Hello PJ:CotLG fans, and welcome back! Thank you all for the very generous 41 reviews, 27 favorites and 40 subscriptions!
You guys don't seem to be bothered by my breaking the fourth wall a lot, so I've decided to keep the asterisks. Also, whoever guesses my main inspiration and/or the special reference will get the chance to earn a sneak peek at the next chappie. So keep on guessing! Hint:
1.) I am a HUGE Legend of Zelda fan. Played most of their games, and my favorite one is Oot.
2.) I have been playing a certain game on my 3DS lately... (Came out in 2012)
Now on to the reviews:
Gold Testament: I hope that that explanation is good enough for you, 'cause that's all I've got for now, unless you can help me by giving me a better explanation.
Disclaimer: I do not own PJO, Portal 2, or anything else mentioned here.
Enjoy!
Chapter Context:Percy has finally recovered from his wounds dealt by Sami, Artemis' new Champion. Aphrodite was about to complain to Zeus when Percy begged her not to go, due to the possibility of a war breaking out. Instead, Aphrodite decided to take the matter into her own hands.
Chapter Six: Artemis blows up!
"I'm going in!*" I yelled, flying out of Aphrodite's newly-repaired window. Aphrodite said that the factory of the Moon Arrows is directly above CHB, hidden in a colossal cloud. My lady must have charm-kissed dozens of gods, maybe even a few goddesses, to get that intel.
As I was approaching the said cloud, I could see a silhouette fly towards me. Then the figure came into focus. It was Sami, flying with silver wings attached to her back. Artemis the unoriginal strikes again. I wouldn't be suprised if Sami's bow was named "Artemis' Hate". Anyway, I brought out Aphrodite's Love, ready for a confrontation.
"Prepere to feel the love!*" I cried, firing arrow after arrow. Since Sami wasn't used to her wings, she could only block with her dagger. I could easily out-maneuver her in the air. I stopped firing and dived, causing her to dive in an attempt to retaliate. Just as I planned. At the angle she was going down at, she couldn't dodge, so I curved upward and head butted her stomach. Getting into the groove, I used Riptide to disarm her and swiftly sliced off her wings. Luckily for me (and you readers), her wings seemed to be made of goddess energy, so it didn't hurt, and blood didn't splatter on me.
I cried "Yeah, destructimated!*" Artemis' Champion has been taken down!
"I'm finished!*" yelled Sami, tumbling through the clouds. I felt pitiful, so I prayed to Aphrodite to beam her up to her palace, but in captivity. She answered, surrounding Artemis' Champion with a pink aura* and making her disappear. I turned around and headed for the Moon Arrow Factory.
When I got to the top of the cloud, I found out that the "factory" didn't live up to it's name. All it was was a long conveyor belt with Moon Arrows materializing on one end and disappearing on the other. On top of a pedestal was a seemingly perfect Moon Arrow. Then I realised what was going on. Thank you Portal 2*!
The Arrows that were materializing were actually clones of the arrow floating on the pedestal. Maybe...
I brought out one of my Love Arrows, thinking hard about a silver crescent shaped arrow-head. The arrow instantly transformed into a perfect copy of a Moon Arrow, only with Love Arrow properties, thanks to my power over colors and patterns. I think you can see where this was going.
Before I proceeded with my plan worthy of Palutena*- I mean Athena (Man, I keep on making that slip for some reason), I went to contact Aphrodite. I got a chunk of the cloud and turned it into mist. I fished my pockets for a drachma, throwing it in and said, "Lady Iris, I need to talk with Aphrodite." Then her image appeared.
"What's up Perseus?" asked the Goddess of Love, fixing her hair, not that she needed to. It was already perfect.
"I have a plan. Instead of simply destroying the factory, maybe we could use it to our advantage." Then I relayed my plan to her, her grin getting wider with every word I said.
"Perfect, my pupil. That'll teach old Artie not to mess with the power of Love!" said Aphrodite, fist pumping while praising my strategy. I smiled and cut off the image. She looked so cute doing that...
I walked towards the pedestal, fake Moon Arrow in hand. I stopped the conveyor belt and removed the originals, snapping their staffs in half. In a sly move Indiana Jones (Son of Hermes) would be proud of, I switched the arrows and snapped the original. Didn't need that lying around. I extended my wings and leapt off the cloud.
Aphrodite's House, An hour later
We were watching Aphrodite's recording of the Pothena date mentioned in Chapter Four*, due to Sami not telling us anything. We decided to give her time for the gravity of the situation to hit her.
"Well excuuuuse me, Princess! (A.N.: Here's the special reference that I was talking about in the AN above!)" exclaimed Poseidon. She was the one who asked him out, so it was only fair that she should pay. "You need to invest in the relationship. If we split the bill, it would be like both of us are uninterested in the "pact" we're forming together."
She glared at him some more, her gray eyes leering into his everlasting soul. Then she kissed him over the table, him happily returning the favor.
Aphrodite turned off the TV. "See, young Perseus, Pothena above all!" Then she did a cute little victory dance. I sighed. I liked Posally better.
Then a silver blur dashed into the room. I pulled out Riptide while Aphrodite grabbed the bow she gave me and readied it. "Stay behind me, my lady," I said, pointing Riptide at the Goddess of the Hunt. She looked more pissed than ever before. I so wanted to tell her that it was better to be pissed off than on, but I figured that this wasn't the best time to say that.
"Where. Is. My. CHAMPION?" yelled Artemis. For some reason, she wasn't attacking yet. Then I felt her aura.
"Lady Aphrodite, take cover!" I cried, taking a defensive position. Artemis was about to-
BOOM!
The whole palace disintegrated, blasting me and another silhouette into the air. Hopefully it wasn't Aphrodite. We were flying so fast, the world a blur around us. I tried to stablize my wings, but we were going too fast. My wings might've ripped off if I extended them. All in all, we were finished. Or so I thought.
Hey, what do you mean, "Oh, here's when Chaos recruits Percy!"? I thought I told you in Chapter One* that Chaos isn't in this story. He isn't even in either of my original series.
Anyway, we slowed down eventually, so I stablized my wings and stopped entirely. Then I saw the figure fall through the air, tumbling towards the ground.
"Mysterious figure I'm coming for you!*" I cried, diving towards the flailing person. I grabbed the person in a bridal position and dived downward, landing on the ground nicely. Then I looked at the face.
Sami.
I dropped her and pulled out Riptide, backing away considerably. She put her hands up in surrender. I know, I should've killed her then and there, but I didn't. Curse my kindness! I searched her, withdrawing her dagger and bow, which WAS named Artemis' hate. Then I backed away, Anaklusmos pointed at her.
"So, where do you think we are?" I asked. I then noticed our surroundings. Snow as far as the eye could see.
"I think we're in Antarctica."
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