Troubled Olympians

Tinfoil lightning bolts

Thalia woke up in her bedroom in the Chase's house to Annabeth singing and throwing confetti at her.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUU" Annabeths singing rocked the house. Thalia sat up and blew her bangs out of her face she frowned.

"Why are you singing Happy Birthday?" Thalia asked. Annabeth stopped singing and gave Thalia a confused look.

"It's your birthday..." Annabeth said. Thalia bit her lip.

"Oh, is it now?" She murmured.

"You forgot your own birthday?" Annabeth asked. Thalia shrugged.

"Looks like it, not like I am aging anyways." She said and got up from her bed which was covered in Annabeths confetti. "Thanks for the morning party though" She grinned and combed streamers out of her hair.

"Oh, this is just the beginning" Annabeth smiled, and laughed at Thalia's horrified expression.

-Troubled Olympians-

What kind of father forgets their own daughters birthday? Or right, Zeus. Hades couldn't help but laugh as he paced around the condo that morning looking for a decent gift for Thalia.

"How's this?" He asked and held up a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Hades grinned.

"That's great, if she was Demeter" He retorted. Zeus rolled his eyes at Hades.

"You're not helping, brother" He said.

"I am not supposed to, I just enjoy laughing at the King Of Olympus forgetting his own daughters birthday, raiding the place for something decent" Hades grinned and put his feet up on the table.

"I didn't forget...I just..." Zeus faltered.

"Forgot?" Hades suggested.

"Oh shut up."

"Personally, I think Zeus should give her an apology for the last twenty or so years" Poseidon walked in and took the seat beside Hades.

"Or an apology for not making a barrier for camp earlier." Hades suggested.

"How about an apology for being her father?"

"One huge apology in general should do the trick."

"Would you two shut up and help me?" Zeus asked, clearly getting fed up by his older brothers.

"Should we?" Poseidon asked Hades.

"Nah, let him suffer this one on his own." Hades said. Poseidon shrugged.

"Sounds good enough to me." He said, and took a sip of his pineapple juice.

"I FOUND IT! THE PERFECT GIFT!" Zeus cried in joy from the kitchen.

"What is it?" Poseidon asked, unconcerned.

"A LIGHTNING BOLT MADE OUT OF TINFOIL!" Zeus grinned.

"Brother, you have a very different perception of what is the perfect gift" Poseidon pointed out.

-Troubled Olympians-

"Artemis, how many times do I have to say I'm sorry?" Apollo asked, chasing after his sister in the hallways. Artemis shot him a glare.

"Don't you mean Luna?" She hissed.

"Uh right, Luna how many times do I have to say I'm sorry?" Apollo tried again.

"You never said sorry, you moron." She scowled. Apollo bit his lip.

"I was hoping we could skip that part and just jump to the forgiveness bit?" Apollo asked hopefully. Artemis hit his head with her Calculus book.

"You are such an idiot" She muttered.

-Troubled Olympians-

"Happy Birthday Thals! Percy grinned and threw his arms around her as she walked into their first class.

"Do me a favour and get your hands off me." She growled, and walked towards her seat, then stopped suddenly. "What the actual..." She muttered, looking down at her desk.

"What's wrong?" Annabeth asked from her seat. Thalia rolled her eyes and held up a tin foil lightning bolt.

"Alright, which one of you got me this?" She asked her friends, behind the class Hades and Poseidon burst out laughing.

"I told you she wouldn't like it, it looks like a joke!" Poseidon chuckled. Zeus looked dumbfound.

"How can she not like it?" Zeus muttered and shook his head.

"Well first of all it looks like something a two-year-old made" Hades pointed out.

"Shut up, it's a glorious piece of art!" Zeus declared.

"No it's not." Poseidon said.

"Yes it is!"

"No"

"Yes"

"No"

"Yes"

"No"

"Yes"

"SHUT UP YOU IDIOTS" Hades boomed, causing Percy, Annabeth, Nico and Thalia to jump and look at them.

"Uhh...What is going on?" Percy asked.

"The Apocalypse, that's what." Thalia rolled her eyes at Percy walked over to the trash can and threw away the tinfoil lightning bolt.

"Why would you throw that away?" Zeus asked. Thalia rolled her eyes.

"It's clearly some sort of prank" She said.

"I think it's a masterpiece" Zeus announced. Hades and Poseidon groaned.

"Is he actually?" Poseidon moaned.

"Ze-Sky, do yourself a favour and stop." Hades said, not wanting Zeus to blow their cover, or embarrass himself. Zeus was good at being embarrassing, to Hades delight, but he didn't want to see him mess up in front of his daughter who already thinks he's...odd. Not like Thalia even knew it was Zeus...but still.

"I think that who ever made it put a lot of time and effort." Zeus said. Thalia held back a laugh.

"It has jam on it, like someone made it this morning." She said.

"Oh, shoot." Zeus said under his breathe. Thalia raised her eyebrow.

"Did you...give that to me?" Thalia asked.

"No!"

"Yes!" Poseidon and Hades earned a glare from their brother. Nico bit his lip, and Percy smirked.

"Aww, Thalia looks like someone likes you" Percy laughed. Zeus looked like he was about to puke.

"What, no! No, that's-that's just weird! I'd never. Just no!" Zeus said as his brothers laughter filled the room.

"How did you even know it was my birthday?" Thalia asked. "Even I forgot until Annabeth woke me up with her singing."

"I heard her talking about it, and-and I really want to be friends with you so I thought maybe I should make you something but their was no time so I...made a lightning bolt out of tinfoil" Zeus tried, apparently this convinced Thalia because she just smiled.

"If you wanted to be friends, you could've just said so." She said.

"Oh! Okay, cool! Um, how did you forget your birthday anyways?" Zeus asked, concerned.

"I never really celebrate it." Thalia shrugged. Zeus frowned, her daughter deserved to celebrate her birthday, so why wasn't she?

"Why not?" He asked. Thalia looked away and bit her lip.

"That's a story for another time, nice meeting you Sky." Thalia said, and then the bell ring and class began. Zeus couldn't help feeling terrible for the rest of the day. He knew exactly why Thalia never celebrated her birthday.