No POV

"So what did you want to talk about Percy?" Kevin looked the little boy dressed in army fatigues and leaned on a tree.

"A couple of days ago I met a few mortal hunters. They said they hunted Greek monsters and that there were many more of them across the country. I was wondering if you would like to join them? They travel in small groups and are well trained." The man just shook his head and smacked his lips.

"Even if I lived alone I would not want that, a life of killing monsters would be so meaningless and I still have a sister waiting for me back home." Percy tried to be happy for the man as he was going back to his sister but couldn't after what he just said.

A life of killing monsters would be so meaningless…

All Percy could do was just nod at the man and look at his side. Kevin noticed but held his tongue, he doubted anything he could say will make things better so he cleared his throat and changed the subject.

"Speaking of, my sister must be getting impatient and lonely. Would you mind?" Percy just walked towards him and mist traveled him in front of his home. He did not feel like accompanying him, not because he did not like him but because he had said some truth that Percy did not want to hear.

A cloud of pink smoke then swam towards Percy and he sighed in exasperation. He liked Aphrodite but he was just not in the best of moods and he doubted she had anything that could fix it.

"Why so sad Percy? Did Kevin say anything mean to you?" Percy turned to find the beautiful love goddess and shook his head.

"No, I'm just thinking that I'm back to being alone." Aphrodite gave Percy a grin and came close to him.

"Oh, cheer up Percy. I have a surprise for you." Percy turned his eyes on the goddess of love and wondered what she was up to. She was very cheerful and that made him feel uneasy.

"What kind of surprise?" Percy tried to be as cautious as possible. Aphrodite's smile was beautiful but he knew it could be very deadly. So far Aphrodite was smiling for the longest time ever and it was scaring Percy to a degree.

"I saw that you went along with your idea and gave Sharon a part of your power. I also saw the sword you made for her and I will have you know that she named it Ripples." Percy's mood changed drastically when he heard that. Sharon had liked his gift and even named it Ripples after his very own blade Riptide. It was just too cute and Percy smiled with glee.

"I don't know what to say, I am touched and-".

"No Percy, if anyone should be grateful it is me. You saved her life and I know how much you care for her. My magic mirror tells me you love her almost like a parent loves their daughter and I could not be happier. That is why I decided to give you the greatest honor of all." Percy noticed the twinkle in Aphrodite's eye and wondered what she was going to do.

"Since she already had a part of you and your powers … I decided to claim her as our child!" Aphrodite squealed in delight but Percy was just stunned.

"But…" Aphrodite noticed the facial expression on Percy's face and immediately saddened. Looks like Percy did not like the idea…

"Oh it is not that, I love the gesture Aphrodite but I'm seventeen and she is fourteen. If you claimed her as our daughter… people might not like it. Kevin might also be pretty upset if he hears about it…" Aphrodite's face immediately lit up and Percy relaxed a bit. He did not want to upset her since he did appreciate the great honor but unlike Aphrodite he knew it would probably bring a lot of hate.

"I'm sure Kevin will understand. I'm so glad that you liked it, I was worried that you might feel ashamed." Percy noticed the change in Aphrodite's tone and wanted to console her. He always did thought of her as very pleasure driven and never liked that she slept with many men; However after doing the same thing he was beginning to empathize with her in a deeper level.

"Oh, it is not that. The Olympians will have a lot of questions and some of them might be outraged if I am involved with you and actually believe she is our daughter."

"Oh, Percy. Let them believe what they want. I am not scared of that and neither should you, they will all understand. I doubt any of them is stupid enough to believe she is actually our daughter." Aphrodite just giggled and extended her arm over Percy and leaned closer.

"Besides, if we were involved together and had a child it would be none of their concern. Speaking of, what do you think about that Percy?" Aphrodite hugged Percy and pressed her cheek on his. Her body almost on his and Percy started to panic a bit, a little more of this and Percy would be overwhelmed.

"Lady Aphrodite please, This is not helping me at all, I beg of you." Percy half expected her to continue but luckily Aphrodite complied.

"Fine, I'll stop but only because you begged. See you later Percy." With another wink Aphrodite flashed away and Percy felt himself blushing again. Percy breathed out after realizing he was holding his breath and leaned back on a tree to think, unaware that a certain deity had been spectating.

"Can I ask why a fourteen year old girl was claimed as Aphrodite's and your child back at camp?" Percy jumped as he was startled by a voice and turned around to see a twelve year old with a raised eyebrow.

"Lady Artemis, I did not know you were there." Artemis just smirked and landed from the tree branch she was crouching on.

"Of course you didn't, this is my domain and I am the stealthiest goddess." Artemis beamed at Percy with pride but when she saw Percy's eyes her smile faded.

"Can you explain what is going on? Last time I heard you were seventeen and I doubt you were involved with Aphrodite when you were three. As for now I couldn't care less, I just hope you aren't doing that in your current body." Artemis stood elegantly in front of Percy waiting for an answer before summoning a chair to sit on. "I'm waiting."

Percy took his time explaining everything that was going on with Sharon, Aphrodite and himself, careful not to leave out any details. Last thing he wanted was for Artemis to think he was getting it on with Aphrodite or her daughter, he made sure to make it clear that he had nothing to do with either of them. At the end of his explanation Artemis had a facial expression that showed tolerance.

"I see, well the campers are not taking her little stunt very well. Some actually believe she is your daughter and hate her while others such as Chiron and a few others accepted her. It was quite the shock for the majority of the campers though, none of them wanted to play Capture the Flag anymore, neither did my hunters."

"Some hate Sharon? Why? Just because she was claimed as my child?" Artemis was glad that was the first thing Percy said. It was a little bonus point on his name but not enough to get him out of her shit list.

"Obviously the camper's feared you after your little fit and now they grown to hate you and by connection her, but she does not seem to care. Her siblings accepted her and from the looks of it, it was good enough for her." Percy was so glad to hear this. He would have felt terrible if because of him Sharon was hated by the family she yearned so much for.

"You know, she could pass as your daughter. Her black eyes have a glint of sea green and even as I gave her my most intense glare she did not shiver in fear like other children." Percy smiled but brushed it off when he saw Artemis' glare.

"Is something wrong?" A chuckle escaped Artemis's mouth but she waited before answering.

"You remind me of Aphrodite a few millennia ago. So young, so beautiful and so clung to the idea that you need to find love to be happy. As you've seen already, that is a very faulty belief and it never got Aphrodite results. I really hope you can look beyond those ideas and fight off the curse that her son bestowed upon you. Then and only then I will approve of your way of life." With that Artemis flashed to an unknown location leaving behind a pensive Percy.

He doubted he could ever be the man Artemis wanted him to be. He wanted a woman in his life, he wanted children and to get rid of the cursed mark that filled him with lust. But I can't, the mark is Himeros is too strong but I have to fight it if I want a loving family….

Percy was getting a headache from all this thinking and avoided the problem. He looked around for any nearby monsters and sure enough there were a few nearby. I suppose killing a few monsters will help me clear my head.

As he walked towards the dracaena Percy realized he'd gotten used to the thin layer of reftate covering his body. With seventy five pounds weighing him down the three monsters would actually be a challenge. Percy readied his escrimas and started walking in their general direction.

Sharon POV

Why would Percy claim me as his daughter? No, how could Percy claim me at all was the better question? I turned to look at the campers and saw most of them did not like it.

"Lady Artemis, how is this possible?" Chiron asked. Artemis just kept looking at the campers and just frowned.

"A lot of them don't like it... Chiron cancel the game. This was unexpected and my hunters already waited long enough." The centaur bowed and told the campers the game was cancelled.

"You too hunters, go back to my cabin and pack up. You might have some questions and I will answer them when I have time. Now pack up, we'll be leaving before lunch." The hunters left without complaint while her lieutenant stayed behind for a bit.

"Lady Artemis, can I talk to Sharon?" Artemis shook her head and told her to go help the hunters pack. The hunter looked at me and angrily stomped away, she was Thalia and wanted to talk to me about Percy.

"Umm, I don't know what is going on but I would like to join my siblings now." I saw most of my siblings wave their hands and beckoning at me while just a few walked away. Allie, Percy's girlfriend while at camp, was eyeing me carefully. She was pretty and blonde but what caught my attention was that she looked about my age… I thought she would have been older.

"Yeah, whatever. I have some important business to take care of. Chiron, I'll be back later." Artemis then flashed away forcing me to turn away. I turned my attention back at Allie and wanted to talk to her but what was I supposed to say? 'Hey, I'm that new girl that got claimed by Aphrodite and your ex-boyfriend' I did the only sensible thing and walked towards my brothers and sisters. There was an Asian looking girl leading them and she was very pretty.

"Hey there, I see you are our new sister. My name is Drew and I'm the cabin leader." I tried to remember anything about her but Percy gave me no info on her, he probably thought she was not important or never interacted with her.

"How is Percy Jackson your father? You're like fourteen." One of my brothers asked. I was about to tell them that I had no idea who Percy was but then I got bombarded with more questions, too many for me to answer.

"Enough! She is our sister, a daughter of Aphrodite. Her father is not important." The rest of the my siblings listened to everything that she said and got quiet. I wanted to know more about this Drew if she was going to be my leader.

"Who is this Percy?" I asked. "As soon as I was claimed as his daughter most of the camp looked at me differently." My siblings looked uncomfortable with my question but talked.

"He was the leader of the camp, but then something happened so he threatened us all, he almost killed a demigod so the gods had to kill him. At least that's what the rumor says, just remember that he was crazy powerful and really hot." I found myself nodding with the rest of my peers and realized she was charm-speaking to me the whole time so I snapped out of it.

"I should probably take care of your bag, I'll put it somewhere safe while Sarah gives you a tour of the camp." I was about to give her my bag when I remembered what Percy told me to be responsible with my new sword. Drew had used charm-speak on me and that was not giving me a good impression of her. I took out my sword and handed Drew my bag.

"Whoa, what is that!?" Drew asked while pointing at my sword. This caught the attention of the people that had not left the area around the big house yet which was just my brothers, Chiron and Allie who just kept staring at me.

"Oh, this is my sword, I call it Ripples." A few of my brothers exchanged glances and looked at me warily. That's when Chiron walked up to me and put his hand on my shoulder.

"Sharon, I think we need to talk." Chiron extended his hand towards the door of the big house urging me to go in.