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Daughter of Shadow, Legacy of Water	By : Emereld_Kitten_Tail Category: M through R > Percy Jackson & the Olympians Views: 13986 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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By the time, they got to the bus station from Camp Persia wanted to either a) rip out Drew’s vocal cords and force feed them to her or b) drop her off in the red-light district and see how much she likes it there. Personally, she didn’t know which one would be better.
Almost the entire ride the girl kept talking about how much fun it was that she was going to get to go across country with Peter. Add in the fact that the girl was using so many innuendo in her sentences that it wouldn’t surprise her if the girl had already done the naughty. Although all of it went over the boy’s head as he tried to stare out the window and not at Drew skin exposing attire. Come on what girl wears short shorts and crop tops at eleven years old? None that she knew.
When there were finally dropped off Persia almost laughed with how fast Argo drove to get away from them. She had tried to talk to the man but after the third try she figure he just wasn’t a talkative person. Has nothing to do with the eyeball he had on his tongue that she notices when he yawned. It must suck having eyes all over your body.
So, after a quick chat with the ticket guy she had been able to get three tickets on a grey hound that would take them as far as Chicago. At first the guy didn’t want to sell to someone her age but when she offered to pay twice the payment for it he gladly except, he gets commotion apparently.
Peter had tried to say they didn’t need to take a bus and that a plane would work just as fine but that was surprisingly shot down by drew.
"Peter you’re a child of the sea and Persia is the underworld. Zeus doesn’t like it when his brother’s kids are in his domain. He's more likely to shot the plane down then let you stay in it." It was a lowish blow but the boy did concede to the logic once they reminded him a few times.
the loading was okay but it did take a little while to finish. Seeing as their seats were open the group took theirs in the back. Persia had wanted them to try and get the emergency ones but Drew apparently had a bladder problem and needed to be close to it. Persia wanted to groan at the ridiculousness of the girl and at whatever went through that idiot’s head to bring her along of all people.
Once they were all loaded and ready Persia melted into her seat. She had been on the ready ever sense they got on the bus for an attack but it never happened. Soon they were leaving the city and they seemed to be in the clear. It wouldn’t surprise her that if she hadn’t been on this quest then her Papa would have sent all types of creatures to attack them. Add in peter and you only have to worry about the big egomaniac up in the sky.
Within an hour all three of them had fallen asleep, and she had thrown her hoodie over Drew to cover the damn girl. Funny that the girl that preferred being naked was complaining about girl dressing like a prostitute.
By the time she woke up, she noticed that Drew was gone and Peter was face deep in some Hand-held video game. Thankfully it was only a Gameboy color or she would have hurt him for using digital. He seemed to really be into it with his tongue sticking out and his forehead was creased in concentration.
"What are you playing?" when he didn’t respond she asked again and it seemed like he heard her this time.
"It’s called dig dug. All you really do is dig crummy tunnels and try and kill these monsters with rocks."
Not really caring for what it was anymore she let him get back to its which he happily did. Drew came back a minute later with a frown on her face but she didn’t even want to know why. The rest of the ride was rather peaceful, even though she couldn’t stand either of them. There wasn’t any food on the bus but Persia did think ahead a little and packed a few sandwiches from the Big house staff room, she didn’t think Mr. D would mind.
Bringing out six sandwiches from her shadow did send up a bit of uproar with the other two but she did share. Although if you ask her they didn’t deserve to have any and she hated sharing he Peanut butter and honey sandwiches. Drew seemed to fall in love with them on her first bite if the moans she was lets out were any clue. As for Peter....well she didn’t think he even tasted them. It took him like three bites to eat each of them before moving onto the other. It would have been horrified if she wasn’t trying to figure out how he did it. Maybe it was a boy thing?
when they finally got off the bus they were blasted with wind like no tomorrow. Persia was more than happy to put her hoodie on while the other two froze. Apparently, peter didn’t think they would be going anywhere cold so didn’t bother. Drew had a few coats with her but the only one she had that would fit Peter was bright pink, which he refused. So, with one quick stop in a bathroom later so drew could change and a Walgreens she managed to get a cub’s sweater for peter. OF course, the boy had to go in a rant that he didn’t like the cubs team which ended when both the girls and the store manager told him to shut up.
The only problem that they had run into so far was that the next train that headed west was to Devon but that also wasn’t until 8 tonight which meant they had good four hours until then. Seeing that they had time to kill Persia wanted a real meal and dragged them off to one of the pubs that were close to the station.
It was called Jack's pub; real imaginative I know. there wasn’t really anyone there and it wasn’t full of smoke, so drew couldn’t complain. The preteen trio took a booth near the bar and waited for someone to come take their orders. In the eyes of the other customers they were just a group of kids that wanted some good grub and didn’t bat an eye at them.
The woman was in her mid-twenties and had shocking red hair but looked natural to Persia. The way she spoke you could tell she was bored with her job but did it to get money so wouldn’t complain too much. Peter ordered a deluxe burger with bacon and extra cheese, Drew got some soup and a salad, while Persia got herself a Blackjack chicken alfredo and a raspberry sweet tea. Don’t knock it until you try it, it’s delicious.
To them everything felt normal until they were leaving the pub. most wouldn’t think anything about it but once they were outside they noticed that the area was completely devoid of anyone, including cars. Seeing how this city is always busy there is no way for it to be shut down like this.
"something isn’t right. Where are all the people? It not even dark yet and no one is around." The others didn’t seem to pick up on what she was saying until they finally looked around. She almost groaned when understanding lite up in their eyes.
"What do you think it is? Monsters?" She could feel the nervousness flowing off the two. ITs kind of hard to think they ever lived in the regular world if this was how they were acting. But no this didn’t feel like it was something Mythical...it seemed more normal than that.
then was the sound of a rolling bottle echoed from down the street followed by the sound of footsteps. Persia didn’t know what she should do. Whatever this could be it wasn’t good. It was the chuckles that gave it away. From the alley down the road a group of people walked out. Each of them were decked out with tattoos and piercing while they each had metal bats, crowbars, and switchblades in their hands. She could feel the two behind her tense up at the sight of them. Damn Damn Damn this was not good.
When the gang got closer the leader spoke up, "Well lookie what we have here boys. A little twerp and his little Girlfriends. Don’t they look like they've had a nice day? It’s too bad they came to our turf tonight, ain't it?" The other men laughed at his stupid joke while Persia's glared at the man.
"The idiot isn’t my Boyfriend, you moron. He's my useless cousin." there was a small growl to her voice as she spoke. If these guys weren’t part of a gang she was sure it would have scared them.
"OH, the little bitch has some balls in her. You just going to take that man?" She didn’t know who said it but she figured it was one of the men in the back. The center man snarled at her while showing off his nasty yellow teeth before he started walking toward her. Maybe he should mug people to pay for the dentist.
Her hand twitched to her leg as he walked toward her. When he got within five feet she finally grabbed her knife and lobbed it at him. There was a sickening thunking noise before anyone realized what just happened. The guy that was approaching her had a single knife embedded in his forehead. He died instantly before falling to the ground in a clump of flesh.
As soon as the gang members realized what just happened they stared at her horror. Never in their time as a gang had they killed someone and yet here was a preteen girl not even batting an eye at the body in front of her. TO be honest it terrified and amazed them. Then it was all ruined at the sound of a woman down the road screaming her lungs off before the sound of sirens rose into the air.
"Damn it! We have to go!" quickly she turned on a dime before grabbing the others arms before dragging them off back toward the train station. They only had to duck one time behind a delivery truck to avoid the cops. the last thing they needed was for them to be stopped by the police.
by the time they reached the station they were gasping for air and sitting down trying to understand what just happened. In her own mind Persia wasn’t sure what to think. She had killed a man, in cold blood. She didn’t know if they were going to hurt them or just take their things and yet she snuffed one of them out for the rest of time. Is she a monster for doing what she did?
No... she did was she had to save those she cared about. If she had to kill one person to save others, then she gladly would do it again. But would this change her? Could she live with herself for killing others? She didn’t know the answer to those questions but she was sure they wouldn’t come anytime soon.
when Drew spoke, it was in a hissed whisper, "What the Hades was that, Persia! you just killed that guy." Peter didn’t look like he cared for her answer but would hear it either way.
"Look they were going to hurt us, so I did what I had to do to scare them off." Yes, she realized that she could have just beat them into the pavement but she didn’t want to take the risk when so many of them had knifes and could stab them easily when she was busy.
the girl frowned at her, "You could have beat them up or something. We’re not supposed to kill people, just find the bolt and get home."
Persia's voice turned cold as ice while she looked the other girl in the eye, "Do you think I didn’t know that? They had knifed and possibly guns. If I wasn’t paying attention they could have hurt, you. So, no I couldn’t have beat them that easily. I did it the way with the least amount of bloodshed possible." Drew actually pulled back in fright at her voice before blushing at the fact that the other girl did what she did to protect them. She fell back into her seat and got lost in her thoughts, not even paying attention to Persia as she stared at her.
To Persia she hoped that this was a wakeup call for the girl. she seemed to forget that while they are out in the mortal world she can be hurt by everything. Drew seemed to have forgotten that the world is a dangerous place not just for them but for everyone. The one thing that she wanted to know was what Peter thought about her actions. he had been awfully silent for most of this trip so far. When they were at camp he was a pompous jerk but as soon as they were sent on the quest he became a silent as the dead.
By the time, they trio reached Devon they were tired, stiff, and more bored then any of them thought possible. Seeing that they had a little time, a day or so before they could get a ride out of the town, the trio had decided to get double for the girls and a single for peter.
Once Drew was done with her two-hour long bathroom time Persia was finally able to get in. Her clothes weren’t all that fresh and neither was she. Luckily, she was able to store more than just her clothing in her shadows. It only took a few seconds to get all her hygiene stuff out before turning on the water and hoping in. Almost instantly her muscles relaxed and her body started regaining its energy from the water. guess being a descendent of Poseidon has its good points.
With a black scrubby the preteen shadow user got to her cleaning. It felt like she was dirty everywhere but that was probably just the guilt she felt for the man she killed the day before. By the time she left the shower she was washed, rinsed, hairless, and had her hair braided behind her. Even though it took her a monstrous amount of concentration she managed to pull all the water off of her body and out of her hair. She was dry and her hair wasn’t damaged because of a hairdryer like Drew is, so she was all set.
If there was one thing her Papa's wife was good for it was special underwear shopping. That woman was nice enough to charm her underwear so that even if someone was eye level with her crotch they wouldn’t be able to see that she had something extra. She had asked for these just before going to camp and the woman had whipped them up like it was nothing. So not really caring if the other girl saw her underwear she threw on an overly large shirt before walking out.
Drew was laying on her tunny facing the TV just flipping through the channels. For a moment, she thought about inviting the idiot over but he would probably be bored out of his mind over here. Although Drew probably doesn’t want him to know that she has Hannah Montana panties.
Once she was all snuggled up in her blankets she was about to just off the light by her bead when she caught Drew staring at her. It wasn’t a mean look or anything just curious. She knew she could get out of it easily but she could tell the girl had something she needed to get off her chest.
"Alright what is it? You've been staring for over three minutes you know." Drew let out a light 'eep' and blushed before getting herself under control again.
"I just don’t understand you. Your pretty and all the boys like you but you don’t care what they think. And yet I try and try to get their attention but none of them will even look at me." she wanted to tell the girl that boys were nothing but a letdown but she couldn’t crush the girl like that. Just because Nathan had broken her heart doesn’t mean that all boys were like that.
"It’s because I don’t care that they pay attention to me." She seemed to doubt her but she knew something that would. "In the school that I go to I use to be popular. I was nice to everyone and tried to help those that I could. You know what made me so?"
Drew couldn’t seem to come up with an answer so she continued, "I worked for where I was at in class. My grades were good because I studied as much as I could. I was also the most fit person in school, counting the gym teachers. they found it amazing that I could beat a teacher at anything. But that all went away when a secret about my past got out." There was an intake of breath from the girl but Persia was already lost in the story.
"I was born with a medical condition that made me 'different' from everyone else. I not talking about my Godly parent but something else. I won’t say what it is but it was enough to drive my childhood friend away when the school found out, even though he had known for over five years. I had to switch out of my Ballet classes because of the parents and some of the kids. My life went from fun and friendship to loneliness and cold determination to beat everyone."
The room was silent for a long time before drew spoke up, "I am so sorry, Persia. I just thought you were a stuck-up Bitch. I guess I should know that our lives aren’t the best and we act to get away from it. could you ever forgive me?"
"Yes" Could she? yes, when that she doesn’t know.
0/0

Ares was a dick, plain and simple.
First the guy tries to take her burger and now he was sending them to get some stupid shield he left behind during a date with Drew's mom. So here they were breaking into an abandoned park. Thankfully she was able to shift her shadows into a key to unlock the place or they could have to do a bunch of climbing that would take too long. Neither of them knew what they were really looking for besides a ride called the 'Tunnel of love'. Both girls found it awfully cliché but had to act normal and awed for no reason.
It took them over an hour and the raiding of the gift shop before finding the dang thing. To start inside I giant concrete bowl was a single boat that just so happened to have what they were looking for. Then there are the facts that from what she can tell inside the shadows are a bunch of robot of some kind. So, with a little manipulation she forced the shadows to gather each of their spider hordes before crushing them when the shadows condensed. When they were all finished, all that was left was a supper compressed junk of metal and wires.
Not sensing anything else around she slid down the bowl and ran over to the boat ride. Inside was a black leather vest that radiated anger, figuring that it must be what she was looking for she tossed it in her shadows before looking back at what else was there. In the other seat where she was guessing Aphrodite was sitting was a single little charm that had a purple heart for its design. Looking between the charm and her bracelet she made a snap decision and attached it to her bracelet before heading back up.
the climb up was much harder than the slide down. It took her no more than six tries to finally get feed up and shadow traveled to the Gift shop. Drew and Peter didn’t take all that long to get to her so one of them must have figured it out pretty quickly.
"Did you get it?" surprisingly it was Peter that asked. That boy and his silent treatment was getting very annoying. Thankfully when he noticed that Drew was more comfortable around her he started talking again. The stupid jerk.
With a wave of her hand her the shadows bowed before spitting out the vest like it was something that even the darkness couldn’t love. The only thing it was missing was the damp feeling and the yucky substances dripping off of it. Picking it up of the ground with just two fingers she tossed it at the boy. She didn’t want anything to do with that thing even if she had a ten-foot pole.
He grabbed it from the air before putting it on. It was a little big for him, like three sized or more to big, but he didn’t care. Since their little side quest was finished they started heading back to the dinner. The man had promised them a prize that would help them on their quest if they could get his shield back.
It was little after four when they got back to little dinner with Ares’ motorcycle parked outside with the man leaning against it. As they got closer Persia could feel her anger was rising but knew it wasn’t natural. So, with iron will she forced her emotions back down. If her eyes had been better she would have seen Ares flinch in pain for a brief moment.
"So, did you brats get it? I don’t have all day you know." he snarled at them like a boar about to charge its prey. Some of these gods are just so rude.
With a care-free way of her hand Persia spoke up, "YEs we have your stupid vest. Do you have our prize?" If anyone was looking they would be surprised at the glaring contest happening between the Olympian God of War and an almost 12-year-old girl. Finally, Ares gave up and headed over to the side bag on his bike and opened it. Inside she could see all types of weapons; anywhere between daggers and Greek fire to colt magnums to nuclear warheads. This man was Crazy with a capital C.
He fists around for a moment before pulling out an old looking black backpack. It was rather plain looking in looks but this is the Greek world so she doubted it.
"The inside fits more than it looks. There is also some Ambrosia and Nectar in the front pockets." He tossed it over to Drew, "Now my shield, ya little bitch."
Her hairs bristled at that name again but managed to hold back her come back. Looking at Peter he to nodded before slipping his arms inside his hoodie before fiddling around a fit. Then the Leather vest clumped to the ground in a rather undignified heap. Ares Growled at them but she ignored him.
Bending down she grabbed it just enough to hold before throwing it at him. He caught it right out of the air before making it change back into the shield. it was plain to look at and only said war in the middle. He seems to think something over before tossing it in his carrier like everything else, not even caring that it bashed into the nuclear bomb.
Ares gave them one last Hate filled glare before starting up his bike and driving away.
As one all three kids let out a breath they didn’t realize they were holding. Seeing as they were in a rush Persia quickly shadow traveled them back to the bus terminal. They barely made it on but they had managed.
The ride was nothing special, although Persia did manage to get to watch some cartoon network. She and Drew talked a little bit about some of the boys they thought were cute at camp. According to her Lucas was just to childish for her to take seriously but she shot back that Peter only followed everyone around like a lost puppy. In the end, it was agreed that both boys had their faults and left it at that.
Peter on the other hand had staid zoned into that game of his. It was kind of funny how he always pumped his fist every time he beat a level or pouted to himself when he was killed. One thing she managed to get out of both of them was a promise to train more once they get back to camp. It was made increasingly apparent that neither of them had any real-world skills, like fighting off gangs.
When the train finally arrived in Hollywood the trio screamed for joy. For the last few hours their bodies had starting to stiffen and they really needed to get some fresh air. The stuffy metal boxes were killing them, especially Persia.
Now the hard part was figuring out how to get into the underworld without being dead. It should be easy for her if she could just tune in on the feeling that the dead give off when they are in the living world. It’s like a cold empty pit if she had to describe it. As she pushed her senses to her absolute max Persia finally locked in on it. From her guess, it would have to be a few miles to the northwest from their location. The other preteens were rather downtrodden when she told them this but seeing no other way they followed her.
Along the way, she tried to make sure that they were keeping to the main road as much as possible; none of them wanted a repeat of Chicago. Then there was drew being drew and she demanded they stop at these random knickknack shops. Of course, the girl never got anything, she just wanted to look. When she did it a fourth time Persia was about two feet away from telling her off when she noticed something.
They were right on top of that dead feeling she was picking up. Looking around she only saw one building that was open at the moment.
D. O. D. Record Studios
"Okay guys, this is it. If you haven't done anything good, then pray that my Papa isn’t stuck with poop cleanup for Cerberus." She was totally serious there to. The last time her Papa had pissed off his wife he was forced to clean up after his dog. He was one grumpy git after that. And it takes him weeks to finish it. Mama and her had actually kicked him out during that time too. He smelt too much for their sensitive noses.
With a light push the doors fly open. The young trio calmly, well one was calm anyway, passed all the dead spirits and only stopped in front of the desk.
"What do you want? Dead this year go to the right, your wait time is 1546 years until you can travel down." Persia could only cock her head to the side. Why was the wait time that long? Oh well she would have to bring it up with her papa later.
"Oh, we aren’t dead sir. We are just here to visit Papa for the day. I could have sworn Papa told me that he told you, Mr. Charon, that we were coming." As soon as she finished talking the man paled far too much for it to be healthy.
"Ahh so your Lord Hades' newest brat! Well I think I can squeeze you all in here. If you just give me a minute, we can get going." When Charon spoke, there was a little tremble in his body, whether from fright or excitement she didn’t know.
Persia looked back the other two in confusion before she shrugged and put it aside for another day. There was a ding somewhere in the room just before the doors behind Charon's chair slide open. With a nervous flutter in her tummy she walked into the 'elevator'. Once the door was shut she forced her mind to calm down before taking on her neutral expression.
To be honest the only interesting thing was when the Elevator turned into a boat for them to ride down the River Styx in. The hardest part for Persia during the ride was not to clean out the river. it looked so much more depressing with all the human filth floating within it.
When she looked around at the state of the underworld she could understand why Papa never wanted her to come here. It was rather dreary with the hellish look it had. It made since but it could use a woman's touch or even a complete remodel! Maybe that can be what her papa does for this next year’s big project. Along with getting on Charon's case for holding up the lineup top.
Soon the dark castle of Hades was looming over their heads. It looked like a medieval gothic castle stationed in red backdrop and dark spicks on the ceiling. She was rather glad that they avoided Cerberus because that dog has a thing for licking her entire body until she’s drenched from head to toe in drool. It was fun the first few times but now it’s just annoying. It did help her with her water powers though, sadly she can’t use them at the moment with the quest going on.
Once they made it inside Persia couldn’t keep her head still as she kept whipping it all around to look at her father’s home. There were a few rather beautiful paintings hung around but there were much more painting of torture and other scenes of humanities dysfunctions. Deep inside it hurt a small part of her that her decedents could become just bloodthirst creatures. They had just gotten to a pair of large metal doors when a booming voice came from within.
"I DONT CARE CHARTER IF DOESNT RUN DOWN HERE! I'M PAYING YOU A WAY TO FIGURE IT OUT ARENT I? IF YOU DONT FIGURE IT OUT BY NEXT WEEK ILL HAVE YOU ASS IN THE FIELDS OF PUNISHMENT BEFORE YOU CAN EVEN SHOVE THE DILDO OF YOURS UP YOUR ASS!!"
Persia blinked rapidly at what her father was welling at. She under stood just about everything that he said except the dildo part. Her Mama had never told her about those and they didn’t exist back in her time as Atu. Maybe she should ask mama when she got home. When their minds finally started worked correctly again peter and Drew started snickering together while Persia just pinched the bridge of her nose in frustration.
"You know your dad is like super weird!" a sigh fell from her lips as she shook her head a little more.
"Don’t remind me." taking a few steps more she placed her hands on the doors, "well let’s get this over with before he says something else."
Not really thinking about it she pushed the doors inward only to find her father pacing back and forth his throne room while Persephone just giggled to herself in her chair. It was quite funny to see her papa all bent out of shape over something as silly as charter.
"PAPA!!" It was times like these that she didn’t care that anyone sees that she loves her father. With a mighty lunge, she flew into her father’s chest and tackled him to the ground in her own version of a Hermione Hug from Harry potter. Both of them slide for a few more feet before finally coming to a stop.
A light giggle escaped her when her father looked up at her with clear shock on his face. IT was so much fun to shock her father. Like that first time he had come over and she was tanning all natural. He screamed like a little girl while his face couldn’t make up its mind between stark white and pruce.
"Persia? You weren’t supposed to be here until tomorrow." That was news to her but she would figure it out later.
"We took the bus once and the train twice. Had to go to some water park for Ares in Devon while we waited for the train to come here. It was all pretty easy now that I think about it. Aren’t quests supposed to be difficult?" it was rather strange though, not once did they get attacked by any monsters except those bug things. Of course, her father was the main reason why so many demigods die on questions. his Hellhounds are hungry little critters. If she had to guess, then Poseidon sent the Cyclopi to attack.
Seeing that he was in his soul robes she decided to get off of him. It was always weird cause the souls couldn’t deflect her so she was basically right up against his body. she may like being naked and loves her Papa but not like that, not ever.
"Do you know where the bolt is papa? We haven’t found a single clue the entire trip and we're running out of time!" her voice screeched a tiny bit in her distress.
Hades was shaking his head, this was bad, "I’m sorry baby girl. No one else has been able to find anything?" Something clicked in her mind. If no one has reported any finding that means someone is lying.
"Papa, that’s it! Do you know who is all looking for the bolt? Our prophecy said that one of the gods is a traitor which means they must be helping the thief." he seemed to instantly understand what she was thinking.
"the only ones I knew of her Artemis, Ares, Apollo, and some wolf Goddess. If you look at them all the only one that stands to gain anything is Ares. That man has always loved war of all kinds, the bigger the better. What’s bigger than a civil war between the Olympians?"
"Well the titan and giant wars were massive but your right it has to be him! He even visited us and gave us a bag." within moments her eyes widened and fear filtered through her multicolored eyes. "DREW! get that bag off now!"
The girl in question squeaked before throwing the bag away. As soon as it hit the for there was a clanging sound before the back lite up like localized lightning storm. Before any of them could blink the bag was gone and all that was left was a four-foot-long celestial bronze cylinder.
"Shit" everyone but Hades said at once. Meanwhile Hades was wrapping his brother weapon in a smaller version of his outfit that he was going to give his daughter for going on her first quest.
turning back to the kids he pressed the bundle into his child’s arms, "I’m sending you to Zeus. We need to get your names cleared from all this. If he asks what is going on tell him I’m capturing a traitor in our ranks."
"But papa! he has nuclear weapons on his bike! How can you possible survive that?" Her father’s eyes widened momentarily before he gave he a quick hug before pushing her back into the group. Before she could even say anything, they were swallowed in a sea of darkness. She tried fighting them but it was doing no good.
When he visions finally stopped spinning from the forced traveling she jumped to her feet before rushing up to Zeus' empty throne. She knew it was stupid to do but she didn’t know how else to call them. Unwrapping the master bolt, she raised it up in the air and channeled a small piece of her mana into it. Her hand warmed up a little and starting tingling before a blast of lightning flew up into the sky.
One unforeseen part of her plan was that the stupid bolt would blast her back across the floor. The rod flew from her hands and skidded along the ground until it to slammed into the steps. The other part was the appearance of the entire council, minus Ares. She had only wanted Zeus to explain things but now it would be more difficult.
"WHO DARES USE MY OWN ELEMENT IN MY THRONE ROOM!" there was a mummer between the other members that it was their throne room as well but the king just ignored them like usual.
Her body hurt more than ever before, including that horrible period a week back. She could tell already that her arms were to numb to hold her up but she needed to. It was horrible to do but she held in a scream as she pushed herself up into a sitting position. It was at this time that the Gods seemed to finally take notice of the three demigods in the room.
"My apologies Lord Zeus. I had to use your lightning bolt to get your attention." who says she can’t play the suck up role when she needed to?
"So, you have decided to return to me my weapon and face your punishment, lightning thief?" Zeus raised his hand toward his weapon and it quivered a little before flying into his hand. She tried to shake her head a little to show her denial but it was too painful. If only they had saved that ambrosia before it was destroyed. It did make her wonder why Apollo wasn’t offering to heal her.
"I didn’t steal it, My Lord." she looked through all that she needed to say and found what would get the most reaction. "I also could not find out who stole it originally but as we speak my father is battling the thief’s helper." A woman with stormy grey eyes that reeked of intelligence was the one to continue the questioning. Which Persia was thankful for because was too much of a trigger finger with his lightning.
"And who, pray tell, is this helper that hades is battling?" the room was silent as they all waited for my answer.
"Ares" the word was spoke in just above a whisper but they managed to hear her.
She could feel her body starting to go into shock from lightning. Frankly she was surprised she lasted this long. then just before her vision blacked out there was a flash of gold and the pain started flowing off of her. It felt like forever but eventually the pain disappeared completely and her sight returned. To her the only difference was that her Papa was sitting on a throne at the end of the U while Ares was bound in chains in the center of the room.
Blinking away her confusion she pushed herself up off the floor. Her legs were unsteady but she managed to lean herself up again the step behind her. It wouldn’t last for long but it would do. From what she could understand Ares was being manipulated by some other deity more the last 6 months or so. He had been apparently been having dreams when he slept and night and each one of them he hears an ancient but evil voice spoke to him.
She honestly didn’t know if it was true or not but the Gods seemed to believe. Add in the face that it’s in his nature to cause war and anger among those around him, they let him off with a warning. To her that was just stupid. If it was her choice she would take away his position and toss his butt into some prison that isn’t Tartarus. They just admitted that his presence that made them angry all the time during meetings. If they need anything its someone that can calm the anger in them all. But she's just a little demigod so she doesn’t know anything.
When they were finally free to go. Her papa had actually fought for all three of them to get some type of reward for stopping a pointless civil war. Zeus was against it but eventually caved into his demands when the rest of the council joined in.
Drew had asked Hephaestus if he could make her a weapon to train in so she could help the camp out more. Everyone, including the girl’s mother, were shocked that a child of Aphrodite wanted to fight back for once. It was easy for the crafter to agree to such a thing but he did ask what he would like it to be able to hid as when not being used. She had asked if it could be the center piece for a choker. Surprisingly the man admitted that he didn’t know how to go about such a thing but to make it even more bizarre Aphrodite offered to help with it. The crippled god was more than a little confused but was happy to try and work with his 'wife'.
For Peter, it was a little harder. He wanted so many things in life but his mother would never let him do anything before. In the end his was a little strange. He had asked Athena if she could either raise his intelligence to the point where he could get around his Dyslexia or just eliminate it as a whole for him. Apparently, the son of the sea loved reading but had too much trouble to be able to enjoy it fully. After a little gloating to Poseidon about how his kid wouldn’t be a useless Seaweed brain Athena gave the boy her blessing. It did make since on how the woman's kids could learn so much, they don’t have the reading barrier that the rest of them have.
When it came to her turn she had a few thoughts in mind. She could ask for a cabin for the unclaimed and minor gods kids at camp, or even one for her own father. Then she could ask for a cave like back when she was Atu, somewhere in camp. It would be stupid but she could ask for unlimited chocolate but she's pretty sure her Mama would kill her if she did. That was when an idea hit her.
"Could you me a device that monitors my health, mana, and skills with menus screens and adapts to me as I grew but is only visible to me?" there were all whispering to each other while Zeus was going over in his head all the things it could happen if I had such a gift. Finally, the rest of them agreed.
"It would take some time but I’m positive that we could create something like this. We will also agree that only you will receive this gift unless someone else asks for it down the line. It will take us a year at the earliest."
She could easily agree to that. Frankly it was way better than she expected to get. One thing she is going to have to make sure is that the other campers never learn that they had the chance to make their lives better but blew them off for themselves.
Now she just couldn’t wait until she got back to her own bed, either one of them, and sleep for the next few days
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