Crazy trouble with love part 6
Hera, Athena, Aphrodite, and Percy
Series: Percy Jackson
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-Mount Olympus, throne room-
"And as such I decree that Hades shall not use his helmet on this Halloween festival." Zeus spoke up. "Lest another 'killer clown' incident occurs."
"Don't go blaming me like that, I'm trying to keep this celebration interesting. Most mortals choose to use it as an excuse to bed each other, and quite frankly if they want to do that then wait till valentine's day or just have Aphrodite here to walk by and they'll be all over each other in seconds."
"Hey, I'm not that bad." frowned said goddess.
They deadpanned at her.
"Well I mean it's mostly Eros' fault, but I've tried limiting myself on that day." She sweatdropped.
"You trying to hold off on swaying their hearts is the day seaweed head here-"
"Don't start with me Athena, or so help me I'll make sure to flood each and everyone of your temples."
"Settle down." Hera sighed. "Athena, brother, just calm down for once. I mean, can't you just get along for once?"
"Oh you mean like you and father's other sons?" asked Ares with a smirk.
"Ares." She narrowed her eyes. "Keep your thoughts to yourself or I'll ground you for a thousand years."
"I'm not a child!"
"You act like one." She frowned while not noticing a small shadow floating near the pillars.
Artemis blinked before firing an arrow at the shadow, which moved away quickly. "Get down from there!"
The shadow dropped to the ground before slowly forming a dark skinned woman with a black toga, pitch dark eyes that gleamed like stars, long black hair that reached to the floor like a massive shadow, a small ass and a set of D cup breasts. Her smile was that like a mad killer as she looked around the room. "Hello again, it's been a long while."
"Eris." spoke Hermes with a smile. "Well if it isn't the goddess of discord and chaos herself, coincidence or just your doing for these two nearly going at it?"
"A little of both and I'm also a goddess of strife." She corrected the messenger god. "But I'm actually here for something else."
"What?" frowned Hades while knowing what was on her mind.
"Oh just giving someone a gift." She said with a grin. "A very special gift."
"Let me guess, something for your own amusement? Already saw it coming." spoke Apollo casually.
She looked at him. "How harsh, and here I thought we were friends."
"You started the Trojan War!" snapped Athena. "And caused many good men and women to die! Including Cassandra and Achilles!"
"And Hector and an amazon queen and yata yata, look it's not that bad." Eris sighed. "It's not even about the most beautiful anymore."
"And what would that be?" Aphrodite frowned as Eris produced a small gold apple from her hands and chucked it at Poseidon, hitting him in the eye.
"OW!"
"It's simple, just read it and reap." She laughed before sinking back into a shadow and vanished.
"She's still a brat like usual." remarked Hera while Poseidon looked at the apple with a frown.
"To the….sexiest MILF? What does that even mean?" He asked confused.
"It means mother I love to fuck." Aphrodite explained. "It's a popular term right now."
"How brash." remarked Hera rolling her eyes.
"I like it, I've been with a few." chuckled Ares before seeing Aphrodite glare at him.
'I'll keep that in mind, jerk.'
"But why that?" Athena pondered. "I mean is there even a sexy...MILF in Olympus?"
"As the goddess of childbirth and marriage, clearly that would be me." spoke Hera.
"Ah, but you forgot, most goddesses here have several children. Minus Artemis of course."
"And I'm keeping it like that." Artemis frowned. "But I do see Athena being one since her brain always brings kids into the world."
"Hello!" Aphrodite called out. "I'm the goddess of love with tons of children, clearly I'm a MILF."
"I'd say it's true for all three." spoke Hermes. "Can anyone say obvious intent? Eris probably wants a brand new Trojan War to break out, and considering how times have changed, it might be worse than before."
"Then don't judge, I say ignore her and her plan." spoke Hephaestus.
That was when the apple started to glow as it opened up to reveal a timer inside with a small note: If not judged, then let the entire world blow into eternal shadows. Sighed Eris.
"She doesn't have the power to try that." spoke Zeus.
"Except her mother." idly remarked Apollo.
"Oh right, Nyx, the primordial of the night." groaned Poseidon. "That might do it, especially if they combine their powers."
"And the plant's will die." Demeter gulped.
"And the animals too." Artemis shivered.
"And no sun equal no one to see my perfect ride." Apollo said.
Bonk!
"Ow! Sis!"
"Now's not the time for that!"
"Agreed." Hades sighed. "If this apple doesn't get want it wants then my helmet will be out of a job."
"And the other pantheons will be pissed." Athena spoke up. "Especially the sun deities."
Zeus stood up. "Then I decree that until further notice that Hera, Athena and Aphrodite find a suitable mortal to judge them like in days of old." 'And hopefully not act like that Paris brat.'
"Hold up, why just them? Persephone and Demeter are just as mother as them, so why just those three?" asked Hephaestus.
"One, they don't need to get into this mess. And two," he pointed to Hades. "No mortal would want to piss off the lord of the dead by calling his wife one or not."
"Exactly."
"That and because Demeter might get tempted to cut the mortal in half with her scythe."
Demeter sheepishly blushed at that while knowing it's true.
"Also no girdle." Poseidon said to Aphrodite. "We need this to be fair, so none of that love magic stuff."
"B-But I need it!"
"Not for this one." spoke Apollo. "Especially after you used it to cheat during the last contest."
She gulped while avoiding eye contact. "I'm not as brash as I was like then."
That made all of them look at her with a raised eyebrow.
"I mean maybe I sometimes do it...like every few weeks?"
"You're addicted to that girdle like owl face is with books." Poseidon deadpanned. "Or her little statue."
"Shut up eel face!"
Artemis sighed. "Let's just get this over with."
"But who should be the mortal?" asked Demeter. "I mean we haven't picked one yet."
"Agreed, it must be one who can't be swayed." spoke Zeus.
"Let me guess, Thalia right?" Hades frowned. "Because if it is, then it seems like she might get swayed."
"Are you saying my daughter is corruptible?"
"In a word, yes."
"If that's the case then Nico is more corruptible!"
"Hey! Don't bring him into this Zeus!"
"I'm saying the truth! He can't deal with his own sexuality and would be quick to pick one of them if they had the answer."
"Says the god who would fuck a woman as a gopher!" he threw back standing up.
"Same with you tapeworm!"
Poseidon groaned before whispering to Athena and got a nod from her.
"Oh father." She called out. "I think Nico and Thalia aren't going to work at all."
"What?!" Both yelled at her.
"Hear me out, fish face here gave a good point. Every time someone recalls this...judgement. They always think about the fact that Paris was associated with Troy in general. And since his city was in essence formed from a god of the sea and the sun god, why not let them pick out the mortal?"
"...what?"
She sighed. "Since Poseidon and Apollo hate Troy and Paris in general, why not let them pick out the mortal so that THEY can be sure he or she won't cause another war." 'And so they wouldn't go attacking said mortal.'
Both looked at each other and let that sink in.
"Plus this might settle their grudges." Athena said while Apollo nodded.
"I may have hated them, but if we choose the moral then everyone would be happy." He shrugged.
"Hmmm, wait, I may know someone who won't be biased or be easily swayed." spoke Poseidon.
"Let me guess, Percy Jackson?" Ares groaned. "Because if it is, then this is a huge pain to see."
"I was going to say Sally Jackson but that's a good choice." Poseidon smirked. "Think about it, Percy has risked his life numerous times for us and has been honest when he could."
"For some reason it's like he's the one demigod who actually gets things done." muttered Artemis.
"And I think he's done well to prove how much of a hero he is, so why not have him decide?"
They thought about it while Hera, Athena and Aphrodite had conflicting ideas.
'That spawn? Ugh, he's going to say that Hera and Aphrodite are MILF's.' Athena thought in annoyance.
'Maybe he would consider me a MILF? I mean he's ok, when not around that child of Athena.' Hera thought while also getting annoyed about said child.
'I wonder if he'll do what Paris did and pick me? Even without my girdle, I'm practically the hottest goddess he's ever seen in his life.' Aphrodite thought with a smirk.
"Alright brother, your son will decide." spoke Zeus. "But if an incident occurs, no matter how big or small, he is responsible for it."
"It will be fine." Poseidon smirked. "Percy won't do something like Paris did."
"I hope you're right." muttered Hades. 'For all our sakes.'
"Now go, find Perseus Jackson and bring this matter to a close." boomed Zeus. "For the safety of Olympus and the world!"
'Drama queen.' They thought with a sweatdrop.
-Camp Halfblood-
Percy was busy cleaning his blade while right outside his cabin. But he was so focused that he didn't notice that it was almost lunchtime. "And there, this looks good enough."
He capped it up and put it in his pocket while looking at the sandy shore. "Hmm, I don't usually play in the sand since I was a kid, but maybe I should. Swimming is fine, but sand has it's perks too." He got up before deciding to take his shirt off so it didn't get covered in sand as he walked to the shore and began making a sandcastle.
As this happened three glows appeared a bit away from the camp, closer to the other cabins, and the three goddesses appeared.
"Ok, now to find that….spawn." Athena grumbled while they were in swimsuits, due to having already using the 'naked goddess' method in the past, with her wearing a gray two piece bikini. 'If he stares I'm going to turn him into an owl!'
"Oh relax Athena, you really should take a chill pill." remarked Aphrodite in a red two piece with the top part a bit smaller then usual. "If you keep this up I'll start thinking you want to bed him and his children."
"Hey!"
Hera sighed while wearing a yellow v-cut bikini, which was given to her as a gift by her daughter Hebe on Mother's Day, something She was a little flustered about but kept it internal. "Let's just find him."
This was of course noticed by some of the campers with some gawking and staring while Athena walked over to a boy near the Hermes cabin.
"You there, can you tell us where Perseus Jackson is?"
"Um...I um…" he blushed while trying to look away. "Um….."
"Just tell us or else." She warned sternly.
"He's near the lake!" He said in embarrassment. "J-Just don't turn me into a bookworm!"
"Relax, she wouldn't do that." spoke Aphrodite while smiling. "It'd be a book she'd read once and then put it on a shelf to gather dust for the rest of eternity."
He paled before fainting onto the ground.
"That was a little too much." Hera deadpanned.
"But it's true, especially that one guy that was turned into a Twilight novel." She looked at the goddess of knowledge. "What ever happened to him anyway?"
"I burned him in a fireplace." she frowned. "There are some books even I'm not willing to finish."
"Ah." Aphrodite nodded before walking off. "Well first ones there is a rotten egg!"
"I swear she keeps thinking she's like some college girl." sighed Hera as they followed her.
(With Percy)
He sighed while covered in sand from his legs to the base of his neck. 'This is kind of nice, plus I think this is kind of therapeutic.' He looked at the sky and sighed. "This is the life, and Zeus can't ruin it."
"Ah ha! There he is."
Percy blinked while darting his eyes around. "Huh? Annabeth? Are you there?"
"My daughter isn't here spawn." spoke a very familiar voice.
'Oh no, not her!' he thought turning his head up and saw the three goddesses walking over and swore he was hallucinating when he saw their swimsuits. 'Holy shit!'
"Hello." Aphrodite waved while walking closer and sat next to his left side. "Having fun having a sand bath?"
He blinked while Athena sat on his right side and Hera sat near his legs. "Um...are you three on holiday?"
"No, now don't ask or else." warned Athena with a frown. "Just why are you buried like this?"
"Uh….well….I figured it might be nice to play in the sand instead of just the water and managed to get myself like this."
"That's almost ironic." Hera sighed. "But Athena, he does have a right to know."
"He's not up to my level of trust." She frowned. "Plus he's a sea spawn."
"Thats kind of harsh." Aphrodite said while patting Percy's head. "It's not his fault he's getting along with your daughter and you can't with your uncle."
Said goddess shot her a dark glare.
"Um, what's going on?" Percy asked. "And why are you...in swimsuits?"
"Aphrodite thought it would be a good way to surprise anyone when we arrive." sighed Hera.
"For what?"
Athena produced the golden apple that was still glowing and looked as bright as a small flashlight. "You recall the judgement of Paris right?"
"Um...you mean how he got Helen and caused the Trojan War?" He asked while a little unsure if he got it right.
"Yes." chirped Aphrodite. "And boy that was a cute little ship."
"Which ended horribly, focus." frowned Athena. "We're here because Eris brought this to us, and we need someone to decide the winner of a new contest, but it's a bit different than before."
"How so?"
"If there isn't a judgement then Eris will cover the world in darkness." Hera frowned. "And with her mother Nyx's help, that might be a reality."
That got his attention.
"And the writing on the wall is a bit different as well." Aphrodite smiled. "It's to the sexiest MILF, which is me obviously."
"Aphrodite, shut it." spoke Athena.
"Just saying."
Percy blinked before turning red. "S-So I have to….pick which one of you is….a sexy MILF?" 'Oh gods! That's crazy even for a demigod!'
"Unfortunately." Athena sighed. "And while I hate this, you're the only one that won't be swayed like Paris."
"And won't just pick the most destructive choice." Hera said pointing to the goddess of love.
"It wasn't that bad."
"He was married! And Helen was married as well!"
"Details details, all that mattered was getting the win." Aphrodite smiled.
'Oh gods, do they even know what MILF stands for or are they just going on what the apple says?' He thought before seeing them look at him.
"Ok, so if you call me the sexiest MILF." Hera spoke up. "Then I'll grant you leadership over all of the western world."
"Call me...the sexiest MILF, and I shall endow you with the power, knowledge and experience of the greatest heroes in history." Athena spoke.
"And if you call me a sexy MILF, I'll give you the most beautiful woman, or man, on earth as your lover." Aphrodite smirked.
Percy blinked. "Um…..can't I just have some time to like think it over?"
"Of course, but don't take too long." spoke Athena.
He nodded while getting up, making the goddesses see his toned body, and stretched.
'Huba huba.' Aphrodite Thought with a small wolf whistle.
'He's...ugh no! Don't look!' Athena thought with a blush. 'He's not that hot!'
'Reminds me of Jason.' Hera thought. 'Almost as toned as him but a close second.'
Percy stretched before running back to his cabin and locked it. 'Maybe this whole thing will pass by? I mean Eris isn't that crazy….right?'
-Tartarus-
"Oh this is going to be soooo good." Eris chuckled while in her room, which was covered in shadows and a small bed made of human skin, looking through a mirror. "Especially when I get mothers permission. And then chaos will reign supreme!"
That was when a very tall woman made of ash and smoke with a darkish white color hue on her skin, with a dress covered in a pitch black color and had small galaxies around the dress being made every second, quasar like eyes, black wings made of shadow, a massive ass and a I cup chest appeared in the room. "Eris, did you take out the trash like I asked you to?"
"Of course mother."
"And washed the dishes?"
"Yes mother."
"And sent the apple like instructed?" Nyx smirked.
"Yep and don't worry, the mortal Percy will fail."
Nyx grinned before asking. "Oh and did you get me some new vibrators? I kind of need it for tonight."
"Mother, why do you want me to get some?" she groaned.
"For our celebration." She smirked. "Plus I need to teach you a little more so you can get a husband."
She blushed red. "MOTHER!"
(Some time later)
-Camp Halfblood-
Percy looked at his mirror while brushing his teeth groggily. He was so focused on his task he almost forgot about the whole thing about the goddesses, chalking it up to bad food poisoning. He took a gurgle of water and spat it out while heading out to get dressed.
As he did that, he didn't notice Aphrodite, Hera and Athena looking from a window and were being quiet as mice.
"So tired." Percy grumbled while putting his blue boxers on and his shirt. 'I hate getting up in the morning.'
"Remind me WHY we're looking in like stalkers again." frowned Hera.
"Because it's fun." Aphrodite smiled. "And we need an answer and since he's not giving us one, we should keep an eye on him and occasionally remind him so he can choose one of us."
"That's...kind of smart of you." Athena admitted.
"I'm not all beauty and no brains." She huffed before seeing Percy walking out of the room. "Hurry, we need to follow him!"
"No, what we need is be subtle about it." spoke Athena. "If we can send him signs that will refer to any of us without being upfront, it'll help him decide on his own without us putting too much pressure on him."
"That sounds kind of boring."
"That's because you like doing it the easy way." Athena deadpanned.
Hera mused over the situation before getting an idea. "How about this, we go one at a time. That way it won't conflict with his decision, and cause problems with the campers at the same time?"
"Wait, the campers!" spoke Aphrodite. "Zeus said we can't sway him, but what if the other demigods did?"
"One problem." Athena pointed to Hera. "She doesn't have demigod children, and that's a terrible idea!"
"It's either this or have eternal night." She pointed out. "Plus it's not like we're going to take away their free will, so what's the problem?"
"Well….wow that's another good idea out of you, I'm impressed."
"Thanks." She said with a thumbs up. "I've been working on my plans for a long time."
They raised their eyebrows.
"Ok I'm sometimes scatterbrained, but not this time." She puffed her chest up. "So let's get going my fellow goddesses!"
Hera sighed while seeing the goddess running off. "Athena."
"Yes stepmother?"
"I feel like we just unleashed a horrible monster on the camp."
"For once, I fully agree with you." She sighed while they followed the goddess.
(Later)
Percy was eating at the dining pavilion and enjoying some pancakes and sausage. However he noticed that the food seemed...off. Like it was full of happiness or something. 'Must be my imagination.' He thought before noticing some Aphrodite kids sitting next to him.
"Hey Percy." One girl said with a smile.
"Hey Sarah." he greeted back.
"What are you doing?"
"Eating, why?" He asked while seeing Drew looking at him. "Um Drew?"
"What? I'm just looking." She said while fixing her hair.
'Yeah and I'm a complete noob at swordsmanship.' He thought while feeling like they were staring at him. He ate another sausage before noticing Sam clear her throat.
"Say Percy, ever considered wearing more cologne? I'm not saying you should, but you'd be amazed at some of the colognes our brothers wear that drive the girls wild."
"I have but the last time I smelled cologne it was too strong." He said. "And I doubt that girls would go wild from something like that."
"It works." Sarah frowned. "And I've been used like a lab rat for some of that cologne."
He blinked. "Um, I'll think about it."
"This is why perfume is meant for girls, but trust me Percy, you'd be surprised, especially since our mom gave us some tips which was passed down from one generation to the next."
He raised an eyebrow. "Really?"
They nodded.
"Oh….um…" he finished his sausage while starting on the pancakes. "Care for some pancakes?"
"Oh no." Drew said. "That goes straight to my hips."
'Gee, never heard that before.' He thought before noticing a peacock walking by.
"Peea!" It called out while walking closer to the table, making a few campers jump from the loud caw. "Peea!"
"What's with the bird?" One Aphrodite boy asked pointing to it.
"Maybe it wandered in." spoke an Ares kid. "Hey, think we can use it for target practice?"
"Are you crazy! That's a sacred animal!" yelled a Hephaestus kid in shock.
Percy looked at it as it jumped onto the table and looked at him.
"Peea!" It cawed before extending its tail feathers. "Peea peea!"
"Uh...hi." he held a hand up in greeting.
It looked at him before taking a peck at the left over sausage. "Peea!"
"Hey! Get away from that!"
The peacock just cawed louder at him before pecking his nose. "Peea! Peea peea!"
"Ow! Why you little!" He growled before trying to grab it, but all he got was a few tail feathers.
It ran off while causing a mess of the other tables.
"Knew we should have caught it." muttered an Ares boy.
"Now I just feel like chicken for lunch." remarked a Hermes girl.
"Same." muttered a Apollo girl while looking ready to pull out a bow.
Percy blinked while looking at the feathers as the Aphrodite children kept sitting next to him. 'This is kind of weird. What next? Annabeth in a tutu?'
That's when said girl walked over and noticed the mess. "What happened?"
"A peacock that's what." spoke an Ares girl in annoyance.
"What?" She blinked before seeing Percy with the Aphrodite kids and holding some peacock feathers. "Percy? What's going on here?"
"Just talking to us about cologne." Drew smirked. "Something he really needs to get more girls in his circle of friends."
She raised an eyebrow and walked over while sitting down next to her friend. "Percy, I have to let you know about something."
"What's that Annabeth?" He asked while still holding the feathers.
"Have you ever considered doing some extra studies in your free time?"
"What? You mean like do homework?" he looked at her like she was crazy.
"Well not really, more like take notes and do your own research into all sorts of subjects you've always wondered about. If so, maybe I can get my mom to help, she might be able to find old books and scrolls on all sorts of subjects."
"Um…...again what?" He asked. "Like really? Why would your mom even help me with something like that? She HATES me."
"Hates a strong word, more like dislikes."
"Uh huh, and I'm the king of the universe." He said sarcastically.
She rolled her eyes. "It's your dad she has a problem with, after all the things we've been through and the times you've saved me, you really think she'd hate you just because of your parentage?"
"I'm just being frank, if she can hold a grudge against him this long, holding something against me isn't all that far, do I even need to bring up Hera?"
"What about Hera?" Asked one of the Aphrodite boys while eavesdropping on the conversation.
He looked at him with a deadpanned expression. "You know, the whole making Zeus' kids suffer, like Thalia."
"Oh! That makes more sense. Silly me."
"Just give her the benefit of the doubt, besides who else would have knowledge on pretty much anything you'd want but her?"
"Maybe you?" He joked.
Annabeth shook her head. "You know what I mean."
"Look, I'll only give her that benefit when she starts treating me like a human being, not some spawn that was born to spite her." Percy said seriously as Annabeth nodded. "But since you're here, want to have some...pancakes that got stepped on by a crazy bird?"
"I'll pass, but thanks."
He nodded before the same peacock cane back and landed on his head.
"Peeea!"
"Ahh! Get it off me!"
"Peeea peea!"
(One bird hunting later)
Percy sighed while covered in scratch marks from the bird's talons, which also was the reason why he was getting some bed rest in his cabin. 'I hope I didn't get some kind of bird flu thing from that crazy bird?'
"Wow Hera, wait to go." whispered Aphrodite outside the window. "I'm sure that'll REALLY get him to make you the winner."
"Hey, peacocks maybe my animal but I didn't expect that one to be so rebellious." She groaned. "But it didn't help that a certain stepdaughter was trying to influence the bird due to a little criticism."
"He was pushing my buttons." Athena huffed.
"More like making a point." Aphrodite whispered. "You are kind of acting like a bitch with this whole grudge thing."
She huffed again while Percy groaned.
"If I see another peacock I'm going to run." He said to himself. "And if it's in my cabin, I'll cut it, sacred animal or not."
Hera frowned hearing that but understood the reason behind it.
"Sounds like I'm in the lead girls." smirked Aphrodite.
"Not yet." Hera spoke before causing a small peacock to fly in and lay on his bed.
"Peeea." It said while not looking very aggressive at the moment.
He jumped and looked at it with a frown. "I said I'd cut it, and I'm sticking with it." before pulling riptide out.
It looked at him before cocking its head. "Peea?"
He stopped and noticed it was just sitting down, nothing else, which was a first for him. "Um...nice birdy?"
"Peeea." It said before putting its head on the bed and closed its eyes.
"Ok, not what I expected." He said before putting riptide away and payed back down on the bed.
Hera smirked. "See, now he likes my bird."
Aphrodite rolled her eyes. "Beginners luck."
Percy put his sword away and saw the bird just rest. 'Where'd this one even come from? For that matter, where'd the other one come from? Is it this one's mom?'
(Sometime later)
Percy sighed while slowly waking up from his nap, and noticed that a barn owl was on his bed instead of the peacock.
"Hoo?" It said while turning its head to the side.
"Wha!" he jumped and fell out of bed. "Ow!"
"Hoo?" It said while looking at him. "Hoo?"
"Ugh, you!" He yelled pointing at the bird. "You're not going to peck my eyes out!"
It turned around confused and blinked. "Hoo?"
Percy glared at the bird. "First a peacock and now a owl? That can't be a coincidence."
The owl looked at him before landing on his head.
"If you're Annabeth's mom then I have a few things to say." He frowned. "First, I hate that you think I'm like dad, two you may be a goddess of knowledge but why badger me about not being good enough to be friends with Annabeth? And three, I used to respect you but seeing you act like Nancy to me, I'm still trying not to say curses in my sleep about you."
It blinked and tilted its head. "Hoo?"
He sighed. "Look, you can cut the act now. I know it's you."
"Hoo?"
"I'm serious." He said while said goddess was near the window. "Just change back and curse me for being honest, I'm not changing my mind about you Athena."
'He respected me? Huh, didn't expect that.' She thought while Aphrodite sent a dove into the room.
It flew on his shoulder and nuzzled his cheek. "Coo."
He turned and jumped. "Another bird?! What the hell is going on?!"
The two birds looked at Percy before just making its animal calls, including a peacock that flew in from the window.
"Peeea!"
"Ahhh!"
(One bird strike later)
The three goddesses groaned while feeling like the hour of darkness was getting closer, especially when the apple was now glowing like a car light.
"We need a new strategy." Athena said while rubbing her temples. "One not involving birds."
"Ok, we tried being subtle with your kids, having him interact with our sacred animals, the only other method is being up front." spoke Hera.
Aphrodite nodded. "We can do that, and maybe just get him to first like us then he'll be more comfortable in choosing."
"Again, your surprise me." Athena said. "But who will go first?"
Both looked at Athena like she was a worm on a hook.
"You've got to be kidding."
"Nope, and I recommend you just go up to him and try being nicer." Aphrodite smiled. 'Now this might be fun to see, mmm, need to write this ship down later.'
"But-"
"Athena." Hera said sternly. "Just go or I'll make you."
She groaned. "Yes stepmother." 'I'm going to regret this.'
(With Percy)
He grumbled while wishing the birds of the world would drop dead. 'If I see another bird it'll be too soon!' He kicked the air while Athena appeared behind him while wearing a gray T-shirt and tight pants.
"Perseus Jackson."
He turned and sighed. "Yes Athena?"
She sighed. "Care to join me for a...outing? I mean for fun."
He blinked. "Are you a fake Athena?"
She narrowed her eyes. "I am not Perseus."
"Oh...so where to?"
"Just a small bookstore in the city, nothing special." She said. "And maybe have some coffee as an added bonus?"
"Uh, sure." 'Ok, is she feeling alright?' He then felt his hand getting grabbed as he appeared in a small bookshop in Manhattan. 'That was quick.'
Athena looked at the books while keeping an eye on Percy. "Just stick by me alright?"
"Sure." He said with a nod.
(A little while later)
Athena sighed while feeling like she was having a good time, even if she was with a boy that liked manga over novels. But she found out that he was a good learner and liked books, however he had a hard time due to his dyslexia, something she helped fix when he wasn't looking.
And right now, they were having a pleasant meal at a local cafe with Percy telling her stories about his adventures with her daughter.
"And that's how she annoyed the Sphinx." Percy chuckled.
"That was amusing for the most part, but I admit on her part that it was all trivia."
"Tell that to the Sphinx." he replied while taking a sip of his coffee.
Athena nodded. "But what I don't get is why?"
"Why what?"
"Why stay with my daughter even if she has more faults than most?"
"Because she's my best friend, after Grover of course, and I kind of had a small crush on her." he admitted. "But after learning that she still liked Luke, I kind of made her more like a sister."
She frowned hearing about Luke but kept her temper in check. 'This is nice, why I never got to know him more is beyond my knowledge.'
"So how have you been?"
"What?"
"I said how have you been?" He said.
"Oh, fine. Just trying to keep up with all the knowledge in the world and giving your father a good reason not to annoy me."
"So calling him names?"
"In a way, yes." She admitted. "Childish yes, but effective."
"Well that's good that you have a good sense of humor." He said. "I mean, you seem like the kind of person to be both smart and funny. Especially the guys and girls you like."
"A little, but they like the more serious part of me. It's always my intelligence, not my quick remarks or humor." She sipped her coffee. "It gets old after a few thousand years or so."
"Ever tried giving them the impression you're more laid back? Usually people won't ask someone hard answers to questions they don't understand if they think the person they wanna ask has no idea either."
Athena blinked. "Huh, didn't think about that before. Thank you Perseus."
"Call me Percy."
She nodded while feeling a little more laxed than normal. 'He's an enigma that's for sure. But I do see why my daughter was drawn to him.' She looked at her coffee. 'He has that way with people that makes you...invested to learn more about.'
Percy smiled while feeling like he was on a date, and was kind of enjoying it a little. 'If I knew I'd be asked out by Annabeth's mom I'd question if I was in some weird dream.'
As this was going on, we find Aphrodite and Hera, now in street clothes consisting of a pink tank top and a short skirt and a yellow shirt and blue jeans, were watching from another table.
"I can feel Athena's heart oozing with love." The love goddess whispered. "I mean really oozing our love, not just brain love."
"Oh really? Now that's unexpected."
"And who knows? She might stop being an eternal virgin if she plays her cards right." She chuckled.
Hera rolled her eyes. "Once this little cafe 'date' is over, I'll go attend to the boy."
"As long as you don't lose your heart." muttered Aphrodite under her breath with a slight giggle.
"How ridiculous, I'm forever sticking with my faithfulness to Zeus, no matter how much of a scum he is."
The love goddess rolled her eyes. "Yeah and that's fair how exactly?"
Before she could get a retort out, Hera noticed that Athena was looking more...laid back than before and even smiled at one of Percy's comments about spiders. 'I know this is just a ploy, so I'm going to play this game right now.'
(Later)
"I'll see you later." Athena said while they appeared in the cabin.
"Same with you Athena." He smiled.
"Yes.." she turned away. "Percy." before flashing away.
"Wow, that was actually pretty cool. Wonder if she's gonna stay like that." Percy said to himself before turning around and saw Hera on a chair.
"Hello Percy, did you have a good time with my stepdaughter?" She asked sweetly.
"Ah!" He jumped while holding his chest. "Hera! Don't do that!"
"Don't do what?"
"Scare me like that." He said while calming down. "But, why are you here?"
"I'm just here to 'hang out' with you." She air quoted. "That and I heard that you've been in need of some counseling for your...stress in school, is that right?"
He blinked. "Well a little, but are you even good with stress? I mean you know…"
"Finish that and you'll regret it." she frowned.
Percy gulped. "N-Never mind." 'I really don't want cows following me.'
Hera conjured a chair up and gestured Percy toward. "Come and let me counsel you."
He walked over and sat down while relaxing.
"Now, let's start from the beginning." She said before changing her outfit into a business suit with tight pants and some glasses on her face. "What would you describe as part of your stress?"
"Well, getting attacked by servants as a baby, getting hit by Gabe, having nasty teachers growing up, being bullied, almost getting killed a few times." He listed. "Want me to go on? I have TONS of reasons for my stress."
"It's ok, that's for every demigod."
He shrugged. "Well, it doesn't help that my first monster was a very mad math teacher."
"Well, you were convicted." Hera sighed. "But I was one of the few that thought you weren't the thief, it was just Zeus getting into a fit."
'At least someone beloved I was innocent.' Percy thought.
"But back to you, tell me is your stress related in anyway to urges?"
"No." He said instantly. "I had too much stress for that, and what kind of urges are we talking about?"
"Sexual."
"...no." He blushed. "I didn't have THAT urge, just the urge to give people wedgies."
"And tell me, did your mother ever once give you the birds and bees talk?"
"A little, but I kind of…" he gulped.
"Kind of what?"
He looked away. "...saw some of Gabe's porn videos as a child. I kind of thought it was fun until I got knocked out when he found out." He blushed. "And before you get the wrong idea, I just thought it was a game, I was like three or five at the time."
Hera blinked while very surprised and mortified that someone would let a child watch such things.
"But it's all vague at the moment, so it's not like I've got all of it memorized."
"Alight." She said shaking her head. "And what about issues with friends?"
"Not really, just occasional spats with Clarisse, but it's nothing that bad." He shrugged. "But what about you?"
"Huh?"
"Are you stressed about anything? You can tell me, I'm not like the Hermes kids."
Hera sighed. "Just keeping people happy in their marriages and trying not to get mad about Zeus' flings."
"Like Thalia? Because she kind of h-" he stopped himself. "Um you know what I mean."
"Yes, I'm well aware of how she helped you."
He nodded. "But what about this marriage thing you were talking about? What does that have to do with your stress?"
"It's because every day new marriages pop up and I have to either bless them or not. And…" she sighed heavily. "It seems like it's always unhappy, and that makes me so stressed." 'And reminds me of Zeus' way of getting my hand in marriage.'
'I can only imagine it's not easy with her husband every day.' Percy thought with sympathy. "But if you're not happy, why not get marriage therapy?"
"He always runs from me when I mention that." She frowned. "Every time, it's either 'I'm trying to cause a thunderstorm' or 'I'll get there in a minute'. But it ALWAYS happens that he forgets it!"
Percy flinched a little. "Maybe you should….see other people?"
"I can't. I was born as the goddess of marriage and childbirth, and even if I despise him for what he's done, I'm unable to suddenly divorce him since he's far more powerful than me."
Percy raised his eyebrow. "Then go ask his, well, your mom. She must be more powerful to give him a run for his money."
"...you want me to see Rhea?"
"Well yeah, and if that doesn't work maybe I could vouch for you?"
"That's crazy." she chuckled. "Me, the goddess of marriage being unable to endure her own and quits. I've endured this for eons, I can keep dealing with it."
"Well, I just thought it might lighten the burden." He admitted. "I mean, you remind me of mom when Gabe was around and you helped with the gorgon's head package." He looked at the goddess with a smile similar to a much younger Zeus, in Hera's eyes. "I just wanted to make you happy, since you made my mom and me happy with your help."
Hera felt her heart stop while feeling slightly flustered. 'This boy...he's so honest.'
All the while, Aphrodite and Athena were watching them from a window.
"Oh? What's this?"
"Just my stepmother getting some council." Athena spoke.
"No, not that." She smirked. "I see lots of love oozing out of her, and it's starting to outweigh her love for Zeus." 'Which was small to begin with.'
"That's preposterous."
"Maybe, but I know about that little outing of yours." Aphrodite giggled. "And you're still oozing with love for Percy."
She blushed before glaring at her. "You spied on us?"
"Maybe~" she winked. "Hera too, but now I'm going." She walked off.
"Where are you going?"
"To get ready for my little 'date'." She said in a sing song voice before flashing away.
Athena groaned while feeling not only like the goddess was playing with her, but that she got some competition.
(Much later)
"Thank you Percy." Hera said while getting up from her chair. "This two way council session was reliving for my completion."
"Anytime." He said while Hera gave him a pat on the head. "So see you for our next session?"
She chuckled. "I'll be back next week, same time."
Percy blinked as the goddess flashed away. "But that was a joke."
"Oh Percy~"
He blinked and turned to see Aphrodite, now in a very skimpy silk nightgown, on the bed in a seductive pose. 'Shit!' "A-A-Aphrodite?!"
"Percy." She winked. "Come over and give me a soggy embrace~"
He blushed while looking her over and felt his mind grind to a halt. 'What should I do? I have to do something!'
'No one can keep from bedding me. I'm the goddess of love!'
Percy gulped again before getting a very dumb idea. 'If this doesn't work then I'll make sure that the Apollo kids don't have running water!' "Um how about we...roll on over to the chair and you can dance for your demigod?"
"Oh? Sounds like someone wants a lap dance."
He nodded. "And may be a sweet kiss for your cute puppy?"
'He's not that good at pillow talk, but I like it.' Aphrodite smirked. She crawled over and tipped his face up a little. "Go on over and make yourself comfy."
He blushed. "Ok, um….you cute little thing you?"
'Cute? That's new.' She blinked. 'Sexy and beautiful yes, but cute? Isn't that Hestia's thing?'
He sat down on the chair and saw her move over before she began to give him a dance while rotating her ass near his face and moving her chest close, but not touching his face, making him slap himself in the head for opening his mouth. 'I need to stay calm! It's just a ploy!'
Aphrodite moved closer while Percy started to get a very crazy idea.
"Hey Aphrodite? Have you ever….been massaged? If so I could do that while you lay on my lap?"
"A little, but are you suggesting on making me eager?" She said with a tease.
He gulped. "I-I could probably do it better than most guys."
She stopped her dancing and laid on his lap, with her left hand caressing his cheek. "Then go, show me your skills loverboy~"
Percy felt like having a nosebleed before moving his hands on her shoulders and squeezed. 'Please don't cause her to get mad! I don't want to get turned into a girl..or a dove!'
'I never get tired of a virgin experiencing something like this from me.' Aphrodite Thought while feeling a little aroused at this, But was also surprised that he was getting her sensitive spots, something no man or god has ever gotten unless she willed it. And she didn't at this exact moment.
Percy kept on moving his hands on the goddesses skin while imagining the softest thing in the world, and threw it out of his mind as it was nothing compared to the goddess of love's skin. "You're kind of soft, and smell very nice."
"Thanks, I used some shampoo that works wonders for your hair."
"Oh, so it wasn't all natural?" He asked innocently. "I mean your natural beauty must be ten times better than right now?"
"Oh, sounds like someone enjoys flattering me. Let me guess, practice when you and Annabeth were alone?"
He blushed. "We're not like that!"
She giggled at that while noticing his hands were rubbing against her sides.
"But I admit, this is good practice." He blushed. "But I can't do it with you, I mean you're beautiful but...I think you might be more beautiful without all the makeup and flashy clothing."
Aphrodite raised an eyebrow. "Are you saying that you'll like it if I was plain?"
"No no no! I mean being flashy is nice but aren't you tired of being like a movie model?"
"Why would I?"
"Well…." he looked away. "I kind of like girls that are more themselves and natural with their appearances. I mean I've seen too many girls that think beauty is all in some cream and well...seeing you in a statue kind of reminds me of that all natural feel." 'I think the love magic's affecting me! Wait? Is she even using magic?'
She blinked and looked at him. "Well, you wouldn't be any different then some heros who still got married without many flashy stuff back in the day, but why would I remind you of natural beauty? Wouldn't you go for someone who has a good personality, whether they look good or not?"
"I could." He admitted. "But I think natural beauty and a good personality goes hand in hand." He looked at her. "I mean before I became a part of this world, I kind of thought you were well...a very loving person. But after the stories, well that all changed, doesn't mean I can't stop thinking of you in a good light, no matter how slim that might be."
Aphrodite blinked while very surprised at his words and didn't know her heart stopped for a few minutes.
"But that could be the magic playing tricks on me." He chuckled.
"Oh, yeah the magic." She chuckled while not knowing that Athena and Hera were watching from the rooftop. 'He's really an odd one, me being a person of natural beauty….he's something new.'
"Honestly I'm amazed those two haven't lost their clothes." whispered Athena.
"Agreed." Hera nodded. "And making Aphrodite stop like that? I've never seen that before."
"Maybe he's charming her?"
"That's crazy, he's no charm speaker."
"But he is a interesting demigod." Athena said. "And a loveable one at that."
That was when the apple started to glow like a small lightning ball.
They blinked before nodding as they left.
(Next morning)
Percy groaned while he woke up on his chair, and still clothed, while noticing a note on his head.
Hello Percy,
Sorry for bailing, but I kind of have to fix my book of ships and I kind of need to get myself...natural.
See you tomorrow night.
With love,
Aphrodite.
P.S: We didn't have sex, just lots of foreplay~
He went wide eyed and blushed. "Holy...shit." 'Foreplay….wow!'
(Much later that day)
Percy was eating some food at the mess hall while still floored about not only the note, but the fact he got all buddy buddy with three goddesses.
However, he didn't notice that the goddesses were walking towards him with Aphrodite looking more...plan than normal but still gave off a aura of perfection and beauty.
The others though did and made way for them while Annabeth was worried for her friend's sake.
"Hello Percy." spoke Aphrodite while her cabin looked surprised at their mother's attire.
He turned. "Oh hi, what are you doing here?"
"Do you recall the judgement?" Hera asked while Percy started to recall the memory and went wide eyed.
Athena pulled out the apple, now glowing like a small star, from her sleeve. "You must choose."
"Choose for rule over the western world."
"Wisdom and knowledge of the greatest heroes."
"Or the love of the most beautiful man or woman."
"These." All three spoke at once. "For the sexiest MILF."
And just like that the campers murmured with the goddesses kids floored since they were told to help sway Percy's decision for a content, but were NOT told on just what it was.
He darted his eyes from each goddess while recalling their times with him. 'Ok, ruling the world, knowledge of heroes or love of a beautiful man or woman? Um…..well um….' he looked at the floor before getting a very dumb idea. 'Maybe there's a fourth option.'
"Choose now." They all said at once. "Or the world shall become eternal night."
That got the camp muttering even louder as they didn't even KNOW that it was for the sake of the world.
"Um….all three of you?" He asked meekly.
The apple stopped glowing as it started to fade away like a dark shadow in the early morning.
"Wait, what?" spoke Athena. "You can't pick all three, you were given three choices and had to go with one of those."
"But you three are sexy...MILF's." He blushed. "Plus It said to the sexiest MILF, but it didn't say if it was to one person or more, right?"
"Percy!" cried out Annabeth with a blush.
"I'm just going with the rules!"
Hera shook her head while surprised at the little loophole he found. "Well, it's fine with me stepdaughter."
"But stepmother-"
"Oh lighten up." Aphrodite interrupted. "He won so let's just celebrate by going clubbing, all four of us, what do you say?"
"Well, I've never gone to one, so maybe it might be a nice experience." spoke Athena.
"But let's not drink too much." Hera said while Athena placed a hand on Percy's shoulder. "He's still not legally ready for nectar and wine."
"Oh come on, who's gonna know?" smiled Aphrodite.
"Us." Both goddesses spoke before Hera moved closer to Percy.
Aphrodite rolled her eyes while moving closer to the boy as they flashed away. "Spoilsports."
The campers blinked while feeling like they just saw a very bad play in the works.
-Tartarus-
"FUCK!" Eris screamed in rage. "I was so close! Why the fuck did this happen?!"
Nyx sat on her throne of shadows while looking at her very pissed daughter. "Because I intervened."
"Wait, what?!"
She raised a hand up. "Now listen, the whole Trojan War thing was done to death by now, I just added a little more spice to it."
"By doing what?!"
"Making the goddesses fall for the judge." She grinned. "Think about it, if they start a personal war to get his affections then they'll be causing more chaos and strife then any war of swords and spears." She then looked at her daughter in the eyes. "Plus it makes for good entertainment, especially for Zeus."
Eris blinked before recalling that her mom was so powerful and scary that even Zeus in a rage would be stay far away from her.
"So don't fret my daughter, your war won't end." She stood up. "But will have a new battleground with the heart of a mortal being attacked by all sides by the hearts of goddesses, a perfect match of chaos in this modern world of man and gods!"
"Which makes it all the more better since one is cheating on her husband and boyfriend, another is breaking her vow to her husband, and one is his best friend's mother!" smiled Eris. "Oh mother that's brilliant!"
"Well I am the child of Chaos don't forget." Nyx smirked before saying. "But did you take out the trash?"
"Mom! I did, but you ruined a perfectly good moment!"
"That's the chaos of it." She joked with a dark chuckle.
Eris sighed. "But what if they try to love him at once?"
She grinned. "Then let them, I'll back them up and the world will be like my domain, dark and covered in stars full of life."
"In english."
She deadpanned. "They'll be making babies all the time."
"Oh! Wait what?!" She blushed as Nyx walked off. "Hey get back here!"
"It's time for my job, see you in the morning." She said before vanishing in a mass of shadows and stars.
'I hate her sometimes.' Eris thought while the screen went black. 'But their kids can't be all bad….right?'