Completion and Recruiting
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3rd POV
Apollo and Percy were sitting in the throne room with their children on their laps. "So babe, when should we go tell the people you say are the best people to fill our council?" asked Apollo and that got him a smile from his wife. "Well today is the solstice meeting, so I say today" Apollo smiled at his wife. "We should inform the council about the choices" said Apollo and Percy had thoughtful look before nodding. After a few more minutes of chatting they decided to inform the council about their selection and when the council came they told them of the choices and they all agreed that the choices are very competent and then the other council members flashed to their domains.
Percy, Apollo and Hestia proceeded to flash to the Olympian council. When they arrived and they realised that they were the last to arrive. The Olympians noticed that Percy was with Apollo and they were tempted to bow, but she went over to sit with Hestia at the hearth. After the few stares at Percy, Zeus stood up and started to talk about who the source of the power was and whether it is a threat. Apollo stood up and told them that the power was not a threat and Athena immediately asked how he could be so sure that the powers they felt is not a threat. "Well, sis I know that the power is not a threat, because one of the powers was mine and the other was Percy." After he said that the whole council bar Poseidon, who knows how powerful they both are and Artemis, who suspected it at the time.
"Err… it seems that our allies are truly powerful" Zeus said with a smile that Olympus is now a force to be reckoned with, now that they have two Primordials and is mostly happy that his son has surpassed him without taking his throne. "Father, we are here to induct three of you to fill our council" said Apollo and the whole council erupted into cheering. "Who are these people my son?" asked Zeus hoping that he was one of them. Percy stood up and went to the middle of the throne room and looked each of them and said "Ares you know you are not one of the chosen three, so get that grin off your face"
"Our council has decided on which of the three of you should join the council" Apollo said with smile. "We have chosen Pallas Athena, Phoebe Artemis and Hermes" said Percy and the three mentioned gods looked shocked, that they were chosen to join the Primordial council and they all felt honoured. "Why, me?" Hermes asked looking bewildered. "You are one of the hardest working gods and you have the one of best sense of family, on this council and only my father and Athena work harder" Percy said and Hermes was now beaming that the queen of the heavens has complemented him. "Thank you, Perce" he said still smiling and Percy just nodded at him and went back to where she was sitting with Hestia, Lio and Eione. Athena for the first time noticed the child on Percy's lap and asked "Who are those children?" Poseidon for the first time spoke, "They are my grandchildren" looking proud, Athena rolled her eyes and said "Who asked you barnacle beard" Poseidon just rolled his eyes, kept quiet about what she said. "Lady Athena, in our council one does not carry grudges against each other, it has been thousands of years to carry that grudge and he let you win the city of Athens" said Hestia from the hearth. Athena looked shocked that Poseidon let her win and she also realised that it has truly been too long to still continue carrying a grudge, so she just nodded. Zeus cleared his throat to gain everyone's attention "I think that this meeting is over" he said and then left in flashes of lightening. "Drama queen" Hera said shaking her head and she too left leaving and the entire council followed suit, leaving Hestia, Apollo, Percy and the twins with the three aforementioned gods. "Lets go" said Percy and they all flashed themselves to the Olysian council room and when they arrived, Apollo summoned his symbol of power the lightening blade and Percy and Hestia did the same. Percy went to sit on her throne and let Apollo summon the council. "Council" Apollo simply said without even shouting. After a few moments all of the council members flashed in. "Thank you for coming on such short notice, but as you can see it was rather important" Apollo said looking at the council, the three gods looked shocked to see such seriousness from Apollo and they realised that in this council the meeting is a serious affair. After saying this Ananke rose from her seat and said "I was just informed that my daughters have been corrupted, so if falls to me the true custodian of fate to monitor it until, my daughter are punished." All of the council members just nodded looking concerned. "If your daughters have been corrupted, then that means that the Moirai will try to topple Olympus first as it is an easier target" said Aether and most of the council agreed except for Percy, Hestia, Chronos, Apollo and Ananke.
"I disagree, that would give our council ample time to strategise, so although it would be nigh impossible for them to defeat us, they would know of this and if they wage war on Olympus we would join Olympus as it is an ally, so they will attempt to attack us first and if we fall, then Olympus will definitely fall" said Percy, who was looking at her son and Athena looked impressed and she too nodded. "Now we must complete our council" as Percy said this every council member summoned their symbols of power and shot beams at the three without warning and chanted in the Olysian. The three gods were engulfed in a bright light. After they finished chanting the light surrounding Artemis, Athena and Hermes died out and the three were now 100ft tall as the other council members and before they went to the throne that was calling for them they were told to take the sacred oath that all council members take before claiming their seats and they did so and went to their thrones, and when they sat on them they were shocked to feel that much power and seeing this the other members laughed at them. "You will need to be trained on how to use you new powers" said Elpis with a kind smile.
"Yes, you need to train, but worry not, the training is fairly easy and will not require that much time" she added. "I think the meeting for today is over, but we will continue tomorrow and they need to rest, unless someone has anything to add" said Percy and they all shook their head. "Meeting adjourned, council dismissed" she continued and most council members left except for the three with Apollo and Percy with their twins. "Can I hold him?" asked Athena and Percy handed Lio to Athena. "I have never been someone's mom, my kids take great pride in me, they don't really know me and I them, your children are beautiful" she said and started cooing Lio and this surprised them all especially Artemis.
"When does the training start?" asked Artemis and Hermes rolled his eyes and muttered "Figures, she would want to train" Artemis summoned her bow and aimed it at her brother. "Hey no need for violence Arty" Apollo joined and Percy took Eione from him and Artemis fired an arrow at them, this caused Eione and Lio to giggle at their dad and uncle. "Your training starts tomorrow" Percy said leaving the room with Artemis and Athena, leaving Apollo and Hermes. "Apollo, lets go find some chicks" said Hermes, Apollo shook his head and looked serious "Herm, I'm not interested and I'm not attracted to anyone who isn't Percy, sorry bro, Mr Awesome has settled down" he finished with a smile. "Only Percy, could turn man whore Apollo into Mr Faithful and I don't blame you, your wife is perfect" Apollo just laughed and said "Yeah, she is and she is all mine" he finished by wiggling his eyebrows. "Let's go to Triton's place" said Apollo laughing and they flashed out.
Artemis, Athena and Percy were walking down the streets of Olysia and Athena couldn't help but marvel at it simple beauty, which didn't go unnoticed by Percy. "Impressed?" Athena nodded still looking at the intricate yet simple designs and thought this city is truly heaven. "We need to recruit more people to the Olysian Pantheon and I have a couple of names from Camp Jupiter, that I have forgotten to contact and Artemis I would like you to come with us, Athena you can devise new designs to fortify the city" said Percy and they nodded and they then decided to stop the serious talk and go to Percy's Palace for some girl time. As they were walking Zoë and Thalia caught up to them and joined them to Percy and Apollo's home. When they got to Percy's home the twin were already asleep, Percy placed them in the little crib in the living room, but Hestia took them to their room to watch over them while Percy enjoyed some time with her friends, but she placed a barrier preventing anyone with ill intent from entering Olysia and her house and another in the twins' room. After the spell was done Percy relaxed a bit for the night.
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3rd POV (Camp Jupiter the following day)
Seven years ago, camp Jupiter lost a legend among their ranks, Perseus Jackson had gone missing and the gods refuse to communicate with them as punishment for them allowing Octavian anywhere near a position of power, his actions, along with the actions of his sidekicks nearly brought the war against the two camps and risking the chances they had with the war against Gaea. Octavian was sent to the forges to work for Vulcan and they say he has now reformed a bit, but still has a look of power hunger.
The legion was doing its daily duties and each cohort was training among themselves, to improve their skills and perfect those they already possess. At the coliseum, Jason the former praetor of the legion was training with Frank Zhang another former Praetor as Nico, Hazel and Piper McLean watch on. "I has been seven years now and still no one has informed us of anything, do you think they did something to Percy and they are just covering it up?" asked Nico, who now had tan skin as he didn't visit the underworld as much anymore. "Hmm… I don't know, but it is dangerous to speculate" said Hazel with a warm smile. After five minutes Jason disarmed Frank, but commented by saying that he has improved greatly. "Nice job Frank" said Jason as they walked over to their wives and friend. Jason went over and kissed Piper and patted Nico on the back, before saying "Hi Hazel" to which she smiled and said "Hi" Frank at this also kissed his wife.
"Guys, we need to find Percy" said Jason, Frank and Nico nodded. "Oh che testa fuco sta per arrivare, quando lo troviamo" said Nico, which caused them to stare at him and Piper said "What?" Nico realised he spoke in Italian "I said Percy is going to get it when we find him" and they all had Ohs on their faces. "I still can't believe Annabeth would cheat on him, but anyway people change." said Piper. Throughout the morning they talked about how they could go look for Percy, but they were aware that they were not as inconspicuous as they were as teenagers. The five of them decided to go to have lunch when they heard conch horn sounding and they went to the pavilion.
During lunch four figures flashed in, three they knew, but one of the two women they didn't know, but they still bowed. "Don't bow to us" the woman said with a smile. "With all due respect we were not bowing to you" said Reyna who obviously didn't want to grow up and this caused the woman to smile and when she did every guys felt the wind knocked out of them. This woman was mesmerising in her beauty, her clothes were simple and her face did not have a single drop of make up, which made her more beautiful, the other woman was also immensely beautiful, but still paled in comparison to the unknown woman. "Who are you?" Jason stuttered out. "She's my wife" Apollo said proudly and smiled at the woman fondly and she returned the smile, which caused Piper to say "Awwww" which she covered her mouth as soon as she said it. "I know, you have been wondering where Perseus is, right?" he asked looking at the five.
"Perseus is no more, truth be told he shouldn't have been born to begin with" he said and the five friends had horrified looks on their faces. "Delian, stop it" the woman said and he continued "What I meant is Percy Jackson should not have been born male and wouldn't been born as male if not for the fates" the friends look absolutely stunned and Hazel being one with common sense asked "Percy is that you?" looking at the woman and she smiled and nodded, which caused all of their eyes to bug out. As they were all gaping Leo came to the pavilion with Calypso in toe and Calypso upon seeing Percy flung herself at Percy and hugged her and Percy returned her hug. "How?" Calypso asked. "This is how I truly look" said Percy and Leo was staring at her. "Well guys long time no see huh?" she asked and this caused Nico to summon five undead soldiers, but sadly Percy just rolled her eyes and waved her hand and the soldiers disappeared into thin air, this caused the whole legion's eyes to bug out. "How did you do that?" Jason asked looking in awed, by what just happened. "She is a goddess obviously" answered Hazel and Piper and Calypso just rolled their eyes.
"We can talk later for now, we are offering you the chance to become gods and work under us, what do you say?" asked Percy. "What do you mean work under you? You're a minor goddess" said Nico looking annoyed and the four Primordials laughed. "I'm not a minor goddess, I'm a Primordial, well we all are" Percy said and they all looked shocked, before Leo said "Damn, Primordial, that means you are above the Olympian" the nodded. "Apollo and Percy are our king and queen" said Artemis. "What are your domains Perce?" asked Piper. "The heavens, seas, the elements and other things I won't mention" Piper looked like she regretted asking because she realised that Percy must be the strongest. "Who is the most powerful member?" asked Frank who hadn't said anything and they pointed at Percy.
"So what is your answer to our proposition?" asked Apollo and Hermes was flirting with one of the campers, which caused Artemis to shoot and arrow at him. "We accept your proposition" they said in unison and the four Primordials smiled and Percy said Reyna the offer was for you too and she nodded. "Good, now its time to go" she said and flashed them to throne room which was 100 times larger than the Olympian throne room. Percy saw Hestia sitting at the hearth with Zoë and her mother, playing with the twins. Reyna saw Hestia holding Eione and asked "Isn't Lady Hestia a maiden goddess?" Artemis laughed at her question "She is a maiden goddess, they are not her kids" Reyna realised that she must be watching them for someone. Percy went to sit on her throne which was one of the two largest thrones and Apollo along with Hermes and Artemis followed suit and then the three primordial goddesses that were playing with twins did as the others.
"Council" Percy simply said and the entire Olysian council flashed in, leaving the demigods trembling as the felt the power each was giving off. They were surprised to see Athena and Lord Poseidon along with Triton. "What is their answer?" asked Nyx. "They have accepted our offer" Percy said and the entire council smiled. "They will choose their domains upon completion of immortality" said Chronos in a wise ancient tone. "Now must make the oath" said Ananke and this confused the demigods. "What oath?" asked Frank. "The oath of loyalty and be warned this oath is unbreakable, we here have all made that oath along with the Olympian council" Ananke Answered and this caused them to look at Percy and she nodded, confirming that they made the oath and that caused them to agree. "We will make the oath, but what kind of domains will we get? The Olympians are the major gods" asked Jason. "We are not Olympians, we are Olysians, so we will make you all major Olysian gods" Athena answered and they all nodded. The council rose from their thrones towering over the demigods and fired beams at them and they were blanketed by light for a few seconds and when it died out they now stood at 40ft tall which was still small than the Primordials, but not by much. The council proceeded to tell them that they should choose their domains. Leo chose fire and the Forge, Frank chose duty, transformation and battle, Jason chose the sky, Piper chose inner beauty, compulsion and light, Hazel chose water and agriculture, Reyna chose Warfare and air, calypso chose islands, mountains and peace and Nico chose Darkness and night. When the giving of domains was done they told them that their training starts tomorrow morning and when the council was done, they were all dismissed.