The Broken Hero

Chapter 10

Apollo flashed to a jewelry store, he has seventeen days til Percy's party. He had to get the decorations, food, drinks, gifts, and guest all before than. He had his gift thought out. "Can I help you?" A young lady said from behind a the table. "Yes, I would like to order a custom made bracelet." The lady nodded, "Do you want any charms on it?" Apollo nodded, "Eleven." The lady went wide eye, nodding. "Okay, metal type?" Apollo looked down, "Gold. Charms too." The lady nodded. "Do you have the designs for these charms?" Apollo nodded pulling out a paper. She looked at the paper nodding, "It will be done in a week, two at most." Apollo nodded, signing a piece of paper and leaving.

Apollo walked into a home decor store and got some fairy lights. 

He then headed over to the smaller LED lights and grabbed a box of shells. He headed over to the table cloths, he grabbed a box of 5 table cloths. He then headed over to the chairs and grabbed 2 groups of 8 chairs. He went to the check out line, paying for everyone then flashed everything to Olympus.

He went to furniture store and bought 5 round tables.

He headed to the garden and closed it off. He set up the table, and chairs near the lake, before taking all the bags to a closet near the throne room. 

He soon flashed to a party store, he was looking through all the wall decorations. He wanted to find some LED balloons and something that the LED lights will flash off of. He was looking through the different foil balloons when he saw how the light reflected off of them. He headed to the front desk, "Excuse, fine sir." The man at the counter  turned around. "Yes?" Apollo smiled, "Do by any chance have any foil garland streamers?" He looked at a list on the desk, "Isle seven." Apollo nodded, smiling, "Thank you, kind sir." 

Apollo headed to the isle housing the streamers, he walked to were the light was gleaming off of the garland. There was four themes of garland all in the same colors. The first one was stars and moons. The second one being bubbles, the third being circles and dots. And the fourth being starts and dots. Apollo grabbed the bubbles, the color being silver to clash with the yellow lights. 

Apollo flashed back to Olympus. He set the decorations in the closet, with the other stuff he got. Walking back out of the throne room, he bumped into Percy. "Hey there." Percy smiled, "Hi. What has got you in a rush?" Apollo laughed, "I have sixteen days left." Percy smiled, checking the phone his father gifted him. "No. You have fourteen days left." Apollo looked at him weirdly. "Fourteen?!" Percy nodded showing him the phone.  It showed the date, August fourth. He had fourteen days left. "How? It was just first." Percy laughed, "So that is what everyone meant time was different.." Apollo looked at him. "I need to go." Apollo said flashing to Sally's house. 

He took a deep breathe, last time he was here, he was in the body of Lester, and that was a few months ago. Now he was about to tell Percy's parents about everything. He put his hand to the door and knocked. Apollo took his hand off the door and took another deep breathe as the door was opened. Paul opened the door, red teary eyes. "Apollo?" Sally came around the corner. "Hi?" Sally gestured him in, "How is he?" Apollo nodded, "Adjusting, he made it through the transition. You guys are allowed to call him, and when he is able to control his forms, you are able to visit in person." Sally smiled, "Is that all hon?" Apollo shook his head, "We are throwing him a party, for his eighteenth birthday. It is an important part of a Greeks life, so if you have any heirloom or gift you were going to give him at 18..I can give it to him, and IM you guys so you can watch and see his reaction over the call." Sally nodded, heading to her room. 

She came back out with a small gold ring with small circler jewels. Apollo had to look at the ring twice, it looked a lot like a ring Hyacinthus owned. "By any chance did your family come from Greece?" Sally looked at him, "I don't know. My mom's family comes from Cuba, but my dad's family don't really know where they are from. This ring comes from my father's side." Apollo nodded. "Paul, you don't have to give an heirloom, you can keep that for your daughter." Paul smiled, "Apollo, I have two heirlooms to hand down. I was already planning on giving Percy one." Apollo nodded. Paul headed off to his room.

He came out with a small black bag. "It a ring. It has an old family crest on it." Apollo nodded taking both. "Oh...um..I know Percy would love to have your blue cake and cookies. Give him some since of normalcy." Sally nodded, "Of course. I will always make that. I am gonna have to leave the recipes for Amphrite after I am gone." Apollo looked down, "I will hate to see that day. We will grieve you too. The whole world will, unknowingly of who...but they will." Apollo said, sad eyes. Sally smiled softly, putting her hand on his cheek. "You love him." Apollo gasped, "No I.." Sally chuckled, "For the god of truth you suck at telling it." Apollo met her eyes. "Yeah...its hard not to." Sally softly chuckled, "Keep him safe for me, okay?" Apollo nodded, pulling her in for a hug.

Apollo pulled away, saying thank you and goodbye before walking out the door. He flashed back to Olympus. He put the heirlooms in the closet, in a bag with the LED lights. He walked into the throne room. "Is it still the third?" Hermes looked at his phone. "It is the second." Apollo huffed, "Damn it!" Hermes laughed. "Who told you it was the third?" "Percy.." Apollo huffed shaking his head, Percy came in. "You, you are evil!" Apollo said his hardest trying to keep a smile off his lips. "Oh..am I?" Percy said not noticing everyone else in the room. "Yes. You..you and your convincing lying." Percy looked at him, "Sunshine, aren't you suppose to know when some one is lying?" Apollo froze, all noise in the throne room gone. "What did you call me?" Percy frowned, "Sunshine? Why? Is that wrong or?" Apollo shook his head, "Its fine." Hermes frowned, "Apollo, you okay?" Apollo nodded, "He just reminded me of someone.."