A/N I do not own PJO or HOO
Zeus POV
I looked down at the son of Hades sadly.
"We just killed the hero of Olympus"
"No, you tried to kill him" responded the Hades spawn.
"What are you talking about boy, I struck him with my master bolt, and only a force stronger than it could have saved him."
I turned to Hades, "he is dead, right?"
He concentrated for a second, then sat eve straighter.
"No, his spirit was pulled from his body before he died and took residence in another body. He is the same person, but he will look completely different now. He will still have his power, but his scent will be gone. This has never happened before, but it seems a god has done this."
I looked at Poseidon, "was this your doing brother?"
"No, I have no idea how this could have happened. If you do not have the power to do this, then no one does. No Olympian has more power than you, as much as I hate it, it is true. But I am happy that his spirit still lives. Maybe I can find him again someday."
"But he has been sentenced to death, he would only be killed again, right?"
I looked down at who spoke, it was my son, Darren.
I looked into his power and my earlier suspicions were confirmed. "Step forward son. I would like for you to tell the council what you did."
He visibly paled at this, "I do not know what you speak of father" he slowly mumbled
"It is simple I told him, tell your story since you got to camp Half-blood and Apollo will be able to tell if you are lying or leaving out anything major."
"Fine" he glared at me. "I was sent to camp by my master to rid the world of Perseus Jackson."
With that I flashed out the campers except for Darren. "This is now a war council I announced."
"Now who is your master?" Athena questioned.
"Wouldn't you like to know" he responded with a sneer.
"My master told me to cause Jackson despair so he causes destruction so you bumbling fools will order him to die. Minus this whole spirit mumbo jumbo, my mission was a complete success. Even if he still lives, he will never help you."
Apollo glared at him, "well how did you manage to make the whole camp become your puppets?"
"That was easy, I am a son of Zeus so I inherited a certain ability, care to explain father."
"You are not my son" I responded, "but the power he speaks of works something like this. The brain and nervous system run off electrical impulses. By making contact with another, me or my children can basically brainwash them. It is a power I have never used myself. I have already lifted the after effects from the camp, your daughter Athena got the worst of it. Her mind was partially broken, I have healed it, but she will need her friends now more than ever."
"Now for your punishment for what you have done scum. I sentence you to work for Poseidon in his household until we find Perseus again. I also am stripping you of all the power you inherited from me."
With that I shot him with a gold beam and took his powers. "You are dismissed." And I flashed him out.
Once he was gone, the entire throne room broke out in chaos
In the center of the room, a black portal appeared in the center of the room that quieted us all down. Everyone but Apollo pulled out our weapons and pointed them at the figure that stepped out. He was about 8ft tall. He had long slicked back hair and jeans with an untucked button down. His skin was the deepest black I have ever seen and his cloths were made of what looked like galaxies.
He came forward and introduced himself.
"I am Chaos"
Chaos POV
A small voice in the back of my head told me today was a good day to watch the goings on of Olympus. So I looked on the meeting that was just called and I couldn't believe what was going on. They were going to kill Perseus Jackson. I waited for a vote to be called, when one was, once again was in shock. Only Hestia and Apollo voted to let him live. I looked into their minds to see why.
Hestia had remembered his fatal flaw, loyalty. He could never intentionally hurt his friends. He was probably trying to protect his family and had gone a little overboard.
Apollo was a completely different story. He had recently gotten a prophecy that directly specified Percy needing to live to save Olympus. On top of that, he had seen what really happened from his chariot. That was Percy being betrayed by all those he had fought so hard to protect.
I watched as they killed his family, and then killed him. I was prepared to save him, but the voice of Apollo spoke in my head. Make him a new body, I will take spirit from his body and send it to the new body. I agreed with him, so I made a new body for the hero. When his spirit entered the body, I blessed him. He was the first hero I ever blessed, it felt good to know I was doing something to help others instead of sitting back and watching everything happen.
I watched the explanation of everything, but when the boys master was brought up, I knew who it was. My wayward son, Erebus.
I prepared to make my first appearance on Earth since I had created it. I stepped through my portal to find weapons pointed at my by everyone but Apollo, he must have known it was me.
"I am Chaos" I announced to them.
They started at me, completely dumbfounded.
"He is telling the truth" Apollo said to them.
"I am here to discuss what has just happened and the upcoming war."
"So you are the one who saved Percy" Poseidon asked
"No I replied, that was the most powerful god" I responded.
"I did nothing of the sort" Zeus yelled at me, "I wish I could do something like that, but I do not have the power.
"I never said it was you, I said the most powerful."
Zeus looked confused, "I am the most powerful." He said it more like a question that a statement.
"No you are not I told him, I will not say who it is to protect them. Perseus lives, I gave him a body and my blessing and sent him back to Earth. He has all his memories and an explanation from me about what happened, except for the part about the son of Zeus controlling people. He currently does not want to be found, but he once again thanks both Lady Hestia and Lord Apollo for voting to save him."
"Now on the topic of the war. The master the boy spoke of is my wayward son, Erebus. He wants to rule the Earth to spite me. I have decided to start an army of soldiers from all planets. I offered young Perseus a spot in my army, but he declined it. He wanted to disappear."
"When the time comes, I will send my army to help defeat Erebus, I believe Apollo has a prophecy for us?"
"Yes, and things are not looking good for us right now, but here it is." Apollo started spewing green smoke and recited the prophecy.
The bane of Gaia, so harshly betrayed
Will face a choice on who to save
One a friend from times past
The other his royality
For the world to be saved
He must forgive that who wronged him
And save the endurance of the hopeless goddess
Apollo promptly collapsed
Artemis rushed over to give some nectar
When he sat up, he looked at the gods, "This is the final prophecy. After it comes to pass, the Earth will either be destroyed, or go into eternal peace. The first line specifically said that Percy would be the hero of another prophecy. I sense this prophecy will not come to pass for some time though. We need to make the survivors of the wars partially immortal, like the hunters. That way you will have a fighting chance. The greatest heroes will be made minor gods of heroes and have time to train to become even better, hopefully by the time the final prophecy comes to pass, Percy will have forgiven you. Now go announce this to your children, Artemis, you can tell the hunters."
"You must find Percy. Everyone keep your eyes open for someone who has the same personality as him. It will be the only indicator it is him besides his powers. Artemis you are in charge of searching the Earth, Poseidon the seas, and Zues, the air. Hades, watch to see if he dies."
"Yes lord Chaos, we will do so at once. But couldn't you tell us what he looks like since you made his body?" Zeus asked me.
"I could, but where would the fun be in that. Now I must go form my army, we must be ready for the coming storm. Fare well."
Zeus looked out at the gods, "we have our orders, let's go."
Percy POV (I know I know, finally)
I woke up in a black room. I looked around and saw a strange looking man with a worried expression looking back at me. "Well it is good you are awake he told me. I am Chaos."
"Cool" I told him.
He started laughing and laughing. "Do you know who I am?" He asked, still laughing
"Chaos? You just told me." I was a little confused until a memory of a story Annabeth once told me. Chaos created the universe. "Crap!" I shouted at no one in particular. That chaos. I tried to get up to bow, but I could barely move. Then I remembered what happened. I was supposed to be dead. My family was dead. "What happened after I got hit?" I asked Chaos.
"Well that is complicated he told me. Lord Apollo separated your spirit from your body and told me to prepare a new body for you."
"WHAT?" I was confused until I looked in the mirror Chaos handed me. I had pale honey colored hair with streaks of a light brown. It was pretty short and a little curly. My skin was still tan, but my eyes had turned a deep shade of blue (A/N like John from I am # four)
"You still have your powers he told me and some new ones since I blessed you."
"You did what" I asked
"I blessed you. Gave you partial immortality like the hunters of Artemis. Along with a few other powers. You can stay here with me. I can teach you how to use your powers and I can also give you a position in the new army I am forming. You have inspired my young Perseus. I want to do more to help the universe."
"That is a kind offer" I told him, "but with everything that has happened recently, I want to be alone to collect my thoughts. I was betrayed completely by everyone I know."
"Not everyone I told him. I believe a Mr. DiAngelo and a Ms. Grace still deserve your trust, along with the 'dead'." he said the dead part with air quotes.
"You are right" I told him. "But I wish to return to Earth for now. I can train my new powers there."
"You will need a companion." He told me, "someone to keep you from becoming too caught up in your own thoughts."
"I will find someone I told him." And with that I was zapped down to Earth.
Leo POV
I was flying through the sky on Festus with Calypso. We were in the middle of making out when a lightning bolt fell from the sky and hit Fest straight in the head. BOOM. He exploded. Shrapnal flew straight at me, but Calypso threw herself in front of me like a human sheild. Next came a blast of Greek fire that had been Festus's heart. It formed a heat wave that cannoned me into the sky, still holding Calypso. I survived the heat wave, but the love of my life was not so lucky. I watched as Calypso burnt into nothingness in my arms.
"Goodbye" she whispered to me and vanished in a poof of gold dust. I was freefalling now, not caring if I lived or died. It was too much, Zeus just had to kill her. I quickly built a gliding device out of some scrap from my tool belt on instinct alone and glided down to Earth. Calypso would not want me to die for her. When I landed, I started to consider going back to Camp, but the memories would be more painful there. I decided to go back to what I know best, running away.
As I was walking, I saw a cloaked figure appear out of know where. I pulled out my sledge hammer and started to advance as stealthily as I could. It spun around and pulled of his hood. He had messy dirty blond hair and deep blue eyes full of sadness and of power. When he saw me the biggest smile spread across his face and he began to laugh.
"Leo?" He asked me. "I thought you were dead."
He hugged me and I think I felt some of my ribs break.
"Air" I gasped and he put me down. "Who are you I asked"
He looked confused for a second then realization crossed his face
"I forgot, I don't look the same, it's me, Percy"
That confused me. "If you are Percy, then you would know the name of my flying table" I demanded.
"Easy, Buford" he responded.
"The name of the person I love" I asked him
"Calypso" he responded with a hint of remorse
"The monster that attacked out ship in the Atlantic Ocean"
"Shrimpzilla" he told me with a grin
It really was Percy.
We traded stories and we both ended up crying into each other.
As we were crying, Apollo and Hestia appeared to us.
"We have an offer for you two they told us."