Zoe

When Percy vapour-travelled us to his throne room, we were greeted with a nasty surprise. The entire marble floor was cracked and the walls had crumbled, showing the hallways into Olympus.

Percy released my hand, his eyes narrowing. Shadows swirled around his feet and his eyes turned blood-red. The people in the room, a few demigods and demi-titans, swallowed nervously at the murderous look in their King's eyes.

I slowly took a step back away from my boyfriend, feeling his aura rise along with his anger. Percy's gaze swept the room full of terrified demigods and demi-titans before he said "Octavian." The nervous Roman stepped forwards, tucking his helmet under his arm.

"Y-Yes, my Lo-um, I mean, yes Percy?" Octavian questioned, flinching as Percy's eyes landed on him. I truly felt bad for the male. Percy's wrath was not something you would want to experience.

"Get me Ethan and those blasted twins of Hyperion." Percy said in a steely voice. Octavian quickly nodded before turning and practically fleeing the destroyed throne room.

"Oh, they're so dead." Crystal, the daughter of Oceanus whispered from her spot a few away from me. The person beside her, a demigod son of Nike named Brandon snickered quietly. "We told them not to start another fight, but of course they didn't listen."

I opened my mouth to ask them what could've possibly happened to make Ethan, Alex and Jake start another fight when footsteps approached from the hallway. I turned and saw three very pale people enter the throne room.

Percy had moved from his spot beside me and he was now sitting on his throne, both of his arms crossed against his chest. His face was expressionless, and I wonder what he would do to punish Ethan, Jake and Alex.

The three of them walked up to Percy and stood in a line in front of him. Octavian entered a moment later, staying near the back of the room with a faint smile on his face.

There was silence for a few seconds before Percy spoke. "What the fuck happened here? I thought I told you three not to start another fight? This is the second time this has happened."

Alex and Jake sent Ethan a scathing look as Alex said "Ethan egged us on. We're sorry, we promise this won't happen ever again." Percy raised an eyebrow, a thin smile making it's way onto his lips. "You said that the last time you three obliterated my throne room. But this time, the damage is a lot worse."

"On the plus side, there's no fire." Jake interjected, but Alex elbowed him sharply in the ribs. Jake glared at his twin as he returned his attention back to Percy, who was now looking slightly amused. But he still had an angry glint in his eyes.

"Attention." My boyfriend finally said and Jake, Alex and Ethan immediately shut up. "So here's the deal. I'll repair the damage you three made, and you get a punishment for disobeying my orders."

Ethan, Alex and Jake all swallowed nervously and I lifted my hand up to my mouth to cover a smirk. Percy's punishments were creative and humiliating, but they never were made to hurt someone. Unless it's for the slaves, then that's a different story.

Crystal and Brandon both snickered at the terrified looks on the three's faces. "What, wait, no, we're sorry!" Ethan protested. Percy narrowed his eyes before he said "If you three truly promise that you won't destroy my throne room again, then swear on the River Styx. Then from there, I'll know you three are sorry and won't go back on your word."

Ethan, Alex and Jake remained silent, all three of them exchanging glances. When they still didn't speak, Percy smiled coldly. "I knew it. You three won't swear on the River Styx because you know that you'll most likely get into another fight and destroy my throne room."

They hung their heads and Percy clucked his tongue, a thoughtful look appearing on his face. "I know a great punishment for the three of you. Tomorrow, starting at 8AM sharp, you three will be taking turns sparring with me." Ethan, Alex and Jake's eyes widened in horror as I winced in sympathy. Sparring one on one against Percy was not something you would want to do. Especially since he would mop the floor with you.

The few demigods and demi-titans in the room all developed a look of pity as they heard what the punishment would be. Everyone in the room had sparred with Percy at least once in order to improve, and I had seen all of them surrender to my boyfriend within two minutes with nasty cuts and bruises.

"Oh gods, anything but that! Come on, surely you aren't that cruel?" Jake pleaded. Percy's eyes darkened as he rose from his throne, his wings unfurling from behind his back. He looked like a dark angel at the moment.

"Oh, but I am that cruel." Percy grinned wickedly before one of his wings extended, sweeping towards a door that was surprisingly still intact. "Now get out of my sight, and there's nothing you can say that will change my mind about your punishment."

The twins of Hyperion and Ethan sighed in defeat before they obeyed the order. Once they had left the throne room, the demigods and demi-titans turned their attention back to their King.

"I feel bad for them." Crystal said. Percy waved a dismissive hand as he walked towards me. "They deserve it, it's not exactly easy to repair this much damage." Percy reached me and he grabbed my hand, spinning me around and pulling me into a hug. I gripped his shoulders and kissed him on the neck.

"PDA! It's too much, my eyes, my eyes are bleeding!" Brandon yelled dramatically, covering his eyes with a grin. Percy rolled his eyes as he stroked my hair. "You're one to talk, I've seen you snogging Jessica in the hallways when you think no one is around."

Brandon's face turned red as the people in the room roared with laughter. I chuckled as I pressed my hands against Percy's chest, feeling his abs underneath his shirt. "I'm honestly so lucky to have him." I thought.

"What! I don't know what you're talking about." Brandon said quickly as Percy snorted in amusement. "Sure you don't. But onto a more serious note, I need you and Octavian to go and gather to rest of the army. Call them for a meeting, there's something Zoe and I had discovered while we were out."

Brandon nodded before grabbing Octavian by the arm and dragging the Roman out of the throne room. As they disappeared, Percy gently pulled me aside before thrusting his hand out. His eyes glowed golden as everything in the throne room magically repaired itself. The wall rose back up, and the cracks in the marble floor vanished.

Once everything had been repaired, Percy's eyes changed back to their original sea green. He staggered and nearly collapsed but I caught him, propping him upright. "Easy there, my love." I whispered with a cheeky smile. Percy laughed and squeezed my hand as a way of saying thank you.

"Whoa." Crystal murmured in awe as she stared at the throne room. "It's like nothing ever happened here in the first place." "I'd prefer it if my throne room stays like this. It takes a lot of energy to repair the damage that Ethan, Alex and Jake usually cause." Percy muttered as he pushed back his hair from his forehead.

Footsteps approached and Brandon and Octavian entered the newly repaired throne room. Many more demigods and demi-titans followed them. Brandon and Octavian's eyes widened in astonishment when they entered and Octavian whistled under his breath. "Damn Percy, looks good."

Percy smiled as the people in his army fanned out, all of them lining up with their backs against the walls. Ethan, Alex and Jake slipped in a moment later to join the demigods and demi-titans. 

Once everyone had assembled, Percy moved from beside me to stand in the middle of the silent and watching army. "When Zoe and I had left for our mini vacation, we encountered two demigods that I thought had died during the war for Olympus. Clarisse La Rue, daughter of Ares, and Malcolm Pace, son of Athena."

"Annabeth Chase's half-brother. I remember him, he was leading the Athena cabin in the war against Kronos years ago." Tyke, son of Demeter growled. "They're still alive?" Ethan asked in shock, but flinched as Percy's gaze landed on him.

"Yes. I really should've kept track on who died and who didn't." My boyfriend grumbled something under his breath before he clasped his hands together and continued to speak.

"They were talking about my cousin, Nico Di Angelo, son of Hades. He's gathered up an army of demigods and monsters to go against me and try to take Olympus back for the Gods." Whispers floated around the room but Percy plowed on. "Nico has ventured into Tartarus to see if Atlas had reformed so that so he could use the titan to free Zeus from his burden. He also went down there to see if the Olympians had reformed so that he could recruit them to his army as well." 

"Then we have to stop him!" Alex protested but Percy silenced him with his hand in the air. "I have sent a few of my mortal slaves down to Tartarus to guard the place where the Gods are supposedly reforming. But knowing mortals, Nico probably already got to Atlas and is now recruiting the Olympians to his army. There isn't much we can do about it but wait for Nico to bring the fight here."

Mutters of agreement came from Percy's army. I clenched my hand into a fist, feeling my fingernails dig against my palm. If Nico did manage to win against my boyfriend, then I wouldn't know what to do. But no, Percy won't lose. Not against a lowly son of Hades.

I felt an arm snake around my waist and I sighed in content as I leaned back against Percy. He placed a hand on top of my head and breathed into my ear "My love, you do know that my dear cousin will stand no chance against me? His supposed army contains a bunch of untrained and terrified demigods. Not to mention the monsters he has recruited to his cause. I can persuade them to fight for me easily."

"I know, my King. You will always prevail in the end." I murmured before planting a kiss onto Percy's cheek, earning a smile from him.

Nico Di Angelo will fail, and Olympus will remain under Percy's control.

Word count: 1789

I'm back with another chapter. Wow, 2000 reads on this, I'm impressed. ;) I mean, compared to my other two books that I have published, this is nothing but I'm still obviously happy lol.

On the other hand, England is really nice. British accents are great, the food is great and everything is great.