On Olympus...
Strangely the annual meeting of Olympus was filled with silence. Apollo was barely talked and the sun barely rose up in the midst of day. A solar eclipse seemed to occur at least once every week.
Most of the time Artemis would lecture or shoot arrows at him, but like Apollo she was in silent mourning. Hermes' office was filled to the brim with undelivered packages covered with a layer of dust.
The most surprising was that Athena was comforting Poseidon every once in awhile giving him a reassuring squeeze of the hand.
It all seemed unnatural..
"Is the boy's soul yet to be found?" Zeus thundered.
"That is the thing. It seems as if someone have.." Hades shot Poseidon a glance of pity. It didn't go unnoticed by any of the gods.
"What is it my brother?"
"It seems as if someone have taken his soul." Hades mummered. "Someone whose power surpasses all of us combined."
"It cannot be Chaos. He had faded eons ago." Athena pondered.
"Than who is it?" Poseidon boomed with anger.
"The question is where is he?" Apollo whispered.
"Who knows what he is experiencing now." Hades mumbled.
Percy POV
Percy had many things that happened to him. But he never expected that having a little child attacking him would be one of them.
"Whoa!" Percy blurted out as he tried to lower down the dagger the little kid was holding. "We are the good guys."
Lily was chuckling on the side and Percy rolled his eyes at her, who in turn stuck out her tongue.
"Liar!" The little kid screamed as he lunged. Without any struggle Percy quickly and gently twisted his wrist. The dagger dropped as Percy carried the struggling little form.
"I want my brother!" The child sobbed into Percy's shirt.
"Hand me to him." Lily held out her hands and he gently placed the child into her arms.
Lily rocked the little figure back and forth humming a lullaby. He relaxed and gripped the sides of her sleeves.
"What is your name." Lily mummered.
"Its Nathan.."
"My name is Lily and he is Percy."
"So you have a brother?" Percy asked.
"Yeah.." The boy hiccuped as he tried to dry his tears. "He was with me a minute ago."
Percy quickly took a fighting stance when he heard the snap of a twig. A tall bulky figure glared at them.
"What are you guys doing with my brother?" The figure asked.
Lily eyes widened but she never let go.
"Alex! These people found me!" The little boy squirmed and managed to escape Lily's grasp. "Her name is Lilly and his name is Percy!"
"Never ever run away again, other wise I am going to have to make a leash for you."
"But."
"I think you should listen to your brother here." Percy smiled as he bend down to Nathan's level. "He looks strong and who knows what monsters are hiding around here.
"You are pretty quick though. With more practice you can probably beat me." He carefully picked up the dagger next to his feet and gave it to Nathan. "Maybe next time."
"Thanks for taking care of this little bugger." Alex rubbed the back of his neck.
"No problem, but she was the one that calmed him down." Percy pointed to Lily who waved back.
Suddenly Nathan tapped on Alex's leg and gestured him to kneel down. As soon as Alex knelt down Nathan mummered into his ears and occasionally glanced at Percy and Lily.
Alex patted his brother back and stood up as Nathan shifted uncomfortably.
"He wants to know if you guys are...you know… a couple." Alex stammered.
"No!" Percy and Lily said in union.
"We just met days ago… I think?" Percy's face scrunched up in confusion. "How long has…"
"We are just friends." Lily interrupted.
"Anyways have you guys seen any demons?" Percy asked.
"Demon?"
"Yeah. Don't you remember the fire, black wings, screaming man..."
Lily covered his mouth and gave him a glare gesturing to Nathan who was trembling.
"Its ok little dude. There is no demon, I just got them confused…. with her.! Percy pointed to Lily who rolled her eyes. Alex gave him a questioning glare which Percy shrugged off.
Now lets get this trial started…
Percy glanced at them to see if they heard it and yup it was definitely not in his mind.