Percy's New Purpose
(1 week later)
Percy rolled to the side as he dodged another sword that tried to take his head off. Not given any breathing room another sword soon came at him which he deflected and returned his own blow into the chest of the assailant. His senses tingled and he ducked avoiding another slash to the head. He ripped his sword out the enemy's chest and quickly decapitated the last one. Its head rolled to the side until he stopped it with his foot, smoke billowing from the severed neck.
"Oh come on Percy you know how long it took me to build these things?" a voice complained up from the stands. "I tried the make them harder but you just cut through these animations like butter dude."
Percy glanced up at Leo with a smirk. "Sorry Leo but your automatons are the only thing that give me a real challenge nowadays." One of the good things, Percy admitted, of being immortal was that it did make him stronger, faster, and more alert then he was before. He felt powerful but he really didn't care. He didn't want it but now that he had it he might as well use it. He has yet to tell anyone about his immortality besides the people who gave it to him. He didn't want to be treated any different, he just wanted to be Percy. For the last week he has just been training harder than before, he never wanted to feel so helpless ever again.
Leo glared at him and huffed. "Ya, well stop being so good, and get a hobby besides destroying things I build."
Percy laughed and walked over to a bench a grabbed a bottle of water and poured it all over his head, letting himself get wet, soaking his orange camp half-blood shirt and jeans. The effects were instant, rejuvenating him and healing the small bruises he had. Leo jumped down from the stands and looked at him with pity in his eyes. "So…how have you been?"
Percy gave a force smile and looked at his friend. "I'm doing great Leo you don't have to coddle me." Percy was really getting sick of people treating him this way. Everyone walked around him on egg shells thinking he would break any moment. He just wanted people to treat him the same and not give him any pity, he didn't deserve it.
"Hey man I'm just making sure you're doing ok. Your one of my best friends and I just want you to know we are here for you." It was sight to see Leo serious so Percy gave him a genuine smile.
"I am getting better Flame Head don't worry about me"
"Great because we don't need another emo we already have Nico for that." Leo grinned trying to lighten the mood.
Percy just shook his head. "Well, I'm tired so I am going to head back to my cabin and get some sleep."
"Alright man I'll work on some more animations. Next time it won't be so easy"
Percy waved him goodbye and started to head back. Looking around the camp all you could see was construction. While Percy was knocked out the romans attacked but were soon stopped by the gods themselves, they didn't want to lose any more children than they did during the war. New cabins for minor gods were popping up more and more and the children to fill those cabins were coming in at a constant rate. The number of campers easily tripled then what it was before the war. Because of all the new campers Percy was designated to teach the newer kids as he was apparently the best in camp. He didn't mind, it gave him something to do, something to take his mind off of… her.
Percy talked to his friends and fellow campers around the camp making small talk on his way back. He was the leader of the camp and everyone looked up to him and he had to be sure to hold up that image. He would laugh at people's jokes and always have a smile on his face. Percy would help build when needed and to everyone he seemed happy. To everyone it seemed Percy was finally at peace.
Percy walked in closing his cabin door behind him and instantly the smile disappear off his face. Percy Jackson was not at happy. His sleepless nights plagued with nightmares making him scream awake in the middle of the night kept him on edge. Sometimes he was force to relive some of the memories from Tartarus but mostly and worse of all his mind just replayed the day he lost a part of himself. He tried to stop the arrow every time but each time he missed and he had to watch Annabeth die over and over again.
Percy's room was a mess, he didn't care. Shirts, pants and underwear were littered all around the floor making it almost impossible to see the floor. His nightstand broken in half from the times he got mad and smashed it. His bed looking like someone had tossed and turned in it all night. Percy's cabin represented what Percy was, clean on the outside a mess on the inside. Sure Percy put on a smile for his friends. He walked around the camp like everything was good in the world. He hid is pain behind a mask of jokes and smiles. His friends were none the wiser as they themselves were happy that the war was finally over. Everyone was happy around him and he hated it. Sure he was glad his friends were finally at peace but it hurt to see them so happy while he was slowly being tortured.
Worse of all Percy was simply bored. He didn't have anything to take his mind off of Annabeth. Teaching the kids was something anyone with a sword could do, they just picked him because he was supposedly the best. He missed the adrenaline of battle, the excitement of fighting the monsters that kept kids up at night. Now that the war was over he had nothing. Nothing to fight. Nothing to love. Nothing to do.
Sighing Percy peeled his shirt off and threw it on the floor, adding to the mess already there. He stopped in front of a mirror and looked at the broken image in front of him, literally and figuratively. The mirror had a giant crack that started from the top and zigzagged all the way down from the time Percy smashed it. Looking past that crack you could see a broken man. Percy's hair was disheveled and unkempt, his eyes, once filled with joy and happiness, now dull and had dark circles under them. He just grimaced at the image and walked up to his nightstand that barely stood and picked up a picture on it. It was a simple picture of him, Annabeth, and Grover. Grover looking at the camera with a smile and half a can in his face his arm around Annabeth. Percy was on the other side of Annabeth sticking bunny ears over her head with a giant grin on his face. Annabeth stood there looking like she was in the middle of laughing, her princess blond curls reflecting the sunlight beautifully. The three teens in this picture looked obvious to the world, they truly had no idea what was to come.
Fighting back more tears Percy set down the picture and crawled into bed and stared up at the celling. He was tired but was scared to go to sleep. He looked over to the corner of his room and saw the salt spring fountain there. He felt guilty that he hasn't talk to his mom since what happened. He wasn't angry at her he just didn't have the heart to talk to her right now. Percy rolled away from the fountain and curled into a ball under his covers and closed his eyes. He hoped that Morpheus would pity him tonight with a dreamless sleep.
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Percy woke up to the sound of a distant giggling. He shot straight up in his bed only to realize he wasn't in his bed…and was in the middle of a forest. Percy knew something was up because he never had a dream like this before. He was in a clearing with thick trees surrounding him.
There was no sound, no wind, no birds chirping, just stillness. Then the silence was broken by the giggling again. Percy looked around but could not pinpoint were the laughing was coming from, it sounded like it was all around him. From the corner of his eye he saw a flash of movement. His head instantly snapped over to it.
"Hello? Who are you?" Percy asked out.
More giggling answered and he saw more movement. He could tell the person was female but other than that he was clueless.
He called out the first name he thought it was. "Annabeth? Is that you?"
He heard the giggling again but this time could tell where it was coming from.
"Annabeth?" He looked over to a part of the woods where the trees blocked most of the light and only saw a pair of familiar shining silver eyes.
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Percy woke up with a start. Who was that? He wondered. Those eyes were familiar but he could not place who they belonged to. It wasn't Annabeth, he knew that much. Because of this he felt guilty, dreaming of another girl a little over a week since his girlfriend die. He wasn't ready to move on, he didn't want to move on.
Shaking his head he decided to not put too much thought into the dream and pass it off as stress. He slowly got out of sat up in bed and rubbed his eyes. Standing up and stretching he walked over to his bathroom and took a quick shower. He came out and went to his dresser to take out some cloths only to realize he didn't have any left in there.
"I really have to do some laundry" He scolded himself. Shrugging he picked up the cloths that looked the less dirty and put them on. He walked to the cabin door and took a deep breath before putting on a forced smile and opening the door. Apollo was just starting to make is trip for the day. Percy never really slept in anymore just because of the fact he was barely ever able to sleep. He headed to the dining pavilion to end his stomach's constant complaining.
He arrived there to see that not many people were up this early. He saw some of the Athene kids' reading books or looking at blueprints at their table. I got a pang of sadness when I saw some of the blond hair there reminding me of her. The only other people up at this time was some of the Hephaestus kids tinkering with some projects and the Demeter kids just came in from working in the strawberry fields.
Percy sat down and got some simple eggs, toast and bacon. He went to the brazier and sacrificed a portion to his father. "To you dad."
He sat back down and slowly started eating letting his mind wander about this around him. Soon other campers started to fill in and get some food. He heard people talking and laughing just like a family should. It made him sad that everyone around him was happy and content while he was grieving over his loss. He noticed a lot of people staring at him, pointing and whispering also accompanied. Percy was use to this by now, He was now the big shot at the camp because of him taking down Gaia by himself. He didn't remember much about the fight only bits and pieces of it. He remember seeing red and suddenly becoming the size of Gaia. After that it was pretty much just black.
Percy didn't want the fame, he would trade everything to get the one thing he lost that day. But, he let the kids look up to him, he knew they needed an idol and he would defiantly not look weak in front of them.
Suddenly a horn sounded throughout the camp. The new campers were confused on what was going on, but the older campers knew exactly what followed that horn. The Hunters of Artemis decided to pay them a visit. Percy gave a real smile when he heard the horn. Most people would call a man crazy if he was happy to see a group of man hating hunters, but Percy was glad that he would get to see his cousin again.
Percy got up and headed to the hill where The Golden Fleece lied. When He reached the tree he saw the group of girls coming up the hill. Their group was a lot smaller now as they sadly lost a lot in the war. They use to have at least 20 hunters but now only had around 8. Percy hasn't been able to talk to Thalia since the battle but he knew she blamed herself.
Thalia saw Percy and tackled him into a hug "Percy!"
Percy just laughed and hugged her back just as hard, "It's good to see you to Pinecone Face."
"Let go of our lieutenant you disgusting male." someone spat at me. Percy looked over his cousin's shoulder and saw a girl He didn't recognized. She looked young around 12 or 13 with black hair and it looked. They must already be recruiting more girls already hm.
A stern voice spoke up. "Lower your bow Maya"
"B-but Milady"
"I said lower your bow, you don't want to shoot the twice savior of Olympus do you?"
Her eyes widen comically and she instantly lowered her bow. Meanwhile, Percy finally realized who was talking. He quickly let go of Thalia and dropped down on his knee.
"Lady Artemis" He said respectfully.
Artemis surprising waved him off. "Please Perseus you are one of the few males that actually has my respect you don't need to bow to me." Percy got up off his knee but didn't take any chances and kept his head in a bow. He didn't want to become an immortal jackalope, no thank you.
When the group of girls that could easily castrate any man walked by Percy walked up to Thalia who lagged behind.
"So Pinecone face, how have you been?" He asked. A sudden zap coursed through his body.
"Don't call me that." She growled, "Anyway, it's been rough. We lost a lot of hunters during the war. We have not been able to defend ourselves with so little hunters from the monster attacks. Artemis can't even do much because she is still weak from the fight. That's why we are here, even though no hunter will admit it, we can't survive on our own right now." She explained sadly. "I know I'm not the only one that lost people, how are you holding up?"
I sighed and put on another forced smile, "I'm doing good Thalia."
She just looked at me like he was stupid, "Percy I know how much you loved Annabeth, I know you are not already ok."
"Thalia I swear I'm fine."
"REALLY?! Because I'm not Percy." She exploded, "I am still mourning over the loss of my best friend and I know if I'm not over her you sure as Hades are not."
Percy saw the tears starting to spill from her eyes and wrapped her in a hug, "Shhh I know, I know." He whispered to her.
"Don't you ever lie to me seaweed brain. I know you, probably better then you know yourself." Thalia said in his chest.
"Ok, I'm sorry. Look later we'll talk but not right now" Percy stated noticing the people staring at us.
Thalia blushed and push Percy away not use to being so affectionate in public and grinned at Percy, "How about we blow off some steam at the arena and I whack you around a bit?"
"Sure Thalia I don't mind wiping the floor with you" Percy shrugged
Thalia glared at him, "oh you are so on Seaweed Brain. Last one there is a rotten egg!" She screamed as she bolted off. Percy just stared at her, shaking his head and took off after her.
When Percy reached the arena he saw Thalia on the other side already having her shield, Aegis, and her spear in hand. He walked over to the other side and took out riptide, still in pen form, and twirled it between his fingers. There were some people training but when they saw Percy and Thalia enter and go to opposite sides they knew what was about to go down. Everyone started to whisper to one another making bets who would win, of course most people bet on Percy.
Word got around that a duel between them was going on a soon more and more campers came to watch. Even the hunters decided to come cheer on their lieutenant, they sat at the opposite end of the campers acting like they all had the plague. Percy was surprised that Artemis, the 18 year old auburn hair goddess sat with her hunters making the boys nearby move away in fear of losing their genitals.
Percy turned to cousin, "So Thals, powers or no powers?" He asked.
"No powers, even I will admit that you are more powerful than me with powers" she grudgingly admitted.
"Alright, your loss" He replied as he uncapped riptide. "Ready to taste defeat Pinecone Face?"
"In your dreams Seaweed Brain."
By some unspoken word they both launched at each other. Thalia made the first strike trying to lunging at his midsection, Percy saw this coming and quickly blocked it. He pressed harder putting her on the defense as she blocked the incoming strikes with her shield. Getting tired of playing on defense she bashed forward with her shield throwing Percy off balance and swung her spear at his feet. Percy easily jumped over it and struck down with his sword, Thalia had to raise her spear to block and grunt at the force behind it, causing her to be pushed back a bit. She kicked Percy in the stomach and made him land flat on his back.
"GO THALIA, DESTORY THIS MALE!" The hunters cheered in the crowd.
Percy knew he wasn't trying his hardest but he sure as Hades was getting annoyed and decided to kick it up a notch. He did a kick up and landed perfectly on his feet, twirling his sword a bit in his hand he tauntingly waved Thalia at him. Thalia growled and pressed on with her attacks. She came at Percy with a flurry of strikes from different angles with both her shield and spear. Percy was having the time of his life fighting someone that actual gave him a challenge. The adrenaline pumping through his veins was giving him the relief he needed for his grief, he wasn't bored. He wanted more. Percy was able to easily block these all and saw her feint to the side. He baited her into thinking he fell for it but instead meant her strike with full force. She didn't expect Percy to catch it and in consequence she lost grip on her spear causing it to fly to the other end of the arena.
Thalia dropped her shield and looked at Percy with fury. "Ok you wanna play rough? I'll play rough!" She spun her hands and two sliver hunting knives appeared in her hands. She struck Percy twice as fast as before, guess having two hunting knives instead of a spear and shield made her more agile.
To the people watching the fight became a flurry of blades and it seemed both of them were even. Artemis, the only one that could keep track of the fight, narrowed her eyes as she noticed Percy was not giving it his all. She didn't know whether to be angry that he was going easy on one of her hunters or impressed that he was this good without giving it his all.
Percy ducked under a knife and blocked another one aimed at his arm. Thalia didn't yet up though and slashed again with her knife this time she got lucky and nicked the Percy cheek.
Percy pushed her away and she leveled her blades and looked at Percy, to say the least she was shocked. Instead of red blood Percy had golden blood running down his cheek. Percy just stood there, slowly dabbing his fingers on the blood on his check and looking down at them. Percy didn't know whether it was because he has not had a real fight since Gaia or the depression he has gone into recently, but suddenly Percy wasn't in the arena anymore, at least not to him. He was back at the battle field at Mount Olympus and in front of him wasn't his cousin Thalia, no Gaia was there in her place. Percy snapped. Rage and anger flooded his body and he let out a feral growl.
Thalia looked at Percy and instantly knew something wasn't right, "Percy? Are you ok?" she asked in a worried tone. She then saw his eyes, his eyes were not the fun loving green eyes she was use to or even the sad ones that she saw earlier today. Instead they were dark green filled with pain and anger with a glare so intense it made her step away. Faster than her eyes could register Percy was right in front of her striking down at her face. She quickly brought up her knifes to stop the blade but the forced behind it caused her to stumble back. A second later Percy kicked her directly in the chest causing her to go flying back, people in the crowd screamed out in fear. Thalia gasped as she landed, she knew that kick broke a couple rips, her hunting knives too far for her to grab.
"P-Percy, what are you doing" she gasped out in pain. Percy charged at "Gaia" with the intent to kill. He wanted to kill her over and over again for the pain that she caused him. He walked over to Thalia's downed form and raised the blade over her.
"Percy please, it's me" She pleaded. Percy, showing no remorse, brought the blade down and Thalia closed her eyes thinking she was done for. The last second before the Riptide reached its target two hunter blades interrupted its path. Thalia looked up to see her Mistress saving her life and she looked pissed. Artemis kicked Percy square in the chest and launched her across the arena and gave chase. Percy brought up his sword to block a swipe across his chest before feinting to the left and slashing her arm. Every move that Percy did Artemis matched just as fast and as hard.
Percy only saw red as rage took over his body. Ironically he was fighting this hard because he didn't want his friends to ever get hurt again, not knowing that he was fighting the people he was fighting for.
Percy feinted to the right but Artemis blocked it anyway and looked right into Percy's eyes, "Percy. Stop this. Now."
Percy grunted as he tried to push down, then he saw Artemis's eyes. They were the same silver eyes that he saw in his dream and suddenly he realized what was going on. He realized where he really was and what he was doing. He dropped his sword and looked down at his hands. What have I done? The last thing he saw was Artemis's fist and then darkness.
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Artemis looked down at the unconscious man. She respected him enough to call him a man instead of a boy because to her he was one of the few that deserved that title. He the exact opposite of what she thought men to be and it annoyed her to no end. She was confused on what made Percy go berserk on Thalia like that. She walked over to Thalia and summoned some ambrosia for her to eat. Thalia took it greedily and sighed as the giant purple bruise on her chest faded away.
"Thalia what happened to Perseus" Artemis asked.
"I don't really know Milady, one second it looks like we are having a friendly spar then it looked like he snapped and attacked me." She explained.
Artemis looked down at Percy then at the crowd. Everyone was whispering and staring at Percy with wide eyes and fear. They just saw their leader go crazy and try to kill his best friend and then stand toe to toe with an Olympian goddess and showed that he was an immortal. Artemis already knew that he was immortal as it had to be passed by all the Olympians before it was given to him. She grudgingly admitted to herself that Percy was actually one of the hardest fight she has had recently, but only to herself.
She sighed, "Thalia look over the hunt, I'm going to take Perseus to Olympus and get this all sorted out." She walked over to Percy and placed a hand on his shoulder and flashed them both to Olympus.
Artemis brought them to the throne room and took out symbol of power, a silver bow. She shot it into the air where the arrow exploded into silver sparkles. As she waited for the Olympians she decided to restrain Percy in case he had another freak out and decided to attack the gods, that would not end well.
Slowly the gods started to fill in one by one. They all looked confused on why they were being summoned until they noticed Artemis in the center next to a chained down Percy. The room started to shake.
"WHY IS MY SON IN CHAINS?!" Poseidon bellowed.
Artemis shrunk in fear, she knew how powerful her uncle could be when angry.
"Uncle please allow me to explain, it's for his own safety." Artemis pleaded.
Poseidon just glared at Artemis, "You better have a good reason or there will be prices to pay."
"Daughter, what has happened that made you bring Percy in chains?" Zeus asked.
Artemis took a deep breath and explained what happened during her short time at camp. How Thalia challenged Percy to a spar and how it was going fine until Percy snapped and started to go full rampage mode making Artemis step in to stop it. She left out the part where she was almost matched evenly with the demigod not wanting to hurt her pride.
"THIS DEMIGOD TRIED TO KILL MY DAUGHTER!?" Zeus screamed while taking out his master bolt. Before he could even lift his bolt into the air a trident was at his neck.
"I dare you try something, Brother" Poseidon spat.
An orange glow lowered onto the throne room. "How about we all calm down and hear Perseus's side of the story, yes?" Hestia offered.
The gods all calmed down and nodded their heads. Poseidon just glared at Zeus and lowered his trident. He walked over to Percy and summoned a ball of water and splashed it on Percy.
"Wah-wh-What." Percy gasped.
Percy's woke up with a throbbing headache. He tried to lift his arm up to hold his head but found it to be chained to the ground. He looked down at the chain in confusion and then looked around him. He saw all the Olympians staring down at him. A few like Ares and Zeus looked at him with anger while others looked at him with confusion or concern, besides Dionysus who was already asleep in his chair.
"What happened why am I chained down?" He asked in confusion. Suddenly the pain in his head increased and he grunted as the memories of what happened came back to him. Shit he thought I am so screwed.
"Percy my son, what happened?" His dad asked with care.
Percy gave a sad smirk "I guess this is what happens when you bottle your emotions for a long time." Percy then explained to the Olympians what has happened to him this last week and what he has been going through. Most looked at him with pity while others just didn't really care about him.
"How do we know he won't attack us again? He must be killed, a demigod with that much unchecked power is a danger to us." Zeus said raising his master bolt.
"We are not killing anyone brother, Percy here saved Olympus not once but twice. We owe him more than anyone." Hestia soothing voice ordered.
"Fine, I won't kill him" Percy let out a sigh of relief. "But how do we know he won't snap again and attack us?" Zeus asked.
"How about we have Dionysus to check his mind?" Hera offered. Everyone looked to the god and questions and saw he was still snoring in his seat. Aphrodite, who was next to him, slapped him on the face.
"Uh-what, yes kill the boy." He sputtered. He then noticed everyone staring at him. "What did I miss?"
"We need you to check Perseus mind to see if he is sane." Zeus demanded, Percy just waved at Dionysus.
Dionysus groaned "Can't we just kill this brat already?" Poseidon gave him glare and he instantly struck away. "I mean of course I will." He got up off his throne and walked over to Percy. Percy tried to keep him away in fear he was going to hurt him but the chains kept him on his knees. Dionysus brought his hands on each of his temples and a purple glow covered them. Percy did not like the feeling one bit, he could feel him inside his head. Soon the glow died down and Dionysus took his hands away.
"He's sane, but barely. He had a physiological break down from his adrenaline pumping, the bottled up emotions, and the grief he has been going through recently. If he just has someone to talk to he should be fine." Dionysus explained with no emotion at all. He walked away and went back on his throne where he instantly went back to sleep.
"Since my son is no longer a threat he does not need to be chained up on more" Poseidon declared. He snapped his fingers making the chains vanish and walked up to his son putting a hand on his shoulder, "Percy I know you probably don't like the idea of talking to someone about this, but can you? Is there anyone you trust enough for it?" His father asked.
"Thalia." Percy answered without hesitation.
"I'm sorry Perseus Thalia is part of my hunt and I can't afford to not have all my hunters with me at all times, we are too weak." Artemis said bowing her head in shame.
Apollo spoke up, "How about we just put Percy with the hunt? He is the strongest demigod ever and can easily help protect the hunt."
Percy just sat there shocked that Apollo just put that offer on the table. Is he trying to kill me?
"WHAT?!" Artemis exploded. Yup I'm screwed. "I WILL NOT HAVE A FILTHY MALE IN MY HUNT!" She scream.
"This might be the best offer you get to save your hunt, you might want to consider it" Her father stated.
Artemis just huffed and crossed her arms "No, I will not have a man in my hunt. I don't care who he is."
"Come on lil sis isn't Percy the only male you respect?" Apollo asked. A silver arrow appeared in between his legs.
"I am older then you, you idiot. While Percy does have my respect he is male and will probably hit on my hunters." She accused.
This got Percy mad. He would never do something like that and he could not believe Artemis actually thought that low of him. Without a second thought he walked up to Artemis and got on his knee, "I swear on the Styx that if you, Lady Artemis, accepts me into the hunt I will never hit on any of your hunters nor try to date any of them and help protect and care for the hunt even if that means giving my life."
Thunder rumbled above sealing the oath and all the gods stared down at Percy in shock. Artemis could not form any words as she just witness a male, who she always thought were selfish and arrogant, give an oath to protect her hunt with his life.
She sighed knowing she had no other option, "Fine, I accept your oath. Don't accept me to give you an easy time." She glared.
"Well now that that is settled we can discuss another matter." Zeus said. "Percy has yet to be rewarded for his help in the war"
Poseidon coughed, "Saving us."
Zeus gave him a glare, "Yes, whatever the reason he should be rewarded, that is why we have decided to make you an Olympian god. Seeing as you cannot do that anymore we will let you request anything within reason."
Percy looked thoughtful for a second before answering, "Ok, I have a couple request and they are easily in reason. First I want you to give back Hestia's and Hade's thrones back, they have done more than most of you in these last two wars and deserve to be a part of this counsel."
Zeus looked like he want to argue but stopped himself, "Fine." He snapped his fingers and two new thrones appeared. One looked like it was made of real fire except it was the kind of fire from a fireplace that would calm you down in a rainy day. The other was made up of pitch black bones with sculls across the top of the back rest. Zeus quickly summoned Hades for him to join them.
Hades appeared out of the shadows looking annoyed, "You rang brother?"
"Perseus here has decided to use one of his wishes to make you and Hestia on the council, so welcome brother." He waved to Hades seat.
Hades looked at the seat in shock before turning to Percy and giving him a nod and walked to his throne and sat down. He had a small smile on his face but made sure not to show it. Before Percy could do anything else a ball of red tackled his chest.
"Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Percy, I owe you so much." Hestia cried into his chest.
Percy just chuckled and hugged her back, "You deserve it milady."
Hestia pulled away and dried her tears before turning and seating on her new throne, not scared to show her giant smile.
Zeus looked back at Percy, "and what is your last request?"
"I want you to release all the titans that were not involved in the last two wars such as Calypso and Leto, they have all served their punishments long enough and deserve their freedom."
Again Zeus looked like he was going to explode but everyone looked at him expectantly, "Fine" he said through gritted teeth, "But they have to swear their allegiance to Olympus before they are set free."
"I think that's fair"
"Now if there is nothing left to discuss this meeting is over. Hermes go inform the Titans of the deal." Zeus stated before flashing out with a bolt of lightning. All the gods started to flash away until there was only Hestia, Poseidon, and Artemis left.
Poseidon walked over to Percy and pulled him into a hug, "I am so proud of you my son and know that you are always allowed in Atlantis if you need a home"
"I know dad, thank you." Percy gave him a hug just as hard.
Poseidon pulled away, "and remember son you should keep practicing your power over the sea and earth. Now that you are immortal they are much stronger." He gave one last hug before he disappeared into a sea mist.
Hestia approached him next, "Percy I just wanted to thank you for giving me a throne again."
"It was nothing Lady Hestia, you deserve it." He waved off.
"Please just call me Hestia, and I want to give you something in return and don't you dare say no to me. I am going to give you the power of the hearth with it you will have the power to heal and summon home cooked meals anytime needed."
Percy smiled, "I would be honored to accept your gift, thank you Hestia."
Hestia put her hands on his shoulders and a soft orange glow outlined his body. With one last quick hug Hestia disappeared in a pillar of flames. Last but not least Artemis walked over to him.
"Milady." Percy said with a bow.
"None of that please, if you are going to stay with us just call me Artemis." She said, "Just know, just because I respect you does not mean this will be an easy time for you. Expect to work for your stay, we don't like freeloaders."
"Of course Artemis where would be the fun in that?" Percy said with a smirk.
"Close your eyes I will take us back to Camp Half-Blood where we can gather your stuff and the hunters."
Percy closed his eyes as Artemis put a hand on his shoulder. Together they flashed out leaving an empty throne room behind.
A/N: Hello! Sorry this chapter took a little longer I really wanted to make this chapter longer than the others and I did! Almost 3x as long as the other two! I really enjoyed making this chapter so please leave a review on your thoughts. I take all criticism into consideration and I read every review, you guys are what make me want to write. As to where this story is going I think I'm going to have 3-4 arcs all in this one story so I'm hoping it will be a long one. Thanks for reading!
