Confidence & Pride// [Percy Jackson OC]// Book 5

{Chapter Twenty-Six}

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"And there will come a time/You'll see, with no more tears
And love will not break your heart/But dismiss your fears"
- After the Storm (Mumford and Sons)
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THE FINAL BREAKING POINT

 

WITH THE WAR COUNCIL OVER, Arya was ordered to stay behind and work some things out with the gods about her new position. Her friends were all waiting for her by the doors. Arya shook her head and told them to go on, that she would meet them back at camp. Reluctantly, they all left.

Arya was probably in there another half hour before things were all said and done. The hall was quiet as she walked out, no doubt the gods all leaving to take time for themselves. She closed her eyes and imagined what she would look like sitting in there with all of them, arguing with them knowing they can't kill her.

Maybe she would even see if Annabeth would make her a throne.

Once she was out of the palace and on her way to the elevator she caught sight of Nico who was slouched against a wall waiting for her.

"Let me see it!" He said excitedly, falling into step with her.

"Alright." She sighed, starting to take off her left gauntlet, a task that was much harder now that she only had one abled hand. "But not touching, it still hurts."

Arya tucked her gauntlet into her sling and held up her forearm to show Nico. Where there once was bare skin, now was covered in black ink, that had been burned into her skin by Zeus himself.

Since Arya wasn't a god and couldn't just appear in and out of Olympus at will. The gods decided it was best to give her a tattoo not only to honor her position on council, but the tattoo was infused with magic that would alert her when she was being summoned, and allow her to get pulled to the Olympus by any god.

Nico immediately went to touch it and Arya slapped his hand away. "I said don't touch."

"What about after it stops burning?"

She thought about it for a minute. "Maybe. Now help me get this back on."

The two headed down the elevator and came out to see Paul and Sally sitting in the lobby. Arya went to tell them that Percy had probably already left but before she could she was pulled into a hug.

"You looked so beat up earlier. We were so worried! We saw Percy already and he said he didn't know when you'd be down so we waited."

"You guys were awesome out there." Arya told them honestly.