It's been a months since the Titan war and life was great. Emphasis on WAS. Of course the fates love to make my life miserable. It all started on a Tuesday morning.
~flashback~
I was on border patrol that day. Nothing out of the usual. I was ready to head back the big house and report to Chiron until I saw my father, Poseidon, flash in with a boy. "Campers. This is my son, Nick Waters. I bring him to camp now is because he was in Atlantis, training. He is heir to Atlantis and my favourite son." Dad announced. When he said that I was hurt, after all I've done for him. The boy was around my age (16) he had floppy brown hair and green eyes. But the colour of his eyes weren't like my sea green ones, they were a mossy green. We didn't even look alike. (They don't look alike but Nick is really Poseidon's son.)
When dad- Poseidon left he disowned me. But I could still feel a connection to the sea, I guess the sea doesn't approve of Poseidon's choice. With Poseidon gone, the camp crowded around Nick and fawned over him, except for the hunters, Clarisse, Chris, Will, Nico, Thalia and the Stolls. What drove a stake to my heart was that Annabeth was hanging off of Nick like a lifeline.
The next few day, the campers started to diss me and accused me of things I didn't even do. But the last straw is when I saw Annabeth and Nick sitting in our special place by the lake, making out. I stood there, frozen with shock. But for some reason it didn't hurt as much as I thought it would. Still, I couldn't take it anymore, so I left. I wrote a note to my remaining friends and just left. I tried to leave Riptide behind as well but it just keeps appearing back in my pocket. As soon as I stepped out the camp border I was blinded by a white light. Next thing I knew I was standing in the middle of the throne room with gods looking at me with pity, anger and shame.
~Flashback over~
Now I'm standing in the middle of the throne room, confused. "Perseus Jackson you are accused of being a traitor to the gods by giving information to Kronos. How do you plead?" Boomed Zeus. "Innocent." I said. "We have proof that you are indeed a traitor. Nick presented the information to us." Said Zeus. Of course it was him. "Now we shall vote the fate of Perseus Jackson. I vote for death, he is too powerful." That was of course Zeus. "I vote for death as well, he was disrespectful towards me." Said Hera. "I vote for death, he is a traitor and Nick is so much better than him." Said Poseidon. "I vote for life, he didn't treat Nico differently just because he was my son and he respects me." Said Hades. "I vote for life, he is loyal and has a heart of gold." Said Hestia with a warm smile. "I vote for life, he protected my son during the war." Said Dionysus, surprisingly. "I vote for death, he broke my daughter heart and I also despise him." Said Athena, no surprises there.
"I vote for death, I don't like the punk." Said Ares, though I'm pretty sure the real reason was because I beat him when I was 12. "I vote for death, he tried to get in the way of a cute couple like Jake and Annabeth." Said Aphrodite. "I vote for life, he never disrespected me and my children." Said Hephaestus. gruffly. "I vote for death, he doesn't eat enough cereal and I just don't like him." Said Demeter, eating a bowl of cereal. "I vote for life, he saved Artemis and he is just plain awesome." Said Apollo, smiling brightly at me. "I vote for life, he is the only good male in this world." Said Artemis. "I vote for life, he honoured Luke." Said Hermes.
"We have a tie, but I'm king and I say he dies." Zeus said loudly. "Any last words traitor?" He said. "To the gods that voted for me, thank you for believing in me. And to those that voted against me, when you need me I won't be there. See you in Tartarus." I said. When Zeus raised his master bolt, I heard a voice in my head. "Nephew be ready, as soon as the bolt is about to touch you I'll shadow travel you to the underworld. I'll put ashes in your place and make a fake soul to throw off Zeus and the other gods." Said Hades.
True to his words, I felt a sudden chill and appeared in the underworld. I walked around the palace fir a bit until the gods that voted for me appeared in blinding light. "Not to sound ungrateful or anything but why did you save me? You know Zeus will throw a hissy fit when he finds out right?" I said. "He won't know because someone much more powerful than Zeus is involved." Said Hestia. "Who?" I asked. "Me." Said a man coming out of the shadows. "Um...who are you?" I asked. The gods were looking at me horrified while the man just had an amused smile in his face. "I'm Chaos, creator of the universe and everything in it." Said 'Chaos'. "Oh ok. Nice to meet you." I said and the gods face palmed.
"Wait that still doesn't explain why you saved me." I said. "I saved you because I have a proposition for you. I have seen how the gods have ruled and I am angry that they do nothing to help the earth and the people on it. Except for the gods that stand here now. So, I want to send you back in time before your first quest. You will destroy Olympus and rebuild but with you as king, you will also pick who will be the new gods. The gods here have already agreed to this and too bless you. And when you go back you will not be a son of Poseidon anymore but my son. Also, your loyal friends and dead ones will keep their memory of you, only those that betray you will not know you. So do you accept?" Asked Chaos.
