This is after the war. It's just something I that came to me when I was trying to figure out why Zeus killed Sally's parents. My first story, so have at it. Criticism is welcome. Sorry if it is boring or if anyone is OOC.
Chapter 1: The Message
It was a normal as can be day at Camp Half-Blood. Gaia and the giants had been beaten by a group effort of Greeks, Romans, and gods. Even the legion in China had managed to help when Frank had asked for support. The camps were on talking terms, once Octavian had been removed from power it had been quite easy to get along. That and fighting for your life can help make bonds strong. The demi-gods were experiencing a time of peace, except for the occasional monster or two. One demi-god thought this peace was too good to be true. His luck wouldn't hold out. A god would come along and start causing trouble again. This demi-god was Percy Jackson. He didn't know how accurate his thoughts actually were.
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Chiron and Mr. D were playing pinochle- well Chiron was beating Mr. D at pinochle yet again when the messenger god appeared. "Chiron, Dionysus, I have a message for Percy from Lord Zeus. And no, he doesn't want to kill him…I think," he added at the expressions of the other two. Chiron visibly relaxed at the not killing part. He had come to see the boy almost as a son; despite how many times Percy shot him at archery practice. Mr. D, however, looked put out. Why can't they just kill the brat already. He thought.
"Okay. Percy should be with the Hephaestus children in the forges. Leo has been trying to, ah, improve the Romans water cannons. It would seem Percy isn't that bad at forging, anymore. Mr. D, if you will excuse me, I will take Lord Hermes to the forges." Dionysus thought on Chiron's words.
"If you leave, you forfeit. That means I finally beat you! I knew this day would come." His face twisted into a small smile, and then it quickly soured. "Why does everyone else get to be Lord This or Lady That and I'm just Mr. D, camp director?" He whined. Chiron rolled his eyes. They had this conversation at least once a week.
"Well, I don't believe I am going to forfeit." He laid down a winning hand, transformed into his centaur form, and walked away with Hermes to find Percy. They heard Mr. D cursing in Ancient Greek. "Just ignore him. He's used to it by now."
"Shut up you old horse! I will beat you one day. Mark my words." A nearby satyr hurried to copy down his comment, but the paper caught fire. "It was a rhetorical comment you miserable satyr."
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In the Forges
"Come on Perce! One more try today. Please? I think I almost got it." Leo was looking at Percy with puppy dog eyes that didn't work thanks to the mischievous shine in them. " I know we've been at this for a little while today, but-"
"A little while? Really Leo? It's been almost four hours!" Ever since Leo had learned that Percy had somehow managed to freeze water and shoot it at monsters, he had been trying to create a high pressure cannon that shot both water and ice. It wasn't going to well. When they did manage to get close to freezing it, Leo had gotten excited and had heated up. They hadn't gotten close since.
"Hey guys. How goes the experimenting?" Annabeth said while casually stolling in. One look at the expression on Percy's face, and she knew his ADHD was about to get the better of him. "Have you tried having a liquid nitrogen tank to freeze the water? It may work better than…is that duct tape?" Leo shuffled in front of the cannon and turned red.
"Psh, no. Who uses duct tape on a cannon? Not this son of Hephaestus."
"Oh really? Then what is it?" Leo cleared his throat and sent a help look in Percy's direction. Percy rasied his hands like someone had a gun on him.
"Hey don't drag me into this. If it weren't for me, you'd still be using rubber bands."Not getting any help from Percy, Leo frowned and turned back to Annabeth.
"That silver stuff, my friend, is celestial silver that has been forged into a tape like quality. It is, um, super strong, like Hercules strong and…uh is water proof so Poseidon can use it. And-" She cut him off.
"Save it repair boy. We all know its duct tape. There is no such thing as celestial silver. There is Olympic silver; I used that in building Artemis's temple on Olympus." Someone cleared their throat, completely cutting off all conversation. The three demi-gods turned to see Chiron and Hermes just outside. They quickly bowed to the god.
"Hello Lord Hermes." They chorused.
"Children, Lord Hermes and I need to talk to Percy." Neither demi-god moved. "Alone." They caught on and apologized. After they had walked away, Hermes turned to Percy.
"Percy, Zeus sends a message saying that you and your mother are needed to talk to the Council. Seeing as how your mother is a mortal, we won't be meeting on Olympus or in either camp. Poseidon suggested we talk at Montauk instead. The meeting will begin and nine in the morning two days from now. Please don't be late, Father doesn't have much patience anymore." After that he disappeared, leaving a shocked Chiron and a pale Percy.
"I…have to take…mom to see Zeus? What does he want? Chiron, please tell me he isn't going to kill us." Images of all the gods that hated him ran through Percy's mind.
"Percy, you are meeting to talk to Zeus on a beach. By water. If he was going to kill you, don't you think he would stay away from yours and your father's source of power? As for what he wants, I don't know. The only thing I know is that you need to call your mom.
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"Alright, bye mom." Percy hung up the phone and started to head back to Chiron. He told his mom everything, and she agreed with Chiron. If the gods were going to hurt either of them, it wouldn't be by the sea. She agreed (like she had much choice) to meet at Montauk with Percy and the gods for better or for worse.
Well there it was over 1,000 words. This won't be a super long story, unless I either have major inspiration or people want it to be longer. I do plan on finishing it though. Just be honest in reviews. If its terrible, I'll delete the story. Thanks, bye!