Sea MIA
Disclaimer: I do not own PJO, TLH, or TSN (The son of Neptune), but I do (sort of) know Rick Riordan and Daniel Radcliffe! Go Harry Potter and Percy Jackson!
Athena's POV
You know how gods aren't supposed to get dreams? For some reason, they do, on occasion. Today was on of those occasions.
I was on mount Othrys, in some sort of cell, and Poseidon was chained up. Luckily, Uranus (A/N, I don't know how to spell that, bear with me!) didn't make him hold up the sky like Atlas did with Artemis. Poseidon didn't look to good. He was shivering a lot, and even my dream self could tell he probably had hypothermia. I'm going to need to tell Apollo about that. He had claw marks on his face like he had been attacked. His arm was obviously broken, but Poseidon didn't seem to notice.
Poseidon looked a lot like Percy for some reason… WHY WAS HE IN HIS TEENAGE FORM? I need to ask him after we save his butt. Was Poseidon sleeping? No, he was trying to do something… maybe building up his energy? That's worth looking in to. Poseidon opened his eyes, and just for a second, they were gold, and they looked a lot like a titan's eyes would.
He looked at the chains, kind of, and his eyes glowed for a second. Nothing happened. He tried again, nothing happened. Then I heard footsteps; Poseidon did too, but tried not to show it. He muttered something in some ancient language you could tell was much older than Greek and I somehow understood it.
"I don't care what you say; I'm getting out of here alive!" Poseidon said confidently.
"I don't believe you. Your family isn't here to save you! You do not stand a chance against me in a fight, and you can't even escape this cell, and what's more, you're blind!"
"Just because I'm blind doesn't mean I can't fight you! And we shall see whether or not my family gets here. If they do, that's great, if they don't it doesn't matter. I can still beat you!" Poseidon said.
Poseidon sounded angry. Uranus laughed at him. I knew why Poseidon said he could defeat Uranus in a fight, and believe me, he can. I've seen what he can do when he's angry.
"You cannot beat me! I am a titan, and I'm much more powerful than Kronos ever was! Face it, Titan-boy; your inherited abilities will not save you! So what if you can control things I can control or things Zeus can control! I am much more powerful than your little earthquakes or petty lightning!"
Poseidon looked like he wanted to say something, but then he decided not to. Good choice, if Uranus found out the extent of what Poseidon could do… It wouldn't be pleasant. And yes, Poseidon can control lightning. If he told Zeus that, Zeus would kill him, so that's why no one else knows but me. I found out when I visited his palace when it was under attack, no one else saw it when he was fighting Oceanus. I'm not even sure if Oceanus understands what happened. However, I've seen him do much, much more than control lightning, or even summon an undead warrior or fifty, and trust me, I've been scared to fight him ever since. Poseidon saw me after he defeated Oceanus, and told me he only reserved that power for fighting titans. I still don't want to get him angry, any way, back to the dream.
Uranus took out a… scythe? What was he doing with a scythe? More importantly, what was he doing with KRONOS'S scythe? I couldn't really see what happened next, since my dream self closed her eyes, but when she opened them, Poseidon was unconscious and bleeding. I noticed a little bit of purple mixed in with the gold ichors, and his eyes still had a trace of gold. That was a little weird, gods have gold blood. (A/N, I couldn't decide what color to make his blood after the gold eyes incident, so I just did purple since my blood is purple and red with gold specks in it, no joke! If any of you want another color, tell me, and I'll change it!) My dream ended, and I decided to look up what language they were speaking on my laptop.
After a bit of searching, I found what I was looking for. The language they were speaking was… not supposed to be a spoken language. Runes. Isn't that what Titans used back then? (A/N, I found this on some website about Minecraft or something) I understood it because about a millennia ago, I studied the language. I was the only one who studied it. How did Poseidon know it? He never told me about knowing the language of the Titans.
Just then Zeus woke up.
Zeus's POV
After I woke up, I saw an alarmed Athena on her laptop. I decided not to interfere. Ten minutes later, she looked up at me, and I decided to ask my question.
"Did you get the same dream I had?" I asked her.
She nodded and said "Did you hear the language they were speaking?" I told I had. I also told her I had know idea what it meant. She showed me her laptop.
"Runes? The titan language? How did he know how to speak the language of the Titans?"
"I don't know father, but I know what they said because I studied it about a millennia ago. I thought it would be useful." Smart daughter, I have there.
"What were they saying?" I asked.
She said "Trust me, you would kill Poseidon if I told you what they said". I was getting a little anxious.
"Just tell me what they said!" I told her.
She took a deep breath and said "Okay, and remember, I'm quoting this, I don't know what they meant. Poseidon said "I don't care what you say; I'm getting out of here alive", Uranus said "I don't believe you. Your family isn't here to save you! You do not stand a chance against me in a fight, and you can't even escape this cell, and what's more, you're blind!"
Poseidon said" Just because I'm blind doesn't mean I can't fight you! And we shall see whether or not my family gets here. If they do, that's great, if they don't it doesn't matter. I can still beat you!'" Athena's voice wavered. I gestured for her to move on.
"Uranus said "You cannot beat me! I am a titan, and I'm much more powerful than Kronos ever was! Face it, Titan-boy; your inherited abilities will not save you! So what if you can control things I can control or things Zeus can control! I am much more powerful than your little earthquakes or petty lightning!" Now do you see why I didn't want to tell you?"
I could understand why she didn't want to tell me. I wanted to kill Poseidon. How dare he not tell me he can control lightning? I heard a small voice in the back of my head named Bob shouting "THAT'S WHAT YOU GOT OUT OF THAT?" Bob was about to say more. I was getting annoyed with him. I squashed Bob. Looking back, I probably shouldn't have squashed him, since Bob was my common sense. I miss Bob, but know, his brother, Steve, is my common sense.
Great, now Steve was shouting "THAT'S WHAT YOU GOT OUT OF THAT? WHAT ABOUT THE "INHERITED ABILITES" PART OF THAT! YOU INHERIT THINGS FROM YOUR" I squashed Steve.
Athena's voice brought me back to reality. "Any idea what his inherited abilities are, father?"
Since I wasn't listening, I said something real intelligent like "Gahhhh... uh... huh? What did you say?"
Athena rolled he eyes and muttered something that sounded suspiciously like "he's just like his that nephew of his". I took offense to that, but didn't say anything. Artemis was talking to Athena about what "inherited abilities" might mean. I'll admit, some of there ideas sounded ridicules. How could Poseidon know how to control time or bend the earth? If anybody knew how to do that, it should be me!
Great, now Charlie, the empathy part of my brain, was saying "Conceited much?" I hate Charlie. I squashed him. Empathy wasn't a big loss to me, I don't really use that part of my brain much.
(A/N I love this part! It reminds me of that episode of the fairly odd parents where Cosmo said "Anger, stop fighting Love!" or something like that, and Timmy's emotions were all over the place, and in the end, Cosmo forgot to give him back his common sense!)
Since my common sense had recovered, I remembered to ask Athena what she thought the weapon was that Uranus was using.
"You didn't see it? It was a scythe, Kronos's scythe. The weird thing is, a god's blood is supposed to be gold. His had traces of purple in it."
Apollo woke up from his dream about pancakes and said "A god's blood isn't supposed to purple. Maybe he was sick…" Apollo took out his laptop and started researching.
"Hey, Athena, did his eyes look gold to you?" Apollo asked. Athena nodded. Apollo typed something. "And you said his blood was purple. Was it completely purple, or was it like mixed in with gold blood?"
"Mixed in with gold blood" Athena answered. Apollo typed some more.
"Did it look like he was trying to accomplish something?" Apollo asked. Athena looked at him like he was an idiot.
"Did it look like he was trying to accomplish anything besides getting out of there?" Apollo added.
Athena nodded. "Yeah. It looked like he was trying to build up his energy. Then he looked at the chains and his eyes glowed". Apollo typed some more, than said "It sounds like he was using magic. If my guess is correct, he has iwanttogetoutofhereidis" I was as confused as everyone else. (A/N I made up iwanttogetoutofhereidis, but it sounds funny!)
"Iwanttogetoutofhereidis happens when a god is kidnapped by a titan. Artemis had it a few years ago when she was kidnapped by Atlas. Luckily, iwanttogetoutofhereidis is cured when the god or goddess in question escapes or is rescued. By the looks of it, Poseidon has a severe case. Iwanttogetoutofhereidis is sort of like hysteria, except it can cause the god or goddess to do something really stupid, like attack the titan who kidnapped him or her, or try to break out of there prison and jump off a cliff or something equally stupid" Apollo explained.
The passengers looked at us strangely, like they have for the past fifteen hours. Athena looked at them and said "Were writing a book about the Greek gods. If we say something crazy, just ignore us, since this book is fiction and full of crazy things".
Nice job, Athena. I wondered what Poseidon might do if he was released from those chains with a severe case of iwanttogetoutofhereidis. I didn't really want to think about it.
This chapter is over! And it's the longest one I've ever written! YAY ME! Any way, here is the list so far of people who won my contest:
Percysgurl101
TheMuseNamedPancake
My sister, Lenore, came close, so I'll put her down
MythGeek
And MythGeek, your right, It sure isn't grandfather/grandson bonding time. That would be weird. : )
To answer your questions,
TheMuseNamedPancake: It would normally go for all three, but in this story, there's a special reason why Poseidon is singled out. I won't say the reason because that will give away the surprise.
Will124: The gods can have cell phones. Hermes has one. It's just the demigods who are at risk with cell phones. And I'm not sure about the Hephaestus idea, but I'll try to find a way to put it in.
Amien 4ever: He was born blind because of the Fates. (I curse you once more, Fates)
MythGeek: It's normal in comparison to his other secret because his other secret is REALLY shocking. And also, don't worry about the Pothena. It will be at the end, so you can skip it if you want. Also, it's a small amount. And he was kidnapped for defeating Typhon, and yes, it has a plays a big part in secret #2 And also, thanks for telling me the two definitions or haberdashery. Maybe I shouldn't get all my definitions from iCarly and random people talking :) And I'll try to edit that paragraph, but the last time I tried to edit one of the documents in one of my stories (Very Funny and Awkward Chat room); it didn't work out to well. Athena and Poseidon were married instead of dating.
As for every one else, THANK YOU FOR THE REVIEWS!
I would also like to specially thank Percysgurl101 for helping me with this. She gave me a lot of the ideas.
And also, if any of the material in this story seems like plagiarizing to anybody, PM me about it and I'll either fix it or give you credit in the disclaimers, it's up to you.
