A/N: Hey, y'all! It's almost midnight where I am, but I'm writing any way…GOOD NEWS! I defeated the evil Dr. Science Fair XD YES! But now I'm going to Districts…sigh…AND I only have a few weeks left of cheerleading! YES! That means, you may get more updates! YAY!

Oh, this chapter isn't based off of a song; it's too unusual to have a song like it. I must say…FutureNovelist887 and I share a brain. She guessed SO FREAKIN CLOSE that I about passed out. Are you sure you don't read minds, Future? Geez. And thanks, Future! I'm glad to be back, too (:

I don't own PJO! Only Rick Riordan does, and I am 100% female.

Chapter Four: Even MORE Punishment

Poseidon stared at his doorway. Artemis and Aphrodite spun around. "Lady Hera!" Artemis gasped.

Hera, Queen of the gods, held her head high. "I come to bring news. Zeus is very angry with you and Athena—say, where is the brat, anyway?" She snapped.

"Don't call her that," Poseidon almost yelled.

"What? Her pesky daughter got it somewhere. Now I can see Annabeth is the exact clone of her wretched mother. After all, who else could pass on traits?" Hera rolled her eyes. "I've never liked her. She's just a dumb little Zeus accident."

"Don't talk about Athena like that! Or Annabeth!" Poseidon really did yell this time.

"Sorry, I don't mean to insult your fiancé." Hera sneered.

"Excuse me?" Poseidon asked her.

"Aphrodite, darling, go fetch Athena. Get her useless head out of the toilet and bring her back." Seeing Aphrodite not budge, she snapped around to face her directly. "That was an order."

"You no longer control me, Hera. I am mortal, and I worship no cow." She smirked. "Besides, I'm sort of an accident, too, don't you say?" She pointed to the door. "If you want Athena, you go get her yourself."

Artemis coughed. "I'll go get Athena." She hurriedly walked out of the room. A moment later, a very tired looking Athena entered Poseidon's room. Artemis led her to the bed, where she sat her down.

"Artemis, Aphrodite; leave. Take your lovers and brothers with you. Zeus will be here shortly and we must talk to these two alone." Hera acknowledged the door. "I think I told you to leave, girls."

Not wanting to start a riot, the two girls left the room.

Athena sat glumly. She hardly knew what was happening; all she knew was that a strong arm was wrapped around her shoulders, some guy named "Zeus" was coming, and there was some freak in a toga. However, once the strange toga-wearing-cow-look-a-like snapped her fingers, she could see and hear better again and she knew what was happening. "Ugh," she groaned. She let herself fall back on the bed, and she squeezed her eyes shut.

A crack sound was heard, and Zeus appeared before the three. Hera grinned, but not in the ha-ha-that-was-hilarious way, or even the ooh-you're-busted! way. No, it was the Hera way, the I-know-something-you-don't-and-you-won't-like-it way. Zeus stood by the front of the bed. "Rise, daughter. That is no way to show respect." He commanded. Athena felt like sticking her tongue out at him, something a mortal girl her age would do, but she collected herself and slumped up.

"Zeus, would you care to give a recap of last night?" Hera asked him.

Zeus stayed stern. "For lack of better words, you two ended up getting thoroughly drunk last night."

"We're allowed to do so, Father, for we are adults." Poseidon had not heard her talk so eloquently and smoothly in the longest time.

"I'm not saying you two cannot consume alcohol; for Hades' sake, it make you two at least stop bickering." Zeus told the two.

"Father, isn't that why you made this our punishment? So we grow closer?"

"Athena," Zeus said to his daughter. "You must have forgotten my biggest rule: no fraternization with men—especially Poseidon!"

"I do not think it is any of your business with whom I do whatever!" Athena stood her ground.

"You are my daughter. More importantly, you are not the ruler of the gods! I am!" Zeus yelled.

"If you have forgotten," Athena reminded him, "I am no longer a goddess at all! I hold no power whatsoever! But that also means that without my godly bond, you have no relation to me in the smallest way. And you were not much of a father from the start, Zeus."

"You still must obey me!" He yelled furiously. Athena stood, matching his height.

"Who says?" she asked. "Maybe I'll walk out right now. Maybe I'll stay a mortal! Who knows, maybe I never wanted to be a goddess, Zeus!"

He glared at his daughter. "Well then. You just have more for me to add on, now." He told her.

"What do you mean by that?" Athena asked.

Zeus turned to Hera. She closed her eyes and mumbled a few words. When she opened them, a searing pain went though Athena's left hand.

As they looked down, they noticed that her ring finger was red. As it faded, metal melted onto her finger. It burned, but Athena just bit down on her tongue. She tried to take the ring off, but it didn't budge. It was three olive branches, barren of olives. They were wrapped around each other, making a twist of silver metal melted into her skin. She looked up at Hera. "What is this?" she asked.

Hera smirked. "Oh, congratulations, you two are engaged in the name of the gods. Might I mention you have a little one on the way?"

Athena touched her stomach. "We've never done that, Hera!" she was outraged.

"Nothing is impossible to the King and Queen of the gods," she said.

"Annabeth was right about you," Athena walked towards the goddess. "All you want is a perfect family. But you know you have nothing close to it. So instead you go and bully us instead, right?" She pushed the goddess a bit.

"Don't touch me, Athena." Hera snapped.

"Then stay out of my life. And apparently, my family's life, too." She said. She pointed at her belly. "Do you realize what you did, Hera?" Hera held her head up. She did not answer. "You just made a new god. For even though Poseidon and I are mortal, we did not conceive this child. It was, per say, made from Zeus and you. You have no idea what you've just created. And I'll make sure you never do. Leave, Hera! Don't come back."

Hera just sniffed and disappeared. Zeus stared at his daughter, mainly at her belly. "I apologize, daughter. But it cannot be undone. You must learn to take responsibility for your actions."

"Marrying me off? Making me have a child? Zeus—that's not punishing me for my actions. All you are doing is starting more conflict. You do realize that this counters what you originally sent me here for? I shall be out for the rest of the year when I have this child. You basically signed me up for not even a full punishment."

Poseidon, who had said nothing, was pale. "Z-Zeus…how far is she?"

Zeus tried to remember what Hera had said. "About two months. She didn't want to have Athena take any sick days for morning sickness, and she wanted it to be able to be seen as soon as possible."

"March 30th? They'll be here March 30th, Zeus. That's not far away." Athena said. "I think you should go. Now, Zeus. I do not wish to speak with you any longer."

Within seconds, Zeus left the house.

Athena stayed put, not turning to face Poseidon. It was silent for a while, only the sound of their breathing was heard. "A…Athena?" Poseidon choked.

She slowly turned around. "Yes?"

"Are we, you know…really?" he asked.

Athena nodded. "Yeah." She showed him the ring. "Not a joke. Won't budge."

"Then, you're really…" Poseidon glanced down at her stomach. "And it's really mine…"

Athena smiled slightly. It was mostly one of nervousness. "Well, yes. I am pregnant, and yeah…it is practically ours."

"Can I, you know?" he asked, pointing to her belly.

"You won't feel anything, yet." She grabbed his hand as she sat on the bed. She brought it to her stomach, and smiled at him. "You know, we may hate each other still, deep down, but we have to do this. I don't want to abandon him or her. And I want to raise them right. Just promise me one thing, Poseidon."

"What?" he asked, not moving his hand.

"We'll still fight, and have our opposing opinions. I can't stop that. But I just need you to promise that you'll try. Because honestly, I'm really scared, Poseidon. I've never bore any children; I've only created them with my mind. I'm really nervous."

"Athena, you handled that pretty well, though!" Poseidon told her. "You've always been a great mom, even though you never got the chance to spend time with them. But this time—you'll have all the time in the world."

She smiled sadly. "I'm just afraid, Poseidon."

"Same, Athena."

And then it hit them like a Frisbee to the face. They both faced each other quickly.

"We're engaged!" Athena fretted.

"We're having a baby!" Poseidon nearly fainted.

A/N: That was short…Well, I hope you enjoyed it! I'll try to update ASAP!

Question Time:

-Do you think this is all real? Or is it just a scam?

-If it is real, how will the others react?

-Will this turn into a romance? (I want your opinion, please!)

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~Suzie