~•3rd POV•~
Apollo and Artemis stood up and teleported down to the arena. They both materialized bows in their hand. Percy followed their example and got his bow off his back and got into a ready stance. "Good luck." Percy said as he pulled back the string. "You as well." They said before also pulling back their strings. And at that they began their fight.
Artemis and Apollo began to rapid fire at Percy. They were firing so fast, it was almost like when Ares used a gun. As arrows rained down on Percy he made 5 arrows appear in his bow. He quickly fired and made more arrows appear. The arrows he fired shot directly at the incoming silver and gold arrows. They hit one arrow before curving and hitting another. Soon enough Percy had over 50 arrows in the air, all of which were deflecting arrows nonstop.
Everyone watched in awe as Percy's ice arrows swerved mid air and deflected arrows left and right. Soon enough the only arrows left in the air were Percy's. They suddenly redirected and shot at Apollo. They shot through the air at high speeds and began to circle Apollo so fast they looked like a tornado.
The arrows began to leave a trail of ice behind them. The ice trails began to quickly wrap around Apollo like chains. The arrows then shot into the ground, successfully binding and holding down Apollo. Apollo struggled against the binds, but was unable to free himself.
Artemis was about to help him, but was stopped when a blast of ice knocked her back. She got up and turned to see Percy charging at her empty handed. As he ran he began to fire blasts of ice out of his hand, aiming at Artemis. Artemis swiftly dodged the blasts left and right, but one managed to graze her right arm. It wasn't a bad hit, but where she got hit ice began to grow.
She tried to scrape the ice off, melt it with moonlight, and shatter it. Nothing worked to get the ice off of her. The ice kept expanding till her entire arm was covered in ice, then it kept going. Soon her entire body, other than her head was covered in ice.
Percy looked at the two trapped gods. He pulled out his bow and notched two arrows and fired. The arrows shot directly at Artemis and Apollo, but stopped an inch from their heads.
Percy melted his bow and arrows, the set the twin archers free. He used some of the water from the ice to heal their wounds. He walked to Apollo and held out a hand from him to shake. Apollo shook his hand and said, "Good fight." Percy nodded and said, "Yes it was." Apollo the flashed away, leaving Artemis and Percy.
Artemis walked up to Percy and said, "Good fight." She then got on her toes and kissed his cheek. Percy smiled at her and said, "Yes it was." She flashed out, leaving Percy. Percy looked up at the Olympians waiting for his next fight.
With a flash Hera and Hermes were standing in front of him. Hera had a bronze sword in her hands, and Hermes had the caduceus in his hands. Percy smiled at the god and goddess, and got into a ready stance. "Good luck you two." They both nodded and got into their own stances before saying, "You as well."
Hermes was the first to move. He shot forward at lightning fast speeds. He swept the caduceus at Percy's right side, before bringing his right leg up for a kick. Percy reacted just as fast as Hermes could attack. Be brought his swords up to block Hermes first attack, then dropped flat to the ground, to avoid his kick.
When Hermes kick missed Percy, Hermes quickly spun to keep his balance. Percy jumped off the ground and sent a series of slashes at Hermes, with his swords. Hermes quickly used his caduceus to block all of Percy's slashes, while trying to hook his leg under Percy's. Percy noticed what Hermes was trying to do, but acted as if he didn't. When Hermes successfully hooked his leg under Percy he pulled with all of his might. Percy acted quickly and spun to his right and reversed the leg hook and pulled on Hermes' leg.
His move was successful, causing Hermes to fall on his but. Percy instantly had a sword at Hermes' throat. Hermes raised his hands in surrender. Percy nodded and pulled his sword back, just in time to block a strike from Hera.
He smiled at her before beginning a barrage of strikes towards her. She was barely able to block all of his strikes, and she had to back up to keep herself from getting hit. Eventually she found herself backed up against a wall. Percy smirked and did a 360 spin and brought his sword down at her neck.
Hera closed her eyes expecting pain, but when it never came she opened her eyes. She sighed in relief when she saw the sword stopped an inch from her neck. Percy smiled kind heartedly at her and said, "It's ok Hera, I would never hurt you." She smiled in return before saying, "Thanks."
Hermes walked up to Percy and shook his hand and said, "Good fight." Percy nodded to him, and Hermes flashed up to the other gods. Percy turned to Hera. She kissed his cheek and said, "Good fight." before flashing away.
Percy, yet again, looked up at the Olympians. Then with a flash Hephaestus and Hestia were standing in front of him. He looked curiously at Hestia, who just shrugged and said, "They needed my to fight, to make the rounds even." Percy just nodded and said, "Ok, good luck."
Hephaestus and Hestia just nodded and got into a ready stance. Percy charged at the two, with his swords to his sides. As he charged, Hestia and Hephaestus began to shoot fire at Percy. Percy just smirked and continued to run, strait into the fire.
Everyone watched with wide eyes as Percy ran into the fire. A few seconds later Percy shot out of the fire and round kicked Hephaestus, who flew Into a nearby wall. Percy then turned to Hestia and got into a fighting stance. Hestia simply smiled and got into a counter stance.
Since she was a peaceful goddess she wasn't very good at fighting, but she had watched enough to know her way around a battlefield. She summoned dual swords made out of fire and charged Percy. Soon enough they were in a full on fight with their swords.
Percy, being much more skilled was able to disarm Hestia. In a second flat he had a sword at her throat. She just smiled and raised her hands in surrender. Percy nodded and turned around to find where Hephaestus ended up.
When he finally spotted the god, he was still crumbled in the wall. Percy smiled at how good his kick was and walked over to Hephaestus. Percy held a sword to his neck, signifying the kill, then began to heal Hephaestus. When he was done the god was still unconscious. Percy groaned and picked up the extremely heavy man. Percy grunted under the weight and walked over to Hestia, who was watching in amusement.
Percy made a stretcher out of ice and laid Hephaestus down. He then turned to Hestia. Hestia walked up to him and hugged him before kissing his cheek. "Good fight." She said. Percy smiled and blushed a little bit before saying, "Yes it was, can you flash Hephaestus back with you please." She just nodded and said, "Sure, but I wanna talk in your cabin after this is over." Percy raised an eyebrow curiously saying, "Umm, sure, thanks."
When Hestia flashed her and Hephaestus back to the other Olympians, Percy got ready for the last two gods. Poseidon and Zeus flashed down in front of Percy with their symbols of power in hand. Percy was kind of nervous, he was strong, but these were the two strongest Olympians. This would definitely be his hardest battle as of yet.
All three got into a battle stance and without any words said, charged at each other. Zeus used the Master Bolt like a sword and slashed at Percy's right. Poseidon used his trident like a spear and thrust at Percy's left side. Percy quickly blocked Zeus's strike, receiving a good amount of electricity, then spun out of the way of Poseidon's thrust.
Percy swiftly shot ice at Zeus and charged Poseidon. Zeus didn't expect the ice, so it hit him full on in the chest. Poseidon swept his trident at Percy, trying to hit him like he was a baseball. Percy jumped over Poseidon's swing and slashed with both swords at his right side. Poseidon was still mid swing when he brought his trident up to block Percy's strike.
Out of the side of his eyes, Poseidon saw Zeus struggling against the ice. He quickly melted the ice with his power over water, setting Zeus free. Zeus nodded at Poseidon in thanks before aiming his Master Bolt at Percy. He knew Percy was strong enough to survive a strike from his Master Bolt, so he shot directly at Percy.
Percy's eyes widened when he saw the lightning flying at him. He wasn't fast enough to dodge, so he got hit. Percy flew back from the blast, and crashed into a nearby wall. Everyone watched wide eyed as Percy slowly stood up and walked out of the crater in the wall. He groaned and said, "Ouch, do you know how much that hurt?"
When Percy was fully out of the wall his shirt was charred and his hair looked like his put a fork into an outlet. Percy's swords melted from the lighting, so he pulled out Riptide. The sword glowed as he walked forward.
Percy pointed Riptide at Zeus, and water fired from the tip, like a water cannon. The impact sent Zeus flying into Poseidon. When Zeus and Poseidon stood up they both looked dizzy. Poseidon and Zeus pointed their weapons at Percy, and he pointed his weapon at them.
Soon all three powerful weapons shot an element out of their tip. Poseidon shot water, Zeus shot lightning, and Percy shot a mixture of ice and water. All three beams met in the center and caused a massive explosion. Dust covered the entire arena, making it so no one could see who won.
When the dust cleared Poseidon, Zeus, and Percy were all laying next to each other. Percy spoke up, "Well, that sucked. Let's never do that again." Poseidon and Zeus laughed and agreed.
Apollo healed the three and helped them up. They were still weak from the fight, so they leaned on someone. Poseidon leaned on Apollo, Zeus leaned on Hera, and Percy leaned on Hestia, of course.
Zeus then announced to the crowd, "Alright everyone, I believe this test is over now, you may all return to your business. Campers, we will be flashing you back to camp." Everyone got up and began to leave. Soon it was just Percy, the campers, and the Olympians.
The Olympians flashed the campers to camp and left to do their own things. Hestia flashed Percy and her to the Poseidon cabin at camp. She helped him lay down on the bed before laying down on his chest. Percy wrapped an arm around her and shifted till they were face to face.
"So, what is it that you wanted to talk about." He asked. Hestia blushed before asking, "Do you have feelings for anyone?" Percy was take aback by the question. He was also kind of nervous, he had feelings for her, but didn't know if she returned them. Percy nervously said, "Yes." She seemed to gain a hopeful look.
"Who is it?" She asked. Percy smiled and said, "Well, she has the most mesmerizing eyes, they look like living flames. Her hair is an amazing Auburn color, and smells like fire and the most amazing food imaginable. She is just the right for her to snuggle into my chest. She has the most amazing personality, she is always happy and hopeful. She can make me happy I my saddest of states. She simply completes me."
With every word he inched closer to her. Hestia smiled and asked, "And what would her name be?" She asked also inching closer to him. "Hestia." He whispered barely audible. Hestia heard though, and her heart skipped a beat, he liked her back. She slowly leaned closer to him and closed her eyes. Percy followed suit, till their lips met.
When they pulled back Percy smiled at her and said, "I love you Hestia." She smiled back and said, "I love you too Percy." Percy smiled widely at her, not believing she loved him back. "Then will you be my girlfriend?" He asked. She smiled before frowning, "What about my oath?" She asked. Percy smiled and said, "Don't worry about it, I've already taken care of it."
Hestia looked like she was going to question him, but decided not to. "In that case, yes I'd love to be your girlfriend." She said. Percy grinned widely before capturing her lips in a kiss, which she happily returned. Percy put his hands on her waist and pulled her closer, and she put her hands around his neck, pulling herself as close to him as possible.
They fell asleep like that, laying in each other's arms. They didn't notice the being watching from afar, grinning evilly at them. This was going to make its plan much easier. The being laughed evilly as it disappeared into the shadows.