The Goddess Forgot

Years Later

Percy's POV

8 Years Later

8 years was how long I have been away from Olympus. 

8 years of freedom their tyranny and 8 years of just living free. I was no longer a pawn being played in a larger game by Zeus and the council. I mean it felt great and all but I knew there was something missing and a week after my self-proclaimed 'exile', I identified it as love. 

I was missing love. 

Don't get me wrong, being cheated on makes a person not want to get involved, but people get cheated on all the time and there is nothing you can do but move on a learn from your mistakes. But being scared like that, I just don't think that my loyalty could be given to anyone besides, Hestia, my mom, and Paul. It hurts way too much, but still, life goes on and now that I am immortal, I won't have to worry about time on my hands. 

But anyway, almost every day I was out on the beach doing something with my twin. I was either playing with her in our eight-year-old forms, building sandcastles, or I was speaking with my father about setting up some time to come to our island to come and talk with Sally and meet the family. Other times I would go with Hestia and explore the ocean around us using my powers to carry us anywhere we wanted. One day we found a ship which I easily identified as "The Nuestra Senora de la Maravilla". I told Hestia about the ship's history and told her that it carried the second-largest amount of money ever sunk near the island. 

Most of the time though I was teaching Hesita how to surf and swim. One day I asked dad if he could conjure up some nice surfing waves that I could teach Hestia on. Of course, he said yes, and I invited him to the island, to which he immediately said yes. 

Early during the day, I woke up in my eight-year-old form sleeping with Hestia as we were very protective of each other and did not feel like letting go of each other in fear of something might happen to either of us. 

I gave my sis a kiss on the forehead and tucked her in, and walked out of the bedroom. Once I closed the door, I shifted into my 18-year-old form, seeing as I was the most comfortable in this form. Soon I was standing on the beach waiting for my father to walk out of the ocean. 

After about ten minutes of waiting, I saw the water start to spin into a vortex the revealed my dad, clad in a Hawaiian t-shirt and flowery swimshorts. I mean, this looked super relaxed on him because I told him it was going to be a hot day today. 

I walked over and hugged him, and said, "Dad, it's great to see you."

"And the same to you son."

"Dad, I don't want to ruin the mood, but mom is married to a mortal. Please don't do anything rash. I like him and he is definitely not like Smelly Gabe. Just, please. Ask yourself what makes my mom really happy?" I pleaded with him.

"I will son. I will. But I won't hesitate to wipe him off the earth if he does something to her."

"Ok. Ok. But I was thinking, that now we are immortal, I was going to ask Zeus to get my mom to be a goddess and she could marry Paul, who could become the minor god of teaching or something. That way we're all a happy family. What do you think?"

"Sounds good but we need to ask them first for their decision. I'm sure they will accept with a few convincing facts about godhood." My father said.

I nodded, "Well dad, I am off to teach Hestia how to surf so I will be out all day. Just catch up with the fam and try not to get mom too flustered okay. You are still a married man you know." 

With that, I left a flustered Poseidon behind to go and wake up my twin. 

I was just waiting for her to come out from changing into a swimsuit when she walked out in a flame red/orange bikini.