Percy followed Poseidon over to a table where his stuff was currently lying. Hades and Apollo had left but Hestia stayed because she would be training him in his first year. After Hestia it would be Hades, then Apollo, and lastly Poseidon.
With a little concentration and a grunt of pain, Percys wings slid into his back. He then quickly slid on his coat and snapped his belt of throwing knives around his waist to secure it. He put his sword in it scabbard and put his ring/bow on his finger. Lastly he put on his shield/bracelet and walked over to Hestia.
"All set?" She asked
Percy nodded and Hestia grabbed his hand before teleporting them to her a cabin in the woods. Percy looked around and listened to the different sounds of the forest. It was so peaceful, and so different from his life as Chaos son. He was bred to be a warrior and hier to the throne for Planet Creation. Since he could walk, Percy's life was nothing but training and learning. Now here he was, and it was absolutely amazing.
"Would you like to come in or are you going to stand there all day." Asked Hestia with a small giggle.
Percy turned to see the young goddess already at the steps of the log cabin, ready to enter. he quickly followed and Hestia closed the door behind them. Inside was what you would thin a lot cabin would look like. There was a fire place with a couch. A wooden table and chairs. The kitchen had a electric stove and a double since with a fridge. There were no lights, but instead a lot of lit candles that he didn't think we're safe because they were completely surrounded by wood.
As if reading his mind Hestia said "If you are worried about the fire it won't burn. It is specifically for heat. No smoke and no random fires."
Percy nodded and slid onto the couch and Hestia sat next to him with her legs crossed.
"So what will we be learning first. How to control fire? Or maybe how to shoot flaming fireballs out of my hands."
Hestia laughed a little. Percy couldn't deny how pretty she looked in the fire light. Her eight year old form was very appealing with her golden brown hair and freckled face. And her laugh was like the an angel singing.
"Ah, young Percy. Before we get to that i want to work on something that seems you lack."
Percy cocked an eyebrow and Hestia continued.
"I can tell you have never really relaxed or have had fun. Your childhood was rough. You soul is very troubled with different burdens. I am going to teach you peace."
"How so" asked Percy. He didn't like how hippie Hestia read his life like a book.
"We meditate of course. And when you find inner peace, then will you be able to handle the responsibility of Fire. Also it helps when you keep a cool head in battle. Never let your anger get the best of you, because that may be you downfall."
Percy nodded slowly and folded his legs like Hestia.
"Think about when you are most relaxed. Find your happy place." Said Hestia With her eyes closed
Percy tried but he couldn't sit still for more than ten seconds. Damn ADHD. Hestia popped open and eye and saw Percy squirming.
"Is there something wrong?" She asked
Percy sighed and said "Well, I kinda have ADHD."
Hestia sighed. She should have seen this coming. All demigods had ADHD because they were hard wired for battle. They weren't meant to sit still, but to be in action for long periods of time.
"Well, looks like a different way is in order, follow me."
Hestia got up and begin walking to the door. Percy quickly unfolded his legs and followed.
"Where are we goin?" he asked.
"For a walk"
Hestia didn't say anything after that so Percy didn't ask. If she wanted to tell him, she would have. They continued to walk until they came to a clearing. There were differnt flowers of all colors And shapes. Pink, blue, orange, maroon, and red. Suddenly alarms went off in Percy's head. With quick speed, he turned, while pulling out his sword, and blocked the stab that Hestia attempted to make with a knife that she pulled out of no where.
"What the Hades do you think your doing!?" He asked.
"Well, meditating didn't work so your going to learn how to keep peace when in battle. Remember, never lose youself to your anger. It will only cause mistakes. And you can't make mistakes in life or death situations."
Percy found no fault in those words, so he nodded and Hestia attacked. Percy blocked, dodged, and rolled- but Hestia kept him on the defensive. After a good five minutes, Percy had yet to come close to land a blow, and it was pissing him off.
"Percy I can feel your frustration. Don't let it get to you. Clear your mind and focus. You can beat me if." Hestia said.
"Beat her? She a goddess and I'm a demigod" Percy thought. "I may have year of training, but she's had thousands."
But still Percy focused and tried to go on the offensive. Continuing to fight, they went on for a good thirty minutes. Percy was covered in sweat and had thrown his coat off a while back. At one point, Hestia managed to put a gash in his arm. It wasn't deep, but it still hurt like hell. When Percy saw the blood run down his arm, he took a step back. Taking a deep breath, Percy cleared his mind. If he wanted to control fire, he needed peace. Finally Percy attacked, and this time he focusEd on Hestia's fighting style.
He noticed that when she went for a head jab she would bring her arm back a little to aim. In that split second Percy lunged forward and grabbed her arm. He slammed the hilt of his sword on her wrist, causing he to drop her knife. Then he flipped her and put the sword to her throat.
"Yield?"
"Yield." Hestia said with a smile.
Percy then proceeded to help her up. They looked to the sky and saw that they had been fighting for a while. The sun was setting and it was a beautiful sight.
"Have you ever seen it from the sky?" Asked Percy
Hestia gave him a confused look.
"The sunset. Have you ever seen it from the sky?"
Hestia hesitated before shaking her head 'no'.
What Percy did next shocked the goddess. He stepped forward and wrapped his arms around her waist before pulling out his wings and shooting into the sky. Hestia screamed and pulled herself into the chest of the slightly taller Percy. Her eyes were shut closed. Percy laughed a little and wrapped his arms tighter around her.
"Come on Hestia, open your eyes. It's beautiful up here."
Hestia opened one eye and saw a breath taking view. The sun was setting behind a mountain and was throwing off multiple colors. Hestia gasped a little and it caused Percy to chuckle. Hestia stole a quick glance at him and she almost stopped breathing. Percy looked absolutly stunning in the setting sun. His eyes glowed with unseen power, the light reflecting off his handsome face, and the wing flowing through his unruly raven black hair with the white highlights. To her, he looked like a god. But he was ten and way too young. Plus she was a maiden goddess and shouldn't be having these thoughts. But yet she was.
After a few more minutes Percy landed and put Hestia down.
"Thanks Percy. I had fun." Said Hestia.
Percy nodded and gave her a lopsided grin.
"I did too."
With that they both went into the house to rest. Percy crashed on the couch and Hestia slept on the only bed in the house.
"Good night!" yelled Percy
"Good night young Perseus."
TIME SKIP: SIX MONTHS
"Concentrate Percy" said Hestia, who was sitting in a chair at the kitchen table.
Percy was sitting across from her on the floor. His face was scruched up as he tried to mak any type of fire in his hands. Suddenly there was a spark and his hands caught fire. With a shout of joy Percy jumped up swing his hand around.
"I finally did it!" He yelled.
A week ago Hestai had given Percy her blessing and now her had the power over fire and any home cooked meal. It only took him a day to figure out how to make food (since everyone loves food) but it took him the last six days to learn how to at least start a small fire in his hands.
Percy put the fire out and gave Hestia a quick hug. They had grown closer in the past six months. Hestia believed she was starting to have feeling for the Percy and little did she know that Percy was feeling the same way about her. every week on Saturday, Percy would take Hestia into the sky to watched the sunset. Hestia loved the way Percy's arms wrapped around her as they flew. But muscle wasn't the only thing that caught the maiden goddess's eye. She quickly found out that Percy was kind, smart, funny, gentle, respective, and most of all, loyal To a fault. he feeling were so strong now, Hestia even started using a nine year old form to be the closer to the age of Percy.
"Good job Percy, how do you feel." Hestia asked.
Percy yawned and said "Very tired, I believe it is time for a break. And possibly a snack."
Hestia giggled and nodded her head in agreement. Percy walked over to the couch and summoned a ham sandwich with a glass of water. He quickly swallowed both and picked up the remote for the tv Hestia got him because he said there was nothing to do when they relaxed. Said goddess hopped into Percy's lap and leaned against his chest. Percy didn't mind, as she did this often. Hestia liked the way his muscular chest felt as it still baffled her how someone so young had such a nice body.
She remembered about a four months ago she had saw Percy doing pull-ups on a low hanging branch. He worked out every morning, but Hestia never saw him do it before. When she saw him this time, she was glad she did. His arms strained against his weight as he did a good hundred before dropping to the ground to do a amazing hundred pushups. Hestia had felt her face heat up as the thoughts went through her mind.
Anyway, Hestia stayed in Percys lap until she felt soft breathing and his head lay on top of hers. Hestia silently slipped from his lap and gently laid him on the couch. It was only one in the afternoon, but the amount of power it took Percy to make that ball of fire, he would be out till morning. Hestia continued to watcha yellow sponge flip circular pieces of meat on a grill. Slowly she began to dift off to sleep also. Her eyes began to get heavy and she slumped asleep beside Percy.
LINE BREAK
Percy woke up from his slumber feeling refreshed. He we was happy that he finally managed to activate his fire power and he wanted to learn more about it. But he also wanted to relax more. The last six months have been Hades. All he ever did was sit and meditate and sleep. It wast really starting to kill him with his ADHD. Anyway, Percy tried to sit up but a wieght on his chest kept him down. He looked and his breath hitched in his throat.
Laying on his chest was was none other than the goddess of hearth. His face turned red as a beet and the heat in his face could rival any fire Hestia made. She had her head in the crook of his neck and her soft breath could be felt on his shoulder. Her breast were pressed tightly om between them and to Percy it felt good. He then noticed his arm wrapped around her waist. Slowly he took it off and tried to move without waking her.
Sadly Percy's plan didn't work because work because as soon as he moved, Hestia's eyes opened and she sat up. She yawned lightly and looked around. Finally her eyes landed on Percy who was still red but was smiling sheepishly. A look of anger crossed Hestia's face that Percy had never seen before. With a mighty slap, Percy was sent to the floor in agony.
"Why the Hades are you in my bed!" She yelled, redder than the handprint she left on Percys face.
"Uh, actually your on the couch. You fell asleep here and we kind of... cuddled." he said, searching for the right word.
Hestia took another, more careful, look around. She noticed that she indeed was in the livingroom, on the couch, where she had fell asleep.
"I am so sorry Percy, I acted to rashly."
Percy waved his had dismissively. "Dont worry about it. Your a maiden goddess and you have every right to freak out about finding a man in a very uncomfortable range."
Hestia was a little surprised. She was the one who fell asleep with him and slapped, and yet here he was saying it was fine. Also Hestia couldn't help but mentally point out the fact that it wasn't really uncomfortable when he was that close. She didn't know it was at the moment, but something about Percy being that close made her feel all warm inside. Well, more warm than usual.
"You know what we should do today?" Asked Percy, snapping Hestia out of her thoughts.
"And what would that be Percy?"
Percy grinned a little. "Today, I'm going to teach you the modern day of relaxing. The meditation and battles are cool and all, but I think it's time you experianced hwta twenty-first century relaxing is."
Hestia raised an eyebrow. "And what do you suppose we do?
An even wider grin threatened to split Percys face in half.
Time Skip: three hours
Hestia and Percy exited a movie theater laughing and bumping each other. They had just got done seeing "The Book of Life" and thought it was an okay movie. As they walked, Percy noticed a clothes store and thought about getting him some regular mortal clothes. The clothes his mother gave him mad him look a little suspicious and people gave him quick glances where ever he went.
"Hey Hestia, let's stop by that clothes store and pick up some regular clothes for when in public."
She nodded and they both crossed the street and walked in. There were rocks of clothes in all directions. Percy when to the boys department while Hestia went to the woman's. Even thought Hestia could magically snap on different clothes, it always help to see knew styles so she didn't wear the same thin over and over again.
"Hestia, check it out."
Hestia turned and what she saw made her breath hitched. Standing there in black cargo pants, a black t-shirt, a black long coat that looked similar to his white one, a black cowboy hat, and aviator glasses. to her, he looked like a real cowboy and she found it attractive. She walked up to him slowly and the closer she got the redder Percy became.
"You know, that cowboy look really suits you. Something about it makes you seem... more appealing." What the Hades was she saying. She shouldn't be saying this. She was a maiden goddess. Oh Aphrodite was so gonna get her ass kicked for this.
Percy blushed but a grin was present on his face.
"You find me appealing?" He asked
Now it was Hestia's turn to blush. She just waved off the question and asked "Do you like the outfit.
Percy thought about it for a second before saying "Yeah, I do. White was to much of a distraction so I thought black was the next best thing. Plus the hat kinda completes it and the long coat comes with the hood, unlike my other one."
"Then put it back"
Percy was confused for a second. Hestia asked him if he like the outfit, then told him to put it who saw this said, "Percy, trust me."
Percy shrugged and took off all of the black clothes and put his white ones on. They walked out of the store and Hestia led them into an alley. She then turned and strapped her fingers. Percy's clothes began to change. His white clothes turned black and his long coat got a hood. A cowboy hat and aviator glasses appeared on his head and face. His electric gloves turned black also and his jogging pants turned to black cargo pants. Black combat boots popped onto his feet. Percy looked himself over and saw that it was everything he wore in the store. A grin broke out on his face before he crushed Hestia in a hug.
"Thank you!"
"You are very welcome Percy."
"Well isn't this just adorable." Said a random voice from behind them.
At the mouth of the alley stood five men, each between 5'5 and 6'1. Both Percy and Hestia took a step back.
"How many do you think you can knock out?" Asked Percy
"Actually I can't do anything, I'm not really one for violence."
Percy looked at her like 'really?' before shaking his head.
"So pimpsqeeks, what are you doing out this late in a dark alley? I mean, anything can happen ya know." Said the man in the front.
"We were just leaving" replied Percy and began walking forward, but stopped when he saw a glint of metal from one of the men in the back.
"Hestia, you might want to brace yourself" said Percy before jumping behind her and wrapping his arms around her waist. He then opened his wing and shot into the sky. They landed a few blocks over and he let her go.
"Are you okay?" Percy asked.
Hestia nodded before asking "why didn't you kil them, they threatened our lives."
"Because, my weapons are celestial bronze and won't kill mortals. You should know that. And since your not any help in a fight, I'm going to need mortal weapons."
Hestia nodded and asked "What weapons do you need?"
LINEBREAK
Hestia walked out of the gun and ammunition store wth a bag in her twenty-five year old form Inside was two 7.62 mm handguns with flashlight and laser attachments and thigh holsters that hooked to your belt and wrapped around your thigh.
"I can't believe you made me do that." Hestia said.
Percy didn't reply but instead began to strap on the weapons. Finally he was done and stood up straight.
"Well, I don't know about you but I think it's time to go home. It's not safe at night." He said.
Hestia sighed and nodded. She then teleported them back to the house. Percy took off his glasses and hat and put them on the table. He then proceeded to plop down on the couch and on the couch and try to sleep. Hestia shuffled to her room and changed into her sleep wear. She crawled under the covers and closed her eyes. But for some reason no matter how tired she was, she could sleep. She felt like she was missing something.
She the climbed out of bed and tiptoed her way to the living room. She tapped Percy on the shoulder until he open his eyes.
"Yes lady Hestia?" He asked.
"Percy, I can't sleep. Is it okay if I slept with you."
Percy cocked an eyebrow before saying "Who am I to deny a goddess her request."
He the scooted over and Hestia laid down next to him. She then felt an arm around her waist and it pulled her closer so that Percy was basically spooning her, and she liked it. She snuggled against his chest and listened to the sound of his heart beat. Slowly Hestia's eyes closed and she fell into the realm of Morpheus.
TIME SKIP AGAIN: ANOTHER SIX MONTHS
Percy opened his eyes to the feeling of weight on his chest. He looked and saw Hestia sleeping soundly against him. And to be honest, he like it. For the past six months they had been sleeping, in the one bed they had, together. They didn't do anything except spoon each other. The reason they slept in the same bed anyway was because ever since Hestia fell asleep with Percy on the couch, and woke up with his arm around her waist, they couldn't deny that was one of the best sleeps they ever had. So from then on they slept together for 'comfort'.
Hestia stirred and it snapped Percy out of his thoughts. She slowly turned over and looked Percy into his blue eyes. Those blue eyes that she had learned to love in the year that they had know each other.
"Good morning" he said.
"Good morning young Perseus."
"What should we do today, considering its my last day here."
This hit Hestia like a truck. It was true, today Percy would be leaving for three years to train with Apollo, Hades, and Poseidon.
She then buried her face in his chest and said "please don't go."
Percy chuckled before saying "I have to, but since it's my last day, we should do something fun. Let's go take a walk in the woods. It's very beautiful today and we should take advantage of it."
Hestia nodded and Percy put his hat and glasses on. He slid his weapons into place and they both walked out the door. They walked through the wood in a comfortable silence, both not wanting to ruin the moment.
Percy was having a mental battle with himself. 'Come on man, just tell her. But she's a maiden goddess. She would never love me back. You have been sleeping in the same bed for half of the year with her and she has yet to cook you alive.'
Finally Percy came to a conclusion. He decided to tell Hestia that he loved her. They continued to walk before Percy grabbed Hestia's hand, stopping them both.
"Hestia, I need to tell you something."
Hestia looked into his eyes and her breath hitched. In them was determination, but also... was that affection?"
Percy continued before he lost his confidence. "I wanted to let the past year has been the best year of my life. I love spending time with you. I love the way you laugh. The way you smile. But most of all Hestia, I lov-" but he stopped.
Hestia began to look worried. What was he about to say. Did he love her the way she did him? Suddenly Percy pulled out both of his handguns and pointed them in different directions.
"I know your there, step out and I will consider not killing you." He said.
Suddenly from the shadows came an entire pack of hellhound. There were at least fifteen and they all had red eyes that screamed for blood. Percy pulled back both hammer on each gun. The first hellhound to pounce got a 7.62mm round in between the eyes. It exploded into dust and before the others could attack, Percy started firing each one in at the monster. He manged to get three before they came to close for the guns. Percy then switched to his sword and opened his shield just in time to bash it against a hellhound nose.
Hestia started firing coloms of Fire at the hellhounds, trying to burn them. Slashing and stabbing, Percy took out another five before a cry of pain made his heart freeze. He finished killing the hellhound that was currently in front of him before turning. Lying on the ground was Hestia. She had a large bit ark on her arm and it was bleeding golden ichor. It was healing but he could tell the bone was broken from the piece that was sticking out of her skin. Percy's world seemed to stop spinning as on thought went through his mind. He needed to get her out of here.
Percy stopped and picked up the goddess before running. He dodged trees and rocks trying to move faster. Sudeenly a heavy force slammed into his back. It carried him ten feet before he landed on his back so he didn't hurt Hestia. Standing there were the last three hellhounds that followed them. Percy leaned Hestia against a tree before turning back to them. He pulled out his sword and shield, and charged. The first on leaped at him, but Percy baseball slid under it and cut its stomach opened. It exploded into dust and partially blinded Percy. He didn't have enough time to block the paw that slapped his chest and sent him flying.
He got up but and looked down. Across his chest was three claw marks that were deep. They were bleeding large amounts of blood and knew he needed to kill theses sons of bitches before they killed him and Hestia. He wobbled a little before he lit his shield and a throwing knife on fire. The two hellhounds charged, coming at him like a train with a rocket staped on. Percy waited for a split second before launching both his shield and knife at the beasts. They were moving to fast and couldn't dodge them. With a poof they both exploded into fine gold dust.
Percy stumbled a bit before picking up the still healing goddess. He shuffled through the forest until he reached the cabin. He pushed open the door and put Hestia on the couch.
He then looked to the sky and yelled, "Apollo, if you don't get your sorry ass down here, I'll put a bullet in it."
Then he proceeded to pass out on the floor.
LINE BREAK
Percy slowly became consious. He opened his eyes and saw that he was still in the cabin. He looked around and his eyes landed on a certain goddess sleeping on his chest. He shook her a little, trying to wake her up. Eventually she opened her eyes and looked at him. Her eyes instantly teared up as she barked her head into his chest. Then she reared back and slapped him.
"What the hell is wrong with you. You almost died?" She sobbed.
"I'm sor-" but he didn't get to finish because at that time Hestia gave him a full blown kiss on the lips. After a minute she pulled back and Percy was left with a star struck look on his face.
"If you ever do something like that again I will personally drag you to Hades." She said
Percy snapped out of his stupor and grinned like a madman.
"I wouldn't have it any other way"With that a comfartable silence overcame them as they snuggled against each other on the couch.
"How long was I out" asked Percy randomly.
"24 hours. You lost a lot of blood. Apollo stopped by yesterday after you were healed and said to send you over when you woke."
Percy nodded and said "you know I love you right. I tried saying it yesterday but we were so rudely interrupted."
He felt Hestia stiffen slightly before she said "I love you too."Percy felt a ton of weight light off his shoulders and he sighed.
"Now I need to take a shower, I stink" he said.
Hestia laughed and got off of him. Percy climbed off the couch and ran to the bathroom before stripping out of his clothes. He looked at his chest and sighed. He had three long white scars that ran from he left nipple all the way to his right hip, sadly removing his nipple from his chest. Percy jumped into the shower and turned on the hot water. Twenty minutes later he was clean and happy. He then noticed that he didn't bring any extra clothes into the bathroom with him.
"Uh, Hestia, I forgot to grab clothes before I walked in!" He yelled.
Then his clothes, that were exactly like his old ones, appeared on his body along with his hat and aviator glasses.
"Thank you!"
He then stepped out of the bathroom and walked into the kitchen when he made himself a sandwich. Hestia walked in a second later and sat down in his lap.
"When should I leave?" He asked.
"Any time you want I guess" she said with a sad shrug.
"What about never?"
Hestia laughed a little.
"No, you can't. As much as I would love for you to stay you need to train."
Percy bowed his head.
"Well before I decide to run away with you, can I leave now?"
Hestia nodded and they both stood up. Percy gave Hestia one last kiss on the lips before she waved her had. Percy felt like his body was being torn apart and put back together before he was standing on a ranch in the middle of nowhere.
"Well howdy partner!"
And that my friends was chapter 2. Don't forget to review and tell me if this is good or bad. Thanks for the reviews so far and keep being awesome.
