The Sea and the Sky
Chapter 4
AN/Okay, so in this chapter we are basically going to see what everyone looks like as a god or goddess. And don't worry, the Flock is coming soon….and their gonna repent *evil laughter*
I really don't won PJO or Maximum Ride, though I wish I did….
Max POV:
I couldn't believe it. A few weeks ago, I didn't even know the Gods existed, and now I was going to be one. After Percy inherited his father's powers, I couldn't stop staring at him. He was cute before, but now he was hot. For a second, I was worried that he wouldn't want to be my boyfriend. I mean, he could have any girl in the world, why would he choose me? What happened to me, I wondered. I would never be thinking this if I was with the Flock. I guess being here has relaxed me. Percy walked back over to me and sat down. I looked at him worriedly, but he smiled at me and grasped my hand. I smiled back at him, relieved. "You will be next, my son." Zeus said.
I ran my finger along his trident tattoo. Beautiful, I mouthed to him. He smiled and got this far away look in his eyes. I let him stay like that for a few seconds, and then waved my hand in front of his face. He snapped out of his daze, and looked at me. "What were you thinking about?" I asked him. He smiled at me. "Just messing with the ocean." He answered. "Come forth, Jason." I heard Zeus say. We turned our attention towards him.
He placed a hand on Jason's shoulder, like Poseidon had done. "I hereby give my son, Jason Grace, my full power and responsibility as King of the Gods and Lord of the Sky." Jason shuddered, and golden energy ran to him from Zeus. Golden light began to fill the room, and everyone closed their eyes but the Gods and Percy. When I could see again, I looked at Jason. His blonde hair was a little longer, but not as long as Percy's. He had put on a lot more muscle, like he had been working out. His eyes were sparkling like he had trapped lightning inside them. He had a grey t-shirt with an eagle on it, black ripped jeans, and Hi-tops. His shirt was covered by an aviator jacket, and a lightning pendent hung from around his neck.
Aphrodite had left the mirror up so Jason could see himself. Piper was staring at him like a love-sick puppy. "Is that what I looked like?" I thought to myself. Jason sat back down next to Piper, who grabbed his hand and beamed at him. "Nico." Hades rumbled. "You are next, son." Nico walked nervously up to him, not liking being the center of attention. Hades placed his hand on his son's shoulder. "I hereby give my son, Nico di Angelo, my full power and responsibility as Lord of the Dead." Again, golden energy ran from Hades to Nico, lighting up the room. When it dispersed, I looked at Nico to see what changes had been made.
His eyes were as black as his Stygian sword. His hair grew longer, reaching to his shoulders, and his bangs mostly covered his eyes. His hair got darker, turning as black as, well, Hades. This got me really confused. Would we have to call the Underworld Nico now? When I snapped out of my thoughts, I saw that Nico was wearing a grey t-shirt with a skull on it, a fancy suit jacket, black jeans, and black boots. "Now he's really emo." Percy whispered to me, and I had to stop myself from laughing out loud. Dionysus walked over to Pollux and shook him awake. "Come on, might as well get this over with, son." He said, dragging the still half-asleep and sugar-drunk Pollux over to where the other gods were. Dionysus lazily put a hand on his son's shoulder. "I hereby give my son, Pollux, my full power and responsibility as the God of Wine, bla, bla, bla." He continued to speak as the energy traveled to Pollux.
Pollux blinked blearily as he appeared in front of us with a red Kool-Aid t-shirt (Which I thought was pretty funny), khaki shorts, purple converse, and a purple leather jacket. A laurel wreath crowned his now black and curly hair. His eyes were the color of grapes, and it took all of my willpower not to jump up and do something crazy when I looked in them. Pollux winded his way back to his seat and immediately fell asleep as Artemis gestured to Thalia. Artemis smiled at her and said, "Look after my Hunters, Thalia." Thalia smiled and nodded. Artemis placed her hand on Thalia's shoulder. "I hereby give my lieutenant, Thalia Grace, my full power and responsibility as Goddess of the Moon." She was engulfed in Golden light.
I smiled at Thalia's feminine appearance. Her black hair had grown to shoulder length and had silver streaks in it. Her eyes were like two moons, and they had little flecks of blue floating around in them. She was wearing bleached-white jeans and silver boots. Her top was a black tank-top that had a sea-green moon on it. "It's the color of Percy's eyes." I thought to myself, giving the sea god in question a peck on the cheek. He gave me a mischievous smile and started tickling my side. I could barely stop myself from falling over backwards and laughing until my sides hurt. As it was I let out a few strangled giggles, and I could feel Annabeth's eyes boring into the back of my head. I didn't care what she thought, Percy was mine. Wait, when did I become so possessive?
"You're next, Will!" Apollo yelled, his eyes shining. "I composed a haiku for you!" he said excitedly as everyone rolled their eyes. Apollo cleared his throat. "Ahem. My son is awesome. Won't be as awesome as me. Still will be so cool." He finished with a flourish. Will went to stand in front of him, smiling. "Your haikus are a good as always" He laughed. Apollo put a hand on his shoulder. Smiling he said, "I give my son, Will Solace, my full power and responsibility as the amazing, awesome, super-cool," Athena glared at him. "Alright, alright. God of the Sun." he finished. The glow once again filled the room.
Will's blonde hair now looked like it was made out of pure gold and his eyes had gold streaks in them. He was wearing a grey shirt with a rainbow-colored lyre on it, white jeans, a Black Veil Brides bracelet that would make Thalia jealous, a cassette necklace, and red Vans. He grinned, and the room seemed to brighten. "Travis and Connor." Hermes said, grinning. They walked up to him. "You know this means that I expect you to pull a lot more pranks. You gotta keep up a reputation. At least two pranks a day." He said. The twins nodded, an evil look on their face, and we began to fear for our lives.
Hermes put a hand on each of the boy's shoulders and said, "I hereby give my sons, Travis and Connor Stoll, my full power and responsibility as God of Thieves." The bright light filled the room, more intense this time. When Percy and I blinked the stars out of our eyes, we saw that Connor had an army green t-shirt with a caduceus on it, black jeans, and blue Adidas. Travis had a black t-shirt with a winged shoe on it. He had grey jeans and red Adidas. They grinned and high-fived each other, and I swear, they looked like they could have just strolled into a casino and robbed everyone there. When they sat back down, Katie couldn't stop staring at Travis, while he remained perfectly oblivious.
Demeter smiled at Katie, noticing the direction her eyes were pointed in. "It's your turn dear." She said, and Katie broke her eyes away from Travis long enough to walk over to Demeter. "Take care of the plants, dear, and remember to eat your cereal." Katie rolled her eyes at the last comment, before Demeter placed a hand on her shoulder. "I hereby give my daughter, Katie Gardener, my full power and responsibility as Goddess of Plants." The golden light filled the room again. "I am going to be blind by the time this is over with." I said. I heard Percy snicker. I looked at Katie. Her hair was longer and was arranged into perfect waves. Her bright green eyes had brown streaks in then. She had a green t-shirt with a moth on it, ripped up jean shorts, white sandals with pink flowers on them, and red flower earrings. Vines wrapped around her neck, creating a necklace.
When she went to sit back down, it was Travis' turn to stare at her. He sat there like a fish, his mouth hanging open. Percy took one look at him and started laughing. "Why don't the two of you just start dating and get it over with." He giggled. They looked at him, shocked, before Will and Connor pushed them together. Of course they started sucking face. Percy looked at me and we did the natural thing, we made out like no tomorrow. I really don't know what has gotten into me, I'm so lovey-dovey all of the sudden.
I heard Zeus coughing, but we chose to ignore him, until he started clearing his throat pointedly. Percy and I broke apart, looking innocent. I noticed that Jason and Piper had been making out too and smirked. Zeus looked exasperated, like he had seen all this before and didn't understand why it happened. "Clarisse!" Ares boomed, hitting one of his many weapons against the wall. Clarisse grinned at Percy evilly before going to stand in front of her dad. Ares looked at her. "You better beat the s*** out of some monsters for me, kid." He said, grinning. "Ares!" Chiron said, shocked at his use of foul language in a room filled with kids. Godly kids, yeah, but still kids. Ares just grinned and put his hand on Clarisse's shoulder. "I hereby give my daughter, Clarisse de la Rue, my full power and responsibility and the kick a** Goddess of War." Again, golden light nearly blinded me.
Clarisse's hair was in a short, military style bob. It had red streaks running through it. She had inherited her father's fire eyes, but they weren't as intense. She had a dark t-shirt with "US ARMY" on it, a cool leather jacket, and severely ripped black jeans. She had black leather converse with lots of straps, and a camouflage ring with the army logo on it. Awesome black sunglasses were perched on top of her head. If that wasn't intimidating enough, she had a ton of weapons strapped all over her. Throwing knives, swords, guns, greek fire canisters, you name it. She went back to her seat and sat down, smirking at Percy, who looked slightly paler than normal.
"Annabeth." Athena called, looking slightly apologetic at Percy. Annabeth walked to her mom, glancing at me on her way past. Unconsciously, Percy pulled me in closer, and the sky outside darkened. Athena looked deep into her daughter's grey eyes. "I hope you can learn to overcome your fatal flaw, my dear." She said, before transferring her power to Annabeth. After the transformation, Annabeth was wearing grey shirt with an owl on it, a pair of blue-jean shorts, a bracelet with an owl bead on it, and a hair pin in the shape of a feather. She had on a pair of brown oxfords. Her hair was longer, and her grey eyes looked sharper, like she was constantly calculating. She took a guilty glance at Percy before sitting back down.
I could feel Percy's breath coming in shorter gasps, and the sky outside began to rumble. I gave him a peck on the cheek and pulled him in close. "It'll be ok, I'm here for you." I whispered in his ear. He gave me a grateful smile before pulling me onto his lap. "Piper!" Aphrodite squealed. Piper groaned and got up to stand in front of her mom. "Time to put you in pink, dear!" Aphrodite said in a cheerful tone. "Please, no…" Piper pleaded, before Aphrodite cut her off by putting a manicured hand on her shoulder and transferring her powers. Piper disappeared in a puff of pink perfume, and everyone started couching and gagging. My eyes were running so bad, it probably looked like I was crying.
When I could finally see again, I saw that Piper's hair had turned blonde at the bottom, and it was in perfect waves. Her eyes were changing colors rapidly, before settling on violet. She had a black tank top that said love in bold letters, ripped skinny jeans, and gladiator sandals. She had a pink flower bracelet and a pink bow necklace, and wrapped around her waist was her mother's belt. The latter caused every guy in the room to start drooling, their eyes glazed over. I slapped Percy lightly on the arm. "Ow!" he whined. "What was that for?" I glared at him. "Don't even think about it." I growled. Percy laughed softly. "Don't worry, Birdie, you're the only one for me." He crooned, kissing my forehead lightly. I giggled and snuggled into his arms. "Curse you, Jackson!" I thought. "You are impossible to stay mad at."
Hephaestus managed to tear his eyes away from Piper as she went back to her seat to croak out, "Leo, come here boy." Leo tried, unsuccessfully, to pay attention to where he was going, and ended up tripping over the table. Everyone burst out laughing at the image of the Latino elf sprawled out across the floor. Piper waved her hand around in the air, frustrated. "Am I really that distracting?" she yelled. Jason leaned over a said, "You're gorgeous, sweetie," before giving her a peck on the cheek. She giggled and pulled Jason closer to her.
Leo finally managed to detach himself from the floor and went to stand in front of Hephaestus. "Built many great things, son." He said, before transferring his power to Leo. We all looked to see what changes had been made. Leo's hair was darker and longer, and if you looked closely you could see little flames in his eyes. He had a wrench t-shirt, a cool leather jacket with spikes, his tool belt, black jeans, and brown boots. "Sweet." He said. He sat back down and immediately started fiddling with his tool belt. "Rachel dear, you will be next." Hera said with false sweetness. I rolled my eyes. Hera had probably just chosen Rachel because she wasn't a demigod.
Rachel reluctantly went to stand in front of Hera. "Take care of the family, my dear." She said, smiling her over-sweet smile. After the power transfer, Rachel stood in front of them in a plain white dress. She had a pair of golden gladiator heels, and lace gloves. She had a pair of round sunglasses on and black and gold feather earrings. Her red hair touched her shoulder blades, and was more auburn at the ends. Her eyes were the color of peacock feathers. She grumbled something about being the only one that had to wear a dress as she sat back down. "She's already starting to sound like Hera." Percy whispered, and I had to cover up my snickers with a hand.
Zeus clapped his hands, and the room fell silent. "Now, to give godhood to those who will not be on the council. Grover Underwood." Zeus said, turning to the terrified satyr. "Yes-s my Lord." Grover bleated. "You will be replacing the late Pan as God of the Wild." Zeus said to him. Poor Grover couldn't do much but bleat nervously and nod his head. Zeus sighed and snapped his fingers, and a green aura surrounded Grover. His horns grew out a little, but otherwise he stayed the same. His eyes were wide with excitement, and he didn't even notice the butterfly that flew in and landed on one of his horns. "Congrats, G-man." Percy said, grinning from ear to ear. Grover just bleated back nervously in reply, still shocked. Everyone burst out laughing at the overwhelmed Grover.
After we calmed down, Zeus once again spoke. "Maximum Ride."
Uh-oh.
AN/ Mwahaha! You'll have to wait to see what Max looks like, and what powers she gets! Now you know my evil plan! Mwahahahahaha! (Percy taps on the shoulder and whispers something to her.) *Couch cough* well then. I guess I have to go. Max is havin a panic attack because she's the last one. See u next time!