Here is the 3rd chapter of hope you enjoy it and the quick upload.
As usual I own nothing in the Percy Jackson Universe.
Chapter 3
Annabeth's POV
"I am Dominus" the man replied, "I am the Master of the Guardians of the Elements."
Annabeth could not believe what she just heard. How was this possible she was thinking to herself, the Guardians were just a legend there was no physical proof that they existed. It took her brain a few minutes to rationalize everything, she was a daughter of Athena after all. She looked at Percy and saw he was being a Seaweed Brain as usual and just staring at Dominus open mouthed.
"How can that be?" she asked Dominus, "the Guardians of the Elements are only a legend there is no proof that they ever existed."
Dominus just laughed at that before he responded.
"My dear Annabeth" he said, "are you not Athena's daughter? Here favorite daughter as a matter of fact even if she still has yet to approve of your love life. After all you are the one who succeeded in finding that statue of her from Greece. Use what your mother gave you and think about it, isn't it possible that the Guardians do exist."
Annabeth was taken aback for a second. She had never thought of herself as Athena's favorite daughter but that is what Dominus had said and something in her brain told her he wasn't lying. Still it took her a few minutes before she was able to fully comprehend everything.
"Ok so say the guardians do exist" she said, "what proof can you show us."
"Plenty" Dominus said, "As the Master I have the powers of all my designated Guardians and as such I could if I so wanted kill you in a variety of painful ways. I could rip all the bones out of your body or cause your blood to cook you alive. Hades I can even alter the way gravity affects you so that you are either crushed by your own weight or simply float away into the upper atmosphere. However because I am peaceful unless provoked and I want to make the pair of you an offer I will have Bright prove it to you in a non violent way."
Annabeth shuddered when Dominus described the various ways he could kill them and moved closer to Percy. As soon as Dominus had said that Bright would show them she breathed a sigh of relief and looked over at the man standing by the door.
At Dominus's order Bright extended his arm so it was parallel to the floor with his palm facing the celling. Annabeth watched in amazement as all the light in the room seemed to be drawn to Bright until the only light was a ball of pure white light hovering above his hand and the strange white glow that Bright seemed to give off, only now it was much more pronounced.
"I believe that is enough proof" Dominus said.
Suddenly the ball of light burst and the light seemed to return to its rightful places in the room. To say that Annabeth was shocked would be an understatement, she had never seen a god do that. Then it all suddenly clicked. She realized that the Guardians must be real after what she had just witnessed and last week when she and Percy had been drenched by the wave, only a being with incredible power could soak a son of Poseidon.
"You're the Guardian of Light aren't you." She said at last, "thats how you could control the light in the room like that."
Bright simply nodded but before he or Dominus could speak Percy interrupted them.
"Wait you believe them now" Percy said to Annabeth as he finally snapped out of his initial shock.
"Yes" Annabeth said, "think about it Percy, when you got wet last weak only someone or something with immense power could do that to a son of Poseidon. I mean after all the Greek and Egyptian gods are real so why can't the Guardians be real as well."
"Well you are the Wise Girl" Percy said, "so if you believe them then so do I."
"I have a few questions though" Annabeth said addressing the Guardians.
"Ask away, now that it has come time to reveal ourselves we are happy to answer any questions you have." Dominus said.
"Ok" Annabeth replied before turning to look at Bright, "firstly how did you create that barrier earlier if you are the Light Guardian."
"Simple young hero" Bright replied, "as you know I am one of the oldest guardians. I was the first of the 4 primary Guardians created by Chaos to assist Dominus. I know light is not considered to be one of the 4 elements but with Gaia already alive at this point earth was irrelevant and seeing as light is always the first thing seen it makes sense that the first elemental Guardian be light. Therefore as an original Guardian I will always be the Guardian of Light no matter what happens, not even Dominus can take away my powers because I was created a Guardian, not made one. So over the aeons I have evolved my element, controlled it to the point that I have made light something more than what mortals or demigods know it to be, in time I will explain all to you two should you accept our offer."
"But still how does it repel the gods should they try to hear us?" Annabeth asked.
"It creates a shield that reflect whatever touches it." Bright said, "the more powerful the being the greater the repulsion. As I said I have evolved light past what even the gods understand it to be. I have turned light into a force that can be used for more than just allowing people to see. I can even slow light down to the point of stopping it. I can bend light into any shape I see fit. I can even travel at the speed of light as well as more things that as I said will explain at another point in time."
"Ok I don't really understand the process but I will take your work for it." Annabeth replied shocked at what Bright had just claimed he could do, but as he was the Guardian of Light it made sense that he could do it.
"I have a question" Percy suddenly said.
"Ask away" was all Dominus said in response.
"Why now?" Percy said, "why reveal the Guardians now and why to us? Whoever the Water Guardian is he wouldn't tell me. All Colt said was that there was an ancient prophecy but wouldn't said what it was about other than that it was about two half bloods who defeated two of the gods."
"Ah so Colt told you of the prophecy" Dominus answered, "good to know he did everything I asked of him when Chiron contacted me and asked me to send a Guardian to tell you our legend."
"Wait" Annabeth interrupted, "Colt, the demigod Chiron said he had asked to tell us the story is actually a Guardian."
"Of course he is. Do you think I would not send a Guardian to tell our tale." Annabeth shook her head realizing the rationality of the statement, "furthermore have you not noticed how Colt and Bright are similarly dressed and marked."
"I was wondering about that" Percy said.
"It is the uniform of the Guardians" Dominus said, "we all have the tattoo of our name and Guardian number on our right arm, if possible the tattoo and their name has something to do with the element they guard. The shirt represents the color of that particular Guardian and again if possible it is related to their element. We then all wear blue or black jeans but can decorate them if the Guardian wants to and they have their own choice of shoes."
"So what element does Colt guard?" Percy asked, "because neither his name nor color says what he guards, I get Bright's name and color but not Colt's"
"That is understandable" Dominus answered, "Colt is one of 3 Guardians who chose a name based off their primary weapon and not their element. Colt's element also doesn't have a particular color so he chose purple as his color. He is the Guardian of Energy."
Annabeth was shocked at that. Sure she understood the idea of light as an element but energy, that was harder to comprehend.
"How is energy an element?" Annabeth asked.
"As you know when Chaos created the universe he created energy right?" Annabeth nodded, "well back when Colt was merely a son of Apollo he discovered the concept of energy. For doing so Chaos told me to make him the Guardian of Energy. Colt is the only person, other than myself, who can create or destroy energy. Like Bright, Colt has had aeons to evolve his control over his element so it is more than the common mortal perspective."
"Anyway you were about to tell us why you have chosen now to reveal the Guardians." Percy said.
"Ah I forgot about the impatience of a demigod" Dominus said, "well I guess I will have to start with the prophecy. Over 2000 years ago, about 50 years or so before Alexander the Great reached India, a prophecy was made to the original Guardians. The rest were informed shortly afterwards."
"But what did the prophecy say" Percy interrupted.
"Don't interrupt Seaweed Brain" Annabeth said playfully slapping the back of his head.
"Thank you Annabeth. Patience is a great virtue, its a shame that demigods don't normally learn it." Dominus said, "anyway I will not say the exact words cos I hate the confusing way the oracle speaks them. Basically the prophecy said that soon we would replace the Fallen Guardian and after that we would not increase our number until two demigods, two who have defeated two of the greatest threats to Olympus have proven themselves."
"But that could be any two demigods over the years though." Percy again interrupted.
"Percy" Annabeth said, "just be patient."
"Yes as I was saying" Dominus said a little irritated, "there was more to the prophecy that helped determine who the demigods would be. It said that the demigods would form a bond, a bond between water and wisdom, a bond so strong that the bitterest of Olympian rivalries, the rivalry of Athens, would be at last forgotten because of this bond. Once these demigods are found the Guardians will be able to reveal themselves and once again increase their numbers depending on the choice of the pair. A new threat is brewing, one that you will learn about soon, while it does not directly affect our world, it will if it is not stopped. We can counter that threat with the help of you two and other half bloods."
Annabeth let what she had just heard sink in. She knew instantly that her and Percy were the demigods, they had formed a bond so close that at least Poseidon had forgotten his rivalry with Athena. They had faced Kronos and then Gaia, two great threats to the gods. Annabeth was curious about the Fallen Guardian. She also wanted to know exactly how many Guardians there were and what elements they protected.
"What do you mean by the Fallen Guardian?" Annabeth asked.
She watched as Bright seem to tense in anger at the reference to the Fallen Guardian, Dominus just sighed before answered.
"In our long and illustrious history only once has a Guardian betrayed our Order." Dominus said, "Many years ago, around the time of Theseus, the first Guardian of Ghosts, the strangest and loosest element the Guardians protect, violated her pledge to the Guardians. She was an illegitimate immortal child, the daughter of Thanatos and Melione. Like some illegitimate immortal children she was given to the Guardians in order for her to serve the world in a more productive way then she would if she had remained as she was. When she became of age she took the name Spirit and because of her parentage became the Guardian of Ghosts. However after man years of faithful service she grew distant from the Order until finally she tried to usurp me as the leader thus betraying the pledge she had taken to serve the order and its Master. As a result her powers were stripped and she was imprisoned in our prison where she still resides."
"How did you replace her?" Annabeth asked, she wanted to know more about this prison but knew it was neither the time nor place to ask.
"Shortly after the prophecy was made another illegitimate godly child was brought to me." Dominus said, "this time it was the son of an affair between Nyx and Thanatos. When he grew of age he was granted the Guardianship of Ghosts, becoming the second Guardian of Ghosts and the last one to be added to our order."
"So how many Guardians are there then?" Annabeth asked. This was the penultimate question she wanted to ask.
"Including myself there are 27 Guardians." Dominus said.
"Ok" Annabeth said, "and finally what are the elements that are represented by the Guardians?"
"I will not tell you all of them because there are a lot to list." Dominus said, "you know some of the elements the rest will be revealed to you pending your decision to my offer. I will say this, no purely passive element is represented, only elements that can be used in some active way."
"So what is this offer you want to make us then?" Percy asked. Annabeth had to admit she was interested in what the Guardians had to offer. However she was not expecting the offer that Dominus suddenly presented them."
"Its a simple offer, the choice the prophecy referred to." Dominus said, "I am here to offer you the chance to join the Guardians of the Elements."
I hope you enjoyed this chapter sorry to end again on another small cliffhanger.
Stringdog