Alright, I am back with another chapter! I am so sorry for the long waits, I am having a hard time at School right now and the writers block hits me hard when I am home… Kinda just a lose lose no matter what I do. I tried to be original with this chapter, I made two obvious changes to canon in this chapter and I wonder if you can pick them out?
I have a little thing going with this chapter title, I wonder if anyone can figure out what it is :)
Please read the A/N at the end, I have some important announcements.
3 days later
Oh yeah! Get gamed on Nerd!" Percy yelled and threw the controller on the couch, pointing a finger at Triton as he jumped up and down with a grin on his face.
Triton's pained face only made Percy more gleeful as he clicked the replay button to rub in his face the final kill. With a mere bar of health remaining, the demigod had leaped off the building and shot Triton before dying himself later. The room was full of suspense as the screen loaded, waiting to show the winner.
"Gods dammit Percy, you cheat at this game!"
"Oh quit the cope, just git gud."
His head slumped in despair, Triton grumpily gathered the controllers off the floor, putting them on top of the console before starting to walk out of the room.
"Triton, you're forgetting something aren't you," Percy said from behind. He froze, turning around and glaring at Percy.
"There is no way I'm saying it," he said firmly, hands on his hips.
"Oh, you are! A deal is a deal after all." Triton sighed.
"Fine Percy, you're the best at video games, now let me go to my room and have some alone time."
"I think you mean some alone coping time," he snickered, watching his half-brother walk up to his room.
That had been their morning, just playing video games and his half-brother had lost nearly all of them… He was enjoying this time away from the hunt. Artemis always let him do whatever he wanted but there was always her judging face to deal with whenever he tried to do anything. He missed Atalanta and the rest of the hunters, but he was determined to believe that this time away was a good thing. He was enjoying the time away with his brother, Poseidon, and Amphitrite, who had been treating him so nicely that he could have believed that she was his real mother. He had thought that she would be cold, and distant, but she was loving. His brother had told him something that he had never heard before about her. He had told him that Amphitrite had been claimed by Poseidon after the first titan war as a spoil of war. He had had no wife and he had thought her to be very pretty, so instead of killing her, he took her home with him. He didn't know how to respond at first to the new information that his adoptive mother had been a slave or at least a servant, but Triton quickly told him the rest of the story.
"But dad told me that he took such a liking to the girl, that he gave her her freedom, she was free to do whatever she pleased and she didn't even have to stay with him… But she did, he was nice to her so she decided to stay, and from that day on she was the Queen of the sea. But don't ever tell dad or mom that I told you that story because mom would never fight down the blush and dad would be upset that I shared that story."
Percy had always thought that she had been one of the 100 Oceanids and that Poseidon had chosen her because she was the best dancer. Percy supposed that that was just a story that they had adopted to cover up her past. So now that he knew this he was not as surprised at Amphitrite's behavior, since even though she was free, she still owed quite a lot to Poseidon… Her life and her liberty. She still couldn't be very happy that Poseidon had cheated on her though, and made spawn with some mortal girl. Maybe she was also overcome with guilt at the fact that she was upset with a child that had 0 guilt in the crime that Poseidon did against her and the fact that that child was now motherless.
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Since Triton had gone to take a nap, he had decided that he wanted to visit his best friend. It had only been a little over a day since he left that council meeting, he had not seen any of the hunters and he needed some advice.
He flashed himself into the hallways of the Moon Mansion, turned down the hallway to the right, and made another right at the 2nd door ON the right.
Atalanta usually kept her door open and this was no exception, he read the quote on the door and knocked out of politeness.
He could have sworn that he heard a sigh come from inside the room and he couldn't help but smile.
"Come in, sister." Came the sweet voice of Atalanta, she sounded tired and maybe a little agitated, he hoped she was doing alright.
He entered the room and he saw her standing in front of her mirror brushing through her hair, she was wearing her hunter's garb. He saw her hunters' daggers resting on the nightstand next to her bed, he was surprised because she seldom seemed to not have them at least on her person at all times.
She gasped as soon he entered the room and immediately ran up and hugged him.
"What happened?"
"There was a meeting, and some things were said, and I kinda got angry and left… Maybe a bit too quickly, and irresponsibly, and Artemis probably feels horrible."
"What was it?
"I found out that even though I had used a wish for it after the Titan war, the gods had not freed Calypso from her prison. She saved my life, Atalanta, and I promised that I would free her but it never happened! They all kept it from me… everyone."
"Sometimes the Olympians can be very scummy, I am sure that Artemis didn't mean to keep it from you. I am sure it was just an accidental calamity."
"Didn't she think that Calypso was important to me?"
"Maybe she was just jealous, Calypso is very pretty from what I have heard," Atalanta suggested and then went to sit down on the edge of her bed, she took the brush with her and continued brushing through her hair when sat down, without the aid of the mirror. Atalanta had incredibly long and luscious hair, it went down to the middle of her back. She was a dirty blonde, but Percy thought she would look better with jet-black hair instead, like Zoe. He had told her that before but she had not liked the idea, not at all. Artemis had once told him when she made him listen to her long-winded history of all the hunters, that Atalanta had always been most in touch with her feminine personality than the rest of the hunters… and it showed.
"What should I do?"
"Oh… So you came here for advice?"
"Yes"
"Well, Artemis has always been dedicated to do what is best for you, what pleases you the most…" Percy looked at her with that I know you know that that is not true look and she paused, "Well maybe not always, but she does now! I notice it all the time, her constant desire to please you and make you happy with her, happy with your time here. I have known Artemis for a very very long time and I know that she feels very bad about what she did and is beating herself up for it. I am sure that she wants to make up, so go make up with her, I am sure you will have the time of your life so what is there to lose?"
"I suppose you are right, there is no use in hiding from her anymore."
"Exactly."
"What did you think when me and Artemis finally told everyone that we… uhm, took things a step further?"
Atalanta smiled and blushed slightly, "I was happy that you finally got to start enjoying life, to the fullest. Artemis is pretty, and curvy, I always thought that she would be a good fit for you."
"Fit?" He asked with a grin on his face.
Atalanta blushed and looked away as soon as he pointed out her unfortunate choice of words.
Percy had no idea about the boy that Atalanta and Alissa had saved during the battle, and that is how Atalanta planned to keep it for as long as she could.
"I never got to ask you about the battle, and truly talk about what happened."
Dam
"It was horrible, Alissa and I are lucky to be alive. We had no idea what was coming and then all of a sudden there was a huge explosion. I immediately raised my hands and activated a little magic shield but it wasn't enough to save Lauren, she was just outside, a little too close to the blast and she was killed instantly… Alissa is heartbroken, Lauren was closer to her than even I am."
"That's horrible."
"Thousands and thousands of monsters poured through the break in the wall and I knew that our small group of huntresses and demigods had no chance of holding that off so we ran as fast as we could back towards you and Artemis."
"But your group arrived long before you did, what happened?"
"Alissa and I… We took a detour to help this boy, he got separated from our group and we couldn't leave him… But then that is when we got ambushed by Nitrixes."
"Who the hell is Nitrixes?"
"An old hunter, daughter of Thanatos, she broke her oath a long time ago… I guess she also fell to the dark side because she fought against us this time. I killed her and I did so with ease. A life in blasphemy will not strengthen you but make you weak in the corruption that you think makes you strong."
"That's philosophical."
"It's the truth."
"So who was this boy that you saved?"
"No-one important." She said nonchalantly.
"Humph… Does Artemis know about your crush?"
Atalanta blushed, she should have known that Percy would have caught on to her little farce. He knows her too well.
"Yes, he visited us a couple days back when he got released from the hospital, we drank root beer and talked about the battle, he was… courteous, towards Alissa and I."
"And she allowed it?"
"Of course, he was traumatized seeing her for the first time but she was nice."
"I cannot even imagine how much fear was going through him when he met the virgin goddess Artemis, notorious for causing men excruciating pain." He never actually asked his girlfriend about whether or not she actually did all those things. He has never asked any of the hunters, but he was sure that they were either very inflated, or true to a fault, no in between.
"Yeah…" She said skeptically, turning away and brushing through her hair even more. Almost as if there were distant memories and flashes of the past that caused her pain to remember. He knew Atalanta extremely well and he knew that she did not condone the hunt's treatment of men.
"He's not scared of you? You're huntresses after all."
"No, he's confident, and I like that about him."
"Alissa has never liked men all that much, what does she think about him?"
"She likes him, but she certainly isn't interested."
"How have things been around here while I have been gone?"
"Boring, sad, the hunters have really grown to like you and apparently Artemis has halted our exit of the Moon Mansion until you come back even though the Primordial wanted us to leave. She hopes you will come back, you know, she is lonely… She's spent nearly all of her time away from here, we don't even have a goddess anymore."
"Wow… I wonder what she has been doing."
"Apparently, from what I heard from Phoebe, was that she was up on Olympus talking to someone but I don't know if I believe that."
"What have you been doing?"
"Spending time with that boy and socializing around the city, me and Phoebe went out to lunch yesterday."
"What does Phoebe think about your boyfriend?"
"He is not my boyfriend."
"Whatever, what does she think?"
"She hates him. That woman will never change."
"It's a shame that she is so conceited in her ways. Phoebe is so old and wise." Percy commented.
"Some are passionate in what they believe and refuse to alter from those beliefs no matter the cost."
"And then others are changeable."
"Like your girlfriend?" She said quickly, turning her head around to look at him expectantly.
"Yes, like Artemis." He confessed, crossing his arms. She turned back and then said:
"She changed for you, and she did it because she loves you."
"I love her too."
"Then you should go make up with her, she wants to and she misses you dearly."
"Do you really think so?"
"Yes, if not for us then for yourself, it's been 3 days since the council meeting and the battle, I think you need some relaxation."
"I have been relaxing, in a warm bed in the Palace of the Sea."
"I meant with a girl. Relaxing comes with the harmony between the body and the mean finding peace, your mind is not at ease."
"You should write a book, Atalanta, but… Yeah, that'd be nice."
"I don't have time to write a book, Alissa is my legacy. I don't need some stupid foldable paper book that will disintegrate in my immortal lifetime to pass on my legacy. Anyways, what have you been doing down in the Kingdom of the Sea?"
"Family time."
"The hunt is your family too, Percy, come back." She pleaded with a warm smile on her face, he smiled and nodded to her promising that he would come back soon.
She believed him
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Artemis sometimes felt that she was a bit pitiful, after everything that she had been through and done, now look where she was… But she couldn't let those feelings close in on her mind, she had to stay strong and keep doing what she could to get Percy back. She walked into Aphrodite's kitchen and helped herself to some dried beef. Aphrodite kept a very VERY good stock of snacks in every shape and size that you could imagine, and it was nice when you wanted a good snack to keep you going and raise your spirits… Although it was hard to raise Artemis's spirits.
When she got out to the living room she found Aphrodite slumbering on the couch peacefully, getting her beauty sleep, probably. The sleeping beauty let out a small sigh and she opened an eye.
"Hello, Artemis, how did you sleep?"
"Very well, your beds are very comfy."
"It'd be a turn off if they weren't."
"Everything always has to be about sex with you, doesn't it?"
"Of course, I am the goddess of sex, afterall."
"Why do you keep so many snacks in your kitchen?" She asked and shoved an entire slice of dried beef in her mouth. Aphrodite didn't say anything but in her opinion, Artemis could use to deep throat something else too."
"Men get hungry after sex, it takes a lot of energy out of them, especially if you are a good fuck… A friend of mine used to say that you should be flattered if your man falls asleep after sex."
"Even your shopping list is about sex, holy fuck, Aphrodite."
"What? You got a problem with it? In case you haven't noticed I have a positive and completely stable relationship with my lovers, unlike some people."
"Alright, alright, I understand that I fucked up, how about instead of just kicking the dead horse you help me fix it?"
"That's a pretty sick analogy considering Percy is a child of Poseidon and Poseidon is the father of horses."
Artemis had no idea what to say to that, the phrase kinda just came out and she didn't even think of the implications… She should never say that around Percy, gods damn.
"And I don't owe you a damn thing! What have you done for me? I've helped you more times than I have helped anyone, and everytime you have come back in a week with more problems, more things that you have screwed up with Percy."
"We-"
"I don't know, Artemis. I think you need to considerably reconsider your approach to this relationship. I think Fate gave you a bit too much than you could handle giving you Percy for your first relationship. I think that is pretty obvious with how obviously poor you are at handling this relationship and treating Percy the way he deserves to be treated." The love goddess lectured and then sat up on the couch, she ran a hand through her hair and tossed it behind her head. She was gorgeous, even Artemis had to admit that, she had the kind of beauty that Artemis wished she had… The kind of beauty that made men fall in love with her, true beauty, not some abstract concept of attraction.
"That's pretty mean, Aphrodite."
"On the other hand, you have done some good things for him… You did exactly what I had in mind for him for his birthday, that was impressive. But not everything is gonna be fixed with sex, it's a very important piece of a relationship and will get you very far, but you also have to be honest… Transparent with him. Think about it like this, submission is the art of surrendering your body, mind, AND soul to Percy. By submitting your soul you surrender your secrets, and your thoughts, being completely honest with him. That is the part that I think you have the problem with, well, I don't think, I know you do."
"I've heard that before."
"And maybe this time you will listen." She quickly retorted.
"How-"
"I don't know, Artemis, you know Percy better than I do so figure it out. You shouldn't keep any more secrets from him, ever."
"How about instead of lecturing me, you tell me how to get Percy back? Without the lecture, this time?"
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink, I suppose Aphrodite mumbled under her breath and sighed.
"I don't know how you get Percy back, you know he's in the Kingdom of the Sea and you can't go there. You are going to have to wait till he comes to you, and then convince him that forgiving you is worth his while."
"Alright, and how do I do that? Just wing it?"
"Artemis, men are pretty simple creatures, which just makes me more confused as to how you keep fucking this up… But they are simple, just apologize to him in a way that makes him truly believe you are sorry, and offer him a really good time he will really enjoy. You should be able to do that, that's pretty simple, and unless you are just infinitely more of an imbecile than I thought, you should know pretty well what he likes by now."
"Do you really have to insult me every time you open your mouth?"
"You've never skipped out on an opportunity to call me a whore before, so yes."
"Thanks for the advice, I am gonna go lay down some more."
"I have some instructional material that might be helpful to you, maybe you should study them while you wait."
"No thanks." She quickly said, absolutely no thought going into her decision. She was a goddess, she was the patron of the hunt, she would pine over Percy as much as it would take to get him back but she would not watch "instructional videos" about how to give a blowjob, or whatever else is in it.
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He had been getting along alright with his dad, but there was some tension there because of the fact that Poseidon had also hid the thing about Calypso from him. He spent most of his time with Triton because of that, he liked it here and he got along ok with Poseidon but it was rough at times.
But not today… It was rough today, after he had left the game studio with Triton he went up to the palace and ran into his dad. They had gotten into a huge argument; he knew that after a certain amount of time the topic of Calypso would come up and it did today.
"Why did you keep it from me, dad?"
"Keep what from you, Percy?"
"About Calypso, why did you not tell me that you and the Olympians never freed her?"
"I wanted to free her, but it came to a vote before you even came before us because they anticipated that you would want her freed. I voted for freeing her, but… I'm sorry Percy, there has been so much going on in the Kingdom of the Sea as of late. Even the time that I have had I didn't want to make your time in the hunt any harder by telling you that the gods, that I, had failed you."
"You should have told me.; Artemis would have finished what I tried to start if I had known."
"I know you think she would have, but your girlfriend isn't as nice as you might think. Haven't you noticed?"
"Artemis is nice to me, she just doesn't always tell the truth. Huh, just like someone else I know."
"Don't be like that, Percy."
"And why shouldn't I? You kept it from me the same as she did, it's just outrageous."
"I did it for your own peace of mind, Percy, I didn't want you to be burdened by the fact that we had let you down during your time at the hunt."
"Well that's great and everything but you could have done SOMETHING!" He yelled and then stomped off out of the room, he was sick of arguing and he just needed to go have some time to himself. It was times like this that he found himself thinking of Artemis, and how incredible it would be to have her here with him… He could say all he wanted about how Artemis kept this from him just as much as Poseidon did, and how it was borderline worse… But she was extremely nice to him, after all she did always let him have his way with her, and he would love to have that right now.
He hoped that she missed him, he planned to fuck her all night long when he finally decided that he had the courage to forgive her and go find her.
His bedroom was elaborate but modest, there were 2 dressers and a nightstand. One large queen size bed was sticking out from the wall with a picture of the kingdom of the Sea above the bed. There were a few picture frames that were sitting on the nightstand of his mother and his father. He sat down on the bed and thought about everything that had happened, about his argument with his father. He planned to one day populate this room with pictures of the huntresses, and… and Artemis. He also planned to propose to her after the war, if they survived. He wanted his wedding to be here in the Kingdom of the Sea. They would drain all the water out of the palace so that everyone could breathe, breathing is important, kids. He had gone to see Atalanta today and now he wanted to go back, he needed someone to talk to… But he was just coping for the fact that he missed his girlfriend, and the mind-numbing/problem-solving/ blissful pleasure that she offered along with her advice. He missed her…
"If you miss her that badly, why not go to her then?"
Percy immediately stopped his train of thought and jolted up in his bed, quickly turning his head to the source of the voice. His eyes were amazed as the familiar curvy figure of the Night Goddess emerged from a jet black portal in the middle of his room. Of course he didn't notice her curvy form, but how else could it possibly be described. The Night Goddess dressed more provocatively than Aphrodite, and had good reason to. Her starry night sky reflecting dress emphasized everything she had to offer to any brave man courageous enough to ask her out, perfectly.
"You can read my mind?"
"Only if your thoughts are asking to be read, and they are certainly calling out."
Percy looked confused as if he couldn't quite wrap his kelp head around what she had just said. Nyx noticed this, of course, but didn't say anything.
"Do you have any words of wisdom for me? Oh great goddess of Night?"
"My oh my, Percy, if I didn't know better I'd think you were mocking me." She mocked and tilted her head to the side to show that she was, indeed, playing.
She was quite friendly with him whenever they had spoken before and she was naturally friendly with him wherever they are. She has absolutely no shame to flirt with him in front of the Olympians, in front of Artemis, no one. All jokes aside though, he did think that the Night Goddess seemed a bit lonely. She just needed someone to spend the nights with, someone to make her feel loved, and after her husband cheated on her now she has no one… Although he doubted she got much of that love while she was with her husband, either.
"I don't plan to spend much time here, I've never been fond of living underwater… But you should go back to your goddess, the hunt will be stronger if you are united again. Only you, Atalanta, and Artemis together can defeat the primordials, you must be united again. I know you are upset about what Artemis did-"
"I'm not just upset, I am infuriated, I just had an argument with my dad about it." No one else but him could get away with interrupting Nyx. She stopped and turned her head to look around the room and for a second Percy thought that he actually upset her.
She sighed, then she walked over to him and sat sideways on his bed. Nyx was only about 5'10, she was shorter than Percy by at least an inch or two. She wore no shoes, so that didn't help her situation any. It was incredible being this close to her, he was almost completely overwhelmed by the sheer amount of power that was radiating off of her. Usually when she is around Olympus and places she dampens her aura, but here she was letting it run rampant and it was bright, being around someone like Artemis was like a candle to a spotlight. Her beautiful Night sky reflecting dress, the trails on her dress whipped and swayed with no breeze. Her equally star reflecting hair did the same, with no breeze. It was majestic, she was majestic. Her eyes were completely black and her lips were jet black as well, it was clear and obvious that she was the goddess of the Night.
"I know you are upset with Artemis, but I need you all to be united again, in strength. Look, Percy… I don't care if you go back just for the pussy alone, but please do it, for me. Go back to her. Make her do something really nice for you, and get your demititaness freed from her little island."
He didn't comment on her pussy comment, Nyx wasn't the type of person you wanted to lecture. He looked into her jet black eyes, intently, he couldn't read any emotion from them. They were just… black. It was quite unsettling looking into her eyes. He turned away and laid back on his bed, deep in thought.
Finally, after a couple minutes of silence, listening to the Night Goddess's quiet yet rhythmic breathing he said: "Fine, I'll go back to the hunt."
"Thank you, Percy." She said nicely, and when he looked back to the spot that she had been sitting on his bed, she was gone.
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After a short conversation with his dad and Triton, and hugging his lovely step mom, Percy left the Palace of the Sea. He immediately flashed to Olympus, to the throne room. He was always very impressed with the throne room, he looked around and noticed that the little reclining bed-chair that Nyx had had during the last meeting was still sitting there on the side. He imagined that that was because the Night Goddess was lazy and wasn't going to summon it again for the next meeting when they are having so many of them as of late. It was impossible to describe how entertained he had been in the last meeting when Zeus had tried to tell off Nyx for calling the meeting. He thought that the majestic Night Goddess would have beaten the living shit out of him, but she hadn't, which was disappointing. He honestly wondered where the goddess spent all her time, it had to be in the Mansion of the Night, right? He wished that she would bring him there for a tour, the first time he had been there he hadn't really gotten to take in the scenery because he was kinda busy.
Percy knew exactly what he was going to do to get Artemis to come to him and not the other way around. Percy walked up to the Olympian thrones and looked at each one of them one by one, walking past them and admiring the craftsmanship and the differences in them.
Hermes' throne was a little unsettling, the throne itself was made of gray rock, there was a ram's head on both armrests and the padding on the seat was a whole ass goatskin. There were skulls imbued in the structure of the chair to imitate his statue as the god who guides souls to the underworld. There was a picture of the NBA logo printed on the back of the throne to represent his position as the god of Athletes.
Hepheastus's throne was really cool, it was like a recliner and it was bustling with silver and bronze gears. It made a click-click sound when it didn't have someone sitting in it, it also had a leg rest that he could put his feet onto when he got bored that retracted from the base. It had a little cupid's heart cut by an arrow below the right armrest to represent his cheating wife that didn't love him.
Dionysus' throne, unlike its maker, was very unique… In a good way, it was made out of grapevines with a leopard skin cushion for the user to sit on. It had a little lightning bold carved into the armrest to represent his King of the God's descent.
Apollo's throne was bright, it was bright gold that reflected the sun. It wasn't noxious though, unlike his palace walls. There was a blazing sun emblem on the side and a bow on the other that represented his connection with Artemis, his twin. It was pretty generic however, with only those three traits to make it stand out.
Ares' throne was made with large human skull built into the frame, it was made of leather and chrome and it was quite a large thing. The padding was of a lion's hide, to show strength and power. (The Wiki says that he sits on human skin and I thought that was a little too weird so I changed it)There was a cacophony of different weapons that stuck out of the top, swords of all different lengths, and halberds among others. There was a large gash out of the arm rest where Kronos had sliced through it during the battle in the throne room.
Hades' throne was pure black marble adorned with bones and imprints of skulls.
Zeus's throne was made of simple bronze platinum and was pretty ordinary if not for the lightning bolts carved and engraved into the sides of the chair. It was slightly dented from the wear and tear over the years, or maybe from the fat drunk ass that sat in it.
To the left of Zeus' throne was Hera's, it has pictures of willows and peacocks on it and is made of ivory and adamantine to give it a whitish diamond color
Poseidon's was blue and green and had seashells imbued into the marble, there was a symbol of a trident above the seat itself was a waterfall that was indistinguishable from a real waterfall but yet was not wet nor fickle. There were small pictures of horses adorned along the side of the throne, and a tiny moon with the picture of a wolf howling, and a bow and a sword crossing that was depicted on the left armrest to represent Poseidon's son's adventures with the moon goddess, and the alliance between the moon and the sea that was created with their union.
Demeters' throne was weaved out of apple-tree branches, dried grass, and wheat stalks woven together to form a beautifully made chair fit for one of the daughters of Kronos. It had a small yellow seat cushion for the ass of the cereal goddess.
Hestia's throne was pure smoldering lava, the seat itself moved and swayed as if the lava was running down the side of a volcano. It looked really cool and probably was the coolest of all the thrones, it didn't really represent her status as the goddess of the hearth but it certainly emphasized the "Hot" part of that.
Aphrodite sat on a silver throne imbued and embroidered with diamonds and gems of all make and model. The back of the seat was a large seashell to represent that she was rose from the sea, born of Ouranos' blood. The throne itself was probably the only non-sexual possession that Aphrodite owned.
Athena, like so many others and the one that is about to come after hers, was Silver. It had gold weaving and basketing on the back and all along the sides, and a great owl head that was painted on the backrest.
He finally stopped walking when he got to the last chair of the 14, his girlfriend's throne was a large silver seat with a picture of the night sky and the moon emblazoned on the front. The huntress constellation shone brightly and there was a trident on the right armrest to represent Percy, her lover, always close to hand. There was not a pillory on her throne, however, to represent the persecution that he had to go through during his time at the hunt that she had done borderline nothing to prevent. But the gods' thrones reflected the emotions and the things that they were proud of… He had a plan to make his goddess come to him instead of him having to go to her. There was no way that after everything he was going to give her the satisfaction of him going and finding her, no, she was going to come to him. If he went to her then he would lose all of his ground to make her do things for him to earn his forgiveness, and he had a wonderful weekend of playing with Artemis all planned out. But if he waited for her to come to him, then he would have all the power over the situation, and that is what he liked.
The only time he had ever been on Artemis' throne was when she lifted him up onto her knee during that one council meeting, well, now he had the power to be that big. He grew to his big 22 foot form, he hadn't really been practicing any of his godly powers except flashing… He did practice some of his time powers while he was in the kingdom of the sea to exercise his mind and pass some time but it hadn't been that impressive. Being a god kinda sucked other than the ability to flash and the enhanced stamina, which was the best part in his opinion. He sat down on the goddesses throne and slung both of his feet over the right armrest, a sign of pure disrespect and his unwavering, rock solid confidence. Normally he would never be this disrespectful to his girlfriend, but this was a test, to see if she would get upset… or if she would be sweet.
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After speaking with Aphrodite for a while, Artemis decided that she should go back to the Moon Mansion, she wasn't gonna get anything but hard feelings with Aphrodite and she didn't really have any reason to stick around there anymore. She had checked in with Thalia and Atalanta, Phoebe and Taylor to see how it had been going while she was gone and everything was fine. Atalanta and Thalia were good leaders and everything had gone fine while she was gone.
Artemis stood in front of her mirror brushing out her hair as she thought about what Aphrodite had said to her today. Percy liked her hair a lot and he loved to play with it when he was bored, or to turn her on. She had long, auburn slightly-curly locks that went down to the small of her back, she missed his hands running through them. Suddenly, just as the brush passed through the last of her locks she felt something she hadn't felt in a long time… Someone other than her sitting on her throne in the council room. She quickly put the brush down on the stand under the mirror and flashed herself to the throne room. She grew to her godly height and she almost immediately threw a fit but right before she started screaming at whoever it was, she stopped. She saw a familiar head of black hair, her heart immediately did a little fluttering and she became grateful that she had brushed her hair out beforehand. She walked up to her throne and said, "P-Percy?" In her sweetest voice. She was not appreciative of the way that he was sitting, either, not only did he pick the most disrespectful way to arrange a meeting… But he was using her throne as a lounge chair, but she wouldn't say a word about it, though.
Percy slowly opened his eyes and looked up at the goddess, he blinked a few times as if he couldn't believe that his plan had worked and then he sat up.
"Come here," he said, and gestured for her to come and sit on his lap. She did as she was told and straddled his lap so that she had a leg on either side of his lap and she was facing him… Her face was incredibly close to his and her body was so close to brushing against his, it was tantalizing. In her deepest, darkest fantasies that she would never share with anyone but him, she had once fantasized about him taking her in the throne room. He placed his hands on her hips and she let out a relieved breath to finally have his hands on her again, she took her own hands and placed them on his chest.
"Did you miss me?" He asked her.
"I missed you more than I could ever describe, Percy… I'm so-"
"Sorry? How can I believe that? You've told me that you were sorry before, but if you were truly sorry we never would have been in this situation. How many other things have you kept from me?"
She looked concerned, and the expression on her face told him that this was not going the way that she had thought it would go.
Good
"Nothing, Percy, I have nothing left to hide…"
"Are all the stories and myths about you true? Were you really as vile as the legends say?"
That question struck her hard… Her eyes went wide and stiffened up, she quickly looked away from his gaze, too shameful to meet it. She really had hoped deep down that he would never ask her that question, and she would rather be whipped than tell him the truth… But she had to tell him the truth.
"Does it really matter, Percy? Does it matter the things that I may or may not have done in the past?"
"Answer me, Artemis, I asked you a question."
"I-I…" She stuttered, "It's true, Percy, everything that you have heard… It's all true, I've done horrible things in my life, horrible horrible deeds. Nothing I do could ever make up for what I have done." She paused, and looked away. "But I thought that I could at least try to start a new life, a sinless life, with you. Please, Percy, please don't leave, you're everything to me. I would be lost without you." She pleaded, and gently placed a kiss on his forehead.
"And what about me? Huh, Artemis? I heard a lot about you but what about my life? I'm tired of your little games of deceit, Artemis."
"Percy-"
"I don't believe you, what else have you hid from me? What was your vote when they voted to free Calypso?" He demanded, he was very pissed off, and she was starting to get very worried.
"I voted to free her! I've always taken a liking to you, Percy, I would never betray you like that."
"Then why did you not tell me about her? You betrayed my trust and you betrayed her trust in me.
"I-I don't have an excuse, Percy… I'm really sorry, can you forgive me?"
Truth be told he had not really planned out this meeting very well before he forced it to happen. But he had had a pretty good idea of what Artemis would do when he confronted her like this, and it hadn't been this pretty, submissive, forgive me personality that she was adopting. He likes her like this, and he always has, he wasn't always this dominant with her but now? Now he wouldn't have it any other way.
"Why should I forgive you? Every time I have forgiven you, you have turned around and done something to me again. Why should I forgive you?"
He was infuriated with her, and he was genuinely hurt with how she had treated him… But even in his infuriated state with her he couldn't help but notice how gorgeous and delicious she looked. Her hair was so beautifully brushed that it shone; her lips were obviously well moisturized, and they had a glossy look, as well as a sexy shade of red. She smelled like lavender and her skin was perfectly smooth, clean porcelain. It was blatantly obvious to him that the Moon goddess had taken very good care of herself hygienically, while he was gone. Almost as if she had longingly expected, yearned, and prepared for him to come back at any time, and that was really nice of her to take such good care to beautify herself for him because she was right… It took a lot of self control to keep up his "upset" act, and not just bend her over the seat of her throne and take her. She looked absolutely delicious and he hadn't had ANY pussy in like, what, 4 days?
She looked really concerned, and her eyes showed him that she truly is deeply sorry.
"Percy, I swear, I am so sorry… I know that it is hard to believe me after all I have done, so… Can I- can I show you, instead?" She tilted her head ever so slightly to the side and fluttered her eyelashes in a submissive gesture. He wasn't really as upset with her as he looked, but he wasn't going to give her an easy time regardless, but he would play along with her little game. He knew a few ways that he could have made this so much more difficult for her, for example it would have been really amusing to see her beg… But he wasn't mean like that, and he did want to have some fun.
Before she had time to even realize what was happening he leaned in and kissed her. She responded back immediately and started kissing him back; he snaked his arms up her form and cupped her breasts through her hunters jacket, and she let out a relieved moan against his lips when he gently squeezed.
"Get up." He commanded her, and she immediately obeyed, she had a concerned look in her eye.
"Strip," he told her, and her eyes turned playful, and relieved. "And don't flash your clothes off, I want to see you strip, and make it entertaining." Percy instructed, and slung his legs back over the armrest of her throne. He was clearly taking full advantage of the power he had here, and she was loving it.
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Alright that is the end of that one, not the end, because I am going to continue to write this scene into the next chapter. The only reason I stopped where it is is because writing an Artemis strip is something that I have never done, and I didn't want to hold the update for a week while I wrote it in and cross referenced some inspiration.
I wanna give credit to ThePilotDude, or Eessaamaster 1 for the intro to this chapter, the part where Triton and Percy are playing fortnite. What an epic idea that was and that is exactly how I waned them to be spending their time, having fun. He wrote it himself and I am really impressed by how well he did write it and how well it fit into the story!
JustAnotherReader came up with the part where Percy got angry with his dad and Nyx showed up to speak with him, I really loved that and I felt exceedingly pleased to write in such an amazing idea!
Please keep it coming you two! OMG I am so thankful for those ideas, that is exactly what I am looking for, good quality ideas that make this story amazing! Thanks so much!
My A/N-
I hope you all are enjoying the story thus far! The next chapter is gonna be more Pertemis, I know I know... I keep dragging it along, but you guys will like the build up to those Atalanta chapters. They are gonna be insane!
I hope you guys liked the little twist I put on Amphitrite, it didn't change anything but I thought it would be fun to make some background for her. I thought it was really sweet of her that she was not mean to Percy even though he is the offspring of Poseidon's disloyalty.
I would really appreciate some thoughtful, loving, and constructive comments from you guys! I have been getting a lot of flame, I put in a lot of effort and time into this story for absolutely nothing in return, there are absolutely no dollars coming into my pocket for this story, btw. All I have ever asked in return is that you write comments and reviews, and that has not been happening, not the good kind at least.
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