Chapter 3

You know the feeling when your parents are in one room and calls you for a serious talk? You feel anxious and scared right? Now, multiply those feelings by ten thousand times. That's how I felt when I saw all of the most powerful beings in the Nine Worlds in Olympus.

I saw Zeus talking to a god with an eyepatch. Behind him, my father, Poseidon, talked to Athena. They seemed to be arguing whether which demigods will they send for "it". The rest of the gods were scattered around the hall, some were talking, some were not.

When Zeus noticed us, he asked us,"Perseus Jackson, why were you late?" I got edgy, the way he said it had a thunderous edge in his voice.

"Lord Zeus, I ran into an old enemy and I was forced to fight him twice. He goes by the name of Chrysaor." I replied, trying not to freak out.

A voice piped up, my father, Poseidon. "Were you able to defeat him? As far as I can recall he defeated you once, Percy."

"I was able to beat him, father." Before they could ask more questions, I quickly changed the topic, "So, why are we summoned here?"

My attention suddenly changed to two blondes running towards us, Magnus and Jason. Magnus wore a simple green shirt and pants. Jason, on the other hand, wore a standard purple Camp Jupiter and pants. He made Magnus look slender compared to him.

Before I was able to greet Jason, Athena spoke up. "This is not the time for pleasantries, heroes. We must address this matter at once. It is coming."

Athena said "It" as if something bad is coming again. It had been six years since our battle with Gaia and Leo arrived the year before. We were finally recovering from the destruction wrought by Gaia. Is the life of a demigod really like this? Only wars and conflicts?

"What is "it"? What is it that you're referring to?" Annabeth inquired, she seemed anxious. She was tapping her foot repeatedly on the smooth, white marble.

A god with an eyepatch took a step forward, he was barrel-chested and had massive arms. He wore a short-sleeved polo with "Hotel Valhalla" embroidered in it.

"To answer your question, Daughter of Athena, Ragnarok is coming, the end of the worlds as you know it."

I examined his hardened weathered face, he had close-cropped gray hair and a beard cut square. An eyepatch covered his right eye, his left eye was dark blue and it was staring right at me.

"You are Perseus Jackson, are you not?"

I flinched, I didn't know that a Norse god was aware of my existence. I nodded.

"I've watched your adventures. You're one of the best heroes in this century." I felt flattered, I didn't even know who the god was.

"Thank you, Lord?"

The god's face tightened, "You haven't watched the mortals' interpretation of us Norse gods? I'm Thor's father, Odin."

"Oh, alright. Sorry, All-Father." I apologised.

Zeus butted in, "As Athena said, no time for pleasantries. Let's settle this. Now."

All the gods grumbled in agreement.

"Good." Athena said, "We need to issue a quest, a god and the four demigods we selected." Athena scanned the sea of gods that was present. Until she locked her eyes on a goddess. The wolf goddess, Lupa. "You." Athena said as she pointed on Lupa. "You will be the most capable since you know how these heroes think as much as I do and"-she raised a finger for emphasis-"you'll attract the least attention since you are masked by the scent of you being a wolf."

No one argued, all of them just nodded.

"Why are we going on a quest?" Jason asked, giving Athena a quizzical look.

"Because without all of you, the Nine Worlds will end. Anymore questions?"

No one answered.

"Well, its settled then." Poseidon said, "How about we give these heroes something to help for their treacherous journey?"

"For once, I agree to you, brother." Zeus replied, he walked towards us and thought for a while, he then said, "Jason, I am giving you a lightning bolt. It is only right since you are my son."

Jason's knees buckled, his eyes gleamed, "My-my lord? I might have misheard you."

"You didn't." With a flick of Zeus' fingers, a long, twenty foot celestial bronze cylinder that was capped in both ends appeared in his hand, it hummed to life and bolts upon bolts of electricity arced through it, forming a deadly javelin of electricity. "This is a standard lightning bolt, if you want, I shall merge it into your gladius, perhaps give it a disguise. Use it well, my son."

Jason threw his sword at Zeus, as soon as Zeus catched it, a god who was swole and wore mechanic's clothes spoke, "I'll take care of that."

Hepheastus said politely as he took the bolt and the gladius.

"Thank you, father." Jason said and knelt.

"Percy Jackson, my son. Come." Poseidon said, "As what Lord Zeus did, I will be giving you a weapon, a tri—"

"Um..dad? I haven't told you this but," Once I said that, I pulled out Riptide from my pocket and uncapped it. I squeezed the hilt and it shimmered as it turned into a trident. The gods were in utter shock as they saw it.

"Percy." My dad said, though I can sense he was trying to contain his anger. It was wrong to copy a god's symbol of power without their permission, especially from the Big Three. "I'l just enchant this instead."

My dad walked forward and muttered something inaudible. My trident suddenly had a trident embellishment in it, it emitted a sea-green hue and it radiated a huge amount of power.

"Your trident now has power similar to mine. Its nearly comparable to the power of my trident." Poseidon informed me proudly.

"Wo-wow. Thanks dad." I stammered as I felt the power of the sea surged through me.

"Well, well. My turn to give you something, Magnus." Frey announced and walked towards Magnus. "I shall give you a horse several times quicker than the horse Arion."

I glanced at Poseidon, he had a scowl in his face and he seemed mad.

Poseidon roared, his trident appeared in his hand, "What is the meaning of this!?"

"Hush, Poseidon. Frey is also the god of horses among the Vikings. He's still not the father of horses." Zeus said calmly while placing a hand on his brother's chest. Poseidon didn't like it, but he stopped.

"As I was saying, the horse I will give you is still unnamed. You will give it its name and it should be able to carry atleast three to six people." Frey announced.

I looked at Magnus, his facial expression came as if saying, "Oh gee, they get new upgrades for their swords and I get a horse."

Frey flicked his fingers and a portal opened, a horse galloped out of it. The horse was larger than a normal horse, it had muscular legs and it seemed that it came from a good breed, it looked like the Pegasus, the immortal lord of horses, it had a rich-brown coat, mottled with red and gold around the muzzle.

Magnus walked towards the horse and placed a hand on it, stroking it gently.

"I shall name you Kurt." Magnus said, a grin plastered on his face.

I heard the thoughts of Kurt, "Wow. Kurt. Just wow." Kurt complained.

We three were fully equipped except for Annabeth. I looked at her beside me. She had a envious look on her face, although she was still pretty while doing that, I felt bad for her. I expected Athena to give her something.

"Annabeth, my daughter, don't think I have forgotten you." Athena told Annabeth.

Annabeth's eyes was gleaming, she pinched me and squealed lightly.

"I will give you a blue, plastic hairbrush." Athena said flatly.

Annabeth's gleam darkened, "What is the meaning of this!?" Annabeth bellowed. "My Percy and Jason gets their weapons upgraded, Magnus gets a horse and I get a hairbrush that reminds me of only Rachel!? What in the name of—" She caught herself, she had not realised that she had made a scene. "I apologise, mother. I shouldn't have lashed out like that."

Athena's glare was still there, "You have disrespected me, yet I must let this go for you are needed in the quest. The hairbrush has some magical capabilities. Figure it out for yourself."

A hairbrush appeared and hovered to Annabeth. She took it and inserted it in her pocket.

"Um.. lords? Its good that we have new items and all. But, we don't have any idea what to do. No prophecy. No nothing." I asked.

"Well, Percy, to answer your—" I waited for Odin's answer, but all of the gods attention went to three women shrouded in white. I heard a god mutter, "The Three Norns." from my left but I didn't know who it was.

They hovered towards us, as they got closer, I saw their full height, rising up to nine feet tall. Under their hoods, their faces was beautiful yet unsettling-blank white, even their eyes. They stopped in front of us, the Norns spoke together, ghostly voices in unison, they said,

"Heroes of realms embark on a quest,

Betrayed by a god once known as the test,

He shall be freed and fight whom he detest,

In arms with enemies to defeat the vilest."

With that, all the Three Norns vanished, leaving only a trail of fog behind.

"What was that?" I asked, visibly shaken.

Zeus answered, "We had just heard the third Great Prophecy."

So what do all of you think? If you would all think that I might've overpowered them but well, I really wanted to give them stronger weapons since they're facing stronger enemies.

Thanks for reading by the way, reviews please? Peace out.

-Sumarbrander.