Her exposed abdominal muscles rippled with tension with every stroke of her powerful tail, as she quickly swam through the dark water surrounding her. Her body was made for this; to travel the vast oceans in a matter of hours. Her flawless green skin was so smooth that it offered little resistance to the passing water. Only the slight tug of her flowing red hair behind her gave any indication that she was moving at near impossible speeds away from the palace and her adulterous bastard of a husband. She was beyond furious, and utterly crushed. She caught him this time in the one place he had sworn to be faithful.

'In our fucking bed!' She mentally screamed as golden tears clouded the water.

She wasn't stupid. She knew about his many affairs, all his illegitimate children proved that, but he had always taken great care to hide them. For several millennia she played the good wife just like her foster sister Hera. She turned a blind eye, always knowing that every night he was not in their bed he was with some other woman. It hurt, of course, but she could always pretend he really did love her. She could make believe that on those nights he was instead fighting some great sea monster or perhaps creating some magnificent storm to humble the mortals who scoffed at their existence. It was a lie she created to protect herself, a dream that her king was faithful to his queen. He was at least considerate enough to never let her see in person the truth she knew to be reality… Until tonight. She could still hear that whore moaning as if taunting her. Behind her eyes she could still see him thrusting into her, not even caring that his wife was at the open door.

The beautiful mermaid swam a bit faster as she tried in vain to escape the painful memories. Golden trails stained her soft green face while she debated what to do. She could not return home, no that place would never be her home again. Where could she go? What would she do? She was scared because she did not have answers to those questions.

She could flee to one of her children's homes. However that would lead to all sorts of other problems and she would be have to answer questions she would rather not. Also she could not force them to choose between their parents. If she wanted to stay free they could not know where she was either. But how could she just abandon them? They were all she had left. What would they do when the learned she had disappeared? Would they try to find her? Rhodos and Benthesikyme might, Kymopoleia probably wouldn't care, and Triton would be too busy.

Just as she was beginning to regret her choice to flee, soft sand brushed against the underside of her tail immediately snapping her out of her thoughts. While she was distracted she nearly swam herself right up onto a beach. Kicking her tail under her to get into slightly deeper water, she used her powers to determine her location. When she discovered where she had swum to unconsciously she got an idea. There was one place nearby that Delphin would never look if he was sent to find her again. The one place that no one would ever look for her. She made her decision. Her deep green skin faded paler until she looked like a regular mortal, and her tail split into two perfectly shaped legs. A simple black knee length dress wrapped around her body as she slowly walked out of the surf with one thought in mind.

"Please…" she whispered under her breath.

Percy Jackson walked home from a nearby train station to his apartment. He wore a tight fitting white button down shirt that complemented his strong muscles and a pair of black dress pants. Around his neck was a black skinny tie with two gold trident buttons that held his collar in place, and on his left wrist was a silver Rolex Submarine.

Normally Percy was not the type of guy to wear expensive jewelry, least of all a $10,000 watch, but they were gifts from his older brother and father respectively. The watch was his college graduation gift from his father, it was made of Atlantian Silver that could morph into a six foot trident with barbed points. While the two gold pins were from his older brother Triton when he had first gotten his job last year, they were each made of Imperial Gold and had the ability to expand into a set of armor whenever needed or to change into a golden charm neckless for less formal occasions. Both were enchanted to be nearly invincible and will always return to him if lost.

While he walked he couldn't help but smile as approached his apartment. It was a large fifteen story building that sat right on a man-made, or rather god-made beach. It practically screamed opulence that would not be out of place in SoHo or Tribeca to the north. So for a normal mortal his penthouse apartment would have cost millions of dollars, to a demigod it was a birthday gift. On his 18th birthday Poseidon had surprised him with the keys and deed to the entire building.

To say his mother was unimpressed would be an understatement. After an argument about how Percy was too young to live on his own and that an entire building was far too much. They finally decided that Percy could not move in until after he had graduated college or got married, which actually came first. Percy did agree with his mom that an entire building was way too much, so he had his father rent the rest of the building to mortals while he kept the penthouse to himself. He even had a special basement section that was open to demigods on quests, although in the four years he had lived here it had only been used once.

When Percy stepped off his private elevator into his common room he went over to the couch and collapsed. Working as the Gym teacher and swimming coach at Goodie High School was more tiring than he ever would have expected. He did love his job and he was immensely grateful for Paul helping him get hired. It was that for the past six months since he started he had to deal with the girls constantly flirting with him and the guys always being jealous of it. If there was one thing he regretted most it was absentmindedly answering yes to a student who asked if he was single. In his defense it was his first day and he was distracted scouting for monsters. Unfortunately since then hooking the hot new gym teacher became the goal of almost every girl in the school. Flipping through channels he finally settled on a broadcast of Troy. Not exactly very accurate he knew, but he still liked the action scenes.

Sometime later, during Percy's favorite part, his doorbell rang. He was seriously considering ignoring whoever was there, Brad Pitt and Eric Bana had just started their one-on-one fight to the death. It was an incredibly choreographed fight and surprisingly he had learned from talking to the actual Achilles that it was also the most accurate scene in the movie too. Both men had lost their spears and had begun fighting with their xiphoi.

Thrust. Twist. Block. Spin. The two actors fought as their characters clashed in a similar way to how Percy himself fought.

Thrust. Twist. Block. RING!

The doorbell once again interrupted the moment. Grumbling to himself Percy stood from the couch with one last glance at the TV. Hector had been knocked down with Achilles taunting him. At least the best part was over he thought while walking his main door. It that led to the public elevator and a small reception room for guests. He opened it to reveal a gorgeous pale skinned woman with short brown hair and stunning dark blue eyes. Her only flaw were the tear stains that adorned her slightly pink cheeks.

"C-Can I come in?" She asked timidly while fresh tears threatened to spill from her eyes.

Percy eyed the woman carefully, the building was protected like Camp so monsters shouldn't be able to enter, but he had no idea who this woman was. "Um, not to be rude but who are you?" he asked. Still on guard he watched in amazement as she began to change. Her skin became a rich green like healthy seaweed and her hair grew down to her hips while changing to scarlet. Finally her eyes seemed to hold crashing waves while her tears became golden. The woman pulled a very surprised Percy into a hug and began crying uncontrollably into his strong chest. Practically frozen in shock Percy was only able to mutter one word.

"Amphitrite…?"

Her only response was to sob harder. Percy was completely lost. He had a strange life, even by demigod standards, but this was by far the strangest thing he had ever experienced. He was standing in his open doorway practically supporting his step mother as she leaned all her weight on his chest and sobbed uncontrollably. His mind ground to a halt while he tried to process what was happening. After an awkward few minutes of standing like a mannequin Percy's sympathetic side finally won. He wrapped his arms around Amphitrite's slim waist and held her tightly. Maybe he was being a little too intimate with his father's wife, but in this moment he felt that she needed some kind of physical connection.

Several minutes later Percy picked up the green skinned woman bridal style, because she seemed unable to stand on her own at the moment, and kicked his door closed behind him. He carried her to the couch where he tried to lay her down with some default. He had to awkwardly position himself under her since she would not let go of his shirt. Somehow he wound up with her sitting on his lap with his arms still wrapped around her waist. If he wasn't so focused on her emotional state he might have noticed how nice her soft rear felt on his lap. Instead his mind was occupied with concern for Amphitrite.

"Shhhh… It's alright" he whispered in her ear which, like all mermaids, was pointed at the tip. He didn't really know what to say so he repeated the same things his mom told him as a child. "I'm here for you, don't worry Lady Amphitrite." He brought his right hand up to her head, which was still buried in his chest, and began stroking her hair. While running his fingers through her silky hair he noticed something important; she had no crown! The usual horns made of twin crab claws were missing making Percy feel even more worried. With nothing more he could do, he resigned himself to waiting for her to tell him what was bothering her.

The wait felt like an eternity when in reality it only took 20 minutes for the beautiful Queen of the Sea to calm down. When she had finally stopped crying the front of Percy's white shirt was now completely golden. Although she had stopped crying, Amphitrite had yet to pull away from his embrace. "Umm, my lady? If you don't mind me asking, well… um… can. No, um what is wrong?" Percy asked. 'Gods that sounded awkward, but what should he say?'

She looked up, and for a second Percy was worried that she would turn him into a goldfish for their suggestive position. Instead, when their eyes met all he saw was pain. She looked so vulnerable. Gone was the fearless Queen who led Atlantis' armies against the titans, in her place was a fragile woman. Her eyes were puffy and bloodshot from crying and her face was marred by the golden trails of dried tears.

"I was never good enough…" she whispered so softly that Percy almost could not hear her. Fresh tears began to well up in her eyes. Percy had a guess now what had made her upset, but he still could not understand why she came to him. If anything his presence would be more of a painful reminder. Right? One thing was for sure, he was furious at the person who caused this proud goddess to fall so low.

"We don't have to talk about it now Lady Amphitrite."

She looked at him for a moment before responding. "Thank you Percy… For everything…"

"It is no trouble my lady. You are always welcome here." Percy tried to give her a warm smile as he stared right into her blue eyes. For a moment he would have sworn that she blushed, but it was gone before he could be sure.

"Percy… I'm sorry. I don't know why I came here. I-I just didn't know where to go. My daughters are the first place they would look, and if I stayed near the sea Delphin would find me again. Land is the best option to hide. But… I don't know where to go.

Percy remained quiet while the goddess in his arms poured her heart out. He merely continued with gently combing her hair with her fingers while she talked. Now he was positive his father was to blame. He knew the stories, Poseidon had sent Delphin to track down Amphitrite so he could marry her.

"What happened, if you don't mind me asking?"

Amphitrite was silent for a whole minute and Percy was starting to get worried when she finally spoke. Although, it was much softer

then her earlier rant.

"I caught him. He was having sex with my sister Agave in our bed. The place where we sleep together, where we consummated our marriage, and where our children were conceived. It is like he doesn't even care about me or my feelings. I know he saw me too, he had the audacity to wink at me. I…" She trailed off as she buried her face back into Percy's chest as more golden tears cascaded down her face.

'Agave? Like the desert plant? Weird name for an ocean deity. Wait, damn ADHD. I can't believe that dad would do that, but then again I am proof of his infidelity. Actually now that I think about it, is this how she feels every time? No wonder Hera is such a bitch. I think I will apologize to her when I get a chance. Crap, I'm getting distracted again. Focus Percy.' "Lady Amphitrite, um. I don't want to sound mean, but doesn't my dad do this all the time?"

She looked up at him with tears streaking down her dark green cheeks. "He never did it in our room. It was supposed to be our special place. Also it's different now." He almost missed the last part because she mumbled it.

"What do you mean different?"

"I was never alone before. Every time he had another affair I could always talk to my grandparents. They would make me feel better"

"Wait, do you mean Tethys and Oceanus?"

Her only response was a small nod before resuming. "I love my grandparents. They were always there for me. They raised me. In fact half the reason my grandfather hated Poseidon was because of how he treated me. Did you know that neither of them were never once unfaithful? I always dreamed of a marriage like that."

"I thought Calypso was Tethys' daughter with Atlas?" Percy asked quietly mostly to himself.

Nonetheless Amphitrite heard him and decided to answer flatly. "On land she was no match for the titian of strength." More normally she said "Tethys still loves her youngest daughter though."

Percy's eyes widened slightly at the connotation. He quickly changed the subject back to their original topic. "But in the second war Oceanus and Teyths supported Kronos right?"

"Exactly Percy," choking back a sob she continued "they were against Atlantis and I followed my husband. Don't you see? I fought against them. I turned my back against them because I was stupid enough to believe when he swore he loved me. When I saw him with my sister it was like my world collapsed. Not only did he defile the sanctity of our bedroom, but now I had no one to turn to. I betrayed he only family that cared about me, for him. So I fled the palace, I dropped my crown in an underwater volcano and swore I would never be his wife again."

Finishing her story, Amphitrite broke down again. Percy now realized just how much pain this woman was in. He was also absolutely livid at his father. The next time he saw him, he resolved to punch him square in the nose. Father or not, no one was allowed to hurt someone this badly.

Straining his ears he heard her whimper softly into his chest. "I-I won't go back… Not again."

"You are safe here." He whispered back.

For the next hour he held her in silence, gritting his teeth at the occasional sob that escaped her perfect lips. Eventually he realized that she had fallen asleep. 'She must be exhausted from swimming so far, not to mention emotionally drained too.' He looked down to see her resting her cheek on his shoulder while her entire body was curled up on his lap. It actually reminded him of the way two lovers slept in movies. 'She is so cute,' He thought. 'Wait! Where did that come from? She is my mother. Err… Well step mother, but it is still weird. Right?' He shook his head to clear those thoughts and decided it was time for bed.

Since he did not have the heart to wake her up, Percy carried Amphitrite to his bed. He thought he would let her sleep there and he would take the guest room. A queen would be used to a master bedroom after all. Unfortunately his plans did not take into account that she would not let him go. No matter how hard he tried she would not release her grip on his shirt. He even tried to take it off, but that did not work because in her sleep she quickly latched back onto him. Now he had a sleeping goddess with her arms wrapped around his neck while her head was on his bare chest. He was so screwed.

Against his better judgement he simply got into bed with her. Almost Immediately Amphitrite lay on top of him. She also had somehow intertwined her legs with his. What made things really bad was that now that she was no longer crying, Percy noticed her black dress clung to her body tightly as if it was all she was wearing. The beautiful woman's generous bust was pressing firmly against his bare chest, and he could feel the slightly raised area of her nipples. Oh yeah, he was screwed when she woke up. He just hoped they didn't allow Leo to write his obituary.

That morning Percy's intuition proved to be spot on. He was awoken by a strong slap across his face. Percy quickly opened his eyes and found himself fearing for his life. The pair of eyes only inches from his resembled a violent hurricane. Her pursed lips were so close to his that he could feel her warm breath on his face.

Due to their proximity he could not help but notice that at some point in the night she had returned to her natural appearance. She looked as stunning as a blue-ringed octopus and twice as dangerous. Her hair fell down past her neck blanketing most of her exposed back contrasting the deep green skin with rich crimson tresses. Her face could only be described as angelic even when twisted in fury. She had precious coral lips on a heart shaped face with prominent cheekbones. Amphitrite's voice suddenly brought him out of his momentary stupor.

"What do you think you are doing?" She hissed with all of the venom of a sea snake.

For the life of him he could not understand what she meant or why she was so angry. Yeah he figured she would not exactly be happy about their sleeping arrangements, but that was her fault. She was the one that would not let go of him. Besides he did everything he could to comfort her, talk about ungrateful. "What the Hades was that for?" he asked angrily.

She just glared at him instead of responding. 'Fine. Be that way' he thought. He tried to push her off only to find he could not move his arms. Looking away from her angry blue eyes he shifted his gaze lower to see what was wrong with his arms. His left arm was crossed over his chest and Amphitrite was currently lying on it, and his right arm was….. OH FUCK. Percy almost had a stroke. He just answered two questions: why he could not move his other arm, and why she was so angry.

Somehow in his sleep, his hand had moved lower from her waist to under her skirt. He was currently holding tightly onto her soft rear. The worst part, he was positive she was not wearing any underwear. Percy quickly released his grip but, unfortunately because his arm was still pinned under her body so he was unable to remove his hand. He swallowed nervously and looked back into her eyes. His blood ran cold at what he saw. 'I'm so dead'

"Um…" Before Percy could say anything they were interrupted by his doorbell ringing. Internally he thanked every deity he could think of that was involved in luck as he used Amphitrite's surprise to force her off of him. He leaped from the bed and ran out the room as if Tartarus himself was chasing him. Actually, given the look in her eyes, he would prefer Tartarus right now. He rushed across his apartment and opened the door to reveal Hermes in his signature track suite.

"Rough nigh cuz?" The god asked with a knowing smirk.

"You could say that." He responded tiredly. Percy's sea green eyes widened when he looked down and realized in his haste he had forgotten to put on a shirt. He was standing there in wrinkled black dress pant from last night, his black hair was standing at odd directions, he had a fading red mark on his face, and he was pretty sure he smelled like Amphitrite's ocean scented hair. In an instant he realized why Hermes was grinning like an idiot. "What do you want?" He muttered.

"I might be a little insulted by that if I wasn't so proud of you right now. It's almost noon! You must have really been up late." He said suggestively while wiggling his eyebrows.

Percy's only response was an aggravated stare and a frown which Hermes took as conformation.

"Tell me, is she hot?" The messenger god asked, his grin never leaving his face.

Percy sighed knowing that no matter what he said, in a few hours all of Olympus would be trying to guess who the lucky lady was that slept with the Great Percy Jackson. He decided to just go along with it to make things easier on him. "Yes. She is absolutely gorgeous."

"Atta boy!" The blond messenger god gave Percy a high five. He then pulled out a golden envelope from gods knows where and handed it to Percy. "Here. You got a letter from Big B." Hermes turned to leave, but as the self-proclaimed god of pranks he couldn't leave without one last joke. "Percy catch." He called out just as his form disappeared.

Percy instinctively caught the object. When he opened his hand he could feel face burning from embarrassment. In his palm was a triple pack of Spartan Gold condoms. For that Special Immortal they said. "Like he even knows what a condom is." He muttered under his breath while pocketing the godly condoms. Taking a deep breath he slowly walked back toward his bedroom and he could swear he heard someone playing Taps.

He knocked on the door and stepped in. "Lady Amphitrite?" He saw her sitting on his bed with his white sheet wrapped around her body.

"What? Are you back to continue molesting me?" She spat.

"No! No, my lady. That was an accident I swear. It must have happened while we were sleeping. I'm sorry. Really. I am very very very sorry." He bowed his head while he spoke and felt a tingling sensation behind his eyes for moment. He heard Amphitrite take a deep breath before she spoke to him.

"It's all right Perseus. I over reacted. I thought you were taking advantage of me like your father did. I should apologize to you."

He was completely stunned. She had done a 180 in a matter of seconds. "Wha-" He was cut off by her holding up her hand.

"I viewed your thoughts to see if you were being truthful. You were, it really was an accident."

'So that was what that feeling was.' He thought to himself. He always forgot that gods and goddesses could do that. If he wasn't so grateful that he had not been turned to chum, he might have been a bit more annoyed at the blatant invasion of his privacy. Suddenly his body stiffened when he realized something she had said. "What do you mean like my father?" He asked, his voice wavering.

She simply shrugged and offhandedly responded, "The king gets what he wants, when he wants it."

'My father. He…' Percy felt like he was going to vomit. He had always looked up to Poseidon, he wanted to be just like him. His father was always so kind to everyone, he was a great man right? But how much did he really know about his father? He only really saw him a few days a year. Worse still was that Amphitrite acted so nonchalant about the topic, as if she had long since become used to it. Percy's fists were clenched so tightly it was a miracle his nails had not drawn blood.

"Percy," the green skinned woman called out to him breaking his train thought. "Can you let me borrow some of your clothes?"

The dark mood lifted and was glad that she had changed the subject. "Uh, sure, but why? Can't you just make some appear? Like how you changed form yesterday?"

"No. I cannot use my powers right now or it would be easy for Delphin to track me once he is sent out. Yesterday was different because I was still in the water at the time, there are so many water deities that such a small amount of power could have been of them. Using my powers on land would be like sending off a broadcast that quite literally says 'fish out of water'."

"Oh. That makes sense. Is that why you are not wearing any underwear?" He asked her, then clamped his hand over his mouth. 'Why did I ask that? Damn ADHD.' To his surprise instead of being angry she laughed. It was wonderful maybe it was a goddess thing but he thought her laugh was the most perfect sound he had ever heard.

"Perseus, I'm a mermaid. A tail would get in the way of a pair of panties. All I did change my normal attire to a simple dress. So no Percy. I am not wearing any underwear."

Hiding his blush he turned away from her and tried to ignore the teasing tone in her voice. He retrieved blue a Sea World tee shirt he thought was ironic and a pair of gray sweatpants. He handed them to her and left the room so she could change in peace. He went to the guest room and showered. Since it was a Saturday and he did not have work he dressed in a casual black tee shirt along with a pair of kaki cargo pants. As usual he wore his customary jewelry, although his armor was in neckless form so that the quarter sized gold trident pendant stood out against his black shirt. Finishing his attempt at containing his unruly hair, he left the guest room to find Amphitrite waiting for him.

Six hours later the two were sharing a margarita pizza on his balcony overlooking the water. They had spent the entire afternoon talking together after getting over the initial shock of the morning. He even surprised her by promising to help her hide and let her stay with him as long as she wanted. Percy got his own surprise too when she gave him a tight hug while thanking him. Since then she had spent the entire day smiling, something that made him very happy himself. He even got her to call him Percy instead of Perseus, which also made him happy.

After he made his promise the two of them spent the rest of the day talking. They had never actually had the chance to get to know each other before and they both found themselves enjoying each other's company. Percy found out that she was very different than the 'Queen' he had met before. When he asked her about that she told him it was because in the palace she was expected to act like royalty, and in his apartment she could just be herself. As time passed he found himself liking her more and more. He had almost forgotten that she was his step-mother. Since her current form was of a 25 year old woman and he was a few months past 23 it felt natural. To him it was like he was having a nice time with a good friend who was a few year older than him not an immortal goddess who was having marital problems with his father.

"By the way," she commented casually. "You never told me what Hermes was here for."

"Oh yeah. I completely forgot that he gave me a letter from Briares. Wait right here, I left it in the kitchen after breakfast." He told her. She simply nodded in response while brushing a strand of her long crimson hair out of her face. As Percy stood up from his chair she grabbed the last piece of pizza and happily began eating it. A few minutes later Percy had returned with the letter and complained that there was no more pizza.

"Stop being a child and open it" Amphitrite told him with a smile.

He opened it and began to read:

Percy my friend,

I hope you are happy with your new job. Your father was so proud of you when he told me all about how you got your first mortal job. Also Tyson says hi, we were working together in the forges the other day. Let me tell you, that boy has got talent. I even taught him to some of the stuff the Elder Cyclopes knew. With his help Atlantean Silver is being smithed for the first time in two millennia. Which reminds me, I hope that Trident is serving you well. Anyway I wanted to ask you a favor. I need to work with Hephaestus for the next week and my house is under construction. Would it be too much to ask if you let my wife stay with you? She is not allowed in Atlantis you know, so she would have nowhere to stay all week. I know she is your sister and you live right on the ocean so it should perfect. Well I promise to make it up to you. I already have an idea for a great experiment with Tysons help you could have my greatest creation ever as my reward. She will be at your apartment at 6pm.

Thank you so much,

Briares

Percy reread the letter twice before reading it out loud for Amphitrite to hear. When he finished she asked him the question he was afraid to answer.

"Percy, what time is it?"

"5:45." He said nervously. The two looked at each other for a moment before jumping to their feet and rushing inside. Percy did not know what to do. He promised Amphitrite that he would keep her hidden for now, but he obviously could not just kick out his immortal half-sister. Angry sea goddess plus beach front apartment equals Percy needs a new house. Before he could think of anything the current goddess in his apartment got his attention.

"I hate to make things worse, but Kymopoleia doesn't have a human from. She is 20 feet tall and weighs 500 pounds. I do not understand how she is supposed to stay here."

Sighing heavily, Percy collapsed on his couch. He ran his hand through his black hair. "I guess we will find out when she gets here. Along with what to do about this," motioning to her "situation. If she is anything like she was when I met her 5 years ago, odds are she still hates you and dad. But I think she hates him more so she might keep your secret just to spite him."

Amphitrite sat down on the couch next to Percy just about a foot away. "Yeah I know she does." She sounded upset, which was kind of obvious to him since they were talking about her daughter hating her. Once again determined to be better than his father, Percy spoke up. "Maybe in this week she can learn to forgive you. I will help too. After all, you gave birth to her. A mother's love is strong, I know for a fact that many of the Olympians still love Rhea."

"Thank you Percy, but how could you know that about the Olympians?" She questioned.

He just gave her a sly smile "Oh you know, maybe a certain hearth goddess told me." The two of them shared a short laugh.

"I want you to know that no matter what happens with my daughter, I really appreciate what you have done for me. Yesterday was one of the worst days of my immortal life and because of you, today has been one of the best. You are nothing like your father, and you should be proud of that." She gave him another hug, just as the doorbell rang. The two of them separated and Percy walked to the door.

'Well, here goes nothing.' He thought to himself while he opened the door.

Honestly he did not know what to expect on the other side of the door, but he never would have guessed this. Standing in front of him was possibly one the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. She looked about his age, and was maybe an inch shorter than him, with flawless pale white skin. She wearing stunning formfitting green dress that hugged every curve in her body and left little to the imagination. On her right bicep was an intricate silver band carved into a wave patter that wrapped around her arm and had a dark blue gem set in the center of it. Around her neck was a black pearl neckless with a black trident pendent that rested just above her cleavage which, like Percy's pendant, signified that she was a member of the Royal Family. Her most remarkable features were her alabaster white eyes and iridescent silver shoulder length hair. Percy was pulled out of his trance when the stunning young woman huffed in annoyance.

"Kymopoleia?" He asked tentatively. The last time he had seen her she was an imposing 20 foot giantess with jellyfish hair, so he was at the moment, very confused.

"Yes I am little brother." She responded still sounding slightly annoyed. "And call my Kym. Only my parents call me Kymopoleia and I hate it."

"I'm confused. I thought you were like huge and could not change form."

Kym smiled at him, not a fake smile like he remembered, but a real genuine smile. For a moment he was so distracted thinking how pretty she looked when smiled that he almost missed her explanation. "Briares made this for me last year for our anniversary." She motioned to the band on her upper arm. "To make the transformation he used an actual teardrop of Pontus imbued with ancient magic. This crystal is so powerful that as long as I am wearing it I can stay in this form indefinably. Also since Atlantean Silver is the most magical of all the divine metals he mounted the teardrop on this band to help channel the magic better."

Percy's jaw hit the floor when he heard her explanation. "Wow that is amazing."

"Yes, but Father will not allow me to return to Atlantis. Even with this new form." She had said the word father as if it was the worst curse imaginable.

"Kym, I'm sorry. That's terrible."

"It's ok." She said sadly. "My family never loved me anyway. They gave me away like a cheap toy."

He realized he had touched a nerve when he saw her morose expression with a slight sparkling of gold in the corners of her eyes. He wanted to see her happy like she was only a moment before. Without thinking about the consequences Percy pulled her into a hug. He held her with one arm around her waist and the other resting gently on the back of her head. "Well I am your family, and I care about you." He confidently stated. "And I know another person who does as well." Separating from the hug he took Kym by the hand and led her into the next room. When she saw who was the she let out a gasp and whispered one word.

"Mother?"

It took several minutes for Kym to recover from the initial shock of seeing her mother. Once she did, she immediately became furious. Unfortunately for Percy, as much as he wanted to hide behind the couch, Kym had tightened her grip on his hand preventing him from escaping.

Kym's white eyes narrowed dangerously "What is she doing here?"

If Percy had not spent the entire day getting to know her, he would have missed the flash of sadness in Amphitrite's eyes before her prideful goddess mode set in. She stood up and glared at Kym. "How dare you speak to me that way? I am your mother and your queen. Show some respect this instant."

"I have no respect for you." Kym hissed. "You are a horrible mother. You think just because you are queen you can do what you want? Well I have news for you, you just married a king. Nothing about you is royal, you're no better than a common whore. The only reason Poseidon married you was because you were the most beautiful woman to suck his cock."

"Do NOT use such language with me Kymopoleia! You know nothing of what you are talking about. You are an ungrateful child and worthy to wear the royal insignia after your betrayal. I should have allowed the council to throw you into Tartarus. A few centuries there would have taught you some manners."

By now the two sea goddesses had begun yelling loudly at each other causing Percy to wince at the intensity. He was seriously worried now because he could tell through his powers that Kym's anger had caused a small hurricane to form around his apartment. Amphitrite looked like she was also barely containing her powers as well. 'At least it can't get worse.' He thought to himself while desperately trying to think of a way to defuse the situation.

As if the Fates just had to prove him wrong, he noticed that the two women had begun glowing slightly. Mentally he could have sworn that he heard those old crones laughing at him. Before either of the goddess could go into their divine forms Percy finally snapped.

"ENOUGH!" He bellowed, causing both women to freeze and stare at him. "Both of you sit down and shut up." Percy commanded.

More out of surprise than intimidation, Kym and Amphitrite complied. Amphitrite sat back down on her couch, while Kym released Percy's hand and sat in the loveseat across from the couch, facing her mother. Percy remained standing in between the two as he spoke.

"We are going to have some long overdue family therapy. Got it?" Without waiting for a response he continued. "I will never understand why you immortals always act like children, but we are going to have a discussion like mature adults. Kym, I want you to start. Please explain to me and Amphitrite exactly why you are upset with her."

There was an awkward moment of silence in which Percy momentarily feared that he had simply directed both of their anger toward himself. Finally after what felt like an entity Kym spoke.

"That bitch is…" She was cut off by an angry glare from Percy.

"No name calling. Be respectful, the both of you. Understand?" He got hesitant nods from the two, and he motioned to Kym to speak. "Please start over Kym." He asked kindly.

"Fine… I hate her because of what she did to me. Her and Father threw me out like trash. They hate me." Even though she spoke comely, Percy noticed the storm outside increase in intensity.

"That is not true," Amphitrite cut in "we did not cast you out."

Percy remained impassive. It was clear that he would have to moderate this carefully. "Amphitrite, can you please wait your turn?" He asked with a comforting smile. She nodded her head, and Percy asked Kym to continue.

"It is mother. You and father never loved me, you were always ashamed of me. Triton is the beloved Crown Prince. Rhodos has her own island. Benthesikyme is 'the most beautiful mermaid.' I know you two could not stand your 'failure' child. I was and inconvenience because I was unable to change form, and I was an embarrassment because I was so clumsy. I was the stain of an otherwise perfect royal family. The moment you got a chance, you handed me off to Briares like some trophy, and banned me from Atlantis. I never even had a choice. Father only reinstated my status as princess last year because he felt I needed a 'king's authority' after my supposed betrayal. It was not out of kindness, he just didn't want to look bad in front of his brothers. No one has ever cared about me."

After finishing her explanation, Percy noticed that she had golden trails of tears on her face and that the storm had completely subsided. She was looking at the floor with her iridescent silver hair obscuring her eyes, but Percy could see the golden droplets falling from her pale cheeks. He wanted nothing more than to go comfort her like before. He hated to see her like this, she was his sister after all, but he knew for any chance of improvement he needed to remain neutral. It hurt his heart to see his family in so much pain though. He turned away towards the other woman in the room and asked her to explain her to explain her side. Percy saw that Amphitrite's shoulders were slumped a little and the corners of her eyes were sparkling. 'She told me this afternoon how much she loves her daughters, this must be killer her. I think she was angrier with herself than Kym.' He thought.

"I do love you sweetheart. I know you don't believe me, but you are my little girl. You, your sisters, and your brother are my proudest achievements and my reason for living. I swear on the Styx that I did not know that you were unhappy with Briares. I was told you chose to marry him and you retracted your position as princess. I am sorry. I am a failure as a mother…" Thunder rumbled signifying her honesty while Amphitrite final broke down and cried. She leaped off the couch and embraced her daughter as the two wept together.

Percy was struggling to maintain his calm appearance. He had honestly never been angrier in his life. Another of his father's lies had severely damaged his family. He began to wonder just how much suffering his father had caused. The reality was crushing for him. He thought about some of his father's other sons that he had faced, Chrysaor, Polyphemus, and Antaeus. Where they just like him? Did they have their image of their father crushed? Was that the cause of their delusions?

The last words of Antaeus came to his mind; 'I have failed you sister.' At the time he ignored his whisper thinking that Anetaus was just crazy, but now he was questioning everything. Did Antaeus actually have a sister and was she somehow connected to the reason he joined Kronos? There were just too many questions in his mind. Percy decided to let the mother and daughter have some time alone together, so he went into the kitchen cook dinner and think.

An hour later he returned from the kitchen to tell them dinner was ready. Much to his annoyance they were surprised he knew how to cook anything other than microwave popcorn. After some teasing on their part, the three of them ate dinner with some casual conversation. He was really glad that the two were reconciling. There was still some tension, but that was to be expected after several millennia of hatred fueled by Poseidon.

After dinner the three of them watched a movie together. Percy chose Titanic because of the obvious sea connection. During the move the three of them sat on the couch together with Amphitrite on his left and Kym on his right. By the end of the movie Percy noticed that both women had their heads resting on one of his shoulders and he had an arm around each of their waists. He thought it was a little strange at first, but his younger sister Aveline was always clingy during movies, so he figured it was a family thing.

When the movie ended it was almost midnight. Percy let Amphitrite sleep in his room and Kym in the guest room, while he would sleep on the couch. Within half an hour he felt sure the two were both asleep and put his plan into motion. He came up with the idea while cooking. It was by no means a perfect plan. Actually it would probably get him killed if anyone found out, but he felt he had to do it.

He got off the couch and, as quietly as possible, left the apartment. He used the public elevator to go down to the lobby. Exhibiting the building he walked down a nearby ally until he found an empty metal trash can. Percy looked around to make sure no one was around and then quickly filled the trash can with some paper and wood scraps that were lying around. Soon he had a strongly burning fire in the old trash can.

Percy took a deep breath. 'It's now or never he thought.' He took something wrapped in cloth out of his pocket and tossed it into the fire. The cloth quickly burned away, exposing what looked like a pure whit bull's horn, while he began speaking softly.

"I don't know if this is how it works for titans, but I sacrifice this Minotaur horn to Oceanus and Tethys. This is the horn I used to slay the Minotaur when I was 12 years old. It is my first connection into the Greek world and one of my most prized positions, please accept my offering and speak with me. It is very important."

He stood there for nearly an hour until there nothing was left but ashes in the trashcan. Percy let out a long sigh and trudged back to his building. He knew it was a longshot but he still had some hope. Instead he destroyed one of his favorite trophies for nothing. When he finally reached his apartment he collapsed onto the couch and closed his eyes.

Percy woke to the sound of waves lapping on the shore. It was not an uncommon sound considering his apartment was on the water, but the warm sand beneath his body definitely was. Percy opened his eyes and immediately got ready for battle. To his dismay, he found that he did not have any weapons with him and he got even more alert. He knew he must be dreaming, but only his enemies ever removed his weapons. He scanned the area around him looking for a potential ambush.

He was standing on a small tropical island. It was about the size of a football field with long wild grasses and a few palm trees scattered around. As far as he could tell he was alone, which made him nervous. Even if he was alone in the small island, he was surrounded by water that could be hiding anything. He heard footsteps behind him and he twisted around ready for an attack.

Standing a few feet away from him were a man and a women. The man looked to be in his 40s with short black hair. He was wearing a white classic Greek chiton with golden fasteners. The woman next to him looked about ten years younger with shoulder length brown hair. She wore a more feminine white chiton that hugged her curves and had gold seams.

"Well boy," the man spoke. "I am curious, why would a child of the sea god make a sacrifice to the titans of the sea?"

"You are…" Percy started but was cut off by the man.

The man waved his hand dismissively. "Yes, I am Oceanus and this is my wife Tethys. Now boy, I would like you to answer my question."

Percy had to take a moment to collect his thoughts before he responded. "I need you to do something, and I am willing to do absolutely anything for payment."

Tethys raised an eyebrow at Percy's statement. "What is so important that a demigod would sell his life to a titan?" She asked.

Without any pause Percy answered. "I want you to forgive Amphitrite."

At this both titans were clearly shocked. Neither one of them had even remotely expected Percy's answer. They had both assumed he wanted power or wealth. Also there was no one that knew about their close relationship with their granddaughter. Both titans became suspicious of the demigod.

Oceanus decided to break the silence that had descended. "What makes you think we have any relationship with the Poseidon's wife?"

"I know because she told me. She told me how you would always help her and that you spoke secretly for millennia. She also told me how much she loves you. Please, I will do anything you want, but she needs you two right now."

This got Tethys' attention. "What has happened?" She demanded, forgetting that she and her husband were pretending to have no interest in Amphitrite.

Percy spent the next hour explaining everything that had happened in the past two days. From Amphitrite's arrival to watching Titanic with her and Kym. When he told them about how his father had lied to Amphitrite about Kym's marriage, the two titans yelled in outrage. Percy even told them about his suspicions regarding his half-brothers and his fears that he will turn out like them. He also repeated Antaeus' last words which got the attention of the titans as well.

By the time he finished, Percy felt like he had spilled his soul. In hindsight he realized that he had basically told all of his weaknesses to two people he had never met before and who were potential enemies. He stood awkwardly feeling embarrassed that he had let everything get to him. He was just overwhelmed by all of the revelations in the past two days. The man he looked up to turned out to be just like the man he hated. It was too much for him.

His thoughts were interrupted when he felt a hand on his shoulder. His body stiffened preparing for an attack. Instead he found himself looking into a pair of kind blue eyes. Oceanus smiled and gave his shoulder a light squeeze. "It is all right boy. We will help you."

Before he could say anything Tethys also spoke. "We cannot stay any longer, the gods will notice. We will speak to you again soon." Oceanus released his shoulder and stepped away while Tethys handed Percy something. "When you wake up this will be in your hand. It is the best I can do without someone noticing my powers. Please give it to Amphitrite."

Percy opened his hand and saw a small violet peril. "I will. Thank you." The last thing he saw before his vision went black was the two titans smiling at him.

I know lot of this is the same as before, but I needed to start from the beginning with my edits. I wish I could scan and post pictures so you all could see the huge stack of papers I have with notes written all over them just on how to improve this story. Most of the beginning is good, in my own humble opinion, so it wont change as much as the later stuff that starts to become too confusing. Hopefully everyone reading this will like it as much as I do... As for future material it is coming, and I do have almost 15k words written that's still unpublished in the works. My goal is to make everything make sense by the end of October so that I can move on and start adding that new stuff.

Thanks for reading!