Here it is crappy explanation-in-my-opinion-and-most-likely-yours about the what happened during the time freeze. Also, I tend to switch it up with time freeze and time suspension, they're the both the same in my opinion, so deal with it, and like most of the fanfictions I've read(not too many), there's always a hunter rant. But has there been a hunter rant by another hunter?!
Previously…
"No one is to know, you have all sworn an oath on the Styx, and I wouldn't like to make you resort to the oath of Chaos who I now know truly exists. It seems like the Fates have officially finished the paperwork since I'm now Percy Jackson, Hero of Olympus, Son of Poseidon, Slayer of Kronos, Leader of the Deathseekers, and now that they made me immortal the old way, Primordial of Time." said Percy as he blinked, the sea green eyes that would switch when using blessings now having them orbit his pupil which were gold with a ring of sea green around it.
Now…
"Explain." demanded Artemis, the rest of them looking at Percy expectantly, even Ryan.
"It happened after I discovered the loophole around Chiron's promise of being restrained from talking," explained Percy.
*Flashback*
After mentioning about Lupa and her pack, Percy's mind strayed to the fact that Chiron knew who the Seven were and how he needed to get those answers. If took a while, but with Athena's blessing, he finally realized what he needed to do to retrieve the information they needed. He knew that he had to do it eventually, but was never sure just how much energy that needed since he still only did small things like freezing the camp. Sure, it was for several hours that he did it, but for this, he only needed minutes, and minutes were probably all he was going to get. Without another moment of hesitation, he froze the world except Chiron.
Chron, sensing the change immediately, drew his bow and notched an arrow in a matter of milliseconds, looking for the enemy, until he realized that he wasn't the only one moving. Percy seemed to be straining against an invisible force and didn't look too well. "Percy, what's going on?"
"Nothing too serious Chiron, I just suspended the entire world in time after all." rasped Percy.
"Why in Olympus would you do that?" asked Chiron, though he had a feeling that he already knew the answer.
"You know the answer, your promise doesn't let reveal information that could possibly alter time, but time has already been altered. There's also the fact that I froze the entire world, even Olympus which is mainly why it's so hard, so no one but us can talk. Chiron, I need those names, now." demanded Percy, the immense strain was equally as bad as holding the sky, except for the fact the pressure was all over his body, numbing his arms and feet, on the brink of letting go of the time freeze.
"Very well then, the Seven are Nico, Jason, Leo, Piper, Frank, Hazel, and Octavian." said Chiron.
"Octavian?"
"Being that there is no Octavian here, he is most likely at Camp Jupiter since you've already been there."
"Ah, I see. Well, I'm almost at my limit, thank you Chiron."
"Not a problem, don't overdo it Percy. Even if you're not part of the Seven, your role as one of their guides is equally important."
"Thanks Chiron, I'm going to end the time suspension now." said Percy, a feeling of nausea building up in him. As he released time, nothing happened. In fact, even Chiron was suspended now. What's going on, did I overuse my powers? Am I stuck in time?
"Far from it actually, I'm the one that's keeping up the time suspension right now." said a voice, a man walking out from the shadows casually as he looked at Percy head to toe. "So you are the heir of Chronos?"
"Yes."
"Shame to hear that my son has passed away. The name's Chaos."
"Chaos, as in the being that created the universe?"
"Being? It's been awhile since anyone didn't automatically say man," Chaos chuckled.
"It just popped in my mind for some reason."
"Then that would be the work of my nieces the Fates giving you your inheritance from Chronos, his knowledge. Your powers will be easier to control and his memories will guide you, for if you repeat the same mistakes in the past, they will only repeat the same result. All I'm really here for is to truly name you the Primordial of Time. Do you accept Perseus Jackson?"
"Percy."
"Excuse me?"
"I prefer to be called Percy, sir." Chaos stared at him curiously before laughing slightly.
"Of course. Most would pass out in my presence, and even my children would be considered foolish to ask a request from me. You truly are the wild card, things will be more interesting to watch with you around. I, Chaos, Creator of the Universe, hereby name "Percy" Jackson the Primordial of Time." Chaos declared, a two runes appearing on Percy's forehead before Chaos vanished, time resuming once more.
*Flashback Ends*
"So Chaos actually does exist," noted Artemis.
"Is he going to be part of the Giant War?" asked Phoebe.
"I don't think so, a war with Olympians and Giants, even with a Primordial like Gaea, isn't worth his time since he probably has other creator stuff to do." said Percy, relying on his new memories, struggling to keep up with the flow. Then he saw it, Chronos lying near death. "Oh god."
"What's happening Percy?" asked Ryan. Percy didn't answer before his eyes flashed, two golden lights illuminating out of his eyes.
"I have predicted this moment, where he would be surrounded by you all. I have predicted that I would die, and I have predicted that I must die in order for the sake of the Universe to go on. What I did not predict was that it would be the demigod Percy Jackson. I assumed it would be of someone near the power of an immortal, which in fact he does, for a mere demigod would die suspended in time, unable to control time, which is extremely bad. I must brief you all as I predicted that the one to inherit my role as Primordial of Time would be surrounded by trusted allies at this moment."
"The number one warning that he will see in my memories must be known to all of you too, so that you could stop the Power of Time to go into the wrong hands. Should he lose control of Time, the Entity of Time shall emerge, and he will lose his powers of Time. It will take the form of Percy, his mirror only with time powers. The real issue is that only Percy can defeat it if it is to return to him. Of course, he has the highest chance of defeating it since he will still be linked to it. The problem is that anyone else that defeats it will become the new Primordial of Time, unless they die being that they're too weak to sustain the power. Worry not, the one piece of good news, depends on how you interpret it, is that when facing other enemies, it will be at full powers, including his water powers for example. For Percy, it can only use time as the other powers are ineffective, and time only slows him down depending on how long he's been Primordial of Time."
"Number two which is the final thing I have to say before I have officially faded from this realm, no trace of me left but in the very few books that have yet to be discovered, some which may be helpful to Percy. He must not seek the answer of who attacked me and why. He has yet to master his powers and if he charges the enemy head on, he will surely die, basically giving the powers of Time with both hands in eagerness. The only reason I was actually still alive was because Nike sensed something and headed our way, even "he" knew that Nike was not to see him as it would ruin his plans completely. The answer must come to Percy naturally, by the events that even the fate would not dare stop should they wish to fade too. I can't say what he will need to stop what's to come, for Chaos has officially named him a Wild Card around this time, severing all ties from the Fates. Good luck against my sister." explained Chronos, the golden light from Percy's eyes dimming back to his normal eyes. "Oh, and tell him I'm sorry for the strain I caused on his body…" Chronos added, and with a wink of gold vanishing from Percy's eyes, he faded. As Percy regained control of his body, the first thing he did was cough out blood, Ryan immediately by his side to help him up. As he looked at every single one of them, he knew that the Chronos wasn't talking to him only warning him about his powers.
"Guys, I'm fine, I'm not going to lose control that easily, otherwise I wouldn't be able to do things like freeze the world and all," Percy assured, violently coughing out more blood, some even getting on Ryan, but he didn't appear to mind, his only goal was to help Percy stand as Percy was unable to do so by himself. "You know that feeling where you're perfectly healthy after having the previous Primordial of Time speaking through you for a while? I'm not feeling it(I don't own Pirate of the Caribbeans, but I liked that quote he said ;D)."
"So let's get this straight, you froze the world, something you only now tried, and almost collapsed there, then talked to Chaos, the almighty being of the entire universe, then had Chronos possess you for a bit, finally giving you some warnings and that if you let your powers go loose, someone else can steal it, and there's this other enemy beside Gaea that we have to worry about, and you're going to make a reference to Jack Sparrow?" asked Phoebe, incredulous.
"It seemed right at the "time", if only I could "turn back time" right now." replied Percy.
"Enough, save those awful puns for Gaea, maybe she'll just give up at those sad attempts of puns. We don't need you to be hacking up anymore blood either. Phoebe, go help Ryan take Percy to the lake or ocean, whichever is closer. You have a week to get back together while the Hunters resupply to get rest up, take it." Artemis commanded, and without another moment, flashed out of the Big House.
"She seems to be in a rush." commented Percy.
"Hurry up, let's go chuck you into the ocean, you'll eventually come back. She's probably going to teach us something new so we can whoop your asses next time. Let's go!" yelled Phoebe, eager to dump Percy in the ocean on the assumption that Artemis was finally going to teach the Hunter's something else.
"I must be off too, for the sun is still well out and there's training to be done to prepare for the coming war. Get well soon Percy." Chiron said as he left the Big House, cantering to the archery range to help the archers first. After a few minutes later, after Phoebe took Percy out of Ryan's hands and chucked him into the ocean as it formed a fist that scooped Percy out of the air into the ocean gently, glowing green and gold wherever it touched Percy. Just as Phoebe turned to rush over to the Artemis Cabin, a wave turned into a cannon as Percy was shot out of it, crashing right into Phoebe.
"What the Hades boy, do you wish to die?" yelled Phoebe.
"One, don't you Hades' name for that purpose. Two, the water healed me, my time powers just accelerated it, it wasn't too bad either, worse than it actually looked. I'm just really tire-" Percy was saying as he nodded off, supported by Ryan before he fell onto Phoebe once more.
"What's with you too? Why are you like his lapdog helping him out with every single thing? He's a ma-" questioned Phoebe before she was cut off by Ryan, slight anger building in his emotionless eyes.
"Yea, well just in case you didn't notice too, I'm a man, get over with it woman. What exactly do you have so much against guys compared to all the other hunters, who are willing to work together for the sake of this world. The only reason they fought was to support you. As for why I help him, wouldn't you help Artemis if she was in this situation?" snapped Ryan.
"Of course I would help Artemis. But what I have against men? Is it not obvious? Do I seriously need to get it through that thick head of yours that men are just shallow, gruesome, ev-" retorted Phoebe, only to be cut off by Ryan once more.
"MY FATHER DIED BY MY STEPMOTHER'S HAND. YOU WANT TO TELL ME THAT ALL MEN WERE EVIL WHEN EVEN AS A CHILD, I REMEMBER HOW MUCH MY FATHER GAVE TO HER UNTIL SHE HIRED AN ASSASSIN AND WATCHED HIM SLIT MY FATHER'S THROAT!" yelled Ryan, his voice cracking.
"He gave her riches that others couldn't dream of, for he was a demigod of Pluto, able to give her what her heart desired after my mother, Nike, left him, leaving me with him. He still cared about me, and whenever he was around, my stepmother treated me like her own son. The moment he was outside the door though, she was worse than Furies, and I've met the Furies with Percy before. Tell me, would any woman that you believe are so much better force her stepson to stay in an opium den for a week, with only water to survive?! Would a woman force her stepson to live outside during the winter? Would she give her stepson the remains of an executed prisoner, making it all fancy so that I wouldn't recognize it after she starved me for a few days?! There is without a doubt that I can tell you days and days of what happened to me, and I'm only telling you the ones that wouldn't scare you too much, so little in comparison to other things that it's not even what I would deem as one of my secrets." Ryan explained, his face emotionless once more but his tone was much more harsh, sharper, colder. "Percy told me that Nike led me to the temple, saving me, then he saved me from that cursed hotel that held me as any other prison might, so if you would excuse me hunter, I have to escort my leader to his cabin. You can go run along now and learn one of those techniques that you're so earnest for."
As Ryan walked away, he muttered, "I see your Sleeping Princess is much more subtle."
"Please, I didn't want to interrupt her train of thought after you exploded on her." said Percy as he opened his eyes, taking a quick glance at Phoebe behind. "She seems pretty shaken up."
"She was the outlier when it came to how much hate you could have for a man."
"I know of a Hesperide that can easily trump her in that department."
"She is not taking part in this war, and we need as much cooperation as possible, we don't need outliers causing friction that could lead to our downfall."
"Some of those were one of the worst ones though."
"Only the prisoner."
"Ah, the prisoner. Good thing it was only the thought, Nike couldn't bear to see her son like that and risked getting caught by Zeus, simply turning it into an expired piece of meat."
"The fact that my stepmother would go as far as that though is what scared me, and I wasn't proved otherwise."
"She has passed away a long time ago, her soul in the Fields of Punishment when I checked with Hades. You don't seem to be having nightmares anymore either. Almost killed me once when you did."
"That's because you have given me a new purpose in life, to help my new family, the Deathseekers, it's more than I could've ever asked for."
"It's not a problem, the Deathseekers may not have become what it was today if you decided not to join. Now if you excuse me, I'll be taking a rest for at least 3 days straight." Percy concluded as they arrived in front of his cabin. "Oh, and go easy on her, if I say so myself, her hate for men is just as much as your hate for women." he said as he closed his door, leaving Ryan equally surprised.
Hehe, did you think it was a girl hunter for a moment defending Percy? I don't know whether you thought so or not but whatever. Anyways, there's my attempted little rant at dear Phoebe to stop hating so much on guys(didn't want to add too much "is there a problem boy" from her though), and there's more questions no doubt like who killed Chronos, but that's for so much later if you're patient enough. Next chapter, we go to to Camp Jupiter, to see Nico, and to see why in Jupiter's charged ass is Octavian in the quest, because let's be honest, most of you guys hate him _/\(-.-)/\_ .
P.S I don't know what's with the weird emoji.
