Chapter 5

39K 683 475
                                    




Percy's point of view 

I woke up in a room that looked like an infirmary or hospital, the only difference was that everything in the room was gold. There were also a couple of statues of Apollo, so I assumed it must be his palace.  I saw a flash and Apollo was standing in front of me grinning like an idiot.

"You're awake," he said Stating the obvious.

 "How long was I..." I asked trailing off.

 The reason why I trailed off was because my voice was completely different, it was more pleasant sounding than it had been before. I could tell that Apollo noticed because his grin got even wider.

 "two hours," he answered my earlier question.

He spoke again he said, "you should change your clothes. You are a god now; we don't wear camp t-shirts."

  He made some new clothes appear for me and said, "I am going to the throne room to tell the other gods you are awake. Join us when you're ready."

I nodded and then Apollo left in a flash of gold light. I couldn't help but wonder if I could do that now. I figured I would wait to try it since I didn't have the slightest clue how to do it. I grabbed the clothes that Apollo had left and put them on. I took of my camp necklace and put it in my pocket for now.  I wasn't going to get rid of it but I knew I couldn't really wear it anymore either.  I glanced to my left and saw a mirror on the wall, only Apollo would put a mirror in an infirmary. I looked in the mirror and I began to get an Idea why Apollo had been grinning so much.

Not only had my voice changed but so had my appearance. I was taller and I was even more tanned, I was more muscular, but not so much more that it looked unnatural, my hair was messier but it still looked good, the most obvious change was my eyes they had gone from sea green to gold with some sea green specks in them. Oh Styx I thought Aphrodite is going to be staring at me or worse.  My gold eyes unnerved me a bit too, seeing them in the mirror made me think of Luke and the second titan war.   Finally after pushing those thoughts out of my head I headed toward the throne room of the gods.

As I walked toward the throne room every nymph and minor god that I passed bowed to me. It made me feel awkward; I mean I was used to being the one who was supposed to bow, not the other way around.  This will take some getting used to I thought.

As I walked I realized something, I realized that my new eye colour was the same colour that I had seen on the boy in my dream the other night. At first I was confused until I realized that the boy had more in common with me than just eye colour. I couldn't help but wonder if I had seen my future son.

When I reached the throne room Aphrodite wasn't the only one staring at me but as I had expected she was the worst, she was looking at me like she had forgotten about Ares and Hephaestus, and now she wanted me.  "Now what?"  I asked trying to get them to stop staring at me. 

Finally Zeus snapped out of it he said "we were discussing your duties as a god, your sacred animals, your weapon of power, your domains and your Roman form." "What are they then?" asked curious. My dad answered   "Your weapon of Power is Riptide, your Sacred animals are the Pegasus and the Phoenix, and when Dionysus has finished his time there you will be the new director of camp half blood."

I couldn't help it I sighed with relief I remembered that Dionysus had forty-seven years left at Camp Half-Blood so I knew I wouldn't have to go there any time soon. 

"And my roman form?" I asked   "we have decided that you will have the same name for both forms. Also a palace will be built for you here on Olympus, and if you so wish you can have another palace built wherever you want. Zeus said I nodded. I guessed based on the look on my dad's face that he kind of wanted me to have an undersea palace too.

Hestia said "Perseus" "we never got a chance to discuss the advantages of being my champion.   She gave me a a general idea of what new abilities came with the title. I said "Thank you Lady Hestia" I literally had to force myself not to bow to her because I knew that she would say I didn't have to.

The floor began to shake and a throne appeared next to Hades', it was amazing, it was gold with sea green waves, on the legs. riptide, and an hourglass on the back, and a Pegasus and a Phoenix carved on the armrests. it also had a holder for riptide. I wasn't real thrilled about who I would be sitting beside since Hades had tried to kill me twice, but I knew he couldn't do that now. After staring at the throne for a minute all I could say was "Wow" some of the gods chuckled I guess it had been a long time since they had made a demigod an Olympian.   "Why don't you sit on it Percy" my dad said smiling proudly at me.

I walked toward it concentrating on growing to the size of the other gods.  When I sat on it I felt a wave of Power go through my body.

I could see all the lines of time I could sense the waves and tides of the ocean, I could see all the heroes on the earth, I knew when People were practicing swordplay, and I could tell if People are loyal or not, and tell who or what they are loyal to.  Zeus announced "You are now an Official member of this counsel all hail Perseus Jackson god of time, waves, tides heroes, swordsmanship and loyalty, the fifteenth Olympian.

Percy Jackson The New God (Old Version,)Where stories live. Discover now