Artemis
Artemis was surprised to see Percy Jackson on Olympus. Didn't he have things to do? Such as snogging that Daughter of Athena, and teaching the campers how to fight with a sword. However, after all this commotion, she began to suspect that something was badly out of place. She frowned slightly, wondering what he would ask of the gods. Maybe he wants godhood now? Which means he probably dumped Annabeth. I'm not surprised, men are always like that. Even Percy Jackson. Artemis thought. She looked at her relatives faces, each of them had varying emotions written all over their faces. The ones that interested her the most was Poseidon, who looked at him with confusion, Aphrodite, who was staring at him, but instead of staring at him in a 'Oh my gods, he's hot' way, she was staring at him glumly and sadly. That surprised me. Athena was looking at him with utter surprise, and Hestia, who was looking rather downcast. She couldn't help but notice that his face looked terrible. It seemed as if he had aged a thousand years since she last saw him, when he was hugging Thalia with a sparkle in his eyes. Now, his eyes were red rimmed and raw, and mashed with emotions of pain, hate, anger, and resentment.
Perseus knelt at Zeus's feet and they began talking, with Zeus asking the customary question. Then Percy said that he had a favor that Zeus might actually like. The only thing I can think of that would make my father happy is killing a son of Poseidon or Hades… I thought dryly. Percy spoke, then halted. I saw Hestia staring at him, and I could feel the powers of persuasion she was using. I gave a mental snort. Percy's mind was far too strong to be affected at that distance. I caught an intense look between Hestia and Zeus. Zeus gave the slightest of a nod, and asked Perseus, surprisingly kind.
"Well? What is it? He asked.
Percy took a deep breath. I knew that whatever he was going to say was going to be big.
"Kill me." Was all he said.
All of us jerked backwards in shock. That was not what any of us was expecting. Athena was the first to recover.
"What? You want to die? Are you insane? What about Annabeth? Does that mean you dumped her?" Athena screeched like an owl.
With her trained eye, Artemis instantly knew that Athena had hit a very sore spot. Every muscle in Percy's body tensed and his eyes glowed.
"I…me… I dump Annabeth? Are you kidding me? SHE DUMPED ME! Haven't you been checking up on your kids' lives, Athena?" He choked and roared out.
Athena looked as if someone had just attacked her throne. "Annabeth cheat on you? She'd never do that!" she yelled.
"Then kindly explain to me what the Hades is she doing in Greece, rebuilding your Parthenon with her mortal boyfriend?" Percy bellowed straight back.
"You're lying. There is no way Annabeth would be that … stupid." She said.
"Tell me, Athena, when was the last time you checked up on Annabeth and the others?" he growled.
"Um, two weeks after you left, when she asked me where you were." Athena mumbled.
"Yeah? Any other time? " He asked.
"No…" Athena muttered.
"I see you still don't believe me. Alright. Fine." He turned to Hermes and Demeter. "Lord Hermes and Lady Demeter, would you please be so kind as to talk to your cabin counselors and ask them what they saw about Annabeth when I was gone?" He said politely.
They nodded, still shocked, and disappeared in a flash of light. Percy turned to Ares. "Ares, go ask Clarisse, she was the one that told me about it." Percy grumbled. Ares just stared at him, until Zeus cleared his throat. Ares nodded and disappeared too. Artemis looked around, and found all of her colleagues still in a bit of a shock. Athena seemed dumbfounded, which was saying something. Artemis herself was deeply surprised, thought she decided to withhold judgment until Hermes, Demeter and Ares came back.
"My son, just because a worthless Daughter of Athena dumped you doesn't mean you should kill your-" That was as far as Poseidon got when Percy exploded into a rage.
"DON'T. CALL. ME. SON!" Percy screamed. The throne room shook with his power while his eyes and hands burst into flames, and a aura of fire surrounded him. Holy Zeus, when in Hades did he have fire powers? Artemis thought, thoroughly shocked.
"What…?" Poseidon asked, confused.
"YOU DARE CALL ME SON AFTER YOU BLATANTLY DISOWNED ME? Did you know how I felt when you praised Matthew to the skies in front of everyone? And how much attention you gave him?" Percy hissed.
"Percy.. I-I don't know.. who's Matthew?"
"DON'T LIE TO ME, POSEIDON! YOU VISITED HIM DAILY, INVITED HIM TO YOUR PALACE, MADE HIM AN IMMORTAL GUARDIAN OF CAMP, AND A MEMBER OF TRITON'S BODYGUARD!" Percy roared. A ring of green fire flared up around him, spinning around him, giving him a deadly look.
"YOU REPLACED ME WITH HIM! And the entire camp has abandoned me, except for a very few, Poseidon! All because of you. THERE IS NO POINT IN LIVING!" Percy screamed. "Most of my old friends are either at Camp Jupiter or they're dead! WHEN DID YOU EVER GIVE ME THAT TYPE OF ATTENTION, POSEIDON? ANSWER ME!"
The room darkened with Percy's anger, and Artemis had to admit, she was afraid of him. He seemed to contain an unkown amount of power, and it seemed that the more he stretched his limits, the higher his limits were. There were three flashes of light as Hermes, Demeter and Ares returned.
"Father, I have-" Hermes started, then stopped when he saw how dark the room was. "What the…?"
"Erm, did we-"
"Miss something?" Demeter and Ares finished simultaneously.
Artemis gestured towards the center of the throne room, where Percy stood, wreathed in a aura of fire, the air around him rippling with power.
"Oh." Was all the three gods said.
"Ok, ok, it looks like we have a major problem here, why don't we calm down and get through everything one by one?" Poseidon asked, even though it looked like he wanted nothing but to shrink away from his angry son and ponder on what happened.
"DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO, POSEI-" Percy spat out before Artemis leapt off her throne and clamped her mouth around his mouth.
"Ouch!" she yelped when she burned herself getting through his ring of fire. She leapt back hastily. That seemed to bring Percy back to himself as he bowed to Artemis and apologized.
"I'm sorry Lady Artemis, it's just that I got…angry." Percy said quickly.
"Well duh, of course you're angry boy, just control your temper better or you'll destroy yourself." Artemis snapped as she leapt back onto her throne with a hunter's grace.
Percy merely bowed his head and didn't offer a retort. The gods were quite surprised by his civility, especially when he was in such a rage.
"First, Hermes, Demeter, Ares, tell me what your children told you. Hermes, you first." Zeus ordered.
"Father, I swear on the River Styx that the following is true. I asked Travis and Connor, they said that Percy vanished nearly six months ago, and that at first, Annabeth was quite anxious. She kept on going around to search for him, except after about three weeks, she turned angry. Very angry. Pissed off at everyone, and began to flirt with boys out in the open. My sons told me that Annabeth spent more and more time in the mortal world, until one day, thanks to their godly traits, they decided to follow Annabeth. They found her holding hands with a unknown man, obviously a mortal, and overheard that he asked her to be his boyfriend and to accompany him to Greece to remodel and rebuild the Parthenon. She accepted instantly. That's all they have, after they ran away to avoid being caught." Hermes finished, looking at Percy with sorrow and pity.
Artemis was so shocked that she didn't hear Demeter telling Zeus what Katie Gardener had told her. A man has his heart broken by a women? Artemis thought. That's a first. Definitely a first. No wonder Perseus looked so forlorn and depressed when he came in. Why would anyone leave Perseus? He was kind, caring, brave, impossibly skilled with a sword and drop dead handsome. Oh Hades, why am I thinking whether he's handsome or not? The fact that a boy was cheated on by a girl was so alien to her that she just stared off into the distance, pondering, thinking.
"Hello? Artemis? Hey, Olympus to Artemis?" Apollo said, waving his hand in front of her.
"Wh-What is it, brother." Artemis snapped.
"Nothing. Just wondering why you were staring off into space. That's all. Also, Ares is about done talking."
Artemis brought herself back to the present, reminding herself to think about Percy being cheated on by Annabeth later on.
"… So to put it in a short story, Clarisse just really wanted to wring that Chase girl's neck after she found out." Ares finished.
All eyes turned to Athena, who looked down in shame and embarrassment.
"Percy… I'm sorry. I truly am. I didn't know my daughter would be that idiotic and throw away such a nice person like you." Athena whispered.
Percy nodded. "It's alright. It's not your fault. Maybe I just haven't met my soul mate yet…" Percy sighed, hurt and pain creeping into his eyes again.
Artemis instantly felt sorry for him, despite the fact he was a man. An honourable and very respectable man, actually. Artemis thought. He had, after all, taken the sky and took a bolt for her, and if that didn't qualify him as honourable and respectable, then she didn't know what did.
"Very well. Now that that matter is resolved, let us move on to my brother's… queer behavior." Zeus announced.
All eyes turned to Poseidon, with Percy's eyes smoldering.
Poseidon looked around nervously, then cleared his throat. "Ok, first, who the heck is this Matthew? Cause as far as I know, I thought that Sally was just too good of a mortal and I cared about Percy a lot, so I wanted to stay um, faithful…" he mumbled the last bit.
"Excuse me? You want to stay faithful to a mortal?" Zeus yelped.
"Yes, cause I liked her a lot. And I am happy that she has finally found quiet and happiness with that Blowfish man." Poseidon said proudly.
"You want to stay faithful for a mortal women and can't stay faithful to Amphitrite. My brother is loony!" Zeus complained, face palming himself.
"Ahem. HARK WHO'S TALKING ZEUS!" Hera shrieked.
Zeus jerked upwards as if he'd been shocked, (Oh the irony of it. Thought Artemis) and instantly turned red.
"Well my dear, Perseus here gave me permission to have more demigod children but I haven't yet. So that means I'm faithful too." Zeus said.
"Yet. You said it yourself, not yet." Hera snapped.
"Um, look, sweetheart, how about we talk about this later ok?" Zeus practically begged Hera. She glared at Zeus and gave a stiff nod.
"Ok, Perseus, tell us, who's this Matthew boy. I heard when you were on a roll that he was an immortal How could he have become a immortal without me knowing?" Zeus asked.
"Matthew is this stuck up, egoistic brat who got claimed by Poseidon personally. Just a few hours ago, Poseidon showed up at the pavilion in camp and announced that Matthew is now an immortal guardian of camp and a personal bodyguard or something to Triton. Since he is now guardian of that blasted camp, he has the power to kick people who are too "dangerous" out of camp. That is why I'm here, asking for any of you gods to send me to the Underworld. At least that way, I can meet my old friends and my m-mom." Percy said it all through gritted teeth but choked up on the last word.
"What? What do you mean, you can meet your mother in the Underworld!" Poseidon asked frantically.
Percy turned with a venomous look and pain filled eyes. "They were killed. By an immortal. Chiron said that when he went in there, there was a strong sea smell. And he sensed a powerful presence. SEA CREATURES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE UNDER YOUR CONTROL POSEIDON, WHY COULDN'T YOU STOP IT?" Percy screamed, a tear running down his face.
The throne room shook again as green flames burst into life, but this time, the green flames were a poisonous green colour, as if Percy were ready to kill.
"Percy…I swear on the River Styx that in my memory I do not know who Matthew is. And I swear on the Styx that even if I had another son, I would not replace you with him, or make him an immortal." Poseidon said quietly, with a broken voice. Thunder boomed as he said it.
Percy seemed to calm down a bit, at least, the fire around him went out, even though his eyes were still pits of green flame.
"If you want to know who Matthew is, you can ask m'lady Hestia or take a look at camp right now." Percy said harshly.
The gods looked at Hestia. She nodded and pointed to the hearth at the center of the room. The flames shimmered, showing a crowd of screaming campers crowding around Matthew, who was still dressed in his fancy ceremonial armour.
"Who needs Percy Jackson eh? You guys just need me!" Matthew was yelling. The campers screamed again as they mobbed him.
All the gods gasped loudly, while Poseidon's mouth dropped low.
"How..?" He choked out, directing the question to everyone.
"Uncle, you truly do not remember anything about Matthew?" Artemis asked.
"Yes. I will swear again on the Styx again that I cannot remember Matthew." Poseidon stated. Again the thunder boomed.
"Then I have an idea on who to ask." Artemis said.
"Who" Zeus asked.
"Hecate" Artemis said. "This sounds like her potions, and it's entirely possible that someone may be plotting against our young hero here, and has done this to spite him. And as much as I hate to admit this, I believe that our architect is a stupid bitch and our young hero is a true hero. So I say we ask Hecate and get to the bottom of this. It's the least we can do for someone who has helped us so much, yes?"
All of the gods nodded, which surprised Percy. You rarely ever see that type of unity among the Olympians. What surprised him even more was that Artemis stood up for him, and Athena had not contradicted Artemis when she used bad language to describe her daughter.
"Very well. Hermes, please bring Hecate here." Zeus said. Hermes bowed and disappeared in a flash of light. While he was gone, Poseidon kept on mumbling to himself, with a terribly guilty look on his face. Percy was standing there, practicing his flame powers by twisting them into intricate shapes. Which led Artemis to asked the question.
"Perseus, how come you can control fire? You're a son of Poseidon, so how could you possibly have fire abilities?" Artemis asked.
"Yes, I was wondering the same thing, Jackson." Athena said.
Before Percy could speak, Hestia spoke up. "That is because he is my champion. I am his patron."
"WHAT! How can he be your champion? He's my son! He is my champion." Poseidon yelled indignantly.
Percy opened his mouth, probably to give a rude retort, but Hestia cut him off.
"Well, after I saw what that Chase girl had done to him, and after seeing how the camp swarmed over Matthew, seeing you praising him tremendously, I decided to offer it to him. If I hadn't, he would've killed himself much earlier. That's why I told him that if he had troubles, to come to the original hearth." Hestia explained, glaring daggers at her brother.
Poseidon looked down in shame again, unable to comprehend the fact that he favoured a son over Percy that he couldn't even remember.
There was a flash, and Hermes and Hecate appeared.
"You called, my lord?" Hecate said, bowing.
"Yes. I would like to know all the potions you have sold within the last six months. It is of utmost importance." Zeus said.
"No, wait, Hecate must have sold many, many potions to many different gods and immortals. I suggest that Hecate tell us anyone who she thinks has anything that is related to the sea." Artemis said.
Poseidon nodded. "That makes sense. So Hecate, anyone that smells like me?"
Hecate rolled her eyes. "Anyone that smells like you? No. Anyone that smells similar to you? Definitely. One was quite a while ago, about 15 years ago. Then quite recently, about last year, a lot of sea smelling creatures have come to my shop. Bought lots of potions. And by lots, I mean monstrous proportions."
Everyone stilled. "What did they buy? What did the potions do?" Zeus asked, tension evident in his voice.
Hecate frowned and closed her eyes, thinking. "Let's see… 15 years ago, that potion was a seducing potion. The most powerful I had, cost a fortune, and if I may say so, it rivals Aphrodite's love potion. They also bought a memory wipe potion. And then… starting about a year ago, many different sea creatures came, they bought short-term memory wipe potions, a potion that makes the victim obey any command, and a potion that creates false memories." She opened her eyes. "As I said before, Lord, they bought a lot. Enough to last at least several years. Even with heavy usage."
The gods and Percy looked at each other in horror. Poseidon had a shocked and angry face.
"Lady Hecate, what are the symptoms when a person is under your potions?" Percy asked politely.
"Usually, the person will have a slightly vacant expression, but on stronger minds, the eyes will look a bit glazed." Hecate replied.
"Dad. That's what your eyes looked like when I saw you." Percy said in a stiff tone.
Poseidon's eyes were glowing with anger at the thought of someone drugging him. He merely nodded.
"Hecate, thank you for your assistance. You may go." Poseidon said through gritted teeth.
"A pleasure to be of assistance, my lords and ladies." Hecate said, bowing as she flashed out.
As soon as she left, Poseidon slammed his trident to the ground with a yell of fury. All the gods winced. They knew how powerful Poseidon was, and they knew that somewhere down on Earth, a earthquake had hit and there were probably a lot of storms going on. Poseidon was crying while he lifted his trident again, ready to slam it to the ground when Athena flashed out of her throne and fought to restrain him.
"LET ME GO, ATHENA. I NEED TO VENT MY ANGER SOMEWHERE! I DISOWNED PERCY, YOU UNDERSTAND?" Poseidon roared.
"WELL, VENT IT ON TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO DID ALL THIS, IT'S THE LEAST YOU CAN DO FOR PERCY!" Athena screamed right back.
At the mention of Percy's name, Poseidon slumped. "That's going to be hard. There are lots of people who don't like me."
"Well, let's narrow everything down and think of it carefully." Athena said, sitting back on her throne.
"Well… wait a moment. Percy, what did Chiron tell you when he told you that your mother and step father died?" Poseidon asked Percy.
Percy quickly recounted the entire story. Poseidon frowned as he tapped his chin, thinking. "A sea smell, a very loud bang and a powerful presence… " He began muttering under his breath.
Everyone began thinking on who could possibly have done this to Percy. Artemis was deep in thought when she remember something that Percy had said.
Chiron said that the neighbors thought it sounded like a trumpet magnified 10,000 times. Artemis recalled. A trumpet! And who hates Perseus Jackson? Besides Ares? Most likely Triton and possibly Amphitrite. Artemis thought. She and Athena shared a look and she knew that Athena had reached the same conclusion.
"Lord Poseidon."
"Yes Artemis?"
"Is it possible that Triton and even Amphitrite killed Percy's mother and step father?" Artemis asked, slightly hesitant, expecting an angry outburst.
Surprisingly, Poseidon looked thoughtful. "Hmmmm, that is entirely possible. He said that he left to look at some of his "lady friends" but I felt him exit the ocean. And Amphitrite said she had business to attend to" Poseidon said. Suddenly his eyes flared again.
"By the Styx, if he and my wife killed Sally and, uh, Blowfish, tricked me into having another son and wiping my memory, I WILL TOSS THEM INTO TARTARUS PERSONALLY!" Poseidon roared.
"Dude. Lord Poseidon, Uncle and all. CHILL OUT." Apollo said. That was very stupid… Artemis thought, giving a mental sigh at her brother's stupidity.
"WHO ARE YOU TO TELL ME TO CHILL OUT? YOU STU-!" Poseidon roared before Athena vanished from her throne and clapped her hands over his mouth.
"Seriously, Poseidon, you're worse than Ares! Calm down!" Athena screamed into his ear.
Poseidon struggled but Athena had a firm grip on his mouth and his arms. Poseidon gave a stiff nod. Athena let go and vanished back onto her throne.
"Now, since it seems that the evidence points to Triton and his mother, we just need to trick them into spilling their secrets." Athena said.
"How are we supposed to do that?" Poseidon asked.
Athena rolled her eyes. "Well, that's what I'm thinking about, Barnacle Beard."
Poseidon glared at her. "Well, I've got an idea" he said smugly.
"Yeah? What is it?" She asked, pissed off that he had an idea and she didn't.
"Ahem. Well, as we all know, almost all immortals know that my dear brother does not like Percy and is constantly grumpy at me, at least on the outside." There was a lot of chuckling at this. "So, what better than to have Zeus or Hermes fetch Triton and my soon to be ex-wife here, and have Zeus ask them what I hold dear most, and what pisses me off the most, and ways to get some personal satisfaction from seeing Percy hurt, right?" Poseidon voiced his idea.
Athena's eyes widened a bit. "And then he might spill the beans. And we'll just sit in a group and use our powers to hide ourselves?"
Poseidon gave a smug grin. "Yup. And then once we hear everything we need, I'll send them into Tartarus."
Athena gave Poseidon a grudging smile." You know, Seaweed Brain, maybe you aren't as-"
"Hey, you talking to my dad or you talking to me?" Percy interrupted.
"I'm talking to Poseidon of course. Why?"
"Cause Seaweed Brain is my name." Percy replied.
"Oh. My apologies, Percy, I forgot. Well, Kelp Head, perhaps you aren't-" Athena managed to say before Percy interrupted her again.
"Excuse me, but that's my name too." Percy said.
"I don't recall my daughter calling you Kelp Head, Percy." Athena said, with barely concealed impatience.
"Yeah, she doesn't call me that, but Thalia does." Percy replied, grinning slightly.
Athena rolled her eyes. "Fine. Now, Kelp-for-Brains, as I was-"
"Hey! That's my name too!" Percy yelped indignantly.
"Who the heck calls you Kelp for Brains?" Athena shrieked.
"Thalia and Leo Valdez." Percy said, grinning. By now, Artemis and the rest were biting their lips, trying hard not to laugh.
"Very well. Now, Aquaboy, I think-"
"OI! That's my name too!" Percy yelled.
"WHO IN HADES CALLS YOU THAT?" Athena screamed.
"Thalia." Percy replied simply.
Athena groaned and face palmed herself. "How many nicknames does Thalia have for you?" She mumbled.
"Haha. A lot." Percy replied, smirking slightly. "Why don't you just say Poseidon and not give him a nickname. Cause last time I checked, you two were kinda enemies, and enemies don't call each other nicknames." Percy said, smirking.
Athena blushed. "Fine, fine. Well, I, at any rate, approve of Poseidon's idea. Anyone have any objections?"
Everyone shook their head.
"Excellent. Now, brother, you know what to do, right?"
"Of course. I'm the pseudo god of theater and theatrics aren't I?" Zeus boasted proudly.
Poseidon rolled his eyes. "Yeah, whatever. Now, let's put this plan into action, alright?" He asked gleefully.
Athena nodded. "Ok everyone, shrink to human size and we'll sit in front of Hestia's throne since that's the coziest. Dim your powers down as far as you can, and Poseidon, control your smell. You stink." Athena ordered before shrinking down and flashing herself to the side of Hestia's throne. Poseidon grumbled and shrank down before flashing next to Athena. Everyone stared with raised eyebrows.
"What? Why can't I sit next to Athena?" Poseidon said, returning the looks he was getting.
"Never mind…" Aphrodite said with a sly smile before shrinking and flashing herself beside Poseidon. All the other gods gave Aphrodite a wary look and quickly sat in a small huddle in front of Hestia's throne. Percy walked over, looking depressed, and plopped down right in front Hestia's throne, leaning against it, holding his head between his hands. Hestia smiled and slid down, sitting next to Percy. Artemis shrank herself to her twelve year old form and surprised everyone by flashing herself next to Percy. This time, everyone stared, since Artemis usually sat next to the female goddesses. Artemis raised her head and gave everyone a cool stare, before addressing Percy.
"Thinking about Annabeth, Perseus?" Artemis asked Percy.
Percy flinched and lifted his head from his hands. Artemis could see the pain and hurt in his eyes, mixed with anger.
"Yeah. I'm also thinking about how tangled up my life is so far." Percy said depressingly.
Artemis fell silent. She had no idea what to say, since the things she had in store were things to comfort hurt girls, not boys. Luckily, Athena came to her rescue.
"Don't worry Jackson, your father and I will handle it, alright? Remember, I always have a plan." Athena said in a cheerful tone.
Percy looked her in the eye and raised an eyebrow. Then he nodded.
"Spiders?" He asked.
"Among others." Athena said.
"Yes, don't worry son, I'll take care of it." Poseidon said reassuringly.
Percy raised an eyebrow at Poseidon. "You're not off the hook quite yet, Father." He said coolly.
Poseidon bowed his head in shame and acceptance.
"Alright gods and goddesses. Let's create a shield!" Athena said.
Artemis and the other quickly raised their hands, muttering words. In seconds, a barely visible white shield surrounded them.
"Ok, we're completely invisible to anyone except for people who know we're here. Just as long as you don't step out of the white line. If you do, then it breaks the shield." Athena announced.
Zeus nodded, since he knew we were there, he could hear and see us. He waved to Hermes, who instantly disappeared. He reappeared after about five seconds, with Triton and Amphitrite.
"Pfffft. They're half drunk. This should be a piece of cake." Dionysus said disparagingly.
It was true. Their eyes were slightly unfocused and Artemis's trained eye detected that they stumbled ever so slightly. However, they pulled themselves together admirably and kneeled before Zeus.
"Rise, Triton and Amphitrite. I would just like to discuss a couple things with you two." Zeus said.
"We are honoured to have a conversation with you, Lord Zeus." Triton said, still half bowing.
"He's as bad as Octavian… nasty, power hungry, kissy-ups" Percy hissed.
"Calm down boy, you seriously need to control your anger." Artemis grumbled.
Percy merely cocked his eyebrow and bowed his head.
"Hermes, leave us." Hermes bowed and reappeared inside the shield, giving Percy a wink before sitting down. "Now, I want you two to swear on the Styx that you will not repeat anything about the following conversation, ok?" Zeus (demanded) asked.
"We swear on the River Styx to not repeat a single word on whatever you want to ask us." Triton and Amphitrite said.
"Good. Now, as you know, I hold a.. grudge against Percy Jackson. And since I hold a grudge against Percy Jackson, I also hold a grudge against my brother Poseidon. So, I am currently thinking on how to, well, hurt and annoy my brother and have some personal satisfaction on seeing Perseus disgraced, or abandoned at the same time. Since you, Triton and Amphitrite spend the most time with Poseidon, do you have any good ideas?" Zeus asked, his eyes portraying his words perfectly.
"He really should be the god of theater…" Percy muttered under his breath.
"Quiet boy!" Artemis snapped, punching him on the arm. Percy winced. Artemis could really punch.
Triton and Amphitrite shared a nervous look together.
"Well?" Zeus thundered.
"Ah, Lord Zeus, well, um, I truly mean no offence, but my mother and I have already begun having revenge on Percy and, indirectly, my father." Triton said hesitantly.
Poseidon and Percy instantly shot up, anger evident. "Get down!" Artemis and Athena hissed. Athena grabbed Poseidon and yanked him down, while Artemis and Hestia both held onto Percy's arm, forcing him down. Percy struggled.
"Look, stupid boy, right now, it's too vague, he could be talking about something completely different, wait until we have solid proof so we can hit them!" Artemis whispered quickly.
Percy stared at her, and gave a stiff nod. "Very well, Lady Artemis."
"Now, let's just listen peacefully to what Triton and Zeus are talking about right now." Artemis said.
"-did you do to get revenge on Perseus? I'm not angry, I'm just interested, since I wanted to make his life worse also." Zeus said.
"Well, I'll just tell you the whole story, ok Lord?" Triton said.
Zeus nodded. "I have time, and no one will be coming here for at least a couple more hours." He waved his hands in the 'start talking' way.
Triton cleared his throat. "It started ever since my mother found out that Percy had been born. At first, I didn't care too much, since I expected Percy to be a twerp. But then, I got a vision. It was a brief vision, but it showed me that Percy would replace me in my father's affections, and that Percy would achieve things that was unimaginable. I told my mother about it, and we agreed to get revenge on him, no matter how long it took. Since I had the vision that Percy would become Poseidon's favorite son, my mother thought ' what better than to get Poseidon to have another son and force Poseidon to favour him instead and make everyone abandon him after his success?'
"So, the first thing we did was go to Hecate. She has a lot of potions obviously, and we chose a seductive potion, very similar to Lady Aphrodite's love potion. And we also bought a memory wipe potion. After that, it was quite easy. I persuaded Poseidon to go to a club and just have fun, and I simply picked a hooker that looked gorgeous, spiked their drinks and sat back to watch the show. They spent the whole night and part of the day going at it, which is a testament to how powerful Hecate's potions are. When I brought father back to his palace, mother gave him a drink that had the memory wipe in it. It worked instantly. My father blanked out, and when he woke, he thought that he'd had a fun time assessing his troops abilities and probably an awesome night with that bitch, Sally Whatever."
Percy sat straight up, eyes flaming, struggling against Artemis's and Hestia's grip. "Don't you dare call my mother a b-"
Artemis slammed her hand across Percy's mouth, pushing him against Hestia's throne. "I understand why you're angry, but just wait, can you?" Artemis hissed.
Percy gave a muffled 'harrumph'. "Fine… but I'm going to beat the sixteen shades of sh*t out of him when this is over!" he said venomously.
"-watched over the hooker woman, and when she gave birth to the new son of Poseidon, I wiped her memory also. It was a bit harder, since it was long term, but I did it in the end. Mother took the baby to a orphanage, and we named him Matthew, with Grant as his last name. We continued to watch over him, and to be honest, we were really pleased that he's a stuck up, pompous boy. Exactly what we needed to get rid of Percy. We even considered to bring him out when Percy defeated Kronos, but then the next Great Prophecy was issued, and Percy went missing, so we decided to keep him under wraps for a bit longer. And I must say, I'm very glad that we did that, since Percy has fallen even more after his victory in defeating that giant Porphyrion." Triton smirked, pausing.
"Go on." Zeus said. "It's turning out to be very interesting."
"Yeah, it's great. When Percy left to do whatever that goddess Athena told him to do, I wanted to bring him out and show him to camp, but Mother here guessed that Percy was doing something with Athena for his now ex-girlfriend. And mother thought that if we sent in Matthew in while Percy was with Annabeth would make a bigger impact. And then, the best luck happened to us. Annabeth left him! That was just waaaay too good. So when Percy returned, mother and I instantly brought Matthew out, and we spiked Poseidon's drink with the potion from Hecate that allows us to give Father instructions. We told father to take special care of him, to treat him to all types of luxuries. Most importantly, to make Percy feel abandoned. Double that with his girlfriend dumping him, he should've broke instantly. But Percy was tough. He didn't break immediately. Sure, he was cracked, but not broken. So then, mother and I decided to kill his parents. I mean, seriously, they're good for nothing, and I knew that once we killed his parents, he would break. Because that damn centaur Chiron cares about Percy a lot. And he'd obviously visit the blown up apartment. I saw him myself. But Percystill didn't break. Do you know how annoying that was? Everything is going well, Poseidon doesn't remember anything, he's following our orders thinking he's spending time with Percy, and Percy doesn't break!" Triton said angrily.
"He is rather strong… I must give him that." Zeus grumbled with genuine admiration. "Still, go on, what happened next?"
"Well, we decided that to break Percy, we would have to kick him out of camp. Because even though most of the campers have left him, he still has a few friends there. So if he was banished from camp, he'd be abandoned right? So I dumped a whole bottle of that order potion, and told Poseidon to make Matthew my immortal bodyguard and a immortal guardian of that camp. It took a lot of will to make Poseidon do it though, since this was probably pushing his limits. But, we managed, and we announced it right in front of everyone in camp, like an hour ago at most. I saw his face when Poseidon announced it. He was finally broken, I was so happy, I could barely keep my face straight! Added to the fact that Matthew has the power to kick him out, mother and I finally achieved our goal. Took 15 years, but I think it's worth it. I also plan on revealing the truth to my father, to teach him a lesson on the consequences of cheating on mother." Triton finished, his face twisted with a smug grin. Even Amphitrite looked proud and smug.
It twisted Artemis's heart to know that they could do such cruel things. Sure, there was obviously a rivalry between a demigod and god sibling, but this far? And she was shocked that Percy and Triton had the same father, and yet they were so different. Artemis shook her head in bemusement. Distracted, she didn't notice Percy slipping from her grasp.
"Well well well, the truth at last" a voice hissed with pure venom.
Triton jerked, startled and whirled around to find Perseus Jackson standing there, wreathed in an aura of angry green flames, staring at him with certain pain and death in his flaming eyes.