Well... bonjour guys. Its been a while... But in the wise words of slim shady. Guess whos back. Moi. I know its been... 2 years... but in all honestly I've done a lot in those 2 years and I've only just remembered about this. I thought I'd have a look at this out of curiosity and its on 23,000 views! I haven't uploaded in literally 2 years but its still doing amazingly and its just made me want to carry on for you guys. All the feedback I've gotten has been amazing (Most of it also saying to update it.) So this is what I bring you a small little chapter. And one that I hope is the first of many. Enjoy guys!

Chapter 10

(3rd Person)

Diana lay in bed contemplating the day that she'd just had. From fighting typhon and nearly losing, to returning to Olympus only to find Percy broken, afraid and alone after that brat of Athena - well, Poseidon now – betrayed him so easily for no reason. And now she has a son. Diana smiled gently thinking of that. For millennia she had dreamed of having a child, of being of mother, of loving someone other than her hunters. The chance to raise a son, raise him right to completely go against the other males of the earth that she despised. And finally, she had a son. One she knew that she would love forever.

But it won't be forever will it. Diana thought suddenly.

He is still a mortal.

Before she could consider it more, lightning suddenly flashed dangerously close and thunder roared. Heavy hail and rain fell like shrapnel nearly tearing through the near indestructible fabric of the tent.

Diana's eyes sharpened.

Whatever was here, was dangerous.

Too dangerous.

She grabbed her bow and legged it out of the tent door, flinging it out the way seeing all her hunters already outside, cautious and alert. Everyone was there. All but one.

Diana's eyes widened.

"PERCY!" She exclaimed and all the hunters came to the realisation that maybe there was someone here to hurt him. Diana sprinted like a gazelle towards his tent where the epicentre of the storm seemed to be. Could typhon have escaped Tartarus already? Maybe Zeus had suddenly decided he's too powerful? Or is Poseidon taking his revenge already…

"Girls stay here, make sure nothing comes from outside the camp."

Diana barged into the tent ready for a fight. Only to see…

"Percy?"

He was on the floor writhing and twisting. Covered in sweat. Was he having a nightmare? Could this be what was causing this storm?

She walked over to his side and gently embraced him. Slowly the shaking eased and so did the storm…

Maybe Percy is just that powerful…?

Percy's eyes opened, they were red and sore. The eyes of a person in pain.

"Percy are you okay?"

He nodded unconvincingly. And slowly tried to get up but immediately fell back to the ground.

So maybe that is just his potential, considering the amount of energy that he lost and that he was unconscious, it wasn't intentional.

Diana reflected briefly before getting back to comforting her son who had now given up trying to get up.

"I want to go back to sleep." He mumbled looking down.

Diana chuckled slightly but she knew that he was not really feeling happy like that.

"Percy, talk to me what happened?"

His eyes once again held pain, but he swallowed and answered the question, albeit slightly reluctantly.

"I'm tired and hurt. For the past 4 years I have been led on to be this big hero, one who would save the world or let it perish. Ever since I was 12, I've had to endure the burden of being "The chosen one" I had to grow up and fast. Mentally it drained me. All that pressure made me feel like atlas, we both had the weight of the world on our shoulders and neither of us can drop it. That's why as much as I hate him, I do pity him. I do empathise with him. Through all of this though, despite the pressure, despite the everything, I thought I had my friends with me. I thought no matter what, id have people around me. Annabeth… I loved her. I thought she loved me too. She never said it or showed it, but through the 4 years she was my best friend, my everything. But she betrayed me. She used me. Ever since we met, she used me to gain fame and fulfil her hubris. It hurts. And then I lost my mother. She was the most wonderful woman on the world. She faced it as more of a hero than I'll ever be. But now she's gone. She didn't deserve to die, she deserved to be happy, to grow old and live a happy and prosperous life, then retire to Elysium when she was ready. But then Kronos and his goons took her away from me. Now I'm lost, without you, without the other Olympians. I'd be no one, I'd have no one. But you've given me a new family. One that I'm going to cherish. And one that I am never going to let go. I'm not going to lose anyone I love again."

By the end of his revelation, Percy had tears in his eyes but refused to let them fall.

But it wasn't just Percy with tears in his eyes.

Diana pulled Percy into her arms. And he started sobbing. For 4 years, he's been mentally bombarded with everything. And now it was finally hitting him.

"You're not going to lose us Percy."

The stricken face of a broken boy looked up at her.

"We're your family and were going to keep you safe. Me, the Olympians and even the hunters. We're going to keep you safe and in return you'll do the same for us. Because that what family do for each other."

"Promise?"

Percy looked at his mother hopefully.

"I promise"

He smiled gently and fell asleep into the arms of his new family.

This chapter is just one that I wanted to put out to set the scene for the rest of the story. It may not seem like it, but this is going to be a big chapter. And pretty important. Plus I just really wanted to get a chapter out for you guys. Just let me know what you guys want in this story, and i'll see what I can do. And hopefully i'll see you soon, and for the first time in a while...

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