The Elder King Book 1: Rising From the Ashes

by TheHonourableSkye11

The war with Gaea is over. The Heroes of Olympus won. Leo is still missing, but he'll soon fly in to breakfast with his immortal girlfriend. But all is not yet peaceful. In fact, it is the opposite. From the ashes of Gaea's defeat another enemy rises, one who is even more powerful than she... it will take all of the half-bloods' strength to defeat this new and terrifying enemy.

1. Chapter 1

New story! I've recently finished the Heroes of Olympus, so I wanted to start a big Percy Jackson story. And this is what I got! I won't hold you, but I'll just give a disclaimer: Nothing but the plot line belongs to me. Well, OCs do, if I have any, but that's pretty obvious. Please, read on!

Prologue

Percy

When we defeated Gaea, I thought we'd finally have some peace. But come on, we're half-bloods. We don't even know how to spell peace. After all, what's the world without a plot to destroy all humanity? Not much, huh?

Oh yeah, I'm Percy. I'm back! Sorry for being absent during that last part of the war with Gaea. I was a bit too busy to narrate. I don't know how Nico, Piper or Jason managed it, to be entirely honest. It's a big task. Annabeth and me decided to take some time off. Defeating the Earth incarnate is kind of a task.

But I won't talk too much about what you already know. The war with Gaea was pretty tough, so it's best forgotten. I mean, true, the final battle happened pretty quick by our standards, didn't it? I mean, it took us longer to conquer Kelli in Tartarus than it did to kill Gaea! Funny, right?

Anyway, I'm going to shut up soon, or Annabeth will kill me. But geez, you need some background, don't you? It's a pretty complicated series of events that happened to set the third war in only two years in motion.

Okay, so it started like this. When Leo and Octavian combined to blow up Gaea, her life force was scattered across the sky. Like, really scattered. As in populating-every-country-at-the-moment scattered. But something happened when she decided to go boom. I won't divulge that yet, but I just thought I'd fill you in with that detail at the moment. It comes back to her explosion.

Okay, Annabeth is telling me to shut up, or I'll ruin the story. I'll just give you one last name: Ouranos.

Okay! Annabeth, relax. I'm just giving them some background! It makes it easier to follow when you know where it's going. Okay, sorry everyone reading, I have to go. She's going to kill me if I tell you anything else.

But I will give you a list of narrators for this story. Annabeth, it's not revealing anything! Why don't you go, like, design a bridge or something? Whatever you do in your free time! Thank you!

Okay, so the narrators for this story are me, the amazing Percy, Jason Thunderhead, Annabeth the Wise, Piper Beauty Queen, Flaming Leo Valdez (when he gets back from his daytrip with his girlfriend, at least), Magic Hazel, Frank the Bulldog, Pinecone Face Thalia (she's back!) and Death Boy. Er, Nico, I mean. Oh, and Reyna. Don't forget Reyna. She might talk about Puerto Rico or her creepy polygraph dogs, so be prepared. Okay, I can't tell you anymore thanks to Annabeth, so I hope you will just press the little button that leads you to the next chapter! Enjoy! This story has a lot of near-death, which is always very entertaining! Good-bye for now! Percy out.

Poor Percy never gets any rest. At least this time Hera didn't wipe his memory. But she might get up to some mischief. I really hate her, to be honest. Okay, tune in for chapter number 2, which will be the first real chapter. Thanks for reading, and God bless! -Skye