I'm back! I have a lot of ideas in my head, and I had to write them down. Special thanks to MaxandThalia: You are the reason my mind has started to put the story together. I love your idea and owe you big time!You're freaking awesome! harryginny9: Thanks for another review! You have become one of my favorites! Guest: Thanks for the encouragement. cklevine01: I swear on the Styx I will do what I can to complete and finish the series. I honestly had no idea where I was going to take this story, but thanks to MaxandThalia, my story has a purpose. TheRealLeilaJackson: Thanks pal! Want to be FanFiction Friends (FFF)? Well in case you guys couldn't tell, I'm in an amazing mood! Work was great, I'm on spring break, and well…that's all I got for now. I bet you guys are thinking: 'Please shut up and start the story already.' Here you go.
Chapter 9: A Single Choice
Three weeks after the meeting
Percy was elated. He finally managed to do well in his lessons with his cousins. He could now summon skeletal soldiers, shadow travel, summon the more common metals and gems, mold any kind of metal or gem, fly with control, and summon lightning bolts. He wasn't as good as his 'teachers' yet, but he was steadily improving. The past few weeks have been peaceful, well as peaceful as camp could get. Travis and finally worked up the nerve to ask Katie out, so Connor had celebrated by turning their hair into 'mood hair'. Pink was when they were thinking about each other, green was jealousy, and so on. The down side is he accidentally pranked the whole camp. Chiron included. Let's just say there was more than one red head that day. They had sorted it out a few days later.
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With Perseus Jackson
Making his way to dinner, Percy ran into Leo. "Hey man."
"Perce, my man! How are you? I almost got the third prototype of the cannon done. I took Annabeth's advice and got rid of the duct tape and used a nitrogen tank. It worked!"
"What's taking so long? Normally, you would've had this done in a week." Leo grinned.
"I was thinking, what fun is just a plain water cannon that shoots water and ice? Why not make it shoot fire as well? It took a while to make sure that the heat doesn't mess anything up."
"Have you ever heard of going overboard, man?
"Like when you fall off a boat?"
"Um…sure. Hey would you see that? I have to go get dinner. Have fun Leo!" Percy made a quick escape. Leo was so weird sometimes. Percy shook his head and hurried to his spot. Thalia and Nico were there, but no sign of Jason, Piper, or Annabeth. He plopped down and no more than two minutes later the missing three turned up.
"To the gods!" Chiron said the usual offering before dinner.
"To the gods!" The campers replied, almost without thought. There was a bright flash and everyone turned to see Athena. When they realized it was the wisdom goddess, they bowed.
"Rise, demigods. I need the following demigods to come with me immediately. Perseus son of Poseidon, Annabeth my daughter, Thalia daughter of Zeus, Nico son of Hades, Piper daughter of Aphrodite, Leo son of Hephaestus, Jason son of Jupiter, Reyna daughter of Bellona, Frank son of Mars, and Hazel daughter of Pluto." The mentioned demigods had to restrain a groan. Again? Freaking again? Could they never get a moment of peace? "I'm flashing us to Olympus now." Athena warned.
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On Olympus earlier that day
It was a normal meeting, except that everyone was getting along, for the most part. Then there was a bright flash, followed by the sudden feeling of light being drained away, the feeling of time passing became feasible. Three beings, more powerful than the Big Three, were in the throne room. "Hello Olympians," said a voice from a beautiful tanned woman with hair darker than a new moon. Her eyes were coal black. "I am Nyx, Primordial goddess of the night and wife of Erebus god of darkness." She said this last part bitterly. Then the left figure spoke up.
"And I am Hemera, Primordial goddess of daylight and wife of Aether god of the upper atmosphere and light. Yes daylight and night are friends." She was also beautiful, but in a different way. Her platinum blonde hair, light skin, and sharp blue eyes were the complete opposite of Nyx, which was to be expected. The last figure, a male spoke up.
"I am Chronos, Primordial god of Time, husband of Ananke goddess of fate and destiny. We are here to provide you with a warning and a choice."
"Tartarus has decided to take over where Gaia failed. It is a game to him. She took advantage of him, now he wants to outdo her. He has recruited the help of my husband. They have tried to sway other members of our council, but most are staying neutral until it is more decided." Nyx said.
"Where I should be. You shouldn't mess with time like this Nyx. I of all people know."
"Hush Chronos. You owed Nyx a favor and she called you on it. Olympians, we offer you a simple choice. You can fight in this war while we try to rally our council to take action, or there is Plan B." Hemera explained. Zeus looked scared to ask any questions.
"What's Plan B?" Athena asked in place of her father. Nyx smiled.
"Chronos here would send some demigods and an account of the wars of which you have already fought to the past where you could analyze them and make decisions about the future."
"Isn't that dangerous? To mess with a timeline? You could change the entire make up of the universe. Then an alternate dimension would arise and nothing in this possible future would change, except for the fact that some of our best heroes would be gone. Then we would have to fight the war without them. Unless they were there the entire time and we have forgotten about them until it is time for us to remember them and that is why we would not remember them until now. " Athena continued to mutter about timelines and paradoxes. The other people in the room stared at her as if she crazy. "Oh, uh…back to your plan Lady Nyx." Nyx gave a kind smile.
"It is as you said Athena. You have met these half-bloods in the past before. It's a time paradox. You will have a choice as you did last time. To forget what happened and let fate play its course, or to remember and try to change things for the better. If you do change things, try to not change things too much. Ananke will hate me for this. There are some things that cannot be changed. The prophecy must be completed as it was."
"So what did we choose in the past?" Area asked, confused. Athena sighed and rubbed her temples.
"Ares, do you remember ever meeting any demigods from the future?"
"Well, no. But-" Athena cut him off.
"My point."
"Still don't get it." Ares grumbled. The gods all groaned.
"So I won't get to save my son?" Hermes quietly asked.
"I don't know if it will be your son to host Kronos in the past future…the future of the past…you know what I mean. It may not play out like it once did. But there is no point in asking us all these questions. You won't know the answers when, if, the demigods go back in time." Hemera explained. Chronos cleared his throat.
"What do you choose, Olympians?" The gods gave each other a look.
"We choose to send demigods back in time." Zeus said.
"Very well. Bring them here." Chronos said. "I hope Ananke won't kill me for this." Athena flashed out to gather the group she knew best suited for the job. When she flashed back, there were ten demigods with her. "Did you pick enough to go?" Athena wanted to roll her eyes, but thought better of it.
"Demigods, this is Lord Chronos and Ladies Nyx and Hemera. They are here to help us win an inevitable war." Zeus went on to explain the plan and circumstances. The demigods looked worried.
"Lord Zeus, if you are taking us out of this time and sending us back, won't that mean we disappear from this timeline?" asked Annabeth. Reyna caught on.
"If we are in the past, how can we lead our armies to battle? You have chosen both praetors of Rome and the leaders of the Greeks, not to mention the other leaders." Chronos laughed.
"I believe I can answer those questions Annabeth Chase and Reyna Calvani. Yes you would disappear from this time line, but if everything works as it should, you would appear within a moment of disappearing. I will be sending a note to past me to send you back to the future. I was even more powerful then, and going forward is easier than going backward, so it should be a simple task." The demigods looked relieved at his words. Percy looked at each of his friends and they all nodded or grinned.
"Well, let's do this thing and get to the past and back." Nyx smiled.
"Thank you brave demigods. Here is the box that holds the account of the previous wars that has happened in your life time. Hopefully this will save lives." Percy took the box.
"Who wrote the accounts?" Thalia asked. Hemera smiled.
"A very trusted mortal, well he's a legacy of Athena. Now, when you go back, you may appear in the middle of a council meeting, so be ready to duck. When everyone calms down, introduce yourself with your full title. I mean the full one. Piper would say 'I am Piper McLean, daughter of Aphrodite, Charmspeaker, one of the Seven Heroes of Olympus, Counselor of Cabin Ten, wielder of Katoptris, rescuer of Hera, stealer of Achelous' horn, the Horn of Plenty, returner of Athena Parthenos.' Quite a title there young one." Piper blushed at the praise.
"Can we please get this over with so I may beg for my wife's forgiveness in messing with fate?" Chronos asked. Then a new voice spoke out.
"You won't have to beg. While I do not like people trying to avoid fate, this is necessary." A brown haired, blue eyed woman said. Chronos looked relieved.
"Meet my wife, Ananke." The woman smiled. "Well if that is settled, let us start the ritual."
The demigods grouped together at Chronos' request. A bright light engulfed them. Everyone in the room instinctively closed their eyes, save for the Primordials. When the light died the room was empty, the children were on their way. All eyes turned to the center of the room to wait and see if the heroes would return.
The End!
I absolutely loved MaxandThalia's idea of tying this story with a reading the books story. (If you can't already tell). Before I continue with the next book, please tell me one thing. Would you rather have the spell work correctly and send them back to the year after Thalia turned into a tree, or the spell mess up and send them all the way back to ancient times? If they go back to ancient time, would you like it if other heroes (Hercules, Theseus, Orion, Perseus, Jason, etc.) were there? Or would you rather them come out in a random time in between? Please tell me your vote. I will NOT continue to the next story without at least ten people giving their vote.
I even have plans for the demigods to come back after the books and fight in the war against the Primordials, so if you want to know what happens, let me know. See ya on the flip side.
-Peve3
