Chapter Eight: The Next Morning

Percy woke up and felt two weights on his chest. Somehow in the middle of the night Artemis and Athena had moved their heads to his chest. He looked down and saw Artemis and Athena resting peacefully on him. He started to panic at first until he remembered what had occurred last night. He also noticed that there was a mess of red hair and looking down he sees a little girl about age five or six or seven. He guessed that it was Scarlet.

Percy was very bad at judging ages. One reason was he grew up with his mom and she taught him the rule never ask a lady her age and never guess. If you are forced to guess make her at least ten years younger. (My mom says the same thing to me and my grandmother still has not forgiven me over 12 years later.) Two he still recalled the time he first met Artemis. They had a good laugh about that last night.

He was right it was Scarlet for she had woken up in the middle of the night. She went into the living room and saw her daddy and the two pretty ladies or aunties as she would call them for now anyway. The two pretty ladies had their heads on her daddy's chest. She climbed onto her daddy's lap and snuggled into him and fell asleep. It was very comfortable something Artemis and Athena agreed with. Scarlet did not even bother to see what she looked like. She did not even notice she was on two legs instead of four.

After a short time the three on Percy woke up. Artemis felt wonderful after waking up. She had not slept that well in many years. Now this was due to Orion and the fact that her bed was a cot or the ground which after a while gets uncomfortable even for the Goddess of the Hunt.

Athena did have a comfortable bed to sleep in but sleep was not always easy for her. She would usually just sum it up as being worried for her children or her mind working and thinking too much. However waking up next to Percy she could not fight the truth any longer. She was lonely and waking up next to someone was wonderful for her.

Athena knew she was lonely she always knew. She was the Goddess of Wisdom among many things so she knew the truth. However she chose to deny the truth and fight it instead. It was not the best idea but it helped. She knew she missed someone like a life partner. Thankfully Percy removed all old oaths that were made like Athena and Artemis being virgins. Athena was confused why she was forced to make the oath. Not really forced but very close to it. (More later)

Percy felt happy surrounded by a strange feeling one he could not understand fully. It felt like the emotion he had with his mom but it was different he knew it was love but past that he did not know anymore. He thought he was in love with Annabeth after all. Scarlet woke up and noticed that she was a human she saw in a mirror she had her hair and eye color. Her hair was long going down to her back.

Somehow she was in a night dress. The gang got up and Percy made breakfast for everyone. It was requested that he make blue pancakes. He smiled and made them and they were devoured. Percy was going to get his armor done today.

Artemis not wanting Scarlet to go to Hephaestus offered to take her. Percy agreed and Scarlet went along with it. Percy had been thinking about his armor and weapons. He needed to ask Artemis a question. He drew Riptide.

"Since you knew Zoe the best would she want me to use her sword as my weapon? I do not wish to dishonor since I have a great amount of respect for her and she was a friend towards the end." Artemis nodded that she understood before she answered.

"She saw you as a friend and a brother. So I think she would be happy that you used it and honored." Athena understood his reasoning behind his words so she offered this advice.

"I would have a back up weapon or a few just in case." Percy agreed that it made sense. So with a hug from his daughter and a kiss from his girlfriends Percy left to go see the God of the forge and get some armor. Artemis flashed Scarlet and herself to her camp. All her daughters thought Scarlet was joining them. Thalia however smiled and hugged Scarlet.

"Did you think I would not recognize you my favorite niece?" Scarlet smiled and laughed with Thalia at the fact that everyone missed it was her. Thalia gave Scarlet a bow and helped her practice shooting it.

She then turned on her mom and asked for details of what happened. Artemis was a little freaked out by this so Artemis told all of her daughters what had happened however at the end she had to make something clear.

"It is not certain at all we still have a lot of work." She said. At this Thalia smiled and then smirked a very creepy smirk.

"You two will be married to him mom for he does love you both. On the surface it is not strong but he does love you. He would not be dating you two if he did not feel anything. I know it will happen just not when."

The next few hours the girls all trained and fought. Scarlet had beaten all the other hunters expect the six or seven older girls including her aunt. Scarlet only viewed Thalia as an aunt right now. Artemis the whole time was watching and was amazed by it. Scarlet was very powerful and she was not to be messed with.

After the time ended Percy flashed in and he had many arrows aimed at him. They all lowered them when they saw it was just Percy. Percy laughed at actions of the hunters he was tackled by his daughter with a hug. Percy did not have any armor on and the answer when asked was he would save it for when it was needed.

He hinted that his armor used his powers and made them stronger but also allowed him to fight better. It also made him look scary and he did not wish to scare people yet. He showed a very ugly bracelet and said it was his armor. He kissed Artemis and left with Scarlet. He had not spent a day with her yet. Since it was only early afternoon he took Scarlet and they had a father daughter day or afternoon.

They spent it at the beach which was there favorite spot. Scarlet would often sit on the beach after her mother died. It for some reason would claim her. Many people mostly the women though it was cute that Percy was spending time with his daughter. No one approached them since the picture was too cute.

Scarlet had fallen asleep on her daddy's lap. Percy just sat there when he was approached by someone. He smiled before speaking.

"Hello mom by the way that still feels odd that you want to be a mom to me. I would figure you would want to blast me." He smiles at Amphitrite the former Queen of the Ocean. She seats down next to him and smiles.

"Well to be honest I have been watching you your whole life. I have done it with all of his children that he had with mortal women. Of all of them you are the one the intrigued me. You were and are so different from him. All I can guess is you got more of your mother's personality. I wish I could have met her she was a wonderful person." She smiled.

"Yeah but I am becoming like him." Percy said which caused Amphitrite to smile more like smirk before she said.

"You dating two goddess's does not make you like your father. Artemis and Athena were not hiding their emotions expect form you I guess. You have loyalty your father did not and never did. Even if you marry them both you will still not be like your father. You are nothing like him the only thing you have in common with him is your eyes." She said to her son.

"Why am I afraid of that? Why am I afraid in general?" Percy asked.

"It is who you are you are a loyal person so the idea of more than one girlfriend is not right. You are afraid that it might make you become like your father and be disloyal. You are scared that Artemis and Athena might do something similar to Annabeth."Amphitrite said to her son.

"I highly doubt that Artemis or Athena will do what Annabeth did and I know that they love you. I am sure you were told this but I will say it again give them a chance and take them on a date. I can watch Scarlet for you if you like."

Percy smiled and started to make plans he sent out a message to Artemis and Athena asking them out on a date. He planned on it being the three of them and then he would do individual date at later times. Both agreed to the date tomorrow. Percy thanks his new mom and left to get ready. Scarlet was still asleep so Percy put her in bed.

She now had her own room that Percy made for her after he got his armor. It had a small bed and a dresser and a closet full of cloths. It was not decorated since he was unsure how Scarlet would want it to be decorated. He was planning on letting her design it however she wanted it to be designed within reason. He was giving a message form Medusa that Zeus was dead. Percy called Nico and it was confirmed that Zeus was indeed dead.

Nico prevented Zeus form ever being reborn. Medusa said that Poseidon was not dead yet. He was close but Medusa wanted to enjoy punishing him some more. Percy agreed and told her as long as he was dead afterwards then that was ok with him. He also asked that no mortal was scared for life by her actions.

Percy had made Medusa a minor goddess she was the minor goddess of revenge and punishment. She had to create a team of warriors they were going to be like the Hunters of Artemis expect they were to hunt down wrong doers in the mortal world. Medusa was not going to go down a dark path.

Her group would not arrest the targets. No they would all die and they would target rapist, child abusers of all types and the lowest of the low like spoken before the targets would die no second chances. However they were not going to hunt down everyone no they were going only do the worst ones or any that the other gods put forth.

Percy got ready for bed and then went to bed dreaming of the next day.

End of chapter.

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