Zoë POV

Oh gods , they know. I’m not sure whether it’s what we think they know, but Gods of Olympus they know ! If they do, Percy probably would wipe their memories or something.

“So , what do you know ?”  Percy eyed then suspiciously. His voice laced with suspicion. He couldn’t invade their mind without letting them know, he still had to work on that. If not they would feel an alien presence in their minds, and a pull of memories tugging away. This would be a slight giveaway , but worth it I guess. 

“Everything. Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon, Thalia Grace daughter of Zeus, Nico Di Angelo son of Hades. Zoë Nightshade daughter of Atlas. Percy Achilles Crescent, son of Artemis.” Hermione said.

Triumph evident in her voice. Clearly she wouldn’t be so arrogant if she knew we were Gods.

Thalia is the Goddess of winds and storms.

Nico , the God of Darkness and shadows.

I’m the Goddess of Wild game , queen of the Dragons, Luna of the Shadow wolves.

Percy’s short title is: Percy Justice Honour Mercy Achilles Crescent, primordial god of Time, loyalty and Air, god of night creation and darkness. Champion of the Heart of the pit , the five rivers of the underworld. King of the Dragons. Lord of the shadow wolves , protector of the wild, prince of the forest. Heir to the throne of Olympus, second heir to Atlantis and the Underworld. Blessed of Chaos. Son of Olympus.

And that is his short title... His long title is much longer. Even the fates don’t bother. You have to list nearly every monster he defeated, but he defeated enough to make a whole army !

Hermione continued “there are books of you guys in the library. Just saying, but anyone can read them. I brought them here for you if you want ... But I thought Artemis was a maiden Goddess is she not. Is Percy really cool ? And why is there no print on these pages ?”

Thalia, Percy and I growled. Insulting us, we can take, insulting our sister in arms, sister , Milady and Mother, is going too far. Thalia nearly revealed her divine form, which would vaporise these pesky annoying little pests.

Sorry, Wizards.

I quite literally growled. I nearly summoned , Percy and My pack of Shadow wolves. Percy and I being Alpha and Luna. Shadow wolves, are like normal wolves, their fur completely black, they are large, and when they stand , they can look you straight in the eye.

They are huge and threatening. Their fur is like the shadows and fur mixed into one, it looks like shadow but it’s actually fur. Their eyes are black with a silvery colour. To symbolise their eternal loyalty to us, when they come of age of 1 year old, their chests are emblazoned with a hourglass with a dragon coiled around it.

They were fierce and were immortal. They listened to every command and if I told them to kill someone, they wouldn’t stop until it was done. I wished I could summon them and help me deal with this quadrant.

The 100 of them wouldn’t be necessary, maybe one ? Or two max.

Luckily for them, Percy wrapped his arms around me, unconsciously, my mind’s anger dissipated and I melted into his  touch. Since we were sitting on the sofa , he pulled me closer to him, he hugged me close to his chest and I snuggled right in, I listened to the steady best of his heart , the repetitive thumps and beats.

“Firstly yes, Artemis is a Maiden goddess. I am blood adopted. Meaning although I’m not her true son, her blood runs in my views, thus my Auburn hair and lithe appearance. Don’t ever tell her I’m not her real son, she treats and cares for me like one, if you say that either she or I will kill you. And there are no print because they need a half blood touch.” Percy whispered threateningly.

Touching the pages lightly. The first 100 pages suddenly glowed, words poured into the page like water to soil. When he spoke , his heart rate quickened, he was clearly mad , these Wizards really are dumb !

Hermione sat there, now completely engrossed, Harry, Ron and Ginny sat there awkwardly. I didn’t really care. Thalia and Nico were in another fight. Harry and company, watched them in horror as they fought in the shared space, near the left fireplace.

Honestly I was used to this already, they got into fights like these at least once a day, if they didn’t it meant one of them wasn’t around or was injured. They often would joke about each others injuries and predicaments, or just random stuff.

Once , they ate Tuna fish, Percy was angry with them for eating his father’s subjects.
“Well, this fish is Unfortunate.” Percy was literally growling at that point.

I just wriggled into Percy’s embrace, pulling him for a chaste kiss. He smiled down at me, stroking my hair, twirling it in his fingers. His nimble hands braiding it into a elaborate French braid. Who cares if the wizards feel awkward. It’s our dormitory.

CLANG ! The sound of metal on metal echoed in the chambers , Thalia and Nico circled each other, eyeing the opposition for any weakness or opportunity to strike. They circled each other like 2 wolves, it was interesting since Thalia was holding her spear so tight, her knuckles were white.

Nico appeared rather cool and calm, but I saw the small beads of sweat on his forehead, and his shirt coated in a thin layer of sweat. Soon , both Percy and I were cheering them on, telling them tips on how to improve.

They took it, occasionally though, advice fell on deaf ears and they would get stunned by a small blow or trip over scattered bean bags, landing rather closer than enjoyable with the fireplace. Harry, Ron and Ginny were pale at this level of violence. Eh , war and hunting is more gory than this.

These Wizards have too weak stomachs. Hermione was too engrossed in be book to bother to look up.

“Percy I’m sorry !” Hermione apologised. Clearly having a Heart attack after reading the more depressing parts of the story.

As I hugged and cuddled Percy,  I herd the quickening of his heart rate. I ran a calming hand over his own, that snakes around me.

Percy just nodded. His face void of any emotion. He had a straight face and his mouth in a straight line. He hates being reminded of his past.

Because in his past, because in his past, he could not save me, he believed the conniving girl known as Annabeth, that I died to save.

And also because he failed to save his mother, Sally Jackson of course, not Artemis. This conversation went a bit , negative quite quickly. He hated his past and when he was reminded of it, he would scowl and sulk and ignore your presence for the whole week.

Percy gently removed me from his side, in a second, he had gathered the books into his arms and another and the books were thrown into the fireplace. Swirls of embers, sparks, ash and smoke emerged from the fireplace, floating on the air.

The scent of burning leather and paper circulated the room. Percy stood there, watching as the last of the books turned to ashes, he was glaring at the fire.

He turned around, “ I’m sorry.” He said.

At first I was like ‘for what ?’. Then, Percy’s eyes started to glow. He was erasing their memories! They spluttered, looking up. Hermione was staring at him in betrayal and anger.Ron and Ginny had no idea what was going on and just went with the flow.

They were clearly completely confused. In seconds, the anger on Hermione’s face changed into one of confusion. She looked around in surprise. Harry had yet to wake up.

“ I thought you didn’t want us here ?” she asked curiously. Damn right we didn’t we had no choice!

“We didn’t , you snuck in here, and barged in. Then you hit your heads accidentally. Don’t you remember?” Percy stared at them, his cold haze making them flinch. Good job Percy !

Go , blame them and make then guilty!

Harry woke up next. He spluttered and coughed as if he was being doused and held underwater. He was pale as if he had a terrible nightmare.

His glasses were slanted on his face and his eyes narrowed when he saw us. He looked around and his eyes widened.

They all looked confused and lost. I honestly hood for a bit more respect now they knew our true heritage, but before we wiped their memories, they still were disrespectful. They looked completely clueless as to why they ended up in our dorms.

Percy made it a point to endure they got the due rant and speech as they fidgeted. His rant started with sneaking into the room, and then getting knocked out. And then to us having to looking after them, they all looked ashamed of themselves.

Being raised by the gods, taught him a few things. Aphrodite taught him how to woo ladies and how to wear proper clothes and fashion style.

Hera taught him to read body language and how to care for ladies.

Athena taught him common sense and etiquette.

Hestia taught him to cook , his food is heavenly. Demeter taught him how to make medicines and bandages.

Artemis touched on the art of patience, concern and gentlemen attitude.

Zeus , Poseidon and Hades taught him princely attitude and leadership, how to make someone feel rather inferior.

Apollo taught him how to be a decent poet.

Hermes was more on good venues on food and vacations.

Dionysus taught him alcohol appreciation and how to properly drink, sniff, swirl and serve wine.

Ares on weapons and authority,

Hephaestus on making nice jewellery and gifts. So he was a rather good boyfriend with the right values and treatment towards me.

In times like this, he could twist his words to make it indirectly seem like it was the person’s fault, yet he wasn’t blaming them, his words made it seem like it and they would best themselves up mentally.

After about a good 10 minute lecture, they scurried off, determined not to cross us again. Nico and Thalia were still fighting ! Nico’s face was covered in soot, as if he took a dip in the fireplace.

Thalia had a split lip and her hair in a mess as if she was a frenzied wild animal. They were bleeding a little and still smiling like madmen. Their grins are actually unnerving. It’s creepy.

It appeared they made up , since they turned and went down the corridor and to their rooms, no doubt to have some ambrosia , a shower and get a change of clothes.

We had to be more careful. These Wizards discovered out identity and we burned all the books , who put them there anyways ?

Percy took my hand and we left to find the headmistress, McGonagall. Her room is weird too, you had to say a sweet name, usually something like chocolate frogs or jellybeans or lemon drops, this time, it was lemon sherbet.

We walked up the moving stairs and entered her study. The moment we entered we have her our iciest glared. Why were there books of us in the library anyways ?

Why were they in English and not Greek and why were we not alerted that they were in this school ? She flinched under our harsh glares and sighed.

“What do you need ?” she asked.

What do we need ? Don’t you know ? You are the one in charge here !
“The library books about us. Explain.” Percy 's tone was harsh.

“Those ? They’ve been there a while...” a while ? You didn’t inform us ?

“Why were we not informed?” his tone took a threatening edge. But it was calm. Like the calm before the storm.

“I didn’t feel it was necessary.” She replied, stoic and icy.

“YOU DIDN’T FEEL IT WAS NECESSARY TO ALERT US OF BOOKS THAT COULD THREATEN THE REVELATION OF OUR IDENTITIES? Are you sure?

The gods do not like their son here, if they find our what happened...” Percy yelled at first, but dropped to a threatening harsh whisper in the end.

He looked cute when he was angry. His face scrunched up, his eyebrows furrowed and his eyes turned a darker shade of green and the silver became more harsh and shining. Now the gold rim around his eyes glowed with power.

His entire body was stiff, his muscles rippled under his long sleeved shirt. His hair rose a bit, bristling like a wolf’s would when they got edgy and mad.

His arms crossed over his chest. He towered over poor McGonagall, she stood at 5’9” , Percy was at least 6’2” or 6’4” so he was like a mild giant to her. Plus she was old and fragile.

McGonagall rose a threatening eyebrow. Did she really think we would be intimidated?

Percy literally was threatened and given death threats and warnings and a literal guy asking for his surrender. As if one single eyebrow raise would harm us.

Holding a dagger to our throats is getting old. Knife over the heart , maybe a flinch , but ... She did none of the above. Sigh , old people.

Percy left with a flourish, turning dramatically and storming out, punching the gargoyle statue outside hard, so hard that the nose cracked and dropped off.

Now it was like a gargoyle , nose-less no doubt , but it achieved actual gargoyle level ugly, not statue type of personification. He stormed back to our dormitory.

Literally storming, the seas and sky’s recognised their heirs anger and responded in equal retribution, storms poured outside the castle, lightning flashed across the sky and not to far away, the lake was erupting into large waves and the squid was thirsty for blood.

The students wouldn’t know what’s going on , but the demigods sure would. By demigods I meant Thalia and Nico, though I think there is Lou Ellen from the Hecate cabin here.

She is undercover and just learning, but probably acing her classes being the daughter of the Goddess of magic can do that in a magic school.

I sighed, trudging back to class with a grouchy Percy. You think your dad or your brother is hard to get to smile when their grouchy or grumpy, you haven’t met Percy.

After some sleep he’s all ok. But anytime before that, he is silent. Dead silent. Try to talk to him and he blatantly ignores you. Only I could crack this shell. And usually it takes a long time. He claims it’s because no one plans a murder out loud.

-------- flashback half a year back ------

We were all at Camp half- blood. All the hunters were there , dressed up for a dance session , that was planned by Apollo . Unfortunately, it was compulsory to join.

I dressed in a simple silver dress , it went to around an inch above my knees and I wore black leggings underneath.

My hair was in a simple long braid and I wore black sneakers. Percy wore a T shirt , jeans and a blazer with leather loafers. He looked really good and all the girls were eyeing him. Despite that, I was confident he would never look at anyone other than me.

Annabeth is rather lonely now. See just recently, the camp decided to deliver retribution for Percy.

So, Herald ' accidentally ' wandered into the forest, ended up with 5 arrows in his manhood, since the hunters mistook him for a deer.

He was mailed by a electric spear, Clarisse claims he fell onto it.

He was charm spoke to slap himself 15 times, his clothes were burnt and rag like. His hair stood straight up like he was electrocuted , which he was.

He was also seemingly stung by a dozen bees, despite no hive being nearby, and trampled by the “deer” the hunters were hunting.

Lastly, a blue hairbrush lay next to him and he had a black eye. The blue hairbrush apparently went missing for Rachel’s cave earlier that day.

Unfortunately, he didn’t make it to the infirmary in time, and was found the next morning on the daily forest watch.

All the campers denied any witness and no one was found out of their cabins. So Annabeth was all alone.

Half-way through the event, Percy left my side to grab a plate of chips and a glass of nectar for each of us. While he was gone, a Aphrodite boy came up to me and tried to flirt. Keyword: tried.

“I have a boyfriend!” I cried, his pick up lines were terrible.

“ Your a hunter ! You can’t have a boyfriend. Quit the act and come with me !” He tried to look hot , and gave a smirk. But it looked constipated and strained.

The hunters around us heard his yell and my frustration, and they all yelled at him that ' our sister HAS a boyfriend!’

The poor guy didn’t see what’s coming when a blunt tipped arrow hit him straight on the forehead and he fell to the floor. The campers gathered , wide eyed , but stayed out of the way, 2 lines of campers around us, wisely avoiding the path the arrow took.

At the other end, stood Percy. His face was one of true rage. His eyes were GLOWING a sea greenish silver. His bow was out, it was a gift from Artemis and Apollo and one of his godly weapons.

It was gold and silver and emitter a godly aura. The guy crawled up from his spot on the floor.

“ How dare you touch her, boy? She has a boyfriend!” Percy yelled.

He was raised from childhood to respect and care for women, so this was an insult that his girlfriend got treated this way.

“ Why ? Are you her boyfriend?” Josh, the Aphrodite boy, taunted.

“In fact , I am.” He walked up to me and slung his bow on his back, where it promptly disappeared, he slung his arm around me , and proceeded to carry me bridal style.

He glared at Josh , who looked ready to piss his pants. The hunt behind him roared with laughter, and then the laughter turned to taunts and threats.

“ How dare you treat our sister that way ?” in seconds, their bows were drawn and hunting knives out. He ended up with a arrow that barely missed his crotch, and he made a mistake of laughing that their aim was not good enough, so the hunt shot a arrow straight for where the sun-does-not-shine. Then they yelled up in the sky  ‘HE DESERVED IT !’

Josh was curled up in a ball on the floor. Percy literally stepped on him, cracking a rib or two, and stalked off to the hunt, me still in his arms. He didn’t exit the Artemis cabin the entire night, nor did he exit the next day, not for breakfast or dinner.

I walked in, hoping to drag him out and demand him to eat, but he was still in the position that he maintained the whole night and half the day. He was staring up at the ceiling, hands clasped on his stomach.

He looked like someone ready to be put into a coffin. I took his hand gently and his eyes snapped out of their glaze. Slowly, his head turned to me and he sat up.

“Come on, let’s go out , please ?” I asked, gently, half pouting and staring right at him.

“No”

“Please ? Why are you so quiet?” I upgraded my 'puppy-dog' face , as Percy called it. He once told me he could never say no.

“First , because no one plans a murder out loud. Also , I’m ashamed. I couldn’t protect you !” he cried. I was surprised, honestly, but his attitude towards me was amazing.

After some more begging and pouts, he gave in, we walked out together and with the hunters, planned all sorts of torture for Josh.

----- FLASHBACK ENDS HERE !---------

Trust me, here’s a Pro tip : Do not stress Percy. He will literally explode into Golden water. He can’t take it so he explodes and remains that way till he calms down.

“I’m going to the forest for a while. To cool off.” Percy said , flatly, void of any emotion. He took off, in a polo T and jeans. His hair rising and falling as he ran, silently into the sunny afternoon.

By dinner, Percy still wasn’t back yet. Worried, Thalia, Nico and Zoë left to find him , in the forest. There they found while slashes and burnt trees. Definitely Percy.

Right in the middle of the Chaos, Zoë spotted a puddle of Golden water. 2 seconds later was Percy. He stood there casually.

“WHERE WERE YOU ?” Thalia bellowed.

Nico was glowering in rage.

“Awe , come on guys. Sorry to worry you.” He said it so casually it was like he was saying that he was just going to the shops.

He held out his arms and wrapped them around me. Resting his head in the crook of my neck. He was just about to kiss me , when I covered his mouth and shook my head.

“No. You can’t hug me either. You had me worried. So no. Not until tomorrow. Wait.” I told him sternly, pulling his hands and unwrapping them from my waist.

We walked back to the school and when we got back to our dormitory, Percy made a beeline for his room, a few moments later, I heard the shower running.

I sat in the living room, sipping a cup of hot chocolate. After 10 minutes, Percy’s walked out of his room. He was wearing a plain blue T shirt and blue and black plaid pants. His hair was wet and he was towelling it dry.

“Goodnight Zo Zo”

“Night Perce.”