The Rule of Succession

Chapter Twelve

A/N. Reviews.

"Damn. Things are getting good. Can't wait for the next chapter." -GokuBlackSSJR14

Thank you!

"Great chapter! Did not think he was gonna reunite with Annabeth like that, I thought there'd be more tears and shouting, I really expected percy to tell her then and there considering she just found him during his bachelor's party also is the wedding the next chapter or the chapter after that? I soo excited to hear his wedding speach!" -Sankarea396

Honestly, I had planned the Annabeth interaction differently. He was going to be at the bar with Artemis when he saw her, but then I changed Percy's bachelor party literally as I was writing the last chapter, and I decided to just add it there. The Wedding is this chapter.

"It would be easier to enjoy the ride if something happened. I get the need for setup, just becareful how long you spend drip feeding it." -jfrost22792

I completely understand. I stopped reading Daylilly because nothing was happening lmao. Stuff should start picking up from here, I hope.

"Good chapter. I think it'd be kinda amusing for Percy's title as King of Hell to be announced at the wedding, but at the same time I know it won't happen. I can't wait to see God's reaction to Percy's refusal as well." -JettShay

Yeah, I'm building up to the reveal. As for God's reaction, end of this chapter!

"Good chapter as always excited for more liked seeing hell again" -TheFiction101

Thank you! I like seeing Hell too, but the thing is, I have no idea what Percy is supposed to do there. Literally, in my outline I wrote, "Percy does hell things" and I wrote the outline like a year and a half ago, so I'm looking at it like, "What does that mean!" so yeah. If y'all have any ideas, feel free to share them.

Onto the chapter, it's a long one.

Chapter Twelve

Artemis sat in the bath, staring at the clear water in the tub. She had been done bathing for thirty minutes, but she couldn't bring herself to get out. Once she got out, she would have to face a day that she never thought would ever come.

She hated weddings. That much was obvious. Her desire to be single forever wasn't just about some aversion to men, although, who could blame her after she spent nine months in the womb with her brother, and then proceed to see the agony the birth had caused her mother. No, her reason for her hatred of weddings went deeper than that, it went to the very concept of what she represented.

The sound of footsteps on the marble flooring shook her from her musing. She turned to see her mother walk in. "Are you ready, dear?"

Artemis sighed and stood up. She stepped out of the tub and picked up a towel. "No. But it does not matter." She dried herself before wrapping the tower around her.

Leto looked at her with a mixture of sadness and joy. Joy that her only daughter was getting married, sad that said daughter didn't want to.

Artemis followed her mother out of the bathroom and down the hall. They turned into Artemis' bedroom. (Bedroom, ha! She rarely, if ever, slept in her palace. Any of the rooms could have been 'her' bedroom.) Inside the room were the Goddesses that had been at her Proaulia the previous night.

They were surrounding a dress. A wedding dress. Her wedding dress. It was a slim white dress with intertwining designs of silver flowing up the dress and sleeves. Around the waist was a line of studded moonstones. There were thin threads of gold lining the neckline. It was a beautiful dress. And she hated it.