The Other Side of Me

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Edited on August 11th: I cleared up some grammar mistakes and I hope this makes more sense.

Chapter Two

All the twelve Olympians were seated in their respective thrones, and somehow I didn't feel as nervous as before when I stood in front of all those gods. One thing: apparently they were in a meeting, there's no way to get all these gods—even Hades and Hestia were here—together in the same 'room'. And if Hades was here (no offense), then that's BIG stuff.

I walked to Zeus and bowed, and when I proceed to my father's throne to kneel, Zeus and all other gods shrank to human size and came to me, they were all muttering something like, "Lord Perseus, why did you bow?"

"Lord Perseus, hello? I can't believe your head was still filled with kelp, sorry, but don't zap me." From Athena, wait, what was with the Lord Perseus thing? Zap her? How?

"Geez dude, don't act like a mortal, you're one of us—In fact, you're the most powerful one!" From Apollo or Hermes, I wasn't really sure. Now I'm officially a Seaweed Brain with extra kelp, and that I've never been more confused in my entire life, maybe except certain things about Wise Girl.

"Son, um, Perseus. Didn't we tell you?" Poseidon said. Finally! I mean—finally there's someone that came to their senses and asked me if I knew whatever that was going on.

"What? Told me what?" The Olympians in the room faltered for the tiniest fraction of a second and exchanged some uneasy glances. This was not going to end well.

"That… You're a god!" What? My world flipped upside down.

"But…But…How—" I manage to stutter it out.

"Perseus, since you didn't accept to be a god, which we never expected—we already made you a god before the official offer. Considering nobody would really turn that offer down..." Zeus explained.

"But… I turned it down because I truly didn't want to be a god!" And Annabeth…

"Lord Perseus, that's impossible if you want to be a mortal again, after taking your half of the other DNA out, you can't have it back, I'm sorry."

"How come I didn't know? I mean, how come I didn't notice?"

"That's because you're already a powerful half-blood, especially the fact that you are a child of Big Three, so it's actually not much difference after you became a god. I mean, as a mortal, you are even more powerful than a certain few minor gods. But you did feel more powerful didn't you?" Athena said as I nodded.

"And the fact that you know a lot more about time, am I right? Did you check your Achilles point? I expect the point to be invulnerable too. Hmmm… Let me see, oh, your dyslexia was lifted a bit. Oh right, and you got this little voice in your head, which is self conscious for every god, just to guide to make the right choice." Athena continued.

"Yeah… Those, uh, issues. But what was with the time part?"

"Perseus Jackson, you're officially the Lord of the Time because you defeated Kronos, and the world needs time to balance, so we need a lord of time. For one thing, after thousands of years, we agreed to elect a new chief for Olympus, a new King for the gods."

"Hmph!" Zeus interrupted.

"Anyway," Athena continued. "You are currently the Lord of Time, King of the Gods. All Hail, Perseus Jackson, Lord of Time, Loyalty, and King of the Gods."

Can you imagine the twelve all-powerful beings bowing to you? Just as I was thinking that, I rose to my new full height, like 15 feet or so. It was about the first time I noticed that a new throne was RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE of the loop 'U'. Wow! How can I even miss it? The scythe was fastened beside the throne, but I prefer Riptide more. I held the scythe in my hands, radiating a sea-green aura instead of a purple one in my hands, and it turned into a mechanical pencil as I put it in my pocket—so much for collecting a whole pack of stationary-weapons.

"Perseus, I think we should contact the Olympus Architect, to build a cabin in the camp." Poseidon said. Oh no, Olympus Architect, the only reason why I turned down the gift—was she. My Wise Girl, no one else's. If she knows this, she would be so heart-broken; I don't even want to imagine what her reaction will be.

"Can you guys do me a favor?"

"Anything my lord."

"Do not, under any circumstances, ever, call me Lord or any other titles in front of my old friends, okay? Especially…" I blushed. "Annabeth…" I will do anything to hide this from everyone, especially Annabeth about who I am, actually, what I am. "Don't you even bother to get me a cabin, I'm only sixteen!" And being the leader of Olympus, that's just too much to take in.

"Fine, my lord. But you must attend every Olympus meeting, and as a member of Olympian Council, you have to vote for all decisions."

"But I need to hide this from other campers! What if they come here for winter solstice?"

"Well Perseus, you just have to go with it, now, don't you? And winter solstice is still three months away!"

"Oh. Yeah, but as an Olympus leader, you will have to post as Zeus, like how he lead the council."

"Oh great, that's too much to proceed. So… I guess I have about two or three months to still be normal, huh? Please, just let me enjoy these months, 'kay?"

With that, I tried out one of my new powers, and I teleported home.

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