Chapter 6. I attend a wedding.

Disclaimer: I am kinda tired of writing these disclaimers. Obviously I am not Rick Riordan as this plot would have been used in one of the PjO stories. So enjoy the next installment of my story.

Previous chapter summary

The elder sea god spoke."Oh and Percy, how would you like to be my best man?"
As the young god got closer the light faded and in its place was what appeared to be the entrance to an underwater cave. Being the curious guy he is, Percy decided to venture into the cave to see what he could find. Upon emerging from its exit he knew he had found a place to build its palace… and it would look magnificent.
"The primordial's, they have awoken. But not only that, the titans that had gone into hiding have now come out and sided with the first gods. We fear that we are unable to prevent the coming destruction as Tartarus himself has gone against us and we can only assume that Typhon will soon be awoken. For all we know, this could be the end of our age." Zeus finished leaving the room in silence.
"Indeed, well meeting dismissed. Enjoy your time and prepare for war… and a wedding" Zeus dismissed.

Back to the story

The week passed by quickly with Perseus working on his palace everyday allowing him to escape for the thoughts that plagued him about Artemis. The young god's palace was coming along nicely and was now almost finished, he thanked the creator that gods are able to get things done at insane speeds. But now Percy found himself getting ready for his dad's wedding, which was possibly the biggest event in the last 2000 years to be held by the Olympians.

He knew the wedding would be amazing, everyone was pulling out all the stops but he supposed that this was more than just a wedding for most people. It was the final gathering before war preparations went into full swing and that had everybody on edge. The time of the wedding drew closer and Perseus decided to make his way over to the throne room to find out where the wedding was being held. Hera and Aphrodite had kept the location a secret from all the other immortals so that none would interfere and ruin it.

Percy walked into the throne room to see several gods and goddesses gathered, waiting for the location so that they could all teleport there. The young god was amazed at the appearance of the immortals around him, some gods wore suits that looked to be crafted of pure imperial gold while others had suits crafted from rare materials. While the goddess' wore silky smooth dresses that matched the respective goddess' nature.

While the immortals around him were breath taking in their own right, he was looking for one goddess in particular but every time he thought he saw her, she would vanish into the group gathered. Little did Perseus know, Artemis was avoiding him. She knew he would want to know is she had come to a decision about their relationship yet but every time she thought she was close to decided another factor would pop up.

The moon goddess had never had to make a decision this hard before and it was tearing her brain to pieces as she looked for the answer. Artemis knew she felt something strong for Percy but was it strong enough? Could she give everything that he deserves to him? Would she break her maiden oath? What if he cheated on her or left her alone after he is done with her? She just couldn't decide.

Percy finally spotted the moon goddess again and as he was about to make his way over to her, Hera appeared.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to the wedding of Athena and Poseidon" Hera said as she teleported everyone to the wedding location.

Perseus looked around and he was stunned, everything looked magnificent. There were ice sculptures that seemed to be alive, a massive podium made of imperial gold, with chairs that resembled mini-thrones for the gods and goddesses. Then there were seats for the hunt, demigods, satyrs and nymphs that were attending also. The wedding was outdoors on the beach but had a pergola that seemed to be woven from sea coral, no small feat. Greenstone pillars held up said pergola spaced evenly around the room.

The sea was extremely calm but its movements seemed erratic, Looks like Poseidon is anxious Percy thought, grinning to himself. Everyone began to find their seats and sit down breaking Perseus out of his thoughts. He quickly looked around for his chair and found it in the Olympian row next to Artemis. Finally he thought, now he could find out if she had come to a conclusion. As the young god sat down next to the moon goddess, he noticed how fidgety she was once she noticed his approach.

"Hey you" Perseus greeted casually trying to hide his own anxiousness over her decision.

"Hey you too" she replied, knowing where this conversation would head.

She resigned herself to the situation and was about to answer the unspoken question when everyone fell silent as Poseidon arrived at the podium and motioned for Percy to go to him. Artemis mentally thanked the elder sea god for giving her more time. As she watched Perseus arrive next to Poseidon, two flashes lit the room and in their place stood Zeus wearing a deep blue suit and Hades wearing a black one that appeared to have been bathed in Styx to give that extra menacing look.

"I see everybody is on time" Poseidon greeted.

"Wouldn't miss it for the world dad" Percy replied smiling at his dads nervous look.

"Yes, now if you wouldn't mind Poseidon, I believe the bride needs me." Zeus said as he dismissed the others with a nod and made his way out of the pergola before teleporting to the hidden location.

"So father, you might want to calm yourself down. The waves are getting bigger, just relax and let the ocean sooth you while you wait." Perseus suggested. "I'm sure no one here wants to get wet."

"You're right, I just need to have a breather. It's just that I never thought this would be happening, it's like a dream come true, defying all the odds." Poseidon spoke dreamily "She is amazing though, now that we have finally gotten past the bickering."

"I'm sure you're right brother, I will be right back. I need to have a word with my son." Hades left quickly headed in the direction of Nico de Angelo.

"Ok, make it quick. The wedding should start any minute now." The elder sea god spoke worryingly.

"So dad, have you got a honeymoon location planned yet?" The young sea god asked.

"Unfortunately there was not enough time to plan for that, so it may be missed out." Poseidon mentioned sadly.

"Well I have a place you could go but you will both have to swear on Styx not to tell anyone about it until I have completely finished it." Percy suggested making it clear that it was a special place.

"Very well, where is it?" The god of the sea questioned.

"Undersea…kind of… It's my palace and I will take you there once everything is finished today." Perseus explained.

Hades arrived back beside the pair and then the music started. Percy hadn't noticed that Artemis had left until she walked down the aisle. Of course, she's a bridesmaid Perseus thought. Next came Hestia who's dress appeared to be living fire, following her was Aphrodite and her outfit was dazzling, it kept changing colors much like her eyes. Hera entered and took up the position at the podium to marry the couple.

After they had entered everyone fell silent as they awaited Athena's arrival. The wisdom goddess made her way down the aisle with her father Zeus at her side. Poseidon was speechless at the beautiful sight before him, Athena was wearing a white dress them seemed to sparkle when the light hit if just right as it billowed out around her. But what amazed Poseidon the most wasn't all the material goods around them, it was her eyes.

They sparkled with more intensity than he had ever seen, she was teary eyed as she looked at Poseidon smiling dazedly at her and she let out a small chuckle (You know the one when someone laughs when crying, it's really a nice effect). She stopped next to Poseidon and Zeus hugged her before stepping to Poseidon's side as one of the groomsmen. Athena looked into the elder sea god's eyes and the intense look he was giving her conveyed all his emotions to her.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we are gathered here today to celebrate the marriage and joint realm of Poseidon and Athena. Before we begin, does anyone here object to the union of these two here before us?" Hera asked waiting for a second before continuing. "Very good, now let us begin."

Vowels are exchanged between the couple as tears are spilt until the wedding finally reaches the point that everyone had been waiting for.

"Do you Athena take Poseidon to be your lawfully wedded husband?" Hera asked.

"I do" came the simple reply albeit filled with happiness.

"And do you Poseidon take Athena to be your lawfully wedded wife?" The marriage goddess questioned.

"Now and forever" the elder sea god responded.

"Then you may now kiss the bride and combine domains." The goddess of heaven finished.

Athena and Poseidon moved closer until their lips finally met. The kiss started slowly and began to get deeper as a bright light began to grow around the pair blinding everyone around them. After the light had faded everyone looked shocked at the newlyweds. Poseidon's eyes had grey streaks running through the irises while Athena had green.

The sea goddess now had a sun baked tan as her golden hair cascaded down her back, she was no longer the cute bookworm, she was the sexy sea goddess. Poseidon appeared far wiser than he had been mere moments ago, with the entire knowledge of Athena now also belonging to him. Everyone clapped for the newlyweds as they made their way out of the building to head to the reception.

As they got outside everyone gathered around the transport for the couple and Athena turned around, throwing her bridal bouquet backwards in the process. The new sea goddess looked back to see who had caught the flowers and saw Artemis blushing profusely.

"Looks like I might have another wedding to plan soon" Aphrodite giggled getting a mass glare directed at her by the hunt.

Artemis looked shyly at Perseus for a second knowing that the fates are teasing her and making her choice just that much harder. Percy was the only one to notice the quick look he got from the moon goddess and he felt his heart flutter, the look had to mean something good right? The young sea god thought. But before he could do anything he was interrupted by his father.

"Well with that done, let's go eat!" Poseidon exclaimed joyfully.

Everyone cheered and teleported together to the throne room for the party. Dionysus quickly headed in the direction of liquor, with the world possibly coming to its end Zeus had allowed him to drink freely again. To say that the wine god was a nicer person was an understatement, he was almost the life of the party which actually makes sense considering he's the god of partying.

Hours later several speeches had been given, a couple threats along the lines of 'you break her heart I know where you live' and the party was winding down to a close. Perseus had been unable to track down Artemis again, he knew now she was avoiding him and knew not to pester her for a decision and left it at that. The newlyweds fare-welled the last of the guests and turned to Percy.

"So where is this amazing palace?" Athena questioned.

"Right this way" the young sea god replied as he held out his hand so that he could teleport them with him.

After taking his hand they arrived outside the front of his palace and to say they were breath taken was the understatement of the millennia.

"It may not be complete right now but I hope it is enough" Perseus said.

"No… It's perfect" Poseidon stated in a daze. "Percy, do you know what this place is?" The young god shook his head.

"Its Pontus' old palace area, I always thought it was a myth but I guess it's true what they say, there are no false myths." Athena spoke with her new knowledge over all things related to the sea.

"Well I will leave you two alone, enjoy the time you have. It may not last forever" Percy said before teleporting away.

"Where to first babe?" The sea god questioned.

"Do you really need to ask?" The sea goddess replied pulling Poseidon into a deep kiss.

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After leaving the newlyweds alone Perseus knew he needed to find a solution to the war, some way to beat the primordial's and titans. Then the idea hit him, it was either the best or worse idea he has ever had and he would only find out as fate unfolded. He was going to visit the creator, he was going to visit Chaos himself.

A.N. Well that's another chapter to the stack, kind of a filler but I am still trying to portray the urgency of the situation. Hope you all enjoyed it, I was unsure if I should describe the palace now or do it later as a romantic scene .There was still a bit of writers block but for the most part that is gone for now. Next weekend I may be unable to release a chapter as I am busy with assignments (university sucks). So if there is no update, please don't hate me, I will try and get a chapter up at my earliest convenience. Also, this story has thirteen planned chapters with this being the last chapter completely plotted. So I also need to plan out the next few chapters to try and prevent more writers block while being extremely busy so please bear with me. I am sure yall don't want a story with unresolved twists in it after all. Now while I don't plan on having a sequel to this story, it was a story to get me used to writing and learn before I moved onto my other Pertemis ideas. While I have several ideas for different stories, the one that I will be writing next does have a sequel planned and will be considerably larger than this story. Some of the ideas from this story will make its way into the new one but that's just because they are so damn good. Anyways, have a good week and weekend, also MAKE SURE TO LEAVE A REVIEW I WILL LOVE YOU LONG TIME!