A/N- 1ST Fic, don't hate. All characters are owned by Rick Riordan. The only thing that is not his, is what comes from my imagination.
The Hidden Oracle didn't happen. The whole story will be told form Percy's POV unless stated otherwise. With all that done here's the first chapter/The Prologue.
Percy's POV
Here I thought life would get somewhat easier after the giant war was finished. No more wars, hopefully a peaceful rest of my days, (well as peaceful as life could get for a demigod) and eventually settle down with the love of my life.
I should have seen it coming, but I did not get what I wanted, quite the opposite on the contrary. One year later, I got thrown into another war, and with war comes death. I thought that after two wars I would be better prepared watching people die. I was wrong. It still hurt me emotionally seeing my friends my second family killed. Each battle had some casualties, some I knew, others I did not. Still I pushed through. I tried telling myself that, as long as we win it would be okay. Then a day I never wanted to happen, happened. My best friend, my partner, my soulmate, Annabeth Chase was struck down. After that I knew it could never be okay again.
While i was drowning myself in self misery I realized I never told you what we are up against. The truth is we don't even completely know. We have theorys, but no way to confirm them. Some say its Tartarus, and some say it is a different primordial, perhaps Nyx. Maybe it is Gaia again (unlikely but...). Maybe its even worse and it is multiple Primordials. Either way this one was not in our favor.
Line-break
I was surveying the battlefield, looking out for some stray monsters who were either brave or stupid enough to stay behind. I saw none, and was going to help tend to the wounded when someone i did not recognize came up to me. He stared at me for a few seconds, with eyes that seemed to be thousands, if not more, years old.
"You did good." he said. I stood there confused. People got injured, with a few casualties, how in Hades is that doing good? Wait a minute, who even is this? Before I could ask he continued, "but not good enough." I was starting to get angry. "If you could change three things that has happened to you, or someone close to you, what would they be?" he asked.
"That's an odd question to ask. First, who are you?" I replied. This guy seemed different and it made me uneasy. I reached into my pocket prepared to take out Riptide if need be.
"Ah ah ah, I asked first, only right you answer the question." he tutted while wagging his index finger.
"Well it is nice to introduce oneself before asking questions." I countered.
"Alright, how about you answer my question and then I will answer yours truthfully." he asked.
I thought about it for a second before conceding. "If you swear on the Styx not to harm anyone here and to answer truthfully I will." Gotta make sure he doesn't lie.
"I swear on the river Styx not to harm anyone here and to answer questions truthfully." he swore.
"Alright, i would definitely save Annabeth. I would most likely save Bianca so Nico isn't as down. I have always felt guilty since i promised him she would be alright. Perhaps he would let people closer to him if she were still here. Finally I would probably save Zoe." I said sadly, as I thought about everything that has happened the past few years. "There I told you, if you were trying to make me sad you succeeded, now just tell me you name for Hades sake."
"Don't freak out, but I am Chronos, primordial of time." I tensed at first, then realized this was not the titan and that he swore not to harm anyone. "I am here to give you an offer."
Suddenly a voice came from seemingly all around us saying "I am giving him the offer you are just here to help." The voice then addressed me, "I am chaos and as much as I love my children some are destroying this world. So I am offering you a chance to go back, relive your life from when you were twelve, free from the clutches of the Fates. When we reach this time again you will be stronger and hopefully more of your friends will be alive, since you wouldn't be affected by the fates you could save them. You can protect the Earth from any dangers." I thought about it as I started to look around. At this time I just realized no one was moving, there was no sound, nothing. I guess if I decline the offer nothing will happen, time will just start again and we would back to tending the wounded and preparing for the next battle. "Think about it, you can save your friends who died in the titan war. You can have Annabeth back."
With those words I finally decided. "Okay, I'll do it"
"I will give you better control of your powers, including that of the Earthshaker. You will keep riptide and your memories but that is all. We are breaking many rules sending you back so don't expect us to keep in touch. After this you may very well never here from us again." Chaos explained "Ready to begin again?"
Confidently I answered, "I am ready."And with that I fell into unconsciousness.
A/N- And here we have the prologue. It is a little on the short side as it is just the introduction, but next chapter should (hopefully) be longer. Again this is my first Fic so any help/criticism/advice is welcome.
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-Weso26t00
