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Of Wine And War	By : KiriNoTenshi Category: M through R > Percy Jackson & the Olympians Views: 28996 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 2
Disclaimer: I don't own Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Rick Riordan does. I'm not making any money for this.

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Guys I am soooo sorry for making you wait so long. Had a bit of writers block. But I back and I brought a new chapter along with me (it's that wonderful)! So enjoy!

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To be honest, I’ve had worse Saturdays. I can’t remember any of them at the moment but I sure I have. After I went to the arena and played a few rounds of fetch the practice dummy with Mrs. O’Leary, I was able to go a few rounds on one of the ones that was still standing with Riptide. I didn’t get to spend as much time on it as I would have liked because my body was still so sore, so I capped Riptide and made my way over to the vacant shower stalls.

After I showered, I made my way towards the mess hall. I was really hungry considering I hadn’t eaten since lunch yesterday. I got my plate, piled high with scrambled eggs and bacon, and I then pushed half of it into the fire for a sacrifice to Poseidon. I tried not to think about how little help he’s given me considering everything I’ve gone through this past week.

I’m suddenly struck by an urge to call my mom. And say what to her exactly, ‘Hi mom! Since I saw you last I’ve been stabbed and poisoned by Ares. Then, to save me, Dionysus went and made me his personal fuck toy. Oh, and dad won’t return my calls. How has your week been?’ Yeah, I’m sure she’d really love that.

I bring my plate over to Poseidon’s table and as I go to sit I glance up at the head table. Dionysus isn’t there but he does like to show up at times that I’m doing something that’ll piss him off. I sigh, collect my plate, and head back to Dionysus’ table. Pollux isn’t there yet, in fact a lot of campers are still sleeping in, so I get to eat this meal in peace.

After breakfast the day was pretty low key. I spent a long time by the lake just watching the Nerieds weave baskets below the surface. A few of them even offered me some, which I refused. After that they ignored me.

“Percy?” A voice questioned came from behind me. I didn’t even need to turn my head to know who it was.

“Hey Grover,” I answered back.

“What are you doing out here,” his voice heavy with concern. “Annabeth is looking everywhere for you. There’s a rumor going around saying that Mr.D killed you! What is going on?”

I looked at my best friend. His beard was a little longer and his horns were getting to the point where they would need a ridiculously large hat to cover them.

“Things have gotten… complicated,” I said slowly.

“Is it true,” He said sitting down next to me. “Are you bound to Lord Dionysus?”

I stared at him in shock. “Who told you?” I asked quietly.

“The trees talk, you know,” he said guiltily. “The conversation you had with Dionysus yesterday morning was over heard by one of Juniper’s friends, who is a huge gossip. Anyway, me being the lord of the wild and all, I had to see if it was true. I wanted to ask you about it yesterday but I couldn’t find you and then when Mr.D brought you back to camp…” He let himself trail off. We both sat there quietly for a few minutes.

“Percy, are you okay?” He asked finally. “I mean when I first heard about you and Mr.D I was happy for you. It’s a huge honor to be bound to any god, and one as powerful as Lord Dionysus is phenomenal. But then I saw what happened yesterday and I… Oh gods Percy, I wanted to do something, I did, but I got scared. I could feel you through the link and, I don’t know,” He paused trying to calm himself down. He looked at me, his eyes pleading.

“Can you ever forgive me?”

“Grover, you didn’t do anything wrong,” I insisted. “Look, if you had tried anything it would have just pissed him off even more.” We lapsed into silence again. After a few minutes I had gathered my nerves for what I wanted to say next.

“I want you to dissolve the link.”

“What!?” Grover’s mouth hung open in disbelief. “Why? You were the one who wanted to keep it. That way we’d always know when the other one was in trouble and we could have each other’s back!”

“I know, but this past week alone, I’ve been stabbed, poisoned, dragged around,” I left out the more private parts of my week. If I told him about that it would just make him feel worse. “I’m sure things are gonna get worse before they get better. Ares is still plotting something and Mr.D will always be a jerk,” Grover cringed when I insulted Dionysus. “I just don’t want you to have to go through it too.”

Grover looked down at his hands. He was my best friend and I had always felt that the link we shared made us even closer but he had to see that I was trying to protect him.

“Grover, please,” I said leaning over to try and make eye contact. “I wouldn’t ask unless I was absolutely sure that it was for the best. When things have settled down a bit then maybe we could re-connect it.”

Grover finally looked up at me, his eyes searching my face. If he was looking for something to indicate that I wasn’t serious he didn’t find it. He sighed.

“Alright, if it’s what you want.” He shifted so he was sitting in front of me. “Come here.”

He put his hands on either side of my head and closed his eyes. His face scrunched up in concentration. Suddenly there was a pressure on my temples followed by a cold feeling down my spine, and then it was gone. Grover opened his eyes and was breathing hard as if he’d just run a marathon.

“Thanks Grover,” I said sincerely.

“Yeah, well, just remember, as soon as things calm down I’m renewing it.” We both smiled at that.

“Percy?” Grover asked looking concerned. “What did you mean by ‘Ares is still plotting’?”

“I don’t know,” I said with a shrug. “I had a dream about him serving his punishment in the underworld. He was asking were to find someone. But I didn’t recognize the name. It might not have anything to do with me.”

“Who was he looking for?”

“Someone named ‘Tityos’. Have you ever heard of anyone by that name?”

Grover shook his head. “Maybe Chiron might know?” He offered.

“Maybe,” was all I said. I couldn’t tell Grover that I was mad at Chiron for standing by and letting Dionysus treat me this way. Chiron had known from the beginning what Dionysus was going to do and he hadn’t even thought to warn me. I decided it was best to change the subject.

“So, you said Annabeth was looking for me?”

“Oh, yeah,” He said just now remembering. “She should be near the cabins.”

We made our way back into the, rather crowded, heart of camp, and there she was, blonde hair catching the sunlight in its subtle waves, her gray eyes sharp and alert. If only we hadn’t broken up. How different would my life be now if we had tried to make it work?

“Annabeth!” Grover called over to her. “I found him.”

“Percy!” She rushed over to me and before I knew it she had me in a tight hug. After a few seconds she stepped back and looked me up and down. “Are you alright? I was so worried. I thought that he might kill you. What did you do to make him so angry? And now, just this morning some of the dryads were saying that you and Mr.D-”

“PERCY!” I looked past Annabeth to see Pollux charging straight for me. I only had enough time to move Annabeth out of the way as he cocked his arm back and landed a punch right in my face. I recall hearing the bones in my nose crack and break as the force knocked me backwards onto the ground. My eyes started to water as I blinked up at the very angry son of Dionysus. He still wasn’t nearly as scary as his father but he defiantly had my attention.

“Is it true?!” He screamed at me. Campers around us just watched as I held my bleeding nose. “Is it true that you’re fucking my father?!” And with that statement Pollux effectively ended any chance I had at a decent social life.

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Thank you to everyone who has followed the story this far.

Special thanks to: Dxinsider, DerangedBichon, Tori Wesker, Nikki, FallenGoddessOfBattle, Yukira, Janx, Silzar19, Jules, gagougae, and ClariexGrey

Thank you for all your input (I love it). Again really sorry to keep you waiting for so long. I'll try to be quicker with chapter 10.
~Bye

PS. I was looking through the reviews for this chapter and Nikki brought up something that I feel I should address here. The question was 'wouldn't Percy have just ended up in this situation anyway even if he and Annabeth hadn't broken up?' The easy answer to this is, yes he would still have been bond to Dionysus (mostly because I'm the author and regardless of the situation I would have made it happen).

But a more complicated and perhaps more interesting answer is that things would have been different. It's like chaos theory, a butterfly in Africa flaps it's wings causing a hurricane to hit Brazil. One minor event can cause a chain of events that may seem random and unconnected. If Percy and Annabeth had stayed together he probably would have been with her at the campfire instead of alone in the pegasus stables. (Or maybe not. He might have still gone and just told her he'd meet up with her later.) Or if he and Annabeth had been together maybe Hera, being the goddess of marriage, might not have helped Ares get into the camp. I know that Percy and Annabeth aren't married but a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship would have still defined them as an established couple. Maybe that would have been enough to grant them some protection from the goddess. (Though being married didn't save Hercules from her, so perhaps not.)

In the end I guess Percy is simply a scared, confused, sixteen year old boy, who is trying to make sense of the situation he has found himself in. And by looking at hypotheticals, he's trying to find comfort in the past and in what the future could have been.

Thanks for the question Nikki. It's good that you guys are paying attention, and I know I probably gave you a longer answer then you expected. To be honest I only put that part in to show how much Percy missed the simpler times of the past. (even though if he could go back he probably still would have broken up with Annabeth, who was still hung up on Luke)

Ok see you all again in chapter 10!
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