Lost Legends

chapter 3

Chapter 3 - who you truly are 

Three demigods watched as the  adults and Jason as well as Bianca walked in towards them.  tears threatened to Spill from their eyes and it had been so long since they had seen them the last thing they remember was the Horrid pains that they had felt and The Wishing and begging for their parents to finally come and save them protect them from  that horrid place and now that they were here everything just felt too much.  Upon seeing their tears all of them rushed towards the demigods crushing them in a hug. Once the children had settled down they noticed that the big three wives were also joining in on the Hug. They gave the women strange looks and that was when the adults realized that they couldn't keep any of this a secret any longer. 

“Children,” Persephone said, looking at all of them. All of the children in the room looked at her as she then asked something that confused all of them. “Do you remember anything from your childhood?”

“Why  do you ask?”  Thalia  asked her voice  horse from the lack of water. 

“Do  you?” her father and quietly looking down at her stroking her hair with his hand as Poseidon had previously been doing with his wife. Every  Demi God in the room looked towards one another in search of answers why this question is suddenly being asked.  but as all of them thought about it they became more confused. They didn't remember anything in fact from the moment they always separated from their mothers either being at camp or other circumstances they didn't remember moments before then. All  of them then shook their heads watching as  the adults' faces sank. “What Is going on?” Nico asked, clearly sensing something's wrong. The adults began talking, explaining the whole situation to the children as well as they could possibly do so.  the more they spoke the more the children's eyes widened. They wanted to deny it, they wanted to say it wasn't true they wanted, gosh they didn't know what they wanted this whole time they weren't alone their father's wives didn't hate them.  Everything was overturning so quickly and their brains were moving and a million miles per hour not allowing them to think straight in the slightest why no one told them this earlier. 

Silence hung in the room for a while.  till Percy spoke for the very first time since anyone had entered the room his voice was as horse as Thalia and  Nicos. “ Could you tell us something? You  know about when we were little, to prove that this isn't made up?” “ Gladly, my boy.” The adults began explaining a number of different things that they had done when they were younger the more they spoke the more the demigods seemed to accept this well new-ish reality. 

Story 1 

The first story that was shared was when the children all thought it would be a mighty grand idea to join Apollo and Hermes' little prank team.  The duo had decided to get their little  brother and sister as well as young cousins in on the pranking between them and the war god himself. Poseidon had chuckled saying that he believed the two only did it because Aries could never get angry at  The Young Ones. It seemed they had a strange way with him that made the poor god look rather helpless when in the faces of them lot.

“Hey guys,” said Hermes sitting next to his young cousins who were only around two  to about four ish. “Do you guys want to help us with something?” 

 The young children looked up at their older brothers/  cousins to be met with a look that  they knew all too well even though they were so young that Hermes and Apollo would definitely be the two who were willing to have some fun. All of them nodded their heads eagerly wanting to be a part of whatever fun the duo had in store. The duo led them two where Aries was. They got some paint put it above the door then got earlier and Jason screamed at the top of their lungs  as loud as they possibly could. “Aries help!” He had screamed so loud that the war god jumped from his seat and ran towards the door as his brothers had pulled the Rope that held the paint and glitter dumping the entire lot on him. All of them were  in fits of laughter struggling to contain it in any way possible.To be honest he looked like he was about to murder them until he saw Jason,  Thalia, Nico, Bianca and Percy then his eyes softened but he was clearly still glaring daggers at Hermes and Apollo. 

Story 2 

The next little adventure that was spoken about was when all of the parents had sat in the living room with the children  telling them stories of Heroes young and old.  The children listened with wide-eyed wonder intrigued by what their parents were saying.  Percy curled up in his mother's arms while playing with his father's fingers. He had apparently lent over to grab his father's hand and was just messing around hi-fiving the man  whenever he got the chance.  Nico was on Hades' lap while Bianca was on persephone's, Thalia was sitting on Hera’s lap while playing with her hair whereas Jason decided it would be a smart idea to lean over and try to grab his father's master bolt thinking it was a toy.  Apparently Hera managed to catch her son in the act while his father was still completely oblivious so she decided not to tell her husband and waited for her son to grab the bolt and wave it around right in front of Zeus's face till he finally noticed what his little son was up to.  Apparently the fits of laughter from Zeus's face of his own bolt right by his nose was absolutely hilarious. 

All of the children looked at their parents and for once they could say they both were their parents.  There were loads of stories that were to be told  but right now they all settled for the small amount that they got just wanting to be in each other's company.  They had all forgotten about the Battle that had ensued but in truth they knew they couldn't ignore it for long so they savored this sweet moment.