Hello community! Terribly sorry for my extended absence.

I will be having a much longer Author's Note at the end of the prologue. Please be sure to read it as it contains important information.

Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson, or any characters, aside from original characters, who will appear later.

Now, without further ado, please enjoy.

Prologue

~~ Chaos ~~

I sat in my throne, observing my creation. The universe truly is a sight to behold, a work of art. However, it was not the universe that captivated my attention today. No, that right belonged to my most valuable planet – Earth. Earth was my first planet that I created, having acted as something akin to a guinea pig, it should come with no surprise when I say it is the planet with the greatest number of mistakes.

Earth is ... an interesting place, to put it lightly. Right now, the invasion of my daughter, Gaea, has failed. The Seven Demigods, with the aid of Camps Jupiter and Half-Blood, and the help of the Olympians and various minor Gods and Goddesses managed to quash the invasion my daughter had planned.

I do not blame my daughter, she was poorly informed and misled to believe that the Olympians planned to ruin her beautiful planet, and she ignored all other signs, and people telling her otherwise. In the end, after being defeated she realized she was tricked by her children - the Giants - in their plan to rule Olympus.

As I sat upon my throne, watching Earth, I could not help but tune in to what Hephaestus was broadcasting to all those who are willing to watch. What did I tune into? Oh but of course it is the Awards Ceremony following the Great Victory.

I managed to tune in at the end of the program, right before the final person, an imp of a kid named Leo Valdez, accepted his reward. Just as I was about to tune off and focus my attention elsewhere, Zeus announced, "And now dear guests, before the party, we must take care of a serious matter. We have great reason to believe that all of these accusations that I will list out are the truth, and nothing but the truth. They reveal a person we refuse to believe is evil for what he really is – a monster."

I admit, it peaked my interest, and I just could not resist the temptation of watching, and so I continued to observe. Zeus began to detail what the accusations were, "…aiding Gaea, killing allied forces, not engaging in the battle, and the attempted murder of David Holstein, son of Poseidon."

I have to say, those were serious charges, and thus I watched on, and soon the person accused was presented to the crowd.

This person was in chains. His hands, and legs bound together, a gag in his mouth, kneeling before the gods, and on either flank stood Ares and Athena, grinning from ear to ear.

The person himself had black disheveled hair, mesmerizing sea-green eyes, and was very lean and handsome. This one I knew well, for I had been watching with great interest for the past few years, in fact I was going to check on him next.

Who is the person? None other than Perseus Jackson.

I was glued to my throne, in absolute shock and horror, my body, paralyzed, my brain did not want to process what my eyes saw. And so, I kept on looking at the very one-sided proceeding.

Zeus proclaimed him a traitor, and called for a vote to be had for his fate. In total, twenty people voted. Those twenty consisted of the original Olympians, plus the two who were newly reinstated, Hades and Hestia.

They had only Perseus to thank for getting them their seats back. Oh, but who is surprised that Perseus of all people would do this? He was always so selfless, instead of becoming a god, or an Olympian himself, he had asked for Hades and Hestia to have their old positions back, amongst other things.

Yes, he would truly excel in my armies.

The other six voters were Jason, Piper, Leo, Frank, Hazel and Annabeth. Perseus was excluded from voting because of one very well-known individual and reason; Zeus.

The vote was about as lopsided as a dancer with two left feet. Only seven people voted for his innocence – Apollo, Artemis, Frank, Hades, Hazel, Hestia and Leo. Everyone else believe these deceptions.

Zeus then cheerfully proclaimed, "Perseus, Traitor of Olympus, you have been found guilty for all of your crimes and have been sentenced to death by … me…" His smile turned sinister, as he readied the bolt, "… any last words?"

Perseus, barely being able to hold his tears and pain within him, turned toward Annabeth and Poseidon and asked in a broken voice, "Why?"

Taking it as his cue, Zeus hoisted the bolt to his shoulder, took aim, and hurled the most powerful weapon known to them right at Perseus.

A great crackling erupted in the main hall, a spectacular light show enveloped the entirety of their throne room.

The screams of agony lasted for but a moment, and the light dissipated.

At last, people could finally see what happened.

Perseus Jackson was dead.

Oh boy, that was the prologue. Let's move on to the Authors Note!

First thing is first, I apologize for my extended absence. Fanfiction is not very high on my ever-extending to-do list, and it just kept on getting pushed back, and back, and back. One again I am very sorry about that, and I will try to be more diligent about this, however I will make you no promises.

Story wise, this is the rewritten version of the original Hand of Chaos fanfiction. I found that when I reread it, it had an incomprehensible amount of plot-holes and grammatical errors. As well, I feel that my capability in writing has improved, and so I will begin to rewrite it. The basic plotline will be the same, however many things will be changing.

I hope that I will have the time that is needed to invest into this fan fiction, however if I do not, then I apologize to you beforehand.

What will happen next chapter: David happens.

If you are curious for my planned post times, then please refer to my profile. There, I also have a section briefly explaining what was said here earlier.

I look forward to hearing from you all in the reviews, and I will see you next chapter!

Cheers!