Old Friends and Training Pt 1

Disclaimer: I don't own PJO or HoO

3rd POV

When the council had ended, all of the council members flashed themselves back to their own domains, leaving Percy, Amphitrite and Hestia, along with the newly made gods, who still looked dazed. "How do you all feel now that you are Olysians?" asked Hestia still cooing Eione. "Uhm…we are as fine as can be, just a bit surprised" Jason answered and the others nodded at his statement. "That's good to hear child, but now I must depart back to Atlantis" said Amphitrite, handing Lio to his mother which got a big smile from the infant, who was already a mammas boy. Percy took Lio from her mother and cooed her son, which made him giggle. When the new gods saw Percy holding Lio as a mother holds her child would, their eyes bugged out in realisation. "Is he your son?" asked Nico, who looked the most shocked about this and Percy just nodded her answer to him.

"Well, well, well, the saviour of Olympus is now a mommy never saw that coming" teased Leo with a grin and Calypso whacked him upside of his head. "I agree with him, you were always effeminate" said Piper, Percy rolled her eye, but sadly they all nodded. "Did everyone want me to be a girl?" Percy asked exasperatedly at her friends. "Yes girlfriend" Leo commented snapping his fingers, Percy face palmed. "Oh gods" they all laughed at her. "May I hold him?" asked Hazel and Calypso. "Sure, but try anything funny with them and you will discover my other domains the painful" she said rather playfully, looking at Leo. When Hazel got hold of Lio she felt envious of her cousin, but also happy. "Awww, he is too precious" Percy smiled at her remark. Percy motioned her friends outside of the Throne room and into the city and as expected they gaped for a while.

Percy led them to her house which was like a mini mansion and not a palace as the expected, but they were not shocked that Percy would build such a relatively modest house. "Come on in" Percy said opening the door to the house and when they had entered she led them to the living room where she found Apollo playing his lyre, which made Percy smile. "Delian" Percy called her husband. Apollo quickly went over and kissed her. "We have guests" she said smiling. "Make yourself at home" Leo being Leo was the first to respond and he threw himself on the couch, which made Calypso sigh. "Sorry, his not house trained yet" that made everyone laugh and Leo pouted at his wife for teasing him.

Percy and her friends spent the night, catching up and during that time she managed to tell them that they should build their own palaces here and advised that those who are married build only one palace for each other. When her friends decided to go home the twins were already asleep, so she went to tuck them in and Hestia came smiling at her. "Even when you friend are here you main priority are your kids" said Hestia and Percy smiled at her Aunt. When she was finished she and Apollo said goodbye to their friends.

"Babe, we should get some sleep, it's been a long day" said Apollo, who saw his wife was already asleep and he scooped her up and carried her to bed and tucked her in, before he himself got into bed and was embraced by sleep, but not before he wrapped his arms protectively around his sleeping wife and then fell into a deep dreamless sleep.

Athena POV

I still cannot believe I was made a primordial and a member of the council, just thinking about it fills me with immense pride. Now I have to rise early to resume my training and apparently today Percy will be training with us, for the first time since she gave birth, and between you and I, I would be rather disappointed if she didn't come to train. Most think I am a master strategist, which I am, but that is beside the point. I want to learn about the true experiences from people who had to fight for their lives on a daily basis. I looked at my watch and I realised I would arrive early and I flashed myself to the training arena. I was shocked to see Percy and Apollo already up and doing laps on the track, this made me want to rewind and wake up two hour earlier, so I would arrive first.

When they saw me they slowed down and told me to stretch before doing two thousand laps around the track, when I heard that my jaw dropped. "What, two thousand laps?" I asked horrified. "Yes, two thousand laps, to build up you stamina and endurance" Percy answered and I saw Apollo chuckling. "Remember it's not a jogging exercise, you run at full speed, I want to see how many you can handle before you throw up or pass out" said Percy. "Neither of those sound particularly pleasant" I said, which caused them to both laugh at me. "Don't worry sis, it gets easier over time, but know this, you will hate Percy by the end of the day, I did and I'm in love with her and I still hated her when I first started." My eyes widened even more, I just started stretching and asked them which lap they were are on and they replied one thousand in ten minutes an and over nine thousand to go.

"I have a lot of work to do, to catch those two" I said to myself, "Don't push yourself too hard, it will take years to get to ten thousand laps, for now concentrate on two thousand" said Percy and I just nodded at her. She is smarter as girl than she was a boy, which made chuckle before continuing my stretches. After I finished stretching I went onto the track and started running at full speed. After about thirty minutes of running my chest started to constrict a little, but I kept on running and the laps fell off and two hours later I was done with my lap and I felt like passing out after I threw up. By the gods that was torture and I will have to do it everyday, I mentally sighed, "So much for its easy and wont take long" I grunted, as I went to take a break.

When my break was over I saw the new gods flashing in and I silently laughed to myself before going towards them. "Who wants to spar first with me" asked an enthusiastic Jason, Percy and Apollo had evil grins on their faces when they heard that, "You should start with the stretches, then you have to do two thousand laps at full speed, then we five thousand push up, sit up and pull ups and when you are done with them we can spar" said Percy who was still smiling. They looked as horrified as I was when I heard that. "Start stretching, what are you waiting for a pretty please?" said Percy and she went over to do some pull ups.

After thirty minutes a saw the boy Frank throwing up and I looked over and saw that they were all either throwing up or busy passing out except Calypso and Leo, who powered on, but I could see that they too would fall. This caused me laugh at their misfortune even though I threw up when I had finished, but at least I had finished when I threw up and now I have fifteen thousand more of abuse and I am really starting to hate that girl, is she trying to kill us?, I grunted, then proceeded with the task at hand.

Artemis flashed in along with Zoë and Thalia a few minutes after I had started my push up. The trio just proceeded to stretch and Percy shouted that they must do two thousand laps at full speed, they just laughed and finished their stretching before starting their laps, and mind you the track is a mile round. The first thirty minutes they completed without any problems, but thirty minutes later both Thalia and Artemis looked like passing out, they soldiered on and finished after four hours and when the crossed the line the both passed out cold and I laughed at them, before I saw Apollo giving them some nectar. "Well Arty and Thals, how do you feel?" asked Apollo and they both glared at him and Percy. I saw Zoë that Zoë looked fine, like she was used to it.

After the other fallen gods had revived I concentrated on my exercises at hand, and let me tell you, I feel like I was just stepped on by Typhon, everything hurts. I can't believe we still have to go through this tomorrow. When I was done I said goodbye and flashed home to take an aroma therapy bath after and ice bath. After the baths I immediately went straight for my bed for a good night's rest, hopefully.