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Realms Rising Book 1

Walls Breaking

By NewWorldFiction

Chapter 1: New Purpose

It had been a year since the defeat of Gaea and now the world seemed to be at peace. Unfortunally for him, Percy seemed to be a magnet for trouble. Well at least godly trouble. But not from some stupid prophecy but from something else...

Percy and Annabeth were having as normal a day as a Greek demigod could have. They had just came from sword practice and were talking in Cabin 3. Now Percy and Annabeth had just celebrated their 18th birthdays. For Percy there was no one else he could spend his life with, so he reached down in his pocket, probing for the ring he had. Knelling, he began.

"Annabeth Chase will you-"

He never finished. A bright light burst into the room, and shadows began to crawl toward the couple once it subsided. Grasping Annabeth she screamed, and Percy lunged to protect her. However, one of the shadows twirled around his leg and dragged him back.

He could feel his energy being drained from him, and Percy realized the shadow was taking his energy. Before he could do anything to stop it and save Annabeth, he collapsed, unconscious.

Now Percy was running. Just running. Not sprinting, not jogging but running. Running for his life, again. Now just recently he was framed for killing Annabeth in his cabin. And Percy knew it. The thought alone caused anger and fresh pain piercing through him.

Athena had come for a visit. But when she went into cabin 3, she found Percy sitting with his back to the wall, unconscious, and Annabeth dead at his feet, laying in a pool of blood. In Percy's hand was Riptide, uncapped, laced with Annabeth's blood. Enraged, Athena nearly blew camp half-blood off the map and came close to killing the son of Poseidon on the spot. However Percy's father saved him, only just barely.

A few hours later, Percy would wake up on Olympus. In a Jail cell. Dragged out he would be placed under Zeus' judgment. Not shortly afterward, Zeus concluded for killing a other hero of the seven and possible treachery he was commended to death.

Bewildered Percy broke his restraints (mostly just the cold hard stares of multiple gods) and ran. He jumped off the side of Olympus and would freefall all the way into the Hudson River. From there he escaped. And he's still running but with many angry gods and goddess on his tail.

Currently Percy was in some forest. It was midnight but on the night of the full moon, lighting everything up. Which would have been great but it allowed a certain goddess to easily spot him. This Percy knew and he was running to what looked like a mountain off in the distance. There Percy hoped to shake Artemis, just for a hour. Then Percy could plan what to do next. But the Fates seemed to really want him dead this time.

As if it was meant to be, Percy came into a clearing, about a mile to reach the other side, and Percy could hear his hunter was just behind him. Muttering something about 'just his luck' Percy uncapped Riptide and prepared to battle for his life.

She never came. Instead a deer leaped into view from the thick forest shrubbery. A inexperience demigod would have lowered his weapons like a idiot, but Percy was anything but inexperienced. Percy this time looked up, and watched the tree tops.

Suddenly a silver arrow zipped towards Percy. Leaping to the side, Percy narrowly dodged the arrow and twirled, spotting a second one aimed for his chest. Quickly and nimbly Percy deflected it with Riptide.

Now Percy could see the huntress more clearly. Walking out of the dark tree line, Artemis had two hunting knives ready. "Percy you have committed a terrible crime."

Throwing his hands in the air, still clinging Riptide Percy called out. "How many times do I have to tell you I didn't do it! I would have never done anything to hurt Annabeth!"

"Even when caught red handed you still lie!"

And Artemis lunged, wildly swinging her silver hunting knives. Barley missing Percy's neck, Percy began to dash for the clearing. Yeah its a mile, but I'm a demigod, I can run at Olympic speeds if I need to. Percy thought.

Yeah... no. The fates replied to his logic and allowed a perfect shot from Artemis to pierce Percy's leg.

Crying out, Percy fell unto the wet night grass, clutching his leg in pain. Looking down, he saw a silver arrow poking out of his thigh, blood pouring out like a waterfall.

As he prepared to rip the arrow out of his leg, Artemis spoke.

"You were a hero. One that even I respected, but you fell so low. What did she do to deserve death Persues? Didn't do your homework?" Artemis sneered.

"I didn't do anything, I would never do anything to hurt her!"

"Save it for when your in the underworld."

Notching another arrow, pointed at Percy's chest Artemis pulled the string back.

"Enjoy hell, say hello to Hades for me."

Percy closed his eyes and cursed the gods as the arrow was let lose.

It never hit its mark.

Instead it stopped a inch from Percy's chest and was repelled back at Artemis. She desperately leaped out of the arrows path but she wasn't fast enough and it pierced her in the right shoulder, its momentum throwing her back in a twirling heap into a tree. She laid stunned and bleeding.

As Artemis crashed into the ground, Percy opened his eyes, absolutely astonished that he wasn't dead. And it was to say the least when he realized her arrow, the arrow meant for him, was in her shoulder.

Pulling him self up, he looked back to the forest line he earlier was running too, and in the distance he saw a flash of light. Too bright to look at Percy covered his eyes and uncovered them when it died down. Now in the lights place was a cloaked man, walking slowly to him.

At first Percy tried to crawl away, but stopped as he realized he had no where else to go now.

Slowly the man approached him, however Artemis had recovered and was up on both feet now.

"Who are you!" she called out to the hooded man, now only a few feet from the two.

Of all the people you once have hunted, you should remember the one that escaped.

"What does that mean?" Artemis questioned, raising her bow.

Has your time on Olympus really caused your to forget me? You must have, you did forget many of the monsters that appeared in the Second Titan and Giant wars.

Scowling Artemis yelled. "I have no time for this!"

And she pulled back a notched arrow and let it fly. At first Percy, who was attempting use the distraction to get away, was worried it may hit him, but the cloaked man just shrugged as if it was no importance, and the arrow stopped and flew upward, never to be seen again.

"Wha-" Artemis backed up before she was cut off.

Sleep.

And Artemis did. Dropping down to a unconscious heap she began to snore softly.

Then the man turned to Percy and spoke. Come.

And as if he haven't been shot in the leg at all, Percy stood up and his surroundings, including the man began to swirl in many lights. He saw the whole Eastern and Central United States within those lights, and suddenly, they stopped. And Percy blacked out.

It was a normal day in the 21st Nome, well as normal as it can get. Felix was freezing things at random, the ankle biters were, well ankle biting, and Sadie was doing absolutely nothing to help her brother Carter, calm everything down.

"Sadie for Horus' Sake help me!" Carter bellowed as his leg was hit by a spell and immediately froze solid.

"What's the magical word?" Sadie asked inncoently.

"Just freaking help me!"

"I think I may just take a nap." Sadie sighed as she got up to leave.

"If you do that... I will let Felix and his penguins into your room." Carter told her darkly, as he began to thaw his frozen leg.

Slowly Sadie turned around, narrowing her eyes. "You wouldn't dare."

Carter grinned a grin that would have made the Joker proud. "Oh I would."

Shuddering Sadie began to back up, "Ok I'll help you, just please, in the name of the gods don't do that."

"Then freaking help me!"

Soon after a hour of unthawing multiple things and throwing the ankle biters to bed, Carter flopped down on a couch.

"Uh I hate being the head of a nome." Carter sighed.

"Its better then having to care of some spell wielding kids while your brother is off at the first nome."

"I'm the Pharaoh for Horus' sake! What do you think my job is about!" Carter yelled, waving his hands in the air.

"I don't know, getting to travel everywhere while I sit here all day!"

"Well Its not-" Carter abruptly stopped, looking at his hand.

"What is it?" Sadie asked?

"No, nothing its just... It felt like someone was in trouble."

Artemis was laying in cold wet grass when she woke up. Bolting straight up, she winced in pain at the arrow imbedded in her shoulder. Grasping the shaft she slowly she pulled the arrow out, and immediatly, her wound began to heal. The perks of being a goddess. Suddenly she remembered what had happened. She had failed her hunt. But who caused her to fail? Who was that man?

Of all the people you once have hunted, you should remember the one that escaped.

The man's words echoed through her mind. Many have escaped, but she ended getting them later or cursing them some point later. So who?

Immediatly, from all her years hunting, she began to look for tracks. Maybe it will help me.

Slowly she walked towards where the man first arrived, she saw something on the ground. Two things in fact. One was riptide, the other a note.

Reaching down she picked up the two. Pocketing riptide, she opened the note. One word was written one the note, and it sent a bolt of panic and fear coursing through her.

Balancer

A sudden flash of memories coursed through her mind, And her brain went in overdrive as she processed what this note meant.

He died over a century ago!

As a goddess she didn't feel fear often. But i he had survived all those years, the power he would wield would be immense.

Panicked, she heard something in the bushes, Turning around she notched her bow and fire. Only to see it was to late.

Percy was dreaming. Now a normal person would dream happy or terrible things and wake up knowing it wasn't real. That wasn't the case for demigods. Usually a demigod dream was of something happening now or symbolized something that once or will happen. Or they were just plain weird. For Percy, this was the combination of both.

Percy was in some desert, looking over a river. Not some large river mind you but a small skinny river. Almost like a snake. Kind of like a border. Standing next to it was multiple figures. But the weird part of them were they didn't have normal human heads, but animal heads. For Percy, this is normal. Always some myth he's never heard of coming to kill him. Probably the attack of people with animal heads or something. Not Percy's case this time.

Squinting into the distance, the desert heat affecting his view, but he could make up 12 figures. Slowly they came into detail. They were the Olympians, shifting between their Roman and Greek form.

The hours past, and soon the Olympians stood before the group of animal headed people, standing on the other side of the river. Next, they began to exchange words, Percy however couldn't hear them, but could defiantly see their mouths moving and immediately recognized what Ares/Mars mouthed.

Go Fuck yourselves.

Then everything went slow. Zeus/Jupiter grinned like a madman. Ares/Mars, raised his signature spear and threw it at a falcon headed dude. Quick as lighting, which is hard to do in slow motion, he drew a curved blade out of nowhere and cut the spear out of the air.

Ares/Mars' Mouth gaped while Zeus scowled and pointed his master bolt, only for his eyes to open wide to see...

Then his dream began to change.

Wait, no gods why cant I see it all! Percy mentally screamed.

Suddenly there was battle everywhere. Strange people in linen clothes were what looked like casting strange spells towards the opposing army. The victims, a wall of Romans and Greeks charging the spell casters. A few demigods fell when the spells hit their marks but the rest charged the spell casters' ranks, and chaos ensued.

Quickly as it came the dream began to shift.

Now he was in a room. A plain white room. Like a padded room, except without the pads. Standing across the room was a cloaked man. The shadows in the room, clung to him like a child holds onto her mother.

Soon you will make a choice. A persuasive yet not so creepy voice came from the man. well definitely creepy, just not Gaea/Kronos creepy.

Soon.

Then all went black. Slowly Percy began to gain his senses and he could smell soup. He rolled over to his side, and he opened his eyes.

"Well the hero awakens"

Artemis realized there was no stopping the arrow. The shot was true and it would hit its mark. Its mark, Thalia.

"Mi lad-" Thalia was just coming out of the bushes when she was cut off as the arrow pierced her flesh.

Tumbling back she grasped the arrow that was protruding from her chest. "Why?"

She fell down, immediately out cold, and Artemis wasted no time to run up to her. Sliding down next to Thalia's bleeding form she produced a cluster of ambrosia from her side pouch and began to work on the hunter.

But it was too late.

She was gone, killed by the goddess she followed.

Crying out, Artemis held Thalia to her body. Crying her heart out.

Hours past. And Artemis laid their, completely oblivious to her surroundings. Slowly the same cloaked man walked behind Artemis and knelt down.

Immediately Artemis whirled her hunting knife at him. "You did this!" She screamed.

"I wasn't the one shot the arrow." he replied calmly.

But Artemis paid no attention and lunged at the cloaked figure, and suddenly she was stopped in her tracks. The man began to walk up to Thalia and reached down to pick her up.

"Don't you touch her!"

But he paid no mind to Artemis, and lifted Thalia's limp body up, and flashed in a bright light.

Then Artemis bonds disappeared, and Artemis collapsed, sobbing.

"Well the hero awakens" Percy heard a voice behind me.

Naturally Percy turned to see the host of the voice but stopped from the pain that soared from his leg. Grunting he grasped it and laid his head back down.

After a few seconds, he lifted his self up, this time cautious and turned to the speaker.

The man had green-bluish eyes ringed with grey, constantly shifting as if in a endless battle. Alongside his face were three ragged scars that went from his top cheek to his chin. He had golden blond hair, and a body of a athlete. Then Percy noticed his armor, it was imperial gold and celestial bronze along the chest plate and leggings. However cotton ran down his arms covered by leather gauntlets. Visibly no weapons could not be seen, but he did have a strap on his side for a sheath.

"Hello?" Percy said.

The man smiled. "Hello Percy, Welcome to Idoplis."

And the man rose his arms in a friendlily gesture revealing the sprawling city behind him.

End of Chapter 1

Please R&R and sorry for all the people who followed my War of the Powers story, it was kind of a Beta for this.

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