Chapter 10

Percy's POV

I woke up to see the smiling face of Apollo. Naturally I screamed. After that he smiled once again and said, "He is feeling a bit better sis." With that I heard footsteps. I knew who it was before she helped me up.

"How long was I out mum?" I asked.

"About a day." She answered. "Father wants to see you all in the council chambers to hear what happened in the quest. However I managed to convince him that firing a master bolt at you would not make you wake up faster."

"I can see I am quickly becoming his favourite grandson." I said sarcastically.

Apollo who I just remembered had stayed there the whole time laughed. "Help me up mum. I want to be able to walk when I get to the council and now would be a good time to start." I said dryly.

Mum helped me to stand up. I shakily went over to the sink and put my head under the tap. As I turned it on I could feel my energy returning. I got up and promptly walked over to the Olympian throne room. As I entered I heard a hush followed by, "Perseus." I was quickly enveloped in a hug from my sister.

"Hi Annabeth, how are you feeling?" I asked with a bit of worry.

"I am fine now." She said.

Zeus coughed.

I went over to him and did an exaggerated bow. I then went to sit at the foot of my mum's throne.

"You all know why we are here. We are here to discuss what took part in the quest. My daughter, Thalia I believe that you should be the one to tell us what happened."

Thalia nodded and started on the tale of what happened. When she got to the bit about Nemea I whispered to mum, "Mum, where is Nemea, I left her in the garden of the Hesperidites." She smiled.

"She is in my temple. She was however very difficult to get there. She must only respond to commands from you as no one else could get her to do anything." I smiled at that.

When Thalia got on to the bit about Talos some of the gods looked at me in surprise and maybe a bit of respect. I did my best to sink further into my mum's throne under the looks of the Gods and Goddesses. My mum patted me on the shoulder as she got to the bit about me controlling it. The looks of surprise and respect continued with Ladon. After the tale was finished and they decided that Hecate was to be punished they asked Artemis what happened to her. What she said was little that surprised the gods. Until they got on to how I fought Atlas. Thalia did not see it as she was fighting for most of the time however Artemis watched the whole thing. By the end of it I was tempted to hide behind the throne from all of the looks I was getting.

"Now onto the second subject for tonight. Perseus." He looked at me and I hesitantly got up. "None of us can deny that he is very powerful. He has defeated one of the most powerful monsters, two Olympians and a titan in single combat. However only, myself, Artemis and Athena are privy to his parentage. Hestia and Poseidon put up their hands. "We know as well."

Zeus looked around, "Anyone else?" I put up my hand.

"Hades knows."

"Okay so my brothers and Hestia, Artemis, Ares and obviously Athena know who the father is."

Hermes put up his hand. "Is he not just a brain child and if he is does the father really matter that much."

Zeus looked to Athena for permission and after a moment she nodded. "Athena was raped after Apollo's party some years ago."

The gods looked at her in a mixture of shock and pity.

Aphrodite looked at me, "Then we must get rid of the child." A trident and a spear were at her throat in a second. My mother and father reacted in a second.

"Who is the father?" Hephaestus asked.

"My father is Poseidon." This made a few gods look at him confused, "However my birth father is Pontus."

The gods who did not know now looked downright shocked. They did not know that there were any primordials around. Most people thought that they had faded long ago.

After the gods got over their shock Apollo asked, "Is that why Athena and Poseidon argue much less. Because Poseidon adopted Perseus." The gods and everyone else in the room looked at him in shock. Artemis' mouth dropped open. They did not think that he would notice the lack of arguing in recent years. Let alone him work out that Perseus had been adopted.

After getting over his shock Poseidon nodded, "That's right. We now have a child that we both look after. Even my wife likes him."

"Okay, so back to the main topic. What should we do with Perseus?" All of the god's eyes turned back to me.

Aphrodite raised her hand. "I think that we should give him to me so I can take him to my place."

Everyone just ignored it. "I think that we should let his mother tell him to go where he needs to. I think that having a powerful immortal, loyal to one of the most level headed of the council, with no restrictions or ancient laws to stop him, will be a valuable asset in the war to come." Demeter said.

Zeus nodded, "All in favour?" All of the gods apart from Aphrodite raised their hands. Zeus nodded, "We shall leave Perseus how he is."

I bowed, "Thank you lord Zeus."

"Meeting adjourned." Zeus called out. Poseidon immediately came over to me.

"Well done son. That was a great achievement, that quest. I am proud of you."

"Thanks dad." With that he flashed out in a sea breeze. I heard footsteps from behind me.

"Thank you Perseus. I am glad that you were on the quest, even if you are a man I think that without you they may have struggled."

I nodded thanks. Thalia and Luke came over to me next. "I will see you at camp half-blood yeah." Luke said.

"Yeah, I will come to visit my siblings and you in a few days. Now that everyone knows about me I have nothing to hide."

"Good, see you then, then." Thalia said.

I saw Apollo and Hermes make a beeline for me and grabbed mums arm. I flashed out back to her temple.