Hey guys!

I've been reading loads of humor, mainly in the form of Percy Jackson and the Olympians Truth and Dare stories.

This is a Truth and Dare sort of a story, BUT the plot differs a bit. You could call it Truth and Dare with a reason. Ideas for truth and dare as well as the plot are always welcome as reviews/ private messages :D

Read on to find out!

PS: Check out my other Percy Jackson stories – Your Guide to The Titan War II – The Last Olympian and So close, Yet so far!

DISCLAIMER: I don't own the Percy Jackson series.

NOTE: In my story, there are 14 Olympians. Read Your Guide to The Titan War II – The Last Olympian to know what happened. A comment by Nico causes Zeus and Poseidon to feel guilty and gives Hestia and Hades their rightful thrones. Also, Aphrodite broke up with Ares. Read the story (or more specifically, the fourth chapter) to find out what made these drastic changes happen!

Also, in the story, Luke isn't evil. Lets pretend that the prophecy never happened because the gods made Percy immortal before his sixteenth birthday and Nico technically was born before the Second World War, and Apollo shows Luke what the future would turn out like, and together with Hermes, they convince Luke to not be evil.

Review please!

Zeus had called an emergency council meeting. All the 14 Olympians were present.

The King of Gods cleared his throat and began.

"We have here, a very worrisome matter. I would like to begin by asking you all – have you felt any difference in your powers?"

All the gods frowned. They had indeed. Some had become stronger, and some weaker. But the fact remained that powers were being unbalanced. This could mean disaster!

"Yeah!" Aphrodite exclaimed. "So many people have stopped believing in love its crazy! So much of heartbreak and pain! I'm flickering all of a sudden, its scary. I mean, I- I'm fading away!"

Hephaestus paled. "No!" he burst out, hugging his wife tightly. "You won't fade away. You can't just leave me alone! You can't!"

Aphrodite wiped a tear from her eye.

"Its true", Zeus said. "We cannot have you fade away. Love cannot end in this world"

"More importantly, we can't lose her", Hephaestus said sharply.

"Yes, that's true", Zeus replied hurriedly. He didn't want Hephaestus to go mad and put the place on fire.

Artemis frowned. "You know", she said. "I feel more powerful. I can feel more girls believing in being maidens. But they are indecisive. Their hearts have been broken, sometimes because of the boys, and sometimes because of other reasons. The ones who got hurt because of boys wish boys never existed. But the ones that didn't, they wish they'd never fallen in love. But they don't want to quit it completely either"

"The divorce rate in the world is increasing too! So many people don't believe in marriage anymore!" Hera burst out. "I feel so much less powerful. I have been flickering too".

Zeus looked scared when he heard that. So okay – Zeus had like a million affairs with other women, and sometimes men. But he did love Hera!

"Even families are failing", she frowned worriedly. "They quarrel amongst themselves. Parents treat their children like garbage. There's a distance between them. They can't understand their feelings. One of the other reasons of girls and boys not believing in love is their parents hurting them. They don't understand their children's feelings. So many times, they take apart two poor kids who love each other truly. There's discord in parent – child relationships too. Parents don't appreciate their children. They make them feel unloved, unwanted and useless. Kids these days too need to respect the people who're bringing them up. They practically use their parents for their needs and treat them like crap otherwise. I've seen so many mothers, and even fathers, actually in tears over this!"

"Because of families not being united, home is becoming an unwanted place for many children. They run away. There are kids who run away from their parents because they're unwanted or because they want to be with the one person they love", Hestia added. This was turning out very worrisome.

"I feel so much more powerful! There's so much war in the world!" Ares exclaimed, excitement shining in his eyes.

"Gee, me too, but my task is so tedious! The death rate in the world is increasing rapidly, mainly because of suicide and war. I need to expand the Underworld to be able to accommodate all the souls", Hades complained.

"People try drowning themselves as a suicide method", Poseidon frowned.

"And the more commonly jump off high buildings", Zeus added.

"They're starving themselves too. And junk! There's so much junk! No cereal! No healthy food!" That, of course, was Demeter.

"People lie so much", Apollo scowled. "That gets them into major trouble. And Holy Apollo! –

Most people rolled their eyes. Seriously, Apollo was self-obsessed.

"You know how many people have been resorting to self harm? Cutting, drinking acid, etc. So much!" Apollo exclaimed.

"And wine. So many people are addicted to alcohol", said Dionysus, pleased. "They drink so much of alcoholic stuff to rid them of their troubles"

"Well, the world isn't a happy place. There's no more laughter. Why is this happening?" Hermes asked everyone, confused.

"The war", said Athena finally. "How many of you have heard the pleas of mortals in the past few months?"

The gods thought back, and their eyes widened when they realized they hadn't done so at all!

"Styx!" Zeus exclaimed. "We've been so busy relaxing, we haven't been paying attention to our duties!"

Athena grimaced. "And now the work load is too high. Many gods are in trouble, including the minor ones. We need to do something – now!"

"But the question is, what?" asked Apollo, bewildered.

"Well…" Athena pondered. "I'd like to ask you all a question. Why do you think the world is so imbalanced?"

"Because of us ignoring our duties", Artemis replied.

"And what else?" Athena asked, almost like a schoolteacher looking for a student to hit the nail right on the head.

"There is no more laughter!" Apollo exclaimed.

Athena nodded. "As Hermes said, people aren't happy. They don't laugh as much. We need to change that"

"Well", Aphrodite pouted. "Just making everyone laugh isn't going to solve the problem,"

"I know", Athena replied. "But laughter is the best medicine. Its best we start there"

"We need someone to do that for us", Hephaestus pointed out.

Athena nodded. "That's true. While we solve problems one by one, we need someone to start making the lives of the people better and our task easier"

"Well", Poseidon chuckled. "That's easy"

Athena rolled here eyes. 'Here comes an idiotic suggestion from Kelp for Brains', she thought.

She was wrong.

"The demigods will do so for us. I mean, look at them. They're a bunch of kids with this magical ability to make everyone laugh with their antics, unwittingly or on purpose"

Athena gaped as Poseidon smirked. "You're talking sense for the first time", she admitted grudgingly.

Poseidon smirked. "More like the millionth time"

Athena rolled her eyes.

"Well, Uncle P", Apollo chuckled. "Percy falls into the unwitting category for sure"

Poseidon and most of the others chuckled. That was a very true statement spoken from the mouth of the god of the truth.

"And Travis and Connor's practical jokes are hilarious!" Hermes laughed, remembering a couple of his favourites.

"Sure they are", Demeter grumbled. "When your children aren't on the receiving end"

"Come on, Demeter", Hestia smiled. "Free chocolate is pretty sweet"

Demeter mumbled something incomprehensible about stupid junk food being bad for her kids and how the world didn't understand that.

"Well then", Hephaestus announced, "I propose we get the kids to play Truth and Dare and get the videos up on HephaestusTube"

"Hephaestus, we sort of don't want to announce our existence to the world", Ares rolled his eyes.

"Ares is right for once", said Athena. "YouTube is a better idea"

"That's a rip-off", Hephaestus mumbled.

"Well, people are inspired by you", Aphrodite pointed out, cheering him up instantly.

Suddenly, she closed her eyes, as if in pain. The gods gasped.

Her head was detached from her body. She had no neck.

"Aphrodite!" Hephaestus yelled in panic as he held her tight in his big, muscular arms.

Aphrodite exhaled slowly and everyone breathed a sigh of relief as her neck came back to visibility.

"Are you okay?" Hephaestus asked, his eyes ablaze with a panicked fire.

"Relax", Aphrodite said, taking his face into her hands. "You stopped the flickering"

Hephaestus breathed out a sigh of relief. "How?"

"That's simple", Athena replied. Aphrodite nodded.

"Your love for me stopped the flickering. Belief in love, you know?"

Hephaestus nodded. "Got it"

"Well, as we can see, it's a pretty worrisome matter," said Zeus. "What's the plan?"

"As Hephaestus said, we get the kids to play Truth and Dare and then put up the AWESOME videos on YouTube!" Hermes exclaimed.

"And how do we hide our existence and the existence of demigods?" Ares asked cynically.

"That's easy," Hestia replied. "We'll just make it a part of the funny video! Mortals are sure to fall for it!"

"Its settled then," Zeus declared.

"Man, this is going to be so much fun!" Apollo exclaimed.

And the council Olympian adjourned.

How is it? Read and REVIEW!

If I get a good response, I'll continue soon.

See you guys!

ITOR