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Or is it
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Nyx POV
This was a bad day to be on Olympus, It was prank war season, and I can't really explain it since I have never been involved. But what I do know is that Olympus is dangerous this time of year. Now there are multiple reasons as to why I am on Olympus during such dangerous times. The biggest reason is that it was Hades's idea.
It had already been a day on Olympus, Shadow didn't remember a thing about Olympus but that might be because the minute he got here, he came down with a cold. Still after a day of nothing bad happening, I thought nothing could go too wrong at this point. No one suspected anything of Shadow, especially since he seemed like just a sick Demigod that I was tugging around.
The reason I could have Shadow around me was what happened 3 days ago. Zeus lifted the ban limiting God and Demigod contact. The only thing now is that you had to do your job or your contact will be restrained.
Persephone suddenly piped up "I hope Shadow didn't get Thalia sick when she shook his hand, I am surprised she didn't suspect anything of him when she did." Yeah I hope he didn't get the hunter sick that he met yesterday, as Artemis might get mad.
- Artemis POV
The prank wars, it used to be just between Apollo and Hermes on Olympus, but after Aphrodite threw pink smoke bombs into my temple, everyone joined. It happened once a year but never had a set date. The only way you could tell that the prank wars had started is when Hera finally gets pranked. For such an uptight Goddess, once her hair has been dyed a weird color for example, she will get revenge in a funny way.
Hermes once got pranked back by her, and all of his shipping orders went from perfect Greek to some African language, so his shipping business went on stand still. That was all Hera's doing as she boasted about it for days.
This year, I decided that it was high time that I pranked Hera. Someone had already done the first prank on her so The war has already started. But I was going to do the best, as I need revenge as Hera had pranked my hunters, thinking they had done something, when they were innocent. Now just what should I do?
Thalia, yelled from my forest green couch in my reading room, as the hunters were on Olympus for the week "Do you have any tissues, Lady Artemis?" that's a weird question, why does she need them? I didn't need to think about it any longer as Thalia sneezed loudly, causing a spark to shot out and almost hit Phoebe.
Phoebe yelled as she ducked for cover "Watch it, Lightning snot" she then grabbed a silver roman styled shield off the wall and moved away using the shield for cover.
I walked over so that I could see Thalia, her nose was as red as a clowns nose, she had bags under her eyes, and to top it all off, was just how pale she was. I made tissues appear and handed it to her, the minute she went to grab them, she sneezed. The Lightning bolt that sparked from her body, hit me square in the chest, making me fly back. I didn't fall though.
I finally managed "Why are you sick?"
Thalia went on this whole spill "Well, I saw Uncle Hades and Lady Persephone yesterday with Lady Nyx, so I went to say hi, and they had this little boy with them, he stayed by Nyx so he must of been one of her sons', I think he might have been sick, and I got it from him after I shook his hand" well then, I am getting to the bottom of this. The boy most likely a god, who prank her. Well it looks like I have two people to deal with now.
-Line break- Nyx POV
"I knew it, I knew it was a bad idea to take him to Olympus" That me for ya, Hades thought it was a good idea to take Percy to Olympus just for a couple days. Just to let him see the place, maybe hoping it would bring up memories of his old life. All it did was give him a cold, and nightmares at night.
Hades mumbles as I looked through potions that might cure Percy's cold "I don't get it, even when Thalia walked up, Percy couldn't remember anything about his previous life". It seemed this annoyed Hades to no end that he couldn't fix something.
Percy stated as he held a tissue to his nose "My Name is Shadow, the name Percy makes me feel fear" he gave a sneeze into the tissue as he sat on Persephone's flower couch that was in the living room. When I say flower couch, I mean the couch is made of flowers and vines.
We were all in her temple as she was the only one with a temple on Olympus. I was looking at potions while Hades mumble curses, and Persephone just rubbed the slight baby bump she had.
Deciding to stop rubbing her belly, Persephone walked up behind Shadow, and began ruffling his hair making him whine, "Stop Auntie, stop" She did and kissed him on the forehead just making him pout up at her. This just made her laugh "oh what, trying already to be a big man, and not take kisses from your Auntie" he gave a nod in response.
I looked around the temple living room as looking at the small print on the bottles made my eyes hurt. It looked like a family living room if a normal family room was made of flowers and vines. It had couches that faced towards a fireplace that also had a T.V above it. The floor was what really set it apart from the usual, as the floor was grass. This made Percy happy to no end, as he couldn't remember touching grass; it was new experience for him.
Realizing I had been calling him Percy, I gave a self pep talk not to. It was so hard though as he is acting like his old self, and is looking more and more like himself as he grew mentally and physically.
I sighed as I looked back at the potions, debating which one to give him. It came up that none of them would work for him, I asked "Persephone, do you have anymore potions?"
Persephone thought for second, her bright green eyes darting around as she thought, "Yes, I do but I need Hades help to get them, and yours as Its hard to get to them". I looked over at Percy; he smiled back at me to reassure that he would be all right with playing with his fish toys.
Reluctantly, I got up and began to walk towards Hades and Persephone, who was already, began walking down a hall that put Percy out of my sight.
-Line Break- Artemis PoV
Ok, its time to figure whom that boy is. Never have I known Nyx to sleep with mortal men so the chances that it is a demigod are slim. So it had to be a god, that god most likely made her sick to be a little spitfire, turning into a little boy so that she wouldn't think ill of him. Well time to surprise this god, and make him wish he were dead.
I used my hunting skills to figure out where the boy was. Since Hades and Nyx don't have temples on Olympus, they had to be at Persephone's. Said temple came into view. It was simple white temple with gardens surrounding it. The gardens were filled with every flower imaginable. But I had no time to admire.
My plan was simple, since this boy had to be a god, I would first catch him, won't be to hard, and take him to the Archery field were most of the hunter's are, so that we all could scare him into not doing it again. As I couldn't really hurt him too much or Nyx, Persephone, and Hades would get me back for it.
Silently sneaking in Persephone temple, I saw the boy doing small messed up cartwheels in the grass carpet. Now I know that some gods stay kids constantly so that they can get perks. This must be one of them, as he looked around 6 maybe. The power I could feel coming off of him just concreted my idea that he wasn't mortal.
Time to scare the little god. I snuck up behind him using the floor couch as a hiding spot. When he got close, I grabbed the collar of his shirt. I didn't expect him to scream at the top of his long like a child, but maybe he was really good at his act. I admittedly flashed away so to not draw attention.
I reappeared in the Archery field, I was right by were the hunter would take their stance. I yelled as I dropped the little god "I found the little god that got Thalia sick". The suddenly yelling from me did nothing to the hunters except one. One of the newest recruits, Emmy, swung around at the noise and fired an arrow. The Arrow sliced the top of the little gods arm.
That's when I saw something that made my blood turn to ice, the sight of his red blood. Red blood meaning mortal, meaning this is Nyx's son, translating to him being a demigod. That means I just kidnapped a 6-year-old boy thinking he was some ignorant god, I just kidnapped a kid. What do the mortals say, oh right, OH CRAP!
I watched as the little boy looked at the cut, tears budded in his eyes before full blown sobbing and screaming. The Other hunters saw the red blood and screeched "HE'S NOT A GOD" the screaming just made him cry even harder. He began to back away from me screaming 'You're the monster from my nightmares, YOU'RE A MONSTER THAT WANTS TO KILL ME!" That cut deep in me, Right now I am truly a monster, and I got to fix this.
Katie, being a daughter of Athena, screamed "Artemis, You confused his strong aura with a god" yes, yes I did. I can track an aura just find but distinguishing a strong one from gods not so much. Now what do I do, I have an in pain screaming kid next to me. How do I fixes this, I have never dealt with children except for right after their born even then I have only had to do that a few times.
I managed to yell, "What do I do!" They never had a chance to answer as the nice sunny day just turned into night. I could hear a new scream off in the distance. This one wasn't the scream of pain or fear, no no, It was a scream unique to Mother's, the 'where's my baby!' scream. I suddenly remember a tale of what happened when one of Nyx kids got hurt. How she thought Zeus was responsible and attacked him. Zeus had to plead that it wasn't him, he still got beaten, but when she discovered it was actually a son of Zeus. Well Cerberus got a nice meal that day of I remember correctly.
And Now I might become Cerberus chow.
Finally my savior came into view "What is happening over here" It was Annabeth, daughter of Athena, official Architect of Olympus. Well recently she has wanted nothing to do with Olympus after us, well killing her boyfriend. Recently she just seemed like a ghost to most people, never responding to anything with heart in it. Her mother has been keeping her close in order to make sure she didn't try to join Percy in the underworld.
The little boy saw her and cried "Please help me" I saw a spark ignite in her eyes as she rushed over to help him while glaring at us. It seemed she already figured out that the reason he is crying is because of us, well me.
She picked the little boy up in her arms, cooing something softly into his ear making him stop crying instantly, she rocked him back and forth tell he simple giggled in her arms from the rocking motion. She cooed a little louder so I could hear "better, Now I bet you're a son of Nyx, so lets get you back to your mommy" he nodded like bobble head.
As She walked by me, Annabeth growled "You'll be joining us, won't you, lady Artemis" With that tone of hers, it clearly wasn't a question but a command. It was the tone her mother uses a lot when commanding anyone. I tried to say "No, I am kinda busy" but she cut me off with a glare, and reinforced "Won't you, Artemis, someone has to explain why he ended up here and crying" I want to run but I knew that Annabeth had me pinned. I couldn't backlash at her because I would be asking for the wreath of both Athena and Nyx. Nyx because Annabeth is holding The little boy.
I finally followed Annabeth silently, wishing I hadn't been blinded by my hate for male gods and the fact that the facts seemed to add up.
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