Chapter 2

Thalia POV

After the Olympians council meeting which my father kicked me out of, Artemis returned to camp and gave me a sad look before going into her tent. I tried to ask her about it but all she said was "You'll know soon enough" whatever that means. Two days later I woke up in my tent and noticed that I had gone through a few ah changes.

Artemis had told me that it wasn't unusual for a hunter to grow a little bit during their first few years in the hunt and truth be told I had grown an inch or two but this was different. I wasn't just an inch or two taller I had grown from about 5' 5'' to 6' 4'', my body had also physically matured I now looked about 21 maybe 22 years old. I took a deep breath and decided to just take a shower and worry about the changes later, having a magical shower in my tent was one of the perks to being Artemis's lieutenant.

After the shower I went to get dressed only to find that everything too small or tight for me now and by that I mean my shirts, pants, shorts, jackets, etc. were all about 2 sizes too small. "Thalia are you up yet" I heard someone call who I recognized as Catherine one of our newer recruits "ya I'm up" I answered wrapping myself in a blanket "um could you go get Artemis for me" I asked. "Ok" Catherine said a few minutes later Artemis walked in.

"Artemis please tell me what's happening to me" I asked frantically. "Put these on first then we'll talk" she said making a set of clothes appear and turning around so that I would have some privacy. "Ok what's going on" I asked after I got dressed "It's about the meeting on Olympus we had a few days ago but I'll explain that later, right now we need to get to Olympus for another meeting" She said Flashing us to Olympus. Percy appeared a few minutes later with his dad.

Percy POV

Since I had my break up with Annabeth I had had trouble sleeping so I just spent my nights watching Hephaestus tv. Tyson had put it in a few months ago and I was loving it until a few days ago, now it just helped to dull the pain. I heard a knock at the door and thought 'it's like 7:00 am who the heck would be up this early'. I opened the cabin door to find my dad standing there "good morning Percy may I come in" I nodded and stepped back so he could enter. My dad ducked under the doorway as he entered, many of you may ask why he would do this.

Well the answer to that was the doorway was 6' 3" while both me and my dad were both about 6' 7", what kind of idiot makes the doorway shorter than the occupants talk about major design flaw thankfully the ceiling was high. "Look Percy I heard about you break up with Annabeth and I just wanted to see how you were doing" he said "thanks dad" I said "but I think we both know that you wouldn't be here so early to simple check up on me" he sighed "you're right that's not the only reason I'm here, I need you to come with me to Olympus".

I was still in my Jeans and T shirt from the day before so I just said "ready when you are" he smiled flashing us to Olympus. I appeared next to some girl who looked about my age "hey kelp head" she said and with a shock I realized it was Thalia. "Whoa Thalia what happened you look older" I said forgetting to think before I talk "are you calling me old" she challenged I thought she was just joking around but decided to play it safe "no I just meant you used to look 15 now we're about the same age" I said she laughed "just messing with you seaweed brain relax" and I did.

"So do you know why we're here" she asked "no my dad just picked me up a few minutes ago saying I need to come to Olympus with him" I said. I smiled to my mom and talked with Thalia while we waited for the other gods to show up. "So what's been happening with you" she asked, I felt my smile fade "are you ok kelp head" "I wish you would stop calling me that" I said "wh.." she started to say before she was cut of my another of Zeus's dramatic entrances.

"Show off" Thalia muttered and I stifled a laugh "oh good everyone's already here" Zeus said and with that he began the meeting. Let me just tell you that this meeting was boring Demeter went on about cereal, My dad and Zeus gave an update of the status of their domains. The only one who I thought actually had something important to say was Ares who was asking whether or not the gods should get involved in some mortal war. I was getting kinda worried because the whole meeting mom was giving me a sad look.

"It there anything else we need to discuss" Zeus said and Thalia raised her hand "yes I have ok question" she said "why the Hades did you bring us here" I had to laugh 1. because how blunt she was and 2. because I knew I wasn't any better. "Ah yes" Zeus said as if he just noticed we were there. "You my daughter you and Percy are here because of an agreement me and Poseidon made the day Percy was born" he said and I got a really bad feeling about what it was.

"We decided that if you both reached the age of 18 years old you two were to be married" he said "WHAT" I screamed "you just decided this well I'm sorry to tell you this but I don't plan on marrying Thalia" "same goes for me" Thalia said "besides he's my friend and more importantly I'M A HUNTER I don't date". "And another thing" I said "if the deal was for when we turn 18 why did you wait till 2 years after that to tell us" Poseidon was the one to speak this time "I convinced My brother to let it go since you were in a relationship with Annabeth" he said.

"But since you two broke up the wedding's back on" Aphrodite announced. Thalia spun around to face me "you and Annabeth broke up, when?" she asked "2 days ago" I answered "sorry" was all Thalia said and I could tell she meant it, before turning back to the council with more objections. I look to my mother and said "Hera can't you stop this" I said "I mean you are the goddess of marriage". "I'm sorry" she answered "but there's nothing I can do" and I could see how it was hurting that she couldn't help me. My dad looked at Hera and said "ok what is going on between you and my son, first you know his birthday which I'm sure I've never mentioned to you, and a year ago when he went on a quest to kill that Hydra you kept asking me how he was doing and if he was safe" All eyes turned to Hera.

She sighed and sat up "well I guess I can tell everyone now that you" she said looking at Zeus "can't kill Percy, after his biological mom died 3 years ago I adopted Percy as my son" I fell to the ground because I was laughing so hard at my dad's expression alone. "How" my dad asked "I thought you required my consent to do that" Lady Hestia spoke up "well the law say's the she technically only needs Percy consent to adopt him" dad looked at me ."You really agreed to this?" he asked in a gentle tone "yes" I said "to me she's just as much my mom as Sally was" Hera smiled at that "well if you're happy then I won't fight it" Poseidon said.

Zeus was fuming and wanted it undone but was reminded by Hestia that he had sired several kids out side of his marriage so Hera deserved to have a child of her own, which quickly silenced him. "Fine moving on, you two are going to be married and thats that" Zeus said "but since you're being forced into it we're going to have the wedding on August 19th so you have three months to get used to it." he said turning to Thalia "Also as far as you being a hunter as of right now you have been realized as a hunter of Artemis and will be returning to Camp Half Blood with Percy".

I felt sorry for Thalia I knew how much she loved the hunters, Zeus continued speaking "the two of you will stay in my cab-" "no" my dad said cutting off "they'll be staying in mine" Zeus's face got red. "My daughter will not be staying in your cabin" Zeus said summoning his master bolt "and my son won't be staying in your cabin either" Dad said summoning his trident "well I guess it's settled then" Hera said "How is it settled" both my dad and Zeus said at the same time.

"Well since neither of you will let your kids go into the other's cabin so they'll be staying in mine, I am his mother after all and I'm the goddess of marriage". "Wait why are we staying in the same cabin again" Thalia asked this time Aphrodite spoke "we decided that since you two will be getting married you needed to spend more time with each other, so you'll be staying in the same cabin go to the same activity's at camp and eat at the same table." she explained.