Chapter 19

Piper POV

I woke up in my bed in the Aphrodite cabin feeling about as sick as can be and ran into the bathroom. Thankfully it was early so none of my siblings would be up otherwise it might have ed to some awkward questions. I must have spent almost an hour in there before I got an IM from my mom "Hey Piper!" she said cheerfully "How are you doing?"

'You did not just say that.' I thought "i'm just Peachy." I said sarcastically not that she noticed.

"I'm sorry I don't have a ton of time I was just wondering if you wanted to join a little support group me and Artemis were putting together." she said.

"Support group?" I asked.

Mom went into the finer details and I agreed "Good, good" she said after "oh and bring Jason too, bye for now."

'What have I gotten myself into.' I thought feeling on odd sense of dread.

Around 2:00 pm me and Jason went to Artemis' cabin like my mom told us and we were flashed to a room in said goddesses palace or at least I was guessing it was her palace. Nearly every thing was white or silver. "Are you sure about this Pipes." Jason said nervously

"Well to late to back out now." I said "Besides everybody has already had to swear to secrecy about this so we should be safe."

"What exactly is this group for again?" Jason asked.

"it's supposed to be a group of people we can trust with this kind of stuff.".

"So basically it's a little club for you girls to talk about their pregnancies and the guys are just getting dragged along." he summed up

"Well not all the girls are pregnant but essentially yeah so suck it up and get used to it." I said earning a chuckle from Jason.

At that point Percy and Nico flashed in looking mad but they sat down "So what's this big surprise for me?" Nico asked Percy just smirked knowingly.

"Oh don't worry you'll find out in a second, just hold on."Percy said.

Nico gave him a glare then turned to us "Hi." he said nervously looking at Jason.

"Um what are you two doing here?" I asked

"We're here for the meeting same as you." Percy said.

"Oh I didn't realize you two were together." I said causing the two of them to start sputtering denials. "You guys are way too easy." I laughed.

After that we sat in relative silence as everyone one else showed up pairs. This included Frank and Hazel, Poseidon and Athena, Hestia and Leo (why they showed up together I have no idea), Artemis and Thalia, and my mom who showed up last and by herself. Mom stood at the front "Ok now that everyone is here I will start. First I would like to suggest that we begin by sharing the reasons why each of you are here nothing more." Nobody really wanted to share but our curiosity for why everyone else was there won out.

Me and Jason were the first up, thankfully we didn't have introduce ourselves since everyone already knew us. "Ok" I said trying to speak "me and Jason are here because I'm pregnant and it's his and apparently our child is going to be an illegal born so we need to hide." the two of us sat down.

Next was Frank and Hazel who said the same thing 'I knew it, I knew that story was bogus.' I thought Leo and Hestia got up "Well the two of us are here for two reasons." Hestia said "The first is that me and Leo are married." I heard a soft thud behind me and turned to find Jason picking himself up off the floor.

"Sorry just…didn't seem that coming." He said we all murmured in agreement along with some congratulations Hestia nodded and said "The second thing is I'm pregnant and Zeus will probably kill our child when its born.".

"Wait a second." Thalia said "Wouldn't your kid be immortal at the very least? So how would Zeus kill it.".

"Normally that would be true but not in this case." She said then went on to explain the deal she, Athena, and Artemis were forced to make with Hera. 'This just gives me another reason to hate Hera' I thought.

"Wait why did Artemis get thrown into that deal?" Leo said "I get Athena and Hestia but why her."

"I guess we're up next" Artemis said tapping Percy on the shoulder "I was part of that deal because earlier that night I got married.". Everyone's mouth dropped at that.

Yes we were shocked that Hestia got married but she was know as a very kind goddess so wasn't hard to imagine her getting married. But now the man hating goddess is married, what next?.

"Who did you marry?" Leo asked apparently slightly dazed.

"Percy." Artemis replied flatly. "You know, the guy standing right next to me."

Leo flushed with embarrassment"Percy how you pull this stuff off is beyond me, how the heck did you even survive asking her out the first time?" Jason asked trying to move things along for Leo's sake.

"He survived it because it was technically a fake blind date Piper helped set up." Artemis said.

"Just saying I thought I was setting him up with a normal girl." I added

Next went Poseidon and Athena who announced they were having a baby getting my mom to squeal like a little girl. Finally Nico and Thalia got up and said that they were also married. Jason mad that he wasn't told sooner but a little prodding from me convinced him to let it go.

Nico went to sit down but Thalia grabbed his arm "We're not done yet Nico." she said

"We're not?" he asked "What else is there?"

"I'm pregnant?" Thalia said and Nico's face lit up.

"Really?" Thalia nodded smiling. "I'm gonna be a dad!" Nico shouted in joy hugging his wife.

Once the two of them sat down Artemis got up"Aphrodite brought us together so we could know who to trust and have people to go to if we need help." she said calmly. "In time we might be able to being you out of hiding but as of right now the only advice we can give is to be careful and stay out of the spot light." Every one stood and began to leave but Apparently Aphrodite had more to say.

"One more thing before you go pregnancy is different for immortals. First even though the baby will be mortal it only last three-four months instead of nine, so mothers it's going to be a little less painful but you're going to be much more tired. Also we know where the island of Ogygia is and that's where I'm planning to send Piper and Hazel when they get close to their due date. They can raise their kids there in safety and still be with their husbands. We can also have Thalia, Hestia, and Athena go there for the same reason, any questions." nobody raised their hand so the meeting was dismissed.

Percy POV

After the meeting dad grabbed me and Nico and told us that we needed to go to an Olympian council meeting. We flashed in a second later and were still the last ones

"You know I'm starting to think that the call us last just so they can say we're holding up the meeting." I said to Nico who laughed.

Zeus cleared his throat "Lets make this quick first Percy and Nico need someone to teach them about being gods how to use their powers and such, any volunteers.".

Both of our dads offered but Zeus silenced them "You will not be the one to teach your sons." Zeus said giving my dad a glare.

"Come now brother." Hades said "you're just upset that Poseidon married your daughter."

"You would be to if Nico did the same."Zeus snapped

Hades shook his head "I sincerely doubt that." he said

"Then prove it." Zeus challenged.

Hades looked to Nico "Nico I give you my full permission to marry who ever you choose as long as they are not an enemy of the gods".

Zeus reddened and I gave Nico a high five "Moving on who else will be willing to teach them."Apollo said attempting to diffuse the situation. In the end Hestia was the one who was given the task of training us.

"One more thing." Zeus said "Dionysus has brought up a good point, since Percy is the god of Heroes the two of us would like to make him the new camp director."

"Whoa back up." I said "I'm the guardian of the hunters, I've already sworn to protect them and that is where I'll need to be."

"Yes about that you will be released from your duties as guardian of the hunt so you won't have to worry about that. In the mean time I'll have a new one instated.".

"No father." Artemis said calmly

"What do you mean no?!" Zeus shouted "I thought you hated males so why are you fight me on having him removed."

I got a little nervous but Artemis handled it well "Because I will not go through the process of breaking in a new one and unless you plan on giving us a female guardian I will not risk getting some pig of a man." Artemis said.

Dionysus spoke up "Then how about this, Perry here can take both jobs, Chiron can run the camp by himself for the most part so Perry would only have to check in every few weeks or so."

"I would be open to that." I said.

'Percy what are you doing?' Artemis said into my mind.

'Trying to give the campers a better life at camp, if Dionysus stays in charge he'll make their lives miserable.' I responded.

'Fine but this better not backfire on my hunt.'

'How would it we're basically there every week anyway.' Artemis didn't respond back.

We took a vote on it but I wasn't aloud to vote myself because I was just a 'minor god'. The vote went in my favor being 8 to 6, but Zeus got his last laugh in deciding that since I was now running camp my palace was going to be there instead of on Olympus.

Personally I didn't mind but I acted like I did so Zeus would feel like he got a win. Apollo caught on and tried to cover up his laughing as coughing. Next Me and Nico were given our sacred animals and symbols of power. Turns out we got to choose them, I naturally chose the Pegasus for my animal and a sword since I had to give riptide back to my Father now that I'm a god. It was a bit hard to see the blade I'd used my whole life go but I took comfort in knowing that a new demigod would get a trust worthy blade.

Nico also chose a sword and a hawk for his animal. Zeus was about to dismiss the meeting when we started to hear snoring. We a turn to find Athena fast asleep in her throne. "Um Athena, Athena wake up." Aphrodite said shaking her.

"Hm?" Athena said waking up only to blush in embarrassment"Sorry did I miss anything?"

"Not really" Apollo said "but are you okay?"

"I'm fine I just didn't really sleep well last night, Poseidon kept me up for most of it.". Zeus summoned his master bolt and gave Poseidon a death glare while Hermes fell out of his throne laughing. Athena realizing how it sounded quickly added "We were up late try to sort out the kingdom's finances." Zeus calmed down and ended the meeting but Hermes was still laughing.

After the meeting Athena went to inform Annabeth about my palace being in camp rather than on Olympus. I ended up spending the day with Hermes and Apollo since Artemis wanted some time to herself. Hermes wanted us to hit the clubs saying "Come on we're three bachelors lets go have some fun." I shot him down saying Artemis would kill me if I came back to the hunt even slightly intoxicated. So we settled on playing pranks on some of other the gods. 'Amazing how three grown men two of which are over 3000 years old can revert to the maturity of a teenager so quickly.' I thought.

At the end of the day I flashed back to camp and went to sleep in my cabin which and some how already been built but I didn't mind it looked awesome. The windows were made from sea ice, most of the building was made from the same grey rock as my father's cabin but it had a bluish tint. And best of all right on the door was a quote from one of my mom's favorite authors.

"A true hero does not ask for riches, he seeks not fame, he does what is right not for glory but because it is right. The only thing he seeks is the joy of those he protects."

The next morning I was awoken by the sound of someone walking by my cabin. I looked at the clock and saw it said 4:30 am 'Who the heck would be up this early.' I thought.

I peeked out my door and saw Silver walking down to the beach with Luna'What are those two doing?' I thought deciding to follow them. I grabbed my new sword and followed them till they got to the part of the beach that met the forest "Here good?" Silver asked.

"Yeah we should be far enough away from camp now." Luna said.

I hid myself in the bushes near by and watched. The two of them started to spare sword on sword and I was blown away by their skill. They were easily better than I was at their age, which barely a year ago. Part of me wondered if they would have surpassed me had I not become a god.

I heard a rustle of leaves a little to my left followed by a sigh. A dryad was standing there staring intently at Silver and couldn't help but chuckle to myself. Returning my attention to the sparing match I was impressed they were still going most people would be exhausted by this point if they fought at the same pace. To my surprise the continued fight for two more hours before stopping.

"Thanks for the work out." Silver said but they both looked like they could have kept going for twice as long in my opinion "No one here even comes close except Sophie but she's not much of an early riser."

"I know what you mean remember when we were 14, Sophie was having a sleepover with us and were fighting just to get her out of bed at noon." Luna laughed

"Yeah it wasn't till we got Thalia to zap her that she woke up. And then she tries to kill us for it, I mean it's not like we did it." Silver said.

"True but it was our idea" Luna said

"That is beside the point." Silver said laughing. He gave Luna a hug and said "I've missed you sis." 'They're siblings!' I internally screamed.

"I missed you to." she said "You want to come see Zoe?"

"I do but you know she can't keep a secret that well. If she finds out I'm here we'll be busted in l like ten seconds."

"Fine but one more thing." Luna said "That ring may hid your actual looks and even make that aura you give off look like the blessing of Ares, but you can't keep doing that or you'll overload it".

With that they started heading back to camp and I again followed wanting to learn more but they never even spoke the whole way back. As we entered the area of camp with the cabins Artemis flashed in next to me "Hey Percy what are you doi.."

I covered her mouth and pointed to Silver and Luna she nodded and we followed. The two of them parted at my fathers cabin. Luna went in and found Zoe crying. "What happened?" she asked.

"I-I had a bad dream." Zoe cried.

"About the war?" Luna asked Zoe nodded.

Luna tucked her sister in and said "Go back to sleep, I'll be right here if you need me." Zoe laid back down and grabbed her little stuffed teddy she slept with while Luna started to sing.

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You are my child of moonlight

You call the light down.

There is a peace within my heart

Whenever you're around

The stars at night they all shine bright

And darling so do you

You are my child of moonlight and I'll always love you

You are my child of shooting stars

You are my wish come true

My heart had never held such love

Until my arms held you

The stars at night they all shine bright

And darling so do you

You are my child of moonlight and I'll always love you.

The stars at night they all shine bright

And darling so do you

You are my child of moonlight and I'll always love you.

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I had heard it before on the first night Luna arrived at camp with Zoe. I had asked her about it and Luna said "My mother would sing that to us every night before bed and now I sing it to Zoe since my mom can't.". on my left Artemis gasped as Luna finished.

"What is it?" I asked.

"My mother Leto used to sing that to me and Apollo when we were young. It's been almost 2000 years since I've heard it." Artemis said.

Going back to Artemis palace we still couldn't sleep so we just talked. I told her what I had learned about Luna and Zoe. Artemis' eyes seemed to spark at the idea of them being from the future but I didn't understand why.

"You know something that I've wondered ever since I met you?" I asked "I've seen mortals whose eyes are gold, blue, green, brown even a reddish brown but I have never seen someone with silver eyes like yours, why is that?"

Artemis laughed "That's because originally mortals only had one eye color, brown. The rest came from us gods when we had children, and the reason why silver isn't among them is because I never had kids."

Thalia walked into the living room where Artemis and I were resting "What are you doing up so early?" I asked.

"Morning sickness sucks." She replied snuggling into a chair. "What about you?"

"Couldn't sleep." I replied.

Thalia nodded tiredly before focusing on my wife. "Hey Artemis what are those things on your arm?" she asked.

"These?" Thalia nodded.

"These are the bands that represent my children that will be born mortal." Artemis replied

Thalia thought for a second "Would those also happen to show up on your kid's arm as well?"

"Yes why?" Artemis asked.

"Because I saw that on a girl's arm at camp the other day.".