Chapter 3
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"Are you ready brother?" Thor inquired with an amused smile almost splitting his face
"You're enjoying this aren't you!" accused Perseus, shooting daggers at his brother
"You wound me, brother, I would never willingly enjoy your torment," Thor said sarcastically as he quickly ducked to avoid the dagger that been thrown at him. Thor just laughed at his brother antics "...you did not have to accept the assignment Perseus, no one would blame you for not wanting to help the very gods who were supposed to be your family, and yet they abandoned you to die" wincing slightly at his wording, Thor cast Perseus an apologetic look causing him to smile.
"Thor it's fine, and you're right they did abandon me, but it is my duty as a prince of Asgard and a son of Odin to protect the nine realms as well as Midgard even if it belongs to Lady Chaos, you know this as well as I do brother. I will always put my duty before my personal feelings" Perseus said standing slightly straighter, holding his head higher.
Standing tall as well, Thor looked at his little brother will pride. "Well then, best not keep the Olympians waiting"
Laughing Perseus replied "Yeah, I best not, Zeus will most likely throw a temper tantrum" summoning his armor and spear Nætrdagr, the two brothers walked off to meet their father at the Bifrost.
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"Ah there you are my sons, what took you so long?" asked The All-father as he looked at his sons.
"Our apologies father, Perseus was taking his time putting his make-up on" Thor replied jokingly, which only earned him a really, really hard punch to the arm "…oww I forgot how hard you can hit little brother"
"Believe me, I can hit a lot harder than that, just ask the frost giants," Perseus said remembering the times when he and his fellow soldiers went to defend Alfheim from the Jotuns.
"It's a good thing only one of you is going to Midgard, Presence knows what chaos you two would have caused if you had gone together," said The All-father shaking his head at his son's antics "… come you must not be late Perseus."
"Father, where will I be staying during sundown?" Perseus asked fearing the response
"You are quite welcome to come back home to rest, but it might be better if you were to stay on Olympus. It should help you gain the trust of the Olympians easier." replied The All-father
Signing slightly Perseus simply nodded his head.
"Heimdall!" boomed The All-father
"Yes, Milord" answered Heimdall who was standing in the middle of the observatory turning to look at his king.
"Open the Bifrost Heimdall" commanded The King of Asgard
Plunging his sword into the central control console, the walls of the observatory slowly started to turn, picking up speed with each passing second and within moments there before them was the infamous rainbow bridge which has brought hope and security to so many planets and civilizations over the eons.
"Good luck my son," said Odin smiling proudly at his son before he walked into the colorful portal.
"He is going to make one hell of an entrance father," said Thor with a grin that promised trouble
"Doesn't he always" replied Odin chuckling
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"Athena do you know when the prince will arrive" asked an aggravated Zeus
"The fates did not say father, but the solstice is nearly over so he should be arriving soon" Athena replied
The twelve Olympians gods reconvened to finish their earlier meeting, only this time without the minor gods being present.
"How are the preparations at camp coming along Dionysus?" asked Hermes
"How should I know? I don't like the little bast…uh, godlings if the all left or died I would throw a party." Dionysus replied.
"Do you have any idea what's going on in that camp?! Yelled Hermes
"Well of course I do. There was something about monsters in the camp, a border patrol, and a quest to find a golden sheet," replied Dionysus. "Then there was a blah blah blah golden sheet so the monsters can no longer come into camp and kill the little brats, and Athena's brat Anniebell keeps pestering me with new plans to keep the camp safe, and if that wasn't bad enough father's broken oath of a child Drax is helping her."
"Her name is Annabeth you nitwit!" Exclaimed Athena "and she has done more for that camp than you ever will!"
"That simply is not true Athena, I just don't care." stated Dionysus.
Hermes looked at his half-brother in contempt at his lack of concern for the demigods, when suddenly the skies seemed to darken slightly, causing the gods to look at Zeus to see what was wrong now.
"It's not me," Zeus said noticing the darkness followed by a thunderclap so loud the gods jumped in fright "WHO DARES INVADE MY DOMAIN!?" shouted Zeus, as he stood with his Master Bolt in hand.
Before Zeus could continue on with his rant, a beam of multi-colored lights slammed into the ground marking the white marble floor with strange symbols. The beam seemed to stretch far into the cosmos, too far for the gods to see where it came from. However what they did see, is the shadow of a figure that was seemingly dropping onto the floor through the beam of light.
The Olympians were hoping that this man in the lights is the prince they have been waiting for when suddenly they observed something being slammed into the ground as a yell of frustration echoed loudly throughout Olympus? When the object slammed into the ground it created a wave of power that caused the Bifrost to send out a pulse of lights which smashed harshly into the Olympians causing Zeus to be pushed back into his throne, whilst the some of the other gods knocked clear out of their thrones. And as suddenly as it had come the beam of light stopped, revealing the prince of Asgard which caused the goddesses to gasp and blush. Even Artemis turned her head so nobody could see the slight blush that appeared on her face. Although she is a maiden, even she could not help but appreciate the body of the prince of Asgard, as his armor was hugging his muscular form and the black cape he is wearing appears to have swirling galaxies that flow seamlessly throughout the cape. But the one thing that caught her attention the most were his beautiful twinkling sea green eyes that somehow radiated wisdom and an incredible sense of loyalty.
At that moment in a realm far away, sat the Lord of Asgard, his son Thor and the members of the Asgardian council. It is not strange to find the council assembled in the throne room discussing how to ensure the safety of the universe. However what is strange about this particular meeting, is that everyone is laughing… and laughing hard.
"Fa... fath... father di...father did you see..." Thor kept trying to say through his laughter until he finally said "father did you see Zeus? Who dares enter my domain! and then BOOOMMM! They are flat on their asses Ha ha ha ha"
"I kn... I knew... I knew I loved my little brother for some reason ha ha ha ha" Thor continued.
After a few minutes, Odin tried to say "we... we ...we sho... we shouldn't ha ha ha ha oh to Hela with it as the laughter continued echoing throughout the throne room.
"Father look!" Thor suddenly exclaimed.
"What is it, my son?" Odin asked trying to stop laughing
"It... it...it seems my little brother has some admirers ha ha ha! Thor happily exclaimed.
"He is even attracting the attention of the virgin goddesses, is there any question as to why he is a prince of Asgard," Odin said still laughing at the events unfolding before them.
"Zeus should be careful with his virgin daughters or they will no longer be virgins with Percy around" stated Thor with pride.
"Lo…Lord Odin" Tyr laughingly said as he tried to get the laughing Allfathers attention (what is uniquely funny about this is that Tyr doesn't laugh at shit).
"Ye… yes T… yes Tyr" stuttered the still laughing All-father
"I… I bel… I believe that this footage of the young prince should be destroyed!" yelled a still laughing Tyr
"Wh…why i… why is that Tyr?" Odin tries to ask seriously but failed completely
"If… if our… if our enemies were to somehow get ahold of this footage they could show it to our soldiers" replied Tyr
"What of it?" asked Odin
"If…if our soldiers watch this footage they would descend into uncontrollable laughter much like we have, making it so they will be unable to fight and it would make conquering our realm relatively easy," Tyr replied, desperately trying to keep a straight face
"Then I shall place a copy in the treasure room where the Destroyer can keep watch over it," said Odin
"No offense Milord, but I fear that even the dreaded Destroyer is no match for the… antics of our young prince" retorted Tyr
"I… I… I fear that you may be right Tyr," Odin replied as he started laughing again as he imagined his dreaded Destroyer on the ground laughing at what his son had just done in the Olympian throne room.
At this moment on another part of Asgard, is the ever loyal and vigilant Heimdall. Heimdall always knew that as guardian of the Rainbow Bridge he would be lonely. However, Heimdall is currently rolling on the floor laughing, with tears coming out of his eyes after observing what his young prince just did to the Olympians in their throne room. Do not start any trouble, Heimdall remembers the All-father telling his son before he left and what's the first thing he does upon arrival? He knocks them on their asses. At that Heimdall started to laugh even harder if that were possible.
Meanwhile back on Olympus
In his left hand, Perseus held Nætrdagr which glistened in the light of the torches that hung on the walls around the throne room. Lifting his hand to his helmet, Perseus pulled his golden helm off which of course caused, even more, gasps and blushes from the Olympian goddesses.
"It is my understanding that you have been expecting me?" Perseus said in a strong deep voice that resonated with power.
At these words, the Olympians seem to come out of their stupor and collected their thoughts about the being standing before them.
Finally, Zeus stood and spoke, "Yes, well…"
Before he could continue Hermes interrupted him almost causing a vein in Zeus's forehead to pop out.
"What the fuck was that?! Shouted Hermes, eyes widened in surprise and confusion
Before Perseus could respond Zeus cut in "Hermes be silent and stop interrupting!" yelled an exasperated Zeus. Standing straighter and exerting as much power as he possibly could Zeus began to introduce himself "...I am Zeus, King of Oly..." before he could continue Perseus cut in.
"I already know who you are" stated Percy
On the males side of the throne room, Hades began chuckling at the fact Zeus been cut off by the young prince of Asgard. Hades quickly stifled his chuckles as Zeus began to glare his way angrily.
"Well since it seems you already know who we are. May I ask how you know of us?" Zeus replied hotly, obviously pissed at having been cut off.
"To prepare myself for our eventual meeting, I did what any rightful prince would do, I studied all about the Olympians to learn everything I could about you." Replied a stoic Percy
"Is that so?" said a more pleasant sounding Zeus. "So they have books about us Olympians on Asgard?"
"Yes, our library is quite extensive. If it pleases you I can name each and every god present?" asked Percy
"Under normal circumstances that would not be necessary, however as you know these circumstances are anything but normal. And to be honest I am intrigued about what type of information the Lord of Asgard has on us Olympians." Zeus stated with a gleam in his eye.
"Alright, if I may begin?" Percy asked only to receive a nod from Zeus.
"It is obvious who you are, so I will begin with you. You Milord are Grumpy the dwarf. Always mad at someone or something" Percy said as Apollo and Hermes broke out into laughter. "You pointing to Poseidon are Happy the dwarf, always wearing that stupid grin you have on your face right now, and then pointed to Hades you are Sneezy dwarf, as your name is taken in vain so much I am sure you sneeze all the time. Percy then looked towards Hermes and said you are Happy the dwarf always happy at pulling some type of prank and next to you is Doc dwarf, you're a Doc, Doc, plus out of you two idiots you seem to be the leader. Percy then looked at Ares and said "you are irrelevant as we possess not one shard of information on you. So I guess that makes you the Huntsman no-one cares about. At this Happy and Doc dwarfs once again started laughing hard. One look at Dionysus and Percy quickly belted out this is obviously Sleepy dwarf as he is always sleeping through council meetings and finally, we come to you Percy said as his voice softened. You are Lord Hephaestus a true master of the forge." Percy said with a smile on his face.
At this, the other male gods with the exception of Hades started complaining about the names given to them by this upstart prince of Asgard.
Percy then walked to the other side of the room where the goddesses sat, bowed slightly and said "Milady's as he stopped in front of Hera. You are the Evil Witch of a Stepmother. You blame the children that are the result of your husband's indiscretions and often try to kill or injure them in some way" Percy said to a fuming Hera, "you are the Know it all in a Mirror (Mirror in Snow White) that likes to start trouble" Percy stated while looking at Athena, "as wise as you are you let your pride diminish that wisdom as you believe you are always right. I must inform you that no-one, not even my father who is wiser than you is not right 100% of the time so get over yourself. Percy said to an irate goddess of wisdom.
Percy then walked over and stood in front of Demeter's throne and slowly shook his head. One look at the goddess of the harvest and one could tell that she is apprehensive about what the young prince will say about her. "And you… you are known as the Hypocrite. Which I found difficult to believe until I acquired my knowledge of you. You are the goddess of the harvest. To possess such a domain means that you possess an abundance of love because that is what a harvest needs to grow food and plants that are necessary for survival. But you contradict yourself when it comes to your daughter. Your daughter finds and falls in love with her prince Sneezy over there (thumbing over to Hades) and you throw a temper tantrum that causes the planet to be unable to grow food during the winter months." Percy said with a bit of ire in his voice as Demeter looked done at her lap in shame.
Artemis is stunned. Here is a prince from another pantheon insulting the Olympian council without fear of reproach. Artemis finally breaks out of her thoughts only to realize that Percy is now standing in front of her. Artemis swallows hard as Percy turns his gaze to her, unsure what the prince of Asgard will say.
"Milady," Percy says as he gives a slight bow to Artemis as she nervously smiles. "You Milady are none other than Fiona (Shrek)."
Artemis gave Percy a confused look and said "Fiona? What do you mean by that?'
"I am glad you asked Fiona" replied Percy. "Fiona during the day you are without a doubt a beautiful and alluring princess who empowers women and loves nature and the animals of the forest." Artemis started to smile but it fell from her face when Percy said "However, at night you shed you beautiful princess Fiona persona and become a monster that hunts men for no other reason than being male. I understand that some males deserved it because they were truly disgusting and committed unspeakable acts against women, but the others you did for fun and torture. You have been the cause of more broken families than any cheating male. You may not know it but these actions were taken by you Fiona actually make you worse than the men you hunt."
"And finally we come to you Milady," Percy said to a gulping Aphrodite. "It is a pleasure to meet you Sleeping Beauty."
At this, the throne room erupted in chaos (not to be confused with Lady Chaos).
"SILENCE!" Percy bellowed as he turned back to Aphrodite
"I…I… I don't understand why do I get such a lovely name when we both know the things I have done?" Aphrodite asked
Percy gave her a sly grin and then said "Yes, Sleeping Beauty you are indeed correct, I do know about the things you have done and normally I could not overlook them, but there are extenuating circumstances at work that has kept your true self from emerging. It is no fault of your own so I will not hold it against you. But once your true self-emerges, if you continue in these ways your name will change and we will have a problem. Am I understood?'
Aphrodite quickly shook her head that she understood.
Again the council room erupted in the accusation that Percy was just trying to bed Aphrodite while other were still complaining about the name given to them by the young prince.
"What part of SILENCE?! Do you not understand?!" Percy yelled out irately. "I am not trying to bed Sleeping Beauty here, what is happening is I have done my research as I said earlier and I discovered some interesting facts about her that if I'm right will soon come to light and surprise everyone.
The throne room remained silent until a small childlike voice spoke up. "And what is my name young prince?" asked Hestia the goddess of the hearth.
Immediately a smile graced Percy's regal features as he turned to face the goddess. "Milady, I beg your forgiveness for not remembering you." Said Percy as Hestia was now standing in front of him smiling. "You Milady are now and always have been and will be Hestia the most important Olympian, for without you Olympus would have fallen over millennia ago. And before everyone starts yelling again know this. Hestia is the most powerful of all the elder gods in this room, she works to keep you a family which is not easy, she possesses no ego that causes her to commit stupid acts due to your pride. Every god here myself included can learn from the example set by Hestia. Percy finished as he gave the small goddess a hug.
Back on Asgard.
Just when everyone believed the show to be over, their young prince surprises them once again. The council watched in shock as their prince named the king of the Olympian gods Grumpy from the mortal book Snow White and the seven dwarfs. Then suddenly laughter erupted throughout the throne room once again even harder than before if that is even possible. And what of our guardian of the Rainbow Bridge, Heimdall. If one were to approach the Bifrost they would find him unconscious from laughing so hard at the antics of the young prince.
We now return you to you regularly scheduled Olympians.
"If you are done insulting us can you introduce yourself to our esteemed council?!" Zeus said trying to contain his rage at the young prince of Asgard.
Glancing around the room at the faces of the Olympians, Percy noticed that looks of curiosity, anger and shame were evident on the faces of the Olympians. Athena's expression was practically begging to know more about him, with only her godly pride stopping her, observed Perseus.
"Very well, I am Perseus Odinson, god of time, space, justice and loyalty. I am blessed by The Presence, who gifted me my weapons and armor, as well as my mount." said Perseus answering Zeus question "is there any other information you require?"
"Do you have a girlfriend?" asked Aphrodite, gently leaning forward to reveal her ample cleavage
At her question, most gods rolled their eyes, as they were used to the love goddesses antics. Even Perseus had to restrain the urge to roll his eyes, only his Asgardian upbringing stopping him
"That is not the type of information I was talking about, but to answer our question no, I do not" Percy said in reply to the goddess of love's question.
Turning his gaze back to Zeus, Perseus continued on before the love goddess could ask another question which may cause him some embarrassment.
"It is my understanding that your father Kronos is attempting to rise out of Lord Tartarus's domain." Said Perseus recalling the facts that he and his fellow Asgardian had discussed during their council session
"Yes that is correct" answered Zeus
"How long has he been trying to escape?" Perseus asked
Zeus turned his head to look at Athena who knew more about the subject than he did, which she eagerly took as an incentive for her to answer the prince's question
"We estimate that he has been trying to escape Tartarus for about two years, but he has been consolidating his power and gathering allies during that time. What is most disturbing is that he has been acquiring power quite quickly even for a Titan. Could this have something to do with the unknown power source that we were told about by the Fates? Do you know anything about this unknown power source Lord Perseus?" asked Athena
"The unknown power can be an array of things until we narrow it down we can't say for sure but our council believes that it can only be one of the infinity stones. Our best guess is the time stone, because as you are aware Kronos is the titan of time" replied Percy
"Can you explain to us exactly what these infinity stones are?" inquired Athena
"The Infinity Stones are six immensely powerful objects that are tied to different aspects of the universe; the stones were created by the Cosmic Entities. Each of the stones possesses unique capabilities that have been enhanced and altered by various alien civilizations throughout the eons of existence. Only beings of immense power can wield the stones, such as when the Celestials used the Orb to pass judgment on planets that held their interest. Lesser beings are usually unable to touch an infinity stone let alone grasp the full power of the stones and are destroyed by the stones when direct contact is made. The first infinity stone is the space stone which is blue in appearance we keep it housed in the Tesseract back on Asgard. Next is the mind stone which is currently at an unknown location somewhere in the universe. The third infinity gem is the reality stone is currently flickering its way through millions of different realities per second as it is unable to pick one to stay in. The fourth is the power stone it is housed in the palace of Lady Chaos. The soul gem is in the kingdom of Heaven, which is located above Asgard where the faded gods and goddesses from all pantheons go. And finally, there is the time gem which as the name suggests if the user knows how, will allow the user to have vast control over the past, present, and future as well as allow them to access new types of time-based powers." Finished with his explanation Percy once again looked around the throne room observing the fearful looks on the faces of most of the Olympians. As for Athena, well she looks just like a kid at Christmas with the amount of information Percy had just shared with them.
"The fates mentioned that you are Half-Greek, who is your godly parent?" inquired Athena
Perseus who knew the question was coming and merely schooled his look to one of indifference before replying "Good question. What is your name again?"
"Athena" replied the goddess of wisdom
"No, I distinctly remember giving you a name. What is that name?" Asked Perseus
Athena grew silent as face contorted showing her obvious disdain at the young prince before finally relenting and saying "know… it… all… mirror!"
"Ah yes, thank you for the reminder Know It All. FATHER!" Percy suddenly exclaimed
Suddenly the light from the Bifrost burst through the throne room once again and once the light ceased there sat a golden barrel.
"Wha… what was that?" Zeus asked in confusion
"It is nothing" replied Perseus. "Just collecting my winnings from a wager father and I had." .
"Wager? What type of wager could you have possibly had and how did you win it?!" demanded Zeus
Perseus looked at the council with a sly grin on his face and said "father did not believe that even my…I guess you can call it… sarcastic attitude would ever get a mighty Olympian to say the name I bestowed upon them. So we made a wager on it and I won, when Know It All Mirror over there repeated the name I gave her as her own."
Suddenly laughter broke out in the throne room as Apollo and Hermes fell out of their thrones from laughing so hard.
"Apollo, Hermes cease that laughter this minute!" yelled Zeus
Once the two gods had returned to their thrones, Zeus looked at Perseus and asked: "can we continue without all of these disrespectful interruptions?"
Once again Perseus displayed that grin that promised chaos and said: "we can try but I make no promises."
"Alright what was the question again?" asked Perseus. "Oh yes, who is my godly parent? Listen closely because I will only say this once my godly father is and has always been and will be the All-father Odin you stupid Know It All of a Mirror! However, what I believe you meant to ask was who is the happy-faced deluded motherfucker who spawned me! "
"In case you didn't get the hint from my little rant Happy the horse faced Dwarf spawned me!" said an irritated Perseus
Not a sound could be heard as everyone looked between Perseus and Poseidon noticing the subtle similarities between the two.
"Pers…" began Poseidon before being interrupted by his newly revealed son.
"I have no interest in what you have to say," said Perseus not evening looking at his father"
Before Poseidon could continue Hera continued "And what of your mother?"
"A mortal by the name of εξορμώ, I, unfortunately, don't remember much as I was just a newborn at the time but she did die to protect me, she ran near the sea for help yet her cries went unheard." Perseus finished with anger and sadness lacing his voice.
"Oh boo hoo, your slut of a mother dies what are you going to do, cry? Man up punk!" sneered Ares
Everyone in the room turned to look at Ares with a WTF expression.
"What Did You Just Say?!" exclaimed Perseus, with his jaw clenched with untold anger
"I said! What are you going to do cry over your slut of a mother, punk?!"
"You dare insult the women the women I loved…" said Poseidon rising from his throne, trident in hand
However, before the sea god could even stand, Perseus was upon Ares in the blink of an eye (literally) delivering a haymaker which almost shattered the war god's jaw, only his godly helm protecting the rest of his face. Ares, who was stunned by the blow fell from his throne, with ichor pouring from his mouth and nose.
"I may not of the known the women that give birth to me but don't you dare insult her, she is worth more than all of you combined!" shouted the angry prince, from above the throne room of Olympus which showed the depths of space, red lightning penetrated the vast emptiness responding to its master's current state. Ares slowly started to regain his wits, attempted to throw a punch at Perseus's head but was stopped when Perseus grabbed his fist and using his power of space generation (the ability to remove space between objects) effortlessly crushed the war god's hand, as the cries of Ares penetrated the Olympus itself.
Giving Ares one last kick, Perseus turned to return to where he originally stood, before halting in his tracks at the war god's final taunt.
"Your filthy whore of a mother could hit harder than that" although it did come out a bit garbled due to the blow to his face from before.
Once again time seemed to slow as Perseus held out his hand causing Nætrdagr to shoot towards his hand, mid-way his spear morphed into Hríðríða (his hammer Storm Bringer) and with a mighty hurl Perseus threw it at Ares, as it made contact with the frozen war god, time once again resumed its normal state and all the Olympians saw was the war god flying through the air before been smashed through the solid marble wall on the far side of the throne room. The Olympians gaze followed the hammer as it returned to its owner.
"If anyone insults my mother they will receive the same treatment" taking the silence following his statement as acceptance Perseus continued "I will meet you at camp half-Blood" twirling Hríðríða at impossible speeds, Perseus shot through the air disappearing in a matter of seconds leaving thirteen stunned gods and one near-comatose war god stuck in ten foot of marble behind.
The silence was soon shattered by Hermes "what the fuck was that?!" shouted Hermes, eyes wide in shock
Grumbling Zeus ordered Apollo to heal his idiot brother before dismissing the council.
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