Originally Published : 1/1/14
Updated (with few typos here and there): 28/8/14
Hi guys, this is HarryPercyFowl here.
Now here is a story about Percy and co. after the war
Disclaimer: I don't own PJo/HoH. Rick Riordan does.
Percy's POV
The giant war was over. They were now in Camp Jupiter. After the war, much to Octavian's Discomfort Reyna had managed to persuade the romans that they were not responsible for attack on their camp. Percy was eating his food at the magnum convivo*.He was eagerly waiting for the magnum saltito** so he could dance with Annabeth
All of them had sustained many injuries, (none of them to fatal thankfully) but they were in full spirits as Lord Apollo had treated them after the battle. "Magnum saltito est incipiens" *** an announcer announced. (Everyone headed to the newly made saltito locus **** . He tried to find Annabeth but she was nowhere to be found. He saw Jason and Piper, Frank and Hazel dancing as he searched for Annie. He saw Nico sulking in a corner. He didn't understand the guy. After all the trust issues in the Kronos war, he thought Nico was finally his friend. But since he had come out of Tartarus Nico had become more distanced from him. He suspected Jason knew something because Jason and Nico were kind of friends. He had asked Jason many a times but Jason didn't tell anything. He thought of telling this to Annie.
Annabeths POV
"Magnum saltito est incipiens" *** an announcer announced. Everyone headed to the newly made saltito locus****. She very much wanted to dance with Percy but she set out to find Nico. She saw Nico sulking in a corner. She didn't understand the guy. After all the trust issues in the Kronos war, he thought Nico was finally her friend. But since he had come out of Tartarus Nico had become more distanced from her. She had a suspicion about what he was hiding could be and had gone to confront Nico.
"Hey Nico" she called out
"What do you want?" he replied as rudely as ever
"Oh come on Nico. You can tell me what's bothering you Nico; I am your friend after all."
"No! And nobody is my friend"
"Well I suspect that you have a crush on – "
"Shut up" he shouted and stormed off
"Oh Nico!" Annabeth thought in her mind
She saw Percy and went over to him.
Percy's POV
"Perseus Jackson," someone behind him said. Percy instinctively took out riptide (he had grown this instinct because of the giant war). "Whoa! Calm Down. It's me, Annabeth" .Percy lowered his sword and say Annabeth as beautiful as ever with her blonde hair tied to a pony tail, her grey eyes shining with amusement.
"Hey," Percy replied. "I was searching for you everywhere. I was getting worried." he said
"Calm down Perce. I was trying to talk to Nico." Annabeth said
"Trying?" I asked
"Well Yeah. You know Nico. He doesn't want to talk to anyone"
"Oh yeah!" I wanted to talk to you about"
BAM!
A crash was heard throughout the saltito locus. People started running here and there. It was the Minotaur.
"Quid in Pedicabo" *****Percy cursed "Not again."
Percy took out riptide and killed the Minotaur (for the 3rd time) but not before it had managed to give Percy a long scratch on his back
"Ti sto diáolo" he cursed again. ******
The saltito locus was destroyed and Reyna was not very happy with the fact
"It had been created just 2 days ago and now the Dam Minotaur destroys it" she said angrily
"Oh My Dam"
"What?" Reyna, Jason, Piper and the others who dint know about the Dam joke asked
"Oh nothing. Inside joke" Percy said smiling at Annabeth, Grover and Thaila.
"For once I thought we would leave normal lives" said Percy
"Ha! Demigods and normal. You just can't use those words in the same sentence" Annabeth said
Just then Logan, a son of mercury came running up to them "I have a message for The Seven, Nico Di Angelo, and Praetor Reyna from my dad. The gods have called you to Olympus to honour you." he said
"Oh! Dam" all of them said
2 hours later, 600th floor, Empire State building
They entered the throne room and gave the respect to Lord Hippie Zeus/Jupiter*.
"Welcome heroes of Olympus. You have done a great service to Olympus and we all decided to honour you for your work"
Almost everyone looked surprised. All the gods, agreeing on the same thing? That rarely happens.
"And uh… we would also like to apologise to you for the inconvenience we have caused you over this time by closing Olympus." Zeus said
This was more surprising. Lord Zeus, King of the gods actually apologising!
"I will call the deserving heroes one by one and you will be given the SSTOA" said Zeus
"Um... What is this SSTOA?" Percy asked
"SSTOA stands for Special Service To Olympus Award* "Zeus said
"Piper Mclean, Daughter of Aphrodite"
"Hazel Leversque, Daughter of Pluto"
"Reyna, Daughter of Bellona"
"Frank Zhang, Son of Mars"
"Leo Valdez. Son of Hephetatus"
"Jason Grace, my son"
"Nico Di Angelo, Son of Hades"
"And last but not the least PERCABETH!" Aphrodite interrupted
"SHUT UP APHRODITE. I was giving away the awards. Do you need to interrupt? And what the hell is Percabeth"? Zeus shouted
"It's the couple name for Percy and Annabeth" Aphrodite Replied
"Huh" everyone sighed. That was typical of Aphrodite.
"Ok Let's continue. And last but not the least Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase"
A huge cheer went out in Olympus. Whole of CHB and Camp Jupiter was present there. Everyone (except Hera and Ares) was cheering
"These 2 have been the unofficial leaders of the quest. They together survived many adventures including Tartarus. I would like to invite Perseus to say something." Zeus said
"Thank you all for the supportr you have given me. I am not good in giving speeches but I would like to say that all of you here deserve this cheering not only me. Every one of you played an important role in defeating Gaia. And I am also not special. Before you begin to protest I would like to tell you something. There was a time in Tartarus when I felt I would be better dead"
A huge gasp went around the room
"But someone" he said looking at Annabeth "motivated me to keep going and today here I am fit and alive. I would like to thank all of you for the support you have given me. THANK YOU"
Annabeth smiled at him as he came back.
"Now let's party" Dionysius said
Typical Dionysius
AFTER THE PARTY
"Perseus I want to talk to you" Athena said
Oh No! I am gone for Percy Thought
"Uh… Yes Lady Athena?"
"Perseus As you may know I doubted you before. But now.. You have proved your worth. You , my daughter and your friends save the world again." she said
"Oh well yeah, that's become a practice now you know. Having no help from the gods, falling in hell. It's nothing" Percy said bitterly
"Ah ! Perseus I know you are angry with us gods but we all know our mistakes now. Well everyone except Hera. You should have seen Poseidon's face when he came to know Hera kidnapped you"
"He was… worried? "Percy asked surprised
"Yes Perseus we gods do care for our children. And .. I don't know about your future but I can assure you are not falling into Hell again" Athena said
"Lady Athena, I want to ask you something ? Do you approve of my relationship with Annabeth?"
"Oh well yes"
He looked at her surprised
"Don't be so surprised. I did have doubts about you in the beginning but you have proved your worth. You literally fell into hell for her. So yes I approve of PERCABETH"
"Ah…! Not you also "Percy said
Athena chuckled and said "You may go now Perseus"
"Thank you, Lady Athena"
Key :
* Latin for the great feast/great banquet
** Latin for the great dance
*** The great dance is starting
**** Ball Room in Latin
***** It's Latin.
****** It's Greek.
That's it for Chapter 1. Do you like it? If yes, then review!
Chapter 2 would be uploaded soon about in 1 week. That chapter would include Percy going back to home.
Till then,
HarryPercyFowl