AN: Here's the second one of the four I'm going to publish. Reviews are very much appreciated!


The group was jumping from the combination of the stress of what was ahead and their ADHD as they walked up the path towards the throne room. Everyone had a reason to be nervous. Nico had to ask Zeus to marry his daughter, Isabell was meeting the gods for the first time, and Percy and Annabeth were stressed for the same reason as Isabell and Annabeth's pregnancy. The group was so stressed and jumpy they didn't see the satyr until Percy, who was in the lead, ran into him.

"Hey, watch it!" He shouted, turning to see his best friend stumbling backwards into a group of demi-gods. "Perr-cy!" he bleated.

"Huh?" Percy said intelligently as he pulled Annabeth up off of Nico who was thankfully able to catch Annabeth before falling and landing under her, absorbing the shock of hitting the ground. "You okay?" he asked her, pulling her into his arms as Isabell helped Nico up.

"Gee, thanks for the help, Percy. I save both your daughter and your pregnant wife within twenty minutes of each other, and you don't even help me up!" Nico said sarcastically.

"Whoa? Annabeth's having a baby too?" Grover bleated.

Everyone turned to look at him as if just noticing he was there.

"Hey, Grover!" Percy said giving his friend a high-five.

"What do you mean 'too'?" asked Nico, who looked like he was having a heart attack and could drop dead on the spot.

Grover looked at Nico like he was an idiot "I meant Juniper."

"Oh, well congrats then." Nico said relieved.

"Yeah, congratulations, G-man!" Percy said slapping the satyr on the back.

"We're going to go on ahead if you don't mind." Annabeth said smiling to her friends.

"Yeah you three go on ahead." Percy waved them on.

"If you don't mind, I think I'll hang back with you." Replied Nico. Annabeth laughed and started walking, Percy kept talking to Grover.

"Percy," Grover bleated once the girls were out of earshot, "Who's that girl with Annabeth?"

Percy and Nico laughed "Has it really been that long since we talked last?" Percy asked. "She's my daughter, Isabell."

"Oh," Grover shuffled his hooves, "Sorry, I should've known. So, what have you two been up to? You look like you've been fighting the Minotaur!"

"Worse." Said Percy.

"Worse? What's worse than the Minotaur?"

"Well, let's see," said Nico "We could go back to the day Percy turned sixteen, when the world was supposed to end. I believe that day was the final day in the war with the titans."

"Don't even talk to me about that!" Grover groaned "I still have nightmares about that!"

"I know, right?" Percy shuddered.

"Or Zeus" said Nico.

"What?" Grover asked.

"What I'm about to ask Zeus, his wrath is going to be much worse than the furies and hydra we just fought." Nico groaned.

"What are…" Grover started smiling, he was obviously reading Nico's emotions. He's a satyr, he can do things like that.

Percy started laughing again to the point that he was doubled over, when he could control himself he said, "So Grover, you can see why Nico's about to feel Zeus's wrath." They both started laughing hard.

"Hey, guys, I need some help. What… STOP LAUGHING!" Nico screamed getting their attention.

"Nico, dude! You're acting like Hades!" Said Grover.

"You stupid satyr! I'm the son of Hades! Of course I'm acting like him!" They both just looked at Nico. "Look, I'm sorry, okay, I didn't mean it. It's just, I'm kinda stressed right now. We're talking about two of the big three I have to convince to let me do this, and if they don't let me, and they find out about her being… I'm so dead!" Nico groaned sitting down hard and putting his head in his hands.

Percy and Grover both sat down with Nico in between them. "Hey, Nico, it's okay." Percy said "It's our fault. We haven't been making this any easier for you. If anything we've been making this harder on you." Percy said patting Nico on the shoulder.

"Yeah," Grover agreed "This isn't an easy thing to do."

"Come on let's go." Percy said standing up and offering a hand to the both of the other guys. "We shouldn't have kept twelve super-powerful beings this long."

Nico gulped "Twelve?".

"Yep." Grover confirmed. The group continued to walk up the path towards the throne room.

"Percy!" Annabeth called as the guys approached the throne room "What took you so long to get here? They're waiting! You know you can't keep twelve major gods waiting!"

"Yeah, I know, but there were a couple of things that we needed to talk about before we got here." Percy said looking at Nico.

"Whatever Seaweed Brain." Annabeth said as she opened the door and walked into the throne room.

The gods stopped talking and looked at them. "Well it took you long enough!" Poseidon's voice echoed through the enormous room, breaking the silence. "I do believe we need to introduce you to the newest member of the Olympian family, Percy." Poseidon passed the introductions off to Percy.

"Uh, Hi. Um, this is Isabell," he said pushing ;Isabell forward and putting his arm around Annabeth, "our daughter." Some of the gods gasped and looked at Poseidon and Athena, while Aphrodite squealed. Dionysus and Zeus just looked bored.

Ares got excited, "Does that mean I get to kill him now?"

"Absolutely not!" said Poseidon grasping his trident while Aphrodite gasped.

"He's right," confirmed Athena "He's needed in his family. It would not be wise to kill him now. Continue with your news, Annabeth."

"We," Annabeth hesitated, "are also having another baby."

"Now that one didn't already know." Said Zeus.

"I knew." Said Dionysus. "Don't look at me like that! I'm the god of partying! It's my job to know stuff like this!" Hestia smiled at Percy and Annabeth from her place at the hearth. Apparently she already knew too.

"Nico," Percy whispered, "Go on!"

Nico stepped forward "Uh…"

"Nico," This time Annabeth whispered and Nico realized he'd been standing there for quite some time. "It'll be okay." She said and hugged him.

"Thank you." He whispered back and stepped up to Zeus's throne. He knelt down and addressed him.

"What is it, child of Hades?" Zeus's voice rumbled like thunder through the room. Percy would later swear that he saw a twinkle in Zeus's eye like he knew exactly what Nico wanted.

"Lord Zeus, please let me marry your daughter. I… I want to spend the rest of my life with her." Nico pleaded, his head bent.

"Rise, Nico, my future son-in-law. I'd be happy to allow you to marry Thalia." Zeus surprised everyone.

Nico stood, shocked "R-really, Lord Zeus?"

"Of course! What do you think I'm cruel?" Zeus laughed.

Nico looked back at Percy and Annabeth who shrugged.

"Thank you Zeus." Nico said.

"Call me dad."

"I don't think my dad would like that." Nico pointed out.

"No, I suppose Hades wouldn't."

Throughout this whole exchange Aphrodite sat there smiling with her eyes gleaming.

After their conversations with the gods, the group walked out of the throne room and back toward the elevators.

"So, Isabell," Percy asked, "how did you like your visit to Olympus?"

"It was huge!" she said. "But I think Nico has more to talk about."

"Percy, Annabeth," Nico started "do you think Thalia and I could use your spare room for awhile?"

"You mean the next nine months?" asked Percy.

"Yeah, something like that." Nico laughed.

"Wait a minute," Annabeth put the pieces together "Aww! Nico!" she hugged Nico, "Congrats!"

"You have another spare room, right?" Grover asked.

"Yes, you can have it Grover. And I guess I know where you're going with that. It's not right to raise a baby in the forest." Percy said.

"Thanks man." Grover said and with that the group descended from Olympus.


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