I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
Percy Pov
The last day of school. When everything is nice and relaxed. When all you did the last year can be forgotten and you are only focused on what you're gonna do with your days off.
Of course, you can't forget everything. Like how you got married to a maiden man-hating goddess. (Dad and Zeus had a truce and decided to symbolise it with 2 of their children getting married. Me and Artemis were the chosen ones.)Or when the mist got taken down and revealed all the secrets you tried so desperately to hide. (But I still hid mine.) That's right, no one knows I'm a demigod. Or I guess immortal now either. I'm not a God but I still live forever. Kind of happened when I married Artemis.
So anyways, the last day of school and I am just sitting in the back of the room avoiding the lustful gaze of Veronica, the local school cheerleader (slu*t). My step-dad (who is also my English teacher), Paul Blowfish, erm, Blofis, was sitting at his desk smiling at me. Why? I have no idea.
It kinda freaked me out. It was one of those, I-know-something-you-don't kind of smiles. Which can not be good. Something tells me that Artemis has something planned and told Paul about it.
As I was thinking this, the school jock, Hector, came up to me. Now don't get me wrong, the guy is strong but not demigod strong. He's also shorter than me by an inch. He keeps telling people that he is a son of Zeus, which he is not. I think I would know if he was my brother-in-law. As I was saying, he came up to me.
"Hey Jackson."
I ignored him.
"Look at someone when they are talking to you!"
Again, ignored him.
"I'll have my dad smite you, he's king of the Gods!"
'No he won't.' I thought. 'One, he can't, I'm immortal, two, by killing me, he would hurt Artemis. Not physically, but emotionally.' She might not seem like the kind of person who would be sad by that, but she is very adorable if you break through that man hating barrier.
"Looks like my dad's gonna kill ya!" He threatened again.
As soon as he said this a voice on the intercom came on.
" Students and staff, please head to the auditorium, we have some, special... guests."
Paul looked at me again and smirked. I was confused. If my earlier prediction was right then... THE GODS MUST BE THE SPECIAL GUESTS!
We all stood up and walked in a single file line to the auditorium. And there as I predicted, were the Gods, including my wife sitting on their thrones. They weren't in their 15 foot tall forms but were about 8 feet tall. Artemis though was in her 12 year old form, which she takes when I'm not around. Sometimes she does when I am, and I then get questions about my little sister. So... she doesn't do it often.
Off to the side I see the 7 (minus me) sitting on a couch. Also sitting there was Nico, Reyna, Rachel, and Annabeth's new girlfriend Aquama. After Tartarus, me and Annabeth decided that being friends would be better. And must I say, Annabeth and Aquama are a very cute couple. The 7 don't know that I am married to Artemis, only that I spend a lot of time with the hunt. I think that they think I joined which I guess is true from a certain point of view. I am technically a part of the hunt.
For some reason, Will Solace isn't here, he's usually with Nico all the time. Wonder what that's about.
I decide to sit in the very back where the Gods and my friends can't see me. Well, maybe Nico can, being a son of Hades and all that. Oh yea, almost forgot, I got Hades and Hestia seats on the council. So they're here as well. It's very loud in the auditorium until Uncle Z or my father-in-law slams his master bolt on the ground, shutting everyone up.
"ATTENTION MORTALS!" Zeus shouts, as dramatic as ever. "LAST TIME WE WERE HERE WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THE MIST CAME DOWN. WE MENTIONED THAT GAIA HAD BEEN DEFEATED BY THE GREATEST HEROS IN THIS MILLENNIUM. NOT AS GOOD AS HERCULES, BUT GOOD."
Artemis snorted. "There was nothing great about Hercules, he was a lying, backstabbing, womanizing, boy."
"I agree, my son is way better than Hercules." Poseidon replied spatting out Hercules' name like it was poison, which it is.
"ANYWAYS, WE AREN'T HERE FOR THAT DISCUSSION, WE ARE HERE FOR THE 7 HEROS OF THE PROPHECY AND SOME OTHERS THAT HELPED. WOULD THEY PLEASE COME UP HERE."
My friends walked up and kneeled before the Gods.
"It appears that one of you is missing." Athena said confused. "WOULD THE FINAL HERO PLEASE COME UP HERE, YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE."
Hector walked up and bowed to Zeus, and said "Father."
Zeus looked at him and thundered "YOU ARE NO SON OF MINE!" And blasted him back with a lightning bolt. Didn't kill him, just knocked him out.
"COME UP HERE NEPHEW." Zeus said in a warningly voice. I still didn't move. "Alright, Apollo, Hermes, do your thing." Zeus said, not shouting for once.
Alright, if you don't come up here, we'll blast you." Apollo said innocently. I still didn't move. "Thought so." Hermes replied.
"If you don't come out here, we'll reveal where you stand about how you feel about my-" I paled as I realized what he was about to say. I jumped up and said " Alright, alright, you got me."
Hector had just woken up to hear me say that. "Hah, there's no way that Percy is a demigod, much less a hero!"
I just kept walking while giving dad a look that said "drop it". My few friends, Michael and Ismael, though we call him Izzy, looked absolutely floored at the fact that I am a demigod.
I walked up and greeted my friends. They were a little confused about what Apollo was talking about, but I waved them off.
"Now that they are all here, please introduce yourselves, Godly parent only." Zeus said.
Nico went 1st. Then Reyna, then Rachel (she said she was a mortal but was the oracle of Delphi), then Nico.
The 7 went next.
"I'm Leo Valdez, son of Hephastus."
"I'm Frank Zhang, son of Mars."
"I'm Hazel Levesque, daughter of Pluto."
"I'm Jason Grace, son of Jupiter."
"I'm Piper McLean, daughter of Aphrodite."
"I'm Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena."
" Hi, you all know that I'm Percy Jackson, and I'm a son of Poseidon."
Hi, I'm Aquama, I'm not one of them, I'm just a naiad, and Annabeth's girlfriend."
We all go to sit down before people can register what I just said. When I sat down, Michael said something that chilled me to my bones.
"Hey Percy, what's that ring for?"
My... ring? I look at my hands to see...
My wedding ring right there on my finger. I must not have taken it off when I went to school. I must've forgotten after spending the night with Artemis.
I mind-message Artemis to ask her what to do. (One of the perks of being married to a goddess.)
"I don't know, is it your wedding ring?"
"Yes."
"I guess we gotta reveal ourselves."
"Are you sure?"
"Yep, let's do it."
"Okay."
"It's my wedding ring." I said.
That seemed to be shocking as everyone gasped at the same time. Except for the Gods, who already knew. And arranged it.
And then... dead silence. I decided to get up from my spot and walked over to Artemis' throne and sat on it next her. As I did that she changed into her 18 year old form.
The silence reminded me of the conversation me and Artemis had earlier.
FLASHBACK
I was sitting at the table in my apartment when Artemis walks up behind me.
"Remember our discussion about if we wanted kids?" She asked softly in my ear.
"Yes..." I replied.
"Well... I'm pregnant."
"That's amazing! I'm going to be a father!"
FLASHBACK END
"So... are we going to tell the council our news?" I whispered to her.
"We probably should." She replied.
No one had said anything yet. Annabeth suddenly snapped out of it and looked at the place I had been and then looked around the room looking for me. She finally found me and gasped.
"You... you're married to... ARTEMIS?!" She asked in shock.
"Yea." I replied nonchalantly.
"Well, now that that has been revealed, anything else we need to know?" Annabeth asked.
"Yes actually. We have news for everyone. Artemis and I are going to be parents." I said.
