Europe

Italy, Rome. 1941, the frontlines.

Time, 16:25, death count, two thousand demi-gods.

The dark Prince

The sound of swords clashing against shields surrounds me, the sound of painful screams surrounds me, and death surrounds me. I stood up dazed, someone had wacked me in the head when my back was turned. I was trying to tell them we don't have to fight, that was a mistake. "AAAHHH!" Someone screamed beside me, I soon fell to the ground, I groaned and my vision was still dazed.

Why would they attack someone who is already hurt? Why not just end me? I've been through too much already. I stared up and saw a boy with deep sea green eyes with short jet black wavy hair. He stared down at me, confused.

The son of the sea

As I stared down at the guy I was going to kill, thoughts came to me, why are we doing this? Should I actually be killing him? Hesitating will get me killed, but this guy can't do anything to hurt me. Even if he is a son of Hades.

This guy had dark purple eyes, pale skin and long dark hair. But he looked like he was in his early twenties. He also looked to be in a lot of pain. He seemed to be out of it, like he was hit in the head not too long ago. He kept blinking, like I wasn't really here, as I was about to kill him, he moved his legs and tripped me.

"C…Come on man…Don't do this." He said to me and tried to crawl away. Why are we killing them? What did they do? What did we do? I backed off. "Finish him!" Someone ordered behind me.

I looked back and saw our general, even though he is young…Ish, he's still our general. He had lightning piercing eyes, if he glares at you, it's more than enough to get the truth out of you. He was fighting five other sons of Hades. Each one making it difficult to hit. Whenever the general tried to hit them, they would disappear and reappear.

"Cowards!" He shouted angrily.

They laughed and kept wearing him down, but it wasn't working. This guy pretty much worked out his entire life, his physique isn't big, but he's strong, plus he's smart. He shouted frustratedly and then a lightning bolt came from the heavens. All five of the sons of Hades went flying in different directions. One landed beside us, he growled and got up. He disappeared and appeared in front of the general. Instead of fighting with power, he tried using his sword fighting skills.

That is a bad idea.

The general

Sword fighting, huh? All my life I've been training my ass off, you have no chance. This is for Zeus! I hit him with a lightning fast attack. He had no time to react. I effortlessly killed the rest. They're nothing without those powers.

Useless.

Waste of life trash.

Hahahaha, this war will be over soon. I've had my fun. I looked back at those other two that were fighting. One a son of Hades, the other a son of Poseidon. The son of Poseidon had a terrified look on his face, the other was looking at me sadly. Like he was saying you have no soul. If you did, I'd make sure it wouldn't reach the underworld.

Staring at him, made me a little bit angry. His disappointed gaze was piercing right through my chest, "Like you're any better!" I shouted and went after him. He had trouble getting up. "I am better…" He whispered and then I was on my back without my sword. "I let my guard down once, it won't happen again." The son of Hades told me.

His body seemed to be shimmering in and out of existence, impossible! I swept my legs under him, my legs just went straight through his legs. He slowly advanced. I smiled, "The dark blessing of Hades, huh?"

Well…Two can play at that game, out from the sky, a lightning bolt hit me, making my entire body electrified. Giving me speed and power. Lightning was coming off me, hitting whatever was closest to me. "This is going to be fun!" I exclaimed hysterically.

He growled, "You're all the same! You fight for nothing! No reason! Don't you see this is not our fight!?"

I shot a lightning bolt at him, making him stagger back a few feet. "You're strong…But not for me." I laughed and kept pushing him back. He didn't fight back. But with every shot I took, he would then dodge it. The first, second, third and fourth, I hit him, but then he adapted.

He's a quick learner.

The dark Prince

I can re-adjust my powers anytime I want. Even if the speed is lightning fast, I'll adjust to it. He doesn't realize how out matched he is, this is what they did to us. We used to like living, but now we want to die. But because it's their fault and they do it to others besides us, we decided to do the same…But I am different, I don't want to die, I don't want to fight, even if I'm forced to, I just don't want to do anything to harm anyone.

There is a reason my dad made me a Dark Prince, he knew I understood why we exist, us, the children of Hades, are here for good. To make our father proud, but because of what others told us, most of us believe that we're evil. And just because Hades lives in the underworld, they think he was always evil, so they decide to do the same. But me, I look on the bright side of things. This isn't our war to fight, it's Zeus, Poseidon and Hades's fight. There is a simple way to avoid all this chaos, all this death. All this pointless fighting.

In due time, I'll tell you everything. But for now. Let's see if this guy can listen to reason, even though I said that he's just like everyone else, the ones who kill for no reason.

"Listen to me. Let's stop this. It's pointless to kill each other, this isn't our war." I offered.

The son of Zeus smiled crookedly. "It's not our war you say? Then please by all means, tell me why we're killing each other, why it all started. Tell me."

Is this guy for real? I hesitated.

He started laughing hysterically. "You go on, and tell everyone this war is pointless? That's awesome!"

"It is!" I snapped. "You really want to know why we kill each other. Do you even know why we do this?" I asked him.

The younger boy quietly said, "B-Because of the great Prophecy?"

I turned and looked at him, so did the son of Zeus.

The son of the sea

These two…They're both strong, both are evenly matched. I know for sure that this son of Hades is the Dark Prince I've heard of, and then there's the general. He is the best demi-god I have ever met, he's done so much for everyone, and it's impressive how he's survived for twenty seven years. Half of those years he was on his own, or so I'm told. But I kind of believe it.

They stared at me, I felt as if I spoke to suddenly…Which I did. But it's true, we're all fighting each other, because of this 'Great Prophecy' It is said that if one of us, mainly the children of the first three sons of Kronos, reach the age of sixteen, we will either destroy or save Olympus. But…The ones fighting right in front of me. They are well past the age limit of what the Prophecy said. That includes me. These two are past twenty, and I'm nineteen.

So…What the Dark prince has been telling us was true. We don't have to fight each other…But what about the ones that will reach sixteen? "All of us here are over sixteen…He's right we don't have to fight…" I said and gulped. The dark prince nodded and put his sword away, the general smiled and drove his sword straight through the dark princes back, he screamed out in pain, "Ahh!-

The general laughed, "I don't care if we're past sixteen! I never drop an order from father!"

"Well there it is, thanks but could you know…Move this thing?" The dark prince said causally. My mouth hung open, even the general was shocked. "Why won't you just die!?" He growled.

The dark prince smirked, "Sometimes darkness is good to accept. It can hide you from your enemies and trick them. Make them think they've won. I'm not called the prince of darkness for nothing."

The general

I pulled out my sword aggressively, and then tried another attack. He stood there and yawned, "You done?"

Calm down, he's got you. In my twenty seven years of fighting, I've never come across someone like this. Almost impossible to hit and see. Dammit!

"For now." I snarled.

I backed away from the dark prince and stared at the sea god's brat, "You're lucky you bumped into someone like him. You would've been dead in seconds for hesitating like that." I snapped at him.

He frowned, "But…He made some pretty good points, I-I couldn't just kill him after what he's told me. Plus, he was hurt and couldn't attack me…" The sea son stammered.

"This is a battle field! It doesn't matter if he was hurt from a previous battle, you kill them!" I yelled. He looked guilty, "I-I'm sorry sir…It won't happen again…" He said quietly.

It's hard to find good demi-gods these days.

I looked to the dark prince, "So?" I said. He tilted his head, "What is it?" I sighed, "You wouldn't have told us all that if you didn't have a plan, spit it out." I ordered. He glared at me, "You willing to listen and not try to backstab me?" He asked with a smirk. I smiled crookedly, "Yes, I will."

He looked uncertain, can't blame him. I'm not the nicest guy after all. "Yes I do, but…You guys okay to go back to America?" The dark prince asked. Ah, that damned place…I wouldn't mind, but it's all up to what he has to say.

The Sea son and I nodded, "Sure why not."

This fool…this isn't going to work. "You guys hear of a certain place called the Locus Hotel and Casino?"

I froze up and racked my brain, what is he up too? Is he trying to avoid this war all together? Or is he trying to just live forever without ever lifting a finger to help? If he does this, it'll help no one but himself. "You serious? You selfish son of bitch!" I growled at him.

He held up his hands, "Calm down David." He smiled.

The dark Prince

The look on David's face is worth all this. Yes this is kind of selfish of me, but this era is done for, and with this Great Prophecy out there, No son of Hades, Zeus or Poseidon is safe. We're all going to die in the end. Which is why all this fighting is pointless.

David King, and this sea kid is Ashton Green. I am Felix Lynch. As Prince of darkness, I should know the names of people I meet. Nah I'm just kidding, these two certain people. I've been watching them for the past three years. Well not the sea kid, he just happened to be in the right places at the right time.

"My plan is too wait it out. We're all adults here…Er, some of us are, but either way, you know this isn't going to end with one side winning and staying alive, no. Everyone is going to die. Do you honestly think they were just going to let us leave? No, they want to wipe us all out. We're the only ones capable of hurting the gods and they see that. They don't care if we're past the age of sixteen, they know these Prophecies never make any sense! It could mean a son of Aphrodite could save Olympus or a son of Hermes, probably a son Apollo. No one knows! They're not going to risk it with us here, because if we're here, then the Great Prophecy is bound to happen." I said to them.

Ashton tried to go through everything I just said, "That can't be true. My father wouldn't agree with this!" He exclaimed. I shook my head and then checked on David. "Everything…Is wrong…No…I've done everything for my father…There's no way he would…"

"I'm just being realistic." I told them.

The son of the sea

I've never heard the general's name before and I never seen him act this way…But I never thought I would act this way either…After hearing all that…I guess anyone would act the way we're acting. I was in denial, disbelief. I never thought my father would do this, much less listen to it. But then again…The dark prince could be lying…But everything makes sense, we're the key to this damn Prophecy.

"I don't want to believe it…But I guess…It's possible." I muttered.

"No!" David shouted, "It's not true! I've done everything for my father! I have never failed him! There's no way he would have me killed!" He then tried to kill the dark prince once more. It was pointless, the dark prince is unstoppable right now, since he can turn his body into darkness…Even though it's bright out.

David shouted angrily. "I will never believe it!"

He is really mad about this…Why doesn't he see that this could be a lie? Why can't he just use reason? Being negative is not the way to go right now. Like me, I can see how much this makes sense, how much he is right.

You can't argue with the truth. It never ends well.

The general

My father would never have me killed, I did everything for him, and I've never disobeyed him once. If anything, he'll make me a minor god. I just kept slicing at the Prince of Darkness, "You're lying!" I snarled. He sighed, "I am not lying, and even you could see that, that's what they're doing. We wouldn't be here otherwise. Everything I've said-

My blade had lightning coming off it, every hit before I added lightning to my sword, he's just stood there and let it go through him, but now he's actually dodging my hits. I lounged at him he dodged once more. I smiled smugly, "Aw, are you afraid of lightning? Is it too bright for you?" with every hit he dodged, I gained for speed, "This is pointless!" He said.

Even with my speed, he kept dodging, he didn't even look tired. What is he? "No it isn't! Everything I've done for the past three years isn't pointless!" I flipped my sword and swept my legs under him. He fell on his back, "Ugh…" He groaned, I had my sword at his throat, "Answer me this, all these other children of Hades. Do their deaths mean nothing to you?"

He laid there with no emotion in his eyes, he grabbed my sword with his bare hand and then his hand started bleeding, "I've said this before…It's because of everyone else we're like this." He started to get up, while holding my blade. I was too shocked to even pull away. "We used to care when one of us died! But now!" He closed his hand and my sword turned into shadows…Literally, it felt like air for a second but then there was nothing.

"I can't even feel anything when they die." He continued.

Tell me what you think, this one is going to be really slow, maybe one chapter a week.

Thanks for reading!

Rilurz~