While Percy wanted to go to Sally's place, he figured that it would be creepy if he just straight up came. He was a nobody to her, therefore she would be wary of him, if not outright ignoring him. The son of Poseidon decided that talking to Ollie about his plans would be the better idea.
"O goddess of rainbows, please accept my offering." The teen said as he used his strengthened powers to conjure a rainbow, then offered a drachma. It was long before the goddess did her thing and showed the young woman she was currently thinking about. "Hey Ollie!" The teen greeted as the girl noticed him and quickly greeted him back.
"Hey Percy! What's with the IM?" Olivia questioned the teen with sea green eyes.
"Nothing much! I would just like to know where you are right now. I wanted to ask if you're free today?" The outlander nervously asked. He waas visibly surprised when the woman he's talking to suddenly smiled at him.
"Are you asking me on a date!? Don't ask me where I am, I'll come to you myself!" The woman said as the son of Poseidon noticed that she was drooling. Before he could even clarify himself though, the woman stopped the transmission.
"I wasn't able to tell her I wanted to meet Mom." The teen sighed as he sat down in the nearest bench. He didn't even wait long as a bolt of lightning almost struck the bench. "What the hell?!" The young man exclaimed as he nearly fell out of the seat. He looked at the spot where the bolt hit and found his counterpart.
"Hey Percy!" The young woman said as she got closer to him. "Are you okay?"
"Don't mind that! How in the Hades are you here?!" The startled sea spawn questioned. He was really shocked at what happened.
"I asked Uncle Zeus to bring me to where you were." She replied, as if it wasn't the first time it happened. "The bolt was just him being dramatic. He can flash me without it."
"I would be blessed by the fates if the Zeus in my world did that." The son of Poseidon remarked, still clearly shook by the events that transpired.
"I'm his favorite niece after all." Ollie said with a puffed out chest, intent on bragging. "But forget about my uncle's antics, why are you looking for me?" She asked in curiosity.
"I just want you to come with me." The man started to explain. "It would be weird and creepy If I suddenly went to Sally's apartment by myself." The son of Poseidon said with a bit of embarrassment. He was sure that his counterpart would laugh at him.
"That's why you asked for me…" The girl said in understanding. "I guess you miss your mother, seeing as you've been gone for long enough from your world." Olivia then stands up, and offers her hand towards the young man. "Let's go, I'm sure Mom would love to meet you." She gave him a smile that he returned as he took her hand.
With the two walking, they conversed about what was going on with their lives. Olivia was relieved when the teen explained his whereabouts. She was however, worried about the encounter with the Norse deities. She had a run in with them and she was not a fan of their demigods. "Good thing that Baldr was not interested in you at all. I'm sure that you guys wouldn't have escaped if he knew the extent of your true powers."
"I wasn't even part of the plan. I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. I just couldn't leave Apple alone to fend for herself right?" The man replied as he continued to explain. "We're just lucky that we fell into Ogygia. Then we spent a week there."
"Wait, Ogygia?!" The woman shockingly asked. "The magical island that repairs itself after a day?"
"Also an island where time moves differently." The son of Poseidon added. "You wouldn't want to go there, I promise."
As the pair continued to talk, they were busy with each other that the two of them didn't notice they've bumped into someone.
"I'm sorry! I wasn't- Jeezus!" Percy said as he noticed the scary mask the man had. "That scared me so bad Jesus…"
"Yep?" The man said as he didn't leave. "I'm Jesus, what can I do for you two?"
The two demigods looked at the man suspiciously, with Ollie saying that she doesn't believe it. "I don't believe you. No way Jesus is just walking around scaring people."
"Alright fine." The man then removes his mask, exposing his face to the pair. "Are you guys happy now?"
He does in fact, look like Jesus Christ.
"I still don't believe it." Percy still questions the integrity of the man's claim. "Quick, do something like turn water into wine or something." The young man said as he challenged the man in question.
Rolling his eyes at his request, Jesus grabbed his water bottle, uncapped it, then poured the contents of it towards the floor. The two clearly saw water get emptied, but after the water passed the mouth of the bottle, the water turned red.
"Holy shit! You're totally legit!" The duo screamed as the man quickly covered their mouths to stop them from shouting further. Once he surmised that the two of them have calmed down, he let go of them. "Wait… then that means we've entered your domain without permission when Hera and I watched the wedding there earlier." The teen was ready to say sorry but was stopped.
"It's fine." The man said as he stopped Percy. "I don't really care about any of that. Besides, it's their domain anyways so I wouldn't have that much power to stop her, much less the two of them." The man just shrugged.
"Wait, you were with Hera earlier?" The woman questioned with a matching glare.
"My Hera dragged me towards a church to watch a wedding. After that, we bumped into your Hera as she tried to tease her counterpart. The two of them are now frolicking at the stores in Hour Square." the son of Poseidon explained to her.
"Percy here is right." Jesus said as the put back the mask he was wearing. "The Heras love watching weddings in the churches."
"Okay." The woman decided not to press further.
"If that's all, then I'd like to leave now. The poetry pub I frequent to is having a competition and I wouldn't want to be late." The man said as he left, though not before saying something one last time. "Oh, and Percy, please tell the Father that I said hello."
"The Father?"
"The one who sent you here." The man clarified. "I call her that to spite her. Toodles." said the man as he finally left, leaving two stunned teenagers. The two looked at each other with a 'What the fuck just happened?' Look on their faces.
They decided not to talk about it though, opting to just go to where Sally's apartment is.
"Coming!" Was what the pair heard when they knocked into the apartment. The door opened to reveal Sally Jackson. "Ollie! You've finally come to visit!" The woman said as she glomped her daughter. After a few seconds, she turned into the son of Poseidon and asked about him. "Who is this man that you've brought? You rarely bring your friends here."
Seeing that it would be best to just tell the truth, Olivia answers her question with another question. "Can we go in first? I think my explanation would be better if we were seated."
The woman happily obliged.
Now that the three of them were seated, Ollie was clearing her throat so she could start explaining. "Well, do you remember the time when I told you that I went to another world?"
The mother nodded.
"Well, I met him there." The brunette then signaled him to introduce himself.
"I am Percy Jackson, a son of Poseidon." The man said as he offered his hand, which was met by her mother's.
"So you're-"
"Yes, I am Ollie's counterpart in my world, how did you know?"
"If my firstborn is going to be a boy, I would name him Perseus." The woman explained to the teen. "Also, you sharing my last name is a giveaway." Sally said as she smiled towards the young man, making him tear up. "Are you okay? You're crying."
"Yes I'm fine…" The outlander said as he wiped the tears off. "I was just happy to see you. I haven't seen my mother in a while, so seeing you made me feel relieved." Percy explained as his eyes teared up once again, forcing him to wipe them off once more.
Seeing the young man's look, Sally couldn't help but give the man a hug as she tried to comfort him. "Just cry it out Percy, I'm here for you." As they embraced, The mother looked at her daughter and gave her a silent instruction to grab Percy something to drink. "I guess you missed me then?"
"Yes…" The teen said as the two broke off the hug. "It's really good to see you, Mom. I hope you're okay with me calling you such." The son of Poseidon said as he accepted the glass of water from Olivia.
"It's fine, I don't really mind it." The woman reassured him that she was fine being called a mother. "Besides, I've always wanted to have another child."
"How would you do that when you always turned down people who wanted to date you?" Ollie questioned her mother. "Did you know that in Mom's workplace, there were lots of suitors that she declined?"
"What about Paul?" Percy brought up with confusion. His words made the older woman blush, while making the daughter look at her mother."
"How do you know about Paul?!" Sally said as she gave the son of Poseidon as light glare.
"Wait, why didn't I know about any of this?!" Olivia exclaimed as she couldn't believe what was happening. "And you, why didn't you tell me Mom already had someone?" She turned to her counterpart to seek answers.
"W-Well I planned to tell it to you once we made it official…" The woman trailed off.
Percy appealed to his counterpart as well. "I didn't bring it up because it wasn't necessary. Besides, I thought they'd be together by now."
Seeing as she really didn't have any reason to get mad, Ollie's glare dissipated and she just pouted. "Just tell Mom here what's different between your world and ours." Her words caught the attention of her mother.
"Well there's a lot of differences when it comes to my world." Percy started to explain. "Just from the names of places alone, there's so much of them. We call Hour Square 'Time's Square.' The Kingsland Building is named the Empire State Building in our world, and there's also lots of variation with the brands. I think it would be best to experience it yourself, if Ollie ever wants to visit our world once again." The sea spawn said. "Let's just go over the gods and goddesses since I think that's what you really wanted to know…" He said as the woman nodded. "Well for starters, Our Zeus is a paranoid, cheating bastard that loved to bed every mortal he comes across."
"It's hard to imagine him being like that, actually." Ollie said as she just can't picture the man being a bastard.
"That's just how he is." Her counterpart replied. "Hades just recently been allowed back into the council, due to my wish. Then Poseidon is still Poseidon, he actually acts the same as here." Percy gained a small smile at his own words. "Hera is almost the same I guess… also Aphrodite. Dionysus is addicted to wine rather than fighting it, the twin archers' gender in our world is reversed, with Artemis being the girl and Apollo being the boy."
"That's hard to imagine." Sally remarked.
"It certainly was." Ollie agreed.
"Other than that, some minor differences with some gods but they most likely stayed the same." The outlander finished his explanation.
"So how was your life different than my Olivia here? I've heard from her that you live on your own." The mother asked, which made Percy blush a bit. Being reminded about his place instantly reminded him of the others that live there as well.
"Y-Yeah, due to some shenanigans concerning giants, seven demigods were heralded as the saviors of Olympus and were rewarded with ascension to godhood." The son of Poseidon frowned as he remembered that day. "I rejected their offer, and wished for a place that I could call my home. I also wished for Hestia and Hades to be part of the council once again."
"You rejected godhood?!" Both Olivia and Sally were shocked at his words. "They rarely offer that to the demigods! What warranted you to reject such offer?'
"Well I have already rejected it before, so I can just do it again."
"You were offered godhood twice?!" Ollie's jaw dropped even further. "Now I'm really curious as to why you rejected it."
"The first offer came when the Titans tried to take Olympus. I helped with killing Kronos, was offered godhood due to my actions. I rejected it because I was not ready to leave someone behind." Percy said as he drank from the glass of water. "The reason I rejected the second one was because I'm not ready to see someone for an eternity, and that I really don't want to be reminded of Tartarus for the rest of time."
"Your reasons for both sound contradictory."
"I think the reasons pertain only to one person, Ollie." Sally said to her daughter. "Did something happen between the two of you?"
"I could never hide anything from you Mom, even if you're not really my mother." The teen remarked as he sheepishly laughed. "Your mother's right Ollie, the reasons for rejection stem from a single person. I used to date a demigod daughter of Athena, named Annabeth. I was not ready to leave her the first time, and she broke my heart when the second offer came."
"What did she do?"
"She cheated on me." The demigod answered. "The day I found out was on the day of the banquet hosted by the gods. I saw her with a demigod son of Ares… well Mars since he's Roman. They were kissing each other, without a care in the world. I didn't really confront them about it, I just left and asked the gods for my wish. After my wish, I basically cut ties with the gods for a bit of time and tried to live my life as a mortal." Percy explained. "But that didn't last long as various goddesses have decided to hang out in my place."
"Yeah, you have Lady Hestia, Lady Hera, your Artemis, and even the primordial hanging out in your place." Ollie interjected. "I'm sure your daily life is something else."
"How does that happen?" Sally decides to question him. It's intriguing to her that a demigod would be hanging out with a couple of goddesses at his place.
"W-Well…" The son of Poseidon stuttered. "My days living off as a normal went on until one night, when I was coming home from work, I saw Lady Hestia inside my place." He explained as he recalled the first time Hestia came onto his place. "She was there because she's lonely."
"Lonely?"
"Apparently, gods get lonely as well." The young man answered. "Then I taught her how to play video games?"
That sounded confusing to Sally. "Video games? Hard to imagine adults enjoying that, much less mythical beings."
"You have no idea." Percy replied with a smirk as he started to speak once again. "She loved playing video games after that, especially platforming games where she has a goal to accomplish." The teen paused as he drank water once again. "Then came Hera. Her reason for coming was that Hestia told her to. She was suffering from a heartbreak due to knowing her husband cheated on her… again." The three all shared a somber look. "Artemis also came around, due to her wanting to watch over one of her recruits, who happened to stay at my place."
"What about the primordial that Ollie was talking about? How does a primordial come to live with you?" The woman asked with curiosity.
"It's Lady Chaos. She's the primordial that is living in my place." Sally looked shocked and wanted to ask more but held back and let the man explain. "She said she came to my place due to some disturbance and decided that I was interesting enough, so she started living in my place."
Olivia was confused, what would make the creator take interest in such a demigod? She knew that Percy was the savior of his Olympus, and that he has a lot of feats to add to that. She knows that the creator would not be interested in such things. The young woman decided to ask. "What would make a primordial interested with a demigod?"
Hearing her question, the said demigod got a light blush on his cheeks. "Uhhh… That's actually very private matter."
Unsatisfied, his counterpart started to assume things. "What? Did she stumble on you having sex with one of the goddesses?" His blush deepened, which was enough for her to confirm her suspicions. "No way… You actually went ahead and did it?!" His silence wasn't helping.
"Don't try to pry on it anymore Ollie. Percy doesn't want to reveal who it is." Thankfully for the son of Poseidon, Sally didn't really want to talk about the young man's sex life or anything related. The woman looked at a clock and saw that it was already nighttime. "Come, let's prepare dinner."
The two swiftly followed.
After a hearty meal with the Jacksons of this world, Percy was ready to bid farewell. He already saw his Mom in a sense, so there's really not much of a reason to stay. "Thank you for today, Mom, Ollie." The young man said to the mother and daughter, waving his hands and using his powers to vapor travel.
The next day came, and the son of Poseidon is now joined by Hera and Artemis. The trio were near a fountain in Olympus as they conversed about various things.
"Where did the two of you go yesterday?" The moon goddess, Artemis, inquired. She gave the two a light glare as she was still a bit mad with them leaving her behind.
"Percy and I coincidentally met up at a dumpling cart near hour square." The goddess of matrimony spoke again before the irate goddess could speak. "And before you say that I flashed him out of there, I flashed out first, Percy then used his powers to travel down."
"I'm not going to receive a beat up that's not for me." The sea spawn commented. "Hera then took me to a church and we watched a wedding."
Once the goddess heard what they were doing yesterday, she became even more angry. "You guys watched a wedding without me!?" Artemis questioned. "I wanted to watch one with Percy! How can you guys leave me like that?!" The goddess pouted, which made her companions giggle at her misery.
"You should've just pulled out his tracker and followed it." Hera remarked. "Besides, I just borrowed him for half a day yesterday. After the wedding, my counterpart here pulled me into shopping clothes."
This piece on information made the goddess of the hunt ask about his whereabouts. "So where were you then Percy?"
"I was with Ollie after the wedding." The teen spoke. "I thought of seeing my mother, so I went and saw Ollie's mom. I haven't seen mom in almost a year so I wanted to see her before I leave at least." Hearing his words, Artemis gained a look of understanding. Even she meets with her mother whenever she misses her, so she understood his intentions behind his actions. "I stayed there until dinnertime then I stayed in the Poseidon cabin in the camp." Percy finished his story.
"Do you want to go back home now?" It was Hera that asked the teen about going home. "The main reason we came here was to save Ollie's world. Artemis and I planned to go back after the banquet ended but since you went missing, we had no choice but to wait." The goddess of matrimony said to the son of Poseidon. "But now that we have no reason to stay, we might as well go back now."
"That sounds like an incredible idea." The goddess of the moon said. "I forgot about my hunters since I can't feel the moon. Let's go back so I can check up on them, I miss them already."
"Let's go and notify the council here so they know we left." The demigod said as the trio went to the council hall to look for an Olympian. When they arrived at the hall, they saw Hestia looking at the hearth. They notified her and she called the council by using the flames of the hearth. Once complete, the council then asked about the reason they were assembled.
"We just wanted to tell you guys that we're coming back to our world." The son of Poseidon said to them. "We primarily came here because Ollie said that we were needed to save the world. I think that mission is fulfilled now." Percy explained.
"What do you want us to do?" The god of the underworld questioned.
"Not much really. This is just formality." Hera was the one who answered Hades. "We have a method to go home." The goddess then turns to Percy. "I know Chaos gave you a pendant that'll make us go back. It would be best to use it now."
The teen pulled out the pendant in question, and then pressed the button in the middle. 'She didn't explain to me how to use it. Do I just press this button?' Thought Percy. The pendant then started vibrating and then left the hands of the son of Poseidon. It floated until reaching the center of the hall, reddish-black energy started to ooze out of the pendant, which then quickly built up into a shape of a portal. "Guess that's our cue." The young man then looks at the council. "Thank you for having us, we'll see you next time!" Percy said as he let Hera and Artemis go through the portal first, immediately following after them. Once the three were nowhere to be seen, a blinding flash of light engulfed the area, leaving only the pendant lying in the center of the hall.
"They're a fun bunch, I hope the come back." The sea god noted as he smiled.
"Right." The camp director agreed. "Though I wish they visit the camp next time."
As the council continued to converse, the god of the hunt looked around and found that his twin was nowhere to be found. While she does miss meetings, he was sure that the goddess was there when the meet started. "Did any of you guys see Apple? She was right here a moment ago."
"She didn't get kidnapped again, didn't she?" The therapist questioned.
"There was a bright flash of light before the pendant dropped." The goddess of wisdom said as she pointed out her observation. "The pendant was emitting red and black energy, which won't result into a bright flash. There's only one conclusion we can arrive into."
"No…" The god of the hunt denied, his sister was reckless, but he knew she wouldn't go this far. The logic on Athena's words were solid, and the god could only whimper as he deflated on his seat. "Damn it Apple… Just keep yourself safe."
The trio now stood in the center of Percy's place, which surprisingly, was unoccupied. The emptiness was short-lived however, as the creator of the pendant flashed in front of them, with a jar of cookies to munch on. You guys finally came back.
"You weren't modulating your voice that often, I guess." The son of Poseidon replied. "But it's good to hear." He said to the primordial as he went closer to her to hug her. This made the creator brighten up due to the embrace.
Blame him for not writing me for the past few chapters. Also, stress. She said to the teen, who looked at her confused. "Just forget what I said. Though you can keep hugging me, I like it."
"Where are the others?" The goddess of matrimony asked the primordial.
"Your sister's in her domain, probably." Lady Chaos replied. "I think she's just sulking as I've beaten her in Smitten, again. Let me just call her up." The mother of creation said as she closed her eyes for a second. "Zoë's in the art school. She might be late though as she's getting groceries."
"Groceries?" The demigod questioned. "Isn't this place supposed to have unlimited supplies?"
"The place has unlimited supplies of whatever you can think of, but that system's only going to answer to you." The mother of creation explained. "Don't worry about it though, Zoë's not alone." She reassured the teen.
"Percy!" It was at that moment that the hearth goddess flashed. She wasted no time as she immediately closed their distance and gave him a kiss. "I've missed you so much!" She then looks at her sister and her niece. "I've missed you guys as well!" It was at this moment that the goddess noticed there's another person with them? "Who might you be?"
When the goddess questioned it, the three who frolicked turned around and saw that the sun goddess of Olivia's world was with them. Apple just giggle nervously as she waved her hands. "H-Hi… I'm Apple."
Knowing that a headache is coming, Percy Jackson decided to sit down for now.
'Well, at least I'm back to my place.' Thought the demigod as he decided to rest.
A/N: And they're back! Though they have a stowaway. Chaos is stressed, Apple is with them, and she haven't explained why? Find out what happens in the future chapters of His Place.
Hello! Author here, I just wanted to say that I'm very sorry for not updating this quickly. Life has been very hectic and I only get the chance to write on weekends. Add to the fact that the start of the year was a very busy time for me, and we have a recipe of no updates. I even skipped the second-year anniversary of this fic! I've been writing this for that long now? Damn! I guess we'll just have to wait and see where the years will take us.
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-Jasserru's soul leaves his corporeal body