Updated! This one is about what the worst possible ending would be. Don't stop reading-this isn't your typical Kronos-kills-Percy-and-all-is-lost story....
Written again for percabeth777 for contributing so many of the ideas written here.
Kronos laughed manically, an evil grin spread across his face. "There is no escape this time, half-blood. Look around; your friends are all dead." Kronos was telling the truth. All around us, the battle raged. Screams, shouts, and the cries of the dying were the soundtrack to this horror movie.
"So." Kronos raised they scythe. "I shall ask you one more time. Will you join me in overthrowing Olympus?"
I grit my teeth. Might as well go out looking like a hero. "NEVER!" I roared, and then charged straight at Kronos.
Time seemed to slow down. It felt like I was moving through molasses. In the distance, I heard someone call my name. Percy....Percy...
"Percy!"
With a thud, I fell out of my chair.
"What the-"
I looked up and saw Chiron...no, Mr. Brunner. Glancing around, I realized that I was back in Latin class. "I believe you were asleep, Percy. Now if you could so kindly answer my question..."
"WHAT HAPPENED?!" I yelled. "I NEVER GOT TO FIND OUT IF I DEFEATED KRONOS!" My classmates snickered.
He looked somewhat taken aback. "Excuse me?"
"Chiron! Chiron! You've got to help me! Your evil father is going to take over the world!"
Mr. Brunner raised an eyebrow. "My name isn't Chiron, and my father passed away many years ago, may he rest in peace. Now please explain the rivalry between Athena and Poseidon."
I took a deep breath. Okay. Somehow I must have magically been transported here, and Chiron was pretending to be Mr. Brunner again. "Um...well, Annabeth's mom and my dad don't like each other because-"
Chiron gave me a funny look.
"Oh, right!" I winked at him. "Athena and Poseidon don't like each other because Athena's a grump who doesn't realize how awesome Poseidon is." I waited for the usual rumble of thunder. Nothing. Oh, well, it must only happen if you insult Zeus.
"No...."
"Um, because Athena caught my da-um, Poseidon, with one of Aunty M's sisters in her temple."
"Percy, are you feeling all right?"
I paced my room, feeling frustrated. When I had approached Chiron after class, he had played dumb about knowing about the demigods and stuff. Then I remembered Grover.
"Hey, G-man!"
He looked up from his magazine. "What?"
"How's Juniper doing?"
"Juniper?"
"Yeah, you know. Your girlfriend the bush?" I grinned.
"Huh?"
"Grover! You know who I'm talking about. She's a tree nymph."
Grover looked confused. "Um....I don't have a girlfriend. And there's no such thing as a tree nymph."
"Don't pretend you don't know who I mean!"
"...I don't..."
"Come on, Goat Boy! Yes, you do."
"....Goat Boy?....."
"Yeah. Because you're a satyr, and half goat."
"....satyrs don't exist...."
I started getting annoyed. "You ARE one! Of course they exist! Pull down your pants!"
He slowly edged away.
"You made an empathy link between us, remember?"
No response, except to move a bit further.
"READ MY EMOTIONS! I'M GETTING ANNOYED HERE!"
He ran out of the room.
The next day, I walked into Mrs. Dodds's classroom, shrieked, and ran out again. She dragged me back in, and demanded to know what was the matter. I told her that I knew she was a Fury, and if she tried anything I had a sword. She assigned me a month erasing workbooks.
When we learned about the Empire State Building, the teacher made a mistake and said there were only 102 floors. Of course, I had to correct him. I told him that there was a 600th floor, which lead to Mt. Olympus. I don't know why nobody believed me....
At Montauk that summer I challenged my mother to an underwater breath-holding contest. But for some reason when I tried to inhale (because I'm a son of Poseidon and children of Poseidon can breath underwater) all I did was choke. And when I got a gigantic cut on my hand, sticking it in the water didn't help it heal at all.
The next year got off to a bad start-I was arrested for trespassing on private property while trying to find Camp Half-Blood. Then when my mother won a trip to Florida I refused to get on the plane. For some reason, Mom got all upset, which was weird considering she knows Zeus will blast me out of the sky. And besides, there was also the Sea of Monsters, and there was no way I was going anywhere near it!
For some reason, my mother thinks I'm crazy. I mean...maybe I hurt this mortal girl on a school field trip, but I thought the knife was made out of celestial bronze! And then there was the time I tried to send an Iris Message to camp, and Mom caught me, but still. There's also the fact that Mom doesn't like how I keep insisting that I need to find a girl named Annabeth, and that I'm a son of Poseidon. She's the crazy one, I'm telling you. But when I pointed up at the sun and called, "Hey, Mom, isn't that a sweet car?" I guess it was the last straw....
Reviews are appreciated, flames are accepted, and constructive criticism is happily welcomed. But remember, it's not supposed to be serious.
Thanks goes to the Ocean is My Inkwell for looking this over on such short notice!
Sincerely,
Sheva Das
