Prologue

Percy knew he had an odd life, well at least compared to a normal person, so it was a welcomed change when things finally settled down after the war with Gaea and the giants. It was nearing the end of summer, about three months after the end of the war, when he got a strange dream even for his standards.

Dream Setting

"Hello hero," a voice seemed to slither around him, looking around he realized that he stood in the middle of a platform made of dark stone shaped like a hexagon with six pillars at each corner.

"I repeat hero, do you accept our offer," Percy realized with a start that instead of listening to the voice he was observing the area around him, a down side to his ADHD.

"Sorry?" Percy said still not understanding why he was here, "As I said before, the council is offering you a chance to become a Horseman of the Apocalypse." "Who are they?" Percy asked, he tried very hard to remember who they were but he didn't recognize them from any myths he'd heard of. "Of course you would not know them you are Greek; they are the upholders of the ancient laws, servants of the Fates and Chaos."

Percy gulped he'd heard of the Fates and their mere names sent shivers down his spine, but who was Chaos, if he was grouped with the Fates than he must be pretty powerful and the offer to become a horseman his mind was working overtime to process all this information.

"Give me a few days" he finally managed to say, "Fine, but do not keep us waiting for too long we wait eagerly for your reply."

Normal Setting

With that he woke up in a cold sweat, his mind racing fast and an absent expression on his face he casually put on his clothes and walked to breakfast. "Hey Perce what's wrong?" Nico asked running to catch up with him "What..?" Percy asked, Nico frowned in worry "Are you alright? Something's bothering you." "Nothing just thinking about a dream I had" was his quick reply "Percy thinking, the world really has come to an end" but Percy oblivious to Nico's teasing continued walking forward and Nico again had to run to catch up with him. "Are you sure you're alright?" concern was etched in Nico's voice as he began to grow more and more worried for his best friend whom he considered a brother. "Fine!" Percy said with a little more force than necessary; Percy quickened his pace and left a sighing Nico behind "No need to be so grumpy about it," Nico muttered to himself before trudging to the dining hall.

Percy continued through the day being almost emotionless, even Annabeth couldn't cheer up Percy. After dinner the campers went to the campfire as was tradition and the fire was a warm orange that represented the campers' content mood.

Chiron broke the warm veil of happiness with an announcement "Camper's as you know the recently fought war with Gaea ended with an enormous victory!" a loud cheer was sounded by the campers at this moment, "but the leftover monsters are massing and we must send a party of heroes to defeat them."

"Why can't the hunters do it," an Apollo kid whined "The hunters are fighting their own battles; this group we will fight are merely a fraction of what the hunters are currently facing, now any volunteers?" Immediately half the Ares cabin raised their hands and yelled that they should go, but Percy's voice cut through their cheers with a soft but piercing "I'll go," immediately all heads turned towards him and everything went silent.

Percy thought that this would take his mind off of the dream. Although he still had a thoughtful expression on his face he wasn't oblivious enough to not to notice all the stares, his expression soon changed to confusion as he grew more and more uncomfortable he decided to break the silence, "What?" he asked.

Murmurs of nothings filled the air as people reluctantly volunteered, the group consisted of half the Ares cabin, half the Apollo cabin, a few Hermes and Athena kids, and finally the leaders Annabeth, Percy, Clarisse, and Nico.

As they were walking back from the campfire Percy was pulled aside by Annabeth who looked at him with concern "Are you alright?" she said looking him straight in the eyes, "Just a bad dream" he replied. Then they slowly started leaning towards each other sharing a light kiss that conveyed their passion for each other, when they pulled away they were both smiling with amused looks in their eyes. "You be safe," Annabeth said walking towards her own cabin.

Still smiling Percy headed towards his cabin where he had a peaceful sleep.

The Next Morning

Percy got up slowly the next morning, he was still thinking about the offer but the upcoming battle split his attention as he got up, found his gear, and walked towards the Big House where they would be planning the attack.

When he got there about half the counselors were there with Nico sitting in the shadows all listening intently. After about five minutes the rest of the counselors trudged in drowsiness clear in their stance as they slumped in their chairs.

Annabeth started her speech "The monsters appear to be in Central Park with no clear leader at the present time. They have set up camp near the forest so while most of the campers charge downhill with Clarisse and Percy leading them, the Apollo cabin will pick off the monsters from the forest, with a bit of luck the monsters will never know that they're there. "Where will you and I be then?" Nico asked looking at Annabeth and cocking his head, "We'll be near the archers with the Hermes cabin protecting them in case any monsters figure out where we are."
"Well that's about it, we'll announce the plan at breakfast and leave right after, hopefully everyone will be ready by then." "Is that all?" Chiron asked "Well then, meeting dismissed and may the gods be with you."

Everyone got up and went straight to the dining pavilion, where they ate, sacrificed food to the gods and waited while the plan was announced by Chiron. The group of half-bloods slowly assembled at the foot of Thalia's Pine when everyone was ready they started marching and got to central park in an hour.
Before they could continue Percy stopped them at the hill overlooking the monster camp, it was a small camp with not more than thirty monsters, with the assorted dracaenae, hellhounds, and giants. Percy saw a flash from the woods and realized that was the signal to charge.

Percy raised his trusty sword Riptide over his head and yelled "Charge!" a battle cry erupted from the army as they ran down hill and were thrust into a battle for their lives.

A/N So, what did you think? That was my first chapter on Fanfiction, as for the story inspiration I was angry at the Darksiders fans for thinking that the Four Horseman's names were War, Death, Fury, and Strife when in the myth it is War, Death, Famine, and Pestilence. By the way next chapter will have more dialog and Percy's decision will also be made then. This will have Chaos and his army but Percy will not be a part of it, and I'll probably make Nico a Horseman too. Well, goodbye and BTW I don't care about reviews, but I would like at least 50 by the end of this story because at least I'll know people like my story and I will probably get to 20,000 words.