Disclaimer: I am not Mr Riordan, he owns these characters.
Zeus' POV:
(continued)
Last chapter: "Well, we're all your family, you know that, right?" Said a smirking Poseidon. There were many disgusted faces at this.
"Well, what's up with those two?" Asked Hypnos. " And not all the gods can stay here, you know."
"Well, obviously they're together. As for your other comment, I agree." Piped up Aphrodite.
"Oh, really?" Asked Hypnos and Morpheus. "Well that's the news of the news of the century." Added Morpheus when Aphrodite nodded, seeing as Hypnos was asleep.
That was truly an understatement. It was also the news of the century, quite literally.
"Are you sure that the understatement of the century, wasn't when Hera warmed up to all demigods?" Asked Athena, teasing.
"I think that 'Pothena' happening is more surprising than everything that's ever happened in our life, to be honest." Apollo said, his voice muffled because of the book.
We were so surprised we didn't notice Connor Stoll wasn't here.
Connor's POV:
I headed over to the library quite late, mostly because I got lost on the way admiring the town. Just when I walked in, with Mrs. O'Leary right behind me I nearly had a heart attack. The two bitterest rivals were sitting together. Lady Athena's head on Lord Poseidon's shoulder while she was reading. I would have tripped over a book too if it wasn't for Mrs. O'Leary.
"Ahhh!" Screamed Lord Zeus, nearly jumping out of his skin when Mrs. O'Leary barked. "What is that?" He asked, composing himself.
There were snickers over the room, I wonder why... Travis, seeing my expression told me that earlier both Lady Athena and Lord Poseidon just scared Lord Zeus and he said who it would be next, looking at everyone in the room but that I wasn't there then. I understood it now but freaked out, hoping I wouldn't be smitten. Then I saw my dad and Lord Apollo and fell on the ground rolling around laughing my head off. Everyone except Lady Athena looked confused, she just smirked evilly and I understood what she had done as revenge for our 'harmless' prank.
"This isn't very amusing." Said my father.
"Why don't you just change?" I asked him.
"The clothes are magical, it'll wear out in a day." He told me.
"Or longer." Said Lady Athena. "Seeing that I put a strong spell on the clothes."
Lord Apollo paled. "But then I can't go around singing my haikus in this outfit." He wailed. "And then I'll only be able to sing them in Camp!" He sniffled.
"Drama king." Artemis muttered.
"I am not dramatic. My poetry skills are amazing, listen." Apollo opened his mouth.
A big chorus off 'Nooooooooo!''s were heard. But Lord Apollo just cleared his throat.
"Ahem.
I am great,
We play together with fates,
I will rule."
He bows.
"Great job brother! That was actually slightly good! Except for the Fates part." Says Lady Artemis smiling so big you knew she wasn't kidding. "I have one too!
The wind blows,
The beautiful, bounty trees grow,
My animals glow.
There; a haiku for nature!" She said.
We spent the rest of our time at the library reading books in greek and gossiping.
Dionysus' POV:
At the library I kept imagining a party happening there with wine and all that. But Athena insisted on reading. I managed grabbing one book and tried to read it. After thirty torturous minutes I fell asleep. Oh well not my fault. I dreamed of a grand party, with wine and all that. I woke up after five minutes, and headed towards the computer section to play games. No one noticed. But of course, Hermes and Apollo were already there, mourning over their loss at choosing clothes.
"I can't believe that Athena chose this as a plan of revenge!" Apollo said.
"It's too far! I mean really? Hippie outfits?" Hermes agreed.
"How did you even end up wearing them?" I asked.
"Oh. Hi Dionysus." Apollo said, subdued. "I just woke up wearing them, and found the clothes that I was supposed to be wearing on my dresser, neatly folded with a note from Athena on top."
"The exact same happened to me. I couldn't change out of this, no matter how much I tried." Hermes sighed. "And then my jacket started melting when I tried wearing it over this. Now I can't pull a prank anymore! The clothes will give me away."
"Actually..." Apollo leaned over and whispered something into Hermes' ear. "Sorry dude, but you give too much away when you're asleep." He said to me.
Poseidon's POV:
After a while Dionysus fell asleep(naturally). Everyone else was reading, including Athena who kept getting up every few seconds to get a new book. I was bored so I kept reading a book called 'The Edge of the Sea' by Rachel Carson (A/N: I don't own this! It's an actual story!) it was quite nice. As for Athena, she seemed to have read all the books here at least 30 times!
"I think we should get out of the library now." Zeus whispered to me.
"I agree, I think we should get some snacks..." I replied.
What are you two talking about? Athena asked in our minds.
Why aren't you speaking aloud? Wondered Zeus.
"You really wanted people to hear us?" Athena hissed.
"No, not really." I told her.
"On top of all that, why do you want to leave the library?" She asked us.
"How do you know what we were talking about?" I asked her.
"I read your minds." She told us, then continued at our confused looks. "We can read others' minds as long as they don't "lock" their minds." She told us, while mind messaging Demeter and reading her book.
"Sure, then why can't I read your mind?" I asked. Zeus and Athena simultaneously rolled their eyes.
"I told you, you can't read a god or goddess' mind unless they don't lock their mind, Since I locked my mind you can't read mine. Since you and Father didn't, I can read your minds." She said.
"Hey look! Travis is thinking about Katie!" I told her.
"I kind of already know that." She told me.
We -Zeus, Athena and I- spent the next half hour reading minds, though Athena was also reading her book. As for Zeus and I, we kept trying multiple times to get into Athena's thoughts, with no success, she had installed some trivia questions before we could read her mind;
What is the capital of Bangladesh? (A/N:Dhaka)
How old am I?-I forgot her age for that one.
She also added some puzzles to solve before you could access her mind.
"Stop trying to access my mind!" She hissed at us. "I'm tired of thinking of questions to stump you."
"How do you know that we're trying to access your mind?" Me and Zeus asked her.
"Because you two didn't lock your minds properly." She replied while rolling her eyes.
"I think we should have a small break now." Chiron said to all of the people in the room.
"Where are we going now?" Asked Percy.
"To the lake to prepare for the water balloon fight of course!" Aphrodite replied.
"I'll post the two sides after it's been prepared." Chiron said.
"Can I not join?" Asked Hypnos and his children.
"Alright, then." Chiron said.
So we all ended up spending the next hour making water balloons-which was actually quite fun.
Artemis' POV:
Making water balloons was interesting. I started molding the balloons into shapes out of boredom though. That was what made it interesting.
"Why are you making that one into the shape of Apollo's head?" I turned around and saw Athena behind me.
"Hopefully, Apollo and I are on different sides. I want to hit him with this balloon." I told her..
"Good idea. I think I'll make a heart shaped balloon." She said.
"For Ares or Aphrodite?" I asked. "Father knows that Ares would take it as an insult."
"It is an insult, and I think I'm going for Ares. One, he has slow reflexes, so the he probably won't catch that the balloon is in the shape of a heart. The thing is, I'm probably going to make it smell like perfume. Too much perfume." Athena said, casting a spell.
"Great idea. That will really tick him off. But make sure that he isn't standing anywhere near Aphrodite, maybe by himself, so it'll tell him that the balloon was meant for him." I said, looking over at Ares.
"Now that would be funny. He'd probably start throwing the balloons out of anger." Athena told me.
"It would most likely insult him to the point of losing. I really hope that he's on the other team. It would help us alot." I said. "And we're hopefully on the same team." I added.
"Do you like school?" Athena asked, out of the blue.
"I'm not sure. There are males there. That kind of ruins school for me." I said. I was surprised that she and Poseidon were together, but it wasn't that surprising. I could always tell that Poseidon liked her, and Aphrodite told me that she liked Poseidon. I couldn't exactly complain about her choice though. I mean, Hera kind of made a worse choice. The worst choice.
Splash! A water balloon hit me on the head. Splash! Another one hit my back. Splat. I dodged the third one, so it ended up on the ground.
"Hermes?" I turned around and whacked him on the head with my bow. "I'm going to kill you!" I yelled.
Hermes gulped and stood up. "I'm taking that as my cue to leeaavveeee!" He yelled as he started running around.
I chased after him, shooting him with my arrows, as fast as I could.
"Ow! Ow! Owww! Ow!" Hermes yelped, jumping up and down. "No fair! I only hit-Ow!- you with two-Oi!- balloons and I get a thousand-Ow! Will you stop that?- arrows in return?"
"You tried to hit me a third time!" I yelled.
"Ow! Key-Ow!- word. TRIED!" Hermes ran behind my annoying twin brother and used him as a shield. "Hide me, Apollo!"
"Oi! What the Hades, Artemis?" Apollo asked, rubbing his head, where one of my arrows was protruding through his forehead. "I look like a fricking unicorn!"
"Yes you do." Hermes snickered from behind him, but yelped when another arrow pierced him.
"Calm down sis!" Apollo raised his hands and motioned for me to calm down.
"Don't call me sis!" I said, shooting him in the leg.
"Fine, Arty." He pouted. "And that hurt." He said.
"It was supposed to. And DON'T. CALL. ME. ARTY! My name is Artemis. A-R-T-E-M-I-S." I said through clenched teach, shooting him in the foot.
"You are cruel." Apollo frowned, and deflected the next arrow I shot. "Hermes only teases you because-" Hermes wrapped his hand around Apollo's mouth.
"I only tease you because you have the funniest reaction." Hermes said loudly, walking away.
"Males." I rolled my eyes and walked back to where Athena was sitting, amused. "Why does Hermes tease me?" I asked her.
"That's for Apollo to appreciate and you to presume." She said.
The teams were up later:
Poseidon's team:
Athena,
Hades,
Artemis,
Jake,
Persephone,
Helios,
Malcolm,
Piper,
Ares,
Thalia,
Morpheus,
Leo,
Travis,
Katie,
Phoebe,
Hermes
Nyx
Percy's team:
Annabeth,
Zeus,
Hera,
Hephaestus,
Drew,
Apollo,
Selene,
Nico,
Dionysus,
Iris,
Demeter,
Nyssa,
Clarisse,
Chris,
Connor,
Aphrodite
Lou Ellen,
Hestia
Erebus
We prepared for the water balloon fight after checking the board out.
A/N: For the names, that was all I could think of. If I remember one name and add it randomly, I will tell you that person's team.
*Chapter: EDITED!* I can't believe this! I'm almost done editing this. It's actually easy!