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Anyways, this is the third chapter, as promised, the very first romance scene of this story will be here.
This is going to be a major Perlia chapter.
So, enjoy!
Chapter Three
One Year Later
Eleven-year-old Perseus was sitting on his throne (Chaos insisted to build him one even though Perseus declined) in the throne room of the primordial deities with his father Chaos.
Everyday Chaos would watch over Earth on his throne, and sometimes Perseus and Hestia would join him.
To say Perseus was shocked when he heard his mother Hestia reciting the prophecy would be the understatement of the millennia.
Even though his mother has assured him many times prophecies always have double meanings, and he won't necessarily die, but he was still tensed. Seriously, how many meanings can "The hero's soul cursed blade shall reap, a single choice shall end his days" possibly have!
Not even Hestia or the Fates who could usually see everything knew the outcome of the war, they could only sense Perseus have a long, hard road ahead of him.
Only his father Chaos himself knew what would happen, but he wouldn't share it with anyone but Hestia.
Perseus kept bugging Chaos, pleading, doing puppy eye faces, trying everything he could come up with, but Chaos would always tell him "The future is dark and unclear, but you would be the one thing that can make a difference." Nothing more.
Perseus also learnt when he was ten, a blessing from Chaos took is now immortal, not god-immortal, more like hunter-immortal. Unable to die except fall in battle.
Although he will keep growing physically until the age of eighteen, which means he's still in condition to fulfill the prophecy. As his father told him that's his destiny.
Chaos also promised him after the war, he will be made into a primordial god, just like the rest of his family. That is, if he ever survives it. That was Perseus' thought when he heard the news, although he never said it out loud, he had no doubt his father knows anyway, because gods can read minds.
Right now, he's watching a young demigod roaming around the country, with her three other companions.
A tall boy with sandy blonde hair and blue eyes is the eldest of them all, but he's no older than sixteen or so. The beautiful girl running right next to him has short spiky black hair and startling but attractive electric blue eyes, she only looks a few years younger. A small girl who is running behind the first girl closely has curly blond hair and stormy grey eyes, she looks to be around the age of eleven. In front of them, a satyr with curl brown hair was struggling to keep going.
He hated the gods for not caring about their demigod children, most of them at least. Hermes led his son Luke to Thalia, and Athena led her daughter Annabeth to the duo.
Zeus on the other hand never cared about his daughter Thalia. All he has ever done was to sit his lazy ass on his throne, doing Chaos knows what, not even bothering to check on his daughter for once after he knocked up her mother.
Being his mother's son, Perseus dropped off a bag of supplies and weapons nearby the duo, once when he visited Earth. Although he did make sure Thalia saw him, and think it was her, or Luke's father finally helping them.
Perseus gave them 50,000 mortal cash, 100 golden drachmas, enough food and water, a zip of ambrosia, a can of nectar, a mace he got from Aether that can turn into a spear, and a ring he got from Erebus that can turn into a celestial bronze sword.
If you want some cool stuff, Erebus is the guy to go to (For many times, Perseus thought Erebus is Hermes' twin).
Perseus just guided the duo to the knock-up version of Aegis, Athena, not Zeus made, in case a hero one day is in need, and watched them as they met Annabeth.
Right now, the trio and Grover are at Half-blood Hill, running from monsters.
Even though it's only a few miles to camp, he knew the four of them would never make it.
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Thalia Grace was running for her life, again.
After learning there is a safe harbour for half bloods just like herself from Grover, she thought that she could finally stop running, and start a new life with her new family.
Only if she knew how wrong she was.
A few hours after Grover found them, the four of them made it to Long Island, only a few miles away from the life Thalia has always longed.
Apparently she was wrong again.
Because due to some old grudges took place eons ago, her uncle Hades wants her dead for being his brother's daughter, the jerk she hated with all her heart who she calls father.
All three furies, a legion of Cyclops packs of Hellhounds and dozens of Empousa were after them.
'Great.' She thought.
She promised she would do what ever it takes to keep her new family safe, and that's what she intended to do.
"Guys," Thalia started calmly, "When I attack them, I need all of you to run across the border as quickly as you can."
"Thalia," Luke replied in hurry, "Don't, you'll die!"
"We don't have a choice," Thalia insisted, "They are here for me, not any of you. Besides we both know Grover can't fend all the monsters by himself, and we promised we would keep Annabeth safe!"
Luke wanted to argue, but a glare from Thalia told him it wasn't open for conversation.
"Good luck Thalia." Luke replied sadly, a drop of tear streamed down his face.
Thalia just nodded as she called down a bolt of lightning on her spear, she led out a battle cry as she redirected the blast of electricity to the nearest monster, blasting the Empousa to dust.
She tapped her bracelet, revealing her shield Aegis. The monsters seemed to be taken back at the sight of Medusa for a few seconds.
That's all she needs.
Thalia charged into the pool of monsters, creating a killing whirlpool in the middle of the monsters as Luke dragged Grover and Annabeth forward.
Her body went on autopilot as she stabbed, slashed, dodged and blocked. Over a dozen monsters already demised at her hands, but she started tiring out.
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Hestia was watching the scene from hearth, just like she how she did eleven years ago, the day she met her son.
She saw how Thalia faced an army of monsters alone so her friends could survive. She saw how Thalia fought tens of monsters bravely, killing everything in her path, but it wasn't enough.
Thalia just drove her spear through the heart of the Fury Tisiphone as a Cyclops sneaked up to her from behind.
She turned around to see the Cyclops swinging its massive celestial bronze club at her head.
It was too late for her to dodge.
Hestia watched with unease, fearing another hero would meet a pointless death, but she cracked up a smile at the thought of her son, Perseus.
She was always watching, she knew what her boy did for the girl, and she knew Perseus wouldn't let her die, not like that.
She sent her youngest brother a distasteful look as Zeus was once again, arguing over something stupid with Poseidon.
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Chaos was watching from his throne room.
He took a liking to the girl immediately when she sacrificed herself for her friends.
Just when he was about to smite the monsters to save the girl, his son spoke up.
"Father…" Perseus said, but Chaos already figured out what his son wanted.
"Go." Chaos said simply, while smiling at his son proudly and encouragingly.
Perseus gave Chaos a grateful nod before waving his hand. A powerful bolt of lightning that would have made Ouranos himself proud came down at Half-blood Hill, destroying a dozen of Cyclops, Hellhounds and Empousa effectively.
With that, a bright light engulfed Perseus, and he disappeared from the Void.
Chaos led out a small laugh as he continued to watch the scene.
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Thalia closed her eyes, waiting for the pain to come, images flew through her eyes as she was waiting for her death.
She saw the little girl she promised to protect, Annabeth. She saw her sweet, caring mother before she became alcoholic. She saw a young boy with blond hair and electric blue eyes, just like her own. Finally, she saw the boy she loved, Luke, smiling at her.
'Goodbye Luke,' She thought sadly as tears came down from her eyes, 'At least I'll be with Jason again.'
Thalia waited for the pain to come, but it never did.
Instead of being smashed to a demigod meat pie, she heard a loud crack coming down from the sky. When see opened her eyes, she gasped at the sight.
The monsters surrounded her were all gone, golden dusts what she assumed to be monsters once were all over her.
Suddenly, a bright light appeared out of nowhere. She had to shield her eyes from the glow.
When the light died down, she saw a teenage boy in an orange t-shirt, a pair of blue jeans and a pair of blue sneakers and a black belt was wrapped around his waist. He was about the same age as Annabeth.
He held a silver sword on his right hand, and a white shield with a circle of gold shining under the sunlight was trapped on his left arm. He wore a dark silver Greek battle armor, no helmet. A mix of golden and silver semicircle leg ornament with small diamonds mounted onto its surface was wrapped half way around his right thigh. A simple white necklace with a beautiful sea blue anchor charm pierced through it was hanging on his neck, and a sea green ring with a small image of a trident was resting on his left index finger.
He smiled at Thalia warmly, before saying, "Well, are you going to stand here and stare at me all day, or are we going to kick some monster ass?"
Thalia returned the smile, then brought up her own spear and shield. They charged into battle together, standing back to back, cutting monster after monster, covering each other's blind angles.
They could tell each other's thoughts with an exchange of glances, as if they have known each other forever.
Thalia led out a small laughter at that thought. Sure her life has always been crazy, but she never thought the events took place today would happen in a few hours.
Running for her life with two best friends, being found by a weird half-man half-goat, finding a permanent shelter, being chased by an army of monsters, facing her certain death, and a handsome, mysterious boy coming to her rescue.
She called up another bolt of lightning as electricity flew through her spear. Then with all the strength she has left, she plunged the electrocuted spear into the Fury Megaera's chest. With a cry, the fury dissolved into golden dusts.
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The mysterious boy was finishing off the last monster left, the Fury Alecto. Out of all three Furies, Alecto was the evilest and the hardest to kill. Well... Not if you were blessed by the most powerful beings in the universe and trained by themselves with all sorts of weapons and martial arts for your entire life.
The Fury whipped her whip at the demigod with all the strength she had left from the exhausting battle, attempting to slash open the mysterious boy's left shoulder, but no avail. The boy dodged her strike easily, frustrating her even more.
Alecto flew at the demigod who had a very strong scent coming from him. She slashed harder and harder, attempting to land a blow at her opponent, but the demigod just simply dodged and sidestepped, not even sweating.
The boy must have had enough fun with the Fury, because this time, he raised his blade to cut the whip into halves. Quickly, he pulled off the leg ornament from his right thigh. The semicircle ornament glow in a golden light before transforming into a long spear. It was a gift from Hemera on his tenth birthday, the weapon glows under the bright sunlight, shifting between red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet, the seven colors of the rainbow. A blinding amount of light intensity was beamed from the diamonds mounted on it, forcing the opponent of its wielder to look away, not even the Lord of Dead himself could look straight into the bright ray of energy beamed from the spear, let alone his servent.
Just as Alecto turned her head away, Perseus drove his spear into the Fury's right feet as hard as possible, impetrating the feet completely. The boy then delivered a painful kick at Alecto's chest, sent her flying, yanking her feet off the spear in an unimaginable painful way.
The boy smashed his spear against his right thigh, turning it back into a semicircle ornament again. Then, he brought up his adamantine sword, slowly making his way towards Alecto who was screaming like a five-year-old girl in agonizing pain.
He whispered to the Fury in a dangerously low tone before slashing his sword through the Fury's wings, then cutting her into pieces across her chest.
"Tell Hades to leave Thalia alone, or he will be the first immortal to taste my blade."
He didn't now what drove him into doing that, or why Thalia was having such effect on him. Out of all the half bloods he has watched, she's the only one he has helped more than guiding her to Camp Half-blood.
He raised his left hand to wipe off the monster blood left on his face before tapping the back and bottom of his sword and shield, turning them back into a bracelet and a watch respectively.
The boy turned around, just in time to see Thalia looking at him with a questioning look on her face.
She was wearing punk clothes as usual. Her black hair and face were both covered in monster blood. Her electric blue eyes were staring at him intensely, both curiously and gratefully. Her shield Aegis was retracted into the bracelet on her left wrist and her electric spear was in its mace form again.
He knew Eros would have said otherwise, but at that moment, he thought Thalia looked stunningly beautiful.
She gave him a breath-taking smile, that made his heart stopped beating, before opening her mouth.
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Thalia turned around, just in time to see the mysterious boy cutting the last monster left, the Fury Alecto to pieces. He raised his left hand to wipe out monster blood on his forehead, then retracted his shield and sword into a watch and a bracelet respectively.
The boy turned around to face her. The first thing Thalia noticed was his eyes. His eyes had a warm, glowing orange color, with a shade of the color black underneath them. Around his eyeballs, was a small ring of sea green. His eyes seem to glow in bright gold under the sunshine, radiating power. He had perfect tan on his skin, and large muscles were clearly visible all over his body. His black hair was long and messy, but somehow that made Thalia think he's even more handsome like that.
She sensed a strong, powerful but warm aura coming from the boy's body. She could tell the boy in front of her was very powerful, but somehow his warm eyes and friendly smile told her she could trust him.
Thalia smiled at him thankfully, before breaking the silence, "Hey, thanks for saving me. But who are you? I saw you controlling lightning, are you a…?"
But before Thalia could finish, the boy gave her an absolutely heart-melting smile, and cut her off, "To answer your question, my name is Perseus, but you can call me Percy. Yes, I'm a demigod. And no, I'm not a son of Zeus."
Thalia gave Perseus a curious look, before she could question him further, Perseus spoke up, "I wish I could tell you my story, but that's for another time. The others are coming, I can't let them see me, not yet."
Thalia sent Perseus an understanding look. She knew she could have never survived that long enough for reinforcement to arrive. The boy just saved her life, and she owes him everything now.
As if Perseus was reading her mind, which was exactly what happened, he replied, "You don't have to thank me, I would have done it anyway. Any fourteen-year-old girl who is willing to sacrifice her own life for her friends' deserves my saving and respect any day of the week."
"I must get going now, but just before that, there is something I'd like to give to you." Perseus added.
To say Thalia was curious would be a huge understatement. Despite her millions of questions toward this boy, she held back her curiosity, and gave him a small nod.
Perseus gently grabbed Thalia's left hand, then run his hand above her bracelet. There was a bright glow around her left wrist, and when the light died down, a new lightning pendant was attached to her wristband.
"Pull the pendant." Perseus said.
Thalia did what she was told, and a bright light engulfed her body. When looked down at her body, she gasped at the sight.
A light, mid-night blue armor was wrapped around her body.
Perseus laughed at Thalia's surprised face, "It's a battle armor, made of celestial bronze and fussed with umm… a very special metal, weights almost nothing, and completely indestructible. Will it, and it will turn back into the pendant"
Before Thalia could thank him, Perseus reached into his pocket, and pulled out a beautiful, silver necklace. Then he pulled Thalia's spiky, black hair away, and put the necklace on her neck for Thalia.
"Now, hold onto the necklace, imagine a weapon, let's say a… A bow, and twist it." Perseus said.
Thalia imagined a bow in her mind, and twisted the necklace. The necklace uttered a bright light, and it turned into a silver bow.
Thalia gasped at the sight again. She pulled back the string of the bow, and an arrow materialized.
Perseus smiled again, before saying, "It can turn into any weapon you imagine, and when it's a bow, it will never run out of arrows. I made both of the pendant and the necklace myself, hope you like them."
Thalia was completely stunned, before getting over her shock and embraced Perseus in a bone-crashing hug, "Thank you, thank you so much, I-I…"
Before she could finish, Perseus said with his signature mischievous grin on his face: "Don't mention it, use them well and they can save your life. Now you'd better get going before your campers get here. Don't worry, you'll see me again. Although I have to ask you to not tell anyone about me or our encounter."
Thalia nodded, then leaned up and gave Perseus a kiss on the chick. She turned her heels away and ran towards the camp borders.
Perseus stood there like an idiot for minutes, not even moving a muscular. His face turned red while thinking Thalia just kissed him, even though it's only on the chick. When he managed to pull himself out of his thoughts, he noticed he was surrounded by a cocoon of black energy to shield his presence from the Olympians.
'Wow, I really do have the best father in the universe.' Perseus thought to himself, before snapping his fingers, opening a portal back to the Void.
He stepped through the Void as he prepared himself to be teased by Erebus for the rest of his existence.
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Erebus was sitting on his throne, watching his brother rescuing the girl on Half-blood Hill, grinning like a mad man at the thought of finally having the perfect blackmail material to comeback at his little brother.
Perseus himself might not know, or haven't realized this, but as a primordial god, Erebus could easily look into other's minds. He knew what kind of effect the Zeus girl has on his little brother. He can tell that the effect and feeling are both mutual. However, he can also tell that the girl might like his brother back, but she is in love with that Hermes boy. So, instead of being serious for once, he decided to be his usual, annoying self.
Right after that, Erebus noticed a portal opening in the middle of the throne room.
He had a sly smile on his face as he got off his throne, shrinking down to his human size and started, "Well, well…"
'Here it comes.'
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I just finished chapter seven, and chapter four will be coming up soon!
Here is what's gonna happen next!
Hemera will be in the next chapter.
Percy will be 14!
He'll meet Nico and Bianca,
and he will learn what Chaos hid from him.
I promise you are going to love chapters 5&6!
"You know, don't you?" Perseus questioned, while observing Hemera's face carefully, but he didn't catch any sudden change of emotion.
"Know what?" Hemera responded.
"About the monsters, some of them were never seen before. If you know what is going on, then please tell me." Perseus asked.
Hemera sighed, "Fine, I suppose it's time for you to know. Come on, we'd better get going."
Hemera then put a hand on Perseus' shoulder, flashing them back to the Void.
Have a nice day
and til the next time!