Hey peoples, cheers for the reviews it really is awesome. This is my revised chapter 3. I'll try to update once a week at the latest and I apologize in advance if I don't; anyway, as always: reviews, constructive criticism and ideas are much appreciated. Flames will be laughed at, possible and probable OOC. Here's my third chapter. Enjoy :)
DISCLAIMER: As much as I want to, I do not own PJO or HoO or any of its characters etc. they all belong to the genius that is Rick Riordan
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"What do you mean Hades, and you better not be messing with me; not about this" warned Poseidon
"What do you know?" asked Zeus
"Actually I don't know a thing, but Styx requested this meeting"
"Styx? As in the river?" asked Apollo with a confused look
"Yes, as in the river" came the voice of the naiad of the Styx "since everyone swears on my river, I hear and see all the oaths and, if I so wish, the circumstances under which they are made; and there was one I heard recently that you all should here"
"Was it Percy?" The Sea god asked urgently
"Yes, he swore an oath to Kronos-"
"KRONOS! I knew he was a traitor! I was right to banish him to Tartarus-" Zeus began but he was quickly cut off
"Oh shut up Zeus and let me finish" snapped Styx, a shocked Zeus fell silent; causing the other gods to laugh at the king of the gods and Apollo and Hermes to call out "Burn!"
"Enough!" cried a considerably annoyed Styx; eventually the laughter fell, well not silent, but down to quiet snickers
"Anyway, as I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted" Styx said with a glare at Zeus "I heard Perseus Jackson swear an oath to Kronos, and it will be better if I just show you it, meet me by the banks of my river"
Not long after, the gods were gathered around the river Styx. The naiad waved her hand and an image shimmered to existence much like an Iris Message. The image showed a battered and scarred man wearing nothing but torn jeans and a bead necklace kneeling by the banks of a river, chained with what looked like celestial bronze chains. Hephaestus whistled softly when he saw that
"Percy" Poseidon whispered
"There's no way he could get out of those chains, not unless he had the strength of a god, and even than it's iffy" Hephaestus remarked drily
"Even if he wasn't by the Acheron" said Dionysus who recognised the river of woe; everyone stared at him in surprise
"What!? I know stuff!" he exclaimed, they all turned back to the image when Styx cleared her throat loudly
"Think about it Perseus, you can save those closest to you, you can have revenge on the gods for what they did to you and you can get out of here, what do the mortals call it? A win-win situation?" said Kronos temptingly, and for a moment it looked like Percy was tempted, but only for a moment before he made his decision
"All you have to do is swear on the Styx to serve me Perseus"
"I Percy Jackson, swear on the Styx..." ("Aha!" Yelled Zeus, earning him another glare from Styx) by now Kronos was struggling to contain his excitement "…that I will NEVER serve you Kronos" (Apollo and Hermes actually laughed at the look of shock on Kronos face, and again yelled "Burn!"
"Why Perseus?" asked Kronos, genuinely confused
"Because I never fought for the gods, ("I knew it!" Exclaimed Zeus) I fought for their children. (That shut Zeus up) I fought for my friends, my family. And I would never betray my family"
"But don't you want revenge?"
"At times, yes, but for the most part; I've made peace with my fate" Now Kronos looked really confused and angry as it sunk in that Percy had rejected his offer
"You will pay for this Perseus" he snarled as he stalked away angrily, Percy hung his head and groaned as fresh wave of pain swept through his body
All the gods were silent in shock as they thought about what they had just seen
"We have to get him out" said Poseidon
"No! He's a murderer" cried Zeus, but he soon began to squirm under the stares of the other gods
"How?" asked Artemis ignoring her father
"I- I don't know" Poseidon sounded depressed, he slowly turned to Athena "Athena, I know we haven't always really got along"
"Understatement of the millennium" whispered Hermes, earning himself a glare from Poseidon
"But I really need your help on this one, please" the sea god finished, Athena was shocked that:
1. Poseidon was actually asking for her help
2. No, he was begging for her help
3. She knew Percy would never have killed those demigods, it just wasn't him
"How are we supposed to get him out anyway? He's in Tartarus!" exclaimed Zeus
Poseidon ignored his brother and continued looking at Athena "Please Athena, you know how much it would mean to Ann- all the camp" Athena didn't miss his stumble, and she thought of her daughter Annabeth, she had blatantly refused to even consider going out with anyone else since Percy's banishment
"I- yeah I'll help" Athena said quietly, surprising the other gods "for my daughters sake"
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Annabeth Chase had no idea that the god were planning a rescue for her boyfriend, no he was more than her boyfriend; the past two years had been the hardest of her life. Nothing seemed as bright and she found it hard to have fun, whenever she did she instantly felt guilty that she was having fun while Percy was in Tartarus. When Annabeth woke in the Poseidon cabin, like every morning, she looked at the place next to her, hoping in vain that she would find Percy sleeping and drooling peacefully next to her. But no such luck. Sighing she climbed out of bed and mechanically showered and dressed; the daughter of Athena left cabin 3 and headed to breakfast.
"Annabeth!"
"What?" she stopped and sighed as she turned to Pipers voice to see her running from the Aphrodite cabin and towards Annabeth's position near the dining area, from here she had a view of the entire camp as it slowly came to life around her. Phisically the camp looked muchthe same as it had when she and the Argo II had set out to Camp Jupiter, the big house was still there, the cabins were still there the arena was still there. The grass was still green and the place was still home to Annabeth; but they say home is where the heart is, and right now her heart was in Tartarus, and had been for two long years.
"I had a dream that you have to hear" said Piper when she reached the daughter of Athena
"Mmhmm" replied Annabeth unenthusiastically
"It was about Percy" Piper said with a smile as Annabeth's head snapped up
"What was it?" she asked urgently
"He's coming home" Piper said, but Annabeth just sighed
"That's impossible Pipes, he's in Tartarus, even the gods are scared to go there"
"Yeah, but Poseidon's more like Percy than you think" Piper stated cryptically
"What do you mean?"
"Remember when you and Percy fell in there?" asked Piper
"How could I forget?"
"That was a rhetorical question, but anyway. He wouldn't let go of you, and let's just say that Poseidon's not about to let Percy go"
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So that was Chapter 3. And 4 is on its way soon (hopefully). In the meantime please review all you awesome people :) Until next time!
BigSchwart out
