Chapter 12: Uh oh...
(Y/N) POV:
I didn't hear Grover enter the room until he dropped everything he was holding. Can of soda rolled towards Percy and I as we jumped away from each other, "Grover, buddy, I can explain." Percy started walking towards his shocked friend. "Y-you two... You were kissing? But Percy likes girls, doesn't he?" Poor Grover, he looked so confused. I hid my face behind my hands, this situation was so embarrassing, why didn't anything ever go smoothly for me. Percy was still talking to Grover, "Grover, you know what being bisexual is right? I like girls and guys. I'm sorry you had to walk in on that, I really like (Y/N). I just wasn't sure how to tell you." Grover looked like he was trying to process quantum physics. Eventually he looked like he gave up, he walked over to the Percy had been on earlier and sat on it. "So are you two dating then?" We both nodded. I went and awkwardly stood next to Percy, it seemed like we would be getting questioned for a bit till Grover preceded this. "How long have you been dating?" Percy beat me to answering, "just over 6 weeks now." Grover looked offended, "6 weeks, and you didn't tell?" Percy looked like a puppy being scolded, "Well, I just, didn't know how to tell you. I thought you might bring up annabeth if I told you too soon." Percy hung his head and I reached out to hold his hand, "And you (Y/N), were you aware that Percy was hiding this?" I shook my head, "I've always been kinda private, I thought I would just let people find out on their own. I assumed Percy was doing the same." Grover started tapping his foot/hoof as he starring daggers at Percy. "You are by BEST friend Percy, I cannot believe you hid this from me. Did you think I would be homophobic or something?! The gods like all genders, there kids tend to like multiple genders, I'm used to this. I am hurt that you would even think you'd need to hide this from me." I could see how much grovers words meant to Percy, he looked ashamed and very upset. I walked over to Grover and put a hand on his shoulder, "that's enough Grover. You got your point across. I'm sure Percy feels like crap right now and I can guarantee I'll never let him do something that stupid again." Grover stopped tapping his foot/hoof and smiled, "Thanks (Y/N). Take good care of him, he may be strong but he can be rash." I nodded, "don't worry, there's a reason he likes people with smarts." "Hey!" Percy yelled offended, I chuckled. He was so cute.

----Time Skip----

A bit of time passed and everyone calmed down and relaxed again. We turned on the TV and all of us dug into our food and drinks, Percy wasn't really watching the show though. He was over by the coffee table looking intensely at the map. "Hey (Y/N), what was the prophecy again?" I swallowed a large mouthful of chips before attempting to speak,
"heroes of our finale hour
tempted by an evil dower,
May sin be forgotten
or the soul be rotten.
for darkest hour with ring out,
bringing about a slaying drought."
Percy frowned, "I'm worried about that second line, evil dower, it suggests that we're going to be offered something we're not gonna wanna refuse but will be evil in nature. Now that sounds easy to avoid but you'd be surprised." I started to think about the prophecy as well. "May sin be forgotten or the soul rotten, what do you guys think of that line?" Grover chimed in this time, "It probably has to do with you state of mind, if you feel guilty it can effect you in battle. Maybe it means to have confidence in your actions?" I thought about that, it seemed like the right direction but it was to simple, "that's a good start Grover. I'm also thinking about that last lines, darkest hour. The darkest hour of the year is at midnight during the winter solstice. But that's months away, could our quest actually last that long?" Percy looked grim at that thought, "I hope not but knowing the gods and our luck it will." He sighed and rubbed a hand through his hair, ruffling the shorter strands. "I'm concerned about the very last line, it mentions drought. If there's no water I'm not very useful." We were all silent, being a child of Athena I didn't have the big flashy powers like Percy did, hell even Grover had the blessing of pan on his side. I went deep into thought, how could I plan out a strategy with so little info. I know what to avoid but I don't even know anything about my enemy except where a nasty boss battle was going to be. I ruffled my hair and groaned, overthinking this wasn't going to get me anywhere. I had to make a plan that kept us safe, not one to destroy the enemy. If I can't beat them then I can keep us alive long enough for my friends to.

I had a plan. But neither of them were gonna like it.

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Sorry it's so short, I wanted to upload another chapter but couldn't make it any longer without writing pretty much another chapter.