Well...I finally updated...sorry for the long wait I had to write out a few things and still writing the outline for the next chapter so I should be able to update faster as long as I manage to finish the outline (which helps SO freaking much!)
Okay so first to helping hand/random, I don't know if you're the same person or not but please do not review my other stories asking me to update this one. I'm HAPPY that you like my story but sometimes other stories are just easier to update, the pokemon one for example I have plenty of chapters for it already outlined that i just need to type up and I'm just starting on that with my other stories! So please stop doing that, it bugs me and makes me feel pressured a bit.
Somebody615: ER...;; sorry I did the two month thing again but I'm breaking that habit! I already have half of chapter 6 outlined! ehehe...
Shinigami: Yes I kinda inadvertent made Zacharia take after Kaito Kuroba from Magic Kaito, I ended up reading a ton of those fanfics and he just ended up made like that, he's still really fun to write hahaha! and Yeah Luke needs more guy friends to hang around with which i'll work with in the next chapter and I'm glad you liked the kiss between Josh and Zacharia! Yep Bianca's gonna have trouble keeping an eye on Nico when he goes for his visits/training with Percy.
David-EL: Yep you pretty much got it about Tatsuya I'm glad someone figured it out (dunno if i was too obvious or not with describing him) Hahaha and you'll find out about the twins in this chapter and Josh is already claimed he's an Apollo kid (hence why Nico calls him 'Sunshine') As for Pairings I'm not really focusing on that right now really.
Well I think that's about it so I hope you enjoy this chapter!
High on the 600th floor of the Empire State building where Olympus lay hidden, the grand palace was unusually quiet. The whole council room looked to be practically empty as were many of the hallways, save for one room where several goddesses were sitting around a table drinking tea and chatting among each other. Demeter and Persephone were chatting animatedly to each other while Athena kept to herself as she was reading, Hesita stood to take care of the fire in the room as that left Aphrodite and Hera to talk. She looked up and around the table and noticed someone was missing from their usual get together.
"Has anyone seen Amphitrite?" The goddess of wisdom asked as the other goddesses stopped their conversation and looked at each other.
"Its odd how she's not around but then again with the news of Poseidon's new half-blood…" Demeter said as she tapped her chin, "I'm sure she isn't taking it very well."
"Of course she isn't taking it well," Hera huffed as she folded her arms unhappily as she thought about the immortal wife of Poseidon, " that woman would always brag to us how loyal her dear husband was compared to ours."
"That is true…" Persephone muttered as she remembered during their other meetings that Amphitrite would go on and on about how her husband was the only one that hadn't had a half-blood child. At times she just wanted to get that woman to shut up, there was only so long a goddess could tolerate someone.
"What was that mortal saying about something coming back to you?" Hestia said, "I think it involved karma?"
"I think that's close Hestia but yes I do believe another saying is what goes around comes around." Athena added, "she had this coming since she started her gloating honestly you would think a goddess would have more tact."
"Bet this really gets her toga in a twist." Aphrodite smirked, "now that her husband isn't on that pedestal anymore."
"She's probably giving him a real verbal thrashing." Persephone stated. "Its not that he doesn't deserve it, but then again he could have come out when Zeus and Hades revealed theirs."
"It makes me wonder why he kept it hidden for so long though." Hera murmured, "You would think when Zeus and Hades came out with their half-bloods that would've been the best time to reveal his own."
"Maybe something happened that was out of his control? Or maybe it was because there was already a lot of arguing going on with everyone on the council when the half-bloods were revealed" Athena stated sarcastically.
"Oh that was a terrible few weeks…" Hestia said grimacing as she also recalled how that meeting went and shook her head.
It was a moment none of the gods or goddesses wouldn't forget, sure Hera had been suspicious about her husband's cheating ways but finding out that he had half-blood children was enough to cause an uproar on Olympus, same with when Hades was caught as well. The days following that revelation were best described as stormy since it took a while for everything to get in order after that.
"I'm glad that they finally calmed down I don't think the mortal world could take much more of their fighting." Hestia sighed as the others agreed.
"I bet the mortals are going to feel a lot of sea quakes and high waves for a while with Amphitrite and Poseidon arguing…" Demeter grimaced.
"But I bet she feels pretty stupid for all the times that she bragged to us that her husband was perfect." Hera couldn't help but state as an evil smirk practically formed across the goddess's face.
The others tried not to smile as well but they couldn't help it and eventually gave in and the whole table was feeling smug that Amphitrite was getting a taste of her own medicine.
"So enough of that, now its time for the fun." Aphrodite giggled as Athena rolled her eyes and the other goddesses sighed.
"You mean its time for your gossip column?" Athena asked not amused as she looked at the goddess of love, "you always have a bunch of the same old stories about mortals you've put together and broken up, there's nothing new with that."
"And why do you always insist on ruining a perfectly good companionship?" Hera added, "I'm still rather sore about the marriage you broke up because you thought the two were better suited for someone else."
"That was a one time thing, honestly they didn't look like they would fit each other" Aphrodite grumbled back folding her arms as Hera gave her the evil eye.
"Marriage is MY sanction, you pretty much just waltzed right in and broke just as they were close to the alter." Hera scowled back.
"I promised I wouldn't do it again!" Aphrodite exclaimed.
"You better not or your own children are going to have trouble getting wedded." Hera stated darkly.
Demeter took this time to give the goddess of love her own opinion on Aphrodite's idea of 'fun'.
"Athena has a point Aphrodite, honestly there really isn't anything new I mean we don't know any of these people personally and its not like you do this with the half-bloods." Demeter added.
The goddess of the harvest blinked when Aphrodite started giggling making the others uneasy, they knew when the goddess of love and beauty got like that she was plotting something or she had some secret she was just dying to spill to the others for her amusement.
"Aphrodite…what did you do this time?" Persephone asked suddenly worried for her mother's half-blood children.
"Oh you all are such drama queens." Aphrodite stated rolling her eyes as she took a sip of her drink in a teacup as the others stared at her.
"This coming from the goddess of drama queens?" Athena retorted actually putting down her book and looking at Aphrodite folding her arms, "I swear if you messed with one of my half-bloods I'm going to…"
"I didn't mess with any of your half-blood children I have just been observing my precious Zacharia and Apollo's son Joshua." Aphrodite giggled as she clasped her hands happily. "I really think its adorable how my little Zachy is so protective over that son of Apollo."
"Wait…your son is in love with the son of Apollo?" Persephone asked surprised.
"Why do you all looked surprised? You know that some of the male gods aren't monogamous when it comes to getting together." Aphrodite pointed out.
"She has a point I do recall a time my husband had taken an interest in another male as a lover…" Hera muttered under her breath.
"Same could be said for Apollo he did have a male lover himself." Athena pointed out.
"But didn't' he get killed by jealously?" Persephone asked.
"….that's besides the point." Aphrodite stated waving the other goddess off, "the point is I think its really just so sweet what my sweet Zacharia does for Josh's attention."
"Oh do tell I have a feeling this is going to be interesting." Demeter said smiling rather curious about two half-blood males getting together.
"Well, whenever they're training Zacharia does whatever he can to just have Joshua's full attention on him and no one else, even if it's the training instructor Luke." Aphrodite stated, "he can be all sweet and care free one moment but in an instant he can change into a harden warrior."
"Are you serious? One of your children actually likes to fight?" Athena asked raising one of her eyebrows.
"Its not that odd!" Aphrodite argued.
"Yes it is! From what I recall your cabin just tends to barely lift up a sword for capture the flag whenever Chiron comes in to gives us his monthly reports about the camps!" Athena shot back.
"Uhm so have you seen evidence of this change in personality?" Hestia quickly asked.
"Oh yes! It was during the dinner when Poseidon's child was revealed to the camp and my son was saying good bye to him when he kissed him on the lips in front of everyone." Aphrodite practically squealed.
"H-how do you even know that!" Persephone asked, "you don't go to the camp!"
"no but Hestia told me since she saw it." Aphrodite replied smartly making the goddesses look at Hestia who smiled shyly at them.
"I thought it was new that Aphrodite would appreciate." Hestia replied giggling herself.
"So know you're her little spy for the two at camp?" Athena asked curiously as Hestia shrugged.
"Its not like anyone really talks to me so its always fun to observe the others when they're around." Hestia stated.
"Okay so go on?" Persephone asked.
"Well from what Hestia told me one of my daughters got upset and started insulting Joshua which didn't go too well with Zacharia and he threatened to chop some of her hair off." Aphrodite said aghast with horror.
"Right…" Athena said sarcastically.
"Hey it's a perfectly good threat!" Aphrodite stated holding onto her own long luscious locks of hair, "anyway after that Joshua just rolled his eyes and he even spoke back to Zacharia in French!"
"Do you even believe that the kid has feelings for your son?" Demeter asked, "he seems rather adamant on not being with him."
"Please he's just shy, he's never had anyone actively pursue him like my dear Zacharia." Aphrodite assured, "besides if he really didn't like him he would've been more active in trying to get rid of him which he hasn't."
"So is there anything else with these two?" Persephone asked.
"Well besides the fact Zacharia hangs off of him there was a moment when Joshua actually showed feelings for Zacharia." Hestia said smiling, "it was when he brought back those twins of yours back to camp…
Demeter smiled, "oh those two…they are adorable." The harvest goddess said remembering the two would always stick together, "I'm glad I claimed them when they were lost in the woods and that satyr found them."
"Yes and when Zacharia told them he knew Joshua they were suspicious until they saw him for themselves and were ecstatic." Demeter chuckled sipping her own tea, "I've also heard of the little prank war between my twins and the stoll brothers."
"Oh yes its always hilarious to see the four plotting against each other you have to feel sorry for the Ares's Cabin though since they seem to get the blunt of the pranks." Athena snickered.
"The last prank I recall was that Elijah and Noah managed to get poison oak in their clothing…" Hestia said coughing trying to hide her laughter, "and into the Stoll brothers as well…"
"Just don't let Hermes find out or he'll go and give some 'advice' to his sons." Aphrodite pointed out making Demeter huff.
"If he tries that I'll help MY sons, there is no way I'm letting him get ahead of my twins." Demeter stated.
"It would be funny to show them a few tricks or two manipulating plants." Persephone laughed.
"Well we will just have to see what happens." Athena chuckled.
"So how's your investigation with that man?" Demeter asked turning her attention to the goddess of wisdom.
"Surprisingly difficult…" Athena replied rubbing her head, "every time I believe I had gotten somewhere he manages to steer the conversation elsewhere or I reach a dead end, he has a silver tongue…"
"What does that even mean?" Aphrodite asked frowning.
"It means he can speak circles around Athena not letting her get any information that she needs." Demeter explained.
"I didn't think mortals would be that good." The goddess of love said.
"Mortals can surprise you but I get the feeling there is more to being a mere mortal with this man, I don't know why but I can just sense it." She stated.
"Is he really that odd?" Hestia asked.
"Yes he is, when he looks at me I sometimes get the feeling he can see past the human disguise of Shannon Alvis." Athena said, "and that has never happened before and I fear for Poseidon's son if he's in the vicinity of this…man."
"Well don't jump to conclusions quite yet you don't know anything about him." Demeter stated.
"I only know a few of his interests but he avoids the subjects of talking about his family and any relations or where he came from." Athena replied, "I've never had such difficulty extracting information before."
"Maybe you're being too obvious with your questions?" Persephone points out, "mortals usually don't extract that kind of information to just anyone perhaps if you tried being friends with him and he gets more comfortable around you then he'll talk more about his family, have you gotten anything else from him at least?"
"Well he is very well versed in ancient history, more then I imagined." Athena said, "but other then that not much."
"Well I'm sure you'll get something soon don't give up." Hestia said.
"I'm not I need to satisfy my curiosity of this man." Athena stated firmly.
"Just don't push too hard you never know how hard this mortal may push back." Demeter warned.
Athena nodded, acknowledging Demeter's worry and assuring herself that she'd be careful but the goddess couldn't help but feel a twinge of doubt appear…
oOo Poseidon's Castle oOo
"I can't believe you kept the fact that you had a half-blood son from me!" Amphirite screeched at Poseidon as she threw a vase that nearly hit his head, "I had told off all the other goddesses that you were the only one that remained loyal to me and then this happens!"
Poseidon growled back at his immortal wife, " I never told you because I knew you would react like this and when did you think that it was a good idea to go bragging to the other goddesses about something like that!"
"Because I had believed I was better then them! That you were never going to do something as stupid as go and get a mortal woman pregnant with some half-blood brat!" the woman shouted back, "do you know how embarrassing it was to see all those smug looks from their faces when they knew I had found out about your…your…spawn!"
The ocean around them rumbled in tune with the anger that its master was feeling, as Poseidon was getting more and more furious at Amphirite continued to insult Percy and Sally.
"Do not insult them!" the ocean god threatened, "yes maybe I should've come out about my half-blood son when my brothers did as well but I felt no need since their circumstances were that their mortal wives had perished and they needed to be relocated to the camp!"
"I'll say what I want!" Amphirite scowled stomping up to Poseidon and glaring right at his face, "why of all things do you even care about this mortal child! its not like there aren't already an abundance of humans crawling around this planet!"
"Because I still care for him! I wasn't able to find him before and I'm trying to fix that right now!" the ocean god shot back.
"Mortals come and go! If they die just let it be!" Amphirite sneered, "if two mortals are gone no one would care much about them!"
"Don't you dare say something like that Amphirite!" Poseidon practically roared as the ocean shook even more then before, even managing to shock Amphirite who had to hold tightly to one of the columns in the palace so she wouldn't get thrown around as Poseidon's anger was coming off of him in waves. "Sally was a good mother and our son is just as important to me as I care for him regardless!"
"You should just care about the one son you have now! You have Triton and he's all you ever need Poseidon! You don't need some mortal son that can barely live pass seventy!" Amphirite argued as she released the column, clenching her fists tightly.
"I do care about Triton! But he's old enough to make his own decisions, Percy has barely hit his teenage years and needs guidance!" Poseidon shouted.
"Urgh! You just don't want to deal with Triton and rather focus on some stupid humans! I hope that they're DEAD!" Amphirite shrieked.
"That's it! You've said enough Amphirite this conversation is over!" Poseidon seethed as he stormed off towards the armory where the Cyclops was working.
"Oh no you don't! You are not just walking away from me and this conversation you you…insufferable oaf!" Amphirite shouted back going after the angry sea god.
A bit of distance away from the palace Triton was hanging around some Naiads who were wondering what was going on, since they couldn't exactly hear what was going on but they could feel the anger that the god of the sea was letting out with the argument.
"Triton do you know what happened? You came out of the palace a few seconds before whatever is going on got worse." A naiad asked the immortal son of Poseidon who just glowered and folded his arms angrily.
"Just something my dad did." He grumbled a bit darkly.
"I've never heard or felt Lord Poseidon be this angry ever before…" another Naiad said almost nervously, glancing back to the palace in the distance as she held tightly onto a rock as the sea shook once more. "I can only imagine what the mortals are making of these sea quakes."
"Tch, it's the mortals fault they're even fighting in the first place." Triton hissed.
"What do you mean by that? Did the humans dump their garbage in our water again?" the first Naiad asked frowning, "I can see how Lord Poseidon would be upset about that…"
"No its something else, I need some space excuse me." Triton said as he swam away from the group of Naiads to have some time to think quietly to himself. When he was alone at last he let the scowl show on his face, displeased with the information his father had just threw at him and his mother.
"A half-blood son, I thought father was better then that." He hissed to himself, "he already has a son he doesn't need another, much less one that's a human…"
Triton stopped swimming and sat down on a rock to try and figure what he could do to get his parents to stop arguing and get things back to how they were before this whole half-blood son business came and ruined everything.
"What makes him so damn important to him anyway…its not like he could ever measure up to my abilities thanks to father's blood." Triton added under his breath, that's when an almost sinister idea struck him making him smirk darkly. "Yes that's what I'll do, I'll find him and teach him a lesson about what it means to be father's son…I'll make it so he'll practically fear seeing father that he'll want nothing to do with him leaving just me to be his only son."
Now the only problem was to figure out how he would get to this half-blood son of his father before any of the other gods and other half-bloods, if he wanted his plan to work he would have to be the first to get him so he could influence him.
"I better see what is known about this kid first…can't speak to father about it…" Triton muttered to himself as he headed back to the palace but instead of going to where his parents were he entered one of the many spare rooms and found a fountain to use for iris messaging that his father would use at times. "Now who to call…"
Triton frowned and tried to recall what he had overheard his father telling his mother after the meeting he had gone to when he revealed he had a half-blood son. He had heard that his father state that it was his 'cousins' Artemis and Apollo that had first seen the kid themselves but didn't know that he was a half-blood.
"Artemis is usually busy and rarely answers Iris messages, Apollo it is." Triton murmured to himself as he flipped a drachma coin into the fountain, "Lord Apollo."
There was a shimmer of a rainbow and it wasn't long before he saw his cousin looking surprised that he had received an iris message.
"Triton is that you?" Apollo asked on the other side, "well this is rare you never call me before."
"There have been…circumstances at home in which I would like to find something out about something my father had…said." Triton said trying to be polite and not give anything away.
"Your mom is throwing a hissy fit because of Uncle's new half-blood son isn't she?" Apollo said bluntly making Triton's eye twitch a bit at the bluntness of his cousin.
"If you must put it in those words then yes." Triton growled out, "right now they're busy arguing near the Cyclops workshop."
"Ah right right so what's up cuz?" Apollo said grinning brightly.
"I would like to ask you for some more information regarding my…half-brother…" Triton said making a face as he even said those words.
"Really? You never took interest in these kinds of things before." Apollo stated raising an eyebrow at Triton.
"Because none of those thing had involved my father." Triton retorted, "and I figure if I find this kid it'll stop father and mother from anymore arguments."
"Good point well…what do you want to know?" Apollo asked.
"Just tell me what happened at the meeting when father revealed him and what it was like with your encounter with him." Triton replied.
"Alright then well this is what happened…" Apollo said and he went into as much detail as he could recall from the meeting and when he had first came across Percy in the hospital. Once Apollo was finished Triton thanked his cousin and ended the iris message leaving Triton alone once more.
"Its going to be a pain walking among the mortals but it'll be worth it if I can find that brat first…" Triton sneered as he disappeared off to his room to make plans for his father's mortal half-blood son.