AN: So this story sort of become a debate as far as reviews went. I know a lot people liked The Fates Decreed but it gets sort of annoying to have reviews coming in that have nothing to do with the one-shots written. So I've decided to rewrite this story, and here it is.
It will involve one-shots from the series that I sometimes wrote, and other scenes. Like how everyone reacted when Percy finally came into the story, how I would have written it had the series not been discontinued. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean that One-Shot will involve any reading just written as if they were still reading.
I know, kind of confusing but I at least it's something. It sort of goes along with Daphne Jackson series as well which is in the same universe as the Fate's Decreed. I'll just tell you now that when everyone returned to their future after reading the Son of Neptune (Since I haven't read the Mark of Athena as it hasn't come out yet and have decided even if I had continued the series they would not have read MoA) everyone remembered.
But some things, future events like the arrival of their daughter (I had planned to bring Daphne into the series during BOTL) would have been forgotten until she was the same age as she went back.
It's confusing now, I know but everything I just said will be explained eventually once I've had time to go back to writing the Daphne Jackson series.
The Fates Decreed: One-Shots
Traumatizing on so many Levels.
The Olympians, Demigods, Huntress and Oracle took a break from reading the next two days.
All in all, it was actually kind of boring. The second day Hera had to hide the book because Poseidon, Athena and even Apollo, Hades and Hermes were always trying to grab it and read ahead. Thankfully Hestia found the answer, unless they wanted a serious burn they weren't getting through the fiery spear that now housed the books they'd yet to read.
Eventually though the day they were to return to reading arrived. Much to everyone's – even though some would not admit to this – excitement.
As they all stood in the Throne room, a message once again floated down, landing with Hestia.
Dear Olympians,
It is once again time for your guest to return. They have been aloud to stay far longer then we would have liked but on a favor to someone we have allowed it. The future is becoming set as you read, even the demigods future is changing little by little with every scene the gods from their timeline watch.
Before Percy and Zoe return, you may wish to warn the son of Hades to hide. Enjoy this IM, courtesy of someone who wishes to go unnamed and Iris, goddess of rainbows.
Sincerely,
The Fates.
Nico was pale. What did that mean?
Annabeth and Thalia shared a look, after two days they'd finally gotten the hair dye out of their hair, but they still hadn't forgiven him.
"Uh, should I be worried?" Percy asked, confused.
Nico was nowhere to be seen, at least by anyone who wasn't Hades.
Before anyone could answer him a iris message appeared, and then a date: July 4th, 2008.
"Yes Percy, we are screwed," Nico said from whatever shadow he was hiding in.
The it began.
The room was filled with a fine mist of smoke. Things were strewn across the room and the TV was running but on mute, while a radio sung on a low volume the newest rock hits.
Everyone raised an eyebrow while Percy blinked. Where they doing what he thought they were doing. They all noticed Nico wasn't much younger then he looked now and Percy looked around fifteen or sixteen.
Sitting against the bed was a teenager with black messy hair and green eyes. Across from him was a younger teen with olive/pale skin, black eyes and equally as dark hair.
"So, your mom's out?"
Percy nodded. It was clear both were stoned. The joint he passed to Nico was enough proof.
Everyone who didn't know this had happened gasped.
"YOU LET MY SON HAVE DRUGS!" Hades roared, glaring at Percy who stared in shock.
Poseidon looked like a fish out of water. This was how Nico knew, how his son knew? Where the hell did his son get weed at anyways? Where the hell was Sally?
"I...this hasn't happened yet!" Percy yelped, ducking behind the couch.
Zoe laughed, shaking her head.
"Did you know about this?" Piper asked Thalia and Thalia chuckled.
"Oh, I knew." Thalia smirked. "This is the perfect revenge."
"Thals!" Nico and Percy both whined from their hiding places.
"Las minute honeymoon. Yuck."
The two boys chuckled.
"Should I be giving a 12 year old weed?" Percy wondered out loud, looking from the joint to Nico.
"No!" Nearly everyone cried out.
"He is so grounded," Hades growled out.
Whatever shadow Nico hid in they could hear the whimpering.
Nico snickered, but seemed to either ignore or not hear what he'd asked.
"No parents would be cool," Nico said, grinning. "Like right now, like the lord of the flies."
Percy blinked, taking a drawl from the joint. "Nico, have you ever finished Lord of the Flies?"
"No?" It almost sounded more like a question then an answer. "So?"
Percy snickered, passing it back to Nico.
The Olympians and Demigods watched this all transfixed.
"I can't believe my son is stoned," Poseidon muttered, and some of the gods snickered. He looked as if he'd lost that innocence that his son was the perfect little angel.
"He never gave you anything, right Annabeth?" Athena asked, glaring over at where Percy still hid.
Annabeth rolled her eyes. It was kind of amusing now that Percy – if he wasn't hiding behind the couch – had Athena, Artemis, Hades and now Zeus glaring at him.
"Not me or Thalia, I don't even know where the Seaweed Brain got it from," she replied.
"Good," Athena said.
"Nothing," Percy said.
There was brief silence and then Percy spoke, his face looking sort of pensive. Which sort of looked strange being as high as he was.
"Do you think I'm going to Tartarus for this?" Percy asked suddenly as highway to hell blared from the stereo.
There were snickers at this and Poseidon was pale as Hades began laughing evilly.
"Oh yes, yes you are nephew dearest! Mwahahaha!"
"Did you just do the cliché evil laugh?" Demeter asked and Hades sniffed, shrugging.
"So?"
Behind the couch Percy was whimpering and praying to whoever was listening it would end soon.
"I hope not," Nico said, looking at him. "You're to pretty for eternal darkness. You'd be Kronos's bitch within a day."
Percy froze, blinking repeatedly.
Future IM Percy wasn't the only one. Actually there was laughter and then there was green faces.
Thalia looked ready to both puke and blow something up.
Hades was both green yet snickering as if he thought it would serve Percy right for giving his son drugs.
"Oh, gods..." Poseidon whimpered, laying his head down on Athena's shoulder, to her slight surprise. "I'll never get that image out of my head."
Hades wasn't the only one to laugh at his, Zeus and Nico joined in the loudest while Percy's whimpering got louder.
"I think...I'm gonna have nightmares for life," Percy said. "I've changed my mind, I don't want to fight him. I won't be able to look him in the eyes much less get close enough to kill him after that."
Nico laughed evilly, passing the joint back.
"Then my evil plan has succeeded," Nico snickered. "No, not really. How did you come about this stuff anyways?"
Percy frowned. "You know...I can't recall."
Nico blinked. "Try harder?"
"Hmm...oh I remember. It was..uh...damn...You-know-who." Percy nodded and Nico snorted.
"Voldemort?"
Percy and Nico both burst into laughter.
Everyone noted that the joint had been finished, meaning they'd been smoking it for some time before the IM began.
"Oh gods," Thalia said, face paling.
"No, um...there were two of them. Hermes...Stoll." Percy snapped his finger. "The Stoll brothers!"
Nico snickered. "Dude, were fucked."
"No Niccy," Percy said, sighing. "I'm fucked. I'm turning sixteen in a month, Kronos is gonna make me his bitch if Hades ever finds out about this and I'm...fucked."
The last thing they saw before the IM ended was Percy's adorable pout and lowered head and Nico laughing his ass off.
Poseidon sighed. "What happened after that."
"We ate everything in the house and then slept for hours," Nico grumbled. "Then when we woke to the house a wreck and remembered what happened Percy went to puke his guts out."
Percy whimpered as he slowly stood up from his spot behind the couch.
"Nico, do you want the prophecy? I don't know if can even think..." Percy practically sobbed as he closed his eyes and shook his head. "I'm so scared."
"Don't be wimp!" Ares bellowed and Percy glared at the war god.
"You try hearing of becoming Kro-kron...his bitch and then tell me if you want to fight him," Percy sobbed and walked over to his father. "Hold me?"
Poseidon sighed and bent down and pulled the boy onto his lap.
Goddesses cooed while others snickered.
"It's okay son, I won't let Kronos take advantage of you," Poseidon said, patting his sons back.
"I need to bleach my brain," Percy said, sniffing, his head still leaned against his father's shoulder.
Thankfully even in a more human size Poseidon was a very buff and large man, and Percy wasn't as buff or tall as he was in 2009. actually at fourteen Percy was still on the scrawny side.
Nico let his shadows fade, snickering at Percy.
"Percy had the same reaction, and after we swore on the Styx never to touch drugs again he begged me to go to the Lethe and get him some water." Nico sighed.
"Can you?" Percy asked, hopeful.
Thalia rolled her eyes at her boyfriends reaction but then again, if someone had told her that she'd be Kronos' bitch...oh gods, Thalia thought as her throat constricted. She was pretty sure she'd just barfed a little in her mouth.
Her poor, poor Kelp Head.
"No," Nico said. "Besides you won't remember this for a year or two."
"Thank the gods," Percy muttered, and then jumped down from his dad's lap. "Is it time to go yet, If Olympus wants to see life in the future I need some major therapy."
"Poor boy," Hestia said, smiling. "I can understand how traumatizing it could be."
No one could argue with that.
A few seconds latter Zoe and Percy stood in the middle of the room and said there goodbyes. Thalia smiled at him and kissed his cheek lightly.
"Good luck, Kelp Head," she said.
Percy smiled back and a few seconds latter there was a flash of light and he was gone. Zoe remained but only for a second before she began to fade and then in what appeared to star dust she was gone.
Artemis sighed, she would miss Zoe.
"So..." Hephaestus began. "Whose turn is it?"
Piper raised her hand. "It's mine,' she said.
Hephaestus passed the book down towards the daughter of his wife and Piper opened the book to the first page.
