Chapter 1 - Godhood

I was fed up with the whole fighting thing. I was twenty-three and this was my third great prophecy and he was sick of it. I had finally killed the Hydra Optimus Maximus, it was a hell of a fight and i barely made it. If it wasn't for my dad, Poseidon, I probably would have died. But here i was being beamed to some place. When the lights cleared I saw i was in the throne room of the gods, so was Grover, Thalia, Nico, Jason, Piper, Frank, Hazel, and a bunch of his other friends from both camps. Then there was Annabeth. For years we had been dating and were deeply in love. Just last year i had proposed and we had a grand Greek/Roman combo wedding. Seeing her reassured me, just a bit.

"Perseus Jackson!" Zeus boomed in giant human mode "We have recognized your accomplishments over the years and have decided you deserve more than immortality. You deserve g-g…"

"Brother" Poseidon said "We have all agreed"

"Fine, fine. Percy Jackson, we believe you deserve godhood."

"Son," Poseidon buts in "if you accept you can choose to become a god you must deal with all the repercussions."

"I just have one question, Lord Zeus" I say "Can I become mortal again?"

"If you decide that you are to deny the godhood after the initiation. Well, you are god so you have the power to remove your immortality."

"I- I accept your offer." I answer. A gasp can be heard from the campers with his reply.

"Percy, you- you're leaving me?" Annabeth asked, blinking back tears.

"Annabeth Jackson, formerly Annabeth Chase, if my son, Percy chooses he can make you his immortal wife on Olympus." Poseidon informs.

"Wait a minute, I can make Annabeth immortal with me?" Percy questioned.

"Unfortunately yes, Perseus. You can make my daughter your wife on Olympus" Athena said dryly.

"Percy," Poseidon said in a soft tone "after hearing all of this do you still accept our offer"

I knelt down before the gods "I do."

"Well, Peter Johnson" Dionysus said lazily, swinging a grape vine

"Percy Jackson, sir"

"Whatever. You will need to recite an oath read by your parent in order to accept your godhood. If you will Poseidon."

"Yes," Poseidon begins "Do you, Perseus Jackson, accept godhood. In it's all its glory. Do you accept immortality? Watching as time passes and never ageing as no matter what. Do you accept your position as the god of water? Do you accept your sacred animal as the dolphin? Playful and loving. Do you accept the demigod children you may sire over the course of time? Do you accept to claim any and all demigod children you sire by the age of thirteen? Do you respect and understand that you may not always be in your full godly form, revealing all of the power you possess. Finally and most importantly, do you accept that if your sphere of power is destroyed that you may fade until it is restored?" His father went on like that for a while, stating ancient laws and rules he must follow.

I was speechless. I realized that if i denied, i would offend the gods for all eternity. On the other hand, if i accepted i may never see his friends again. Still, Annabeth and I, immortal and living on Olympus, forever. My inner compass went spinning out of control as i couldn't decide between selfishness and selflessness.

"Father, aren't you the god of water?" I asked.

"I am god of the seas" Poseidon replies, "Water may be part of the sea. However, water and the sea are not the same thing.

I let all the terms and other stuff sink in to my brain. "I do" i says with confidence "I accept all terms you have outlined before me. I accept my role as god of water. I accept the dolphin as my sacred animal. I accept any children I may sire, demigod or not. I accept to claim any children I sire by the age of thirteen. I accept the possibility of fading until my sacred places have returned. I understand that I may not always be in full godly form, revealing all of my power."

"I, Poseidon, lord of the sea, bestow full godhood upon my son, Perseus Theseus Jackson. All mortals, and demi mortals, look away!" With Poseidon's last word I began to glow with power. I felt new energy come flooding into my limbs. I was immortal. I felt, well, godly. Something felt off though. I heard… was that crying? He turned around to look at the camps and saw Annabeth looking away, crying. Don't worry, i think she can be my immortal wife on Olympus. The glow soon faded and as the camps turned around, they no longer saw Percy Jackson, demigod, son of the sea. They saw Percy Jackson, son of the sea, god, and lord of water.