Percy Jackson + The Olympians
Alright, so this is my first fanfic, so please don't kill me in the reviews, ok?
Percy Jackson, Guardian of Tartarus
Percy's POV
Alright, so let me get this straight, ok? 2 years ago, I became a god on my own, and for this so-called "blasphemy", I was sentenced by Zeus to guard the entrance to Tartarus for 200 years. Of course, being a god, I immortalized my friends so I could see them again. 2 days a year, my friends get to come down into Hades and say hi. Now, it's actually not that bad, you know? It's really kind of fun, throwing in the occasional mouldy apple core and listening to Kronos rant on and on about his great vengeance he's going to get on me someday, although, after 2 years, it kind of gets boring. So anyways, today is visitation day, and the guys are coming through the entrance in Central Park- that is, Grover, Thalia and Nico. Annabeth is coming through the Hollywood sign- closer to her. Annabeth should be here in about 20 minutes, and I can just see Grover and the rest of the gang just across the Styx.
"WOOHOO!" Yeah, that was Grover finding out the Underworld cafeteria has enchiladas. So after a nice little chat with Thalia and Nico- Grover was busy stuffing his face with cheese enchiladas- I decided to pull a little prank. I found a couple little rocks and hid them in the enchilada at the top of Grover's pile. Sure enough, he grabbed it and- stuffed it in his mouth. He finally noticed that the rest of us were gaping at him. "What?" The rest of us just burst out laughing. Just then, I spotted Annabeth coming over a rise.
After the greetings and all, lots of hugs, I told the gang about my plan to get out of Tartarus. "... So, in the end, all I'd have to do is leave an illusion here and nobody would ever know!" Grover, Nico, and Thalia seemed fine with the plan, but Annabeth was worried. She asked, "I don't know Percy. What if something happens while you're gone?" I smiled at her concern. "Hey, Annabeth- I haven't been out of Hades for nearly 2 years! It's been a year, 11 months and 30 days- why of all days would something happen today? Besides, it'll only be for today." She was reluctant, but she eventually agreed to my plan.
I had conjured up an illusion and we were just leaving. We faced a little problem at the River Styx- the ferryman Charon knew I wasn't allowed to leave Hades. For a god, though, it was a simple matter of making myself invisible and slipping him a couple drachmas.
Kronos' POV
Ha-ha, foolish godling! As if I couldn't hear what happened on the edge of Tartarus! Nobody ever comes in here, so nobody knew that I had already reformed and was capable of leaving as soon as I wanted. All that was left was to alert my followers and then have them prepare the world for my domination, starting with Olympus!
Fortunately, I can plant messages in the minds of my minions, meaning that in 30 human minutes, my way was walked, flattened, and paved with gold bricks. I climbed out of the pit the mortals used to Tartarus and teleported straight to the western exit so I wouldn't have to cross the Styx. After I defeated the gods, I would imprison them in Tartarus, starting with that fool Jackson!
Percy's POV
So, after being stuck in Hades for two years, I still hadn't forgotten all my favourite joints. We got lunch at a McDonalds on First Street- except for Grover, who was still digesting his enchiladas. We'd barely left when I had a feeling of impending doom and looked up to see storm clouds blanketing the sky, which moments before had been a clear blue, obscured by nothing but the occasional bird. We were all sitting in Central Park having a great time when Grover caught my eye and followed my line of sight. Then, of course, he bleated and fainted. Then, of course, everyone wanted to know a) why it just got so much darker, and b) why the heroic goat boy fainted. I just told them to look up. Then came the omen, just when I thought it couldn't possibly get any worse. It was a cloud in the shape of a scythe.
We immediately notified Chiron, and even though this was completely my fault, he did a pretty good job of not exploding at me. Alright, so maybe I changed the story a little, so that he had overpowered me and then left, but what he didn't know couldn't hurt him, could it? He might not have exploded, but he did panic. And scream. "But Percy! This is terrible! Alert the gods! Rally the campers! Come on, we're going to Olympus!" A lot of the campers screamed too. Seriously, how is that Aphrodite's kids are all so high-pitched when they scream? I was all but bleeding at the ears here! I wasn't as worried as the campers, being a god and all, but I could still get stuck in Tartarus for the rest of my sentence in Hades and then some, couldn't I? Actually, I was kind of worse off than the demigods, because they could only be tortured for so long, but I could be tortured until I faded or the end of time, whichever came first.
Chiron's POV
When Percy had come back to camp, I was astounded, because I had no idea he had become a god. Even more astounding though, was the news that he brought. I couldn't believe that Kronos had been able to somehow regain- well, any kind of form, actually. And now, the world's worst Titan had been loosed from Hades. He was free to gather allies- Typhon, for one, and Oceanus. Perhaps Prometheus again, and definitely Hyperion and Atlas, if he could find someone else to bear the weight of the sky.
Of course, when all of this ran through my head, I knew we had to go and help defend Olympus from the wrath of the Titans. Fortunately, we had many more campers this time around, due to the promise of the gods from last time. And now that all the campers were claimed, there were no campers who felt enmity towards the gods.
Annabeth's POV
So we got to camp by taking a taxi, and told Chiron a little white lie about how Kronos got out of Hades. He called in the Delphi Strawberry Company vans again, and we spent twenty uncomfortable minutes in the back of a van getting into New York, where we booked like, literally 100 or so hotel rooms so we could have a little privacy while we rested up for the war that was inevitably going to happen in two or three days.
2 days later
Percy's POV
We knew the time had come when the lookout, Connor Stoll, spotted the whole city of New York fall asleep. Kronos must have recruited Morpheus again, which in turn meant that some of the gods didn't appreciate the promise they were forced to make 2 and a half years ago, just after the first war with Kronos. Apparently, Kronos didn't need a lot of attention this time, at least not until he took Olympus, so he couldn't risk reducing the size of his army fighting satyrs and nymphs or naiads.
So, how was that? Not too bad, right? No, seriously! Tell me in the reviews. Also, I made a poll and a forum concerning this war, and I can't really go on until you guys tell me how the war is going to end so it can go along accordingly. The poll closes in a week, so hurry up! If you don't like any of the choices in the poll or have some other ideas, tell me in the reviews or the forum, whichever one is easiest for you guys, ok? Oh, and I had no help writing this chapter whatsoever, so don't let any fool *cough*Nobody426*cough* you! See you in about two weeks! (One week for the poll, one for me to write the next chapter)