolutely HATES tea, so whenever Eos makes it for him, he bears through his disgust because he is too nice to break it to her that the drink she has been making him for the past almost five years makes him want to gag.

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