HeroesOfOlympus
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Chapter 10

Apollo's P.O.V
I was excited yet anxious. I decided to end the show with him. It'll be great, no, it'll be amazing! Wonderful! Spectacular! The only tiny small problem? I might actually die from his anger.

I can see it now! He's gonna be shocked, then furious and will storm up to the stage, take the water vapour around me (Who is an absolutely amazing god and should not die) and turn it into water, before stuffing it in my throat so I can never say my haikus again!

Or he'll probably just chop my body up into tiny pieces with his sword and it would take a millennia for me to reform.

In my opinion, the first choice seems much more awful......

Anyway, back to the microphone/demigods. Technically they're almost the same. Both as hard as metal and don't have brains.

I'm getting off track.

I flashed a grin with my blinding white teeth at the girls, which made most of them immediately swoon. My sister shot me a glare and I stopped.

I don't want her chasing after me with all her pet wolves like last time. Just thinking about it made me shiver. The wolves left me bruised blue and black with a big patch of my hair missing and my billions of drachmas worth suit torn.

You must be thinking, "Gee Apollo, you're such an awesome god, not to mention an Olympian God. Why couldn't you just snap your fingers and make your hair back to normal again and your suit fixed?"

Why, you stupid mortals. Did I forget to mention, my sister cursed me with a curse that lasted for a week. The curse was that I would NOT BE ABLE TO FIX MY HAIR AND SUIT BACK TO NORMAL! CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?

Anyway, I continued talking. "That was a great performance by Calypso and Leo Valdez. THE COW GOES MOO! THE DUCKS GO QUACK! QUACK MOO QUACK MOO!!!"

Immediately, everyone starting cracking up and laughing at me. I felt my face go tomato red. Who would be so sneaky and make me, the GREATEST GOD look like a fool?

Oh wait a minute...

"LEO VALDEZ!"

After chasing after Leo for half an hour, I finally stopped since I wanted to finish the next performances as soon as possible to get to him.

I summoned a new microphone and spoke, "Our next couple contestants are Jason Grace and Piper McLean! Give it up for the son of Zeus, my half brother and his girlfriend!"

Cheers and whistles were heard as Jason and Piper blushed really hard till their whole face just looked like a giant tomato.

Jason got off his seat before offering his hand to Piper, which she gladly accepted. As they were walking up to the stage, Aphrodite squealed out a faint, "SO MANY OTP'S! AND NOW IS MY SECOND FAVOURITE, JASPER/JIPER!"

I mentally facepalmed myself. When Aphrodite starts squealing and her children are in the room, cover your ears in 3... 2... 1...

A chorus of squeals could be heard in the throne room just as I flashed earplugs into everyone's ears. They looked at me gratefully but still flinched at the percentage of noise they could hear.

After waiting a while, the squealing slowly died down and we could resume the competition again. "Well," I started off. "That was... unexpected..." I trailed off as some gods shot Aphrodite a glare which she totally ignored as she gushing about something.

"All right, what would you two lovebirds like to sing?" I raised my eyebrows with my hands hovering over my keyboard.

Jason fidgeted nervously while he pushed his glasses up. Piper and him seemed to have a silent agreement before Piper answered, "We will both like to sing One Call Away by Charlie Puth."

They both blushed deep red as I flashed a microphone onto each of their hands as I started the music. "I will be one call away. I'll be there to save the day, superman got nothing on me. I will be one call away," Piper's high and beautiful voice sounded different from Jason's low and deep voice but they sounded perfect together.

As they sang, a flashback appeared on the screen but the two lovebirds didn't notice. They were too busy lost in each others' eyes.

Hey, this is a perfect time for a Haiku!

My step-bro sings low
He sings a song with his girl
I am so awesome

-FLASHBACK-

Piper's P.O.V
"Thanks for the ride Mr John," I gratefully told John, an old man with a twinkle in his eyes. John was my dad's regular chauffeur.

Since young, John was like a second father to me when my dad was too busy filming or being interviewed. John gave me a big hug while letting out a chuckle, "Piper, what did I tell you? Don't call me Mr John. Call me John or godfather or gramps,"

I flashed John a blinding smile, "Yeah, I know but it sounds so disrespectful."

John waved his hand and rolled his eyes. "Disrespectful, my foot. I have known you since you were born Piper, it's almost like I am your grandpa."

I bit the inside of my cheek to refrain from laughing and just nodded my head instead. "Okayyy Grandpaaaaa," I exaggerated on the word Grandpa as he rolled his eyes again, all sassy-like.

After hugging, I waved at John 'goodbye' and faced the humongous mansion. It was made of blinding white bricks as the main building blocks and golden curls painted around the door frames and windows.

Bushes trimmed in various shapes and sizes adorned the entrance to the front door of the house, making it look like a palace or something related to royalty.

I mustered up my courage and rang the doorbell three times, an old ritual my dad and I used to have to show that it was one of us at the front door and not the paparazzi.

Almost immdiately, I was met with a tight hug and felt warm breathing down my neck. Straight brown-black hair blocked my eyesight before it disappeared and was replaced with my grinning dad.

"Piper! What are you doing here?" My dad seemed relatively surprised and I frowned.

He forgot, again.

I told him I would be coming today to visit since my 'Summer Camp' let us leave earlier. "What's wrong Piper? Are you okay?"

My dad stroked my hair while he scrunched up his eyebrows. I bit my lip and nodded. It would be selfish of me if I accused him of not paying enough attention to me.

I waved one hand casually, as if telling him it was nothing. He ushered me into the mansion when the sky darkened.

As we sat at the living room bay window, rain started pouring down from the skies and we heard thunder in the distance before there was a flash of lightning.

'Zeus must be mad, or one of his children...' I thought. I was snapped back to reality when my father asked me, "So, what do you do in your camp?"

'Camp Half-Blood' I thought in my head but before I could answer him, a Cyclop crashed through the bay window.

Glass pieces were everywhere in the living room and blood was trickling down my dad's face. Ever since we put Gaia back to sleep, monsters were confused and mad so they just pummeled a lot of things randomly.

'And this one is no different,' I thought as I took out my dagger from my pocket, preparing to fight the Cyclop and defend my dad.

Suddenly, a blur of yellow and purple was seen before gold dust lay at my feet, the essence of the dead Cyclop. I raised my head only to see...

"Jason?!?!" I asked alarmed and surprised. Jason turned his well-toned body around, only to see me standing there. Jason was wearing a purple shirt, the colour of romans, and dark blue jeans.

He was wearing his celestial bronze glasses that made him look smart and hot at the same time.

"Pipes? I didn't know you lived here!" Jason rushed towards me. Just as we were about to kiss, my dad punched Jason right in the gut.

I whipped my head around and shouted, "Why'd you punch him?" My dad looked confused before he turned angry. "I was protecting you Piper! Just because this muscular guy walks in and saves us from a burglar, that does not mean you immediately fall in love with him! Much less let him kiss you!"

My dad ranted before noticing me tending to Jason's wound from the Cyclop. Just as my dad was about to open his mouth again, I stood up angrily and grabbed Jason's shirt, pulling him into a kiss.

My dad's mouth was hanging open and he was flabbergasted. "Jason's my boyfriend from Camp!" I rolled my eyes while shouting.

Jason looked at me, with a cheeky grin plastered across his face and an eyebrow raised. I blushed a deep tomato red while my dad's head was swiveling from me to Jason.

"WHAT?" My dad finally screamed after an awakward moment of 5 minutes. "You cannot have a boyfriend Piper McLean! I am your father, so respect my words! I have a higher authority over you," My dad spat out.

I was furious. All the anger I hid from my dad for so many years, bubbled inside of me. I tried to push the anger down but it was getting the better of me.

"SHUT THE HADES UP!" I screamed out loud, punching a vase near me, breaking it into half.

"Don't you DARE say you have ANY authority over me! Where were you for my whole childhood? Where were you when I was in school getting bullied and teased? Where were you when I was turning into a teen? WHERE WERE YOU FOR MY WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE?"

A tear escaped from my right eye before I dashed out of the broken window, running beyond the mansion walls. Away from the mansion.

Away from my father.

Jason's P.O.V
I watched Piper run away from her dad as I looked out the broken window. 'Stupid Piper's dad. He should go rot in Hades...' I cursed silently in my mind when I balled my fist.

My knuckles were turning white from anger of hearing Piper's dad complaining about how his own daughter could talk back like that and how she thought he did not take care of her.

"That's because you didn't!" I snapped at Piper's father as I heard him complaining. "You were never there for Piper since she was born!"

Piper's dad's nostrils flared as he was about to speak, I questioned:

"What's her favourite colour?"

"What's her favourite animal?"

"What's her favourite and least favourite food?"

Piper's dad paled for a while before collapsing on the couch. "I have been a horrible father!" He exclaimed as he threw his hands up when realization dawned on him.

"I've been so busy with work that I didn't even think about my daughter... I am a horrible and selfish father," Piper's dad moaned, clutching his head.

Suddenly, a pink smoke filled up the room before disappearing. "Lady Aphrodite! Uhhh... I mean Venus! Or Aphrodite! I mean..."

I bowed down quickly and stuttered just as soon as I saw my girlfriend's mother's beauty. Aphrodite giggled and waved her hand.

"Don't bow to me Jason dear. You are going to be my son in-law soon, yes?" Hearing those words, I blushed a deep shade of red while rising up.

"And you..." Aphrodite turned on her heel and swayed her hips, walking towards Piper's dad whose mouth was hanging wide open.

Piper's dad raised his hand up to caress Aphrodite's cheeks. "Katherine? I thought... I thought you died?" Just as Piper's dad was about to place his mouth on Aphrodite's lips, a loud slap was heard in the air with Aphrodite's hands on Piper's dad's cheek.

"YOU! YOU HORRIBLE IDIOTIC FATHER! TRISTAN MCLEAN, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?" Aphrodite shrieked at Piper's dad, a slight glow emitting from her.

Piper's dad rubbed his cheek, anger and confusion in his eyes. "What do YOU mean that I AM a horrible father? YOU haven't even been there for Piper for her WHOLE LIFE!"

As they argued back and forth, spit flying across the room, I had enough. My girlfriend was gods know where and her parents were arguing about who was the better parent.

Anger boiled inside of me. All the anger I held in since I was young was released. "SHUT THE HADES UP!" I roared, my whole body trembling from anger. (Like girlfriend, like boyfriend)

Thunder was heard and a lightning bolt struck right in the middle of the McLean's garden, which was where a fountain was.

Piper's dad took one look at his once white gleaming fountain, now a pile of black rubble. I shot both the adults in the room, who were actually acting like children, the best wolf glare I could make, courtesy of Lupa.

The glare definitely had an effect as both adults immediately shrunk under my glare and uneasily shuffling their feet. Just as Aphrodite was about to open her mouth, I ran past the glass pieces and out into the garden.

While dashing towards the gate of the mansion, I remembered Piper told me that whenever her dad was being horrible, she would head over to a tree house she had built all by herself.

I summoned the air around me to raise me into the sky. When I was high up in the sky, I scanned the whole mansion. I saw a swimming pool in a glass-like container, an outdoor study room, a garden maze and a big maple tree sitting at a hidden corner of the mansion, covering the view of the tree were long vines.

I shot down to where the hidden spot was and when I landed, I cautiously pushed the vines away, seeing one of the most beautiful garden ever.

It was a very beautiful garden. A small pond was at the side, with ducks swimming across it and pretty flowers floating on top. And at the edge of the pond was a beautifully carbed wooden swing. At another side was many flowers arranged in colours

There were roses, tulips, lilies, daisies, you name it, it was there. In the middle of it all, was a big maple tree majestically sittung there.

Its branches spreaded out and its leaves blocking the sun's heat from coming into the garden. At one particularly stronger branch sat a tree house.

The tree house was entirely made out of wood, blending in with the tree trunk. Two small windows and a curved door was at the front, with lavender purple curtains. A small 'balcony' was at the front of the tree house as well, with some potted plants sitting on it.

While I was taking in the beauty of the garden, I suddenly heard a faint sound of sniffling coming from the tree house.

My curiousity got the better of me and I reached for the ladder that was camouflaged against the tree trunk. Hoisting myself up the ladder, I started to climb up.

As I reached the balcony, I peered through the window but it was pitch black dark in there. Softly, I crept towards the door, reaching my hand out to turn the knob of the door.

As I entered the room, the sunlight from the outside came in through the door, giving me a good view of the room.

It had turquoise walls that held many pictures of Piper when she was younger, her dad and her hanging out but one wall held pictures of everyone from Camp and in the middle of all of it was a picture of me and her kissing while floating in the air with a sunset behind us.

I remembered that day so well.

It was the day when I finally mustered up my courage and confessed my love to her. She was wearing a white sundress with a bit of eyeliner on and her soft brown hair was tied up in a loose bun.

She was and still is beautiful. Much more beautiful than Aphrodite. Suddenly, I jolted up from my daydreaming.

The sniffling. I could hear it again.

I scanned the room again. There was a white comfy looking couch, some white armchairs, a black circular coffee table with a glass on top at one side of the wooden miniature house.

At the other side was a large television, with sleek silver sides and it sat on top of a grey television cabinet, stuffed with movies, CDs, video games and a sound system.

There was an indoor hammock, in between two branches of the maple tree that this tree house sat on. The hammock was a pastel purple colour, complete with a violet coloured pillow and a magenta blanket.

"Woah..." I whispered to myself, amazed at how Piper managed to do all this. Furrowing my eyebrows, I heard the sniffling again.

Checking every crook and cranny of the tree house, I found no Piper.

And then something caught my eye.

One window, right next to the hammock was wide open with a rope dangling near the window.

"Di immortals," I silently cursed myself for being so oblivious to something that was in front of me the whole time. I peeked out the window, noticing the rope didn't go all the way down to the ground but stopped right at the window.

'Weird...' I thought as I scratched my head. Suddenly I remembered a time when I was fighting a group of monsters in total darkness with Percy when we were trapped in an alley with all the lights out.

Percy and I had been swiping the air with our swords, trying to find the monsters but they were fast and sneaky. They managed to hit us many times and as we were thinking about what our gravestones would look like, Percy had said: "What comes down must go up..."

Percy had realized that all the hits we were getting were from above us so we started attacking the air above us, which resulted in us being very much alive and me having more respect for the son of Poseidon.

He was smarter than he looked.

Snapping out of it, I looked up and saw the rope leading to the roof. 'Bingo!' I smirked smugly before jumping out the window, grabbing the rope and climbing it up with my bare hands.

When I reached the rooftop, I saw the back of a slim figure with chocolate brown hair sitting at the edge of the roof, staring blankly ahead.

I made my way towards the figure before plopping myself beside her, gently placing my arm around her waist as she snuggled closer to me.

I lifted the chin of the figure while whispering, "Pipes? I love you," I stared at her kaleidoscope eyes that were filled with tears.

I wiped away some of her tears before I gave her a loving kiss on her lips, letting her know that she was not alone.

After we moved away from our kiss, Piper looked up at me, kaleidoscope eyes meeting blue eyes.

"I love you too," Piper's hand touched my cheek. It was then I realized it was the first 'I love you' we had said to each other.

-FLASHBACK END-

Aphrodite's P.O.V
When the song ended, everyone started applauding loudly with some occasional whistling.

"Thank you Jasper! Or is it Jiper?" Apollo furrowed his eyebrows as he flashed my daughter and Jason to thir seats while both of them were holding hands like those old couples from the nineties.

I squealed inwardly. They were totes cute together.

At first, I had my motherly instincts on high alert when I found out my darling Piper and Jason loved each other.

Jason was the son of Jupiter and although Jupiter was more disciplined than Zeus, both of them had the most number of affairs.

And their children. Oh boy, their children.

Countless of Zeus and Jupiter descendants in the mortal world. Although those descendants had a bit of godly blood in them, thankfully they did not have their ancestors' powers or half the world would be throwing lightning bolts all over the place.

But I knew from the moment I saw Jason willing to sacrifice his life for Piper no matter what, I approved of their relationship, giving them my full blessing which meant they would forever stay together.

Snapping out of my thoughts, I heard Apollo announce the competition would now have a short break and everyone was allowed to roam around.

Sighing, I looked over my shoulder to see Ares staring at me hungrily, which meant he wanted to sleep with me.

Again.

Inwardly, I rolled my eyes but on the outside, I flirted with him. Biting my lower lip and twirling a strand of hair around my finger, I winked at him.

Ares immediately started drooling and I saw how Ares saw me. You see mortals, whenever someone looked or took a glance at me, they would see what type of person they liked.

To Jason, I looked like Piper. To Percy, I looked like Annabeth.
To Ares, you may ask?

I looked into the picture in my mind. Whatever appearance I may look like to anyone, the image of how they saw me would be in my mind.

As always, to Ares I was a woman with long wavy light brown hair, midnight black eyes and pouty lips. Apparently to him, I was wearing a very revealing dress that went down to just barely below my thighs and stopped in the middle of my boobs.

The dress was a dark velvet red colour, very identical to the colour of blood. My magical belt was tied around my super small waist. A necklace with one big black gem in the middle was hung around my neck.

As I continued to flirt with Ares, I suddenly felt somebody looking at me. At the corner of my right eye, I spotted Apollo walking down the stage steps, towards Hermes.

When Apollo reached Hermes, both of them communicated telepathically before taking a quick glance at me. They spoke in hushed whispers, eyes bolting around the throne room.

Apollo said something that made Hermes raise his eyebrows before they both flashed out. I furrowed my eyebrows, what made Apollo and Hermes act so suspicious?

Many questions were in my head, it was giving me a headache. I looked at Ares, giving him my puppy dog eyes, telling him I had to go and I promised I would have fun with him later.

Ares, like the fool he is, just nodded his head. He winked at me just as I flashed out. I breathed a sigh of relief. I could not wait to get away from Ares.

Our relationship was so fake. He loved me for my outer appearance and not my inner self. I loved him for he gave me attention, something that I craved for daily.

Hepheatsus' P.O.V
"What is it," I grumbled when I saw Apollo and Hermes flash right next to me. I was walking to the Olympus cafe while tinkering around with some random objects in my hands.

Both of the mischievous gods had a silent argument before Apollo was smiling triumphantly and Hermes was sulking like a mechanical bull without it's daily meal of oil.

"Hepheatsus, my dear brother!" Apollo announced dramatically, spreading his arms out. Apollo continued, "Do you still love Aphrodite?"

Immediately, I halted. Dropping the object that I was tinkering with onto the floor, I stared straight ahead.

Aphrodite.

My supposed wife. 'Ex-wife,' I reminded myself. Most husbands would be furious and beyond raging mad with their wives if they cheated.

I was mad at first but then I realized, with my disfigured legs, every goddess on Olympus would never want to be with me unless it was for fame for I was an Olympian.

Burrowing my sorrow deep into my soul, I snapped back, "What about her Apollo? Are you and Hermes here to tease me for being so oblivious to Aphrodite cheating on me behind my back when we were married? If so, get the Hades out of my face or you'll regret it..."

Hermes and Apollo paled as they heard my threat.

Nonetheless, Apollo piped up, "No brother, you are sorely mistaken. That was not our intention. Just answer our question please?"

Hermes' head swiped from me to Apollo, back and forth like a mechanical bird gone haywire and flying aimlessly through the air.

I wanted to lie.

I wanted to tell Apollo I despised Aphrodite as much as I despised Ares but alas, I could not.

I felt warmth on my cheeks as I nodded my head grudgingly. Hermes and Apollo had another silent conversation again before they turned to me.

"Do you hate Ares?" Hermes asked.

I furrowed my eyebrows, slowly nodding my head. What was the meaning behind this peculiar conversation?

"Do you want Aphrodite back?" Apollo questioned.

I thought hard on that one. Even if I got her back, she would still be cheating on me behind my back with Ares.

However, I knew Aphrodite.

The real Aphrodite. Not the fake love goddess.

We used to work together on making jewelry like necklaces for she had the gems and the fashion sense and I had the ability to make the shape of the necklace.

During that time, I got to know her well and she got to know me. Soon, I realized I formed a crush on her like any other god but I knew it was pointless if I confessed my love to her.

She was gorgeous while I was... Hepheatsus.

You could imagine my happiness and joy when we were made husband and wife but I saw her sneaking off every night to meet up with Ares.

I didn't say a thing about it for I thought she truly loved me and would never cheat on me. I constantly told myself I was just imagining things when I spied on her.

Snapping out of my thoughts, I nodded back at Apollo and Hermes which made them have another silent conversation.

"Hepheatsus..." Apollo started off, dragging the last letter of my name like a pesky little toddler teasing a sibling.

"If you want Aphrodite back, you will firstly need a makeover!" Hermes placed his hands on Apollo's shoulder and mine. I was flashed into a blinding gold room with pure gold walls and quartz floors.

A hot tub was in the middle of the room and the tub was lined with gold as well. The whole room blinded me and I immediately knew whose bathroom this was. It was Apollo's.

"Makeover time!" Apollo clapped his hands together and I found myself lying in the hot tub with invisible servants scrubbing and cleaning me.

Soon after my relaxing bath, I smelt like well, my old self before I started building things without taking a break after my divorce with Aphrodite.

But it was not over yet. Hermes took out shaving cream and a shaver.

"Hey, wait a minute-" I slowly inched further away from Hermes, only to find my back against a wall.

"Sorry bro but we all know how you look now is not the real you..." Hermes raised the shaver and cream up in the air.

"BEHOLD! THE AMAZING OBJECTS THAT KILLS LONG WEIRD BEARDS!"

And with that, Hermes shaved off my beard and my hair on top of my head. Looking satisfied, Hermes threw the shaver and cream into a bin and smirked.

Next, Apollo flashed me into another room. It was all gold again but the floor was a red carpet.

"Now brother, sit!" Apollo flashed a chair under my buttocks and I sat down. A huge mirror was flashed in front of me and Hermes started flashing different hairstyles on me but they were all my original hair colour, chestnut brown.

"Mohawk?" Hermed questioned and taking one glance at the mirror, my brother, Apollo, and I immediately shook our heads.

"Bieber?" Shaking of heads.

"Buzz cut?" Shake.

"Long fringe?" Cue shaking.

After a billion different hairstyles, I gave a gruff sigh. Just as I was about to tell my brothers that they should give up, Apollo raised his eyebrow

"Hey... what about this?" Apollo cracked his knuckles before flashing a different hairstyle for my hair. Taking one look in the mirror, I nodded my head vigorously.

My chestnut brown was gelled up into a faux hawk that showed off my sharp jaw line that was once covered up by my grimy looking beard.

Apollo flashed me a grin and I distinctly heard Hermes mutter that why couldn't Apollo have done it sooner.

Rolling my eyes at my brothers immaturity, I then asked, "What's next?" Hermes answered my question while clicking his fingers, making the chair I was sitting on, disappear.

Thankfully, I had quick reflexes and jumped up from my seat. I gave a ferocious glare towards Hermes but he was too busy answering my question to look at me.

"Next is clothes!"

Apollo pumped his fists in the air, screaming about how awesome he was at fashion.

"Okay, are you ready bro?" Apollo grinned maniacally while rubbing his hands together. I nodded my head worriedly after seeing the gleam in Apollo's eyes.

"Firstly, what type of style do you like?" Hermes raised his eyebrow, staring at me questionably.

Pondering the question Hermes gave me, I was very much tempted to rub my chin since my face was now beard free.

Suddenly, I remembered what I used to wear when I was more hygienic and took a bathe.

"I used to wear plaid shirts, most of the time black and red, over a white v-neck shirt. I think I used to wear dark faded jeans..."

Apollo and Hermes had a silent conversation between each other again before they flashed onto me the clothes I used to wear that I had just told them about.

I looked in the mirror and saw the old Hepheatsus.

The one before the divorce with the goddess of love.

The one before the depression after being heartbroken.

The one before many responsibilities were placed before him after declaring himself the son of Hera and joining the Olympian council.

I bit my lower lip to stop myself from bawling. I left my underwater home and my 'mother' to get revenge on my real mother, Hera, for casting me away like rubbish.

As I looked in the mirror, I could not help but stare at my legs. My legs... they ruined my life.

If Hera had never thrown me from her window, my legs wouldn't be all crushed up like a drink can.

Although, I had to admit I looked pretty dashing considering I looked like a beggar just an hour ago.

The tight white shirt allowed my bulging muscles to be seen and my biceps seemed larger than usual. I took another look at myself again.

I had no more dirty beard, oily and long hair, dirt and oil stained clothes or even a pimple on me.

Truth to be told, I was very impressed by my brothers ability to make me look like my old self again.

"Hold on a second, why in hades would you two want to help me?" I pointed at them suspiciously.

As they stuttered for a while, they finally gave up and told me the truth. "We both don't like Ares and wanted revenge on him. What could make him mad? Get his girlfriend, Aphrodite, to break up with him. Then we immediately thought of you. You could help us with our plan. We were killing two birds with one stone!"

For a moment, I thought they used me.

Tricked me.

Deceived me.

Then they swore on the river styx that they really meant to help me as well. Neither of them were blown up nor vaporized on the spot.

I nodded my head slowly, still expecting a vortex to suddenly appear next to them and suck them up.

"Now... time to put this plan into action..." Hermes rubbed his hands, cackling in glee alongside with Apollo.

Aaaand... that's a WRAP for Chapter 10 of this story. Wow, Apollo and Hermes have sure gone mad. I know, I know. I said I would update in one or two weeks and that this would be the third last chapter but:
Number 1, I had my mid-year exams and I had to prepare and study.
Number 2, I just had to put in the makeover part.
The next chapter will be revenge on Ares but you can skip that special chapter and move on to Annabeth's chapter which will be posted after the special chapter. I will try to update soon!
Peace Out,
HeroesOfOlympus

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