Night Poison: Thanks for the comment! I really appreciate it. His domains will probably be next chapter, so make sure to read it when I post it. Also, if you have any suggestions for domains that you want to see, just comment and I'll see if it suits better than the domains that I've already selected.
Emerald Brown: Thanks! :) I'm glad you find this story different from the normal Pertemis stories. Percy will definitely be powerful, you might not think that he is very powerful at the moment but he will get much stronger. The domains that I've selected are all equally important, there was one that I'm giving him just cause I like it, it doesn't actually have much power but the rest are all very important in some way or another. Also, if you still don't think he's as powerful as he should be, I swear he will be getting one more domain further into the story which will easily make him stronger than majority of the Olympians or at least on par with them.
Death Fury: Thanks! :)
yo: He will be powerful, I swear. Although, his main strength will be sparring. And he will acquire a massive domain.
Sea's Crown: Thank you! I'm probably not going to draw out the fight between Percy and Athena though. Probably wrap it up in a chapter or two, definitely before Percy gets his domains and about his domains... they are mainly inherited from Poseidon and Athena, I'm sorry but I swear that he will get a domain that is actually different from any domains any present gods and goddesses have. He will pretty much have sole control over it because as far as I am aware, no god or goddess has control over the domain, that I have in mind, completely. Someone might have a minor control but not to the level Percy will have.
TheYoLOMan: LOL, yes it did, shit just got real. And thanks for the reassurance about why he got kicked off of the council as well as the situation with Athena and Percy, I just wasn't sure about it. Also, this will kind of be the turning point of Athena's life. I've read in some of the stories how she is like a hand of justice or whatever, so she'll become fairer and more just. She won't let her domains control her. Yes, the introduction of Calypso, I hope you like how I've portrayed her. Anyways, thanks for the support, it's really appreciated.
Breathe in, breathe out. Slow and deep. (A/N not an innuendo of any kind.) This was my mantra right now.
Breathe in, breathe out. I was angry, annoyed and sad all at the same time.
Breathe in, breathe out. And I was channelling that through to my control over water.
My dad went through with his promise and the next moment I found myself on the white sands of a beautiful island. It was truly breathtaking and luckily seemed empty. But that was the least of my concern right now, there was so much emotion passing through me right now, that I just needed to find an outlet to relieve myself.
That's how I found myself, still on the shore, with my eyes closed, just feeling the water and how it flowed so calmly. Noticing it's subtle movement's and how the tide changed according to the moon.
Before harnessing it and using it, I had to learn it and understand it. I did this every time that I practiced my powers.
Breathe in, breathe out. A mantra to help me control my emotions and channel it into the water.
Breathe in, breathe out. Slowly raising my hands, I could feel the water responding to my control.
Breathe in, breathe out. I felt it all around me.
I was controlling the water to slowly rise from the sea and surround me. After which I was churning it around me like a tornado. My mind was clear, with only the feeling of the water.
My anger, fuelling my power, increasing the speed and ferocity of the water.
My sadness, slowly drawing in more water from the sea constantly.
Minutes passed without feeling anything, without seeing and understanding anything, everywhere and everything for me was just the water at the moment and how it moved at my command.
Until, I exerted too much power and I lost control. I was being assaulted with my emotions and my memories.
She hesitated for a moment and I knew that something was wrong. "No, there was something else, another matter. Bigger than the wedding proposal."
She continued, "it's regarding your uncle Hades."
"What?" I almost screamed, "is he alright?"
"Not quite, Perseus. He was accused of being a traitor."
I was losing control faster and faster after reviewing everything that happened in my mind again. Uncle Hades being banished from the council, all because of uncle Zeus' paranoia and possibly, aunt Hera's spiteful attitude.
I wasn't aware but more water had been collected by me and it was turning into a full blown storm.
But I didn't care, at the moment it didn't matter to me. Nothing mattered to me at the moment, I was lost in my own world of anger, sadness and confusion.
And the memories, they wouldn't leave my mind. They were just constantly replaying in my head.
She sighed, "a vote was held Perseus. A vote to decide whether he would stay on the council or be banished from Olympus."
"No! That doesn't make sense. What did he do wrong. He wouldn't, I know him. He wouldn't betray the council, his family."
My mother cut off my rant, "I'm sorry, Perseus. But my father, your uncle had proof. Something is happening, Percy. Something big, Zeus believes that Hades is behind it or at least a part of it."
This was some of the biggest schist that I'd ever heard. It was just so illogical for uncle Hades to be accused of betraying his family when he is one of the biggest preachers of 'family is the number one priority' that I know.
It just made me so angry, hearing what had been done. It pissed me off to no ends, the stupidity of the action carried out. Especially if there actually is something major going on, then we will need all of the help that we can get and uncle Hades would be a key in a war. We would be losing a major hitter in a war.
Sometimes situations like this make me question whether uncle Zeus was rightly picked by the fates or it should've been another sibling like aunt Hestia or dad or even uncle Hades.
He was more like what Kronos had been described as than he should've been. Uncle Zeus was power hungry and slightly paranoid. A person didn't make a good king when he can't even trust his subjects.
My eyes were still wide with disbelief, I couldn't believe this, I refused to. "But he wouldn't do anything like that. It's just a misunderstanding, it must be. You said a vote was held, who voted against him?" I asked breathlessly and then continued, somewhat doubtful, "you... You voted for him, right?"
She turned her head away from me and I took a step back, unable to believe that my mother would do something like this. "What, why? Mother, why would you do that, how could you? If something is truly happening, if something is stirring, we'll need all the help that we can get and losing uncle Hades is a big blow to our side. Mother, this wasn't wise, yo-"
But this memory made everything worse. The fact that my own mother, Athena, would actually follow through with this plan and assist it was ridiculous. It was the stupidest thing that could've been done and yet, mother went through with it as if it was the best thing since parchment was invented.
I just didn't understand how this could've happened. Or why this happened. Aunt Hera truly is a spiteful and cunning lady. But this was taken too far for a damaged pride. And the worst part was, there must have been an ulterior motive. Uncle Zeus, as daft as he is (no idea how he is king and related to mother), would never just kick uncle Hades off the council with minimum proof. Regardless of his paranoid and power hungry ways, he still was a family man. One of the only positive reasons for him to be king.
Although at the moment, I couldn't be bothered, I came here to get my mind off of the situation and train but that's all I can think of right now.
If I was aware of my situation, I would've known that the water I had been using had turned into a full blown-out storm.
I was cut off again but this time I was cut off by her slapping me. "Never question my wisdom again, Perseus. You better remember that I am the Goddess of wisdom."
I took another step back. My eyes tearing up, not because my mother hit hard but because of the fact that she hit me. And over the matter that I didn't agree with her decision.
After a minute of looking at her venomous glare at me, I got angry myself and I adopted an emotionless stare.
"Ahhhh!" I screamed in frustration, putting all of my power into the storm that I'd subconsciously started.
It was just such a stupid thing to fight about. How could she? Her pride would be her downfall. I'm glad that Poseidon is my father, even though he's a god and has a lot of pride, compared to the other Olympians it's almost miniscule. He's a good dad and an even better god. He doesn't have that superiority complex that other gods seemed to have and I'm grateful for that because that easily balances out the prideful nature that I get from my mother.
I could hear a tiny voice in my head shouting, "calm down!"
I didn't know where it was coming from but I ignored it. There was nothing that could stop me now.
"Ok, Athena. Then I hope you take comfort in the fact that I will leave you alone to your words of wisdom and never, ever disturb or question you again. For as long as you prefer a title and the reputation of goddess of wisdom over the love of your own son, then you are not my mother."
All of my anger left me and the I was slowly overpowered and left exhausted. Although the voice was slowly getting louder and more familiar. I felt myself losing control of the storm, all of my energy spent, until it completely dissipated. I could feel it falling down in the form of rain as well as hail in some places.
"Calm down, Percy." Said the voice in my head. I recognised it now, as my dad's. "I know that you wanted to let go but you shouldn't lose control like that. Control your anger and you'll control your power. If you hadn't, everyone would have been aware of where you were. I was barely able to contain your power."
I felt bad, "sorry, dad. I won't lose control again I swear."
"It's alright, just tell me when you want to come back. Ok?"
"Ya, I'll tell you. Talk to you later."
With that, I shut my mind from outside, blocking any deities from looking through.
Looking at the hail that had fallen, I decided that I would learn to control it. Now!
Focusing hard, I took a deep breath and went back into the memories that were just flashing through my mind. Looking at all of the scenes, I found the similar anger and sadness passing through me. As soon as I felt the emotions, I started focusing on the water simultaneously with the memories. I could feel the water reacting to my power, how it felt under my control.
Channeling my emotion, I could feel it bend to my will. Slowly, the particles started losing energy and freezing. It was slower at first but the rate started increasing as more of the water froze.
As soon as all of the water froze, I lost control and it dropped and shattered on the ground.
"Damn it!" And I decided, practice makes perfect.
I restarted the process, gathering water, concentrating on my memories, channeling it into the water and freezing it.
Just as all of the water had frozen, I heard a voice ask, "what are you doing?"
"Ah!" I yelped and the block of ice fell onto the floor again, shattering into millions of pieces.
I groaned and turned to glare at the culprit who disturbed me. My breath caught in my throat when I caught sight of who it was. She was one of the most beautiful woman that I'd ever seen.
She looked my age, with silky, caramel hair and beautiful almond shaped and almond coloured eyes. She had tan skin and was pretty small, a very lithe body. She held a small basket, although I couldn't see what was in it as a small cloth was covering it.
I just kept staring at her, not responding until the image of a girl slightly younger than me with auburn coloured hair and silver eyes popped into my head. That caused me to snap out of my daze and be able to answer her question.
"I'm training, if you want to know. I'm trying to control ice." Where she had been looking at me curiously before, she now had her hands on her hips.
"And why are you training on my island?"
I looked at her confused, "your island? I was aware that it was uninhabited."
"Yes, my island. I found it and I decided to stay here. So, kindly get off my island."
I gaped at her, "as if, I don't see your name anywhere, do I? If I want to train here, I will."
She huffed causing me to smirk and I turned back around to continue.
As I was gathering the water, I felt something hard hit my head. "Ow!" I exclaimed. I grabbed my head where there was sure to be a bump and possible bruising.
"What the Hades is wrong with you?"
"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't see you there on my island. I was just playing around." She said innocent with a small smile playing on her lips.
I glared until I had a brilliant idea. I smirked and swept my hand, splashing her in ice-cold water . She shrieked while I laughed. "Ha! Serves you right."
"Why you-? Didn't your mother teach you any manners regarding women and how to treat them."
I didn't realise it but there had been a genuine smile on my face before it curved downwards after she mentioned my mother.
I turned around, unwilling to look at her.
She definitely sensed my change in mood cause she asked, "are you alright? I'm Sorry, was it something I said? About your mother?"
"I don't want to talk about it." I answered emotionlessly.
"Come on!" She encouraged, "talking about it helps, you can vent and let out all of your emotions."
"I already said that I don't want to talk about it."
"Wow! Such a child, no wonder you have no manners."
She was trying to rile me up, I don't know why but I wouldn't take the bait. I took a deep breath to calm myself down.
"Look at me!" She commanded. Holy Hera, did she have to be so loud and annoying?
I turned slowly to face her, "what!"
She didn't respond but I vaguely noticed an object in the air which I identified as an apple. The only thing that I could think was, 'why is it getting bigger?' before it nailed me in the forehead.
"Ow!" I screamed in pain, whatever you might think of the fruit, I've got to say, it would make a formidable weapon.
I heard a giggle causing me to look up, seeing the still unknown girl with her hand on her mouth, trying to cover up her laugh.
I smirked and ran at her causing her to shriek and turn around to sprint away.
She was stood near the water and that was her biggest mistake. Quickly, I pushed her into the water, her basket went flying out of her hands, the apples following while she splashed into the water.
"Ahhhh!" She shrieked and got up, as fast as she could, soaked.
She looked at me and I saw a rage, a rage that I'd only seen once when I had destroyed some of Aphrodite's 'designer' clothes by mistake.
"Anyways, it was nice meeting you, I'd better go now." And I booked it.
I could hear her hot on my tail now and she was somehow catching up.
'Hades hath no fury like a woman scorned.' I thought, even though it was a random thought. Although it was perfectly right in this situation.
I collapsed when I felt a weight on my back and I ate dirt. I groaned, "please, get off of me."
"No!" So immature, honestly.
If I could've, I would've face palmed. I quickly dried her and she let out a sound of surprise. She let me turn around under her but didn't let me get up.
"You can do that?"
"Well, I was controlling water earlier." I replied snarkily.
"Well why didn't you do it earlier, then?" She asked, her turn to be snarky.
"Ummm, I forgot." I answered lamely.
She rolled her eyes, "boys..."
I didn't care to protest but just sat awkwardly as she was still sat on me.
"Ummmm... So." Trying to make conversation with the oblivious girl who was still sat on me.
She smirked, "ummmm... So." She mocked although it wasn't cruel so I didn't take it to heart.
"Ummmm... Can you please get off of me, now?"
"Oh, sorry." She squeaked, her face bright red and this time I smirked. My dad always said that I would be a lady killer when I grew up.
She introduced herself before the situation could get anymore awkward. "I'm Calypso."
"The titaness daughter of atlas?"
"Got a problem with that?" She asked warily with an eyebrow raised.
"Hey, now!" I said with my hands raised, "no problem at all, just confirming. I'm Perseus, son of Poseidon."
She stared at me but nodded after a moment.
"So, ummmm, you stay here?"
She looked around before answering, "yes, it's a beautiful place and I find myself being able to picture living my immortal life here."
I didn't reply but I had to agree, it was a beatiful place, it's beauty rivaling Delos.
"And what are you doing here?" She asked suspiciously.
"To train, as you could see. Something's happened and my dad sent me here because I needed to cool down."
"Family matter?" She questioned and at my nod, continued, "son of Poseidon, you said? You Olympians are so dramatic."
With a raised eyebrow, I asked, "and the titans were any different?"
"I guess not. Anyways, this thing that happened, I'm guessing your mother is involved."
"I don't want to talk about it." I sulked.
She shrugged her shoulders, "ok, I'm not going to pry."
We both stayed silent but after a bit of squirming, I said, "my uncle Hades was kicked off the council and... And the situation right now is just very stupid. And my mother was one of the Olympians to vote him off."
"Who is your mother?"
"I'd rather not say."
She encouraged, "I'm the daughter of a titan, atlas, the general of the titans armies. You can tell me, I know what it feels like having a 'different' parent. There's no need to hide anything." She emphasised the different part.
I hesitated but my resolve broke with one look at her expectant look. "My mother is a maiden goddess, she still is a maiden goddess but that's not the main problem, there is also the fact that she is a daughter of Zeus."
She gasped and thought for a moment, "your mother is Athena?"
I nodded, "how is she still a maiden goddess then?"
"Well, my parents didn't really do it." I said blushing, "my mom made me out of her power as well as my dad's. He, in fact, didn't even know that I was born until my mother left me on his palace footsteps."
"And you had a fight with your mom?"
I nodded weakly. Luckily, she didn't ask more.
"What were you doing here again?" She asked.
"I came here to train my powers. It helps me calm down. How did you even find me? This is quite a big island."
"The power!" She exclaimed, "there was a lot of power and I followed it."
I looked at her wide-eyed, "you felt a lot of power and instead of flashing away, you went towards it?"
She glared at me, "that's so misogynistic , just because I'm a woman, I'm a coward?"
"What? No!" I protested, "that's not what I meant!"
"You better not have meant that." She muttered but continued,"I may not like it but I am a daughter of the titan, atlas, and he's the titan of strength and endurance. I don't fear anything."
"Alright then." I smirked, "anyways, I'm going to be continuing my training, if you don't mind."
She pouted, "and if I mind?"
"I'm going to train regardless, I just said it out of politeness."
She huffed, "well, maybe I could help you train."
I looked at her sceptically, "and what will you help me with?" I asked with an eyebrow raised.
"What are you going to be doing?"
"Mainly my water powers as well as trying to control ice."
"Oh." She said disappointed. "At least come to my residence, it's nicer there."
"Alright." I shrugged and agreed.
And so we set out towards her place which was surprisingly far.
"You walked all this distance?" I asked incredulously.
She casually replied, "well, I felt your power from here."
"You felt that much power and only brought apples?"
"Hey! An apple is a powerful weapon or do you want a taste of one again?" I shook my head vigorously, "mark my words, apples will be one of the most powerful things in the future." (Teehee)
"Yeah, yeah." We carried on walking on in silence. It wasn't awkward though, it was nice. I felt surprisingly comfortable around Calypso. Even earlier, when we were fighting. Now to me, it was more like a playful banter.
She didn't seem like the goddesses or even nymphs up on Olympus, she seemed more like Artemis. And I appreciated that, she was what a woman should be; strong, independent, nice but can take care of herself just like mother, Artemis, Hestia and the other goddesses on the council. Unfortunately, the other goddesses on Olympus would rather gossip than actually get their hands dirty. They were vain and very annoying majority of the time.
We finally reached her place and she insisted on preparing a meal, even though it wasn't required. While she got on with that, I continued my ice training.
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"Aha!" After Hours of practice, I was finally able to hold the ice and actually shape it. It took some effort to even keep it iced up even for a while but over time, my control would improve until I can do what I want with it. I was sure of it.
"Do you still not want my help?"
The ice cube that I was holding up, dropped. Clutching my heart, I turned, "oh, Chaos! Don't do that! Why do you keep doing that?"
She giggled, "is the big, bad son of Poseidon scared?" She asked mockingly. "
"I huffed, "hmmmm, maybe you can help me."
She perked up, "really? What can I do?"
She looked so excited that I couldn't help but to laugh, "alright, I want you to try to distract me in anyway while I try controlling the ice."
She nodded and I summoned some water and started. I converted it into ice and put all my focus on it.
She tried all sorts of things; some stupid like tossing water at my face, thanks for the energy rejuvenation, while others actually made me have to increase my levels of concentration.
After roughly fifteen minutes of me holding the ice block without her distracting me, I decided it was enough and that my control of ice was good enough.
But... I couldn't help but to play one last trick to tease her. My eyes closed, I imagined the shape of a Pegasus and translated it into my control over the ice, slowly I felt it changing until it was a Pegasus and galloping in the air around us. Smiling, I opened my eyes to notice that calypso was right in front of me, staring at me with intensity that made me sweat.
It would have been scary if she wasn't a good head shorter than me.
"Calypso, what?" I started but was interrupted by her slamming her lips on mine. Behind us, I heard the ice Pegasus shatter while I remained stunned.
She snaked her arms around my neck and pulled me in as close as possible. I was still stunned and didn't move a muscle.
She was moving more with her hands threading through my hair now but my hands remained stationary, still by my side. My eyes were still open, wide in surprise while hers were now closed.
I didn't move a muscle, unsure of what to do as she slowly stopped kissing me. She bit my lip lightly and then rested our foreheads together, her eyes still closed.
She sighed and opened her eyes, staring straight into mine, "so I suppose that you don't feel the same as me?"
I couldn't dignify that with a response, so I stayed silent.
Silently, she moved away from me. Again, she sighed, "I really thought that we had a connection."
Gathering my wits, I said, "I'm sorry. I felt a connection but there's someone else in my heart. I've already given myself to her completely and love her." I didn't know what else to say, this was too embarrassing and I felt bad for her, "I'm sorry."
"It's not your fault, Percy." She said sadly. "I understand, I only wish that I met you sooner." She said, stroking my face.
I smiled lamely, unaware as to how that would make a difference, if the fates planned something, it would pan out their way regardless of how the deed was done. I would still probably be with Artemis regardless if I met her earlier.
Caught in my awkward situation, I was unaware of two important things that had just taken place elsewhere.
Scene change
A young girl, in her pre-teen years, just got up from her sleep. And she was crying, heavy tears slipping down her face with bloodshot eyes. The sadness in her eyes changing to anger and betrayal as she reviewed every thing that she saw in her dream.
Her once beautiful silver, moon-like eyes were now a cold silver, with the shine of a metal, emotionless.
'It seems that Percy has made his decision and he has decided that he'll be with that wench. Humph, we'll see if I care who he wants to be with.' She thought venomously.
She had just seen the apparent love of her life making out with another girl. Right now, there wasn't anything she hated more than Percy, maybe that girl that he was making out with, whoever that was.
Her face faltered and a few tears streaked down her face as she thought of what she just saw but that quickly changed into a sneer as her previous thoughts resurfaced.
Scene change
In a giant room with huge thrones, sat equally gigantic people. And they seemed to be in an emergency meeting that was called very suddenly due to the confusion present on the faces of majority of the members present.
"Alright." Said the man at the head of the room, "I have called you all here for this emergency meeting to address an issue." He paused for dramatic effect.
"Just get on with it, Zeus. We have no time for you to be messing about." This was said by a man with similar stature to Zeus except he had green eyes with Black hair whose name was Poseidon.
Zeus smirked, normally he'd be pissed by such disrespect but he was in too good a mood to get upset by any of it, "right you are, brother. Forgive me. The issue that I want to address is about the peaceful titans."
Right, very late update. I've had my GCSE exams going on and they have just ended. I say ended but I've got one more left on the 26th after which I'll be free from school for about two-three months which is very nice.
Anyways, this chapter, Percy and calypso meeting, I made calypso's attitude more like how she acted around leo than Percy in the canon series, it made more sense to me. She's so shy and shit when she meets Percy in the fourth book.
She fell in love too fast I suppose but really that's also how it is in the canon series, right? I mean sure, she's got a curse on her and at the moment she doesn't have it but screw it.
And artemis has started hating males and... Dun Dun Dun, it's because of Percy. So we might have to wait for pertemis for a while, sorry...
The peaceful titans who were on the gods side in the titan war will now be imprisoned but I won't get into that, too boring and I'm too lazy.
Also, next chapter will like have a 95% chance of Percy getting his domains and this will include like symbols of power and sacred animals. So, I've already decided like 3 sacred animals; wolves (I say wolf but I mean like all the canine species including dogs and foxes and animals like that), ? And ? But I was wondering if I should include monkeys. Very smart creatures, would make sense if they were one of his sacred animals. So comment whether he should have them as a sacred animal or not.
One last thing, this chapter also came out slower because I got bored and started writing some other stories which I doubt I'll post but hence it coming out slower.
Anyways, I hope you liked the chapter and make sure to leave any questions that you might have in the comments.