Prologue part 3: All is fair

Zeus sat in his throne, contemplating, 3 months... since the bolt was stolen, honestly he did not know what to think, he knew though the prime suspect of this all, but it seemed too easy, after all, while he could imagine why his brother would steal it, he could not imagine, why he would steal hades helm, after all he remains neutral in most conflict, there was something about all of this, almost like a fourth player was involved, to this he decided to invoke a private meeting between him and his brothers the same week, they think he was clueless of all their secrets... what better way to turn the tables.

The sky father sent his servants to pick Apollo from his rooms, after a couple of minutes, "Father what is it, i was in the middle of composing" said a young man, with an annoyed voice,

"I have the intention to call a meeting this week, between your uncles and me, you'll be present and make sure that no questions go unanswered, understand?" said the father with a matter of fact tone, leaving no room for arguments or questions."Ugh yes dad, now can i return to my apartments?" said the young man with an urgent tone, "You may... but remember,preservatives exist for a reason" said the father in a joking tone, at this the young man raised an eyebrow, feigning ignorance and without a word, turned, "Take my salutes to Calliope and Clio!" said the older god jokingly while the musician was basically running to his rooms, ah, kids these days, too afraid to admit the obvious, 

with a clap of his hands, an automaton was summoned, "Call for Hermes please" said the king, after a while a young man with elven traits and blond hair came into the room, "Yes father, how can i help ya?" said the man with a smile on his face, "give Poseidon and Hades this massage from me" in the hand of the monarch 2 letters appeared, at this the young man took them and transformed into an hawk, as he took flight he started glowing more and more, until he turned into a fiery light in the sky, traveling at impossible speeds.

Artemis was going to her grandmother, her divine home was found in a pine forest in Arizona, she was going for a really particular set of problems, she just hoped to shine light on some...peculiar set of visions she was having, they started as dreams at first then she started to wake up in the wrong epoch, yes you heard that right, those... visions intensified at such point that sometimes she felt as if she were somewhere else, in another time or perhaps another nation, but most importantly she was having visions of a young man with green eyes and a kind smile, the problem was that she never knew him, or even met him for that matter, the only person she could think of, was the infamous child of poseidon that she was supposed to fall for... but that could not be, right? Was this a joke that the fates did to her? Honestly she did not know, one thing she did know however is that, visions had meaning and, if ignored, could cause catastrophic consequences, not only for her but for olympus at large

As she arrived at her grandmother's palace, she could help but to admire its exterior, it was made of pure marble, it looked more like a cathedral than anything else, it was as if it was carved straight out of the moonlight, she parked her chariot In front of the entrance, before that she could knock, the door opened and a tall woman with smoke like hair opened the door with a gigantic smile on her face, "Ho Arty! I'm so happy to see you!" she said in sweet tone, "come on in! for dinner there's Moussaka, with fruit a side of fruits" as she entered, her grandmother gave her one of her famous hugs, the ones that temporarily impede your ability to breathe, "okay.. okay grandma, please.." said the grandaughter, "ho sorry dear it's just...it'been a while you know,"

After minutes (that felt like hours) of chit-chat she finally got around to telling her grandmother about the visions she is having, "They are visions of Avalon, it' like my celtic part it's attracted to it" yes you heard that correctly, her celtic part, you see when the romans started conquering france and england, they took her cult with them, in 20 years her cult was so widespread that another her took form... Flidais, "mhh.. tell what to these visions contain?"said her grandmother, "well i'm in a throne room, in this medieval castle, there's five thrones there but, there's one that captures my attention, it's a wooden carved throne with with images of hunting and wildlife carved into it, at the top of it are erected reindeer horns, it beckons me, it's like a strong uncontainable desire, as if something buried inside of me is deeply resonating with it, there's a boy about my age, his name is Perseus, in my dreams we are king and queen, though there are other queens too" the young goddess was shameless when talking to her grandmother, she did not leave any detail behind, though in some places, her voice embarrassed; while she was talking, she thought more about the young man, a strange unrecognizable feeling bubbling up in the young goddess spirit

In the morning of the meeting there where four people in the throne room, Apollo sat in his throne with a tired look, while the others, "Poseidon, Hades" he acknowledged his two brothers with a nod, his gaze cold and calculative, the other two responded accordingly while a table materialized in front of them, "Sit brothers, please, no compliment" said the king in a tired tone, then, after a deep breath, he started "I've called you here for the following reasons, first the master bolt and the helm of darkness getting stolen," at this Zeus gaze had gone over to Poseidon, "Tell me brother who do you think has taken them" at this both brothers felt angry, Hades because Zeus knew a secret that should've been known only to him, and Poseidon felt insulted at the implication of the phrase, "What do you mean brother? Look have i betrayed you in the past? Yes, but i won't stand false accusations, you know perfectly well that i would not stoop do low as to steal my enemy's weapon!"

At this the monarchs gaze took to the left of the table "Apollo, is your uncle saying the truth?" Zeus said in calm and calculating tone, at this the young god said in a tired tone"Yes father...now can i go?" he really did not seem to want to be here, "Fine you can go... but remain available," the sky father said, visibly relieved,obviously he had made the young one previously swear on his own essence of saying nothing but objective truth, at this the young god vanished in speckles of light, 

"So brothers now-"Zeus said before being interrupted, "Tell me brother how did you know my helm was gone?" said Hades, a cold glint in his eye, "Don't worry brother, i took a gamble, you see brother i like to keep tabs of your servants in the human world the rare times they appear, and strangely, Alecto has been active in the last 5 of months, specifically at Yancy Academy, a private school, teaching under the fake name Ms. Dodds," at this Poseidon started to sweat lightly, hoping that his son was secure and nothing happened to him, then he felt better because he was confident in- "Then as if that was not enough Chiron left his post at camp half blood, with Riptide, a legendary sword, that should have been in Poseidon's possession, both of them teach in the same class, and a satyr named grover has always been seen with a demigod called Percy Jackson, both the demigod and the satyr are in the same class taught by Chiron and Alecto, all of this tells me two things: 1. Percy jackson his probably your son my dear Poseidon, 2. Hades thought that Jackson took something from him," Zeus said, a grin on his face, "so brother as you can see i took a gamble and it paid off..."