Return of the Dead King
Second part, what the fuck happened with Percy and what now?
Chapter 2
Altered Fate
Perseus' eyes snapped open, revealing his midnight purple eyes that shone weakly. Unless you looked very close at the elder god, then you couldn't recognize him. His usual raven black hair was splatted gold with his very own blood. His face was covered in ichor and his Greek chiton seemed to have two layers. On top of the real gold his golden ichor flowed down the chiton and dripped to the floor.
His half open droopy eyelids looked around the room. But he couldn't tell where he was. With a huge groan the god pushed him off the ground and stood up weakly. His legs wobbling after taking the gods energy pulses, that he didn't even think a Primordial god could take all at once.
Perseus heard three chuckles in unison reverberate around the room he was in. Perseus reached for his sword, until he realized he dropped it in the throne room of Olympus, where his younger brother was now King. Usually he could summon his blade immediately, but his powers either seemed to be gone for how weak he was or some super powerful being or beings were stopping him.
Instead he reached up and checked his hair for Anaklusmos. He pulled the hair clip out from his blood-splattered hair. He concentrated on willing the blade to become a sword. The clip elongated into a three foot shining bronze sword.
Perseus looked around the room for an exit, but it seemed there were none at all. His midnight purple and gold eyes scanned the room, nothing at all. This was peculiar. Did the assault fail? Was he now in the prison of Olympus?
"No you are not in prison," Three voices spoke in unison behind him. Perseus turned and saw the three fates. His eyes widened and he dropped into a bow.
"Lady fates, what do I owe the pleasure of the visit, to the exiled King of the gods?" He asked through gritted teeth.
The three fates chuckled. "Well Lord Perseus," He winced but the fates continued. "You are in the Void. Where immortals go when they fade." Perseus' eyes widened as he stared at the fates in shock. Perseus opened his mouth but they cut him off. He shuddered, did they always have to talk in unison.
"Yes Perseus, your family destroyed you." The middle of the fates snapped her fingers and a midnight purple and gold interlocked thread appeared in her hands. The thread was completely whole and looked like the color of his eyes. "This is your string of life, all immortals just as mortals have a string of life that the fates wield and decide when it is your time to move on from Earth. For mortals, when the string is cut they go to the Underworld and the judges decide upon if they are guilty, innocent or neutral, for immortals, you go to the Void, where Chaos decides if you are innocent or guilty.' The finished.
"If you decided it was my time to fade, then why is my string whole?" He asked confused. The fates even scowled in unison.
"You were not supposed to fade son of Kronos." This just made him even more confused. "Your fate was altered, the Protogenoi you spoke to before your demise altered your fate and broke the ancient laws. You were supposed to live and flee from the throne room of the gods and return when they needed to you to save them." Perseus scowled angrily, but all three ladies held up a wrinkled hand. "Enough, let us continue," Perseus grudgingly nodded. "Not even the Primordial' are above the ancient laws, however the four powers together was enough to overpower fate and destroy you. They cut off your power so you could not escape your brothers lust for power and wrath."
Perseus nodded. "If I am in the Void, where is Chaos? You said he judges the souls for goodness or evil. So why hasn't he judged me yet?" he asked the fates. They smiled showing off their white teeth.
"We puled you from the line before you could awaken Perseus. We needed to speak to you first. We are here to give you a choice, and Chaos had already agreed to it. Your first option choose to stay in the Void and be judged by Chaos, where we're sure you'll get rewarded or second option, you return to Earth and save your family from it's certain demise from not only the Protogenoi, but your brothers lust for power and tyrannical ways. Not only will this decide the fate of the immortals that betrayed you, this decides the fate of all the Cosmos. The universe and Earth's shoulders rests on your shoulders should you return to Earth." Perseus looked incredulously at the fates.
"I am just one god, how could I have the power to stop four Primordial' and have the power to save the gods when I will have to hide from them or meet certain destruction?"
"Perseus, there was a reason you were King of the gods, not only because you were the eldest of all of them, not just because you were the wisest and most just ruler, but also because you are the most powerful out of all of them. You have the powers of three of the rising enemies against the gods. You would have been able to fight for control of your powers against them if you had known they would've attacked. You could have fought all the Olympians together and defeated them if not for the Primordial' defying fate." Perseus eyes widened in shock and his jaw dropped. The fates chuckled at his reaction.
"What is your choice son of Kronos and Rhea?" Perseus just nodded. The three fates stepped forward and beams of white energy shot from their hands. Perseus just looked at them confused.
"You are now the champion of fate," His jaw dropped again. "Since you are a god, as our champion you have received it as one of your titles." Suddenly the three fell into a bow and raised their hands dramatically. "All hail Lord Perseus, god of Time, night, Earth, fate and loyalty." Perseus rolled his eyes as a white light enveloped him. "Since you are now the god of fate your own string belongs with you. When you get your symbol of power returned to you touch your sting to the blade and merge your fate and weapon. Under your care your fate can never be altered again and is yours to decide." They said as they handed him his midnight purple thread intertwined with gold strands. His eyes widened.
Perseus looked down and realized the ichor on his body was gone and the gold chiton was gone as well.
Before he could ay anything the fates snapped their fingers and a mirror appeared in front of him. "You have some new changes to your appearance, Perseus." They said in unison.
Perseus looked into the mirror and realized that his chiton was replaced with pure white, shining armor that shone in the light of the room.
His helmet was in his right hand and Anaklusmos was now a white hair clip in his raven black locks of hair. But his hair now had streaks of bright white. His eyes had changed as well. Instead of the unusual but hardly noticeable brown pupil, his pupil's were now a very noticeable bright white that shone and glinted in the light just like his armor. His eyes were still midnight purple with the gold band around his now white pupils but he had streaks of brown in his irises and his sclera was now pure white, no hint of gold in it what so ever. Hanging from the left side of his belt was a three and a half foot long white sword and strapped over his back, a magnificent white bow with outlines of gold.
He looked at the mirror in shock before it disappeared.
The three fates handed him a blade that appeared out of the shadows. The blade looked exactly like his symbol of power but he could tell it wasn't. This blade didn't hum in his hands and feel perfect in his hands like his other blade. And the most noticeable thing about the look a like sword was the inscription on the blade. In shining gold letters the words, You have Sealed Your fate were on the blade.
Perseus internally groaned at the bad pun while the three fates smiled widely. "Why have you given this to me." The fates rolled their eyes.
"You must steal your symbol of power back from the security of Olympus and in it's place you shall put this look a like. Only the closest people to your heart can wield your blade since you are the god of loyalty and sadly we do not fall into that category."
"So now what? You poof me out of the Void." He asked. The fates shook their heads making him become confused.
"The only person who is powerful enough to bring an immortal back from fading is Chaos, even if your fate was altered we couldn't do it." Perseus growled under his breath.
"So you bring me in front of Chaos and he poofs me back in the world." The three started to laugh loudly until a glare from Perseus shut them up.
"Actually no, you have three tests given to you by Chaos himself, because she likes to make things difficult. The first test is to find her. The second test is to prove your worth to her, as stupid as that sounds and lastly you must steal your own symbol of power from Olympus' halls without being noticed by anyone and without allowing the super powerful security around it to get you caught." Perseus growled again and this time the fates smirked before vanishing into three flashes of white light.
Perseus walked to the now revealed doorway. Pain erupted inside of his chest as he took a step. He became dizzy and woozy, before his eyes rolled back into his head and he fell to the ground.
In his dream he was now in the new and improved throne room of the gods. In the center of the room Zeus' and Hera' thrones were there. As Perseus looked around the room he noticed that Hades and Hestia's thrones were nowhere to be seen. His heart clenched, 'did they do the same to them as they did to me?' Hestia may have attacked him and betrayed him but he was sure there was a reason behind it. And no matter what he loved his little sister. The look on Hestia's face when she attacked him made sure that she didn't want to do it. All of a sudden there was a loud thunderclap and his douche of a younger brother appeared in his throne with a smug smile on his face and the crown Perseus was supposed to wear but never did.
He rolled his eyes as his younger brother even in the dream. He looked around the room and noticed an eight year old girl tending the hearth. He smiled they hadn't hurt her. They just replaced her to ensure Zeus' title as King of the gods. He was sure of it.
Eleven flashes of light and the other Olympians appeared. When Perseus saw who replaced Hestia, his face even in a dream turned purple and filled with rage.
Zeus replaced the now eldest child of Kronos and Rhea in memory with Dionysus, the drunkard god of wine. The guy didn't even deserve to be a god let alone an Olympian.
Perseus eyes turned pure white as they filled with more and more rage as his younger brother spoke.
"The twelve Olympians, also known as the major gods of this pantheon shall henceforth be superior to the minor deities of Olympus. They will swear allegiance to the new King and shall follow the will of the council without question." Perseus knew immediately this was going to bite the Olympians in the ass. The minor gods and goddesses as Zeus put it were just as powerful as the major gods or Olympians.
Perseus had close bonds with almost all the minor deities of the Greek pantheon. Perseus was by far closest with Hebe out of all of them. Hebe was like a daughter to him since the god had never had a child before and didn't plan on it until he found the woman he loved. Hebe also mentioned many times that he was like a father to her, which always filled Perseus with happiness.
All of a sudden his eyes filled with horror as he remembered her being offered up to Heracles by Zeus. Know he could no longer stop it. But the fates and Chaos be damned, he was not going to sit idly by while his 'daughter' was beaten and taken advantage of.
All in all Perseus probably had closer bonds with the minor gods and goddesses than any other Olympian except his sister Hestia and Artemis.
Finally he realized getting pissed in a dream wouldn't do anything, so he calmed. Zeus continued talking. "The demigods and mortals will worship and sacrifice to us because we are superior beings to them and they will also follow our will without question. And as king I have the authority to overrule any vote." The other Olympians just nodded and Perseus looked at them in disbelief. How could they not see he was acting exactly how Kronos did, he was becoming a tyrant, the only things he could do was lust and crave both women and power. Perseus wished this wasn't a dream so he could kick Zeus' ass but sadly it was. "Hermes, summon the other gods and bring them here to swear allegiance to me." Seconds later many flashes of light appeared in the middle of the throne room. After the light subsided it revealed all the rest of the Greek Pantheon. Hebe looked at her birth father and looked around for signs of Perseus.
"What is the meaning of this?" Nemesis growled. The minor gods and goddesses looked at her confused. "You have tipped the balance of the scales. You know Zeus when the scales are tipped they will right themselves and this will come back and bite you right in the ass." She yelled at the new King.
Zeus' eyes widened and he slammed his bolt on the ground in front of him. "Enough," He growled. "I am the King of the gods and you will treat me with the respect I deserve." He snarled. Nemesis just scoffed while the others looked at him confused. Lyssa looked at Zeus in confusion and shock.
"Did you say King?" She asked quietly. Zeus nodded. The minor deities faces turned red with anger and Perseus smiled, they still cared for him. "What did you do to Perseus, you bastard?" Hebe yelled at Zeus. Zeus face turned red from anger.
"Perseus was overthrown and destroyed," Tears filled the eyes of the gods and goddesses in the middle of the throne room as the majority of them drew their respected weapons and went to charge Zeus in their anger and rage. "You will swear allegiance to me as your new King and treat me with respect." He demanded as his master bolt landed in front of him keeping the gods from attacking him.
"Never." Most spat at a wide eyed Zeus in unison. Zeus growled and launched his bolt at them. The other Olympians eyes grew wide as they raised their hands to protect them but they just growled at them and vanished from the throne room. Leaving behind Zeus' child Heracles. He pledged his oath as Perseus heart filled with happiness and gratefulness that they stood up for him and tried to defy his brother but all of that drained from his heart as Zeus turned to Hera.
"Can you wipe their minds of Perseus and make it seem like Hades has always been banished?" he asked. She nodded and raised her hands. A white glow emitted from the Queen's hands as she raised them in the air.
"Done." She said calmly. "I could not wipe him from the minds of the other Olympians but now the minor deities no longer remember the former King of the gods." She said with a small smirk on her face. A voice spoke in Perseus' head.
'Just the event of you being destroyed has already altered much of the fate of Olympus. Without you being there to remind the minor gods and goddesses of family and convince the minor deities of their worth they will be pushed to the enemy, the power of my children will grow every day in the future with each ally they add to their ranks, the fate of Olympus will get worse every day, you champion of fate must restore the balance of the fates and return the world to how it was supposed to be. Only you have the power and strength to do so, Perseus." The voice ended and Perseus knew it was Chaos the woman he needed to find.
Perseus looked over at his sister who was quietly tending the hearth as tears streamed down her face and fell to the floor. She spoke softly to him as if she knew he was there. "I am so sorry big brother, please forgive me, I love you and I know you will return, and when you do I ask of you to forgive me, but I know you probably won't and you will probably hate me but I beg of you to forgive me. I love you big brother and wait for your return." She said. Hearing her voice and seeing her cry broke Perseus' heart, he already had forgiven her, now he just wanted to know was why? His vision went black and his eyes snapped open.
Perseus groaned and stood up, his body felt much better than it had when he passed out. Before he could see better a beautiful feminine voice spoke to him. "Ah, the young god finally awakens, I'm impressed not many can find me, let alone in there sleep." Perseus blushed and nodded.
"Thank you Lady Chaos." All he heard was a groan from the girl.
"Please, just Chaos my dear, I do not place myself over others as your siblings do." Perseus just nodded in reply. "No need to be nervous, you are here because you are fate and I's chosen one, the one who will save the universe from utter destruction when my children awake." Perseus shifted his weight nervously.
"I was told I had to prove myself to you by the fates." He said confused. The girl in front of him sighed.
"Your first step, was actually your second step, finding me was the second task given to you. You first task had already been done. You were the finest King the world has ever seen. Without even knowing it you ran the world as I ran the Universe. Everyone is equal and therefore everyone deserves the same respect and freedoms." Perseus blushed again at her praises. "Perseus, we would not have chosen you if you did not prove yourself worthy to me already. I will send you back to Earth. As the champion of fate you will be above the ancient laws, as I know you will not abuse this privilege. If you save the universe from the destruction then your second task is to fix the many errors and problems that have already begun under the ne King, your younger brother Zeus." Perseus nodded. "Good, now son of Kronos, it is time for you to return to Earth, and for my sake will you just tell that girl you like her, I mean jeez, you've hung out for what, five centuries and didn't get together." Chaos said chuckling at Perseus' face that had turned a violent shade of red. Chaos smirked and touched the Dead King's forehead. Black pulsating light wrapped around Perseus as he vanished from the Void and on to the Earth once more.
Author's Note
This is just a filler chapter, sorry if it's boring to you guys.
Thanks for reading though.
