Chapter 8: Consequences

I'll update No Choice regularly, but I am working on either a really long oneshot or a short story, and boy it's gonna be fucked. Like take my story Taste and make it 10 times worse. I won't spoil anything, just read this damn chapter and give me my dam votes. Smile smile small-eyes smilegrin? Photo.

Chapter 8: Consequences

Percy woke up slowly in his own bed, the sea-spawn's sea-green orbs burning at first contact with the light. His arms were around something smooth, and he instinctively rubbed his hand up and down.

When he looked to see what it was, his heart stopped. For the second time in a week, Percy was shocked to find himself wake so close to the goddess of the hunt, but this time was much different. Much different. Artemis was naked.

The rubbing startled Artemis, who subsequently woke and fluttered her eyes tiredly. She tilted her head up, expecting to see Percy. Of course, she did, but something felt different this time. He was tense, and his breathing was very much halted. Wondering what was wrong, she sat a up a bit.

As she did so, Artemis felt very cold all of a sudden, and she saw Percy's eyes flick down and widen profusely. Following his gaze, Artemis did not expect to see what she saw. Her breasts were out in the open for Percy to see, her nipples were cold and erect, her naked nether regions were rested on his equally exposed manhood, and as she sat up she felt a nice tingly sensation down there. Realising the two of them were in bed naked, Artemis screamed.

The goddess' scream was loud enough for any of the gods to hear, and she fell off the bed, dragging one of the blankets with her. Scared and confused, she crawled to the corner of the room and huddled up, the blanket reaching over her mouth. Percy was very much startled by the loud noise in his ear, and he backed up into the bed and covered himself with the sheets.

The god took a few deep breaths, getting over the shock, and he looked around the room. It was definitely his room, and thankfully no one else was in there with them. He looked back over to Artemis, and saw her eyes were wide and she was shaking. The goddess of the hunt was in shock.

Not knowing what to do other than help, Percy carefully stood up, making sure the sheet was covering him below the waist. He found a pair of shorts that had been there for over a day and put them on, not making eye contact with Artemis. Once he was decent, he looked in his drawers and found some old clothes. By old clothes really just grabbed his old Goode High Swim Team hoodie and some boxer shorts for her.

Tentatively, he approached the goddess, who backed up in fright when she heard the footsteps. Percy knelt down next to her, worried. "Artemis, are you okay? Can you hear me?" He asked, but got no answer. Artemis just stayed shaking in the corner. Percy sighed, placing the clothes down in front of her. "I brought you some clothes. Would you like some breakfast?" He offered, wanting to calm her before they brought up the subject of her shock.

When he yet again got no answer, he patted the clothes and stood up, going to go make sure Selena was alright and summon them pancakes. As he left, he shut the door behind him, and Artemis' eyes drifted over to it. She looked at the clothes, then back at the door. She stood up, still holding the blanket close, and walked to the door. She quickly clicked the lock, and turned back to get changed, all the while quivering.

Percy walked downstairs and into the living room, where Selena was watching Scooby Doo episodes on the flat screen TV they had, a bowl of cereal in her hands. "Hey pumpkin, you alright?" He asked, and she nodded. "Yup!" She said happily, staring at the screen. "Where's mom?" She asked, finishing her cereal. Percy sighed. "Mom's still asleep, so I'm gonna bring her breakfast. You want pancakes?" He asked,and the little girl grinned. "Yup! Blue?" She asked, and Percy winked. "You know it."

As Percy summoned the plates and got out a tray for Artemis', there was a loud banging on the front door. He sighed, going to answer it. The second he turned the handle, it burst open, and the god of music grabbed Percy by the shoulder. "Where is she!? I heard her scream." He said, turning and pushing him into a room.

Unfortunately, that room was the kitchen, and in the adjoining living room Selena saw Apollo bully her father. "Apollo! Why'd you hurt dad?" She asked confusedly and quite angry. Apollo stuttered, not expecting to see Selena. Lucky for him, Percy covered for him. "Selena, baby, do you wanna take your pancakes and one of your dvds and go watch it in the theater, please?" He requested, and Selena nodded. "Can I have popcorn?" She asked.

Percy sighed once again , grabbing a popcorn packet from the cupboard and handing it to the angry sun god. "What am I supposed to do with this?" He asked, and Percy facepalmed. "You're the sun god. Just use some sun powers and heat them so they pop. Don't burn them." He told the god, who instantly heated the packet, resulting in what sounded like the beaches of Normandy on June 6th 1944.

Armed with a plate of blue pancakes and a bag of popcorn in her hands and with the dvd case of Despicable Me held in between her teeth Selena made her way to and down the staircase that led to the basement, where their home theater was one of a few large rooms underground.

As Percy turned back to Apollo, the god crossed his arms, pissed off. Percy rubbed the bridge of his nose annoyedly. "Okay, before we go see her, I should say that I'm just as confused as you. We weren't awake yesterday, none of us were. We just woke up and now... well, you'll see." He said.

Apollo shoved him against the counter. "I'm going to ask my sister what happened, not you. I swear on the Styx, if you hurt her, I will find a way to kill you." He promised, and Percy nodded, swallowing despite how barren his mouth had become. He quickly poured some cokes for him and Artemis and placed the glasses on the tray.

Picking the tray up, Percy led Apollo upstairs and down the hall to his bedroom, where he got Apollo to knock for him. It took a few moments, but eventually the lock clicked, and they opened the door.

Artemis was across the room, sitting back down against the wall among her blankets. She was still shivering a bit, but now she was wearing Percy's clothes, which was good. Apollo raced over to her, sitting down and pulling his sister into his embrace. "Little sis! What's wrong? What happened? Did he hurt you?" He asked, glaring at Percy.

Both her body and head were shaking, and she tried to explain it to her twin. "N-no! I woke up a-and I- we were n-naked." She said, still very much frightened. Apollo took this the wrong way, and stood up to charge Percy. "You bastard!" He yelled, and Percy had to steady himself to prevent dropping the pancakes.

Artemis suddenly snapped out of it and grabbed his arm, halting him in his tracks. "No! It wasn't his fault! It was Diana and Perses yesterday." She said,and Apollo crossed his arms. "Well then let's bring them out." He suggested with annoyance in his voice. Percy chose this time to barge past him and kneel down. "Artemis, are you hungry?" He asked, and the goddess eyed the food warily.

Then she nodded, and Percy set the tray down in front of her. "Are you going to have some?" She asked, and Percy shook his head. "I'll get mine later." He told her, and she shook her head. "I'm not having some until you have some." She said, pushing the tray away. Percy sighed at her selflessness and sat down next to her, bringing the tray up onto their laps and placing their drinks on the ground next to him.

Artemis leaned on him as he grabbed the fork and took the first bite. When he attempted to hand her the fork, she shook her head. "No, you need to eat too. We'll alternate bites." She told him tiredly, her eyes barely open. He smiled, happy that she cared enough about him to share her food with only one fork. Apollo stood there with his arms crossed as he watched the two be so close, and after a while Artemis soon got annoyed by this.

"Brother, can you either sit down and stop glaring or go somewhere else, please. Percy did nothing to me. He's actually been very good to me, so I'd appreciate it if you stopped staring at him like he's a rapist." She scolded, and Apollo sighed, leaving the room. "I'll be watching whatever with Selena. Come find me when you're ready." He told them, leaving the room. Percy called after him. "Help yourselves to drinks!" He yelled, receiving no answer.

The two ate peacefully as they leaned against each other, and Artemis smiled. "These are good, I didn't know you could cook." She told him, and he shook his head. "A little gift from Hestia for giving her back her throne. Of course, I usually just get the real things, but it comes in handy when I can't be bothered cooking or going out for food. Plus, this is my mom's recipe, and she makes it so much better than I do." He told her, before he slowed his chewing and swallowed.

Artemis looked at him with worry as he stared at the wall in front of him. "Are you okay?" She asked, and he stared blankly ahead. "I haven't told my mom about this, about us. I... we should see her, I want you to meet her." He told the goddess, whose eyes widened. She had never expected a meet the parents situation, since she already knew Poseidon and had met Amphitrite.

Percy nodded. "Yeah, yeah, once we get all this sorted out we'll go visit her." He said, cutting up another pancake and feeding her. Soon they finished and flushed it all down with their cokes. As they sat back, they both stared at the wall ahead of them. "Hey Artemis..." He began, and the goddess in question hummed in acknowledgement. Percy sighed. "What if... what if Perses and Diana, you know, did it? How would you feel?" He asked.

Artemis sat there for a moment and thought. Truthfully, she did not know if she would be as upset as she once was. Times have changed, especially in recent years. People change, Artemis had changed. Now that she was engaged to most likely the greatest man on earth, who would never hurt her, she had become slightly disillusioned with the eternal maiden vow. Originally it had been a vow by Zeus to never marry her off, but then after many centuries the vow became stale, and she traded it for a chastity vow, since she had yet to lose her virginity.

Now, since he wasn't restricted from marrying her, Zeus betrothed her to his nephew, who happened to be the most perfect man she'd ever met. He was kind, loyal, strong, humble, and most importantly, he was good to her. She had spent hours contemplating her vow over the past week, and as each day passed she became less enthusiastic with it. She often wondered if breaking her vow would better their marriage. Percy assured her he was fine with the whole no sex thing, but she was their when he admitted his lie to Aphrodite, and she saw in his eyes that he was sad the day he vowed away his right to breed.

She often considered the idea of an open relationship. She would let Percy sleep with mortals and goddesses to produce offspring that will strengthen Olympus, and in return Percy would come back to her the next morning, he would stay with her. He could breed and receive his pleasure, and at the end of the day he would stay and love Artemis. And who knows, perhaps she could even get Athena to teach her the mind-baby trick. There were good men out there, but just none had ever come close enough to her to be a love interest, or they were gay. Percy did though, despite all odds.

But then there was the case of their sexual relationship. Would she want to surrender her maidenhood? In the eyes of many, they would not be married until it was consummated, but there were many more who simply thought the love was reason enough for a marriage to be official. Artemis liked that idea more, but she was still hung on what her true feelings were about giving Percy her virginity. "I... I don't know. Diana is her own person, with her own choices, but if she lost her virginity... it'd be the end of an era." And maybe I'd reconsider. She wanted to say, but she held her lips shut.

Percy nodded, and they sat there for a while more. Eventually, Percy rubbed her side and told her they should go, to which the goddess nodded. Percy stood up, and held out a hand. She took it gratefully, and they stood up. Artemis mind-messaged Apollo, who flashed into the room. "You ready?" He asked, while Percy flashed their dishes away. "Yep, did you tell Selena we'll be busy?" He asked, and Apollo nodded. "She's fine, I got her another dvd to hold her over. Let's go." He said, and the two gods nodded.

Percy and Artemis shut their eyes, and silently called their Roman aspects from their slumber. There was a mixed flash of silver and sea-green, before there were suddenly two clones of them standing to their sides. Perses and Diana were a mess, barely clothed, bed hair and bags under their eyes. Diana yawned, Roman gods were always tired when they were called out of their sleep. "What the hell do you want?" She snapped, irritated at being disturbed.

Artemis crossed her arms, narrowing her eyes. "Don't take that tone with me. You two are in big trouble." She said, and Perses stretched. "Why? What'd we do?" He asked, and this time it was Percy's turn to tell them off. "Don't play innocent, we know what you two did." He said, which caught the two gods off guard as they realised what the Greeks were talking about.

Diana scratched her arm nervously. "We don't know what you're talking about. We avoided each other yesterday." She said, making Artemis scoffed. "Well you must have given up before bed, because Percy and I woke up together." She said, which was quickly continued by Percy. "It must have been awfully hot, too. The two of you managed to lose your clothes." He raised an eyebrow.

Diana and Perses both looked at each other nervously. Neither of them were wearing much, which only added to the obviousness. Perses wasn't wearing a shirt or pants, only some black briefs, and Diana was wearing a loose shirt and boxer shorts, similar to Artemis'. "Diana, Perses." Artemis began, and they met her eyes shamefully. "Did you two sleep together?" She asked with a glare.

Perses was about to answer, but Diana snapped. "So what if I did? Are you gonna call me a slut? Disown me? Turn everyone against me? You don't control me, Artemis! I'm not a child, I'm free to make my own decisions! This whole virgin thing was stupid, and I didn't even come up with it! It was forced upon me when I was born, I never agreed to forfeit laying with a man. I opened my eyes for the first time under an oath, an oath I never took nor agreed to!" She yelled, catching everyone off guard.

"Just because I finally chose to do something that you disagree with, to do something of my own free will, does not make me a bad person! I slept with my fiance! Does that make me a whore? No! And I won't let you tell me otherwise. I am my own person, Artemis, and I want you to respect that. Yes, I slept with Perses, and I'll say it, last night was the greatest night of my life! I've spent 2000 years forcing myself to stay away from the temptations of men, and now that I've felt the touch of one, I'm not gonna let you lock me away again!" She screamed, tears of fury in her eyes.

She breathed heavily, angrily wiping the tears away in shame. "I'm not a bad person for doing what I want, Artemis. You're a bad person for telling me I can't do something because you don't like it." She said quietly, sending everyone into a silence of shock. Perses awkwardly went up and hugged her, avoiding eye contact with Artemis.

Artemis stood in shock for a moment, before stepping forward. When she saw her other aspect approaching, Diana left Perses' embrace. As the two gods stood next to each other, Percy told his Roman form to get some clothes on, which he abided with.

The Greek goddess approached the woman she thought of as a sister, and pulled her into a hug, shocking everyone in the room, including Diana. Artemis rubbed her back as Diana wrapped her arms around the Greek. "I'm not mad, I'm not even really upset. I'm happy for you. I'm happy that you found someone worthy enough, and I'm happy you were strong enough to do what I never could." She congratulated the goddess, who smiled into her other half's shoulder.

"Y-you... you don't think I'm a slut?" She asked, and Artemis shook her head. "No, why would I? You and Perses are engaged, and I truly think he's the one for you. What's wrong with you two having sex? It's really just a proclamation of love." She said soothingly, and Diana was practically leaning on her as tears threatened her again. "You have no idea how much that means to me. Thank you, Artemis. I love you." She said affectionately, and Artemis smiled, kissing the forehead of her other half. "I love you too."

As they parted, Diana whispered something into Artemis' ear, which no one else caught. It must have been embarrassing though, because Artemis' face lit up like the White House in 1814.

Apollo was looking at them suspiciously, and with a flash of gold light, Phoebus was suddenly in the room, and Apollo was gone. "Diana, come with me." He said, and Diana reluctantly took him hand. Confused, the rest of the people in the group linked hands, and Phoebus allowed them entry into his palace. They arrived in his built-in hospital ward, and he commanded his twin to sit on the bed.

Diana complied, and crossed her arms impatiently. "What is this about, Phoebus?" She asked, but he didn't answer. The god rushed across the room, gathering various items before stopping beside the bed. He fiddled with some buttons on a computer next to the bed, before grabbing the tv remote and turning it on. The screen was blank, and they all looked at him in confusion.

Phoebus gently layed her down, much to her annoyance, and opened a small tin. He dipped his hand in and put the tin down, before pulling Diana's shirt up to just under her breasts. "Hey!" She snapped, reaching to pull her shirt back down, but Phoebus stopped her. "Sit still, the only people in here are either your twin, you, or your boyfriends." He reprimanded, and she huffed, before laying still and trying not to move, lest he cut her open or something.

Phoebus then began rubbing his hand all over Diana's stomach, and the others in the room noticed there was some weird gel on his hand. Diana shivered and cried out at the first touch. "Zeus' ass, that's cold. So fucking cold." She shivered, and Perses moved to hold her hand and rubbed her arm comfortingly.

Artemis looked at Percy, and saw he was deathly pale. "What's wrong?" She asked, and he stuttered. "I've.. I-I've seen this before. I went with my m-mom to one of these. But... surely not..." He muttered, and Artemis furrowed her eyebrows in worry.

When he had finished spreading the gel, Phoebus grabbed a strange utensil from the bench and plugged it in. "Now watch the tv. Normally this wouldn't work for a few weeks, but luckily we're gods." He said, before pressing the object to her stomach. They saw nothing for a while, just static as Phoebus shifted the probe around. Then, after a minute or two, they could spot a distortion in the static.

"What's that?" Perses asked, and Phoebus smiled, putting the probe down after screenshotting. He pulled up the photo and stood. "That, Perses, is your future son or daughter." He said, and the room went dead silent.

So Imma end it there. Originally the chapter was gonna be twice as long, with them going to sallys and stuff, but I'll save that for the next chapter. For starters, I wanna thank the FF.net community. This story is blowing up on there, and it's becoming bigger than my actually big story, The Dark Lord. Sorry I haven't uploaded that in a while, but I'm on a roll with this story. See ya losers.

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