Worthy of the Sea

“But You Only Just Had Them Replaced.”

Perci appeared in Sally's kitchen, now in a state of shock. She just sat there playing with the small, lightning bolt that Thor had given her.

Her mother must have super senses, because she came into the room, blinking wearily and tying up a dressing gown. Sensing the condition her daughter was in, she immediately placed a plateful of cookies, blue of course, in front of her.

"I'm getting married, " The demigoddess whispered inaudibly.

"I'm sorry sweetie? What was that?"

A little louder, Perci mumbled, "I'm getting married."

"One more time baby, I can't hear you."

Realization caught up with her because this time the Saviour was breathing hard and frustrated tears were beginning to blur her vision. Almost yelling, Perci said, "I'm getting married!"

Sally froze for a moment, "What!?"

But Perci couldn't hear her, because she was huffing and puffing.

Panic mode, activate.

"s**t! s**t!! s**t!!!"

But her mum knew the drill, "Loungeroom."

That got the demigoddess's attention, "But you only just had them replaced."

"Poseidon replaces them, baby. So you're good."

The Daughter of the Seas nodded vigorously. From between her breasts, she pulled a capped Riptide out from her bra. Her mother nodded her approval of the hidden location.

Wiping the tears away, she stalked into the loungeroom and began to hack away at the furniture whilst growling complete nonsense. Fluff from the couches exploded before getting caught in her now wild and messy hair, finally free from Aphrodite's blessing. Wood shavings flying everywhere and sounds of shattering glass just filled the apartment, "Son of a motherf-! Little piece of-!! Stupid ass Gods!! Think I'm some kind of bartering piece on f*****g chessboard!!! I'm so sick of being a f*****g pawn to pompous assholes who think they rule the f*****g world!!! Aaagh!!!!"

Sally scowled at nothing, then quietly said, "Poseidon."

In a flourish of sea mist, the God appeared.

Wasting no time at all, the older woman lunged forward and grabbed him by the ear, yanking him down to eye level. In all the years knowing Sally, Poseidon had never been more afraid. Not even Cerberus or Hades himself had made him this scared, "Yes?" He said weakly.

"Is our daughter getting married?" She growled.

"...yes."

"Is she pregnant?"

"...oh Rhea I hope not."

"Then why is she getting married?"

"T,to broker a p,peace agreement."

"Who's fault is it?"

"...Zeus."

The sound of Sally's voice made him, a celestial being, almost wet his pants, "You're using my daughter as peace broker?!?! What the hell is wrong with you?!!?"

When Perci screamed again, still pissed, silence fell over the kitchen and all they could hear was the sound of Perci wrecking the loungeroom.

:3

Perci sighed heavily and winced at the mess she'd made. Lounge pieces were scattered all over the carpeted floor. The mirror coffee table was shattered, the shards everywhere. And feathers from the cushions still danced in the air, joining the fluff in her raven black hair.

But she felt sooo much better.

She rubbed her forehead and threw Riptide onto the ruined couch, "f*****g fuckers. I'm gonna kick their f*****g asses."

Now she wanted some cookies.

Grumbling vicious curse words towards the gods that would make Hazel faint, the demigoddess left the destroyed room and walked into the kitchen to find her mother holding her father's ear, "Mum? Dad?"

Both looked at her with surprised faces.

"How you feeling baby?" Sally let go of Poseidon, who winced, cupping his now swollen ear. Her mother moved closer to Perci, then cupped her cheeks.

"A little freaked out, but I'll get over it."

The older woman frowned, "Honey, this ain't the eighteen hundreds. People don't marry other people just because someone else said so."

"I know that's why I gotta do something first."

Her parents frowned, but Poseidon raised his eyebrows when she moved closer him.

She then punched him. Hard. In the chest.

The God was winded and had to bend over, "I deserved that."

Perci nodded like a bobble head and looked to her mother, "Who knows what'll happen, Mum. I might actually like him. After I kick his ass."

Poseidon chuckled, still bent over.

The demigoddess sighed again and gave her a smile, "Ima pack a bag. I gonna go to Montuak. Mrs O'Leary could use some company."

:3

Standing alone on the beach, Perci had just thrown a giant disk over the water. Before it even broke the surface, a huge ball of fur grabbed it. The ball crashed into the sea, the frisbee caught in its mouth, between its razor-sharp teeth.

The demigoddess smiled, her thoughts fading. The hellhound bounded out of the water and shook her body, the freezing cold droplets going everywhere. Even though it couldn't touch her, Perci still cringed, "Eww!!"

Mrs O'Leary dropped the plastic, chewed on disk and pounced on her, smelling like wet dog.

"Oh, Gods! You smell gross!! Get off me!!" The Daughter of Poseidon half laughed and half groaned, wriggling around to get free. The hellhound made a noise from her throat that kind of resembled sounding like laughter.

"Bad dog!!"

The ball of fur whined and sat on its haunches, wearing the saddest look a hellhound could wear. Perci groaned, before leaning up to pat the horse sized creature, "D'ya think they'd let me bring you to Asgard, girl?"

Mrs O'Leary seemed to shrug, then licked the demigoddess from her knees up to her hair, covering her in dog slobber.

Water was one thing. Slobber was another.

The young woman had closed her eyes in disgust and unbeknownst to her, Perci's fringe was now sticking up like the Eiffel Tower. When she opened her sea green eyes, she narrowed them at the hellhound, "Really?"

If a hellhound could look sheepish, Mrs O'Leary definitely looked the part.

Perci growled and lunged at her.

Growing excited, the hellhound quickly dodged her. Giggles escaped the Saviour of Olympus as she chased after a supposed creature of evil and darkness.

It was a cat and mouse game or rather a game of demigoddess and monster. The chase was on until the sun had sunk down into the ocean. Such horseplay, uh, hound play, had taken her mind off her arranged marriage to a Norse God.

Completely forgetting himand the frisbee, Perci made her way, barefoot and sandals in hand, to the cabin.

Mrs O'Leary, sensing the game over, trotted over to her demigoddess. Yes, the creature considered Perci as her's. The hellhound brushed her side against the black-haired woman's shoulder, begging for a pat, which was readily given.

The massive ball of fur practically hummed with delight when Perci scratched behind her ear.

:3

That night, Perci laid on a King sized mattress, with a bed hog known as Mrs O'Leary. The demigoddess was, however okay with it. The warmth and softness of the hellhound's fur soothed her to the brink of sleep.

:3

The horrifying sight of a black void filled with grotesque humanoids and giant worm-like creatures made Perci's heart beat erratically. She felt herself falling, then heard the grief-stricken shout from a man, "No!! Persephone!!"

In the distance, she then heard a sharp crack of thunder and the flicker of lightning. Her eyes suddenly closed for some unknown reason, confused as to why droplets of water fell on her cheeks. An excruciating pain then radiated within her chest, making her cringe and cry out. But no sound escaped her mouth. The feeling of not being able to breathe frightened her and Perci began to claw at her throat.

:3

The demigoddess woke clutching her throat, sweating profusely. She took in a desperate gulp of air, slowly to calm her thumping heart with steadier and longer breaths, "What the f**k was that?!"