Apollo
I heard every single word Percy told Nico about the gods.
The thing was, I didn't have an argument against it.
When I'm a god. Technically. Supposed to be.
You get the point.
That's bad.
I was being brought to Olympus tonight for reconsideration of being a god. Discussing the topic of me once again being an immortal God and reclaiming my throne.
Percy and William left along with everyone else and after dinner I was sent to Olympus.
They didn't think I'd have terms for returning to my throne. I never did the last two times this happened, why now?
This time I was mortal. I could die. And I had emotions. Human emotions, human mindset.
That changes a lot.
"Terms?" My father asked and laughed. "What 'terms?' You'd get your throne back, isn't that enough?"
"Let him speak, brother." Hades remarked," maybe he has a point to what he wants to term. And plus, it doesn't have to be accepted. It can also be negotiated."
"Fine, fine." Zeus said," your terms?"
I unfolded the paper I had been writing on ever since I became mortal.
"Pawning." I started off with and Zeus stopped me before I could continue.
"What about it?"
"We shouldn't do it as often as we do," I tell them," I've noticed when I've been at the camp that demigods we pawn and use don't like it."
"So?" Ares asked. "They're human, mortal. Half of it. Anyways. They're just going to die, anyways."
"Well yeah." I agreed with that they'd die," but they'd like to feel appreciated every once in a while. Luke left and served at Kronos hand because we used him as a pawn and treated him like he didn't matter. I'm starting to worry Percy will do the same with another's summers time."
"Percy?" This shocked Poseidon. He didn't believe it," Why would Percy of all demigods follow in Luke's footsteps?"
That's what made me snap.
"Because he's sick and tired of our crap!" I snapped at them, something I've wanted to do ever since I saw what we've put the demigods through. "Because he doesn't think we care about our kids and he'd be right! Okay? He didn't go through 12 years of abuse and loss of hope to meet his dad and fins out his dad doesn't care, that all his dad would do is ignore him. And that hurts. And he's not the only demigod that feels that way. Annabeth told them when they were 12 that were too busy for them, that we don't care enough about them, we just ignore them. Kids sit there in Cabin 11, waiting for a lost hope for a claiming that's never going to come because their parent doesn't care enough to even tell them that they're their parent. They think maybe if they do these insane things we'll notice them. They can feel like for once in their life, they mean something. There's so much self hate there, but nobody brings it up because they know nobody will take care of why they even put themselves through it. Because we're assholes. We've been in power for so long we forgot what it was like to be them—"
"Apollo," my father stopped me where I was at," that's enough. You may leave now."
"But-"
"I shouldn't have to repeat myself.
"Yes, sir..."
I returned to Camp just in time for the campfire sing-a-long, and normally I love the sing along. But I just wasn't feeling it tonight. Not after what Zeus said. How he dismissed me.
