Chapter 6 - Johena the Dolphin

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Percy looked around, realizing his mistake. He forgot his pets! He shook his head before walking over to the shadows of a building. He had no idea what city he was in, he'd figure that out later. He put his hand on the shadow and willed some of his aura to seep through.

He learnt this when Mrs. O'Leary came to Tartarus for him, it was quite awesome at first, before he scolded his dog for jumping into Tartarus without thinking first. Still, he appreciated her company, and her apparent new found power for changing size. Definitely useful.

As he continued letting his aura slip through his fingertips, he felt the familiar presenceof his hellhound. Grinning, he stood up and backed away, just in time to see his dog, with his cat on her back,pop through the shadows. He knelt down and starting petting them both.

"Good girl, 'Small Bob, nice to see you doing what you do best. Sleeping." Percy through back his head and laughed, before looking around to see where he was. He stood up to get a better feeling for his bearings, and noticed the Washington Monument.

'Hmm, guess I'm in DC. Well whatever, I need food.'

He looked around for a good burger joint before finding a place called Big Bellied Burger. He could smell the burgers from here and grinned. He looked at his two pets and sighed. He knew he couldn't take them in there with him, so he nodded to his dog who barked, went up to lick him, then disappeared back into the shadows. They would both appear when he called for them, so he wasn't too worried.

As we walked towards the fast food restaurant, he had another realization, he had no money. He searched his pockets but he knew it to be in vain. He sighed, before smacking himself on the head. 'Percy, you are one stupid guy, you know that?' He thought to himself before he snapped his fingers and a credit card appeared in his hands.

Grinning, he walked in and ordered three burgers and two large Cokes. He ate in silence, enjoying every night of this godly food called a Double Bacon Cheese Burger, add pickles. After finishing his food in silence with a smile on his face, he contemplated what to do next.

He decided he would find a store and get new clothes before finding a hotel so he could shower and sleep in a bed for once. He'd been wearing the same clothes for along while now...

He shook himself out of his thoughts and stood up, throwing out his trash and walking out the door. He started walking, looking for a store before a thought hit him.

'Wait a minute, I just fought the Devil? The actual devil? Is that even allowed?' He looked down at his hands before grinning like an idiot. 'I punched the Devil in the face, Ha, take that you fallen angel!' He had to make sure he didn't laugh out loud, he didn't want mortals to think he was crazy. He shrugged to himself and kept walking.

An hour and a half later, he had a pair of new clothes and shoes, and was in a new hotel room. Nothing fancy, just a bed with a bathroom and shower. But that's all Percy needed. He stripped and go into the shower, enjoying the nice cold water for the first time in what felt like forever. After standing under the water with a blank mind for some time, he finally turned off the water and willed himself dry. He put on his new clothes, which was a pair of jeans, a blue T-shirt, and his newly acquired black converse. He finished the look off with his brown fur coat made of the hide of the Nemean Lion. He didn't necessarily need it anymore, but it helped him out for so long before he finally accepted who he was, and before he accidentally fell in that stupid river on accident. Stupid Styx water.

After getting dressed, he looked at his bed and grinned. 'Awesome,' was the last thing he thought to himself before he jumped on the bed and passed out into what would've been a dreamless sleep if not for one thing that occasionally haunted him.

5 hours later

'Your oath, you completed your oath. Was it worth it?'

Percy shot out of bed, expecting to find himself in the Pit, but relaxed a little when he saw where he was. He calmed himself down with deep breaths before talking to himself.

"I'm really out. Thank the gods I'm finally free from that burden." He stood up and stretched, before looking at the clock. 2 PM. He had time to do whatever he wanted, and he wanted to check in on his dad. So with that, Percy grabbed his room key, returned it to the front desk, and started walking towards the Ocean.

After a few minutes, he found himself on the beach, looking over the Atlantic. He had to chuckle to himself, it was only a few hours ago that he was standing on the Pacific. Without wanting to wait any longer, he walked into the water until his head was fully submerged. Feeling rejuvenated and stronger, he smiled and took off, speeding towards his fathers castle.

On the way there, something strange happened. He noticed all the sea life was staring at him intently, whispering among themselves. He only caught a little of what they were saying.

"...Is that really our Lord?"

"Are we finally free?"

"After thousands of years, he has returned!"

Percy shook his head in confusion, too many voices were talking at once. "Quiet!" They all stopped talking, but where still looking at him gratefully, like he was a messiah or something. He looked around and saw a bottlenose dolphin among the crowd. He pointed to her and motioned for her to swim forward. She happily agreed, and she stopped in front of Percy.

"What's your name?" He asked the dolphin.

"I am Johena, milord," she replied before bowing deep.

"No need to bow to me, just, why are you guys treating me like I'm the Messiah or something. It should've only been less than than a decade here by the looks of it. I really wasn't gone that long. At least for you guys."

Johena shook her little dolphin head, "Milord, you have been gone for thousands of years here. The Atlanteans still rule in your stead, Lord Poseidon."

That whole sentence threw him off guard. "Wait what? The second Titanomacy and Gigantomachyboth happened less than a decade ago, where have you all been? Also, you guys think I'm Poseidon?" He raised an eyebrow as all the sea creatures voiced yes amongst themselves.

This caused Percy to throw his head back and laugh. "Oh my gods that funny! Wait till I tell Dad about this one!"

They all looked at him in confusion. Johena was the first to voice the sea creatures questions.

"Your dad..? You have the same presence of a sea god, Milord, maybe it is because you are his son?"

Percy shrugged. "Yeah, I have an official title down here, it's stupid. Son of the Sea God, Prince of the Seas, Heir to Poseidon's Throne and all that. I don't see how you guys don't know, considering how he spends most of his time in his palace here.

The dolphin again shook her head. "The Atlanteans have ruled for thousand's of years with Lord Poseidon's trident, milord. Ever since the gods left Earth. Occasionally, some of them will come back down but Lord Poseidon has not been back in over a thousand years. I did not know he had a son recently. Forgive me milord."

"Uh-oh. Oh, no no no. There's no way." He looked at the dolphin intensely. "You're telling me a mortal, has my father's godly weapon?! That shouldn't even be possible! Who is the King now?"

Johena the dolphin backed away a little, "King Arthur, Milord. He's not a bad king, for a Half-Breed that is. He's trying to bring the Atlanteans and the surface dwellers into a peace agreement."

"Um, what's a half-Breed?"

"Half Atlantean, half surface dweller, Milord."

Percy nodded, "I see." He summoned his own trident, it's aura of power able to be felt by all the sea life in the nearby vicinity. He looked at it with a long full expression before he started speaking.

"This trident, was gifted to me by my father when he asked me to become his heir. My brother created the trident, and my father imbued the power of the ocean into it. Do you want to know what's so special about this trident?"

All the sea creatures said yes, so he continued. "Most weapons are made with either Celestial Bronze, or Imperial Gold. As you can see, this is neither. This silver, this is Lady Artemis' Enchanted Silver. She gifted some to be used in this trident, a gift for saving Olympus twice, she said. The silver has her blessing. The jewel, it has the blessings of my favorite Aunt and Uncle, Lord Hades and Lady Hestia. A gift for using my wish to get them a seat on the council, among other things."

He looked at all the sea creatures. "Do you know why I'm telling you this?"

He heard a lot of 'no's', so he explained. "You guys can feel the aura of power radiating off this thing. My father and brother came up to me before I left to fulfill an oath I made, and told me something. This is the equivalent to a godly weapon. It is not mine, I have a different one, but a gods weapon is a priceless artifact. Gods can draw strength from their weapons, or use it as a tool to channel their power into a concentrated point. Zeus does this with his Master bolts, the twin archers with their bow, my father with his trident, etc.

Only a god can use a godly weapon to it's full potential. To have a mortal poses such power," he shook his head. "It is not natural. I must retrieve my fathers trident and return it to him, or at least test him to see if he is worthy."

The sea creatures listened in awe, this was their future king, the Prince of the Sea. To them, this was their salvation from the surface dwellers. But Johena had a question.

"Milord. All that is fascinating, and makes a great deal of sense. But you said something which confused me. You said you were the heir to Poseidon's throne, but you already have a godly weapon. Are you already a god Milord?"

Percy smirked. "Stop calling me 'Milord' it's just Percy. And yes, in order to to fulfill a promise I made I needed to become a god to give me the time to complete my task."

"What are you the god of Lord Percy?"

Percy chuckled, don't call me Lord either, it's not really my thing. But I'd rather not say yet. But back to the subject at hand. Where is this King Arthur?"

"He is on the surface world, with their heroes for something Lord Percy."

Percy chuckled and nodded, he knew they wouldn't stop calling him Lord so he is going to have to deal it. He asked for a mental picture of the so called King, and they sent one to him. He thanked them and swam back up for the surface world. As he was swimming up, he started thinking of a theory he was coming up with. From the story the dolphin told him, there was only one possible explanation.

This wasn't Percy's earth.