Everyone's head just turned to the romans who were standing there with a look of confusion. Reyna and Frank were standing
at the front of the half-bloods seeing as they were both praetors.
"Well?" Reyna questioned.
Hazel squealed and hugged the rest of the seven even though its been two weeks since they last seen each other.
After Hazel let go of Annabeth, Annabeth answered since the gods didnt look bothered. "Were reading about the greek gods which Percy wrote. The dates ordered us to read it."
"They're all teasing me" Percy groaned. " Its so mean"
"Oh shut up sea spawn" Athena Snapped. "Lets continue"
was kind of unnerving, too. He was young for a beard, but he'd already started growing his whiskers into a single spike that jutted from his chin like the beak of a raven."I dont judge them for teasing you percy" reyna snickered.
"You have quite the imagination" Frank snorted making Hazel nudge him.
When Kronos saw the scythe, his eyes gleamed. He wanted that iron blade. Alone among his siblings, he understood how much damage it could cause.
"Wheres that raincoar when you need it?" Travis and Leo chorused then high fiving.
And as for killing his dad—why not? Ouranos barely noticed him. Neither did Gaea, for that matter. His parents probably didn't even know his name.
"Probably was called Kade or Kristen" Poseidon joked.
"That sounds about about right"
Kronos hated being ignored. He was tired of being the smallest and wearing all those stupid Titan hand-me-downs.
"O-kay" Piper gave Percy a look.
"I'll do it," he repeated. "I'll chop up Dad."
Yeah that's no problem." Apollo joked.
"JUST SHUT UP APOLLO" Artemis yelled.
"My Apollogies little sis"
"Ugh"
"My favorite son!" Gaea cried. "You are awesome! I knew I could count on you, uh…which one are you again?"
"Kronos." He managed to keep his smile. Hey, for a scythe, cookies, and a chance to commit murder,
Everyone snorted.
Kronos could hide his true feelings. "I will be honored to kill for you, Mother. But we'll have to do it my way. First, I want you to trick Ouranos into visiting you. Tell him you're sorry. Tell him it's all your fault and you're going to cook him a fancy dinner to apologize. Just get him here tonight and act like you still love him."
"Its a good idea though" Reyna complimented.
"Ugh!" Gaea gagged. "Are you crazy?"
"Very"
"Just pretend," Kronos insisted. "Once he's in human form and sitting next to you, I'll jump out and attack him. But I'll need some help."
He turned to his siblings, who were all suddenly very interested in their own feet.
"So me"
"Look, guys," said Kronos, "if this goes bad, Ouranos is going to take revenge on all of us. We can't have any mistakes. I'll need four of you to hold him down and make sure he doesn't escape back into the sky before I finish killing him."
"Helping is uh i was thinking about sharing is caring" Hazel stuttered blushing slightly.
The others were silent. They were probably trying to picture their shrimpy little brother Kronos taking on their huge violent dad, and they weren't liking the odds.
"Oh, come on!" Kronos chided. "I'll do the actual slicing and dicing. Four of you just need to hold him. When I'm king, I'll reward those four! I'll give them each a corner of the earth to rule—north, south, east, and west. One-time offer. Who's with me?"
The girls were too wise to get involved in murder. They made their excuses and quickly left. The oldest son, Oceanus, chewed his thumb nervously. "I have to get back to the sea, for some, uh, aquatic stuff. Sorry…
"Me saying an excuse" Poseidon laughed.
"Im glad you know your horrible at lying" Hades laughed with him.
That left only four of Kronos's brothers—Koios, Iapetus, Krios, and Hyperion.Kronos smiled at them. He took the scythe from Gaea's hands and tested its point, drawing a drop of golden blood from his own finger.
"So, four volunteers! Nice!"Iapetus cleared his throat. "Uh, actually—"
"Bob's a great friend" Percy smiled.
Hyperion jabbed Iapetus with his elbow. "We're in, Kronos!" he promised. "You can count on us!"
"Excellent," Kronos said, which was the first time an evil genius ever said excellent. He told them the plan.That night, amazingly, Ouranos showed up.
"If I was him i wouldve dumped her" Apollo shook his head.
He wandered into the valley where he usually met Gaea and frowned when he saw the sumptuous dinner laid out on the table.
"I got your note. Are you serious about making up?"
"Absolutely!" Gaea was dressed in her best green sleeveless dress. Her curly hair was braided with jewels (which were easy for her to get, being the earth), and she smelled of roses and jasmine. She reclined on a sofa in the soft light of the candles and beckoned her husband to come closer.
"You better keep this PG Perce" Annabeth joked.
"I did!"
Ouranos felt underdressed in his loincloth. He hadn't brushed his hair or anything. His nighttime skin was dark and covered with stars, but that probably didn't count as "black tie" for a fancy dinner.
He was starting to think he should've at least brushed his teeth.Was he suspicious? I don't know. Remember, nobody in the history of the cosmos had been lured into an ambush and chopped to pieces before. He was going to be the first. Lucky guy.
"Sooo lucky" Some son of Hermes muttered.
Also, he got lonely hanging out in the sky so much. His only company was the stars, the air god Aither (who was, in fact, a total airhead), and Nyx and Hemera, mother and daughter, who argued with each other every dawn and dusk.
"So…" Ouranos's palms felt sweaty. He'd forgotten how beautiful Gaea could be when she wasn't all yelling up in his face. "You're not angry anymore?"
"Not at all!" Gaea assured him.
"Toats"
"And…you're okay with me wrapping our kids in chains and throwing them into the abyss?"
Gaea gritted her teeth and forced a smile. "I am okay with it."
"Good," he grunted. "Because those little guys were UGLY."
Gaea patted the couch. "Come sit with me, my husband.
Ouranos grinned and lumbered over.As soon as he settled in, Kronos whispered from the behind the nearest boulder:
"Now."His four brothers jumped out from their hiding places. Krios had disguised himself as a bush. Koios had dug a hole for himself and covered it with branches. Hyperion had tucked himself under the couch (it was a large couch), and Iapetus was attempting to look like a tree with his arms out for branches. For some reason, it had worked.
"Very funny percy" Leo said.
The four brothers grabbed Ouranos. Each one took an arm or a leg and they wrestled their dad to the ground, stretching him out spread-eagle.Kronos emerged from the shadows. His iron scythe gleamed in the starlight
. "Hello, Father."
"What is the meaning of this?" Ouranos bellowed. "Gaea, tell them to release me!"
"HA!" Gaea rose from her couch. "You gave our children no mercy, my husband, so you deserve no mercy. Besides, who wears a loincloth to a fancy dinner? I am disgusted!"
Ouranos struggled in vain. "How dare you! I am the lord of the cosmos!"
"Not anymore." Kronos raised the scythe.
"Beware! If you do this, uh…what was your name again?"
"KRISTEN" everyone yelled.
"KRONOS!"
"I MEAN KRONOS" they yelled again.
"If you do this, Kronos," said Ouranos, "I will curse you! Someday, your own children will destroy you and take your throne, just as you are doing to me!"
Kronos laughed. "Let them try."
He brought down the scythe.It hit Ouranos right in the…well, you know what? I can't even say it. If you're a guy, imagine the most painful place you could possibly be hit.
All the guys grunted.
Yep. That's the place.
Kronos chopped, and Ouranos howled in pain. It was like the most disgusting cheap-budget horror movie you can imagine. Blood was everywhere—except the blood of the gods is golden, and it's called ichor."
Good were wearing raincoats" Leo joked.
"And safety glasses" Apollo and Percy said
Droplets of it splattered over the rocks; and the stuff was so powerful that later on, when no one was looking, creatures arose from the ichor—three hissing winged demons called the Furies, the spirits of punishment.
They immediately fled into the darkness of Tartarus. Other drops of sky blood fell on fertile soil, where they eventually turned into wild but gentler creatures called nymphs and satyrs.
Most of the blood just splattered everything. Seriously, those stains were never going to come out of Kronos's shirt.
"Well done, brothers!" Kronos grinned ear to ear, his scythe dripping gold.Iapetus got sick on the spot. The others laughed and patted each other on the back.
"Oh, my children!" Gaea said. "I am so proud! Cookies and punch for everyone!"
everyone laughed.
Before the celebration, Kronos gathered up the remains of his father in the tablecloth. Maybe because he resented his eldest brother, Oceanus. for not helping with the murder, Kronos toted the stuff to the sea and tossed it in. The blood mixed with the salty water, and…well, you'll see what came from that later.
Now you're going to ask, Okay, so if the sky was killed, why do I look up and still see the sky?Answer: I dunno.
"Typical" Athena cut her self off making Poseidon glare at her.
"Shut it owlhead."
"Kelp for brains"
"Owl eyes"
My guess is that Kronos killed Ouranos's physical form, so the sky god could no longer appear on the earth and claim kingship. They basically exiled him into the air. So he's not dead, exactly; but now he can't do anything but be the harmless dome over the world.
"Huh"
Anyway, Kronos returned to the valley, and all the Titans had a party.Gaea named Kronos lord of the universe. She made him a cool one-of-a-kind collector's edition golden crown and everything.
Kronos kept his promise and gave his four helpful brothers control over the four corners of the earth. Iapetus became the Titan of the west. Hyperion got the east. Koios took the north, and Krios got the south.That night, Kronos lifted his glass of nectar, which was the immortals' favorite drink. He tried for a confident smile, since kings should always look confident, though truthfully he was already starting to worry about Ouranos's curse—that someday Kronos's own children would depose him.In spite of that, he yelled, "My siblings, a toast! We have begun a Golden Age!"
"Yayy!" everyone sounded sarcastic.
And if you like lots of lying, stealing, backstabbing, and cannibalism, then read on, because it definitely was a Golden Age for all that.
"That's the end of the chapter everyone" Athena yelled out.
"Finally!"
