Thirty Eight

Instead of two short chapters I'm going to do a longer chapter.

Third Person POV

Everyone was in the Great Hall on Olympus. Music was playing, and for once, it was set to one song, and everyone has to listen to it if they were in the room, the music wasn't magical this time.

The Olympians walked up onto the stage and lights shine down on them.

"Fellow gods, demigods, satyrs, and nymphs. Today we gather to celebrate the Hero and Savior of Olympus, Perseus Jackson, and his friends. Perseus, please come up."

Percy gritted his teeth and shakily stood up from his chair in at the doors of the entrance hall.

~Flashback~

After the rewards, Apollo flashed him back to the infirmary. Apollo sat Percy down onto the infirmary bed, and not a minute later, three gods walked in. Hermes, Aphrodite, and Artemis. Wait Artemis? Yup.

Aphrodite stood in front of him.

"Apollo get these things off!"

Apollo hurried over with surgical scissors and pliers.

"Alright Percy, I'm going to take your casts off."

Percy nodded and gritted his teeth. Half an hour later, the casts were off. Apollo gently unwrapped the bandages from his arm and leg. Hermes helped him up and Apollo and Hermes half-carried him to the bathroom. Percy sat on the toilet seat, the lid down, and waited as Apollo turned the bath tub water on and waited. Hermes turned towards him with a playful smile. Hermes whispered in Percy's ear.

"Do you want blue bubbles in the bath?"

Percy smiled and nodded, his eyes slightly catching that familiar gleam.

As soon as the bubbles and water were ready, they undressed Percy and helped him in the tub. Percy didn't mind. Lack of clothes in front of others wasn't so much of a problem to him after his experience, and he knew these two wouldn't hurt him.

As soon as he was in the tub, they left, and for some reason, Artemis came in.

"Hello Perseus."

"It's Percy." Percy felt slightly uncomfortable.

"Don't worry." Artemis laughed. "I'm not going to castrate you. I just came because I thought you might want these."

She placed a bucket of bath toys on the ground. Now, in normal circumstances, Percy would be offended that someone would think he would want such childish things. However, Percy did want them. He smiled at her and reached his arm down carefully, pulling out two ducks. A blue one and a yellow one.

Percy played with the ducks, quietly making duck noises, and Artemis smiled at him like a mother would a child, then got up and left.

After about half an hour, Apollo and Hermes came back I. With a washcloth , shampoo, conditioner, and body soap. Apollo set to work washing Percy's hair and Hermes got a towel ready, and a hair dryer. Apollo gave Percy the washcloth and soap, and Percy got the washcloth wet, put soap on it, and scrubbed at his arms. Percy scrubbed his body trying to wash away the bad memories. Apollo helped him with his back.

As soon as Percy had rinsed off all the soap and shampoo, Apollo gave him a towel and he stepped out. Quickly wringing water out of his hair with the towel, then wrapping his waist with said towel, Percy limped slightly over to Hermes, who blow dried his hair. Then Aphrodite and Artemis came in.

Artemis stood back a bit while Aphrodite fussed over him. When Aphrodite was about to put him in a pink chiton, Artemis stepped in.

"No, no, no. Nope. Aphrodite you will not put Percy in a pink chiton!"

"Ugh fine. Artemis you are such a party pooper."

"Thank you, Lady Artemis."

"You're welcome, Perseus, and Artemis is fine."

"Then please call me Percy."

Artemis smiled then checked to see what Aphrodite had next picked. Everyone gasped and gaped at the outfit and Percy agreed immediately.

The outfit was a toga, but it was beautiful. It was held in place at both of Percy's shoulders by gold brooches with the Olympus symbol on them. The fabric cascades down Percy's body and reached his ankles. Purposely so because there were so many scars on his legs that Aphrodite wanted them covered, even though normally the fabric would've ended at the knees.

The color of the fabric was a reach sea-green that faded into blue down towards the bottom. Silver trimming was all around the fabric. Tied around Percy's waist was a gold rope that tied together at the side with the ends a foot long, falling to lay against Percy's side. Percy's feet were in golden sandals.

Artemis shook out of her trance by the outfit and went to fetch one more thing. A silver cape. She attached it to the brooches and it fell to the floor.

"Perfect" Apollo, Hermes, Aphrodite, and Artemis said together. They turned Percy around to look in the mirror. When he saw his reflection, all he could do was smile. It was perfect. The toga hid the scars on his legs and the cape hid the scars on his arms. He loved it.

The gods and goddesses present flashed Percy to the doors of the Great Hall.

"Sit here and wait until you are called onto the stage, then walk out. You will be shielded from view until then."

Percy nodded and sat on the wooden chair by the doors. Artemis, Apollo, Hermes, and Aphrodite walked into the hall leaving Percy to himself. ~End of flashback~

As Percy stood from his chair and walked out of the doors and into the Great Hall, all he could think was: If these are gods, you would think that they could provide him with a more comfy chair.

Hahaha okay! Not as long as I wanted but I have to help get dinner ready now!!! Tell me what you think!Vote!Comment!Enjoy!~DemigodInTraining