Chapter 2
Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson nor any of its characters, I just own my own character Antheia/Alyssa.
2 months later:
"Seven, eight, nine, and ten! Ready or not here I come!"
Aphrodite opened her eyes and peered around, her lips formed a grin.
She started walking around the vast gardens of Olympus, right next to the town square with all of the houses. She walked through the thick brush, looking left and right. She stopped right in front of a huge boulder, with a small trace of green sticking out the side. Placing her hands on her hips, Aphrodite smirked, "Hmm, now where could Antheia be? She's so good at this game I will never be able to find her."
A small fit of giggles cam from behind the boulder and, creeping cautiously, Aphrodite slowly made her way to the boulder before jumping around it right into the body of Antheia. She grabbed her and picked her up, which earned another fit of giggles.
"Found you!"
Antheia looked up and her with shining green eyes glinting mischievously.
"Yes you did Auntie."
She set Anthiea down, who went running off to her dad. She had the appearance of a five year old due to the fact of the growth rate of a new goddess. She had dark caramel hair, cascading down in curls to her shoulders, the curls bouncing as she ran. Her frame was more women-like than a child's. She had long legs and a slender body, having no trace of baby fat. Her face was like an angels, soft tan skin and full red lips.
Aphrodite smiled to herself and she thought of who would be her soulmate, having heard that part of the prophecy. She had a feeling of who it was, but for once in her life, she wouldn't interfere.
Antheia ran over to her dad, who just got back from taking care of a small threat in the east from a couple monsters. When he saw his daughter running towards him, his face relaxed and he picked her up and swung her around before placing a kiss on her cheek.
He had been worrying about that prophecy, always keeping on alert to make sure no body took her. He had Hera and a couple others gods watching over her all the time, making sure she was safe. He made eye contact with Ares, who was leaning against a pillar sharpening a long sword. After nodding, he stopped and walked off.
Zeus turned back to his daughter, who was smiling at him with her bright smile. He placed her down and kissed her forehead.
"I missed you my flower. How's was it while I was gone."
Her little face scrunched into a thinking position.
"Well daddy, Auntie Athena has been teaching me different strategies on things and Uncle Ares has been showing me different battle techniques. He says I'm going to be a great fighter one day."
She smiled pridefully before continuing," and Uncle Hermes showed me how he does his messaging. Artemis is teaching me how to shoot a bow, and Hestia let's me help her tend the fire. Auntie Aphrodite has been playing hide and seek with me, though Uncle Dionysus has been gone, he still Iris message me every once in awhile. Poseidon took me down to his underwater palace. It's so cool I can see fishes swimming around. Hephaestus helped me make my own robot bird. She can sing and everything thing. Apollo promised to take me out on his chariot tomorrow, he said I get to have the birds eye view of the whole world and I can't wait! Ooh and Demeter helped me with my powers of growing plants. Look!"
She turned to a nearby patch of dirt and with a flick of her wrist, tiny little flowers started to bloom all around and a small sapling grew in the middle. She continued to hold her hand up and the sapling immediately started growing into a large oak tree, winding its way up in a graceful way until it stood thirty feet tall.
"Daddy I can also make it rain!"
At the ends of her sentence, rain clouds filled the sky,sending large drops of water down. Zeus lifted back his head and laughed before flicking his hand making the clouds disappear. Antheia turned to him with a playful grin before jumping on him.
"Daddy! You made my rain cloud go away."
"I'm sorry my little flower, but you were getting everyone wet."
Her mouth formed a little o before she started giggling.
In the last two months, she has easily won the hearts of everyone on Olympus, and it just a week, when she reaches her third month, the gods were going to make her known to the world and give hope to all of the nature creatures who were still trying to find Pan.
He saw a shadow over to the side of him, and he turned to see Apollo watching Antheia grow another flower, a smile placed on his face. Zeus smirked, knowing that Apollo was most likely the person who was going to be Antheia's soulmate. In fact, he had already talked to him about it and he seemed pretty star struck.
A delicate hand was placed on his shoulder and he turned around, seeing Hera. He kissed her and took her hand and they started walking off after Anthiea, who ran off to play with some nymphs. The sky was just starting to form beautiful colors from the sunset, a warm breeze was blowing through the streets of Olympus. Hera leaned over and whispered in Zeus's ear, "Everything is so perfect."
He smiled and just squeezed her hand.
The next day, just as Apollo promised, he took little Anthiea out in his bright red sports car to help him steer the sun. She was practically jumping for joy all night and though Zeys was a little worried, just in case anything were to happen to her due to the prophecy, he made Apollo promise to only have her out for an hour. Though he seemed sad, he agreed.
It was just about time for the sunrise to begin and Anthiea, dressed in a little green dress, jumped into the car next to Apollo who was wearing faded jeans, a plain white tee, and aviator sunglasses, appearing the prime age of 20. He started the car and in a bright flash of light, they were off.
Antheia peered over the side of the sports car, seeing all of the little cities and mountains. Her eyes filled with wonder as the tiny little towns were suddenly filled with light as they passed over them. She leaned back in her chair and looked over at Apollo, who was in a relaxing position with on hand on the steering wheel. Out of all the gods, besides her parents, Apollo was her favorite. He would say hello to her every day and give her small gifts like a special flower or small treat, and he would teach her to play all kinds of instruments.
She smiled and crawled closer to him, snuggling up to his side as he placed a warm hand around her shoulders. He was looking down at her with warm, brown eyes.
"Hey Antheia. Guess what?"
She looked up to hi , "What?"
He laughed a little before replying, "No you silly goose, you have to guess."
She playfully smiled at him at batted him with her hand.
"No mister, you have to tell me."
He laughed again, a deep warm laugh before reaching into his pocket and pulling something out of it. Anthiea peered cautiously over his lap, trying to see what it was, but he hid it for her.
"I got you a present."
Her eyes lit up and she jumped up in her seat, excitement overcoming her.
"What is it Apollo?"
He held out his hand that he was hiding and opened it to reveal a small golden necklace with a small sun at the bottom. On the back was a small engraving that said 'Anthiea' in a cursive like writing that made it look like intertwining vines.
Anthiea let out a light gasp, slowly reaching over to touch it, making it send out tiny flashes of gold.
"Oh Apollo, its beautiful!"
He smiled before helping her fasten it around her neck. As it dropped and rested upon her collarbone , she picked it up again to admire it.
"Apollo? What made you give it to me?"
"I don't know, just a little something to remember me by incase anything happened."
His eyes looked pained as the words, but he quickly recovered as Anthiea jumped on him, wrapping her arms around him.
"Thank you so much Apollo. I love it with all my heart!"
He smiled at those words, feeling a tugging in his heart.
She turned her back to him for a second before turning to him with a rose in her hand. she held it out and he took it, peering curiously at it.
"Thank you, Anthiea."
"Its a special rose, Apollo. This rose will never fade, never wilt, it will stay perfect forever. And you can have it to remember me by, just in case something were to happen to me."
His eyes watered with tears as he hugged her again. He looked out in the sky and sighed, knowing that it was time to head back before Zeus got worried. He leaned down, just inches from her face.
"Hey Anthiea, do you want to teleport back with me to Olympus. You daddy wants us to go now."
She too let out a light sigh, but quickly replaced it with a smile.
"Ok. That way I can show Mommy my new favorite necklace."
He snapped his finger and they were soon in Olympus, walking side by side, down to the great hall. When Anthiea saw Hera sitting by a fountain, she raced forward, showing her her new necklace. Apollo turned around to find Zeus by him. They started walked down the street.
"Apollo, I know you have feelings for my daughter, and I completely respect them, but I still can't help but worry about what the Fates said. I'm worried constantly la that she will be taken, and I don't want to have to wait ten years to get her back. "
Apollo looked down to the ground, thinking about it.
"Zeus, I do care for you daughter and I will do everything I'm my power to protect her. She can come with me on my daily sun trips, no one should be able to take her there, and I can be with her when she's here."
Zeus placed a hand on Apollos shoulder.
"Thank you. I'm sure all of the gods would be willing to help also."
The two men and just made it to the end of the street when they heard a scream quickly followed by a louder scream. Zeus whirled around, knowing the scream came from Anthiea and Hera. He raced as fast as he could to her with Apollo right at his heels. They came racing up to Hera, whose face was pale white, her hands trembling with a broken pitcher laying at her feet. Nectar, the drink if the gods, was spilling all over the ground.
Zeus grabbed her shoulders.
"What happened!?"
She was still trembling, "I... I... I turned my back for a second because.. Anthiea was thirsty..and.. I see this hooded figure with Antheia thrown over his shoulder unconscious, racing towards the edge of Olympus, and he...he jumped off."
Zeus, yelling with a fit of rage, grabbed his master bolt in his hands ran and hurled himself off of Olympus with all of the other gods after him, having heard Hera's response. He saw the figure falling, and he hurled his bolt at it and it hit the figure in the back, right next to Antheia and he was blown down even farther. The gods continued the chase, but when they reached the ground, the figure was no where to be seen. Apollo was going nearly livid,tearing at his hair and calling out for Antheia, but she was nowhere to be seen.
The sky darkened to a near black and thick thunder clouds filled the sky, sending lighting bolt after lightning bolt down to the ground. Zeus closed his eyes, knowing that the prophecy finally came true, and that he would have to wait ten long years to see his daughter again. Hera had years streaming down her face. Apollo looked down to see the rose was still in his hands. His eyes filled with tears as he remembered her final words.
"Its a special rose, Apollo. This rose will never fade, never wilt, it will stay perfect forever. And you can have it to remember me by, just in case something were to happen to me."