Broken Loyalty

Coming Home

They spent the night celebrating their victories, winning against Tartarus and getting Percy back. As early morning settled in many were a sleep on the floor and only the older demigods and some of the gods were still awake talking to Percy. They had filled him in on what had happened in the past ten years. Percy was excited to hear it all and loved the children. Just like her mother, Selina took an immediate dislike to Percy, but by the time she fell asleep she had started to like, though she would only tell her parents this. The rest of children loved him, Olivia seemed quiet attached as she sat on Percy's left and was still there sleeping on him.

I think some rest is in order," Percy told the others, many barely keeping their eyes open. "I'll be here from now on. Besides Bia and I have a promise to keep." Bia looked perplexed, she didn't remember any promises. She kept her mouth shut until it was just the two of them.

"I don't remember making any promises Percy." He smiled and flashed them away. When she could see again, she knew immediately where she was at.

"Why are we at my mother's river?"

"Because we asked him to." Pallas and Styx stood next to each other smiling.

"Mom, Dad?" Percy chuckled as Bia and he walked over holding hands.

"You wanted to know why you weren't dead right? Your family helped."

"But how."

"Lethe, your father, and I had parts to play." Bia looked to Percy.

"Explain." Percy held up his hands in surrender.

"When you and I parted from the Lethe I felt that something was off, that something bad was going to happen to someone I cared about. At the time all I cared about was you so I sought out your father, I knew he has a minor affinity for witchcraft. I explained to him I might end up hurting you and I did not want that. He knew a blood spell that would prevent a weapon from hurting you, but it wasn't strong enough since he only had a minor affinity and my blades were given to be by Tartarus to serve him. Together with your mother and my power he crafted a spell strong enough and cast it on my blades."

"So I was never really in danger," Bia asked. Percy frowned.

"You were in danger, because of your mother and I's power. Her river is the river of 'hate', while my powers are dependent on my personality like the oceans and seas. This is where you and Lethe come into play. Tartarus had found out about our plan and recast his spell over me, but he made it stronger than before. The thing is a big part of his spell is to make me forget and he uses Lethe's waters to do that. Since I was blessed by her it didn't work, it actually gave me the memories of me being tortured back. The other half of his spell made me obedient to him and that is what did put you in danger. When I went to strike you I was still under that spell and because of that made your father's spell useless. You broke Tartarus's spell and that caused your father's spell to work."

"How did I break the spell?" Percy gave his lop sided grin.

"You told me you loved me." Bia blushed.

"And now that we have gotten to that part," Pallas said turning to Percy. "If you ever hurt my little girl I will tear you apart, strong immortal or not I will find a way."

"I would never hurt Bia, she is now my everything." He hugged her tight.

"That's enough Pallas," Styx said grabbing her husband's arm. "I think there is somewhere else Percy would like to be."

"Thank you both," Percy told them. He turned to Bia. "Do you trust me?" Bia laughed.

"With my immortal soul." Holding hands Percy flashed them to a beach. Both were now dressed like the time they had met in Rome, minus the dark sunglasses and Bia's hat.