Chapter 2: Be That Way.

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Chapter 2: Be That Way.

I walked down the paths of olympus towards my palace. My new 'wife' followed me in her golden chains. She glared at me the whole way giving me the silent treatment as well. Finally, we came upon a large plain palace that looked as if it had yet to be decorated.

The two of us walked up the steps and towards the front door, before I unlocked it. We stepped inside, and I had to stop myself from aweing at the inside. It was magnificent. Glorious architecture covered the inside, and I that we could decorate it however we wanted.

I turned back to Artemis and reached out towards her. She flinched very obviously. 'Does she really think I'm like that?' I thought to myself sadly. Instead of touching her in any intimate way like I'm sure she was expecting, I simply removed the cuffs from her wrists.

She looked at me, confused for a moment before she was suddenly gone. It felt something pressed into my back and realized that she must have taken one from the kitchen or something. "Big mistake, boy." She hissed in my ear.

I calmly raised my arms in surrender and spoke back. "I'm not trying to do anything, my lady. It's just that it made me sad seeing you in those chains, it reminded me of Mount Othrys." I frowned sadly at the memory of the goddess being held under the sky. I suddenly got a wave of flashbacks; Me taking the sky from her, gaining a grey hair from the force, and her telling me that I was the only male who had ever managed to gain her respect.

I felt a huge pang of guilt. I was the only male she had ever trusted, and I had betrayed her. I had destroyed any chance she ever had of trusting a man again. I felt so guilty.

Despite what everyone thought, I felt really guilty and regretful about joining Kronos. I was just so angry, I went to the only person who was there at the time. I'm so stupid. Kronos probably never even loved me, or even respected me. He only wanted me because I was the so-called 'most powerful demigod.' Joining Kronos had meant betraying my family, when really only Poseidon had done anything personal to me. The rest of them I thought as family, and I had thrown it all away in a moment of rage. I felt so guilty.

I felt Artemis' grip on the knife loosen, she was probably having the same flashbacks I had just had. I decided to gain her trust. If we were to be married, we needed to trust each other. I fear for how the other goddesses are being treated right now.

"Look, Lady Artemis, I'm going to tell you something that I've never told another living soul. I feel so guilty. Guilty for everything. Guilty for betraying Olympus, guilty for all the deaths I have caused, guilty for hurting you." Artemis slowly pulled the knife away from my back. "So, My Lady. I'm giving you my permission, to kill me. Do it. I deserve it. I have done nothing but sinned, and no one can tell me otherwise. Please, just kill me."

Artemis didn't speak for a while, but her arm was still around my neck. Eventually, she withdrew her arm and I heard the knife hit the floor. I turned around to see a sobbing Artemis. I honestly had no idea what to do.

Artemis' breath hitched when I wrapped my arms around her. Though I couldn't see her face, I could tell she was glaring. "What the Hades are you doing?!" She asked, pushing me off. "Comforting you." I answered. She glared at me even more. "I don't need comforting from a disgusting, worthless male. Especially not one that forced me into a marriage." She growled. I sighed. "My lady, I did not force you into this, my now deceased father did. I had no say in this. If I could, I would get us out of this."

Now that just pissed her off. "What are you saying, that I'm not good enough to be your wife?" I raised an eyebrow. "No, my lady. I-" She cut me off. 'No, you know what? I'm done! I'll remain your faithful wife, but I will never interact or speak with you again. If I can't get out of this, I can at least make eternity more bearable." I must admit, I felt a little bit guilty at her words.

My eyes narrowed. "Fine, Be That Way." I said before storming off.

I marched into the master bedroom and slammed the door. I looked around the room, and I had to stop myself from puking. The walls were sickeningly blank, it felt as if this was purgatory, not my new sleeping quarters. Maybe I should redecorate.

I walked around the room, taking note of the size and envisioning all the ideas I had in my head. First, some colour. But what colour?

'Blood.'

'Woah, where did that come from? Who said that?'

'I am Abaddon, destroyer of everything.'

'Oh, okay. What are you doing in my head?' There was a cold, raspy laugh.

'Stupid! I am you! Well, your Roman aspect at least.' Abaddon laughed again. I had a million thoughts running through my head all at once.

'Wait, my Roman aspect?' I asked Abaddon dumbly.

'Yes, dummy! Every God, Titan and Primordial gets one. You know, Zeus = Jupiter, Kronos = Saturn, Perseus = Abaddon.' I nodded, still not quite getting it.

'So my Roman aspect is a bloodthirsty, maniacal, Destroyer of Worlds?' I asked. Even though I couldn't see him, I knew Abaddon was nodding. I sighed.

'Very well then, you wanna help me decorate?' I asked him, and Abaddon cackled.

'It would be my pleasure.' He said, and with that, we set off to work.

~~~Time Skip~~~

ARTEMIS P.O.V.

I grumbled, exploring the new palace that had once belonged to my father Zeus, and my grandfather Kronos before that. Because of Zeus' departure, it had stripped itself of everything he had decorated it with. Now, it was just a bunch of blank, long, white hallways.

I felt strange walking down those hallways. It was as if I was walking through dimensions, or through time itself. That being said, I was betrothed to the God of Time, so that would make sense.

I felt a bad feeling in my stomach at the thought of my betrothed. My betrothed. The word felt disgusting on my tongue. That bastard had the gall to take over Olympus, banish my father to Tartarus, and then claim me as his wife. He kept saying that it wasn't his fault, and that he didn't know, but I knew he was lying. The Titans had all been planning this. Atlas' face when he looked at my stepmother horrified me. I fear for my sisters as I wonder what their new betrotheds are doing to them.

Aphrodite, taken by that bastard Krios. Demeter, taken by the gentle giant Iapetus. Athena, taken by that traitor son of Hermes. Hera, taken by the cruel Atlas. And me, taken by the worst of them all, Perseus. The traitor of Olympus, the new King of the Titans, the one who had shot me. I winced as I remembered the scar on my stomach, and the pain of the bullet hitting me.

When he shot my brother, he turned the gun on me, and I swear that just for a second, I saw hesitation. He had hesitated to do it, to pull the trigger, to hurt me. I shivered at the thought of what he would do to me, now that I was stuck with him.

I had no doubt that this would be an abusive relationship, he was a titan after all. It was just a matter of when he would strike me first. Tears ran down my cheeks as I thought of the irony in the situation. Me, the feminist goddess, married and in an abusive relationship.

I choked up at the thought of my hunters. Not many of them had been killed in the fighting itself, I could feel it, but they would undoubtedly be executed or raped. In the end, there would be no more hunt, not if the Titans got them.

Surely, surely Perseus wouldn't let Thalia, his favourite cousin, or Arianna, his own twin sister, share that fate, would he?

What am I saying, of course he would. The kind, loyal, and caring Percy Jackson that had taken the sky for me was gone. Now there was only Perseus, king of the Titans.

But still, his own sister? Was he really that far gone?

Only time will tell.

I'm back baby! I got halfway through this chapter, left it for two months, and just finished it. My interest in this story has returned, so I'll be doing more on it as soon as possible. You'll notice that my writing style improves the further into the chapter we get. As I said, that's because this chapter was written over a two months span. Also, sorry for this chapter being shorter than the last one. Unfortunately, most chapters are gonna be 2000-2500 words, because I don't like having too much happen in one chapter. For example, the battle and council scenes from the last chapter could have been two different chapters, it's just that old me never liked stopping, so yeah. Anyways, I'll see ya next time.

What did you guys think of me adding Arianna Jackson, Percy's twin, into this? Unfortunately, she became a hunter with Bianca di Angelo at the start of TTC, so Percy hasn't really seen her since that meeting on Olympus. (CANON CHANGE: Bianca didn't die. Zoe was the only one to die on that quest. More on that later.) Review! What do ya think?

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