Woh, reached ten! Double digits! Hey guys, sorry to take so long, communication between I and my beta was really bad as we haven't talked in many months as I've been doing some in depth thinking alone while my amazing beta Akira has been busy with life.

Also, I started and finished summer school which went from 7:45 in the morning until four in the afternoon. Five hours of History and two and a half hours of Economics took a toll on me over the past few months; I was way too exhausted after to really even think about writing, made up now because the second I got out of Summer school, story ideas came rushing to my mind and I felt like writing for those few weeks before school restarted.

Then, I started my senior year which has been a handful and I have an online class. Also, my computer has been broken since June so I haven't been able to put this up till now, though I'm using my mom's laptop. Well, despite all that craziness, I got this done so I hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Percy Jackson at all, sadly, just the books I've bought.
Song I'm listening to right now: 'America's Got Talent'(feel like watching it as I have yet to start; I love the show).

Chapter 10
Poseidon's P.O.V.

I was silent as I walked through Olympus. Sounds of music, laughter, conversations, and exclamations filled the streets as I walked through the market place, which was the center of Mount Olympus. I had just finished a meeting with my counselors in Atlantis and, seeing that it was almost six, I decided to go early to the Olympian Throne Room, just to get some time alone. As I reached the throne room, I grew to my godly form and closed the door lightly behind me. The room was empty; Hestia's hearth was crackling, though my older sister Hestia was nowhere in sight, probably down in Camp Half-Blood, tending their hearth. Walking over to my fisherman's throne, I sighed as I sat down, closing my eyes. Almost involuntarily, my mind flew back through the ages to the beginning of the 2000's, just when the Second Titan War had ended. Mental images of Percy stepping up when I called his name came to mind and I smiled bittersweetly as feelings of nostalgia filled me. I missed my son and regret everyday his death. Every day on his birthday and the anniversary of his death, I go to Hades and plead for him to allow Percy to talk to me. But, Hades always says no, though I continue to try every year. Not a day goes by that I do not remember my son and miss him. I wish every day to at least see him once again and, deep inside me, I hope that he either is reincarnated for a second life to get the isle of the blessed or that he is in Chaos' Army. I have always thought that it would be like my son to live on to help the Universe or to be reborn and help the world yet again, but I am slowly starting to lose hope that he has. Taking my mind off that, I decided to search for the mental sign of my son's old friend. Lord? Blackjack called. Hello Blackjack...have you heard of anything from Percy yet? Any signal that he is on earth again, whether with the Army or reborn? I softly questioned. No my lord, I am sorry, I have not sensed boss since he...left. He thought sadly and sorrowfully. Ok, thank you anyway Blackjack, you can go back to what you were doing before. And with that, I dimmed the mental link, going back to my own thoughts. I wish that, one day, I can see my son again and let him know how sorry I am for not standing up for him more and finally tell him how much I have always loved him and how proud of him I have been since the moment he was born. I was finally pulled out of my thoughts as I heard the door open and voices start. Looking up, I see Apollo and Hermes walking in, whispering quietly yet excitedly. My eyes immediately narrowed; those two never showed up on time, let alone early! They were laughing as they looked up and froze mid laugh as they saw me sitting in my throne.

"Awww! Uncle P, what are you doing here so early? We thought no one would be here!" Apollo whined. My eyes narrowed even more.

"And what are you two doing here?" I demanded. They froze, a look of terror on their face. Sighing defeatedly though, they exchanged looks before Hermes spook up.

"We thought no one would be here so we came early as we were going to prank Aunt Demi's throne. Can you turn a blind eye and let us do what we planned?" Apollo asked hopefully. I stared him down.

"What do you think? Now go sit in your throne and wait for the meeting to start." I stated sternly. They sighed sadly, looking down at the ground.

"Yes uncle P." The grumbled, eyes to the floor as they started trudging over to their seats and plumped down, grumbling to themselves with their pouty faces. I sighed as I rolled my eyes at their inability to stop teasing Demeter. At first it was hilarious and I happily let them do it and didn't utter a word about how I knew, but after constantly hearing Demeter's tangents against them, I have had enough of her yelling and nagging, plus all the pranks on her just get old. After a few minutes, Aphrodite walked in, talking animatedly into her phone, eyes bright with gossip.

"I know, I can't believe she did that either, Adikia! I mean can't Dike let go for once and just stop being all for 'justice' and 'morals'." She exclaimed, talking the Adikia, the goddess of injustice about Dike, the complete opposite of Adikia as she is the goddess of justice. I sighed, those two goddesses have been at it for millennia; they just can't get along, I mean I know your offices are important, but you shouldn't let them rule who you are and how you act to others, the ocean doesn't control me, it is a part of me and I don't hate Hephaestus for being the god of fire while I'm a god of water, he's actually a close friend. But, some people just don't realize that. Aphrodite spared us three a suspicious glance before getting back to her conversation, sitting down in her pink pearl and gold throne. A minute later, Athena walked in, head burrowed in a book as usual. Looking up for a second, she smiled in greeting at me and I smiled back. After Percy died, I withdrew from everyone around me. I locked myself up in my room and didn't come out for months. I finally came out though a few months in, but stayed emotionally distant from everyone around me. After a year, Amphitrite divorced me, saying our love had been gone for centuries and that I was not the same person anymore. Triton went with her, yet visits me often to help with Atlantis and do his offices as he is the heir. After she left though, I fell more into depression and stayed in my room. After a few weeks, Athena came to my palace, curious as I had not shown up for an Olympian meeting in a while. She was the first person to finally get me to open the door for them and let them in. She visited me every day and, slowly, I began to open up, explaining my sorrow and regret at losing my favorite son. She would provide wisdom, comfort, and encouraging words that brought me back to the person I was before. Even after I had stopped my depression though, Athena visited Atlantis every day and, soon, I found myself slowly falling in love with her. After ten years, we confessed our feelings for one another and have been dating since. We have been keeping it secret though, as we didn't want anyone to freak out or have people treat us differently. I think people grew suspicious though, as I hadn't had a child since Percy, though most of them just luckily attributed that to my sadness at losing Percy and how I don't want to lose another, not realizing it was because of the love and loyalty I had to Athena. She still had children though, as it would definitely be suspicious if she suddenly stopped and it would cause a lot of problems as a lot of the top minds in the world and the ones who have helped Olympus exponentially are hers. I promised her that I would not have another child, but after eighty years since we started dating, she pushed and pushed that I need to have a son and after being at a loss, I finally got an idea.

~~~~~~flashback~~~~~~

The sun was barely above the horizon when I appeared on a deserted spot of Cooper's Beach located in Southampton, New York. Nervous, I made my way to the edge of the shore where the waves softly hit, as it was low tide at the moment. Sighing, I closed my eyes for a second, shaking my hands slightly to get rid of my nervousness; I had never tried this before and I was hoping that nothing would go wrong. Summoning up my courage though, I took a deep breath, opened my eyes, and just as a wave crashed into the sea shore, I caught some of the sea mist that exploded in a spray from it and collected it together. Slowly and carefully as the sea mist swirled, I took some water from the sea and mixed it in. Very slowly, I took some godly power from my core and carefully added it in a stream into the swirling water ball. The pressure built as the ball of water started to glow a golden light, steadily growing stronger each second. After a few seconds, it dimmed and, to my shock and relief, a sharp cry sounded from the newly formed baby floating in the air. Reaching out, I pulled the baby out of the air and craddled them as it cried, rocking back and forth after making a cloth wrap around them tightly. After a minute, the baby quieted and, soon, opened its eyes. Though most babies, when born, are known to have blue eyes, demi-gods are slightly more advanced and are born with the eye color they have for the rest of their life. So as the baby opened their eyes, swirling sea-green eyes met my own and, with a start, I realized that the baby, was a little girl; the first daughter I have had in millennia, and I have only ever had one before who is long gone now. Tears fell down my face as love for my new baby girl grew. My eyes shifted from her face as I saw something white from her back that was not the blanket. Gasping, I realized that they were wings; as I had created her like a pegasus, I unintentionally had given her wings. Touching them and closing my eyes, I send them away into her, giving her the knowledge on how to make them appear and how to use them whenever she wanted to. Looking out at the waves moving across the sea, I smiled before flashing up to Olympus, on the porch of Athena's palace, invisible just in case anyone was around. Seeing no one, I became visible and knocked on the door.

"Come in!" The beautiful, sweet voice of Athena called. Smiling, I opened the door and closed it behind me softly as I stepped in, "I'm in the kitchen." Stopping in the living room, I made a sea-green baby carrier appear on the couch and strapped the baby in. Taking a deep breath, I made my way into Athena's kitchen with the carrier. Peeking around the corner, I saw that she was in the pantry, shuffling some things around, her back to me. Walking in, I set the baby carrier softly on the ground and turned it invisible, putting in under the counter so that she couldn't see it or run into it. Seeming to find what she was looking for, she grabbed it and came out, turning the light out and closing the door behind her. She smiled and her face brightened when she caught sight of me, "Poseidon! What are you doing here?" She exclaimed, setting the hot cocoa box down on the counter. I smiled, trying to act normal, "Do you want some hot chocolate?" She questioned as she lifted the lid of the cocoa tin. I nodded and, at that, she grabbed two cups from the cupboard, setting them down on the counter next to the sink where the teapot was. Filling it with water, she put the top back on and put it on the electric place mat, turning it on and spinning to face me, "What did you want to talk about?" She inquired. I sighed, sitting up straight.

"Do you mind coming to sit over here to talk about it?" I wondered. Athena seemed confused, but nodded, walking around the counter and sitting in the stool to my left. Turning to face her I spoke, looking down at my lap, "I know for the past few years, you have been pushing for me to have a child and I have been constantly going against that." I paused here, not quite sure how to continue. Athena turned to face me, curious now. Taking a deep breath, I continued, "I finally decided that it was time I did." Athena froze in shock at that. After a few seconds though, she shook off the shock and swallowed deeply, clasping her hands in her lap as she spoke slowly, trying to keep the emotions out of her voice.

"And...the woman you chose?" She asked timidly, probably one of the first times she's ever seemed timid about something. I smiled softly, reaching over and grasping one of Athena's hands, caressing it and I rubbed my thumb across the back of her hand. At my action, she looked up and her eyes met mine. Smiling at her, I spoke.

"I didn't choose anyone yet. I was hoping that you could help me with that." I offered. Athena looked away at that.

"I don't know if I can do that, Poseidon." She stated softly. I smiled, squeezing her hand tighter.

"Athena, I promised you all those years ago when we started dating, that I would never love another woman, and I will keep that promise." I pushed. She was really confused now.

"How Poseidon? You need another women for this." She reminded me. I chuckled, meeting her eyes.

"But I've found a different way." I revealed, smiling.

"What do you mean?" She wondered.

"The other day, I was thinking on this, and I came up with an idea." Letting out a deep breath, I stood from my stool and, turning the sea-green baby carrier visible, I picked it up and set it lightly on the stool, so relieved that my little girl had yet to cry; she would be a strong one, I could tell. Athena stared in utter shock at the baby inside.

"H-How?" She stuttered. Resting my hand on the counter, I spoke, keeping my eyes on my sleeping daughter.

"I was trying to figure out how to have a child without being with another woman and I got an idea. This morning, to check to see if it would work, I went down to the beach and created her like I created my horses." I explained.

"With sea mist?" She remembered.

"And some of my godly power." I added.

"She's beautiful." Athena whispered. Looking up at me with tears in her eyes, she hugged me, burrowing her head in my chest. Wrapping my arms around her waist, I hugged her tightly back, resting my chin on her head.

"I told you that there would never be another woman for me and I am going to keep that promise." I reminded her. Looking up at me, she kissed me lovingly as happy tears streamed down her face.

"Who will raise her?" She choked out. I smiled lightly.

"Let's go find out. Together." I stated.

~~~~~~End of Flashback~~~~~~

I was shaken out of my thoughts as I heard the door open. Looking up, I saw, to my surprise, that it was the black clothed, intimidating first guardian: Zayden Blaze. it was just him and I in the room as Aphrodite left after a while, something about coming too early to a meeting and how she was always supposed to be 'fashionably late', continuing her conversation on the phone as she left. Hermes and Apollo had left soon after, talking excitedly about playing a prank on someone(they didn't say who though, just in case I'd tell the person). Athena had left next, having finished her book and going to search for another in her incredibly enormous library. When Zayden Blaze looked up, his gaze fell on me, and, to my surprise and confusion, he hesitated in his steps. Stumbling a little before fixing himself and continuing to walk on, he acted as if that had never happened. In respect, I bowed my head to him for a few seconds before straightening up. Expecting him to continue on, ignoring me, I was pleasantly surprised when he actually bowed to me, head down. Standing up I saw a faint and...bittersweet smile on his face? Why bittersweet? Ignoring my train of thought, I spoke.

"Good Afternoon, Zayden Blaze; I hope the hunters are treating you well enough," I greeted, saying well enough because, well, they are the hunters, they would never be really nice to a male. To my surprise(which I keep feeling right now), he grinned brightly.

"Actually, it's going great! Well, the hunters do hate me and treat me badly, but they haven't played any cruel pranks...yet." He added, knowing they would sometime; clever of him...I thought to myself, "But one of the hunters is being really nice to me and is a good friend." He explained. My eyebrows furrowed.

"Who?" I inquired. His grin turned to a happy smile.

"Jessica, daughter of Hecate. She's been in the hunters since around the seventeenth century. She's great!" He exclaimed. Maybe I judged him too hard; he's a lot different than I expected, I thought to myself, a lot more expressive and emotional.

"Has she always been like that?" I questioned. He shook his head.

"Well, she isn't as male hating as the other hunters, though she doesn't like them. But I saved her life in the attack on the hunter's the other day and she felt like making it up to me, so she spent an hour with me and we just clicked together. Now we are always spending time together," His smile grew sweet here, "She's like a little sister to me." Sadness hit me at the voice Zayden used; the kind, soft, and sweet voice, sounded just like Percy's, especially how I heard Percy's voice when I wondered what it would have been like if Percy had been around when I had his little sister. Seeing my sad smile and expression, Zayden's smile faded to a concerned one.

"What's wrong Poseidon?" He inquired. Sighing, I spoke.

"It's nothing. It's just-" I cut off abruptly here. Taking a deep breath, I continued, "Hearing you talk that way, it made me wonder how my son, Percy," He seemed to tense here, though I didn't question why, "Would have reacted if he was still alive and had met his little sister." I revealed.

"...Little sister?" He timidly questioned, his voice full of held back emotion. I was confused at his reaction, but nodded.

"Yes. A few centuries ago, almost one hundred years after Percy-" I paused here, not wanting to say the word, "Disappeared, I had a daughter." I explained.

"W-what was her name?" He stuttered. Smiling softly, I answered.

"Ayla. I don't think I had ever seen anything so beautiful before she was born. Her kindness and intelligence..." I smiled here, "Just like her brother, Percy's. Powerful; almost as much as him as well. She also has a heart of gold. I know her and Percy would have been so close." My smiled was bitter as I finished.

"When...when did she pass?" Zayden wondered after hesitating on how to say it. Smiling, I chuckled.

"Oh she didn't. When she was sixteen, I made her the immortal camp counselor for the Poseidon cabin." I explained.

"So...she's there now?" He awkwardly and carefully questioned. I nodded.

"And she should be coming to these meeting soon too. I believe Zeus is going to ask up if the immortal campers will be able to join us." I brought up.

"Yes!" He exclaimed, really surprising me, "Yes, they definitely should! I-" He stopped abruptly here, realizing how he was reacting, his grin immediately vanishing, "I mean..." Sighing, he continued, "I have missed Camp Half-Blood and want to hear about it as I have not visited yet." He covered, thought I felt that wasn't the only reason he wanted them to come. But, letting it go, I nodded. Looking at the clock, I saw that the meeting was to start in five minutes. Seeing my gaze, Zayden realized that too and headed over to the center of the room, conjuring up seven seats for him and the other guardians and sat in the middle one. A minute later, Hermes and Apollo walked in, identical grins on their faces. Seeing me, they grinned wider(they were proud I hadn't found out who they pranked to tell on them, I figured) and they froze when they saw Zayden. Smiling nervously, they bowed their heads, before quickly going to their seats, quietly sitting down, scared of Zayden, which amused me to no end. I felt bad for Zayden though; he was so feared, yet from our conversation, he was actually really nice. Mentally sighing, I sat back and waited for everyone to arrive. Finally, everyone arrived and the meeting began. I noticed, though, that the little girl guardian Juliana had not arrived yet, but maybe the guardians will have the reason why she is not here.

"Welcome everyone to our daily meeting on the events of our homes and camps. Does anyone have anything to report?" Zeus inquired.

"The campers at camp half-blood are building up their defenses just in case an attack were to happen." Corina explained.

"Where is Juliana?" I wondered. The guardians were quiet as they glanced around at each other to see who had an answer. Finally, they turned back to us and shrugged.

"She must be caught up at Camp Jupiter. She'll probably be here soon or send a soldier with a message." Zayden formally told us. It was like night and day; this serious Zayden compared to the Zayden from before this meeting began. Maybe he's more comfortable with sharing his real self when it's one on one and not a whole group? Or maybe he is just in his soldier mode at meetings or something? Nodding, we continued.

"Lady Artemis and I have increased the protections on the hunter's camp as to keep them safer. They can also detect enemies up to ten miles away in any direction, just in case the enemy tries to sneak up on us." He informed us.

"Nothing's changed with the Amazons. They are just continuing to repair after the first attack and are almost done." Sophia brought up.

"As you gods know, Olympus has been fine; No attacks and there is no foreseen time in the future that there will be one. But, we are raising defenses just in case of a surprise attack." Ziana stated. To our shock, a voice sounded from the now opened throne room doors.

"The campers at Camp Jupiter are doing well; raising their defenses, of course, just in case as well as stockpiling their weapons." The voice came from a teenage girl with blond hair, wearing a casual outfit of a t-shirt, jeans, and tennis shoes.

"And...you are?" Athena wondered hesitantly.

"Are you a new member of the Cambiare group? I don't think I've ever seen you before." Kiani inquired as the other guardians nodded in agreement. The girl laughed, finding something amusing.

"I can assure you Kiani, that you have seen my before, quite frequently, If I say so myself. As have all of you guardians." She joked, grinning.

"Your name is?" Zayden asked, a calculating look on his face as he tried to remember seeing her face before. Rolling her eyes, the teenager shimmered for a second, turning into a familiar little girl dressed in a pink dress and outfit, before that image disappeared, the now identified guardian Juliana going back to her teenage form.

"Juliana?" Jordan gasped in shock. I didn't blame him though as I was shocked as well.

"Of course! Who else would I be? Sorry to confuse you though, my group and I have been having some...complications with the Camp Jupiter campers. They seemed to believe that we were weak just because most of us took the forms of children, so my group and I have taken older forms to show them the error of their underestimation." She slowly spoke. Jordan grinned.

"You didn't take that well, huh? Because, after knowing you for centuries, I have never seen you in this form. Ever." He emphasized, the other guardians confirming his statement with nods. Her grin turned evil.

"Well, I am determined to make them stop judging people from how they look and I believe this is the best way to. So, for the next week or so, I will be in this form, until I get an apology from the entire camp for their quick to judge attitudes." She was sitting down in the last of the seven seats, looking expectantly to us, "Who is next?" She asked, changing the subject.

"Atlantis is fine. No disturbances so far, but we are keeping watch." I spoke.

"Anything else?" At everyone's silence, Zeus continued, "I was wondering if you all would be alright for the immortal campers and leaders of both camps as well as the Queen of the Amazons to join us in these meetings as well. Also, if you would allow the hunters. All who vote for them to join, raise your hand." He ordered. All the gods and goddesses, including me, quickly raising our hands at the thought of seeing our children more. Over the centuries, the ancient laws have been lifted, meaning we could visit camp anytime we wanted and spoil our kids as much as we want. This has made us even closer to our children and has made life better for every god and goddess as well as, I hope, the demi-gods. Now, we couldn't get enough of seeing our kids and took every chance we could to see them. On top of all the gods, all the guardians raised their hands as well, making the vote unanimous: they would be joining us in these meetings, "Ok, please inform them of the fact that they will be joining us. If that is all, meeting adjourned." And with that, we all flashed away to our homes, whether temporary or forever, ready for the rest of the day, all excited for tomorrow's meeting.

Song I'm listening to right now: 'Animal Crackers In My Soup' by Shirley Temple(listening to my disney station on Pandora right now; yes, as I have shown before, I am a huge fanatic about disney).

Yes, I'm done! I've had most of this done for a while, but I got too caught up in summer school and actual to actually finish it up till now. I hope you liked it, I really wanted to focus on Poseidon this chapter to show his thoughts on Percy's 'death' and everything else. I couldn't help, but throw in a secret relationship between Athena and Poseidon; I'm a Pothena fan at heart and I always have been. Well, please tell me what you thought about this chapter! Sorry to take so long, but I hope this makes up for the long disappearance! Hopefully I'll talk to you soon!