A/N Me: *stumbles into room* Where is this place? *looks around gasping in awe* Fan fiction, you say? Wow, it's so magical. I feel like I've been here before, but it seems like so long ago…
Hi guys, so basically that was my short narration showing that I wrote another chapter finally *gasp*. Sorry about the month long wait, but school started up again, and it has been busy. Plus, I got one of the leads in the school play and practices are three days a week from 5:30-8:30pm. (I use the time before 5:30 to eat dinner and do homework. As for the two days that I don't have practice? Well, those are reserved for the meetings of the clubs that I'm in.) Yay… busyness. Of course, you probably don't want to hear excuses, so I'm just going to shut up now…
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Sithdoom: *hugs* Don't worry. You're punny enough. (See what I did there. ;D)
Master of Dragons God: Yes, yes they are, and they are about to heat up a whole lot more. :D
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Guardian'sDragonOfDeath: Thank you. :)
molk-chan: It's not bad that you like their interactions. Sadly Perseus doesn't have a pairing in this. :'(
ZoeandArtyawesomelover: For now, you say? Eh, I'll take it.
jackm052: Wow, good point. I didn't really explain that, did I? Sorry about that. What happened is that Leo did sacrifice himself in the war, but he eventually came back with Calypso. Thank you for reviewing. I hope you enjoy the rest of the story. :D
Tales Of The Forgotten Heroes: First off, I love your penname. I just had to tell you that. Secondly, Perseus doesn't have a pairing in this. Sorry, it just doesn't work for this story. Finally, I can't tell you what's going to happen to Percy. You have to wait and see. ;D
Son Of Oblivion 7: The thing that ticked of Perseus was that Ouranos woke a month early. Perseus was angry because he hadn't planned for that and wasn't fully prepared.
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Disclaimer: I don't own PJO, and the original idea is Trevor607's. (Sigh.)
Perseus glared around him bitterly. He was currently standing in Tartarus right next to the place where he had been chained down for millennia. To his immediate right was the Pit of Chaos.
"Look who is, my dear brother, Perseus. I see you finally got out of your chains. It took you long enough." Perseus turned sharply to see his younger brother, Kronos, standing there.
Perseus took on a mocking voice just like his brother, "Well, look who it is, my dear brother, Kronos. Finally healed I see. How did it feel to beat by a demigod, hmm? And a son of the Messenger no less."
Kronos growled, "I was a fool, yes, but I will not make a mistake like that this time."
"This time?" Perseus mocked, "Oh, there won't be a 'this time' brother."
"My, my, what a wonderful little family reunion we have here." The two brothers turned to see Ouranos standing there.
Perseus nodded in his direction while Kronos squeaked, "Father?"
"Yes?" Ouranos asked.
"I-I thought that you were rising in a month! I thought there was more time…" Kronos trailed off.
Perseus rolled his golden eyes, "Honestly brother, don't play innocent. We all know that you were syphoning of power to father to get him to rise faster. If anything, the fact that he rose this early must gladden you greatly."
Kronos shook his head, "No, I really didn't expect this."
"Don't lie to me. You may called the 'Crooked One', but you can't fool me." Perseus narrowed his eyes, "I bet that you thought all of this through. You took in the fact that someone could also siphon off power to him for their own reasons, so you made sure that you were prepared for all situations. You probably even knew that I would come here to fight you. The question is, why go through all that trouble if you knew that I would come to defeat you anyway in your weakened state?"
Kronos scowled darkly at him, "Fine, you caught me. I did know what was going to happen. As for why I did what I did, I will never tell you.
"Oh, there is no need to explain your actions. I already know why you came you fight me." Perseus smiled grimly, "For some reason, there is a part of you that thinks that you can honestly beat me. Do you what that's called, brother? It's called arrogance and foolishness. That is the reason father lost to you and the reason you lost to your son. Soon, that very reason will also kill Zeus when he comes to fight me. I'm the eldest Titan, brother, there is no way you can defeat me."
I've been lucky before." Kronos sneered, and with that, he took out his scythe and lunged at Perseus.
Perseus dodged out of the way just in time and pulled out his sword. He laughed, "I see you got your scythe back. Do the Olympians know yet?"
Kronos growled before lunging at Perseus again, this time aiming for his head. Perseus ducked under the swing and stabbed at Kronos' midsection. Kronos whipped back his scythe to block the blow. He jumped back and studied Perseus' movements. For a few very long moments, the two brothers circled each other wearily, eyeing each other's movements and searching for weaknesses. Finally, Perseus grinned a shark-like grin and lunged at Kronos. He turned his blade to the side so that the long, sharp side of the blade was facing Kronos. Kronos didn't expect that and raised his sword to block the blow. For the most part it worked, but half of the blade cut deep into his cheek, drawing blood.
Kronos stepped back in shock, holding his cheek. He took his hand away and looked down at the golden ichor dripping from his hand. Perseus smirked, "What's wrong dear brother? You didn't think I could hit you?"
Kronos glowered and lept at him again. Perseus jumped back a few steps only to realize that he was standing right at the edge of Tartarus. Perseus stared at Kronos menacingly, but the effect was lost on him as he slowly approached with his scythe aimed at Perseus' head. Kronos smiled, "Feel defeated yet?"
Perseus smiled back at him, a real, truthful smile, "No, I don't. You should know me better than that brother. Unlike you, I always have a backup plan."
With that, Perseus lept sideways right as Kronos lunged at him. Kronos stopped short, his momentum had brought him to the exact spot that Perseus had been in except that Kronos was off balance. He teetered over the edge trying to regain his footing. Right as he found it again, Kronos heard a tsking sound behind him. He turned his head slightly to see his father standing directly behind him. Ouranos raised an eyebrow, "I thought your mother taught you not to push your brother."
The next thing Kronos saw was darkness, and the next thing he felt and heard was the loud, rushing wind as he fell into the Pit of Chaos. Next, came the pain, and Kronos screamed as he felt all the worst pains imaginable. Well, he tried to scream but the wind ripped the screamed from his mouth and stuffed them right back down him. Kronos couldn't stand all the pain, and he couldn't bare to find out what was on the bottom, so he decided one thing. Kronos faded.
Ouranos stood over the Pit looking down into the blackness where his son was currently falling. Now, at this point, a normal father would be overcome with grief or at least guilt when he realized that he had accidently pushed his son into the worse part of hell, but Ouranos was not a normal father. For one, it was no accident. Ouranos purposely pushed his son into the Pit. Second of all, Ouranos felt no guilt. In fact, all he was feeling was joy at the moment seeing as he had finally gotten revenge on his son.
Suddenly, Ouranos felt a presence behind him. He growled. How foolish of him to forget about that one. Ouranos jumped out of the way to see to hands pushing away the air where he had been standing before. He spun around to see Perseus scowling fiercely at him. Ouranos glared right back. "I thought that we could work together son, but I guess that's not going to happen."
"And I thought that I was your favorite son that was going to take over your throne after you, father, but I guess that's not going to happen." Perseus spoke bitterly. "So, I've decided to take matters into my own hands. There can be only one king of the gods, father, and I assure you that it won't be you."
Ouranos swept out his foot, taking Perseus by surprise and causing him to fall to the ground. Ouranos stared down at his son without feeling, "If, and I mean if, you happen to come out of this battle as the victor, I give you my curse. May you fall by the hands of the one you trust most."
Perseus snarled as he lept up and stabbed his sword toward Ouranos' stomach. Ouranos took a matching sword from the sheath at his hip and blocked Perseus' blow. As they continued to trade blows evenly, neither of them noticed the shadows grow darker or the air get cooler. Suddenly, Perseus did a disarming maneuver, and Ouranos' sword fell into the Pit of Chaos. Instead of surrendering like one would expect, Ouranos stared back at Perseus defiantly. "And so you shall fall just as I have. By one whom you trusted."
Perseus stared back impassively, "I doubt it father. Enjoy the realm of the Faded. I'm sure that you'll find some friends there."
Perseus raised his sword above his head to strike the final blow, but before he could, there was a flash of light, that temporarily blinded him. Perseus stumbled back a few steps trying to see. As his vision started to come back, an unexpected sight met him.
Perseus stared in shock at Ouranos who was lying in front of him, dead and with a sword sticking up out of his stomach, but this was not Perseus' sword. "So you are the famous Perseus, I presume? Hmm, I thought you would be taller."
Perseus turned around sharply to see a man standing there grinning. He was at least a foot taller than Perseus, and his hair was the darkest black imaginable with hints of silver in random places. He wore black iron boots, and his his entire face was a like a dark spiraled vacuum. Perseus knew who this was, "Tartarus."
"How thoughtful of you to notice." Tartarus inclined his head to Perseus, "Now, down to business. I want to join your side."
"What?" Perseus asked.
Tartarus looked at him with what Perseus thought was a serious look. It was hard to tell with his swirling face. "Kronos and Ouranos are gone and faded. so I suppose you think that the war is now only between you and the Olympians. You don't know how wrong you are though. Despite what you think Perseus, this is not just a two-sided war. There are other forces at play. Older forces, more powerful forces."
Perseus froze, "The Primortals."
Tartarus nodded, "We are at war, us primortals, and now we are making it your fight. There is no way to escape this war, but I can offer you my aid. Maybe then you will have a chance of surviving."
Perseus lifted his chin, "I will survive either way. I will be king."
"This is no time to be arrogant Perseus," Tartarus exclaimed sharply, "You may have defeated your father, but this is a whole new level altogether. This war is bigger than you."
Perseus stared at him for a moment before nodding his head, "Fine, I accept your aid."
Perseus stared at the seven demigods that were gathered in the room in front of him. They seemed to be in a deep discussion about something and hadn't yet noticed his presence. Suddenly, the daughter of Pluto, Hazel, raised her head. "Guys, do you feel something odd?"
There was silence for a moment before the daughter of Athena, nodded. Her stormy grey eyes scanned the room searching for something. After a moment, her eyes landed on the shadows where Perseus was hiding. Annabeth called out, "Who is there?"
Perseus stepped out into the light where everyone could see him and felt slightly proud when some of the demigod's gasped in recognition. The others just stared at him in confusion and wariness. For a moment, no one made a move, but then Frank took out his bow and aimed an arrow at Perseus, "Who are you?"
"I am Perseus, the eldest son of Gaea and Ouranos and the Titan of the sky. Greetings demigods." Perseus inclined his head in their direction.
The son of Poseidon, Khris, spoke up, "Why are you here?"
"To talk to you demigods, of course." Perseus stated as if it were obvious.
"How do we know you won't kill us?" Piper, Aphrodite's daughter, asked sharply.
Perseus stared at her, "I swear on the Styx that I will not harm any of you demigods in anyway during our neutral meeting as long as none of you harm me."
There was a roll of thunder to hear seal the promise before Jason spoke up, "What have you done with my sister? Where is she?"
Perseus looked around the room for a second before speaking, "I will answer all your questions, but first let us go to somewhere more private."
Perseus motioned for them to come nearer to him so that he could flash them all away. The demigods shared a look before coming to stand next to him.
"Is anyone else worried about the fact that he could be leading us to our deaths?" Leo looked around at the the other demigods questionly. When no one answered or even acknowledged that he had spoke, he shrugged, "No? Okay, I call shotgun on Charon's ferry."
First Person POV
I shook my head sadly at the events that have been taking place. Perseus and the Olympians were getting stronger but so were the Primordials. At this point, it is hard to tell who will win in this war. Will anyone even survive? Only time can tell.
A/N That last section was the only POV that I will be doing in first person. I know it's confusing, sorry but this POV is the POV of the third voice from the end of chapter 4 (or chapter 8 depending on how you view it).
Who is the person talking in first person? Will Perseus answer the demigods' questions or is he leading them into a trap? Will Perseus fall by the hands of the one he trusts most? Who does Perseus trust most? So many questions… What's next?
Okay, warning, I'm going to be really selfish here and promote another story of mine. It's called "Frozen Dreams" and is being coauthored by Trevor607 and I. It follows the journey of our two OCs as they join Gaea's side in the war against Olympus. If you could check it out, that would be wonderful. :)
Also, Trevor607 and I made a form called "PJ Author Group" that authors can use to share their ideas, come up with news ones, and critique the ones that they need to fix. It doesn't have very many people on it right now, but we are trying to make it grow. It would be great if you guys could help us. :D
Sorry to say this, but I probably won't be able to update for another month or so. I'm so sorry.
See you later tear drops.
~NoTearsFalling
