The Goddess of College

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Percy's POV

I woke up to someone screaming my name. Groggy, I turned to the voice, only to be pulled upwards. I lurched up and, on instinct, I swung my fist towards who decided waking me up was a good idea.

I heard then shout in pain, then fall with a loud thud. I had perfect bearings in my room, which was kinda weird considering I had shells for brains. Anyways, I slowly picked picked up Riptide from my nightstand and drew my blade, already feeling the thing that tried to attack me piss itself.

"H-Hold it, punk!" a familiar voice shouted, laced with fear and anger. Putting my sword under my left elbow, I rubbed my eyes and was greeted with the most triggering sight ever conceived by man. Ares, the War God, was sitting on my couch.

And he was crying.

"What is it Ares?" I snarled, leveling my sword again. Panicked, Ares raised his hands in surrender, shouting "Wait! Please, just, hear me out, okay?" I sighed and capped my pen.

Pocketing my W.M.D., I plopped down on the couch, still a little drowsy from my rude awakening. "Okay Ares," I said, shrugging "you've got my attention. Now what?" He sighed, and said "Artemis is in trouble, punk" panic clear as day in his voice.

That woke me up rather quickly.

Grabbing him by his shirt collar, I picked him up, eye level with me. "Who" I asked, my voice deadly calm. "A-Annabeth. She took her to a place known to be an entryway to-"

"Tartarus." I finished, gauging his reaction. Nodding, he weaseled out of my grip, falling back onto the couch. "In order to do this," he said, eyeing me warily, "Zeus recommended I give you immortality. The same kind the Hunters have."

Letting the info sink in, I sat back down on the couch. "Yeah," I said shakily "okay. Go ahead." Arching an eyebrow, he asked "You sure punk? It's kinda-" "Just do it." I snarled. "You're wasting time by explaining it to me."

Sighing, he shot me with a red-hot bolt of energy. The moment it hit me, it bounced off, which led it to bounce off every which way. With a little yelp, both Ares and I ducked behind the couch, taking shelter from it.

When it bounced out of the window, I turned to Ares with a frown. "What was that!?" I shouted, rather loudly in fact. He winced and said "I don't know! That was the right bolt. Or was it supposed to be a beam?" he asked, rubbing his chin.

Slapping him in the back of the head, I got up and walked out of my room. "Hey. Hey!" he shouted, racing after me. "Where are you going, punk?" he asked, pulling me back from my shoulder. Shrugging his arm off, I shouted back "Off to Olympus! I have a god to pay a visit to."

-Twenty Minutes Later-

"Zeus!" I shouted, kicking down the doors to the Council Room. As my voice echoed across the vast chamber, I noticed Hades in his new throne, looking sickly and in pain. Before I could question that, Zeus asked, "Why are you here, Jackson? You're supposed to be-"

"In Tartarus looking for Artemis, yeah yeah." I finished nonchalantly. "Problem is, Ares has no clue how to grant me the immortality you want me to have." Raising his eyebrow, he threw his Master Bolt into the ceiling. As it thundered, the gods and goddesses of the Olympian Council (Hades and Hestia included) flashed into their seats.

"What is it now, father?" Athena was the first to speak, a carefree attitude evident in her voice. Then, her eyes focused on me and they narrowed. "Why aren't you SAVING MY SISTER!?" she thundered, embracing her father's dramatic side.

"Shut up Drama Queen" I growled, staring her directly in the eyes with the glare Lupa taught me. Apparently not being used to retorts, she gave me a look of apprehension before sitting back into her seat, grumbling about rude demigods.

"Why have you called us" Aphrodite asked, looking up from her nails for once. Taking note of that, I turned to Zeus and said "Give me the immortality." Confused the rest of the council decided to keep quiet and watch how this played out. Even Hades was paying attention.

"I...I cannot." Zeus grumbled, very clearly ashamed of himself. "It must be given to you by Artemis herself, but since she isn't here," half the council teared up a little "I believed that Ares could have done the same." Bringing his voice down to barely a whisper, he muttered "I now know I was wrong."

"Jeez," I said light-heartedly, "you guys sure can be depressing when you want to be." The gods glared at me, a mix of confusion and anger in their eyes. "Listen," I stated quickly before anyone decided to blast me to dust, "you guys are making this WAY too complicated. I'll just go down there, save her, and get the immortality from her directly."

Least to say, the news wasn't taken very well.

Mostly I got shouts of "You're stupid!" "There's no way that'll work!" and "You'll die!" Taking a deep breath, I shouted "SHUT THE HADES UP!" the loudest I ever hoped of doing.

Fourteen sets of shattered immortal eardrums later, I finally got sweet, sweet silence again. "Where can I get into Tartarus" I asked menacingly, already pissed with how much time I wasted arguing with the Greek Pantheon. "You don't understand-" Hades began explaining, but I was already on my way out.

"WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING BOY!?" Zeus thundered after me. Similarly to my reaction to his brother, I ignored him as well. Slamming the doors to their chambers behind me, I walked down Olympus' road, ignoring everything around me.

Someone flashed in front of me with a bright white light. Being forced to stop dead in my tracks, I kept my head low and growled "Get the fuck out of my way." Receiving no response, I looked at who I spoke to, only to be face-to-nose with a deer.

A silver deer, to be more precise.

Realizing what this meant, I quickly apologized to the sacred animal, only for it to nuzzle my hand and gesture to it's back. Taking the opportunity, I mounted the magnificent animal and held on tight, getting flashbacks to New Mexico.

Half a second of lightspeed travel later, I climbed off it's back and lowered myself onto the ground. Trying not to fall over and hurl, I followed it to a huge set of rocks. When it stop, I looked at it confused, only to recognize the rest of my surroundings.

We were at Orpheus' Tunnel to the Underworld.

"By the gods," I muttered, aware of what I was saying "you are as smart as mentally possible. You sure you aren't Athena's sacred animal?" It looked away nervously, and I took that as it blushing. Laughing, I patted it's side and thanked it for leading me there.

Then I began my descent to the Underworld, Tartarus, and my beloved Artemis.

I'm coming for you Arty. I thought, as I plunged into the darkness once more.

To Be Continued

Crap. Well, book one is officially done.

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