King Arthur And The Olympians: The Titan's Curse

Arthur Phones Home.

 I sat down, twiddling my thumbs as I  took a seat on the front porch of the Poseidon Cabin. It was still very early morning.. and it had been at least a week since I had been able to properly greet and hug Percy..  I had been in and out, finding new Servants and bringing in and recruiting new Half-Bloods to make sure Luke didn't get to them first.

It had been a very trying time..and I could understand when Percy was frustrated with me.. I was his big sister, the one who looked after him, it almost felt like we drifted apart due to all the frequent missions.

But when I went into the Poseidon cabin, it was to find it empty, so I decided to wait outside until Percy returned from breakfast.

Another sign of my horrible sadness and hurt at the moment.. I actually didn't feel like eating breakfast.. 

As I sat on the front steps of the cabin.. I began to hear something odd.. a bubbling noise.. as if some sort of spring were inside the cabin..

Curious, I looked back inside to find a stone fountain of sea water, spraying a fine mist into the air that caught in the sunlight of the window, creating a rainbow... at the bottom of the fountain was a set of golden Drachmas.. 

Immediately I knew this was a gift from Poseidon to me and Percy, a reminder that when felt horrible, that there was always family to turn to.. 

But who should I call?

I took the coin from the fountain and thought to myself. Who did I most miss right now?

Should I call Mordred over to make a call with me? No.. somehow I felt like I just wanted to talk with somebody one on one at the moment.. I felt a little too vulnerable at the moment.

Never had I wished more to be my old self, my old self as the Perfect King, who felt no emotions, who could shut off all her feelings.. 

Then.. Artemis flew into my mind.. and I was just about to throw my drachma into the rainbow, when I stopped myself.

What the heck!? Why did I want to call her!? I was angry with her right?... right?

I felt my face fall.. I hated to admit it.. but.. I wanted Artemis to be a good mother to me.. and I wanted to spend time with her.. but I couldn't delude myself that she actually cared..

Besides, she was hunting some General right now right?  I couldn't bother her, not the oh ever important goddess Artemis who salted the earth with her glory cause she was the most amazing thing ever... cause Zoe was right.. Artemis was always right.. BLA BLA BLA!!

I found my thoughts turning into angry sarcasm and immediately shook my head in horror. That.. was a bit too much.. 

Finally I made my decision, I threw my coin into the rainbow.. "O' Iris Goddess of the Rainbow, accept my offering...  Show me Sally Jackson in New York City.. "

There was a shimmer of light and the rainbow turned into a holographic image.. and I immediately saw something I WASN'T expecting..

Mother was sitting on the couch in our living room, with somebody else, the two of them holding a glass of wine, the both of them laughing.

The guy sitting there was very handsome, around his 30s like Mother, with salt and pepper hair.  i recognized him immediately as one of my Mother's fellow colleagues from college

After selling a certain statue of a very detailed and ugly Poker Player with the help of Rider for a large sum of money.. (cough cough.. Smelly Gabe..),  Mother had gotten enough money to afford to get into college so she could focus on getting a real job..  I had sat in one one of her lectures once out of curiosity, the professor in particular, I forget his name, was a Literature buff, and apparently had a real liking for Arthurian Legends. And this guy was part of the class..