All rights belong to Rick Riordan
Chapter 78
I Customize my Cat
(Percy)
After the reveal of the dead hunter's return I had ducked out of the resultant deluge of questions she and Artemis were suddenly confronted with. I knew what I needed to know and anything else Artemis would no doubt fill me in on later. My more pressing concern was the growing amount of pain in my back and the newfound bruising on my chest that and the two individuals following me for two very different reasons.
One because she was far too curious and nosy for her own good.
And the other because she was no doubt very, very hungry.
'Thalia why are you following me rather than staying with the others?' I called out addressing the first of my stalkers as I reached the entrance of my own now seldom used tent. The hunter cautiously stepped out from behind a tree and looked at me curiously.
'Why would the fates kidnap you?' She asked accusingly.
'Because they are a trio of evil hags, why not?' I replied jokingly keeping an eye on the slowly stalking gold mass to my far left.
'Very funny seaweed brain. Where did they take you?'
'Olympus, and you can probably work out what they revealed.' I told her semi-seriously.
'In that case I should count myself lucky that Zoe is not the only person returning from the dead. How did my dad take it?' She asked with natural curiosity, rather than explain I thought it would be easier to show as I turned around and summoned my damaged wings and spread them out a little before the pain forced me to disperse them and I turned back towards her.
'So he took it well then.' She said sarcastically noting the damage.
'Something like that. I now know that his bolt hurts a lot more than yours do, which is saying something, at least yours numb the pain and don't launch me across a throne room.' I said jokingly causing her to pout in disappointment.
'Practice makes perfect.'
Before I could reply Perseus hijacked my body and did it for me.
'I dare you to try.' He said warningly before relinquishing control leaving the hunter momentarily stunned.
'What was that all about?' She asked blinking causing me to sigh at the prospect of explaining.
'A few other things happened today. First off I developed an aspect called Perseus that was him just now by the way. He beat up your dad. Aphrodite got punished for the whole me and Artemis kids scenario. I got two sacred animals one of whom is stalking the pair of us right now over there. Obviously Zoe is back and finally me and Artemis got engaged. I think that is about it.' I explained simply leaving the hunter in stunned silence while I turned my attention to the rather pressing matter of the hungry Lioness who pounced towards me stopping inches from my face.
'It was not my fault; I got called away on business.' I apologized playfully regardless of her inability to reply as I began rubbing my hand along her muzzle causing her to purr.
'I knew you would understand, do you want to be my sacred animal I promise bigger meals.' I whispered only to get the rather unpleasant sensation of a barbed tongue sliding across my face threatening to rip flesh off.
'I will take that as a yes; please don't do that again to me.' I complained for what must have been the fiftieth time, hadn't stopped her yet. However it seemed my acceptance of her caused a few minor changes in the oversized feline as she briefly glowed without me doing anything before returning to normal-ish.
Sure enough she was still the same indestructible quadrapedal feline killing machine she had always been but she had a few ascetic changes. Her paws which had previously been black were now the same color as the rest of her fur and the white claws within now had a sharply metallic tone that I recognized as Imperial Gold, meanwhile her already gold eyes now mirrored my own with hints of sea-green. Oh and she was larger just for good measure. I was now forced to look up to look into her face when before we had been roughly level.
I was starting to question if I had to ever lift a finger during any incident around here. Sure enough I think the only monster that stood a chance against Nemea was probably Typhon which is saying a lot.
However this brought about a new problem for me, bigger size meant bigger appetite and Artemis had already forbade me from feeding her Elephants and Rhino's. If I could not feed her something big I would just have to feed her a lot of small things. Besides it was nearly Christmas after all she deserved a treat.
All around us a flock of around fifty turkeys appeared out of fresh air with a cacophony of confused gobbling before seeing the supersized predator and immediately beginning to flee in every direction. At least this way she got to amuse herself and play with her food I thought as she took off after the closest one swallowing it whole before searching for her next snack and bounding off into the forest after it. We would probably end up finding feathers for days.
'Why do we need you again?' Thalia asked watching Nemea consume another snack. Due to her lack of swallowing I got a brief mental image of a flock of confused turkeys all sitting next to each other in her stomach.
'For my humorous personality and good looks, or that's at least as far as I can tell from Artemis. She said yes for a reason.' I joked turning back to her.
'Were you being serious about that other stuff? You and Artemis are actually getting married?' She asked in disbelief.
'Err- yeah. She kind of thought I died, I found her after searching everywhere and I proposed cause it seemed like the thing to do. Besides I have been thinking about it for months since her mom asked me about the idea.' I admitted not mentioning the fact of how long spent considering the idea in the first place.
'Does Zoe know about this?'
'Yeah Artemis told her, she had to change the hunter's oath for obvious reasons. I am sure she will do the same for the rest of you when we reveal it.' I explained hoping they would want to re-accept it.
'What happens if any of us don't like the idea of keeping you around forever? Not speaking personally of course. I like to keep my punching bags close to hand.' She asked voicing her concern mockingly as per usual.
'I honestly have no idea, there are some matters regarding the hunt I just stay out of and she doesn't like to talk about them.' I told her honestly; much like the details of the individual hunters I only knew the important and safety details about each of them.
'Fair enough I just hope she has a good idea because I can't see everyone staying. Phoebe and Atlanta will stay regardless plus Zoe is back. Morganna as far as I can tell is forced to be here by her mother. Reyna will stay because she has nowhere else to go as she refuses to go back to New Rome. However the others could go either way, well except you know who. I can't see Tania agreeing to keep you around forever.' She explained going over a few obvious ones likely choices.
'That still doesn't account for half of you and that is what I am worried about. Besides you had better get back to the others before someone misses you. I have an appointment with some painkillers and to call a horse' I told her jokingly.
'I don't even want to know, though you are gonna need more than an aspirin to make that feel better. Catch you later Seaweed Brain.' Thalia said grinning before darting back towards the centre of the campsite. Allowing me to finally step inside my tent and more importantly raid my stash of nectar and ambrosia.
Several demigod overdoses worth later I was finally feeling significantly better. Sure I had residual phantom pains in my back as a reminder of my wings damage but other than that I was fine for the moment. I would just need to take it easy for a few weeks until the damage was repaired. So I would be forced to rely on shadow travel or flashing to get around quickly until I could fly again but that was where my other idea came into effect, as I summoned a ball of water before stretching it out in the air into a widescreen TV shape.
'Oh Iris goddess of rainbows accept my offering and show me Blackjack the Pegasus.' I proclaimed before tossing a drachma into the makeshift vision panel causing the clear screen to darken.
Initially I was confused what I was seeing because whatever area he was in was dark which was not helped by him being jet black. All I could make out was a rough outline of the winged horse moving erratically.
'Blackjack!' I called out to him causing him to suddenly freeze whatever he was doing.
'Boss? Now is not a good time…. No baby come back.' The Pegasus exclaimed as I suddenly noticed the larger mass split in two as one darted off. Suddenly I was very aware of what he was doing or rather who.
'Yeah sorry buddy I will let you get back to it, call you again later.' I told him nervously only for the Pegasus to suddenly move closer to the message.
'Don't worry about it. She can run but she can't fly.' The Pegasus whinnied causing me to sigh.
'I am so glad Artemis isn't here.' I told him thankfully last thing I needed was my fiancé to see my pet doing the dirty with one of his harem. Besides he sounded like a flying rapist not that I was gonna mention that one to him.
'How it going with the boss, boss?'
'Getting married, two kids on the way, beat up her dad when he found out. All things considered pretty well.' I joked causing the horse to whiny in laughter.
'That's why I don't let their dad's find out. Spread the love then run like the furies are after you. Much simpler doing that, less messy.' Blackjack remarked clearly copying his father's philosophy to the letter.
'I can't imagine being able to do that when the girl in question is the goddess of the Hunt, she would find me no matter how far I ran.'
'Sucks to be you then. So what did you want from a redundant flying horse like me. I used to be someone important, carrying the greatest demigod to walk the earth, now he is too heavy and threatens to break my back. Besides you fly yourself just to make me even more unnecessary and redundant.' Blackjack lamented sarcastically.
'Got a proposition for you. You know how all the Olympians have sacred animals and plants and all that stuff?'
'Yeah so, you ain't even a god.'
'Technicalities aside, one of my conditions for not creating a few empty council seats were they let me have the option of having two animals. So what do you say?' I asked with a grin.
'Let's see immortality and representing the biggest badass hero of all time. Where do I sign up? Besides dad can't claim this one over me. Bellerophon… who was he again?' Blackjack mockingly snorted.
'I thought you would say yes, though I will need you to come here for me to make it official.' I told him explaining the hunt's current location in upstate New York.
'Be there after I take care of a few things if you know what I mean.' The Pegasus said before realizing that a pitch black Pegasus in a dark environment could not noticeably wink.
'Be here in the morning then and leave the harem at home. I promise you can get back to them whenever you want.'
'That's why you are the best boss. Wait you said two animals who is the other, the dog or the kitten?'
'Nemea.'
'I take back what I said about you being a badass, no dude should be seen with a cute cat. Ruins the image.'
'That kitten could probably eat you in one sitting, did I mention she can now breathe fire and is the size of a tank.'
'I take back my last comment boss, see you in the morning have breakfast waiting for me.' He called before turning away from the vision.
'Will do see you then.' I told him cutting of the message as he flapped his wings and went off in search of his runaway lover.
After that was sorted I had two choices. Go back to the hunters and find out what was happening with the reunion or go see what Diana was doing on her own.
Stupid question. Making out or being the odd one out at a girl scout gathering. I thought with a grin as I flashed away.
(Artemis)
'Girls that is enough for the moment, I think she has been through enough for one day physically and verbally. Phoebe you can let her go now, she is not going anywhere.' I admonished causing the hunter to reluctantly release my former Lieutenant who she had stubbornly held onto for the last forty five minutes as we explained a censored list of today's events.
Namely that the council meeting was boring apart from Poseidon gaining a bit more power causing my father to get a little upset and throw lightning about to no one's surprise. Any mention of Percy vs. the council, Perseus, or us in general was omitted making the whole thing truly sound really boring. Which was good, because it made them want to change the subject back to the demi-Titanesses return.
That was not to say I had not noticed Percy slink off into the shadows as soon as we began or Thalia following shortly thereafter and her subsequent return. For once she was not the one with the most questions which told me Percy had probably informed her of the real events.
I had also been forced to suspend the meeting when we suffered a minor infestation of gobbling turkeys. That had fled through the campsite in panic as a golden mass changed after them narrowly dodging tents and hunters alike as she scooped them up one by one.
She was only there for a few seconds but I still managed to notice a few ascetic changes to the monstrous Lioness. Something I guess my fiancé had to do with. The hunters for the most part were unfazed by Nemea's antics after all it was not the first time she had been seen chasing her food through the camp and at least this time she was not breathing fire. However Zoe who had yet to meet the Lioness had naturally tensed up and had reached to draw a bow only to remember she did not have one yet. It was only the other hunter's nonchalance towards the matter that caused her to relax and continue explaining.
So after a lengthy round of explanation of who she was followed by the newer hunter's introductions I felt like she needed a break from them, besides I was curious about Percy's continued absence.
'But if I let her go she might disappear again.' Phoebe complained causing the hunter she was standing beside to smile.
'Technically I never disappeared I just got a bit further away.' Zoe joked pointing up at the sky and her own constellation which was still present though it had seemingly dimmed a little due to her no longer being physically there. Something I would have Percy take care of so no one noticed it sure was convenient having him around sometimes from a practical standpoint as well as for more personal amorous reasons.
'She is not going anywhere Phoebe, anyone who tries to take her will have to go through me.' I declared proudly.
'They would have to get through the cat first.' Tania snickered causing a few of the other hunter's to laugh. It was funny how even those who disliked Percy still loved the giant fur ball he brought with him, despite the fact she was a monster. I guess the fact she was female and could turn smaller made increase her standings on the cute scale to balance that on the lethality one.
'Indeed, remember if it wasn't for her and Perseus I would have some of you staying up all night to guard against threats.' I told them with a smile causing them to shiver. Long winter nights doing sentry duty was no hunter's idea of fun.
'Right then girls it is about time you all went to your tents, I need to speak with Zoe alone before I leave for the night. You can question her further in the morning if she allows you.' I told them causing a few groans and sighed 'Yes Milady.' As the hunter's began to slowly trail of towards their own tents.
'Phoebe I will talk to you in the morning I promise I will still be here.' Zoe declared causing the other hunter to reluctantly step away from her.
'If you're not I will drag you back.' Phoebe stated ironically as Atlanta struggled to drag her towards their own tent.
'I'd say it went well, all things considered. The newer hunter's seem interesting even the Roman two, which is strange to consider. You went five hundred years through the empire without ever having one Roman. Yet now you have two within the space of a few months. I am starting to see why you kept Diana locked up, she gets in all kinds of trouble when released.' Zoe said with a smile.
'You have no idea.' I said simply as I led her inside my tent and summoned a seat for her, which she took.
'I think I have a pretty good idea based on what I have seen. Then again from what you have explained so have you in the last six months and you can't blame Percy and Diana for all of that. Even if she had fallen for him, I still can't see you not protesting it out of principle.' Zoe said knowingly.
'I did but it was pointless to resist, it is a little hard to argue with someone who is literally inside your head and is constantly bombarding you with her own feelings. Something Percy now has to suffer, much to my amusement as it now gives me someone to blame for everything he does wrong.' I conceded with amusement.
'You two or four or whatever certainly make an odd couple, sure I saw you actually respected him before my death but this is bizarre.'
'Says the girl who came back from the dead?' I countered further amused by argument.
'Well… yeah I can't argue that one.'
'Look at the bright side of you dying; you finally learned to speak properly. Try and keep up this time with the language or I will send you to a mortal school until you do. You know one with boys.' I threatened playfully causing the hunter to pale.
'That would never happen besides I would just do the demi-god policy and get expelled within a few minutes. Oops sorry I punched the first male I saw through a wall, oh well better luck next time.' Zoe acted false sincerely ripping the left arm off her chair for emphasis with little to no effort.
'You have a point, though I think I may have to get you a custom bow made so you don't break it by accident. That would be embarrassing to watch. Almost as bad as Percy's efforts on the range. You remember the game we played once from the chariot where we shot those billboard targets. He got a bulls-eye on one once.' I explained.
'That's a good thing.' She pointed out in confusion.
'He was aiming at a target over a mile away in another direction.' I explained in embarrassment.
'So in other words he has nothing in common with Orion except a father.'
'Exactly. Besides I get the added bonus of being amazing compared to my Titan counterpart. Though the same is true in reverse for Tides. Though in my defense I just don't want to learn to rather than a seemingly complete lack of ability.'
'Tides?' Zoe asked curiously and I resisted the urge to face palm at not explaining that. I forgot she had no knowledge of recent events except those I had told her about.
'Percy euthanized the Primordial Pontus and we, that is me, him, Poseidon, Amphitrite, Triton and Tyson received a share of his power. Me and Percy got to share Tides, though he got it as a major domain and I didn't. So he got natural skill with its powers and I have to work on them, though I am loathe to do so because of the err- physical repercussions.' I added hesitantly trying to think up a simple way of explaining.
'Physical repercussions how bad can it be you turn into a fish or something?'
'…'
Unfortunately Zoe took my silence as fact and began to laugh at my expense causing me to turn red in embarrassment. I did not turn into a damned fish.
'It's only a tail.' I explained indignantly causing her to laugh more as I imagined she was considering the prospect.
'I should have let you reincarnate as a shrub or weed. Something prickly.' I said in annoyance causing the hunter to slowly calm down.
'Fine but answer me this, what color is it?'
'What do you think?' I said simply causing her to smirk.
'You do know that only makes me curious to see you like that.'
'And I am curious to know what you will do when I drop the hundred gallons of saltwater currently above your head, I won't get wet but you will.' I threatened conjuring the mass of liquid above her as she looked up nervously at it.
'I thought so, besides he has one too. Combined with his wings it is a bit over the top on the gold front.' I told her with amusement as the water mass disappeared.
'I can imagine, I only saw him a few times while I was in the stars, I didn't have much reason to focus on him after all but they were rather obvious, more something Apollo would think were… Awesome.' She said with a shiver.
'Don't even get me started on that idiot. He knew my father was going to find out us today and didn't tell me even though Percy nearly died. He is certainly back on my shit list along with my father and the whore.'
'What happened to her?'
'She has to be a faithful wife for the next fifty years.'
'That's never gonna happen.'
'In which case it doubles every time she cheats, and Hephaestus can do anything he wants on top of that if she should do so.'
'Well she is doomed then for eternity, who came up with that punishment you?'
'If only. It was Hera to my surprise and even more she actually approved me and Percy. Turns out she is not a complete bitch all the time. Who knew?'I said with a smile.
'Everyone is full of surprises today it seems. Where is Percy by the way?'
'Probably snuck off to see her while I talk to you.' I said without thinking, he was too obvious.
'Are you jealous?'
'I can't exactly be jealous of myself. Besides when he proposed I told him she said no much to her horror. As long as doesn't be an idiot and turn into a girl again I have no problem.' I told her simply.
'Girl?'
'I will tell you another day. It is getting late and you are right I need to go find him before they get up to anything.'
'Worried he will try something?'
'Hardly, she is the one I am worried about on that front. I have to keep reining her in when she oversteps the relationship lines. If it was up to her my reputation as a virgin goddess would probably have been wrecked within the first week of meeting him. See's him accidentally half naked bathing once and it was love at first sight.' I scoffed.
'Let me guess you lasted at least a month, six weeks max considering you were already in a relationship by the time you became pregnant.' She mocked as I turned red yet again.
'I preferred it when you were my ever faithful Lieutenant who never questioned anything I did and followed all my commands to the letter.'
'If I hadn't have done that and stopped you going alone to hunt the Ophiotaurus, you may not have been captured and I wouldn't have died. Who is the Lieutenant now I thought Thalia gained my position yet she does not wear the diadem.' She admonished before asking out of a curiosity. Funnily enough said item was sitting on a table directly behind her.
'She did but she resigned when I told her about me and Percy. She realized she had taken the position for granted and had become disconnected from the rest of the hunt. I had hoped once she had fixed the problem she could resume her position. Why do you want it?' I asked her seriously only for her to surprisingly shake her head.
'No offence Milady but I know where she is coming from. This is not the same hunt I left and I am not talking about you and Percy. Of the older generations only Phoebe and Atlanta remain and while I am sure they would like me to take command again it is unfair to the newer generation for me to turn up unexpectedly and tell them what to do. I need to get to know them first before I even considered the prospect of regaining my position. If Thalia does in the meantime I will gladly follow her commands. Besides it was always more fun not being the responsible one of the group.'
'I noticed when Thalia suddenly started playing pranks on Percy before she accidentally got me. Ask her for details I am not mentioning that calamity.'
'Will do, it can't be that bad or you would have had a godly hissy fit and thrown her out or threatened to at least.' She said with a smile as I struggled to keep a neutral expression as I was guilty of both of those offenses.
'Regardless it is late and I need to supervise those two, as well as discuss how to tell the rest of the hunt.' I said standing up.
'Err- Milady where am I able to stay, I don't have a tent that I know of?' She asked and I realized I had forgotten we had an odd number of hunters again which meant we needed a new tent. However that was unnecessary drama for how late it was already when a relatively simple solution was at hand.
'You can stay here tonight.' I told her simply causing her eyes to widen.
'But Milady this is your tent!'
'So I am not using it which means it is empty, your other alternatives are outside or Percy's tent. Pick one. It is not as if that was the bed we did it on.' I said in annoyance causing the hunter to turn scarlet as she considered the last statement.
'It will do for the night Milady thank you.' She said in embarrassment.
'Good because Percy drools on his pillows. See you in the morning.' I said playfully before flashing back to my chariot.
(Percy)
As the flash of light on the chariot faded I slowly lifted my head off of Diana's where she sleeping beside me her head resting between my right shoulder and neck.
'Did you get lost or something?' I whispered jokingly not wanting to wake the Roman goddess up.
'No I just ended up talking a lot more than I expected, didn't help that you wandered off.' She said accusingly with narrowed eyes at her counterpart.
'Hey I did you a favor I told Thalia the truth so she wouldn't bring up sensitive questions.'
'Wasn't the only thing you did I noticed Nemea's changes. If she gets any more powerful she is danger of becoming as big a threat to Olympus as her father.' She explained with a raised eyebrow causing me to smile as I briefly imagined certain annoying gods getting chomped on.
'May I point out she is also a cat and therefore extremely lazy unless food is involved and a lot of it at that.'
'So all our enemies have to do is bribe her?'
'In theory but I can just reduce her to a kitten in any case of emergency. Besides she is really picky about where her food comes from. She doesn't accept food from Thalia for example because of the whole space food incident and the fact she was there besides that stuff is the be all and end all blackmail stuff with Nemea. How did you think I used to get her in water.'
'I suppose so, besides I didn't come here to talk about your pet.' She said with a sigh before sitting down to my other side and mirroring her counterparts position while I placed an arm around her back.
'Why is it everything is calm for a few weeks then everything always happens on the same day. This is like the fourth time in a few months this has happened. It is like the fates just like to save up all my misfortune and release it at once.' I said lampshading my constant misfortune.
'Were nothing but divine playthings to them but they only make sure things follow their mothers plans, they don't weave the thread of fate, they just know when to put a few knots in it and when to cut it.'
'Well then, can they learn to space out the knots at least?' I moaned quietly.
'That is not going to happen, besides I would call today a success. Everyone survived or better yet came back to life and Aphrodite gets to suffer. I would call that a win for us.' She said with a smile looking up at me.
'Artemis Jackson sounds a little weird though.' I told her grinning.
'That is not going to happen. Gods don't do surnames. It is not as if we are signing any mortal documents with our names on it.' She said in amusement.
'Think about it though it would be hilarious for you to fill in a form. Title: Lady Name: Artemis Jackson Occupation: goddess DOB: 1234 BC. Actually when is your birthday?' I asked realizing I did not actually know that information, funny that marrying someone even though you don't know when their birthday is.
'Late February.' She said nervously causing me to look at her curiously at her avoiding an exact date.
'February twenty-ninth.' She elaborated confusing me for a second about her nervousness on the subject until I realized the significance of that date.
'You were born on a leap year? Does that mean you are only seven hundred and fifty?' I told her playfully.
'Technically. That fool got lucky and was born the following morning.' She said indignantly.
'So he is your older brother technically. Hey it is not that bad give it a millennia or so I will be the same age as you. Wait a sec it is 2011 which means next year is another Leap year so you actually get a birthday.' I said grinning at the prospect of a party.
'Err- you can be so annoying. Before you over think yourself yes it means our children are liable to eventually have more birthdays than me as well.'
'Hey I didn't mean it like that it is cute, besides it is better to say my fiancé is seven hundred and forty five years older than me than two thousand nine hundred and eighty two. Makes me feel less like a toy boy after all.' I said continuing to grin causing her to groan.
'Anything else you want to add on the matter. As apparently everyone is going out of their way today to embarrass me.'
'Makes a change though normally it is me getting embarrassed and nearly killed, today I only got nearly killed.'
'Enjoy it while it lasts. You will be back to the part of the fool before you know it.' She whispered and I didn't doubt it for a second.
'What can I say I must have played a jester in a past life and the Lethe didn't wash it away. Either that or I am really unlucky. More likely the second all things considered.'
'So you were unlucky to get stuck with me?' She asked accusingly.
'Hades no I will never regret being in a relationship with you or her.' I said tilting my head to her counterpart who remained oblivious to our discussion.
'Good because then I don't have to regret being able to do this.' She said with a smile pulling my head towards her and kissing me gently which I happily returned.
'I love you.' She said timidly. Despite our relationship it was still very rare for Artemis to say those three words more so than Diana who was a lot more expressive. Didn't mean I couldn't play with her emotions though.
'I love you too… future Mrs. Jackson.'
'Do you know what a Black Widow is?' She asked deadpan causing me to cough nervously.
'Thought so. Goodnight Mr. Jackson.' She said closing her eyes and getting comfy in my shoulder. I didn't have the heart to tell her it didn't work against me as a guy. Though I agreed with the sentiment of the need to sleep; despite our nap earlier at Orthrys I was unsurprisingly exhausted after today's events.
AN. Well this ended up longer than i thought it was going to, i ended up having to split this from the next chapter other wise it would have been too long. Next chapter i get to take out Percy's tired out Pegasus give it a new set of rims only on Pimp my Pegasus. though that is part of it only without the Xhibit and less MTV. i also get to reintroduce a familiar family member and a one not directly seen before.
Speaking of a certain pegasus, he has no inhibitions about what he gets up to with his myriad of mare friends. i made that scene deliberately dark so no details could be made out for a reason.
Running out of ways to make Nemea more badass ,need suggestions, there must be a way.
Also Pimp my Pussy is wrong on every level for a chapter name
The end was just fun banter between Zoe and Artemis followed by Percy/Artemis. reminder that HOO is several years behind real life now because they are all in the same year. So it is nearly 2012 in this. that was back when Facebook was still popular for those who don't remember it. and yes Artemis technically us younger than Apollo if you count birthdays, just because it amuses me to have her born on a leap year day.
As always please read and review
