It had been a few days since Percy Jackson left Camp Half-Blood, he still couldn't understand why basically the entire camp had listened to what Annabeth had said about him, she was the one that had cheated on him, not the other way around. Another thing that still didn't really make much sense was how Hera had acted the other day when she had visited him. He hadn't expected her to be so...nice.

Percy simply traveled, killing any monsters he encountered and fending for himself. He wasn't quite sure what else to do, he certainly wasn't going back to Camp Half-Blood, and although camp Jupiter might still welcome him back into their ranks he really didn't want to go to either of the camps at that point. Camp Half-Blood hated him and Camp Jupiter would ask too many questions.

He hadn't tried to contact any of his friends that hadn't betrayed him and he didn't plan to for a while, if nothing else he needed time alone, or at least that's what he thought.

Hera was sitting through a council meeting, honestly, the almost constant bickering that took place at every meeting got on her nerves since she had basically given up arguing with her husband about his constant cheating. In fact, it hadn't been that long since she'd found out that her husband had another demigod child. This had angered her as always and part of her wanted to confront her husband again, but she knew it was pointless, he would never change his habits so there really wasn't any point in arguing with him. Not only that but She had gotten tired of getting the same lies and excuses in response every time they fought.

She could hear a heated argument going on between Poseidon and Athena, at first, she was just going to ignore the two since they often argued about Medusa and Athens.

Hera paid more attention however when she heard Athena mention the name Perseus. After she paid more attention to their argument Hera was sure that they were arguing about Perseus Jackson. Once she paid more attention she realized that Athena was letting her pride get in the way of her 'wisdom' Athena was clearly accepting what her daughter had told her instead of being logical and realizing that her daughter had clearly lied since Percy's fatal flaw was loyalty and he would have never cheated on her daughter.

Hera decided that someone would have to warn Percy about the furious wisdom goddess, after all, it seemed that she might try to find Percy to punish him. Sooner or later Athena would have to realize and accept the truth, but who knows how long that might take. Hera Decided to warn the young hero herself. She suspected that once he stopped bickering with Athena Poseidon would probably contact Percy and warn him one way or another but Hera also suspected that it would be a little while before they would stop arguing.

Hera didn't think of that possibility, but she might have just been using warning him about Athena as an excuse to see Percy again. She knew he could relate to her situation better than most of the other people she knew and secretly she had enjoyed spending some time with him, even if it led to her having to recall the reasons for her pain and anger.

When she went to see Percy so she could warn him about Athena she told him what she'd heard at the meeting and she also told him about a way that he could conceal himself from the other gods, only she would be able to recognize him since she had been the one to help him hide himself. When he said that he had decided that he would help any demigods he encountered get to the camps safely she wasn't exactly thrilled but she also didn't try to talk him out of it.

She understood he wanted to have something to do since he wouldn't be returning to his mother. Hera knew that he planned on visiting her eventually, so she would know that he was okay. He didn't intend to stay though since he wanted to protect her, and he would be putting her in danger by staying for too long.

 There had been times when Hera wished that she had different domains, or at least that things could have happened differently, so she wouldn't have fallen for Zeus' tricks so many years ago. Sure, their marriage had seemed fine at first until Zeus eventually strayed. When she had learned of his unfaithfulness she had been furious and devastated because she loved him despite the fact he had basically tricked her into marrying him.

Due to this, she had taken her anger out on the women who were unfortunate enough to have been with her husband. At first, she had believed her husband when he said he would change, but before long she'd realized that she'd been foolish to do so.

It soon became evident that her husband had no desire to remain faithful to her and would simply impregnate basically any woman he found attractive. Obviously, this left Hera hurt and furious. If Zeus had even loved her to begin with she was certain that he no longer did. As the years went by Hera's feelings for Zeus eventually died but due to marriage being one of her domains she was stuck in a marriage she was no longer happy in.

Technically she could end it at any time but if she did she would not be able to remain unmarried for very long, if she was to end it now she would have to remarry soon afterward so she was stuck with Zeus since she hadn't yet found anyone who would treat her properly and treat her domain like it should be treated.

Marriage is something that requires the effort of both people involved to last, and Hera began wondering if she would ever find anyone who could replace Zeus, or if she would be stuck with her cheating husband until she eventually faded. Hera secretly hoped she wouldn't have to put up with Zeus for the rest of her days, but she didn't know who could possibly fit her standards.

Days became weeks as Percy remained out on his own, helping demigods find their way to the camps or the hunters. Far too often the demigods he helped were abused by the people who were supposed to love them and raise them properly. Obviously, this always bothered Percy, but he told himself that they would eventually get what they deserved once they died and went to the underworld.

Percy was glad that he was able to help the demigods since basically all of them hadn't been as lucky as him. He'd grown up with a mother who loved him and although his first stepfather was a lazy disgusting douchebag who had abused his mom, it could have been much worse. After all, some of the demigods Percy helped were abused, and he'd rescued them from some nasty situations.

Occasionally Hera would come and visit him, and they would talk about many different things, but there were some subjects that Percy would usually try to avoid since he really didn't want to annoy Hera. One of those subjects was Heracles, or any of Zeus' other demigod children for that matter, although she seemed to be okay with Jason.

This strategy eventually became a problem though when Hera eventually asked why he'd chosen to sacrifice the Nemean lion's pelt when he could have kept it and used it to help protect himself. He decided to tell her the truth and hope for the best, after all his answer would make it obvious that he didn't like Heracles either so maybe Hera wouldn't get mad.

Percy admitted, "It reminds me of Heracles, and I hate how he treated Zoe Nightshade, I don't want to use anything that used to belong to him. I know my sword used to belong to him, but that's the only exception,"

Although Hera didn't exactly like hearing about Heracles, she didn't get mad at Percy. She just disliked being reminded of one of the many times her husband had cheated on her. It was obvious that Percy didn't like Heracles either, and she wouldn't blame Percy for telling her the truth. Out of all of Zeus's children, Heracles was probably the one Hera hated the most.

She still despised him. she'd never agreed with him becoming a god, or with him marrying her daughter Hebe. The only reason the ancient Greeks thought she had was because she had stopped trying to ruin his life. She had basically just been forced to accept him when the rest of the council outvoted her.

As she continued speaking to Percy, they quickly changed the subject away from the minor god they both despised. After she eventually left Hera decided she would occasionally check on Percy just so she'd know if he was safe. She liked him, she thought he was the most loyal hero she'd ever seen. The daughter of Athena had been incredibly foolish to cheat on him.

Weeks turned into months as Percy stayed out on his own, He did eventually Iris message some of the few friends who didn't hate him. He also Briefly visited His mom and Paul just so they'd know he was okay. Occasionally Hera would visit him, and they would talk about many things. At first, they just saw each other as friends, but as time went on that started to become something more even if they hadn't realized it yet. 

A/N I apologize for taking so long on this part of it was that I had really bad writer's block on this story and the rest was that a lot has happened in my life since I started my story. Hopefully the next chapter won't take as long.