Chapter 1: 18th August

Life had no more meaning. At least, not to Percy Jackson; He stood at the entrance of Mt. Tamalpais. There was an escalator, as black as coal.

He stepped on it. The escalator started moving towards the summit at a great speed. On the way, Percy was immersed in thoughts. He was thinking about the previous day, 17th August, when everything came apart. Annabeth, Mom, Nico, Thalia, Grover, Tyson, even the Gods had been defeated. Typhon had then set course to all the major cities in the World, to destroy it. Percy's friends had been taken prisoner. They were a bribe. A bribe in order to kill Percy. But he was willing to give up his life in order to save that of his friends. But he didn't have a clue about what was to come….

Percy reached the Summit, Mt. Othrys, the titan stronghold. He walked towards the entrance, as bravely as he could. He noticed several garden gnomes. Two of them resembled Connor and Travis Stoll. "Medusa..." Percy thought.

When he reached the hall room, he saw Kronos (in Luke's body) sitting on the Dark throne. The twelve Olympian gods were chained to sides of the huge chamber. His friends were hanging from a chain suspended over the cliff. In Kronos' hand was a remote. Percy understood from his menacing looks that the remote could either release his friends, or drop them off the cliff.

"Percy Jackson, the 'Mighty' savior of Olympus" Kronos boomed. All his friends looked at him. They were in a very weak condition, as if they were here only for a purpose, and Percy had a horrible hunch that the purpose was almost over.

"So Percy, have decided? Will you join me, the ruler of the World, or are you still willing to die in order to save your friends?"

"You can have me, Kronos. Let my friends go." Percy's voice was calm, yet it was full of anger.

"Percy, no!" Annabeth screamed. "Don't" "No" "Please, no" were the various request Percy's friends and even the Olympian gods shouted.

"As you wish, Percy" Kronos laughed loudly before he pressed the button on the remote and, screaming with terror, his friends were dropped from the cliff.

"No, Kronos, Noooooo!" Percy shouted on the top of lungs. He felt something inside him get released, like a beast that had been chained for eternity. "You promised you'd let them go." "I did let them go, Perseus, but I don't remember saying that I'd let them LIVE. Hahahahhahahahha!" Kronos laughed with pure pleasure.

All of sudden, lightning broke open in the sky. There were massive hurricanes surrounding the Castle now. It looked as if the clouds themselves were about to burst open. "How is that possible? I have Zeus and Poseidon under my captivity. Unless….." Kronos looked at Percy and was very much surprised.

Percy's eyes were no longer sea-green. They were red and black. There was a massive black aura around him. His body flickered with red electricity. His fists were clenched. He looked up, towards the heavens and let out every emotion in one horrible scream.

The earth itself started trembling. Large chunks of the floor, surrounded with a green aura, rose around Percy. "YOU WILL PAY, KRONOS!" Percy yelled.

Then Kronos committed the worst mistake of his eternal life. He tried to slash his Scythe at Percy. But he accidentally opened a hole in the Space-Time continuum. And, because of the force of the scythe, Percy Jackson was sucked into the hole.

"Nooooooooooooooooooooo" Kronos yelled. He couldn't open the hole again. As he didn't know the exact position in which he had slashed. He knew that Jackson had been sent into the Past. He knew that this could be the end of him, as Percy would remember everything. And, to take out his anger, he caused an earthquake throughout the South-American continent.

"Ha...Ha-ha...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!" Poseidon laughed like a Madman. Kronos looked at him, utterly bemused. "In your face, father" Poseidon said the word father like a disease. "My son will defeat you in the past. So go ahead, torture me all you want, BASTA…" Poseidon couldn't end his sentence as Kronos stabbed Poseidon in the stomach with his Scythe. And, with a scent of seawater, Poseidon vanished into stardust. All the gods knew that Poseidon was not dead; he had been imprisoned in Tarturus. But that didn't stop the male gods from wincing, and the female goddesses, including Athena, had teared up. "Bah. That stupid moron and his moronic son." Kronos spat.

Percy woke up, Riptide in his hands. He looked around. But he nearly yelled when he saw is mother sleeping on the next bed. However, confused, Percy wanted to go and check the calendar. That's when the weirdness started. Percy noticed that he no more seeing from the view of a six feet tall guy, but from that of a 5'3 one. He looked at his body, and sure enough, his body was as skinny as twelve year old's. But that could mean only one thing. That he had time- travelled. When he saw the calendar, his doubt was confirmed. It was the month of June, 2006. Suddenly, there was a loud boom-like noise.

Sally woke up and turned to Percy. "Hurricane." Percy rotated his head the 90 degrees he needed to see his mother looking at him worriedly. He stared. Then he hugged her tightly.

"Percy what..."

Before Sally could respond, a loud pounding sound echoed throughout the cabin. Someone was outside.

Sally sprang out of bed and threw open the lock.

Grover trotted in, and just like he remembered, he wasn't wearing pants.

"Searching all night" he gasped. "What were you thinking?"

"Grover. I'm so glad to see you." He then hugged him too. Grover, who looked stunned, couldn't reply.

"Percy," she practically yelled to be heard over the downpour. "What happened in school? What didn't you tell me?"

This time, he immediately replied and described Mrs. Dodds and the three old ladies to the best of his memories.

As Percy explained the full story, his mom slowly got paler and paler. She grabbed her purse, and Percy was already by the door with his red rain jacket.

"Get to the car. Both of you. Go!"

"So, Percy, about my, um, problem…" Grover started.

Percy held a finger up. "Now is not the time. Let's get the hell out of here."

So Sally, Percy and Grover sat in the car, and while Sally drove, Percy was in deep thoughts. "So now that I am in the past, I have a pretty big shot of saving everybody. And Kronos, this time, I'll make you pay.