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The Guardian of the Moon
Chapter 1
3rd Person P.O.V
"Demigods!" Zeus' voice boomed throughout the council room. Sitting on majestic thrones were 12 Olympian figures with Hestia by the hearth and Hades off to the side in the shadows. In front of them was eight demigods, (one being forced in the center because he would rather stay in the shadows) tall and proud albeit tired and dirty. Behind them were the two camps, equally as impressive and intermixed as one forgetting about past hatred.
The battle was not easy, but at least Gaea was back in her slumber, and her allies were again in Tartarus. However, the demigods knew that the lives lost will not be in vain. Because of them, the world was safe, and the gods still had their thrones, able to rule as they should.
There was silence for a few seconds to allow the talking and cheering to cease and for the demigods to relax in the long forgotten silence.
Zeus spoke, "Children of the gods, you have done exceptionally well in this war, and all of us give you our thanks." Everyone was struck speechless that the gods were thanking them. They watched as every god nodded their head in agreement each one having a smile on their face. Except Hades but you could tell he was in a good mood and was trying hard not to ruin his 'emotionless' facade.
The Queen of the Gods spoke up, "Each of you fought bravely to protect our family. You stood together as one, forgoing the past disagreements and decimated the enemy. While we did lose many comrades, each can rest in peace knowing we won the war." The demigods did a slight bow of thanks to the Queen before looking back at the king who was smiling a woeful smile that was usually not on his face.
"For your bravery and leadership skills, we would like to award all demigods. All damages to both camps will return to its former glory, and hopefully, one of the Seven here would oversee these changes." The seven demigods upfront smiled over at Annabeth and laughed at her awestruck face that she would be allowed to redesign both camps, going far and beyond her hopes and dreams. Having the opportunity to redesign Olympus was noteworthy enough, but now she got to leave her mark on both camps too. Let's say she was left speechless.
After some chuckles from demigods and gods at Annabeth's expression, Zeus continued with his booming voice, "Also, there will be a gateway built to forever linking the two camps so if one shall need the other, they will always have a close ally." Again, the demigods were amazed at the generosity of the gods, and cheers were heard all around the room.
Many Greeks and Romans became fast friends fighting on the battlefield together, and they were sad that they lived so far apart. However, this new gateway would allow camps to intermix and become a real family.
Zeus patiently raised his hand waiting for the crowd to quiet down before he continued, "Now, I believe there are some demigods here that have gone far beyond their requested duties and have trudged through many challenges to help the gods. Come and kneel before us so we may bestow our gifts upon you." The eight demigods, with one of them getting a little nudge that didn't go unnoticed by some people which in turn made them chuckle and further led to making him a little red, walked up and kneeled before Zeus.
Zeus' form shimmered before turning into Jupiter. "Jason Grace, son of Jupiter, you have shown amazing strength in battle and exceptional leadership skills that led where we are today. Our gift to you is partial immortality where you can only die in battle so you may lead Rome to a golden age. Do you accept?" Jason looked to Piper not willing to leave her, but luckily Jupiter interrupted, "All of you are getting immortality so don't worry about leaving each other, so none of you better decline." The kingly side of Jupiter came out as everybody looked at the innocently looking Percy and laughed. Emotions were high, and laughter was always welcome.
Jason exclaimed, just like his father, "I accept your most gracious offer." And with that, Jason gained a light blue glow. He tensed a little as he felt a part of him burning away but was too excited to care genuinely. He was now an immortal to lead Rome until a worthy successor succeeds him.
"Piper McLean," Aphrodite spoke up. "For your bravery in the battlefield, while looking exceptionally good at it, we offer you partial immortality. Do you accept?" Piper spared a glance a Jason and saw him smiling, most definitely thinking about their immortal lives together.
"I accept," Piper said. And just like before, a faint pink glow sprung up around Piper with a little tension of her shoulders.
"Leo Valdez." Hephaestus proclaimed in his deep burly voice. "For your clever designs that helped lead us to victory and your bravery in battle, we offer you partial immortality. Do you accept?" Hephaestus smiled down, proud of his son. He was probably the proudest god here because not many of his children played significant roles in wars.
"I accept," Leo said non-crazily much to the surprise to the other demigods. And, again, a faint fiery-orange glow surrounded Leo's body his tense body.
Before the next god spoke up, Hephaestus added, "Maybe sometime you could come down to the forges, and we can work up something together." Leo stood there, breathless at the chance to work with his father and quickly nodded his head up and down, getting whiplash somewhere in there.
"Frank Zhang," Mars commanded. "For your skill and bravery in battle, we give you partial immortality which extends to free your life from the wood. Do you accept?" Mars added the last part in a serious tone, daring Frank not to accept which made a couple of people chuckle at Frank's face. Not only was he getting partial immortality, but his life would also now be free from the wood.
"I graciously accept your offer," and, again, just like all others, a light red glow surrounded Frank as he tensed from the pain.
"Hazel Levesque," Pluto said. "For your bravery in battle, you are allowed to stay in the land of the living, and your curse shall lift from upon you. And of course, partial immortality. Do you accept?" Pluto said. Just like Frank, Hazel was left speechless. She would be able to stay alive AND get her curse lifted.
"I graciously accept, Dad," Hazel said breathlessly still trying to recover from the shock. Her tense body gained a faint black glow now matching the set of other slightly glowing people.
Pluto slowly transitioned into Hades before speaking. "Nico di Angelo, for your bravery and skill in battle, we offer partial immortality and extend this offer to make you the Ghost King to help me in my domain. Do you accept?" Nico, just like the others, was left speechless for a second but gained his composure much faster than others.
"I accept and agree to do my best in this position," Nico said, gaining a black aura in his tense frame, slightly darker than the others in the room.
"Annabeth Chase," Athena stoically said. "For your smart thinking, bravery in battle, and retrieving my statue, we offer you partial immortality which you will need to figure out that boy. Do you accept?" Everybody in the throne room quietly chuckled at this while Percy had a look of mock hurt.
"I accept and will do my best to decipher that boy," Annabeth said, still laughing while also getting a faint gray aura without the usual tenseness. No one commented on it, and most would not comment on the next ones either.
"Perseus Jackson," Poseidon said, making everyone quiet down to where you could even hear a feather drop. "For your bravery, skill, and leadership, the gods have decided once again, offer you godhood. Do you accept?" It was news to the Romans that Percy was offered godhood once, and they were shocked that he would have declined. But, now, they were even more shocked when Percy shook his head while the Greek campers saw it coming.
"No, thank you, father. But I would be happy to accept partial immortality and would like a request," Percy said unsurprisingly to the gods.
Zeus sighed, "I guess we saw it coming though we had to make sure. Also, we know you will make some selfless request, so we swear on the Styx to see to it that it happens. Now, what is your wish?" Percy respectively states, "I would like Hades and Hestia welcomed back to the Olympian council." Every god was suspecting something to that nature, but the two said gods were completely surprised.
One throne grew next to Poseidon, and the others in Poseidon's line scooted over, much to the shock to the occupants of the thrones. The throne was pitch black with red flames coming from the bottom front of the throne. One of the sides had the most beautiful scenery known to humanity, while the other hand was a gray color. Percy guessed they resembled the three places people go to after death.
Hades had a shocked face portraying his emotion and Percy chuckled at it until Hades tried to form his usually stoic face. He walked up to Percy and said, "I thank you, Percy, for restoring my throne. If you ever need help, you are always welcome to my domain." With that, Hades sat on his throne.
Hestia walked up to Percy and gave him a quick hug. "Thank you, young Perseus, If you ever need help, come to the hearth." With that, she walked back to the hearth.
Percy was confused, however. "Lord Zeus, where is Hestia's throne?" Percy only saw Hades' throne appear in the circle and he was a little mad if they didn't complete his request. Zeus quickly spoke up, "It appears Hestia rather likes at the hearth so she would prefer not to have a visible throne in the circle."
Poseidon spoke up again in a proud yet slightly sad voice. "Now, back to the matter of your reward, while I will miss having you by my side, helping me rule my kingdom, I understand why you have declined." He gave a knowing look to Annabeth as Percy gained a sea green aura that was a little brighter than the others, flowing over him in a wavelike pattern.
Little did they know what this phenomenon meant. But if you looked into Percy's eyes when he gained the glow, you would have seen them start to swirl with power that he, unknowing, was given.
Percy P.O.V
*Timeskip 4 weeks*
As he ran through the forests of Camp Half-Blood, running like Hades. His heart was throbbing at how the Fates were cruel. Not wanting to go back, back where He is. He looked back as to why he was running. Why he was running away from the place, he used to call home.
*Flashback (2 weeks after the ceremony)*
Percy was having a great day with Annabeth by the beach when they saw a demigod running towards the border, chased by three dracenea. We raced towards him, Percy uncapping Riptide and Annabeth taking out her drakon-bone sword. When he reached them he sliced through the surprised dracenea, then he fenced off with the second dracenea while Annabeth killed the 3rd.
"Did you see me kill 2 of those monsters without any training?" the kid proclaimed. Some of the new campers looked in astonishment while the older campers scowled at the new kid. "You know I could defeat any monster, but you could easily defeat me with that smile of yours. My name's Zane by the way." Percy realized that this kid could be the most self-centered and arrogant kid he has ever met. Percy got annoyed at this as he was flirting with his girlfriend. He got more annoyed when she said, "You could defeat me too. Now let's go to the Big House." As they walked to the Big House, a golden sun appeared above the kid. Chiron then knelt and proclaimed, "All hail Zane, son of Apollo, Lord of the Sun, Archery, Truth, Prophecy, and Medicine." the kid froze, then an evil grin slowly crept on his face.
*Timeskip 2 weeks*
For the past week my life became a living Tartarus, ever since my friends and everyone betrayed me because of that Zane, except for Annabeth (who has been slightly distant recently), surprisingly Clarisse, Chris, Nico (who was always in the Underworld), Thalia (who was still with the Hunters), and Piper and the Romans as they were at Camp Jupiter.
I decided I was not going to lose the last thing he loved in life, so I was going to propose to Annabeth.
I went to the beach making sure to avoid the campers, finally reaching the shore. I created a mist using my water powers and threw in a drachma saying, "O Iris, accept my offering, show me, Athena, wherever she may be." The mist showed Athena at her palace on Olympus. "Lady Athena," I called.
"Hello, Perseus, what do you want?" Athena said in a surprisingly polite tone.
"Can I marry Annabeth?" He said in my politest voice.
"I was wondering when you would ask. Yes, you can. I have a gift for you." Athena said. A velvet box appeared in my hands with an intricate design if silver loops on the velvet. I opened it and inside was a ring with a mother of pearl that was not too big to seem ridiculous but not too small to be insignificant, with a sea green trident engraved on one side and a silver owl on the other. The band was silver and diamond twisted around the gold band. The words To last a thousand years. -S.B. was engraved in the ring.
"It's perfect!" He said awed.
I was set for the date. I had put on a white shirt and navy blue trousers. I attempted to comb my hair; it didn't seem to have any effect. I went to the beach where I heard giggling. I tried to ignore it, but curiosity got the best of me. When I got there, I saw a blonde girl with Zane. I was about to go when he heard a voice.
"Oh, Zane, not there! I'm ticklish!" The blonde girl giggled out in a very familiar voice that stopped Percy dead in his tracks. 'No, it can't be! Not her too!'
"Come on, Annabeth," Zane replied huskily, "You know it feels good." He said as his hands moved from her waist began to trail along her thighs and back.
"When are you going to dump that loser Jackson, huh? We've been doing this for three weeks now, and you can't find a better guy than me." He proudly boasted.
"I don't know Zane. We've been through so much together, but now that the wars are over, Percy just doesn't have that feeling of excitement anymore. When he comes down later for our date, I'll dump him, and WE can be together." She replied as she leaned in for another kiss.
Those words, coupled with her actions, was the final blow, and Percy felt his heart shatter into billions of tiny pieces as he let out a sound of anguish at the sight of the two.
The pair whipped around, one with a look of shock and horror, and the other with triumph. Annabeth grew wide eyes when they saw Percy with a small, velvet box in his hand and a sad, heartbroken look on his face.
"Percy," she gasped as she scrambled away from Zane. "It's not what it looks like!"
Percy continued to stare at them as his sad face became one of increasing anger and rage. The winds began to pick up, and the seas started to smash against the beach violently as they picked up the swirling chaos of emotions that Percy was felling at the moment, as he stood there motionless.
He let the box fall from his hands as he stared uncomprehendingly at the scene in front of him.
"How could you do this to me, Annabeth? I thought our relationship meant more to you than this! I thought you loved me!" He said as anger began to well up within chest, as his voice got louder with every word.
"Percy, it's not like that-"
"No! Shut up! You're going to listen to me!"
"You were the one, Annabeth. The one I was going to spend the rest of my life with." Annabeth could see the undeniable pain in Percy's eyes as unshed tears began to fill hers.
"Do you know what I saw in the Styx all those years ago? The thing that tied me to my mortality?" The winds whipped even faster, and the 15-foot waves were smashing against the beach in a fury.
"You."
That one word was like a sledgehammer to Annabeth's chest. "Wh-Wha-What?" She spluttered out.
"You were the one that pulled me out of that gods-damned river! You were the one that tied me to the mortal world! I gave up GODHOOD for you! I went to TARTARUS with YOU! Because YOU were WORTH IT!" Percy exploded. The weather was in chaos, and the sea was boiling while lightning flashed around the beach.
Tears finally began to fall from her eyes as each word was like a dagger to the heart. She made a mistake, a terrible mistake.
Percy turned away from the sobbing daughter of Athena and turned to the smug looking son of Apollo.
"Whatcha gonna do now, Jackson?" Zane sneered. "You got nothing left. I got the campers to praise and to follow me. I got took your friends from you. I got your fame and power at this camp! I took away the one safe place that felt like home for you!" He began to laugh uproariously.
"Gods! I even took the love of your life-!" That was as far as he got before Percy surged forward and placed a thunderous right hook directly in the middle of Zane's face. Blood spurted out of Zane's now broken nose as Zane struggled to sit up and spit out sand and broken teeth.
"I know what you did," Percy said in a cold voice. "I didn't care before because I wasn't an arrogant, power-crazed, self-centered brat like you. I could care less about fame and power! But once you started taking my friends from my girlfriend and me, you crossed the line, and now, you're gonna pay!" Percy yelled as he unloaded another haymaker into Zane's face.
Percy landed blow after blow on Zane as he tried to feebly tried to ward off the enraged son of Poseidon's attacks. Percy summoned water from the sea, formed it into a substantial column of water, and blasted Zane 20 feet back where Zane laid moaning and groaning from the beat down he received.
Percy turned away from the demigods and began to walk away when a voice stopped him.
"Percy! I'm sorry! Please forgive me!" Annabeth sobbed out as she struggled to her feet, trying to get to Percy.
Without turning around, he replied in a voice worse than a sound of anger and rage; it was a voice dead and emotionless, one that cut Annabeth to the core.
"I guess you're right before Chase; children of Poseidon and Athena don't mix after all."
With that parting comment, he sprinted off to the forest, ignoring the pain in his heart, and the desperate pleas of Annabeth behind him.
"No! Percy, please! I didn't mean it like that! That was a mistake! Please! NO!" Annabeth screamed out desperately, trying to get him to come back to her. She ran forward and suddenly tripped and landed face-first into the sand. She turned back and saw she tripped on the box that Percy dropped. With trembling hands, she opened it to see the silver ring in its true glory. Her eyes widened, and tears were now pouring from her eyes trailing down her cheeks.
"Oh, gods, what have I done?" She sobbed out as she clutched the ring to her chest as she broke down. Zane sat a few feet away with a bloody, smug smile that looked more like as grimace and a triumphant look on his face. It didn't matter that he just got his ass handed to him and thoroughly beaten by Jackson. He had finally broken and beaten the son of Poseidon. Now there was nothing left to stand in his way to take over and run this camp! However, he couldn't ignore that cold tingle in the back of his mind that said he would regret what he did as he remembered the hardened look of hatred on Percy's cold sea-green eyes.
Percy ran as fast as he could, trying to get away from the beach and the pain that was going through his crushed heart. He made it to the middle of the woods before falling to his knees and letting out a massive roar of pain, hurt, and rage. An enormous storm was whipping around the camp, and a massive earthquake hit, shaking everything within the camp's borders. Cabins started to creak, crack, and crumple and the forest trees were blown back and flattened from the power Percy was emitting.
After his anger passed and his rage ran out, Percy looked around, stunned at what he did and dashed to his cabin. He made it back to his cabin and flung the door open. He pulled out a small backpack and began to fill it with essentials: nectar, ambrosia, a few sets of clothes, some granola bars, bottles of water, a spare dagger, his Minotaur horn, and some mortal cash and drachmas. He had to get out of here. He had to leave this place; the place that was once home and filled with a family and friends he always craved for was now nothing but a place filled with hurt, heartbreak, and betrayal.
He finished packing and scribbled a quick note addressed to Chiron. He then ran out of his cabin, out of Camp Half-Blood, and out of the one place that he honestly felt wholly accepted.
*Flashback End*
Running towards Manhatten, Percy reflected on those painful memories and wondered, hasn't he done enough to deserve some peace and happiness? Apparently not.
He needed to come up with a plan to take care of his demigod scent, or he wouldn't last very long. Wait! Didn't Leo, Piper, and Jason say that they ran into Medea once and she had all sorts of potions for all types of stuff? Maybe there was a potion that could get rid of his scent! That's an excellent place to start as any, Percy thought as he began walking once again.
A/N: Yay my first chapter ever is done! I am 13, 14 soon so wish me a Happy Birthday! Also, I will be in Percy's or 3rd Person P.O.V most of the time unless told otherwise. Finally, All rights go to Rick Riordan and the authors of The Returning Legend ( s/11865063/2/The-Returning-Legend), The Broken Guardian ( s/12136514/2/The-Broken-Guardian), and TBD
