AN: Here are the poll results:

Calypso: 13

Hestia: 12

Zoe: 3

Clarisse: 3

Bianca: 2

No one/Alone: 2

Reyna: 1

Rachel: 1

Thalia: 1

CALYPSO WON! By just a pinch. Since this is the case though, I will make Percy have different loves throughout the story because Calypso is introduced so late from the books but EVENTUALLY Percy will end up with Calypso.

Also for all the Hestia/Percy people, I will make some sort of fanfiction later on. Could be a one-shot or a complete story who knows.

Percy's POV

A little while after the car had driven off, Annabeth had woken up. She didn't say anything, just sat there with her eyebrows scrunched up, like she was thinking about something.

Sitting there in the car gave me some time to take everything in. Every little sound around me I would hear. Listening to the rhythmic white noise inside the car and the occasional bump we would hit, sending a small jolt through the car, made my eyes droopy. I soon fell asleep, hearing the breathing of Clarisse beside me. The dream following was not pleasant.

Once again, I was falling. The crevices and cracks of Tartarus were flying past me, putting memories that were long forgotten into my mind, making me afraid of what was about to happen next.

When I landed, pain shot through my feet. Unlike last time, the decent was not good. Glassy, black shards of Tartarus' skin were digging deep into my bare feet, and I had to clench my teeth to hold in my scream. I hadn't noticed my clothes before, but now as I looked down all I saw were rags. A greyish piece of cloth used as a shirt looked like someone had tossed it in lava and then tried to dry it off by raking it across razor sharp rocks. I had no sleeves, or any coverage for my sides. The 'shirt' I was wearing looked like someone just draped a piece of cloth that had a head hole over me.

My pants looked like a potato sack. The light brown color was the most colorful thing down here. They were torn just as bad as the shirt was, all of it was bloody.

I finally looked up to where I was and found 2 cells, 1 on the right of me, and and 1 on the left. In the cell to my right, I saw Hermes on his knees with his arms chained up to the wall, looking down at the floor. From what I could see his face was riddled with blood, I couldn't make out any feature other from the shadows and shades telling me where his mouth, nose, and eyes were. Or where they used to be. Once he looked up I gasped. Hermes didn't have eyes. They were black pits of endless darkness. I didn't know how he even opened his eyelids but once he heard me gasp he narrowed them.

"Percy?" He asked softly.

I nodded my head slowly until I remembered he couldn't see. "H-H-Hermes? What h-happened to you?" I asked in a small whisper, grasping the cell bars, trying to get as close to him as possible.

He must have heard me because he shut his eyelids tightly. "What happened?" He asked in a whisper. "WHAT HAPPENED?! YOU HAPPENED! YOU DESERTED ME IN THIS SHITHOLE! YOU ABANDONED US!" He shouted. I immediately scrambled back, holding my hands to my ears, trying to block out Hermes' screaming. I ran into what felt like more cell bars and immediately snapped around to see Hades there looking fearfully up at something.

I hesitantly followed his gaze. What I saw was hundreds upon thousands of monsters clawing at bars in a cell connecting to Hades'. The bars on the cell were slowly drawing back and I realized what was going to happen. I tried to turn away but it felt like a desert full of compact sand was dropped onto me, keeping me in place. The gates opened and I was finally able to move. The screams of pure agony was probably the worst thing I've every heard. I curled into a ball and tried to block out the foreign sound of Hades screaming in pain with my hands to my ears. My eyes were wide and I could feel fresh tears on my face plopping to the ground.

I then woke up in that same position on the car floor in front of the seat I fell asleep on. Clarisse was over me with a raised hand, like she was going to smack me, looking panicked. I looked up and saw the concerned and also panicked faces of Grover and Annabeth.

"A-Are you okay? Y-you wouldn't stop shaking. It looked like you were having a s-seizure. I had to smack 5 times just to get you up." Clarisse stuttered.

"Yea. I-I think so. Thanks Clarisse." I replied. I sat up and got back on the seat of the car, still feeling the concerned eyes of Grover and Annabeth on the back of my head. I looked out of the window and it seemed we had reached Manhattan. The sun was on the horizon and it was drizzling a bit.

Argus dropped us off at a Greyhound station that wasn't too far from my apartment. I saw a missing poster of me but didn't bother with it. I looked down the street toward where my mother would usually be but quickly pulled away to stop Grover from asking any questions.

While we were waiting for the bus on a bench, I thought about why I was really on this quest. While I sat there watching Clarisse, Annabeth, and Grover play hacky sack with an apple, I was thinking of my mother. I loved her as much now as I did back then. This whole quest was for her. My original intent back in the past was to get her back from the dead. I almost snorted at the idea now, there was no way I could convince Hades to let go of my mom. He didn't know me like he did in the future.

The bus finally came when Grover accidentally ate the hacky sack, making Annabeth and Clarisse laugh at his foolishness. I even smiled a little. We stepped on and went to the back of the bus. Grover was sniffing like crazy, he had definitely smelled monsters.

We sat, waiting patiently. Finally the last passengers got on and Clarisse clamped onto my shoulder. Let me tell you, it hurt. "Percy." Clarisse warned. I looked up to see 3 raggedy old women sitting near the front of the bus. Their black eyes watching the group of us intently. I tapped Annabeth's and Grover's shoulders and discreetly pointed to their direction. Once they looked up, their faces instantly paled.

Annabeth's fingers were twitching towards her cap while Grover's hands instinctively went up to the reed pipes. Clarisse had her electric spear on her back and a sword in the sheath on her hip. She was clutching the hilt of the sword tightly, ready to pull it out. I tried to sit there and act calm, but there was a cold feeling on my neck every second or two. I had confidence that I could take on the three furies with ease, but those flaming whips weren't on fire for nothing. I was relieved to have people with me.

Once we entered a tunnel, I heard a familiar voice say, "I need to use the restroom." and then the other 2 furies also say, "So do I." which was pretty weird and creepy. Gave me chills.

They had all started coming down the isle now but we were all battle ready by the time they got up. Annabeth was nowhere to be seen now, though he looked petrified, Grover was playing his reed pipes slowly, as to not attract any attention, Clarisse had the sword unsheathed and she was now standing in the isle, I was twirling Riptide between my fingers, ready to uncap at any second.

The Furies were coming down the isle sniffing. Mrs. Dodds turned around suddenly and looked at some air near the front of the bus which I guessed was Annabeth. She apparently didn't see anything because she just kept going down towards my seat. Once they were right in front of me, they stiffened and I knew it was my time. I uncapped Riptide, already jumping out of my seat and slashing at the nearest Fury. She disappeared as soon as my blade hit her neck.

In an instant, Clarisse, Grover, and I were huddled up in a 3 person circle with the other 2 Furies, Tisiphone and Alecto, circling us.

"Where is it? Where?" They hissed, their whips crackling with orange flame, only coming inches from our faces when they snapped them.

The other people on the bus were now screaming and cowering. They definitely saw something dangerous.

"I don't know what your talking about." I said slowly. Clarisse had a careful eye on the Furies while Grover was trying to keep his legs from wobbling.

The Furies raised their whips. "Don't play dumb with me, honey!" Alecto said. Grover drew out a tin can and prepared to throw it when suddenly the bus jerked left. Everybody, including the Furies, was jerked right while I had to be careful about not accidentally stabbing me or teammates. The bus jerked right and we were all thrown left. You could hear the driver up front fumbling for the wheel. The bus suddenly wailed and started spinning in the asphalt we were in.

We came to a full stop and I immediately went into action. While Alecto was dazed, I went in for the kill. She got up extremely fast and cracked her whip at my face which I narrowly dodged. When she pulled back, I took my chance and went in close. She seemed to be dazed by my mobility and tried to catch her whip around my sword hand but I was already too close.

Right as I was about to stab her through her stomach, agonizing pain exploded in my shoulder. I could feel something slender wrapped around my right shoulder down to my armpit pretty tightly. If felt like razor sharp rocks were dragged across my bare skin. I could feel muscled and tendons loosen up like jelly from the extreme heat. I pushed through the pain with a grimace and stuck Riptide through Alecto's stomach.

The whip around my shoulder seemed to go slack, meaning that Clarisse and Grover must have taken care of Tisiphone. The whip was still there though.

I hurriedly fumbled for the handle, already groaning in pain. With a couple screams and curses I had managed to get the thing off, but now there was a horrible smell in the air, and it wasn't burning flesh. It smelled like a smoky campfire that had disgusting chemicals poured all over it.

I recognized it as the same smell when Gabe's car exploded. I quickly scooped up everybody's bags and yelled, "Everybody OUT!" The mortal passengers scrambled to the front of the bus while I broke the window, leading Grover and Clarisse out first. I wasn't sure where Annabeth was but I would just have to trust she made it out.

The air next to me shimmered, revealing Annabeth who was looking pretty scared. We all plunged deep into the woods, me trailing behind a bit, my arm still blistering. Luckily it was raining so the pain wasn't so bad. We eventually came across a river where we agreed to just have a break. I immediately jumped in, sighing in relief, the pain was almost gone.

"Toss me my bag, please?" I asked Clarrise, as I surfaced the water. She hurdled the bag at me and I got it open, looking for some nectar. I found the canister and set it down on the ground. I ripped off my sleeve of my right arm and pulled back some more cloth so that my shoulder was seen. I held the cloth with my teeth and took the canister off the ground. I unscrewed the cap and carefully poured some on my injured shoulder. I watched in sick fascination as the blisters, charred flesh, and black carbon on my skin disappeared.

Once I was done, I put the canister back in the bag and sat against a tree with a sigh. We eventually agreed to keep moving, seeing as we didn't have long to get the master bolt. I was leading up in front, Clarisse trailing on my feet, Annabeth and Grover hanging back a bit. Everything was silent for a while, the only thing changing was the various disgusting smells as we loomed through the muddy forest.

Eventually Annabeth fell in tow with me at the front and said, "That must've hurt really bad." She said, examining my exposed shoulder. I just stared off into the forest. "Why do you hate me so much?" She asked suddenly.

I slowed down a little at the question, but didn't stop walking. "Well...aren't our parents supposed to be rivals? I'm just trying to keep up the family reputation. And you're pretty fun to tease." I said, snickering a little.

I could pretty much feel the hardened glare on the side of my head. She eventually sighed and was about to say something but was interrupted by what could be mistook for the 'toot toot' of a dying owl.

"Hey!" Grover exclaimed. "My reed piped still work! If only I could remember a 'find path' song, we would be out of these woods." He started to play a few notes and I fought the urge to cover my ears to stop from getting a headache. I could've sworn Grover's music wasn't this bad.

Just as he was about to get going on the reed pipes, the trees started thinning out into a two-lane highway that looked completely deserted. The only sign of life was the neon signs above a roadside food bar looking building. The rain seemed to suddenly stop, creating the smell of dew throughout the air. You could see small rainbows shimmering throughout the thin mist. It seemed like the perfect day and the perfect place.

I could smell the greasy burgers, a taste left on my tongue that was so insanely salivating. My mind and taste buds wanted more of it, but I already knew what was inside the building so I had to use lots of strength to not fall under the spell. The others, however, were not so lucky. Their eyes looked dreamy and they were slightly hunched over, signaling that they were completely relaxed, which was not good. I could see the saliva coming out of the corners of their mouths as they were slowly walking across the road, not even looking for cars, as if they were in a trance.

I ran after them after a little and started calling, "WAIT!" and "HEY! SLOW DOWN A LITTLE!" This didn't even make them stop and think about what they were doing. I eventually caught up with Clarisse and tried to pull her back by her shoulders, to which she just shrugged me off. I even tried pulling each by their waist but none of them would budge. Not even Grover.

The trance they were put in now was 100 times worse than what is was last time. As we got closer and closer the the food bar, I kept having to fight harder and harder on my brains intentions and it trying to control my limbs. It was becoming so bad that it was now the only thing I could think about.

I needed to end this. And fast.

Forgetting the other quest members, I sped past them to get to the door and greet 'Aunty Em'. I hurriedly sped up the steps to the door and knocked three times. I was moving so much, it looked like I had to take a piss.

Finally, after 30 seconds or so, someone answered the door. Medusa addressed me in a calm manner. "Why hello child, how are you? What would you be doing out here all alone? Where are your parents?"

The veil was still on her face so I had a huge advantage. I immediately jabbed her in the stomach with my left fist as hard as I could while getting out Riptide as fast as I could. She backed up as fast as she could when she saw the beautiful bronze blade sailing her way. Medusa was now fumbling to get her headdress off with me sprinting towards her. Through her veil I could see her panicked face. Weird, I wonder why?

Deciding she couldn't get the veil off in time, she readied herself and I could see her red fingernails grow and elongate into talons. She swiped a diagonal slash toward my shoulder. I leaned back and extended my left arm to grab her still human hand. She instantly froze when we made contact. The craziest and weirdest plan popped into my mind, like someone was feeding me information.

I felt the presence of water in a bird bath outside and I started to draw some from it, only very very little amounts. A calm and warming smile made it's way onto my face as I dropped my sword. I closed my eyes on instinct and reached for her right hand with mine, as I had my eyes closed I could feel myself aging, which was weird. I could feel all my limbs growing and stretching, but no pain was there. I could feel my muscles growing, everything becoming lean and healthy. I could feel my connection with water becoming stronger. It was like I was 16 again.

I opened my eyes to see Medusa looking up at me. The change in height was huge. From what was me as 3-4 inches smaller than her was now reversed, I was now many inches taller than her. I had no idea who was doing this, but it made the plan work out perfectly. I held the thin film of water next to my eyes and hardened it with ease into the most clear ice you have ever seen. It seemed perfect size to fit over my iris. I opened my eyes wide and set the ice above where I thought my iris and pupil were. I blinked a couple times and made sure the ice 'contacts' were in properly.

Medusa, the whole time, was looking at me weirdly while still holding hands. "Would you like to look into someone's eyes once more?" I asked in a sultry tone, looking through the veil. Though my voice now was deep and masculine, like how I got used to after the years I had it. She just nodded numbly, still looking up at me.

I gave her a little nod and let go of her hands. I reached up towards the headdress and started slowly and carefully unwrapping it. I could feel her hands pushed up onto my chest as I did this.

I finally unwrapped the veil around her head and I lowered it to the ground. The snakes that acted as hair were calm and still going down her back, though Medusa was looking at the ground. I brought one hand around her waist, pulling her flush with me, while the other cupped her chin and lifted her face so she could see me. I could see why people described Medusa as once a beautiful woman. She still was if it wasn't for the hair. She had a shapely face and plump lips.

Her eyes were closed tight as she tried to pull away from my grip. "No." She murmured. "Yo-You will die." I don't think in all my days, I would've guessed Medusa would be reluctant to kill someone.

"Trust me." I said in the same sultry tone as earlier. I could see her eyes flicker open hesitantly. They were softly glowing with power the same color as her eyes. They were beautiful. An amazing emerald color shone through her lashes as she looked up at me hesitantly. I now had both hands on her hips, now fully trusting the plan. Her head snapped up as soon as she didn't see me turning to stone. I let a small smile flicker onto my face as she looked onward into my eyes.

Her hands creeped up from my chest to around my neck as her eyes turned tearful. She let a few small tears drop from her eyes as one of my hands came up form her waist.

My thumb brushed off the tears she had shed as I said quietly, "Such beautiful eyes do not need to be tainted with tears." I licked my lips and leaned closer, closing my eyes, Medusa doing the same. Our lips met in passion as more salty tears came in contact with both of our lips. Her lips were soft and experienced but not experienced at the same time. She obviously remembers doing this before but just had to warm up a bit.

We kept going for minutes, slow and passionate kissing, no tongue, just lips. I hesitantly pulled apart and looked into her cheerful eyes. "I am sorry, but I must leave. I am on a timed quest." I said to her as she now looked downcast. "I will come back sometime later, I promise you that. I will figure something out for you. Could you release my friends from the trance please?" I asked her.

"I-I can." She nodded, disappointed that I would be leaving. "Thank you, but I need to make sure you are coming back. Make an oath. Please." She pleaded with me, almost in tears again.

I smiled a small smile as she said this. "I, Perseus Jackson, Swear by the River Styx, that I will come back for Medusa some time in the future." I said, as the sound of thunder cracked though the air, sealing the oath. She smiled widely at me before giving me another quick peck. "Now go and hide before my friends see you. Stay safe, Medusa." I gave her another long kiss before she then scurried off into an office looking place.

My friends had come in not even 10 seconds later while I was contemplating what had just happened. Once they were all in, Annabeth asked, "What happened here? And to us?"

I responded with, "Something was pulling you towards this place in a trance, lets get out of here. Nothing important happened here." My old squeaky and weak voice was back, meaning I was twelve again.

I saw Medusa peeking through a window in the office and I sent her a quick wink.

Life sure if strange the second time around.

AN #2: I decided to put a little twist in the story, already starting off with relationships. I wasn't planning on this though, it kinda popped into my mind as I was thinking for 30 minutes on how to make the story interesting.

ALSO, I'm sorry for the lack of chapters. I've had some serious writers block so anything I wrote was complete garbage. I also did slack off a bit so that didn't help. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the chapter.

Peace out,

~CrackLoader