The rise of the Sky

Prologue

Percy POV

We did it . We defeated Gaea . We defeated the primordial of Earth . It was finally over . I could go to college in New Rome with Annabeth . I was unconsciously smiling at the thought .But then, the deaths and the grief began settling in . Leo 's sacrifice . The immense guilt began washing in . I stared into nothingness , tears welling up in my eyes as i replayed the explosion in my head, again and again, there is no way he could've survived . I was interrupted out of my mournings by a hand waving in my field of vision . I blinked a few times and turned around to face my lovely girlfriend. Annabeth . A small smile graced my lips as soon as i saw her . She looked so cute whenever she was angry , like right now . She asked "What were you doing ?" I tried to explain saying "just admiring the view" . She smirked "so you are admiring the bloodbath in front of us , seaweed brain ?" . I rubbed the back of my neck sheepishly , trying to find a excuse . Then suddenly Hermes flashed in " Zeus has summoned all of the demigods to Olympus , come on hurry up" . Oh great . We just finished a war for Zeus's sake . We need some rest but noo , Drama queen is not done with us yet . I sighed " come on , wise girl , let's go" . We all joined hands with Hermes , who flashed us into the throne room . The gods all had different expressions , my father was looking at Zeus smugly , Hades was trying to keep a straight face , but failed miserably , busting out laughing at Zeus's face who was beet red in embarrassment, though i don't know why . Dinosyus was just reading his wine magazine , not giving a f about the surroundings. Apollo and Artemis were looking at my father thankfully . Something had definitely happened here when i was gone , Artemis was looking at a male gratefully , no less my father ? . Hepheastus was tinkering with some metals . Aphrodite was admiring herself in a mirror . Hera appeared to be thinking something . Demeter was staring at my father wide- eyed . Hestia was staring off into nothingness, occasionally stealing glances with Hera . Ares was sharpening his axe . Athena was looking at my father incredulously. I cleared my throat loudly , bringing everyone out of their musings and looked at Zeus expectedly . His face immediately went stern , "Now that the demigods are here , lets start the award ceremony".
3rd person POV
Zeus continued "Now for the seven of the prophecy. Jason Grace step forward." Piper squeezed his comfortingly, then he stepped forward and bowed. Zeus shifted to Jupiter "Rise my son, you have done a great deed for Olympus. We would like to offer you full immortality. Don't worry the rest of the seven will be offered immortality as well. So, what do you say." Jason looked back at Piper, who gave him a reassuring smile and a nod. Jason looked at his father and said "Lord Jupiter, I accept your gracious offer." Jupiter smiled and held his hand in front of him, palm out towards Jason. A small beam shot out of his hand and hit Jason in the heart. Jason let out a small scream as his blood was being turned into Ichor.  As soon as the pain began it was gone. Jason rose to his feat, much to the relief of Piper. He looked at Jupiter and grumbled "A warning would have been nice" Everyone chuckled at this as he went back to the other seven.  "Piper McLean, step forward." Said a very excited Aphrodite. Piper smiled at Jason, who returned the smile, and stepped forward and bowed before the gods. "You have done a great deed for Olympus, my daughter. We would like to offer you immortality to show our gratitude. What do you say?" Piper smiled at her mom and looked at Jason . "I accept, mother." Aphrodite squealed and shot Piper with a beam to her heart. She screamed in pain and collapsed. When the pain disappeared she got up and went over to the other seven. When she got there she pulled Jason into a deep kiss. When she pulled back Jason was left with a dazed smile.

After everyone was done chuckling at Jason, Mars spoke up"Frank Zhang step forward." Frank smiled at hazel and walked forward and bowed before the gods. "Rise my son, for your great deeds for Olympus, us gods have decided to gift you with immortality, if you accept your firewood will no longer be bound to your life. So, do you accept?"Frank had a shocked expression. He knew he would be offered immortality, but he didn't even think about his piece of firewood. "I accept my lord." He said with a bow. Mars smiled and shot Frank's heart with a beam. Frank grunted painfully. Thankfully he has a higher pain tolerance than the others so he didn't scream. When the pain was gone he straitened up. He went over to the seven and stood beside hazel after giving her a hug. "Hazel Levesque please step forward." Pluto boomed. Hazel walked to the gods and bowed. "Rise my daughter, for your deeds for Olympus, we have decided to not return you to the underworld, we will also grant you immortality. Sadly we cannot cure your curse, because as you know only a descendent of Poseidon can cure it." Hazel smiled at her dad. "I accept Father" Pluto smiled and shot her with a beam to the heart and she screamed in pain. When the pain disappeared she smiled gratefully at her dad, then turned and walked over and kissed Frank and stood next to him with his arm over her shoulder. "Since Leo gave his life to kill Gaea, we will reconstruct the Argo II, and build a monument to honor him on Olympus." Hephaestus said with tears in his eyes, which shocked almost everyone. It showed he truly cared about his children. Percy smiled sadly at Hephaestus who nodded in return.

"Perseus Jackson step forward." Poseidon boomed. Percy smiled widely at Annabeth then walked up to the center of the room and bowed. "Rise my son, you need not bow to us, after two wars I think you of all people do not need to bow to us." Poseidon said with a smile. "For not only your effort in the war, but traveling through Tartarus to close the doors of death, we have decided to once again grant you godhood,do you accept?" Percy smiled sheepishly making all the gods groan. "I'm sorry my lord, but I'm going to have to decline. I however still would like a wish." Poseidon chuckled "We guessed you would say that, but we had to try. So, what will your wish be?" Percy smile at his dad " Well its two wishes actually, one small and one big. First I would like Hades and Hestia to have their thrones back ,I believe they deserves that much, if not more." Hades smiled thankfully at Percy, and Hestia came over and hugged him , who returned a smile " and secondly I would like you to change the ancient law that forbids you from interacting with your children. I believe  that has gone on long enough, you should be able to spend time your children." Everyone in the room stood agape at his second request. They expected something for the good of others, but changing he ancient laws for them. They didn't think even he would request for that. Zeus was the first to snap out his shock and said "We will honor your requests, I swear it by the river Styx." Percy smiled at Zeus and walked back to his girlfriend.

"Annabeth step forward" A very proud Athena said. Annabeth looked at Percy who smiled encouragingly at her. and bowed before the gods. "Rise my daughter, you have done a great deed for Olympus, so we have decided to offer you immortality, and for going through Tartarus to close the doors of death, if you accept you will be my second in command and help me in my temple. What do you say?" Annabeth was shocked. She expected immortality, but not to be able to work with her mom. It was all she ever wanted in life. She would finally be able to make the world better. She would be able to make something permanent. She didn't notice Percy was still smiling, but those who knew him could tell he was worried. He was worried she would let her fatal flaw take control and accept. After a few minutes of thinking she said "I accept my Lady , but on one condition , only if Percy is awarded with it too" several gasps were heard from the crowd. Everyone turned to Percy. "I accept my lady" .As soon as he said that several cheers were heard from the throne room . Athena shot a beam at Annabeth and Percy ."Well now that everyone got their reward let's begin the celebration!" Zeus said while giving Percy a sympathetic look. Everyone cheered and ran out of the throne room to party on Olympus.