Chapter 1
A/N: Thank you so much for your votes, the result was very close to call. Thank you all for your votes, and I will start the next story. However, that doesn't mean that no one will be left behind. I have decided to allow the runner-ups to be published in the future, so relax and enjoy.
IamKatieDaughterofDemeter, I unfortunately will not be able to put Lucas in this story, however, I have thought of a story that will have more of the daughter of Styx. I will have more information as time goes on.
Percy: Where will be Lucas?
Me: That is up to IamKatieDaughterofDemeter to decide. Lucas is her character, so she decides her fate.
Percy: Sounds like a sister of the Fates
Me: It is confusing for you guys, huh?
Annabeth: Yeah, anyway, please start
Me: With pleasure. I hope everyone likes it. I don't own PJO or HoO
Annabeth: You think this Rick Riordan will make a series about me just like Seaweed Brain?
Me: Probably. Who knows, maybe he already made one
Percy: So I get to hear what you thought of me when we fought Kronos
Annabeth: Di Immortales
Me: On with the show!
3rd POV:
Annabeth was sitting on the porch of the Athena cabin reading another of the PJO books. Ever since Cody James, a mortal son of Lightning left the books, she was buried in them every day for a whole year. Chiron kept the books in his secret vault in the Big House when Annabeth left. Unfortunately for Chiron, Annabeth enlisted the help of Travis Stoll (Connor was at home at the time) to get them out in exchange for a perfect 5 for cabin inspections.
Travis gladly agreed, and simply cut a hole in the wall nearby. The books just tumbled out of the safe, and Travis was guaranteed a perfect 5 for the next inspection.
Annabeth was just finishing Mark of Athena when Percy jogged up. His sea-blown hair suggested that he came from the Long Island Sound. His green eyes shone like Poseidon's Trident when he was calm. He wore his purple Camp Jupiter shirt and a gladius strapped on his waist.
It was over a year ago when they first emerged from Tartarus after Percy was revealed at the Seal of Olympus, a magical chain that held the Greek and Roman traditions to Earth. During WWII, the Big Three also swore to keep the Seal safe, but it disappeared for about 60 years. Percy was given no choice, but to put the Olympians to sleep to stop Gaea.
Anyway, Percy jogged up the porch stairs, and gave Annabeth a quick kiss on the cheek. "Hey Wise Girl, still reading the books huh?" he asked.
Annabeth smirked. "Yeah, I just finished this one. It was when I had the Mark on me, remember?"
Percy groaned. "How could I not? Our first trip into Tartarus and the journey back. Ugh, I'm glad we won't have to endure that anymore," he said.
Annabeth nodded, and read the last sentence. Then she closed the book, and sighed. "Done. Strange that the title of the next book is House of Hades but we have Doors of Death instead," she said.
Percy shrugged. "Probably a typo," he said.
Annabeth chuckled, and sighed. "Doubt it. By the way, you headed to Camp Jupiter later?" she asked.
"Yeah, Reyna is having a little bit of trouble keeping Octavian in place. He hatched another plot to take the praetorship from her," he said.
"Oh great, what'd he do this time?"
"Something stupid, like announcing that it was opposite day and he was not the praetor," Percy said.
Annabeth raised an eyebrow. "That's it? How could anyone believe something like that?"
Percy smiled. "Well, everyone did at one point. Then Reyna said that Octavian was the strongest and bravest praetor in the history of New Rome, and then set off a Stoll bomb at his feet. That ended his reign," he said.
Annabeth laughed, and looked at the book. When Cody brought them out from Tartarus, he told them about how 20 years passed since they last walked the Earth, and the world was involved in a giant war. A 10 year long war that took the entire world by storm and most of it was destructive. "I wish I could know more. I check my textbooks at school, and there was nothing about the war Cody told us about," Annabeth said.
Percy sighed. "I wish he would tell us," he said.
Annabeth shrugged, and picked up Doors of Death. The front cover had a small group of demigods at the Doors with monstrous claws trying to pry the door open. A pair of red eyes broke through the darkness of the Doors, and it was obvious who it was. Lady Gaea trying to escape. "Those eyes still give me nightmares," Percy said.
Annabeth nodded in agreement. "By the way, where's Lucas?" she asked.
"She's with Jake touring New York. He decided to show her what he would do with the defense network if an invasion took place," he said.
Annabeth smiled, and opened the book. Before she could read it, a note fell out from the third page. Percy raised an eyebrow and picked up the note. He cursed under his breath. "It's written in English," he complained.
Annabeth smirked, and snatched the note. Right when she did so, Thalia and Nico walked up to them. Thalia wore her 'I heart Green Day' T-shirt with black jeans. Agies was strapped to her wrist and her mace canister was strapped to her belt loop. Nico wore a black T-shirt with a bloody skull on it. His bed hair looked neater for some reason, and had his Stygian Iron sword in his scabbard.
Thalia quit the Hunt a year ago because she found out she had feelings for the Ghost King. All this started when Percy was kidnapped by the crazy Goddess of Marriage. Nico fell victim to a Laistrygonian giant when they stormed Mt. Tam, and was the only soul that was allowed to come back from the dead. Well, except for Hazel, but she proved herself worthy. "Hey guys," Thalia said. "What's that?"
Annabeth looked up. "A note from Cody," she said. "He should've realized that we can't fully read English."
"He probably forgot," Percy said.
Thalia smirked, and electrocuted her cousin. He jumped, and his hair stood up. "That looks better," Annabeth said.
Percy mocked her, and got a face full of shoe. "I understand I kicked you when we went to the Sea of Monsters, so I hope you remembered the taste of my sneaker," she said.
"How could I forget?"
"Hera," Nico said.
They all laughed, despite the thunder in the distance. "Aw c'mon, take a joke!" Percy yelled out.
Annabeth sighed. "Kelp Head," she said. "She will get her revenge sooner or later."
"It was worth it," he said.
Annabeth sighed, and focused on the note. The characters in the letter began to change into Greek. "Oh thank gods," Annabeth breathed. She cleared her throat, and began to read.
Demigods,
I'm sure you are very confused about the order of the series, and trust me, a lot of people were. Unfortunately, before the author could publish his book, the war began. A horrible general decided that legends like this deserved to never be read again. Although, I believe you find it hard to believe. Allow me to show you.
-Cody
Before they could think about it, the surf started to rise. "Um, Percy, what are you doing?" Thalia asked.
He shook his head. "I'm not doing anything," he said.
Together, they all ran to the shore with weapons drawn. Annabeth was forced to drop Mark of Athena and drew her dagger. Suddenly, the eyes on the owl glowed green, and a faint roar was heard. When the group arrived to the coast, the waves got bigger and fiercer.
They all backed away as the waves got bigger. Percy closed his eyes and tried to calm the waves, but it did nothing. Percy reached deep down into his gut and tried again, but it didn't do jack. "Kelp Head, quit playing around," Thalia said.
He shook his head, and sighed. "I can't concentrate. The sea just won't—"
Before he could finish, a column of water burst out, grabbed Percy, and dragged him into the depths of the ocean. "PERCY!" Annabeth shrieked.
Before she could do anything, another column came out, and grabbed her. Annabeth was sprouting curses as she was dragged into the sea.
"Annabeth!" Thalia shrieked.
The sea immediately calmed down, leaving the son of Hades and the daughter of Zeus on the shore. The sea suddenly glowed green, and the waters fell silent. "I hope they're ok," Thalia said.
Nico suddenly started laughing. "Perce just dragged Annabeth to their unofficial honeymoon," he said.
Thalia shook her head. "You're just horrible, you know that?"
Nico shrugged. "Like I care."
Thalia thought about it for a moment, and shrugged. "True. Hey, chariot races are in a few minutes, wanna go?"
Nico shrugged. "Why not?"
Together, they walked over to the race track. Little did they both realize that they were brushing shoulders along the way, raising eyebrows from nearby campers.
The waters started acting up as a green glow lit the night. The water bubbled, the waves grew in strength, and Percy was shot out at incredible speed. He landed on his back with an oof. Annabeth shortly followed, landing right next to him. They both groaned in pain as they slowly got to their feet.
Percy was the first to stand, and he slowly helped Annabeth to her feet. She brushed the dust off of her pants, and punched her boyfriend in the shoulder. "That's for trying to kill me!" she yelled.
Percy rubbed his shoulder. "Did you see that wave take me down? What, did you think I meant to do that?!" he responded.
"Yeah. Explain to me why the waves stop once I was dragged in? If you wanted to talk to me alone, you should've said something instead of scaring the Hades out of me!" Annabeth yelled.
Percy sighed. "Thals, please explain to her that I didn't mean to drag her into the ocean." Percy paused, and looked around. "Thals?"
Annabeth realized what happened, and looked around as well. They were on a beach that much was known. Everything else seemed foreign to the two. The sky was cloaked by thick clouds. The waters looked black under the night sky. In the distance, the silhouette of a grand city appeared, but a few things stood out. 1) There were search lights scanning the sky. 2) There were airships patrolling the city. And 3) there was the sound of a large group of people marching around them.
Percy was staring at the city, and suddenly growled. Annabeth looked up, and one of the airships caught her eye. The airship had a red tarp over the balloon, and on the tarp was a familiar, yet evil symbol. It was the most evil symbol that anyone ever served under. A symbol that Hades' son fought under. The swastika.
"This is not good," Percy breathed.
A/N: Thank you for following my progress these past few months. I hope you will enjoy this story as much as I will enjoy writing it.
Percy: So we're in a world full of Nazi zombies?
Me: You're half right. Although, I think someone already thought about Nazi zombies
Percy: Who?
Me: If I knew, then why did I say 'I think' and 'someone'?
Percy: Harsh, but I better go. Annabeth wants to take me to Greece for actual sightseeing instead of just going to fight giants.
Annabeth: First stop, the Parntheon.
Percy: Wish me luck
Me: I'm not Tyche spawn, although that would help a lot. Anyway, please review.
Percy: Can I say something real quick?
Me: Um, sure.
Percy: Apples are delicious
Annabeth: Can't complain, they are delicious
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