Here you go! Sorry if anyone is OOC. Let me know.
Percy felt as if something inside him broke. He was frozen, but everyone else kept moving. Time didn't stop.
The next name, Piper Mclean, was called. Goddess of emotions and relationships. She joined her place with Jason, as an immortal couple. Cute. Not...
Leo Valdez. God of metal and fire. Leo looked hesitant for a moment, then turned calm almost immediately. He remembered his mother. He wouldn't lose her again. He declined.
Frank Zhang. God of stealth and direction. He declined with a bow of his head.
Hazel Levesque. Goddess of youth and history. She declined and joined her side with Frank.
Travis Stoll. God of mystery. He declined, wanting to join his brother when he died.
Katie Gardener. Goddess of greenery and harvest. She accepted, to Travis's dismay.
Octavian. God of stuffed figurines. Gods that's a bad thing to be a god of. Of course, it was still godhood so he accepted.
And so on. Most wanted godhood out of the ten that were offered. Six new gods were made. Jason, Piper, Annabeth, Katie, Octavian, and Dakota.
Percy was sent back to the underworld via Nico...via shadow-travel? Percy forgot when he was supposed to use the word via. He was left with just his thoughts, for no one bothered him. He sat by the sea, one made specially for the dead, on its sandy shores. It looked exactly as the Camp Half-Blood on, even Percy and Annabeth's favorite spot. Au contraire, he couldn't control this sea. When you were dead, apparently you lost your demigodly skills and stuff such as powers, ADHD, and dyslexia. But, appearances couldn't be changed as easily, so, for the time being, Percy was stuck looking like he had been sucked up in a lawn mower, spit out into mud and manure, then blown at by strong winds. Fortunately, pain couldn't be felt as long as the dead were in Elysium. Once out, no one was sure because, well, why would they ever leave Elysium?
Finally, someone sat down next to him. Oh, it was Connor Stoll. "Sup, Perce," he said with a small quirk of his lips. Then he sobered. "I assume you know about Annabeth?"
"You mean that she became a goddess? Yeah, I did," Percy answered solemnly.
"No, I mean," he lowered his voice, "the thing."
"Thing?" Percy asked, bewildered. "What thing?"
"SHHH!" Connor exclaimed, holding up his index finger. "She made a pact with...someone very powerful, more powerful than even the gods and titans combined! The primordials! You know, like Nyx, Erebus, those guys..."
"How–how'd you find out about this?"
Connor immediately brightened. "Sons of Hermes have their quirks. And, since you have a direct relation thing with Annabeth, I'm letting you know this for free!"
"For... free?"
"Yeah! I have all the latest news of the outside world in my newspaper, The Deadly Gazette! Three drachmas a piece! Ha... But seriously, Perce, watch your back, but don't, don't, look anybody of the outside world look you straight in the eyes from now one. Things are getting weird up there."
Percy nodded, a strange feeling in his gut. "Thanks, Stoll. I guess."
"No prob, Perce. If you ever need me, just cough three times into your arm and I'll be there. Oh! You can trust my brother, by the way. You can look him in the eye. That's all I know for now. I don't know when he might turn though..."
"Turn?"
"To the other side!"
"So now there are sides?"
"Things are getting tricky. It's harder to snatch info from the gods. Really hard. Like... I'm an unstoppable force, pushing against an immovable object... them as an example. I don't know much about Annabeth, though. I know you want to know. Ask Silena and Becky. They know about it. They help me with the Gazette. And this conversation never ever ever ever ever happened. Got it? Good luck. See yah, Percy."
He ran off without waiting for a reply. Percy was confused. Annabeth made a deal with someone powerful? Why? He supposed he was to go to Beckendorf and Silena to find out more. He found them in Beckendorf's place, his workshop, cleaning up the place. Leo was also there, helping them. All of their movements were slower though, because of the lack of ADHD. Sweat was already forming on their foreheads. Percy couldn't hear what they were saying though; they were talking about something serious by the look on their faces.
Percy strolled over to them, unintentionally interrupting their conversation. They all stopped and looked at him. "Sorry for interrupting, but can I help you with anything?" Percy asked.
Beckendorf broke out of his reverie first. "Course, Perce! Could you clear the metal working table? The scraps are making the wood dent."
"Sure." He headed over to the table and started to put shards of metal into the trash bin. From here, he could hear fragments of the continuing conversation. Leo said in a loudish whisper, "–he doesn't know yet? You have to tell him! It's not fair."
"Quiet, Leo!" Silena scolded.
"Percy might hear," Beck agreed.
"Hear what?" Percy cut in. They all flinched.
"Oh. It's no use keeping it from him, Charlie. He should know," Silena sighed.
"Fine! Okay, Perce. You're not gonna like this but–"
"Annabeth made this strange pact with a powerful force," Percy finished.
He stared blankly at him. "How did you know?"
"Connor told me that. That's all I know about it."
"Oh, well, the primordials, the powerful force, well, they're rising again and the gods don't know what their intentions are. Apollo and Artemis say they are losing control of the sun and moon, day and night, you know? They're fading, slowly but surely. But we do know that the primordials don't have an actual form. They need hosts, but you don't need the Achilles curse to inhabit them. To gain power, pride in what she does, Annabeth was convinced to host Thesis, the deity of creation. Zeus has been sort of possessed by Uranus, deity of the heavens, and has been making new gods and goddesses, hence, the new demigod immortals. Jason has been taken by Ourea, deity of mountains. Piper is now with Hemera, deity of the day. Katie is resisting, but apparently Chaos, the nothingness where all else sprang, has been getting to her, Katie is begging for our help. She has information, too. We're trying. Octavian is being taken by Hypnos, god of sleep. Dakota is also resisting, but slowly failing. He is no longer a reliable source of information, unfortunately. No harm will come to any of them, but if war comes... who will win?"
"So there are sides?" Percy asked.
"Yes. Some of the primordials are hanging back, trying to stop them from taking over the universe. Yeah, other worldly things are coming into question. Rachel is providing us with prophecies. She's scared of what the others are becoming. The demigods are becoming mindless if they join Annabeth. Mindless zombies, war soldiers. It's dangerous. Mortals are in danger and are getting crazy readings off of their satellites. Ironically, the darker forces are on our side, wanting peace. Rachel is freaked out because they are consulting with her. Some of them are Tartarus, yeah, I know, Erebus, Nyx, Ananke, Chronos, Thalassa, and Thanatos. Uranus, Ourea, Hemera, Chaos, Hypnos, Gaea, Nesoi, Aether, Eros, Phanes, and Pontus are not on our side. Luckily, the ones on our side each are a bit more powerful and willing to teach us of their ways to stop their siblings, but they need volunteers. Not many are willing because we would have to disrupt the peace here, in the world of the dead. I would do it, to help, but that's not enough. Connor is right. Things are strange."
"I'll do it," Leo volunteered. "I-If someone does it with me."
"I'm doing it," Silena said.
"As am I," said Beckendorf.
They all looked at me expectantly. I sighed.
"I'm in."
"Yes!" Leo fist-pumped. "I heard Connor's in, too."
"I still have more to say," Beck said. "Some Titans are on our side as well, they are willing to train us. They are Asteria, Astraeus, Eos, Selene, Styx, Metis, Rhea, and Mnemosyne. The ones not on our side are the ones you've fought before plus a couple others. That's about it... Not really. We have to rally up the dead to volunteer, then we tell Rachel, then the primordials visit us to train us... But it'll be hard, all three of those steps. Not many will be eager to do this, Rachel will be hard to contact, then, she has to communicate with them in the scary way of the mist and stuff, then the training will be harsh. And painful. Very painful."
"Okay. Brain overload," Leo said. "It's this serious already?"
"It always has been, Valdez. Looks like our sessions will be ending soon."
"This conversation never happened," Silena warned.
And indeed it didn't.
Since this was a lot to take in, I'm leaving it here. Like this.
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