He smiled a genuine smile at me.

Then, I paused.

"What will happen to me... you know...when I become a god." I asked.

A green flame erupted in his hand. He smiled. "I guess the fates will decide." He threw the flame at my chest.

My eyes widened. Before I had time to react, the flames had engulfed my body. I screamed and dropped on my knees. The flames burned my skin as raw power seeped into my blood. My bones groaned and I fell to my hands in pain. Then, suddenly, it all stopped. I looked up to see Tartarus smirking at me.

I stood, my legs shaking. My breathing was heavy and I looked to Tartarus. He looked shocked. "What happened?" I asked. I could swear I could see a flicker of fear in his eyes. How could I, Percy Jackson, scare a primordial? He waved his hand toward a wall to his left. A mirror materialized. I walked over to it and looked at myself. I gasped. My eyes had turned from a gentle green to a intimidating red. My hair, if possible, had become even darker. But the most drastic change was my body.

My jawline had become even more defined and my general face shape had become more intimidating. My body was still riddled with scars and gashes, but if anything, that gave me an even more intimidating look. I had gained tons of muscles, so much so I looked slightly animalistic.

But, I also felt different. Like something inside me had been shattered.

I smirked at myself, which only seemed to scare Tartarus more.

"Behold, Perseus Jackson, primordial of all monsters, fear, pain, and revenge." He said cautiously. I chuckled darkly.

"Seems like a pretty dark title for someone who was on the good side of two wars. Ah, but what fun is life if it is always predictable." I said smoothly. This was odd. I have never felt more... like I should be ever in my short life.

Tartarus looked at me, confused. "The primordial flame, which is the fire I threw at you, brings out the person's strongest qualities, whether or not they are yet to be discovered. I chose you to be my son for this reason. I thought you would become the primordial of something like trust or friendship. But I guess this should have been expected, seeing that you had been betrayed by your 'friends'. But I didn't really see the monster trait in you."

I ran a hand through my dark hair. "Before I was cast into the pit, my girlfri... a girl.. had left me for my younger brother, Nate. From that day on, everyone was convinced that I had joined the monsters. That's the reason I'm down here."

I sighed. Tartarus seriously needed to do more research.

The primordial looked into my eyes. "Well, I guess I should train you in how to harness your powers."

I raised an eyebrow suspiciously. "What are my powers?"

"Well, there are way to many to list, and even more will be discovered as you age. But, I will list some of your overall powers. Shape shifting, mind reading and manipulation, element manipulation, and strength and endurance that surpasses even Chaos. You, Percy Jackson l, are the most powerful being to ever exist. And this is just the beginning of your powers."

I stood there in shock for a second before smirking to myself. I had never wanted this much power in my past, but now... well let's just say I've changed a bit.

A cough interrupted me from my thoughts.

Tartarus motioned at a door behind him. "We will begin training in an hour. After you exit this door, you will be teleported to your room. You will ring everything you need is already there, including new battle armour. The training room is down the hall and to the left in the first door. I will expect you to be there in one hour on the dot."

He gestured toward the door behind him, signaling for me to leave. I walked past him, noticing the fear in my adoptive fathers eyes.

Maybe being the most powerful being to ever exist did have its perks.

I walked through the doorway and was immediately teleported into my new room. The room was huge, with a king sized bed in the corner and a dresser next to it. The most eye-catching thing, however, were the doors lining the walls. There were at least ten in all. All of them had a label above them. A black door closest to the bed read 'Training Arena', the one next to it read 'Tartarus's Office', and the one after that had no label on it. I narrowed my eyes and stepped toward the door. I tried the door knob, but it wouldn't budge. Strange...

A glimmer of green flashed in the corner of my eye. I turned towards it and saw a gem lying on the dresser closest to my bed. I walked over to it, my feet soundlessly walking across the floor. I picked the gem up and set it in my palm. It was about as big as my thumbs fingernail and was glowing a dull green. I turned it over and over in my palm, inspecting every detail.

It seemed pretty normal, except for the green glow. I set the gem back on the table and turned around.

Then, I heard a voice.

"Percy Jackson." The words seemed to echo off the walls.

I turned back around and faced the gem. It was now pulsing with light. I picked it back up and held it close to my ear.

Suddenly, the gem started to grow. It morphed into a life sized version of me.

Ok... this is kinda wierd.

"Hello?" I said to the green gem version of me.

It looked at me with its green glowing eyes and bowed its head.

I tilted my head at it and reached out to touch it.

Suddenly it exploded into a green dust and flew into my chest.

"Whoh... my gosh." I said. Looking around me.

What on earth was that?

I shook my head and tried to get rid of the sudden buzzing in my head.

"Perceus Achilles Jackson. I am the gem of

Aνάγνωση μυαλού. I was made to appear to the most powerful being to ever exist and that will ever exist. I hold unspeakable power." Said the random voice in my head.

"Ok... so... do you like... have a name?" I said suspiciously. How could this day get any weirder?

"I shall be named whatever you wish, Perceus."

"Please, call me Percy. I'm going to name you Bob. He was an old friend of mine." I replied.

"Of course sir. Now, it is my understanding that your father has summoned you to the training arena." Said Bob.

"Oh, ya! Dang it, I forgot about that."

I ran to the door beside my bed labeled 'training aren't and walk in.

AN: Hello everyone! Thank you so much for reading my story! I need ideas for a code name for Percy and I need some suggestions. Please don't suggest something super common. Thanks!