7/1/2018 Update
Last year, my collaborator LordNitro decided not to continue the story for personal reasons and asked me to finish it. Since I was writing it with them, I obviously accepted. However, as we were rereading it the last days before I faced with that decision, we noticed that some things didn't make sense in the story, that accidentally we had posted again the same chapters and, more often than not, grammatical and spelling mistakes had been missed from our radars.
So, when I took the decision of finishing the story on my own, I decided to repost it, but not on top of the already written chapters, since my fear was to lose all those comments that made sense with it (curse me, I'm sentimental like that). So, if any of you see the title or chapters elsewhere, you don't come to me saying "someone is stealing your chapters" or "I read that before somewhere" or "are you copying someone?"
Please, enjoy this chapter and the ones coming after it!
Hi. I'm Percy Jackson. You know, Slayer of Kronos and stuff, right? Yeah, you thought my journey was over after Gaea? Hah, you wish! Here's what really happened after the war.
We were being rewarded for our roles in the war. Piper's dad became clear-sighted, so they could bond or something, Jason was able to spend time with Thalia, Leo was brought back and had Calypso. Nico was able to ask one favor from each Olympian which they had to follow through with. Hazel's curse was removed, Frank got his mom back. Annabeth had been given the job of remodeling Olympus, Camp Jupiter and Camp Half-Blood. As I bowed to the Olympians, my dad spoke.
"Perseus Jackson, my son. You have saved us once again, and we offer you the ultimate gift once more." Oh great.
"We offer you immortality. Godhood we offer, an Olympian God. Do you accept, Perseus?" Zeus asked. I thought. Annabeth and I didn't love each other anymore, my mom was going to be made a Goddess once she chose to, and there was no need to refuse. My friends would probably save us again and get the option.
"Yes." I said softly.
"Great, the brat's a God, yay." Dionysus groaned, drawling. Ares smirked. Aphrodite giggled.
"On one condition," I added, making Zeus gasp.
"You dare add a condition?!" He said, indignant.
"Yes, I do. Aphrodite needs to abstain from interfering in my love life, for a week, at least." I said. Zeus chuckled, but nodded.
"As you desire," As I was turned into a God, my eyes widened in shock. Power flew through me, as the three Fates appeared.
"Perseus Jackson, a Hero you are." Atropos spoke.
"A God now, and forevermore." Lachesis echoed.
"Of Life and Family, you are indeed. The Seasons you call, lieutenant of the Sea." Clotho finished.
"Hail Perseus Jackson, God of Life, Family, the Seasons and the Lieutenant of the Sea!" The three Moirai spoke in unison.
"But of Quests and Demi-Gods, he now is indeed." A fourth voice said, to the anger of the Moirai.
"Who dares?!" Atropos asked coldly.
A cold wind burst forth, as a woman with white as snow, curly and lush hair, appeared. Her skin was tanned nicely, like caramel. Her lips like garnets. Her grey eyes bore into each and every being, sending a chill, except for the Moirai. Her glittering one-strap body tight dress was a deep red color, like blood.
"I dare, Tropy." A pause. "Lachi, Clo-Clo, nice to see you again." The woman said with a grin.
"M-mother!" Lachesis and Clotho spoke.
"Ananke." Atropos said coldly. "You said you would delegate this universe to us." She said slowly.
"Yes, but you are making a horrible mistake. That's why I gave Percy here new titles and domains." She said, smirking. She patted Atropos's cheek before turning to the others. "Zeusy." Ananke paused and winked. "Anyways hons, I got to go. Zeusy, I'd keep an eye on your bolts, all of them for a while though. You all will be seeing more of me in the future." She said smirking. Zeus gawked as she disappeared.
"What does she mean, Moirai?!" Zeus roared.
"We know not. We are unable to touch the destinies or fate of Primordials unless mother says we can." Clotho and Lachesis said.
"Well." Poseidon said slowly. Atropos and the other moirai disappeared, angered by their mother. "Let's party!" Poseidon said, grinning.
Percy was mad. He felt a family just torn apart, and he let out a scream of pain. It felt like embers were burning through his veins, before attacking his heart.
"What is it, Percy? Are you okay?" Poseidon hurried to his son, and spoke softly.
"N-no!" Percy hissed, before feeling another spasm of pain. The mother was just killed.
"What's wrong?!" Poseidon asked again.
"Percy is the God of Families, he can tell when a family is torn apart. He's also the God of Life, he can tell when new life is made or taken." Apollo said slowly after sighing wearily. Percy twitched, his veins on liquid fire.
"We have to do something!" Poseidon demanded. His screams of worry had brought the attention of the entire Council and every pair of godly eyes was on Percy's twitching and screaming form.
"Like what?!" Ares barked first, still resentful of that time that Percy beaten him in combat. "Follow him around like his butlers just in case he has another attack?!" This brought the fury of Poseidon, who couldn't see his son in this pain, making him attack Ares. Soon, the gods were battling, ignoring Percy.
"Poseidon is right; there must be something we can do..." Hestia pointed out. Like Percy, she could feel the pain that the family was going through, though it wasn't that strong on her. "If we don't, making Perseus an immortal would have been the worst mistake we made..."
"Hestia is right." Demeter supported her, trying to keep her head cold, knowing that even he wasn't with her daughter; Athena would not move a brain cell to help him. Apollo, who was holding his young cousin nodded.
"Ananke said the Moirai were making a mistake making Percy the god of Family and Life-"
"We should start from there." Demeter interrupted Apollo, looking at the rest of the Council. Aphrodite looked worried, but was keeping her distance; obviously the oath of not messing with Percy's love life was taking a lot of her willpower to follow. Artemis and Hephaestus looked concern, but there was little they could do. Hermes was out, delivering packages, so he'd have to fill in later. Dionysus was rolling his eyes and not paying attention. Zeus and Hera were keeping their distance, frowns on their faces. "Zeus, call the Moirai."
"Are you crazy, Demeter?!" He accused her, his eyes looking like were about to get out.
"Unfortunately for you, no one else can call them." Hestia calmly pointed out, trying to subdue Percy's screams.
"The Moirai made their job-"
"Zeus, for once in your life, stop the drama!" Demeter stopped him, glaring at him. Everyone else cower back, not having seeing Demeter this angry. Not since Hades 'kidnapped' Persephone. "You decided to make the kid a god! Now, deal with the consequences of your stupidity and fix it!" Gobsmacked, the rest of the gods just stared at the angry Demeter and her words of wisdom.
"We not only need the Moirai, we might Ananke in this as well..." Hestia was the first one to recover her speech, trying to look as calm as she could during the situation. Percy had calmed a lot, but his pains and twitches meant he was still dealing with it.
"See? Told'a that you'll be seeing more of me in the future!" A cheery voice announced from behind, surprising everyone. "Though, I thought it would take you longer..."
Before Ananke made her way into Olympus (the first time), she had some nice chat with some other important people.
~FLASHBACK~
Ananke walked into a room, where her guests were waiting. Both were talking in whispers and serious.
"Ponty! Thally! Good to see you!" Ananke greeted them, with a hug and a kiss in each cheek, much to their dismay. Apparently, eons of living hasn't taken care of that annoying trait of her of naming everyone with a silly and cheery nickname.
"Ananke, how many times do I have to remind you my name is Pontus?" Pontus insisted. As previous representative of the sea, he believed he deserved some kind of respect.
"You can keep saying it, because I won't stop doing it!" Ananke chuckled at him. Thalassa, Pontus' wife, simply shook her head in silence. "What brings you here? Not that I hate your company!"
"Ananke, we're disturbed by some news that arrived and we would like for some advice." Thalassa began, wearing a serious face.
"Oh!" That was enough to spike Ananke's curiosity. "Do tell, dear Thally!"
"This news that we have is about Ouranos, Gaea and Nyx." Pontus continued, earning an eye roll from Ananke.
"Oh, please! Those could never have serious problems..." Ananke waved her hand, as if it wasn't a big deal. "Some tantrums and that's it! Besides, Nyxy hasn't been out of her precious mansion in centuries!" She pointed out, not finding the problem.
"We realize that what we heard was a rumor, but... what if it's true?" Thalassa pushed on, looking at Ananke.
"I'm gonna be the judge of that!" Ananke put her face of 'judge of the year' and nodded. "Tell me that rumor!"
"We heard that Ouranos is trying to get a new heir."
Silence was heard for a few seconds.
"OK, those are disturbing news..." Ananke shuddered at the thought, finally her face taking a serious frown. "And Gaea is gonna bear it? Thought she hated him..."
"He had to promise her something to agree..." Thalassa suggested, not sure how Ouranos had managed such a victory.
"But, what about Nyxy? She's not very clever... I can remember that those two demigods tricked her in her own mansion... Aww! Too bad they broke up!" She complained to herself, like throwing a little tantrum. Thalassa and Pontus shared a look of incredulity, but let her be.
"Anyway... Nyx is in this probably for revenge... Can't think for some other reason..." Pontus admitted, thinking it loud. Everyone stayed quiet for a second before Ananke clapped her hands together and rubbed them.
"Well, alright! Looks like someone, aka me!" She pointed at herself, going back into her cheery behavior. "Is going to warn the Olympians! Yay!" She squeaked. Through Pontus and Thalassa's mind the thought of how the balance of the Universe is on her hands was present.
~FLASHBACK~
And return Ananke did. She pouted, she expected them to have a little bit more drama, she enjoyed watching them.
"So, what's up? Hesty? 'Eter? Oh come on Zeusy, you know I liked them better than Hera! She killed Pandia, I adored her! After Selene she was my favorite Greek Moon deity, sorry Arty but you are more focused with hunting." Ananke rambled with a shrug. "So what seems to be the problem?" Ananke asked again, wanting to hear it from them.
"Percy is in pain and we don't know how to sedate him." Poseidon cried out.
"Yes, my daughters should not have made him a God of Family and Life. Not now, too soon. I had hoped that...hmm." Ananke pauses. "I will postpone his familial and life powers. He can restore them if he desires, or once he lasts a century." She began chanting in a language older than even Gaea, white and black swirls of energy forming before hitting Percy. A pale green orb and a dark emerald color orb rise up, before entering each of the Olympians. "You can also restore it to him. Ciao!" And with that, Ananke disappeared.
"Okay then." Zeus mumbled. Undortunately, a flash and Ananke returned again.
"I almost forgot! Yeah, Gaea, Ouranos and Nyx are going to plan on helping create Ouranos an heir or something. I'd talk to Pontus and Thalassa, they know more about it." She smirked, sitting on a chair.
"WHAT?!" Zeus, Poseidon, Demeter, Hestia and Hera all roared.
"Ouranos lives!" Zeus hissed.
"Pontus and Thalassa are alive?" Poseidon pondered.
"Why is Gaea awake again?" Demeter murmured.
"WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE." Hestia screeched.
"Dammit." Hera swore.
"We need a plan." Apollo said, being the voice of reason, to the other's shock.
"Alright," Athena murmured. "Ouranos will have to touch Gaea for it to work, or with Nyx. Nyx's presence creates far too much darkness, alerting us. Therefore we must increase defenses with Atlas. Poseidon, talk to Pontus and Thalassa, see what you can gather. Apollo, have Asclepius restore Atlas to full health. Apollo, Artemis, work with Eos and Pandia to guard Atlas. Hephaestus, create as many defenses as you can." The Goddess of Wisdom said.
"On it." Apollo said, flashing away to find Asclepius. Artemis flashed away too, to gather Pandia and Eos. Hephaestus also left, preparing to build. Poseidon finally left too, looking for Pontus and Thalassa.
The last thing Pontus and Thalassa expected was meeting Poseidon in neutral terms. Normally, it'd be a battle of dominance between the old primordial of the sea and the current God of it.
Unfortunately, Thalassa wasn't on the mood for a territorial battle right now. So, she did what women ever did when they wanted to avoid confrontation. She took control of the situation.
"Poseidon!" She greeted him when he arrived. Poseidon stayed quiet, trying to look strong. Pontus had a similar position, but kept quiet as well. "Oh, don't you just stand there!" She forced him to get closer. "Pontus!"
"Yes, dear?" Pontus replied, very firmly.
"Can you tell the nereids that we have a guest for dinner?" Both, Poseidon's and Pontus' eyes widen in surprise. "What? You expected me to act like a rude hostess?!" She barked at her husband.
"O- of course not, dear..." Pontus tried to calm her down.
"Besides, I think that Poseidon would be here for a while..." Thalassa pointed out, turning around and walking onto the dining room. Leaving the two male alone.
"Well..." Pontus began, awkwardly. "I assume you're here because of the Ouranos/Gaea/Nyx stuff..."
"Yeah..." Poseidon agreed, nodding his head. More like bobbing his head up and down. "My son, Percy, Ananke chose him..."
"Ananke has a new chosen one? Ha! Thalassy, dear! You heard?!" Pontus shouted, surprised.
"I did, which means you are definitely staying for dinner." She ordered to Poseidon, walking back in. "That way, we tell you what we know and you tell us what you know."
Poseidon sighed. It was gonna be a long night...
Just the same way Thalassa and Pontus found out and told Ananke, rumors run fast and quickly through all the corners of the universe. Even when the rumor is useless or pathetic, it has the same amount of power to do one thing: gather common allies.
Krios was the first one to arrive to the meeting place. It wasn't a meeting place 'per se', but it was useful for its purpose. Satisfied, Krios waited until someone appeared.
That someone was Python. Just lovely, a snake. Krios hated snakes.
"Looksss like the rumorsss are truuue..." He hissed away, getting closer to Krios. Krios frowned, but stayed quiet at his voice.
"Otherwise, can someone explain me why are we meeting in this... dumpster?" Someone else voiced out, disgust at the surroundings. "I only agree to come to check if the rumors were true..."
"Ah, my sweet Rhea..." Krios rolled his eyes when hearing Kronos' voice talking to his wife. "Always as delicate as a flower..."
"And don't you forget it!" Another female voice came to Rhea's support. Mnemosyne. "We're not here to aid any of you, so you can stop your charms and stuff!"
"You always take away the fun out of everything, Mnemy..." Hyperion mocked her, freshly arrived. The women were holding together and away from the men, only wanting to hear the news. If they were true or not. For the other ones, this could even be a war council or just a chit-chat. And neither of them wanted to be 'just' a chit-chat.
"Alright, ssso... We all know why are we heeere..." Python started, looking around. "We need to confffirm the rumor of what Ouranosss isss planning with Gaea and Nyyyx..."
"Though I love a good fight to control the world like anybody-" Rhea and Mnemosyne stared at Krios. "My question would be, why to aid Mother, when she didn't back us up on the last war against the demigods? I lost the West because of those stupid Romans!"
"We all lost something, Krios!" Kronos hissed at him, serious. "Now, stop making a tantrum and concentrate!"
"Every time you made a tantrum, or even if you so much as asked, Mother gave you everything you wanted!" Hyperion went against Kronos. Soon, the remaining titans sons of Gaea were having a brawling, while their sisters were rolling their eyes.
"Isss like thisss all the timeee?" Python wondered to the sisters, who made a couple of chairs appear out of nowhere.
"You better get comfortable, because it will take a while..."
Happy New Year, guys!
I cannot believe we're at 2018 already! Every time, a new year starts, it blows my mind and I get philosophical about it. Trust me, I'm sure those of you who aren't in school already know what I'm talking about. Besides, I want to think 2018 will bring good things to us! #PositiveThoughts
I want to thank the people who voted in my survey! Obviously, the results will be reflected in my posting from now on, so I think is about your like, so let's get into the stories already!
Rise of Ouranos: an A/N with its explanation for the rewritting.
Rise of Ouranos (ReWrite): 1 chapter (no spelling mistakes). It's the rewritting of my former collab with LordNitro (trying to fix the holes and stuff)
Sis/Bro, Your Shadow is Hot!: 1 chapter (name can change. Better ideas? Give and you'll receive credit, but not money!)
Maidenhood: 1 chapter. An adoption from TheColorofTheBoom. It has a proper A/N in the first chapter.
I want to let you guys know that my current two collab with Hugs6, Garden Wall and How I Met my Brother are currently in hiatus, but being worked on! Neither of us had forgotten about it!
I hope you all guys are having a happy year so far!
xoxo, SilverHuntresses