《Note: The chapters which contain this note have been pre - written and uploaded from my fanfiction.net account Mythology.Geek.Girl . They aren't my best but they get better. I'm not very good at updating stories but I update as much as possible. Enjoy!》

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Day After Incident

The wail of a baby pierces the air. Birds scatter from the sudden sound. A man paced backwards and forwards, eyebrows creased in concentration, attempting to sooth the bundle in his arms. No luck.

"Come on Hemera, give me something to kill. I'm fine. Give me a kid. What on Gaea am I meant to do?"

He continued to mumble things to himself, pacing backwards and forwards. Yet he failed to notice how the day grew a little bit brighter outside, that the clouds seemingly rolled away, the sun shining more than before.

No. He missed the ripple. A ripple in which appeared out of thin air. Starting off small and growing bigger. Making reality look like water, almost as if it was surrounding the room, submerging it. The man noticed.

A lopsided grin spread on his face as the air seemed to take a shape, ripples slowing, light filing the room becoming brighter and brighter until...

Pop.

There stood a young woman - about the man's age - with bright blonde, almost white, hair braided over her right shoulder. She wore a knee length golden chiton with sandals. A bright smile lit up her face and pastel blue eyes, not a freckle nor blemish on her perfectly tanned skin.

"Hemera," the man breathed. She was more beautiful than ever.

"Percy," the woman - Hemera - responded. She walked towards him, elegantly, without flaw and reached out. Her hand cupping his face, her thumb stroking the white skin in which the scar travels horizontally down his face. "How?" She asked, worry evident in her voice, unused tears waiting to be used but held captive. The day seemed to grow a little darker around them.

A weak smile tugged at his lips seeing her concern, "It's a long story." He leaned in towards her hand in a weak way of comforting her. The bundle in his arms shifted and let out a yawn.

Percy had almost forgotten about the extra being in the room. He stifled a laugh as the small child reached towards Hemera with wonder on his face, wonder which she returned.

"So you're a dad now?" Her voice was so faint he nearly missed is. She removed her hand from his cheek, a broken hearted look adjourning her features.

Percy stood there a moment starring back at Hemera, morning the loss of warmth from her hand, the warmth his own skin lacked. His blood was de-oxygenized. He had no need for oxygen or any gas at all with a minor domain of space.

He continued to just stand there starring at her before booming out with laughter, a heart-warming laughter.

"Me? A farther? Why the Tartarus would you think that? No, no, no, this is my younger brother!"

Hemera stared at him momentarily, the heart broken look being replaced by one of guilt. She opened her mouth to apologise and was interrupted by Percy,

"How about I go and lay him down and then we'll talk?" Percy turned to walk away but not before Hemera grabbed his arm.

"WAIT!" She yelped. Percy stopped, shocked. Hemera composed herself before speaking again, "hisname?" she muttered, her words merged together. Obviously embarrassed about her previous outburst.

"Pardon?" He responds, missing her previous statement.

"What's his name?"

Percy stared down at the bundle in his arms, at the bright blue eyes of it. He never thought about giving hm a name. It'd been the last of his worries. Yet now staring down at the bundle, he felt cruel for not naming it, everything should have a name, and without one... do you really exist? How can you be there and not be addressed? Does that count as living? No. no it doesn't.

Yet now looking down into the electrifying blue eyes of the bundle he knew the perfect name for it.

"Briares," he whispered. "That's his name, Briares." Percy turned on his heel and walked out the room. "If you want to exchange stories," he called out. "We better get his one to bed.

And just like that he was out of sight leaving a confused Hemera in his wake.