A.N.-First Chapter, WHOOP WHOOP! Silliness aside, thanks for reading and I'll get these chapters out ASAP (while still having good quality).

After being approached by the pirate in a trench coat that goes by Nick Fury last week, I decided to just settle down while I'm still alive. A seventeen-year-old boy should be worrying about what senior prank they're gonna play on the school, not about surviving to your 20's! By now, I would have probably left the camp to find a job, if it wasn't for Thalia. Whenever I think about the gothic love of my life, I always rethink whatever stupid idea I have jumbled around in my brain. Then I start thinking of my mom and Paul, and regret ever being a demigod. It's my fault that they're dead, after all. Stupid queen dirt face and her stupid giant children! I look around and notice younger demigods looking at me scared and I realize that my hand's on fire. I quickly put it out.

"Don't worry, go back to your tasks at hand. I'm not going to spontaneously explode," I assured

"So Kelp Head, terrorizing the midgets before they're ready to go out into the world?" A familiar teasing voice asked.

"Depends on your definition of terrorizing, Pinecone Face," I teased back while whirring around. Thalia's hair was spiked up, with a familiar, small streak of grey hair was sticking out from holding the sky. She was wearing a "Death to Barbie" t-shirt, with torn up, black jeans, and a leather jacket. The black eyeliner and mascara, only bringing out the most prominent point of her face, her eyes, those beautiful electric blue eyes. I subconsciously cupped her cheek and brushed my lips against hers in a sweet kiss. She responded back immediately, and I always feel each kiss being better than the last. Gods I love this woman.

"What was that for Kelp Head, not that I didn't love it, but what's the occasion?"

"Your beauty. Honestly, Aphrodite looks like Typhon compared to you."

"You don't look too bad either Aquaman." She laughed at the inside joke. You see Aphrodite blessed me after the Giant War, claiming she was done with my love life. Yeah, she only made it worse, with girls and some guys in the mortal world always prowling the very ground I walk on, there even was a woman hitting on me that was about my mom's age. I can never get that out of my head.

"Funny, Sparky, very funny. You know you can't resist me though, huh Lightning Bug? I have gotten a more muscled after getting all of those godly blessings." I teased.

"That time in the hunt did get me fit too Fish Face. Do you really wanna compare who's more irresistible Coral Brains?"

I pulled her in close to me. "I already know that I can't resist you Thalia." I leaned in for another kiss, until I heard a deafening siren in my ear. I screamed in pain, my enhanced hearing only making the noise stronger. I felt up to my ears and saw blood on my fingers. I was shocked, that was the first time in a while that I saw my own blood. It only brought back painful memories of Tartarus. My eyes glossed over and I blacked out.

"Thalia? THALIA! NO! Leave her be, I'm begging you! I'll take double each session if you let her be!"

"No! Percy what-"

"I swear on the River Styx that I'll take her torture without a fight if you just let her go!" The cruel face of Kronos twisted into a dark smirk.

"So be it you rotten half-breed. You take my powers, I take your sanity. Get the filthy daughter of Zeus to her cell. You, Perseus Jackson, get to start your torment right now." The cruel titan of time pierced my skin with his blade with zero effort or hesitation, eliciting a cry of pain from myself and a psychotic laugh from Kronos. The first drop spilt in Tartarus' dungeons and certainly not the last, far from it, in fact.

Sweat was pouring down my face as I jolted up, what felt like hours of agony was only a few seconds in real time. I was more confused than frightened, I haven't had a nightmare or flashback of Tartarus so detailed since last month. For now, all I heard was ringing, like a what people hear after an explosion hits near them- don't ask- but I could faintly make-out Thalia hugging me like I was her lifeline then her turning on a guilty-looking Travis Stoll with the offending air horn to match. After literally minutes of just watching the argument, or rather scolding, between Travis and Thalia, I was able to faintly hear what was being said.

"-You bone-headed idiot! I can't believe how stupid you are for doing that!"

"Thalia, it's not his fault, he was only joking."

"He could've made you go deaf! He knows how sensitive your hearing is!"

"That's not the issue right now, I need to talk to Chiron, I have a bad feeling, like the feeling I had before Hera whisked me away to Camp Jupiter." Thalia's eyes widened, she definitely remembers. That was one of the things he was talking about the day before Hera mind-wiped Percy.

"Make room everyone! ALL CABIN COUNSELORS TO THE BIG HOUSE! NOW!"

For a while I was just stuck in place, fearing what might be another prophecy. Can't the Fates just give me a break? Haven't I fought for the gods enough for one lifetime? Is it wrong for me to think like this though? Shouldn't I want to fight for my family, my friends, Thalia?

"You okay Kelp Head? You don't have to come to the meeting if you don't feel up to it."

"I'll be okay Thals, I'm on my way."

I jogged up to Thalia and held her hand as we walked to the Big House, I can still remember those days when I was just an innocent and tiny little twelve year old who just found out his dad was a Greek god, how I miss those days. I snapped out of my daydreaming when I nearly tripped on the stairs. Thalia snorted "Nice one Coral Brains!" I only chuckled and walked in after her. Everyone was sitting around the ping-pong table- Piper (Aphrodite cabin), Leo (Hephaestus), Will (Apollo), Travis and Connor (Hermes), Pollux (Dionysus), Katie (Demeter), even Nico stopped by, which is a feat for him, he usually doesn't do many camp activities. Chiron, in his centaur form, cleared his voice to get our attention.

"Thalia, you called a meeting, what is it that you needed to tell us?'

"Percy told me that he's getting 'that' feeling again."

Everyone went silent and looked at me.

"What are you talking about Thals?" Jason asked his sister. That's right, neither Jason, Leo, nor Piper were here when I told the camp about what I felt.

"Before the Second Giant War, Prissy here was telling the camp about his 'impending doom' feeling. If he's feeling that again, it could mean trouble for the camp." Clarisse gruffly stated.

"I don't know how to explain it, but I trust my instincts, and they're telling me to either pick up a sword and fight, or run away and hide. I think we all know what option we're going with. Let's just hope there isn't another prophec-" I was cut off by the tell tale green smoke that was filling the room. I slowly looked to my right and saw the same green smoke coming from Rachel's mouth.

The Champion of the Great Divines

Shall once again put his life on the line

Protect all that lives with mortal's power

And do the unthinkable in the fated hour

Those with evil shall fear his might!

Yet victory is not yet in sight

"The Fates really hate me, don't they?"

Done with chapter one, I promise things will get more exciting in the next chapter; this was just to set everything up. Thanks for reading!

Up next: "This is a level seven. As of right now, we are at war."- Nick Fury