"You tried to have my son killed!" Vesta screeched, Hecate rolled her eyes at the hearth goddess. They were in Hecate's potion shop and Vesta was furious when she learnt of Hecate's actions towards her son.
"Don't be so dramatic Vesta, I only wanted him...maimed...injured." She nodded slowly and shrugged while she poured something into a vile, she faced the livid Vesta and was about to pat her head for she often did that to the eight year old but Vesta morphed into a twenty five year old and grabbed Hecate's wrist. She lit her hand on fire and punched the goddess of magic in the eye, Hecate flew back and winced at the heat she felt on her face. Her face was burnt and she stared at the hearth goddess in surprise, Vesta's eyes caught on fire as did her entire body.
Vesta looked at Hecate murderously,"I don't work for you anymore, you two timing snake! I may have been a push over but not anymore! You harmed my son and you've crossed the line! I know what you did to him when he was at camp Jupiter, you won't touch him ever again." She spat and Hecate's eyes widened at Vesta's anger and hatred. Her usual kind eyes held fury and disgust, she looked menacing as her flaming hands balled into fist. Vesta was playing mama bear, she was protective over her son for she loved him more then anything.
Hecate slowly stood and glared at the goddess,"I'll kill your son, I will destroy him slowly and painfully." She vowed only to be blasted in the chest with more fire, she flew back and slammed into an assortment of potions and glass. She hissed in pain as shards of glass stuck in her body, black blood slowly fell from her wounds and she looked up at the flaming goddess.
Vesta took a threatening step forward,"Not if I kill you first." She snarled before launching herself at Hecate. Hecate braced herself as Vesta crashed into her, fire licked at her flesh and Hecate screamed in anguish as the heat became to much for her. She shoved Vesta off of her and looked at her charred self in anger, she summoned a potion and drank it.
She grinned at Vesta smugly,"I am now immune to your fire, what now little hearth goddess?" She asked tauntingly, she knew the potion wouldn't last forever but it would last long enough, she did not fear Vesta.
Vesta smirked at her sadistically and twin swords appeared in her hands,"There's more then one way to die Hecate." Fire licked the metal and Hecate's eyes widened before she summoned her own sword. Vesta lunged at her and sparks flew as the blades clashed, their swords locked and they both fought for dominance. Vesta pulled away unexpectedly causing Hecate to stumble forward, the hearth goddess slammed the flat of her blade on Hecate's head and the goddess of magic slammed face first into the ground. Vesta stabbed downward at where Hecate's head was but the goddess rolled away and was on her feet again. Hecate had black blood leaking from her nose and she had a look of hatred in her eyes as she glared at Vesta. She charged at Vesta and swiped at her, the flaming goddess parried the blow with one sword and sliced open Hecate's stomach with the other sword. A deep gash appeared where Vesta had cut her and Hecate screamed in pain and outrage, her ink colored blood stained the ground. Hecate stabbed Vesta in the stomach and Vesta gasped in pain, Hecate shoved her to the ground and Vesta's fire extinguished. Hecate ripped her blade out of Vesta's stomach and held her bloody sword to her throat.
Hecate smirked at Vesta who looked in pain and looked faint,"Valiant efforts little hearth goddess. Once I kill you I will painfully torture your son, first by making him watch his pretty little girlfriend suffer, then by slowly killing his siblings. Yes his death will be so fun to watch, to top it off I'll speak of your betrayal, I'll tell him you never loved him and wanted him dead. You were a fool to challenge me you peaceful goddess, and now your son will pay the price for such a mistake." She sneered and laughed evilly, Vesta felt her whole body tremble in anger and hatred until there was a small explosion in the room. Hecate flew back and fell on the ground, smoke coated the room in darkness until Hecate could make out a bluish color in the darkness. The smoke faded and there stood Vesta covered in blue flames, she stood tall and the wound in her stomach was healed.
She grinned and looked at her hands,"Well what do you know? Hecate, did you know blue fire is the hottest kind of fire? Besides Greek fire of course, you have spoken plans about killing my son which is unacceptable. You made the mistake in believing that peaceful beings, are weak ones." Hecate stood up and ghost appeared she screamed in anger and the ghost advanced on her.
Vesta's blue fire grew brighter and the smirk never left her face,"You truly are a fool Hecate, if you believe I didn't expect this." Hecate's eyes widened and Pluto appeared smirking triumphantly.
"Be gone spirits, back to the underworld with you now!" He bellowed and the spirits vanished. He wore black armor and had a long sword, his helm of darkness was tucked under his arm and he grinned wickedly.
"As for you traitor, you have clearly sworn allegiance to Kronos and have tried to kill my son. For this you shall be punished, especially if you think you can touch ANY of my children." He snarled and Hecate backed away in fear as the two angry gods advanced on her.
-Camp Jupiter-
"That was noble of you Percy, it takes a real man to be able to give up a position of power for fairness." Zoe commented and Percy grinned wryly at her.
"I guess I'm a mans man huh?" He asked teasingly and Zoe rolled her eyes at him but a smile tugged on her lips. They were walking idly around camp with interlaced fingers, he began to swing their hands back and forth and she smiled widely at him. She and Percy were avoided by the hunt, Zoe allegedly didn't care though but Percy was irritated with them. They were in the wrong yet they give him the cold shoulder? Not to mention Zoe didn't do anything, it did slightly make him sad that they were fighting.
"Plan our date out yet?" She asked and looked at him expectantly and he grinned, he had planned out the perfect date.
"Actually yes, if you wanna go now we can." He offered, and she looked at him curiously, she had expected her oblivious boyfriend to have been flustered and lie about it. She nodded slowly, she needed to get out of the stressful environment, not to mention the hunt was mad at her and Percy. Her boyfriend smiled widely and gave her a peck on the nose before he shadow travelled them out of camp jupiter, they reappeared in Elysium. Zoe looked around in awe as she saw children and dogs running around parks, cats were snoozing on trees and the streets were paved in gold. Dead heroes walked around and there were shrieks of joy and laughter. She smiled and squeezed Percy's hand lovingly, he led her to an amusement park, she saw a large fareswheel and looked at Percy who was grinning widely at everything. He dragged her to the fareswheel and she laughed at the cheesiness, they were going round and round and it stopped when they were at the very top. Instead of it being a romantic moment the two started cracking up with laughter at the extremely cliché moment they were in, once they were off Percy dragged her to an assortment of rides. The spinning teacups, they both got dizzy and were laughing the whole time. On the patriot Zoe was screaming her head off while Percy was laughing heartily with joy and at his girlfriend.
"I'm gonna die! Percy I'm going to kill you!" She shrieked as they went upside down, Percy only laughed harder and once it ended Zoe just stood there wide eyed. Her hair was a mess and was sticking out all over the place. Percy laughed and started to smooth out her hair, she had never ridden a roller coaster before and it was surprising and terrifying. He used his fingers to comb out the tangles and made it so it looked like she never rode the roller coaster, she glanced up at him and he smiled at her before kissing her forehead.
She was still in shock but she managed to give him a sharp punch to the stomach,"Ever take me on those death traps again I will kill you." She snarled as he held his stomach, he laughed at her.
"I'm gonna die!" He mimicked and she glared at him before she began laughing along with him. He straightened despite the ache in his stomach, he wrapped an arm around her and they went on a couple more rides.
"Follow me!" He exclaimed after their ride on the Superman, Zoe was still a bit in shock from that one but non the less she still had fun. She followed him and he led her to a movie theatre, she wasn't listening when she heard him order food which was free since they were in Elysium. They walked into a theatre and sat down, he handed her the bucket of popcorn but not before he dumped his m&ms into the popcorn making Zoe gasp.
"What are you doing!" She cried in surprise and Percy chuckled.
"You haven't lived until you you've tried chocolate with popcorn. It's almost as good as Sherbert ice-cream!" He enthused as he took his cone of blue ice-cream and put it in her face, she frowned and took a lick of it.
Her face puckered and she took a long of swig of their water and Percy looked at her expectantly,"So, did you like it?" He asked and she glared at him.
"That was the most disgusting thing I've ever tasted." She spat and took another long drink of water while trying to get rid of the sickening sweet taste.
His mouth fell open before he turned serious,"Zoe, I don't think this will work out between us. I can't date someone who hates Sherbert ice cream." He then started laughing and Zoe scoffed at him before trying the popcorn with chocolate, she chewed slowly and Percy watched her in anticipation while eating his ice cream.
"This is good, the ice cream sucks but the popcorn and chocolate is delicious." She said dreamily and Percy looked at his ice cream dejectedly making Zoe laugh. The movie started and Percy did the cheesy yawn and put his arm around her seat.
He grinned at her,"Apollo taught me that one." He said approvingly.
Zoe rolled her eyes,"Your both idiots, and I think Artemis will find it interesting that you pick up flirting tips from Apollo." She said the last part while smirking and Percy paled.
Zoe looked at the screen and frowned when she saw a singing mermaid,"What are we watching?" She asked in confusion.
Percy grinned widely,"The little Mermaid! It's a classic!" Percy enthused and Zoe noticed all of the other kids in the theatre watching the movie.
A little girl who sat by Percy smiled up at him,"My favorite part is when Sebastian sings for prince Eric and Ariel to kiss."
Percy grins,"That's my favorite part too, but don't spoil it because Zoe here hasn't seen it yet." Zoe's eyes widened and she glared at Percy.
The girl looked at Zoe and gasped,"What! This movie is amazing! You should watch it right now!" She insisted and Percy hid his face in his hands as he began to laugh, Zoe sighed and watched the movie. Within the first thirty minutes Zoe was intrigued by the movie.
When Neptune destroyed Eric's statue she gasped,"She didn't even do anything wrong!" Zoe exclaimed and Percy nodded in agreement. They were both sitting on the edge of their seats as they watched the movie, they both were eating the chocolate and popcorn and Zoe admittedly was having a good time.
"I know right! Their destined to be together!" Percy exclaimed as he rested his chin on his fist.
After a few more minutes Sebastian the crab was singing kiss the girl and Percy was humming along softly.
But when the boat tipped by the eels Zoe laughed and Percy looked at her incredulously,"Why are you laughing!" He whispered loudly.
She looked at him while stifling her laughter,"S-sorry, the e-eels re-remind me o-of the Stolls." She laughed before Percy laughed along with her.
The little girl looked up at them with wide blue eyes,"How could you laugh! Those eels are tearing love apart!" She cried indigently and Percy looked at her apologetically.
Zoe smacked Percy's arm,"Ya! Be considerate Percy!" She scolded and he looked at her in disbelief.
The little girl looked at her,"Boys." She muttered and Percy's mouth fell open as. He looked at the girls in disbelief.
Zoe smirked at him,"Tell me about it."
As the movie progressed they got to the part where it was the fight scene on the ship,"Come on! Right hook! Left jab!" She grumbled as she watched the scene intensely.
"Nice, seals using her as a ball." Percy said appreciatively.
"OH!" They yelled in unison once Ursula slammed into the wedding cake. Overall it was the best time Percy had had watching the movie.
"That movie was awesome!" Zoe enthused before she smacked a hand over her mouth. Percy's eyes widened and he started laughing.
"You sure your not a daughter of Apollo? Ew the you would be my niece...wait gross I'm dating my niece!" He yelled in mock horror and Zoe smacked him in the back of the head. He yelped and rubbed it before smiling cheekily at his livid girlfriend. He held out his hand and she took it grudgingly before they began walking through the streets, he began to hum again and Zoe smiled at her boyfriend in amusement.
"Percy!" A girl yelled and he was suddenly engulfed in a giant hug. Percy grinned and hugged her back, Bianca was so happy to see her brother in Elysium, they hadn't see each other in a while and the siblings were thrilled.
He pulled away and grinned widely at her,"Bianca! How have you been? I'm here on a date with Zoe." He said pointing to his beaming girlfriend.
Bianca grinned at them,"It's fantastic here! Bout time you guys started dating! Well I'll just leave you two alone now, good luck in your date." She walked away and Percy frowned, the encounter was brief but Zoe knew Bianca had only wanted to give them alone time. She tugged at his hand and he smiled at her impatience before he took the lead again, they began walking around aimlessly while talking about the little mermaid. They were suddenly in a grassy fielded with a picnic blanket, sandwiches and...blue ice cream, she scowled at him thinking he had done it in purpose.
He shrugged sheepishly,"Hehe, sorry I thought you'd like it. I mean who doesn't like Sherbert ice cream! But eh, more for me." He said and Zoe rolled her eyes. They began to eat their food, the picnic was by a pond and birds chirped loudly. Percy munched on his sandwich quietly and picked up his ice cream, he eyed Zoe mischievously and "accidentally" dabbed Zoe's nose with blue ice cream. She gasped and chucked her sandwich at him, baloney stuck to his forehead and Zoe laughed loudly at him. The picnic turned into a food fight, they were throwing food at each other until Percy ran out.
Zoe smirked,"What now Jackson?" She asked smugly and Percy glanced at the pond. Zoe had ice cream all over her head while Percy was covered in lettuce and baloney. He grinned at her and eyed her sandwich warily, he scooped her up and ran to the pond, Zoe's eyes widened and she struggled to get out of his strong grip but to no avail. He jumped in with a angry Zoe, the food washed off and Zoe couldn't breathe. An air buble formed around them and Percy kissed her, Zoe's breath hitched and she wrapped her arms around his neck as he kissed her deeper. She dug her fingers in his hair and he wrapped his arms around her waist, it was pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time.
-Camp Jupiter-
"And then he treated us like suspects! And Zoe let him!" Phoebe roared in outrage and the hunt started complaining about Percy.
"Lady Diana, his exact words were that he didn't trust us!" Thalia cried indigently and Diana frowned, her girls didn't understand why he was so cautious and she didn't like how they spoke of Percy.
She calmly put out a hand to stop them and they looked at her curiously,"You have to understand, he lost Bianca because I was captured by traitors, his friend was hurt because her brother betrayed him, he was worried and felt betrayed when Atlanta the ex-huntress stabbed me in the stomach. She betrayed all of us and she was apart of the hunt, he did it to keep everyone safe." The hunt looked at each other sadly when they realized they were wrong to be so harsh on Percy and Zoe.
"Lady Diana is right! Percy's family and loves us more then anyone!" Grace declared and the hunt cheered in approval. As if on cue Percy and Zoe walked around the corner laughing and joking around with demigods. Percy had his arm slung around Hazel and Zoe, Jason was walking hand in hand with Piper and they were all chatting loudly, Reyna had joined the group while she began to casually talk to Percy.
"And then Zoe and I saw the little mermaid! It was awesome, but she doesn't like Sherbert ice cream." Percy frowned and Zoe made a face, Jason laughed and Hazel smiled at the two, Piper was cooing at how romantic they were making them mock glare at her while Reyna snickered. As they walked by Percy flashed Diana a quick smile before turning back towards his friends, he didn't want and awkward confrontation with his angry sisters.
Phoebe stared at them in disbelief,"What the heck just happened!" She growled and Diana paled, tension was rising between the hunt and it wasn't good.
Georgia looked baffled,"Have we been replaced?" She asked sadly.
Thalia glared after the demigods,"Ya who needs him! He wants to ignore us then fine. We'll see who apologizes first!" She declared and the hunters roared in approval.
Grace sighed,"You guys really don't get it do you? I bet you didn't even tell Diana how you treated those innocent children if Kronos did you?" She accused and Diana narrowed her eyes at her hunters.
"What did you do?"
-Hecate's Shop-
Vesta was breathing heavily and Pluto was smirking victoriously,"Looks like she'll enjoy her prison in tartarus." He wiped black blood off of his blade and let out a breath, he glanced over at his sister who looked faint. He conjured nectar and tossed it to her, she snatched it out of midair and gulped it down. Her face was pale and she was drenched in sweat and she was leaning heavily against the wall, black blood stained the floor and chemicals and potions littered the walls and benches were broken.
"Ha, teach her to mess with my son and thinks she can get away with it." Vesta grumbled and Pluto laughed, he loved his sister and taking care of Hecate was probably the highlight of his year.
He wrapped an arm around Vesta comfortingly and she leaned into him tiredly,"We should go see Percy." She murmured and Pluto nodded in agreement. They both teleported to camp Jupiter, they looked around for their son while people gawked at them. They finally found him with Hazel and Zoe who were conversing with different demigods. When Percy saw them he tensed, he looked nervous as he looked at his mother, Vesta began to wonder what Hecate told him. He clenched and unclenched his fist and he swallowed thickly, he wasn't sure what to do, he took a tentative step forwards towards his mother and didn't acknowledge Pluto. Vesta smiled sadly at her son before holding her arms out, a wide grin stretched across his face and he ran to her and embraced her. He sighed in relief, his mother did love him, he was a fool to of doubted her. He pulled away and crushed his surprised father in a hug, Hazel saw him and gasped before standing up and watching them curiously.
Percy let go momentarily and opened an arm out to Hazel,"Come on Haze, not many people can say they've hugged their godly parent before." She grinned before running into her family's open arms, they hugged tightly. Percy loved this, being with family in such away, it was nice even with the dozens of campers gawking at them as if Percy had just taken off all his clothes which he hadn't. Percy beamed at Hazel who was smiling brightly at them.
"Your right Perce, hey everyone I hugged a god who's my dad!" She announced and Percy laughed while slinging an arm around her.
"Your wacky sis." He chuckled right as the hunt came by, the girls watched Percy call another girl sister. It made them sad and mad all at the same time, Apollo appeared and crushed his little brother into a huge hug causing more gasp to be heard.
"Br-bro c-can't br-breathe!" Percy gasped while Diana came up and smacked Apollo on the back of the head. He yelped and dropped Percy who was gasping for breath, Diana glared at Apollo while Percy leaned on her.
Apollo grinned at him,"Sorry bro! Haven't seen you in forever since I cheered on your make out session..." He trailed off and Percy face palmed.
Diana frowned,"What make out session?" She gaped in realization and looked between the red face Zoe and the extremely embarrassed Percy,"Percy! You should be ashamed!" She cried and Apollo started snickering.
Percy glared at the sun god before smirking,"Learned it all from my big bro, did you know while we would be "practicing" he would take me out at clubs to get girlfriends? He used my adorable self as girl bait." The demigod said casually and the laughing Apollo paled while Diana whirled on him in anger.
She began to smack him,"He's. To. Young!" She growled in between hits while he feebly tried to fend off her hits.
Percy pointed at him and laughed loudly before Diana spun on him with livid silver eyes,"You are not off the hook! Once I'm finished with this idiot you will be getting a lecture on why it's unacceptable to be doing such things!" His mouth fell open and Apollo laughed before Diana smacked him. They didn't even do anything! He didn't even consider them make outs, just really loonnnnng kisses.
Vesta spoke up,"Percy, Pluto told me that your dating this Piper girl. When will I get to come meet her?" Everyone froze and Percy looked at his dad in horror who winked at him. Percy glanced at Piper who was a bright red, Jason looked extremely uncomfortable, and Zoe who glared at him and he groaned before grabbing her hand and leading her to his parents.
"I'm not with Piper! She's just one of my best friends! I'm dating Zoe...one of the hunters of Diana." Vesta's mouth fell open and Pluto's eyes widened.
Pluto then grinned at his son,"So you got a hunter? That's my boy! If your my son you tend to be a lady killer!" He said proudly and Percy laughed before high fiving his dad, Zoe elbowed him in the stomach and he grunted in pain.
Apollo looked at his sister,"Since Percy can date a hunter can I?" He asked excitedly before he got smacked again and she continued screaming at him. There was a blue flash and Neptune appeared, Percy paled once he realized why he was probably here.
Neptune stalked over to Percy and roughly grabbed his shoulder,"We need to talk." He growled and flashed them away.
And longer chapter, this one was basically just perzoe fluff with Vesta action. Comment and tell me what you think, should I throw the twins in the story again? Like later in the story? Tell me what you think and comment, all that good stuff. With school coming up I will only update on the weekends when I can cuz...well it's school and I'll be extremely busy. So tell me what you think and tell me what you want to see. I wouldn't mind suggestions, also to the boy who grew up fans, anyone else notice the Sherbert ice ream? :)