Lord Perseus Child of Rome

Ch. 14

Ch.14

Eight months had passed since the end of the Titan War. The mortal who led Thalia, Luke and Annabeth through the Labyrinth, Rachael Dare, had become the new oracle and spouted the Prophecy of Seven almost immediately. The spirit of the Oracle of Delphi had finally been able to move on to its next host thanks to Perseus. He had visited Hades a month after the Titan War to ask him to remove the curse placed on the oracle by Hades after the murder of Maria Di Angelo, the mother of Bianca and Nico, the two half-bloods who were rescued by the hunters and campers from the boarding school in Maine. Hades grudgingly removed the curse as a personal favor to Perseus, whom he liked immensely after he acknowledged him as one of the heroes of Olympus and put Zeus in his place. During their conversation Perseus informed Hades that his son Nico Di Angelo would be part of the Prophecy of Seven. Perseus had wanted to be sure he could count on Hades in the war against Gaia and the Giants. Although not thrilled to fight in battle alongside his brother Zeus, Hades has assured him he would answer the call when the time came to fight the Giants. Perseus promised Hades that Zeus would be kept in his place during the battle as he had no love for the King of the Gods. During his visit Hades and Perseus spoke for a couple hours and realized both agreed about many things when it came to Olympus and some of the Gods. Before leaving, Perseus had informed Hades that his time being treated as an outcast on Olympus was limited. While Hades didn't know what he meant, he smiled and nodded, confident that Perseus was the kind of man who kept his word.

Since the end of the Titan War Clarisse had spent the majority of her time in the void living with Perseus. After a few days, she began to get comfortable being there and spent most of her time with her new brother Perseus. The two had become nearly inseparable; the only time they weren't together was when Perseus would spend time with Zoe. Clarisse and Perseus bonded immediately, learning everything about each other's lives. Despite her protests, Perseus had taken Clarisse to Camp Jupiter to meet his mother. She had expected the Mother of Rome to despise her because of her father but instead she was welcomed with open arms. Lupa had explained it was not Clarisse's fault she was a daughter of Ares and that if she was important to her son then she was important to her. Perseus had started training Clarisse in the arena in the void. He had given Clarisse the same blessing he gave Zoe and Thalia and trained her on her new powers and abilities. She was already an excellent warrior and with her new abilities Perseus knew she would be a valuable fighter in the war with Gaia. Clarisse and Thalia had begun to get to know each other, with Thalia teasing her by calling her Auntie Claire. While Clarisse would scowl at the name, she usually broke into a small smile at the thought of finally having a family.

Thalia split her time between Camp Half-Blood and living in the void with her father and Clarisse. When she finally returned to Camp Half-Blood she was given a hero's welcome the minute she crossed the borders. The campers were not in the throne room during the award ceremony nearly didn't recognize her with her new eye color. She was admired by the majority of campers; dozens of campers nearly broke down into tears after finally being claimed and given their own cabins in the case of the children of minor gods thanks to her wish. Thalia moved into her new cabin, the Perseus cabin, which Perseus had placed at the head of the cabins ahead of the Zeus cabin just to piss off Zeus. A lightning bolt struck the cabin only to bounce off and destroy the now empty Zeus cabin.

Zeus had been in a rage for months following the events of the reward ceremony following the defeat of Kronos and the Titans. He had closed Olympus down in his anger, cutting off all connections to demigods. After eight months, Artemis had finally had enough. During a council meeting she had decided it was time to end the madness and have the council force Zeus to open up Olympus again in order to prepare for the war with Gaia.

"Father, enough is enough. You are letting your anger cloud your judgment. We need to be preparing for the war with Gaia, not hiding up in Olympus because your daughter, who you tried to kill, decided she preferred a man who actually cared for her to be her father." Artemis yelled, breaking up and argument between Poseidon and Zeus about the very same subject.