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-Peter
POV: Hecate
Of all thing to ask he wonders if I am the mortal Stefanie? I blew out a gust of air in relief.
"Yes, but why must you know? My Lord?"
"I just wanted to know who is making contact wih my child, that is all."
"My Lord?" I questioned
"Yes?"
" I have blessed Perseus with my powers."
"What?!" He half shouted
"I have blessed Perseus with my powers. With them he will be the strongest demi-god ever." I admited. I didn't want to tell him everything, but I thought that he should at least know this.
"Oh, why have you done this?"
"My Lord, I have done this because the child is destined to be the one of the prophesy. I believe by giving him more powers then he will have a better chance of surviving."
"I see, fine I give you permission to give him your powers. I will not complain. I do not want to lose another child." I smirked I think the king of the gods has gone soft. "But tell me. Is there anything else you want me to know? What exactly is your plan with my child?"
" My lord, my plan is only to make sure that he is strong enough to face what is to come." Zeus clearly relaxed into his seat.
" Hecate, I need to ask you something else." I was curious what else did he want to know?
" Should I claim him when he gets to camp?"
" I can't answer that my lord. I can only give you advice, it must be you to choose or else you will not be content. It depends, if you have Hera claim him then that will raise many questions. If I claim him as my child then he will have to stay in the Hermes cabin, but if you claim him then he will be raised as a true hero from the start and given special attention. It only matter wether or not you want him to know, but the problem is that somehow you will need to explain to the mortal, Sally Jackson, that her child is not Poseidon's. Come to think of it. You will need to convince Poseidon that the child isn't his as well." I could see that Zeus was thinking hard. He had a little cease in his eyebrows.
" I don't know what to do." He finally said after a long moment of silence. Wow, of all things I did not think of this as well. To tell the truth I just made up what I said on the spot, improvising. " I want to claim him because a son of Zeus should be recognized by all. But I don't want to make it difficult for myself or him incase Poseidon decides to claim him as well. I can't have Perseus being claimed by two or more gods."
"My lord, the only way to solve this is to have a counsel." I offered and he waved his hand to dismiss me. I left quitely, poundering on what was said today.
POV: Zeus
" Hermes, call everyone in for a emergency counsel meeting." I snapped and he hurried to get out.
" Of course" He replied and flashed out. He returned shortly with the rest of the counsel. I waited for everyone to take their seats. I was trembling in my seat and I saw the other gods send me wary glances.
" As you may not know I will start from the beginning. I had a child with Hera as many of you know. Hera and I decided to put the child into a mortal's womb because we did not want to raise him. The child was born and it seems to me that the kid is slightly mortal making him slightly different from any other godly child born." The gods gave me confused glances but I continued. " The mortal was Sally Jackson and she gave birth to the child ten years ago." I paused, Poseidon was currently shaking. I didn't know why he was shaking so badly but it all became clear when he lifted his head.
"You did what to Sally?" He half shout and asked
" I gave her the chance to raise my own child!" I yelled back, the rest of the Olympians were silence. Athena was thinking, obviously, I suppose that she was trying to think of what was the best course of action.
"But you are the reason for the way Sally has been acting?" It came out like a kind of question but I think that it was suppsoed to be a statement.
" I have no idea why she is acting up, okay? Maybe it is just the hormones that women have then they are pregnant." I had a lot of experience with children from having a couple hundred myself. I saw Hera glaring and I silently wondered why. After all she was the one who didn't bother to find out about the child.
" Women are hormonal because of you." She spat and exited the throne room. I forgot to tell everyone that I had told her just before about Thalia being born. Of course as perdicted she becam angry and now she hated me. Classic really. She is always angry at me, but right now I am not sure how to procede. I always knew how to but I have never had a situation like right now. But I knew that I shouldn't tell her about the second kid that I had, Thalia's brother Jason. They were a cute pair the two. Jason was only eight while Thalia was ten, she was only a few months younger than Perseus.
"I don't even want to know why she just did that." Athena rolled her eyes as if it was all my fault. It probably was, if only I could keep it in my pants. I sighed, being a god was tiring, especially the king of the gods.
"Well I am going to tell you anyways because it is important." I teased and continued " As you know the child that Sally gave birth to is my child. But I had another affair with another mortal, with the mortal I had two children." Athena gasped
"You didn't!" she yelled
" I did okay! I wasn't going to have children at first but it just happened." Artemis sighed and I turned my attention over to her. "Artemis do you ave anything to say?" I questinoed, raising one eyebrow.
" No father, I do not have anything to say." She glared at me. Apollo started to laugh and the entire counsel turned to glance at him.
" It is so funny, I mean like dad just had three children." I didn't exactly get what was so funny, neither did the others.
"What is so funny?" Demeter spoke up after a few minutes of watching Apollo laugh.
"Nothing, I just wanted to laugh." Apollo held out his hand and Hermes high fived him.
"Are you telling me that you wasted all of our time just to laugh?" Athena reached for her spear and Hermes and Apollo winced and cowered back. "Lets get back to the problem on hand. What is so bad about you having children? You have had more than a few over the years."
"Ah, that is where the problem starts. Hectae did something to the first child, Perseus."
"Father why is this important?" Artemis drawled, she rolled her eyes, I shot her a glare, and ignored the comment/question.
" Well you see the child is the one of the prophesy." Collective gasps from throughout the throne room.
"Well then what is the problem? Is the child dying?" I shook my head.
"The child knows about the gods from Hecate but I am worried. Hecate supported the titans in the first war. What makes you think she won't do it again, but this time taking the child with her."
"I see, then if the child was to turn against us then you think that we would be doomed." Athena's brain finally started to work.
"Exactly" I proudly stated
"So then we must kill the child." Dionysus was lazily lounging on his chair. Of course he wanted to kill the child. All he cared about was decreasing the population of demi-gods. But of course his children were the exception to the rule.
"No, we will not be killing my child!" I yelled
"Yes, we must" Dionysus took out a wine magazine. I waved my hand and it disappeared.
"For that it will be an extra fifty years at Camp Half-Blood." Dionysus glared at me and I glared whole heartedly back. I can't believe the heartlessness of this guy. He wants to kill his own half-brother. Then again we killed my own father. One thing was for sure about the gods, we were very unique. Not always in a good way.
" Father, I do not need an extra fifty years that the camp of those so called 'Heroes'!" He yelled
"Yes, you do. Might I remind you that you were once a demi-god as well. Case closed." I finished. "Now back to the problem on hand. I will not kill my son but I am not sure what to do with him either. This is were you all come in." I gestured towards them. "I need your advice." It was hard to admit that I needed help but I was trying to be a better father, for my new children.
"So you are asking us what to do?" Apollo clarified and I nodded.
"Yes"
"I think that you should send him to Camp Half-Blood" Poseidon offered
"I agree with Poseidon." Demeter said
"What? Do you mean send him to Camp Half-Blood now?" I didn't want him to be sent there now, he was still young.
"What do you mean now? He is old enough to understand about his parenthood. I think that sending him to Camp Half-Blood is going to be a good thing." It was Athena who spoke up. Well I can't argue with the goddess of wisdom.
"How are we even going to get him there? Sally will not let us take him."
"Ahh, well she doesn't need to know that we took him. Say we pretended that he died in a car accident." Dionysus grinned
"I still don't think that this is a good idea." I grumbled
"You asked us for help and now you got it." This was why I didn't ask for help often... I had a bad feeling about this...
POV: Percy
"Percy!" Mommy yelled. I rolled my eyes, mommy always was worried for the silliest reasons. I mean just because I was gone for five or more minutes doesn't mean that I am dead or kidnapped. But I understood how she was feeling. I went to school and I learnt about the different things that could happen if you went with strangers.
"I'm coming mom!" I yelled back and I heard her sigh of relief. I busted through the door and she welcomed me in a big hug.
"Perseus, I was so worried." I was worried now. Mommy only called me Perseus when she was really angry. I waited for the burst, surly it was going to come in five, four, three, two, and one. "Perseus Jackson, how dare you leave me like that!" It had started.
"Mommy, I was just away for like five minutes." I groaned sometime I really didn't like her over protective motherly instincts.
"No, you were away for five minutes and forty seconds!" She screeched. Geez, I didn't know she care about the seconds as well. I rolled my eyes but started to regret it.
"Perseus Jackson" She swelled "Did you just roll your eyes all me?" I whimpered and hung my head.
"Yes, mother."
"What did I say about rolling your eyes at me?"
"You told me not to." I mumbled
"Good, it seems that all my lessons have finally paid off." I nearly rolled my eyes again but stopped myself.
"Yes mother" I headed towards my room. I opened the door and my mouth was suddenly covered. I struggled against the large force and I felt a sharp pressure at my neck and I crumbled into the darkness.
...Sometime later...
"Hey he is coming to!" I heard a voice yell "Hey dude!" The voice was directed at me.
"Ugh, where am I?" I groaned
"Dude, you are on Olympus." I saw a flash of a really bright smile
"Apollo!" That voice, it seems so familiar but I just could put my foot on it.
" Got to go, Dude, see you later."
"Wait! Are you the god Apollo?" I grabbed his arm before he could leave.
"Dude, what gave you that idea? My awesome voice? Body? or Hair?" He rolled his eyes. "Wait scratch that. I bet that all of them gave you the idea."
"Dudeeee, I hope you know this but I heard someone say your name."
"Man! Did you really have to ruin it for me?" Apollo complained
"Yup, sorry man." Of course, it was natural. I had no idea what was going to happen to me but I still was myself enough to tease a god.
"I hate demi-gods sometimes." Apollo got up and left.
"Perseus, I see you are better now." I looked around and saw the man I was talking to a few days ago or something. What was his name? Zeus? "I am put out that you don't remember me, Perseus. I thought that maybe since I am your father you would." I could almost see a slight pout on the corner of his mouth.
"Where am I?" I asked again, I really didn't believe Apollo.
"Didn't Apollo tell you? You are on Olympus." Zeus frowned
"Why am I here? Where is my mother?"
"Your mother is fine. We had to bring you here because of an emergency that needed to be fixed." He explained
"When can I go back?" I was beginning to miss my mother's warmth and kindness.
"I am afraid you aren't allowed to go back." I froze
"Why I want my mother and I want her now!" I demanded and attempted to get up.
"No, Perseus!" Zeus pushed me back onto the bed. "Perseus, it is dangerous for you to go back to your mother. You don't want to put her in danger do you?"
"No but-"
"But what? Your mother's safety is something that is very important and going back will only make it difficult for us to protect both of you." Zeus grunted "Now take a good rest and in the morning we will talk about this so more. Rest!" Zeus got up and left, leaving the door open just a little so that I could see a crack of light from outside.
POV: Zeus
I hated lying to him but it was necessary, I needed to keep an eye on Perseus and having him on Olympus or at Camp Half-Blood was the only way to do it.
"Father?" Athena was standing next to me
"Yes?"
"I want to talk to you about your child, Perseus." Athena grabbed my arm and lead me to the garden on Olympus
"What about him?"
"I understand that he is important but shouldn't we at least make it easier for him?"
"How so?" I turned around and sat on the bench
"I mean making it easier by making sure that his half-brother, Dionysus, doesn't end up murdering him before he can fulfill his use." Athena shot me a glare.
"Are you telling me to lessen Dionysus' sentence?" I rose one eyebrow. I thought that Athena enjoyed not having Dionysus around, I guess I was wrong.
"Father, that is not what I meant!" She started to pace
"Then what did you mean." I enjoyed angering Athena sometimes
"I meant maybe talking with your son and giving him certain rules that he needs to follow." Now this was making more sense
"You really don't like your brother do you?"
"No father I don't but that is not the reason I am doing this." Athena stiffed and marched out of the garden leaving me on the bench pondering.
I suppose it did make sense. Dionysus was surely going to make Perseus' life harder. I mean it was because of Perseus, that Dionysus had to spend fifty more years at Camp Half-Blood.
"Alright" I grumbled and went to summon Dionysus.
"Father you called?" He mocked me and I gritted my teeth.
"Yes, I did, I had a list of rules that you need to follow when I let Perseus into Camp Half-Blood." I waved my hand and a piece of parchment appeared with the rules clearly and neatly written down.
"Father, this is ridiculous!" He sputtered, taking the parchment from my outstretched hand.
"I am afraid that it is not ridiculous but for everyone's benefit, other than your own."
"Ridiculous." He muttered once more because disappearing in a flash of purple, that smelt heavily of wine.
POV: Sally
My boy... my beautiful boy is gone. I was crying into Stefanie's shoulder.
"It is impossible, he can't have just disappeared." It was hard to understand what I was saying because of the tears pouring down my face.
"Sally, I am sure it isn't as bad as it looks." She tried to comfort me but I knew it was a lie. One thing was for sure though, if I ever find the people who took him they will be getting a very through beat down.
"It is as bad as it looks. In fact it is even worse. I lost my baby boy and he is alone somewhere in the world without me." Stefanie helped me into my bed before I took a pill that would help me relax and hopefully sleep.
"Sally, I promise you. I will do what ever I can to get him back. Don't forget I miss him as well." Stefanie patted my back and I nodded.
"Thank you, for being such a good friend to me." I managed to get out before the drugs over took me and I fell into the blackness and bliss of sleep.
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