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I am sorry for not updating sooner. The only excuse I have is laziness, mixed with a bit of sickness and writers block.
I had trouble actually posting this, something messing with the site or my computer, I don't know.
I changed Silena's introduction slightly in the last chapter.
To the reviews!
Gold Testament - I was never really good bullying people. I used to be a massive ass, I'm glad I'm not now, but my insults and bashing may be over extensive or very weak.
MiSaNaHyU - Lol. Erin will kind of be avoiding them, but they will interact... ish.
CourtingTheMoon - I know what you mean but I planned it like that. This will explain, maybe, why Aphrodite can't tell his love. And the jumping him thing, something like that will probably happen. I loved the update on your story by the way.
ArticTempest - I planned it like that. Thank you for your compliment though.
AyeitsEash - Thank you. I like the update you did on your 'The Awesome Ones enroll in Goode Highschool' story. I am a fan of Artemis, and Athena a little bit, but I like what you did with them.
Percabeth2 - Thank you. I update when I can, I'm not really good with schedules and all that junk.
whatithink0 - Thank you, and yes I am feeling better, just slight stomach aches.
Gothic Math Freak - She isn't going to hit on them. But they won't take her seriously or trust her. And the thing is how are they going to get Percy Jackson/Erin Effigy to say he is Percy, not the other way around. They've had four centuries to contemplate their feelings for him, they know they love him.
Sam99 - Thank you. Don't you mean please update soon? Lol.
JackTheRabbit - I'm glad you like it.
Guest 1/15/13 . chapter 4 -I know what you mean with Clarisse. But, personally, I always liked her 'don't take any shit' personality.
Gh0sst - Not yet.
BlackAkb00 - They are the greatest full mortal wizard and swordsman. In Merlin's time humans had access to magic, if they practiced. He was personally chosen by Hecate to spread the teachings of magic to others. Namely Arthur Pendragon, son of Hebe, legacy of Ares. Just go with it. He just loves Athena, who cares? Thank you for the compliment but I find it hard to understand your review. I'm not being mean but please improve your grammar, I can only just understand it because of the key words.
MagicGold34 - I loved writing that bit as well. Thank you for the compliment.
Guest 1/28/13 . chapter 1 - There is a reason for his eye color, it will be shown much later into the story.
Please stop commenting on when Percy will reveal himself, it will happen, but not yet.
Onto the story.
Chapter 10
I am not Percy Jackson
Zoe
All of the legionnaires were rushed for an official reunion. Zoe was, once again, clamped in a bear hug by her old mistress/motherly figure, Artemis. Zoe smiled before returning the hug with equal force.
"I have missed you so much Zoe" said Artemis. Zoe smiled back, happy to see her after four hundred years.
"I have missed you as well milady" she replied. After a few moments they broke the hug and Artemis looked at Zoe expectantly.
"Are you going to tell me what you have been doing for the past four centuries" she asked. Zoe smiled and began telling Artemis most of what she has been doing over the last four centuries.
She told her about her many adventures. Like the time her and Bianca scouted out Raganar mountain, the third tallest mountain/volcano on Pangaea, rising far in the north.
"We detected suspicious activity around the mountain and Lord Aether sent Charles, Silena and I to investigate" she paused, remembering the grotesque figures "We saw these purple skinned, four feet tall creatures carrying around many supplies with the help of large and burly creatures".
"The burly creatures were at least eight feet tall with brown skin and tusks like a boar. I have never seen a creature like it before, let alone the small ones" she didn't tell Artemis about them moving around many volatile metals, like Olympian silver, a rare metal used by the hunters and worse, they were moving Chaotic steel, a very volatile metal that came into existence at the same time as the creator did.
"I have never heard of any creatures like that before either, let alone at mount Raganar" Artemis said worriedly. She decided to talk about it later and get more acquainted with her old lieutenant "What else have you done over the years?" she asked.
Another is when they adventured to the northern polar caps, now made of pure ice rather than a combination of land and ice. The southern caps are similar to the northern ones.
"We went there as ordered by Lord Aether to find Pontus' trident" Artemis looked at her incredulously "He ordered you to take a primordials symbol of power?" she said, Zoe smiled at Artemis' concern.
"Pontus faded into the void two hundred years ago. He told Lord Aether to retrieve his trident from a temple built on the northern most part of the world. When we got there five out of the ten of us died and we lost the trident" Zoe said bitterly "Some snake-like creatures retreated into the ocean with the trident. They looked human but had a large snake tail in the place of their feet. We didn't get a good look at them but they had blue skin and wore green armor" she finished describing, remembering the eight feet tall snake-men.
"We reported them to Lord Aether and Lady Hemera but they seemed not to know what they were either. I could tell they were lying for some reason, they aren't very good at it" said Zoe.
Artemis thought for a moment but the only thing that fits that description is a dracaena, and only because their lower half is snake-like.
"I haven't seen anything like that before either" she sounded troubled. Zoe was about to speak when they heard loud yelling coming from the other side of the large door.
Zoe and Artemis looked at each other before rushing out the door with the others.
Bianca
As Zeus flashed out Bianca was rushed and crushed in a hug by her little brother, Nico. She instantly returned the hug and saw her father walking up to them, too stunned to really talk. She knows he was never used to this hugging stuff.
After Nico broke the hug Bianca turned to her father "Hey… dad" Hades gave her a totally un-Hades-like warm smile and hug. She was shocked at first but hugged him back "I may not show my emotions much but know that I love my children, and it pained me for you to die and not be able to stop it" she just hugged her dad harder.
Hades pulled back with a smile, which soon morphed into a contemplating look. He looked at his daughter questionably "A child of darkness working for the light?" she gave her father a wicked smile.
She didn't say anything but held out her arms. In the palm of her left hand was an orb of pure, glowing light and in the palm of her right hand was an orb of pure, gloomy darkness.
She slowly brought her hands closer together. As they got closer to one another they seemed to resist her push but continue to move closer to one another. A humming sound rung quietly through the air as they merged.
Let in the palm of both her hands was a small orb or light and darkness. Kind of like a snow globe with two colored clouds constantly circling it and filling in all the gaps.
She closed her hands and the light disappeared from view. When she drew back her hands a beautiful solid orb the size of a marble was resting in her right hand and an exact copy in her left hand.
Focusing again the light and shadow threaded outwards like twine and formed some sort of necklace. She held them both up to her gaping father and brother. She smiled mischievously at them "What?" she asked innocently.
They snapped out of their stupor and gave her awed looks. Nico was the first to talk.
"That is so cool, Bianca!" he said, jumping around like on one of his hypo phases and eying the necklace.
She chuckled lightly and held the necklaces out for her father and brother. Nico took it instantly, tying it around his neck. Hades was more reluctant to touch something light but he did eventually take it, at the goading of Nico.
"What has it been like in the legion of light for a daughter of Hades?" asked Nico.
Bianca smiled tauntingly at him "It's not bad. Plenty of bright lights placed everywhere" both Hades and Nico shivered at the thought. Bianca just smiled, used to bright lights after serving the primordial of light for four centuries.
Nico's face went serious "You know Percy never stopped blaming himself for your death. Never" he said.
Bianca smiled sadly. That was one of the reasons she fell for him. He was always so funny and selfless. He also had a quirky gentlemen like side that she loved. She never knew him for long but for the time she did she grew strong feelings for him, which then grew after seeing him in the Titan and Giant wars.
"I know, Nico, I know" she said dejectedly.
They whipped around to face the door when they heard yelling coming from the other side. With a quick glance at each other they rushed out the door.
Luke/Ethan
Luke was, once again, tackled in a bear hug by his father after Zeus disappeared. Ethan was busy laughing at Luke's oxygen starved face.
Once Hermes released his son he looked at him with pride "To think, that my son, is the leader of a primordials army" his stretched into a large smile as he hugged his son again.
"I know of your sacrifice, both of your sacrifices, at the end of the Titan war" he said, looking at both the son of Nemesis, Ethan Nakamura, and his own son, Luke Castellan.
"I understand why you did what you did. The gods were never good parents to our children, mainly because Zeus wouldn't allow us to talk to them. But Percy gave us the chance to right our wrongs and it was all because of your sacrifice" he told them.
They both gave him appreciative looks at his praise. They began talking about regular things. Mainly pranks and thievery on Hermes and his son's part, Ethan occasionally joined in on those topics but mostly talked about how it was in the legion.
About halfway through their conversation Thalia came over and flattened Luke in a hug before slapping him and going into a rant about how stupid he was to join Kronos, repent and then die. Over all, just the usual you would expect from Thalia Grace.
After that they continued their conversation peacefully, kind of. Their conversation was silenced by the sound of yelling outside. They hurriedly made their way out the door, towards the commotion.
Silena/Beckondorf
Even before Zeus fully flashed out Silena was, once again, on the floor in a bear hug by her ecstatic mother. She continued hugging her as Beckendorf walked over with his father.
Aphrodite pulled back and gave her daughter an astounded and overly cheerful look, which Silena responded with a questioning look.
"You said your name was Silena Beckendorf" she said with a joyful grin. The couple, now identified as husband and wife, blushed.
Beckendorf was quickly pulled into a huge by his dad. His dad pulled back with a mischievous smile "So… do I have any grandchildren" the couple blushed while their parents smirk.
Beckendorf said something to quiet for even the two gods to hear "What was that, son?" said Hephaestus, taunting smile on his face.
"Three" said Silena, more confident at the moment then her blushing husband.
"Two girls and one boy" said Beckendorf, seeing the questioning look on their parents face "The boy is named Percy" he smiled sadly "And is the twin of one of the girls named Daphne. The other girl is the youngest, her name is Melissa" he finished.
Leo, Piper and Hazel came over at the end of Beckendorf's sentence and got introduced. They got acquainted and began talking like old friends. Leo ended up bringing up an interesting topic.
"That Erin guy is so cool!" he said enthusiastically. They all responded differently. Hephaestus had a mixture of excitement like his son and a contemplative look. Beckendorf was much like his father and brother. Aphrodite had an upset and slightly dreamy look, she may love Percy but he hasn't been around for four hundred years, she does find other men attractive.
Silena and Piper both had contemplating and thinking looks planted onto their faces.
"He is odd…" said Aphrodite, trailing off into thought. Piper and Silena nodded in agreement. Aphrodite continued "As the goddess of love I can see all emotions and who people love. But during that whole meeting I couldn't sense a single emotion on him or who he loves, it's like he found a way to block me" she sounded like a pouting child, not getting what she wanted, which she hadn't.
Leo's eyes lit up "Hey, we should go check out the…" he was cut off by yelling outside the door. They rushed out with the others; being closest to the door they distinctly heard two words while the others didn't.
Those two words were "PERCY JACKSON!"
Erin
After storming out of the throne room Erin decided to check on the Harbinger. Walking down the crowded main road of New Rome he looked at the buildings lining the grey marble road.
They were utterly gorgeous, not as gorgeous as the buildings on Eden, but still very beautiful. They were made from white stone with tinted glass windows. The windowsills themselves were a beige colored stone. And the shingles on the roof were a bright and vibrant red.
He arrived at a large open area. It had the same grey marble floor with a fountain in the very center designed like four large eagles, perched back to back. One was facing the gate, one was facing the Census hall, the third one was facing the coliseum and the last was facing the temple of the gods.
The gate was a huge golden door inscribed with various scenarios of wars and heroes of Rome. Erin spotted one in the center, directly below the giant eagle set into the door. It was a picture of Percy Jackson riding on Blackjack and wielding Riptide while fighting against Gaea.
He remembered the stable he built on castle Equinox for Blackjack and his many friends; they are also named after games, like Poker and Roulette, there is even one named Go Fish. They named themselves, not Erin.
Erin's emotionless face morphed into a bittersweet smile. Despite being four hundred years he still hasn't found Riptide. He assumed it was still with Blake.
His bittersweet smile shifted into a vicious snarl. The mere thought of that bastards name brought savage rage into his system. In the last four hundred years his hatred and resentment towards his ex-half-brother had grown exponentially.
He pushed away those thoughts and walked through the gate. He saw, not far from the gate, a crowd of multiple people conjugating around his ship. He smiled in spite of himself; he always was curious and enjoyed seeing it displayed by others, to a certain extent.
He walked over to the crowd and forced his way to the front. He quickly saw some people in an argument with one of his Golems. His Golem had its usual emotionless facade while the sons of Hephaestus/Vulcan, he was guessing by the bulky build and the heavily tanned and kind of burnt skin, looked irritated.
"What's going on here?" he silenced everyone. They all looked at him with apprehensive expressions till they recognized just who he was.
"W-we wanted to have a look on the ship but the things wouldn't let us on" said the one that seemed to be the leader of the argument.
Erin didn't respond to the man but walked up to the Golem "Let them look around on the ship. It's a Golem, not a thing. Just be careful with what you touch alright" he said the last bit to the group of people.
They nodded ecstatically, euphoric about seeing that master piece of techno-magic, as people call a mixture of technology and magic. He stepped out of the way and gestured to the now clear wide boarding plank.
They all rushed to get a look around on the ship. Erin wasn't worried about overcrowding on the ship. The Golems are lithe and sly and have been given the capability to hover around. They only use this in extreme emergencies while flying; they have a tendency to fall off the ship and crash into the earth or ocean.
He calculated that The Harbinger could fit about three thousand and three hundred people on board, at the most. There were about three hundred and fifty Golems on board so it could hold two thousand and nine hundred and fifty more people. There were only three hundred and fifty Golems manning such a large ship because most of it was automated.
What no one knows is that Erin built a sentient AI system. He built 'her' as a part of The Harbinger. She handles most of the systems, weapons and arcane core efficiency, among many other things. It is kind of like that game he played a long time ago. The Harbinger is the Pillar of Autumn and the AI is Cortana.
He actually named the AI Cortana after the game when he played it once at Rachel's house. He managed to implement her in both Eden and The Harbinger, no matter how far or long apart they are.
He has a special bracer and earplugs linked to the ship. Whenever he wanted to he could talk to her, actually talk like people, he could. She developed a personality after about a month of being 'in the service' of Erin. The only problem is that that personality is like a taunting older sister that will do anything to embarrass the little brother.
He began walking back to the city of New Rome when he heard her smooth, taunting voice in his ear.
"Are you going back to talk to your girlfriends?"she began giggling like crazy. Erin rolled his eyes.
"They are not my girlfriends, Cor" he said. He would normally raise his wrist to talk to her but he only ever does that for dramatic effect, he doesn't have to actually do it. It's more of a remote if anything.
"Whatever. You love ten different girls that are connected to each other in some way. You are such a horn dog" she said in her ever sugar coated voice.
He completely cut her out and kept walking. He arrived in the walls of New Rome without a hassle, unless you count an irritating Artificial Intelligence talking into your ear about your love life a hassle.
He was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't notice that he had moved all the way back to the Census hall. He looked up and shrugged, he needed to talk to his patron's anyway.
"Keep walking, don't turn around" said Cortana, her voice desperate. He distinctly saw a group of people approaching him. There was Athena, Calypso, his patron's, Jason, Thalia and a few others, but that wasn't what Cortana was warning him about. They were all cut off as a blonde stomped into Erin's path.
"PERCY JACKSON!" he walked right past her, towards the group, and whispered into her ear "I am not Percy Jackson daughter of Athena" he kept walking as she yelled after him.
"Stop lying to me. You have the same attitude, you both don't like your father" he saw Poseidon flinch, who along with all the others, had gathered to observe "According to Hecate you can't shoot a bow, heck, you even look like him" she finished looking quite pleased with herself.
He looked around and saw them looking at him wide eyed, probably connecting the dots. He didn't want to lie to his friends and family, well it technically isn't lying, but he isn't Percy Jackson anymore.
"I am not Percy Jackson, and you are an idiot to think otherwise" he saw the ten girls he came to love, somehow, looking at him funny. He didn't know what the look was but the closest he guessed that it would be was longing mixed with hurt, even Clarisse was like that.
"What proof do you have that you aren't Percy Jackson?" Erin internally smirked. He knows how to deny it with a few words and no one will be able to contradict him.
"You want proof, here's your proof" he paused and smirked externally this time "I swear on the river Styx that I am not Percy Jackson" thunder boomed overhead. They waited for something to happen yet it never did.
That is because he technically isn't Percy Jackson, not anymore at least. It has been four hundred years since he took a new name and made a new life so he became Erin Effigy. In a way it's like a part of him was born while another died. Percy Jackson was a son of Poseidon, the saviour of Olympus, and lover of Annabeth Chase. Erin Effigy is a son of nobody, the protector of all mankind, and a man that loves many women, unintentionally.
He turned to Hecate and Hebe, who were finding it hard to hide their amusement and slight sympathy for the disappointed crowd that had gathered.
"I will spend two days here too evaluate the defenses and then take The Harbinger to New Athens, and perform the same diagnostics" he said "I will create a portal gate and bring forth more warriors to assist in the defense of this town while the soldiers train. I will do the same for New Athens and make the portal gates connected to one another, so armies can be here or there in an instant" he finished.
He threw a small wooden box to his magical patron "Give these to the leaders, they are the keys to the gates I will install" he was gone even before he finished that sentence, his voice carrying over the wind as he vanished.
"I hate it when he does that" said Hebe. Most gave her funny looks but Hecate nodded in agreement with a grimace on her face.
"He acts so mysterious and dramatic all the time. Sometimes I'm surprised he isn't a son of Zeus, the pseudo god of theater" Zeus took to glaring at Hecate as all the gods and demigods snickered.
Hecate opened the box and saw a lot of a lot of necklaces with a key with the symbol of Hecate and Hebe inscribed on the base. She handed them out and there weren't any left. All the Olympians had one, Hecate and Hebe, Aether and Hemera, the leaders of both cities and the leaders of the legionnaires of the light.
Hemera looked to the sky "It's getting late. Everyone should go to sleep now, you will need all your strength" all others nodded in agreement. All the gods flashed to their personal temples or hunter's camp in Artemis' case, the leaders went to the Census hall, which doubles as a place for them to stay and the legionnaires of the light went to their camp outside the city.
But not before the ten girls, I think you know which ones, made plans to meet early morning.
How was it. And sorry for the long wait. Please review and tell me what you thought, and don't tell me to hurry up, it doesn't help.
Technically, he isn't Percy anymore. Would you consider yourself the same person after you begin a new life with a new name and everything? He is both, yet only one. I will go into that later in the story.