RED ¹ / Percy Jackson !

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"I DON'T ACCEPT."  Viviene said, turning toward Artemis. Everybody in the room relaxed and Viviene glanced at Percy. he sighed, rubbing his face. Viviene took his hand. "It's an honour, but... I belong here." She glanced towards Percy who had a soft look in his eyes.

I belong with Percy, she seemed to say.

"Very well, hero." Artemis nodded, smiling at her."Now for the Ophiotaurus," 

 "This boy is still dangerous," Dionysus warned. "The beast is a temptation to great power. Even if we spare the boy—"

"No." Percy looked around at all the gods. "Please. Keep the Ophiotaurus safe. My dad can hide him under the sea somewhere, or keep him in an aquarium here in Olympus. But you have to protect him."

"And why should we trust you?" rumbled Hephaestus. 

 "I'm only fourteen," he said. "If this prophecy is about me, that's two more years."

 "Two years for Kronos to deceive you," Athena said. "Much can change in two years, my young hero."

"Mother!" Annabeth said, exasperated. 

"It is only the truth, child. It is bad strategy to keep the animal alive. Or the boy."

Percy's father stood. "I will not have a sea creature destroyed, if I can help it. And I canhelp it."

He held out his hand, and a trident appeared in it: a twenty foot long bronze shaft with three spear tips that shimmered with blue, watery light. "I will vouch for the boy and the safety of the Ophiotaurus." 

"You won't take it under the sea!" Zeus stood suddenly. "I won't have that kind of bargaining chip in your possession." 

 "Brother, please," Poseidon sighed. 

Zeus's lightning bolt appeared in his hand, a shaft of electricity that filled the whole room with the smell of ozone.

"Fine," Poseidon said. "I will build an aquarium for the creature here. Hephaestus can help me. The creature will be safe. We shall protect it with all our powers. The boy will not betray us. I vouch for this on my honor." 

 Zeus thought about this. "All in favor?" 

To Viviene's surprise, a lot of hands went up. Dionysus abstained. So did Ares and Athena. But everybody else... 

 "We have a majority," Zeus decreed. "And so, since we will not be destroying these heroes... I imagine we should honor them. Let the triumph celebration begin!"

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Author: I honestly, suggest reading this part with but daddy, I love him by our dear Tay in the background. It's the best expirience.

There are parties, and then there are huge, major, blowout parties. And then there are Olympian parties. If you ever get a choice, go for the Olympian. 

 The Nine Muses cranked up the tunes, and I realized the music was whatever you wanted it to be: the gods could listen to classical and the younger demigods heard hip-hop or whatever, and it was all the same sound track. No arguments. No fights to change the radio station. Just requests to crank it up.