Artemis quickly flashed to the gathering on Olympus. Perseus attacked Camp Half-Blood? What would cause Perseus to do such a thing? Artemis sat on her throne while pondering the possibilities while looking at the gathering of gods who assembled for the meeting.
Her brother Apollo was the first to speak, "That good for nothing son of Poseidon decided to attack our kids! He deserves to be roasted by the power of the sun!"
"What are you trying to say about sons of Poseidon!" Poseidon himself yelled back at Apollo while he was standing up.
Apollo glared at Poseidon "Your son attacked Camp Half-Blood harming several campers and he clearly blames the gods for all of their problems, as if we should worry about them!"
Poseidon took his trident and was preparing to speak before he was interrupted by Zeus standing up.
"Enough!" Zeus cried while thunder roared in the background. The entire room fell silent and paid close attention to Zeus.
"As I'm sure you were all updated on, Perseus has attacked Camp Half-Blood." Zeus looked at each of the gods here. Zeus then went on to explain in detail the attack and the growing horror and anger present on each of the gods' face increased.
"Perseus Jackson must be brought to justice, but he must first be found. Poseidon, any idea of Perseus' location at the moment?" Zeus aksed.
Poseidon still had an expression of disbelief that his son was being implicated or at the possibility that his son would do such a thing.
"No, he is not near any water source at the moment, so I do not know where my son is" Poseidon answered through clenched teeth.
"How do we even know my son did it in the first place?!" Poseidon questioned the whole room.
"There was no trial for him, where is the justice in this!" Poseidon continued in his defense of his only demigod son.
Ares then stood up from his throne. "All of the campers confirmed it was Jackson and even Jackson's best friend Annabeth testified that it was indeed him who attacked the camp, enough said", Ares finished talking and sat back down with a smirk on his face.
Athena then stepped off her throne, "I am the goddess of wisdom Poseidon, not you, so therefore I can say that the overwhelming testimonies and eyewitness accounts here point to Perseus Jackson being the culprit. Perseus himself indicated in his little speech that us gods were at fault. As if!" Athena huffed while giving off an aura of sheer certainty that swayed over many of the gods who were unsure about Percy's guilt.
"So Poseidon, it seems all of your children really did inherit your tiny brain after all!" Athena shot Poseidon a smirk.
Poseidon fumed while radiating off an aura of pure anger causing the floor to shake before taking a deep breath and shooting Athena a pure look of contempt.
Hermes sat watching the whole argument with a melancholy look remembering his lost son Luke who also felt neglected. If only I had paid more attention to him, these Ancient Laws only served as excuses to not visit our children. What kind of gods are we if we cannot even care for our children properly?
Artemis herself kept silent on the matter while still in deep thought. It seems likely that Perseus is responsible for the attack, but he saved me and took the sky under his burden, if he thought the gods were that terrible he wouldn't have done that right?
Another part of her mind told her: You're growing soft on a male Artemis, what happened to being the goddess of chastity and swearing off the company of men forever? You talk about how terrible all males are and yet here you are thinking about the possibility of a male being innocent! Do you want Percy to hold you and -
Artemis shut down her confusing thoughts on the son of Poseidon and focused back on what was transpiring on the meeting.
"Fine Poseidon if you insist on justice, we will have a vote, raise your hand if Perseus is guilty and should be brought to justice." Zeus intoned with authority.
Artemis wasn't sure what to do. On the one hand, a part of her still believed Perseus to be innocent but another part also thought he was guilty.
Although on the outside her face was a mask of calm, her thoughts were a mess and an inner conflict was taking place. I should be voting guilty, but why aren't I? The question echoed in her head. The great Artemis sat there on her throne debating, but by the time she refocused back on the meeting, the vote had already taken place.
9 hands rose in the affirmative. They were Ares, Zeus, Demeter, Apollo, Dionysus, Aphrodite, Hera, Hephaestus, Athena.
"All opposed?" Zeus asked.
Only Poseidon and Hermes raised their hands opposed to Percy being declared an enemy of Olympus.
Zeus looked at Hermes with a questioning look, "I can understand why Poseidon would vote no, but why would you Hermes?"
"I believe that Perseus would not commit such an act of violence against his own friends, his fatal flaw after all, is personal loyalty" Hermes answered confidently, and then sat down.
Poseidon looked at Hermes with a look full of surprise mixed in with appreciation and then gave Hermes a brief nod. Hermes nodded back and then leaned back in his seat.
Zeus looked around at the assembled gods and declared "Let it be known that Perseus Jackson, Son of Poseidon, is to be hunted and brought to Olympus to await justice!"
Zeus then turned to Artemis and said to her "Daughter, I need you and your hunters to find Perseus Jackson and bring him to justice."
Artemis stood with uncertainty still in the back of her mind, but replied "Very well, I will do as you asked Father." As long as Perseus is considered an enemy, I should treat him as such. You should? Artemis once again shut those thoughts down.
"Good, I expect to hear news of Perseus' capture soon" Zeus said and concluded the meeting. All of the gods and goddesses flashed out except Poseidon and Artemis.
Artemis got up to leave but was stopped by Poseidon. "Artemis, the other gods may not have noticed that you abstained from voting, but I did, can I ask why?" Poseidon asked her directly.
Artemis debated on what to tell him, but eventually settled on "Perseus is one of the only decent males out there, but if he is guilty I will make him feel pain like he has never known for harming the Camp and burning down my cabin" Artemis stated with conviction.
Poseidon knew that this was to be expected but asked her one last question, "I may not have been the best father to him all these years, but I still do care for him a lot. All I ask is that you give him a chance and to consider the possibility that Percy is innocent."
Artemis looked at Poseidon for a moment, studying him before offering him a small nod and flashing out.
Poseidon looked at the ground in contemplation before also flashing out.
Percy, I hope you're safe.
AN: Hope you all enjoyed the meeting, once again thank you all for the encouraging review, they mean a lot! Thanks for reading and have a nice day!