The New God (Percy Jackson The New God Rewrite)

Chapter 10

A/N We got a new puppy today, we had to put our previous dog down roughly three months ago. our new pup's picture is above. He's a doxipoo, I think that's how you spell it. it's a cross between a dachshund and a poodle. We haven't decided on a name for him yet but we are sort of thinking about patches since he has brown and white patches on him but he's mostly black.  Anyway here's the chapter now that I finally have it finished.

Percy's point of view

One day a few days before the winter solstice, I wasn't too busy so in the evening I went to visit Amber. After I got there, we went out for dinner and while we were eating I decided she deserved to know the truth about me. We'd been dating for a while now, and I thought she would be able to handle knowing the truth. I was just going to wait until we got back to her apartment.

When we did we kissed for a short time before we had to separate for air.

That was when I decided to tell her. She was leaning in for another kiss but I stopped her. I said, "Amber, There's something I need to tell you,"

I had her attention now and she asked, "What?"

I replied, "There's a lot you don't know about me. You know how when I told you my real name you immediately thought of the two people with that name from Greek mythology?"

"Yeah, you were named after one of them weren't you?" she replied sounding confused.

I replied, "well, technically yes, my mother named me after the hero Perseus because he was one of the only Greek heroes who got a reasonably happy ending. She hoped that by naming me after him I would have good luck as well,"

Amber nodded and I continued, I said, " There's another reason why my mother chose to give me a name from the Greek myths. I'm not sure how else to tell you this Amber but the Greek myths aren't myths, they're all true. All the gods, the monsters, they're all real,"

Amber stared at me, I honestly wasn't sure what she was thinking, was she just shocked or did she think I was crazy. I was about to continue explaining when she said, "well that explains a lot,"

Now it was my turn to look confused. Sure I knew she was clear-sighted but I still hadn't expected her to take my news that well. I said, "Well, that certainly wasn't the reaction I was expecting,"

Amber laughed before saying, "I've just seen some weird things over the years some of which looked like creatures from the myths. there were times when I wondered if I was going crazy since no one else seemed to see the same things I did,"

I nodded, "Most people can't see the monsters or anything else mythological, there's something called the mist that prevents them from seeing things as they really are. There aren't many people like you,"

Amber said, "When I was little I think my parents just thought I was imagining things. As I got older I realized it was better to just not mention the things I'd seen or people would start thinking I was crazy. The things I've seen are part of the reason why I became interested in mythology in the first place. What about you? How do you know about all this?"

I got the feeling that she already had a guess about why I knew but she wanted me to either confirm or disprove it. I replied, "The reason why I know all this is because I'm one of the Olympians, although the stories you know about me aren't exactly Right,"

Amber replied, "Well you're obviously Perseus but what do you mean that the stories about you aren't right?"

"I mean that I haven't actually been a god since ancient times, I only became one a few months ago,"

Her eyes widened, "How? all the stories say that you were,"

"Before I answer that there's something else I should explain, Although gods are immortal like the stories say, we can cease to exist if we are forgotten or our domains are destroyed. We call it fading. Pan faded because most people forgot about him and because of the damage that has been done to the environment.