Ares's POV

Percy in Olympus. That may benefit me. I just hope I can find him alone.

Percy's POV

"My boy is the one of the strongest children of Poseidon, it only makes sense that he should be a minor sea-god, more powerful than all the others except me!" Poseidon declares.

"You can have the boy, but Annabeth is the one of the most skilled Athenian warriors, the child was the one to finally find the Athena Parthenon! She must be the strongest warrior goddess, only second to me!" Athena declared.

"No! Both of you are wrong!" Aphrodite cried defiantly. "Percy and Annabeth must come as a package deal, the model of all perfect couples for all Olympians to follow! They are the strongest when they are together! Both Percy and Annabeth should be able to keep their powers! There is none a love more true than theirs. They walked through Tartarus! What other evidence do you need?" Aphrodite exclaimed. She had clearly been thinking on this for some time.

"Enough! All of you!" Zeus boomed. "You do not command me!" He roared, bringing silence to the room.

"I have a suggestion to make, Zeus." Artemis said. Zeus nodded to her. "What if Percy and Annabeth kept their powers and were a symbol of team work? The daughter of Athena and the son of Poseidon working together in harmony. They could represent trust." Artemis told Zeus. Zeus looked around the room, all of the gods were nodding their heads in agreement except Ares.

"I'm wondering why we don't get a say in this? What if you made us the god and goddess of the poodle? Would we have to just accept?" I asked Zeus, unbelieving that he hadn't so much as glanced at us the whole entire time.

"Yes, the gift of immortality is a precious one." Zeus hissed at me, locking his jaw after he was done speaking, a vein throbbing at his temple. I put my hands up in surrender. "It is decided, Percy and Annabeth will be the god and goddess of trust and team work." Zeus declared.

We were dismissed, and a servant led us to our quarters. We had a beautiful, spacious room that we shared as well as two separate bedrooms and bathrooms. Both beds could fit both of us easily. That thought made me blush.

"What is it seaweed brain?" Annabeth asked, her attitude light and her gray eyes sparkling.

"Nothing." I mumbled. Before she could pester me more, a column pole thing caught Annabeth's eye as she mumbled about "not remembering designing this room". Annabeth passed the hours by investigating the room and the view, commenting on all the design choices someone made and all that.

I flipped through the TV channels, they have a soap opera about Cupid?!

"Hey Annabeth?" I ask she comes over to sit beside me.

"Yeah Percy?" She asks me, grabbing my hand and resting her head on my shoulder. I smile.

"How come I don't feel any different? I mean we're suppose to be gods, but I still feel like me." I tell her. Annabeth takes on a thoughtful expression as she ponders this.

"Maybe we've already changed? Or we're going to change tomorrow or something?" Annabeth suggested, yawning loudly.

"Do you want to take a nap before we have dinner?" I asked Annabeth, she nodded in response and headed in the direction of the blue bedroom.

"Hey that bedroom is mine!" I tell her

"Since when?" Annabeth asks me, her hands on her hips.

"It was like, and unspoken agreement. The son of Poseidon would get the blue room. Duh." I tell her. After I said that I kind of got scared. I really shouldn't be sassing Annabeth. Luckily, she just rolled her eyes and walked into the blue room. Oh well.

Annabeth's POV

Percy woke me up and after I hurriedly fixed my hair, we had dinner. My first meal eating with the gods. I dropped my spoon into my soup bowl because my hands were so slippery with sweat. Percy just laughed at me. So I punched him in the arm, hard enough to leave a bruise. Look who's laughing now.

Poseidon and Athena were there, as far away from each other as possible of course. Aphrodite was also there, staring at us and gushing every time we did something that was "so adorable". Gee, some space would be nice. Half way through the awkward but delicious dinner, Zeus came in and lectured us about the importance of discipline when you're a god, and blah blah blah. The worse part was we couldn't roll our eyes unless we wanted to be toasted.

Zeus also mentioned that we would "feel the effects" of immortality when we wake up tomorrow morning. So that answers our question.

We finished our dessert of Bougatsa (a Greek pastry filled with cheese, custard, or minced meat between layers of phyllo) because we could not eat ambrosia until tomorrow because again, we would not be deities until tomorrow. As soon as Percy and I finished our last bite, I had to resist bolting out like a mad women.

Percy and I are walking through the hallways I designed -gosh that's a dream come true- when a servant walks up to us.

"There are clothes for meeting with the gods, having dinner parties, visiting the city of Olympus, and sleep wear of course. You will find them in your rooms." The girl say meekly to us. I noticed she had a look of awe in her eye when she looked at Percy. Keep dreaming girl.

When she hurried away, Percy smiled at me with his eyebrows raised.

"So, do you want to go visit the city maybe? Try on our new clothes?" Percy asked me as we walked towards our room.

"Perseus Jackson, is this a date?" I ask him, a smile tugging at my lips.

"Maybe." He says as he flashes his teeth at me in a heart stopping grin. He disappears into the other bedroom as I disappear into mine.

Percy's POV

Annabeth and I walk towards the gates that lead to the city. We walk down countless hallways, which all look identical to me. Thank goodness Annabeth built this all herself, or we would be hopelessly lost.

Annabeth and I walk out into the bright sunlight. Annabeth lead me to the edge of the city, where you can see the clouds below us. Annabeth starts to climb the iron fence.

"Annabeth! What are you doing?!" I scream at her, panicking. She shouts down to me.

"I built a force field that would catch someone from falling off. The Olympians never needed protection on their underside so I thought I could help them out. I want to see if it will work. In fact, I know it will work." She tells me as she climbs higher. I start to follow her.

"So you're going to let your fatal flaw be the thing that kills you? Let pride out win common sense?" I ask her brutally. She freezes in front of me, slowly turning her head back slowly. There are tears in her eyes as she starts to climb down, staring at me the whole time.

"How can you say that?" Annabeth whispers, her voice raw with pain.

"I'd rather have you hate me forever than have you die." I tell her truthfully. We're both on the ground now.

"Don't ever say that!" Annabeth shouts at me as she wraps her arms around my neck and hugs me.

"Say what? That I don't want you to die?" I ask her, only half serious.

"No! That I could hate you forever. I can't. No matter what you do." Annabeth says to me, crying into my neck. She takes my breath away. I hug her tightly.

"Let's go visit some shops." Annabeth says as she wipes away her tears. Two different shops catch our eye, and we part ways promising to meet by the fountain a half an hour later.

Ares's POV:

Percy will have all the powers of a god tomorrow morning. Perfect. I will make my move tonight. There will be no holding back. They've already done half the work for me, Annabeth and Percy parted ways, now I don't have to deal with that annoying daughter of Athena. Nothing will stand in my way.

A/N: Cliff hanger! Dun dun dun! Wow! I really didn't think this chapter would be that long! Thank goodness I got over my writer's block! Come one guys, reviews give you free books (I'm sorry I'm desperate).