The New Titans: Fall of Olympus

by Zayden StormVoid

After the 2nd Giant War, Percy, the greatest demigod of all time, believed he could finally live in peace. Fate had something different for him. He has been betrayed, abandoned by all but a few, and now as a new type of immortal, he seeks to tear the corrupt Olympus down. Journey with Percy and his allies and witness a war that will shake the planet to its core. First story.

10. Chapter 10

Chapter 10

HAPPY EASTER! Zayden is here bringing in another chapter to The New Titans story. Much has happened for me since January, such as my the revelation that some of my friends haven't been really viewing me as a friend and my patience for them has cracked. I'm sorry I had to blab about it and and make you guys uncomfortable or sad, but thanks so much for the helpful words and advice. Especially you, The YoLOMan, thanks for the advice, you rock! I have also seen my new number 1 favorite Marvel movie of all time, so far,: Black Panther! It was AMAZING! WAKANDA FOREVER! Please, of you haven't gone and seen it yet or don't want to see it, then something is wrong in your life, I'm sorry but it just is. I am so exited for Avengers Infinity War and I can't wait to see Thanos throwing a FUCKING MOON on the Avengers. Anyways, remember in the last chapter when I said that this next one would be the last before Percy and his allies fight the Olympians? Well I sorta lied. Think of this and the next chapter as both an April Fools joke and an Easter egg basket treat for you guys. What I will be doing is making two chapters and making them a part 1 and 2 of each other release them at the SAME TIME! This is because they both share the same kind of part of the story but I turned it into two chapters after I realized that it would be too long as one chapter, so after you read this one, feel free to read the next one. This will show the last years of training and development between Percy and his allies and friends. As I stated in the bottom of my last chapter, lemons for this story, when they come by, will be in a separate story and not here. This is to save time, space, and because my dad is now viewing this for fun, so yeah, it would be weird. I have also stated that after this story is done, then I will make a different story, non-related to Percy Jackson, but will not be the end for our favorite raven haired demigod in my stories. I will make sequels to this in the future but I need to explore new ideas and gain new experiences.

So without further ado, property of Percy Jackson and his world belongs to writing genius known as Rick Riordan, this isn't canon but merely my own story for my and your entertainment. Also warning! Some scenes may contain threats of rape, so if I haven't put up a warning on some parts of the story, here it is. Also I'm sorry if anything sounds cringy, cliche, or too anime like.

Now BEGIN!

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New Generation: Trials Part 1

Time Skip: 30 years on Earth, 300 years on Arcadia

Location: Arcadia

Percy's POV

After the events with Atlas, Chaos met with us, almost making Atlas faint. Chaos explained the whole situation and specifics just like Khione. He then called upon the Primordial Council to discuss about Atlas. Even if Khione did her evil deeds, they still paled in comparison to that of Atlas. The council agreed that for the best they strip Alas of his title as a Titan and his domains, yet still keeping him immortal and with some of his powers. Atlas agreed to this as for him this was a first step towards penance for his actions. He was then forced, willingly, to swear upon Chaos to join his army in the hopes of conquering Olympus, saying that he will be given his title and domains when this is all over.

Soon after, my friends from Earth would come to greet Chaos and the Primordials themselves. When they came, Chaos told which Primordials would be teaching whom and the details of Arcadia and how we plan to start the inevitable war.

For Artemis's hunters, they would be training with the rest of Chaos's army, mostly the female ones, even the males of Chaos's army would tremble whenever they come. They practiced their archery, hunting techniques, stealth skills, and other forms of weaponry, in case they would need to go into combat. The majority were especially good with swords and daggers, yet some had different weapons like spears and axes. In the end, they were probably one of the most elite fighting forces in the world, rivaling the assassins and hunters in Chaos's army until eventually they made a friendly, competitive rivalry.

But at times, they would have to return to Earth, if only to hunt assigned monsters and keep Zeus unaware of their disappearances. Artemis, Andromeda, and Thalia were the ones that usually spend the most time in Arcadia, Andromeda going as far to spend entire weeks here rather than returning. Speaking of whom, Andromeda had her own kind of special training from the Primordials. She would mostly train with Tartarus, in regards to fully mastering her fire powers and weaponry. To my surprise and delight, she was incredible with the sword, her movements and unpredictability making her deadly and powerful, like I was back then. And if that weren't enough, she trained with Hemera to use her fire powers for healing and even going as far as being able to use light energy. She truly was my sister. She would sometimes insist on sparring with me, and I had to admit, that she was a really powerful opponent, almost catching me off guard a few times.

We also spend time together, making up for the years apart from each other. Andromeda and I would learn each other's likes, dislikes, and habits. I learned that she drools in her sleep just like me and was fun to pull the 'You drool' card on her. I learned other things about her, like she loves pineapples and peaches, really competitive, has most of the abilities of Hestia, and she loves wolves and birds. Especially Lykos and Flare, the two would be cuddled by her for hours, much to the two's delight and sometimes suffering. I also found out that she loved making things red, in contrast to me liking blue. This formed into a rivalry like war between the tow of us to see what is better red or blue, which would go as far as painting half of the castle red and the other blue. Later we had to spend a nice whole 72 hours having to clean the castle up.

For my friends from camp, each one had their own training regiment. Practically all of them would train with Tartarus in weaponry and fighting techniques. In no time flat, Clarrise became a monster with a spear and shield, swordplay being her second best weapon, she would often train with Reyna, you know, two war demigoddess trying to prove which is superior and all that. Chris proved to be a master of dual swords, while Malcom preferred a sword and shield, and both were also experts with spears. The Stolls clearly took after their brother as they mastered swordsmanship, even training with both Luke and me. They would team up to try to get the better of me or Luke, depending on who trained with them, and though they were good, they never managed to lay a blow larger than a scratch against me or Luke. Katie's training consisted mostly on her nature powers, who she trained with Hemera, Ourea, and even Damasen, and at her spare time, mastering dual daggers and a scythe with Tartarus. Jake was a master of the sword in no time but he was beast with dual war hammers or axes, almost like Leo and Beckendorf. Jake would learn how to control his newly attained fire powers from his brothers and Tartarus and soon became an expert on it. He would also train with Hydros on how to be a better forger. And finally, Rachel had her own kind of training, learning how to wield a dagger just in case of emergencies, but she mostly trained with Ananke, trying to master the powers of prophecy and foresight that she had from being the Oracle.

The minor gods would also come from time to time to learn new powers and tricks. For instance, Thanatos and most other Underworld gods would train with Tartarus, Nyx, or Erebus about shadow or death powers. Other gods like Hebe and Iris would learn healing abilities and light projection. Apmhitrite would train with Pontus and Thalassa on her water abilities.

Speaking of which, me and some of my friends would venture into the locations of still imprisoned, innocent Titans, like Rhea, who I still find hard to believe that her own children, like Zeus and Poseidon, hadn't freed her yet. When I returned with Titan mother to Arcadia, Hestia and Hades welcomed their mother with joy. They even transformed into their 5 year old selves, which was shocking to see Hades in. I swear I saw Hermes and Apollo recording the event for blackmail purposes. Although the God of the Underworld found out and the two immature gods spend the rest of that day running for their immortal lives from the enraged King of the Underworld.

Another god that was busy with training was Triton. He was being trained by Pontus, Hydros, and Thalassa. His training was similar to mine when it came to hydrokenisis and cryokinesis training. But from the looks of it, Pontus and Thalassa seem to push Triton even more than with me. Sure I was stronger than Triton and most of the minor gods back then, but the Primoridals' training was intense, Triton's training seems almost twice as difficult than mine. A few months into training and they already were pushing him to create a 100-foot tall wave compared to when they pushed me into it almost year into my training. That gave me the suspicion that the two had an ulterior plan for Triton than just training him. As for Hydros, he was still training Triton hard but he far less pressuring than the two water Primordials. And Triton, despite all the pressure and trials, he withstood it all and I could feel him getting stronger, reaching to the levels of the other Olympians in very little time and still growing more stronger along with them. He seemed powerful enough to take on Poseidon and give him a run for his immortal money.

Speaking of the Olympians, Artemis, Aphrodite, and the other Olympians on my side have all been receiving lots of training from the Primordials. For Apollo, he had his training mostly from Aether, Hemera, and Ananke. With Aether and Hemera, he trained mostly on his powers over the sun and light. Aether would show him the deeper secrets to light manipulation than with me, such as harnessing the power to the point where Apollo could use light particles to create matter, mostly crystals and shields, to repel attacks and cause serious damage. Hemera would even help increase Apollo's healing and plague abilities. As for Ananke's training, along with his Oracle, Rachael, Apollo learned more on his foresight and prophecy domains, even using his foresight abilities to know what move his foes would use, though it can slight pains or headaches when he uses it too often. Curiously, whenever he tries it on me, Andromeda, or Triton even, that new skill barely works, probably because all three of us are known to be unpredictable, apparently so much that future-seeing powers don't work right. Who knew? Anyways, in the span of 300 years in Arcadia or 30 years on Earth, Apollo became stronger than he has ever been, almost rivaling me at times, which would lead to sparring matches that would nearly torch Arcadia and a lot of clean up that me and the god had to do.

Hermes's training was with Ouranos and Chronos. His training with Ouranos showed him the powers over lighting and winds that were revealed that Hermes inherited from Zeus. This resulted in training Hermes's powers over winds and lightning, even using this training to make him run faster and even have lightning trail behind him, like the Flash. With Chronos, Hermes would test the limits to his super speed, learning how to run with time slowed down just as fast as he is in regular time, making him so fast to reach speeds faster than the speed of light! Unfortunately, in one instance, Hermes actually ran so fast that he disappeared. We all panicked at what happened, thinking he somehow was turned to dust or something when Chronos said in a surprised tone that he actually was in the future, 80 years exactly. He ran so fast that he pulled a speedster and traveled through time! Chronos immediately used his powers to bring him back to the present and Hermes flashed in front of us. We asked if he was alright and what he saw but he wouldn't say, his eyes showing fear and horror that made made us extremely worried. Chronos and Chaos had to privately counsel with him as to what happened, the two looking worried in the end and the incident urged to be forgotten. So, despite my curiosity, we did. In the end, Hermes's power excelled beyond his former limits and he rivaled Apollo in power, and basically became the Flash if the Flash was a god, trained by a Primordial, and over ten times faster and cooler.

Next was Hades, who he trained with Erebus, Nyx, Ourea, Hydros, and Tartarus. His training consisted of umbrakenisis and darkness training with Erebus and Nyx, death and spirit manipulation training with Tartarus, metal and riches training with Hydros, and geokinesis with Ourea. When training with Tartarus, Hades would be trained in how to increase his undead powers to untold heights, to the point where in the end he could summon an entire army of thousands skeletons and spirits without breaking a sweat. He was determined to surpass Zeus in power, despite constant comments saying that he was already stronger than him before. As for his training with Hydros, he trained how to control different kinds of metals to form devastating attacks, defenses, and even being able to transform his body into the same mineral then transform his hand and feet into different weapons. Think Gajeel from Fairy Tail, but with gold, silver, Celestial Bronze, and other metals other than iron. His training with Ourea showed how powerful Hades was in terms of earth manipulation. This training would focus on earthquakes, earth manipulation and creating earthen barriers. Sonn Hades became a monster with earth powers, even more than me. And then he practically stole my spot as the true master of darkness and shadows with his training from Erebus and Nyx. The two Primordials would beat every lesson and skill they would know into Hades's skull, making him a prodigy of the darkness. Erebus said that were it not for what we would be, he would assume that Hades would have taken Erebus's place as Primordial of Darkness. Hades now knew every lesson in earth, shadow, and darkness powers that I know and still had more when he practically begged the two Primordials to show him the true darkness powers of fear, terror, and evil.

Hestia even had training of her own. Despite being a peaceful goddess, even she acknowledge that she would need to boost her powers to new heights. She trained with Hemera, Ourea, and Tartarus. Hestia trained with Hemera on her healing abilities, saying she only wishes to make them perfect. The two became fast friends, sometimes rivals on who can make the better home-cook meal, which led to a lot of eating competitions and a lot of draws. Not just because they were equally delicious, but also because the puppy dog looks on them would keep us from deciding a winner, in fear of upsetting the other. Her training with Tartarus was with her fire powers that now were colossal compared to before. She practically surpassed me in fire powers as well. She could light an entire jungle on fire with a snap of her fingers, in fact she did which left Chaos with a lot of mess to clean up, mortal and godly memories to erase, and a lot of apologizing and crying from Hestia. Luckily, after some comfort and help from Ourea, all the wildlife and plant life were restored. Speaking of which, Ourea's training was with agricultural or nature powers. Ourea revealed that she seen the potential in Hestia and wished for her to take Demeter's place in the domain of agriculture. Hestia was hesitant, not wishing to take her younger sister's place or the possibility that she might have to fight her, but she relented and was taught all Ourea knew about nature magic. She learned how to control plants, tress, roots, and other plant life. She could turn leaves into razor sharp projectiles that can cut through steel, unleash massive roots and tress to create a frenzy of attacks, and even make a new kind of mythological creature! They were basically like nature spirits but were mostly in the forms of plant life and ranging such forms to either demonic creatures, animals, or even people. Hestia would dub them 'polemistes tou prasinou', which is Greek for 'warriors of the green.' Leo however just called them 'Tree mongers', resulting in a comically sulking, sad Hestia, disappointed in making a catchy name, and a lot of females egging and threatening Leo to apologize.

The gods were not the only ones to train as my closest friends would also train their buts of to compete with me and the gods. Nico's training was similar to his father, with Erebus, Nyx, Ourea, and Tartarus. He surprisingly excelled in his earth training. He was becoming as strong as his father. He could now cause powerful enough earthquakes to nearly destroy the castle, which I might add is almost completely impenetrable and indestructible. Nico also excelled in his amazing increase in shadow, illusion, and death powers. Nico's training with Erebus and Nyx was similar to Hades but Nico learned little to the dark, evil powers, only learning as much as I have. Nico made up for it by training to the brim in his mist manipulation and illusion magic. He soon created constructs and images that looked so real that they even felt real to the touch! A person could have easily mistaken him for child of Hecate. Nico also trained extensively on his death magic, rivaling that of his father, and truly earning him the title of 'The Ghost King.' But was surprising was how Nico's training with Tartarus also gained him a surprising new skill in war powers and controlling monsters! When I mean by 'war powers', I mean the same as Ares, able to generate ginormous amount of weapons from thin air, boost his energy and of those around him, and create an rage-inducing aura similar to Ares, making his opponents sloppy and easily distracted, just like Ares. Nico was bit reluctant to use these powers, thinking he transform into a new, and possibly, worse version of Ares, but some comforting words from his father and sister, Bianca, straightened him out. Soon he became nearly as powerful as Hades and the rest of the friendly Olympians.

Thalia's training led to the same result. For her, Ouranos and Tartarus would train her. Tartarus's training was simply to help better her skills with weapons such as bows, swords, shields, and spears. She would train with the spear with both Tartarus, Bob, and Damasen to the point where she was a living nightmare when fighting with a spear. As for Ouranos's training, Thalia trained in her wind and lightning powers to the absolute limit. Her lightning powers grew to unprecedented levels. Thalia's powers over lightning actually became so powerful that with a simple lightning strike from her, can blow a mountain into smithereens. Ouranos even trained her how to control mere electricity in other forms like EMP pulses and learning everything there is to know about the element of lightning. Her air powers, however, were the most difficult for her to master. First, Thalia had to get over her fear of heights, much like Pontus and Thalassa helped me get over my fear of drowning ever since Gaea nearly drowned me quicksand mud. Ouranos claimed to Thalia that the reason she never worked well with her air powers was because of her fears, he said "You can't let the power flow, if you aren't one with it."

Eventually, Ouranos helped Thalia conquer her fear, by dropping her in the stratosphere. Thalia was going crazy and screaming at the top of her lungs, but I telepathically communicated with her to tell her to calm down. I told her that she had nothing to fear, that the wind is her ally, that she had power over it, not the other way around. I told her that she and the air were similar, both wild yet calm, both unrestrained, both wishing to soar for freedom from the burdens of the Earth, just like she wished to be free from the 1st Great Prophecy. Thalia calmed down and she grew determined from my words and she closed her eyes, listing to the sounds of the wind. She almost crashed to the Earth but at the last second she pulled up, using the winds to fly for the first time, it made her smile and laugh. She seemed happy, free, complete. In the end, Ouranos taught her everything he knew of the air, from creating hurricanes and tornadoes, from using mere clouds as weapons and shields, he even showed her the joy of having a true father, one that she could rely on and love. Ouranos practically adopted her and Aphrodite, giving me the same 'hurt her and you will meet a bloody, painful end' speech.

As for Piper and Aphrodite, they trained with Eros, Phanes, Pontus, and Thalassa. The first two are obvious, them being love deities, but the Pontus and Thalassa? They revealed that Piper and Aphrodite both had the blood of the sea in their veins, referring as to Aphrodite's origins of being born from Ouranos's sliced off genitals being dropped into the sea. They both were revealed to have the possibilities to control water and ice. That reminded me of when I told Piper about Annabeth cheating on me back before my banishment from the Olympians. How the puddles of water around us were churning and raising without my doing. Aphrodite explained that she herself knew that she could have been able to use water magic, being able to breath underwater and have more strength on water, but was forbidden by Zeus and Poseidon, claiming that they knew of her origins and how powerful she could be if she learned to control one of the Big Three's powers and forbade her from her hydrokenisis or granting such power to her kids. Now, she had no restraints holding her back. As for how Piper got her the same powers when Aphrodite never gave them to her, it showed how truly powerful the demigoddess was, not only able to access charmspeak just as powerful as Aphrodite but powers hidden away from her.

So both Aphrodite and Piper began their training with their newly revealed powers. Curiously, Aphrodite seemed better at controlling water and tides, while Piper was able to learn more of ice powers, but the two still could utilize both powers to their whim. Aphrodite and Piper became as skilled at water powers as Poseidon after over 150 years of training, and the other half made them as strong as either Triton or me. Piper's newfound ice magic also sparked a grander, yet friendly, rivalry between her and Khione, each determined to see who is the best ice goddess. Another development the two experienced was Aphrodite finally meeting her technical father, while Piper met her godly grandfather. Ouranos wished to spend time together with the two, wishing to catch up after millennia of not seeing his daughter and finally meeting his grandchild from the love goddess. The two grew close and Aphrodite never looked happier and more open than I have ever seen her, uniting with her father and other family, and reuniting with her daughter, Silena, and me. Piper loved every moment in Arcadia, from catching up and having fun with Reyna, Leo, and Calypso, from spending quality time with me, and I too loved every second.

Lastly, Artemis's training was with Erebus, Nyx, Ourea, and Chaos, himself. With Erebus and Nyx, Artemis learned how as the goddess of the moon and, therefore, the night, that she could tap into the element of the shadows and they would teach her how to use it to her advantage. Artemis would now use the shadows to become faster and more vicious than before, for shadow travelling, and making constructs, shields, and even arrows made out of shadows. She even learned a few archery tidbits from Nyx and Ourea. Speaking of whom, the mountain primordial would show Artemis how as the goddess of the Hunt and the goddess with the most emotion and attachment to the Hunt, the wild, and animals, that she could tap into the same power as that of Pan, the power of the Wild. She would show Artemis how to summon animals and monsters from the land, sea, sky, and even bring forth life back into animals long thought extinct. This in turn made Artemis an even more powerful, fiercer goddess, with the her being able to even use the powers, skills, and senses of other animals to her advantage. As for her training with Chaos, the Creator would show her the power that Artemis can wield from the moon and the stars, like Zoe's astrokenisis , but merely focused on stars related to her and the moon. At the end of her training, Artemis became almost as powerful as me, with us becoming daily sparring partners, to which led to a greater bond and love forming between us. She even grew fond of my wolf, Lykos. She even introduced us to her own sacred wolf, Luna, who hit off famously with Lykos. Artemis was also fascinated by Flare, as even she never seen a phoenix before.

I still felt a little weird and nervous on the prospect of multiple mates. The concept alone seemed taboo and the thought of hurting the mentioned mates was terrifying. Even more so with the thought of having to deal with the fatherly and brotherly protection and rage from a certain sky Primordial, a former Titan, an extremely overprotective sun god for a brother, and a certain group of female man-hating hunters that castrated men for even looking at their mistress. Zoe, Eros, Phanes, Chaos, and I would counsel as to what to do with the situation. While Eros thought it would be best to just tell them immediately, resulting in glares from all of us, Phanes suggested to hide the information that he and Zoe were dating and that Aphrodite, Artemis, Piper, and Thalia were my soulmates. He suggested to spend the next 300 years in Arcadia to spend time with them, get to know more about them, learn their likes, dislikes, hopes, dreams, and what makes them tick. Therefore, I could have a deeper love and understanding with each of them and not let any of them feel neglected. This plan of Phanes even astounded Chaos. So we went forward with the plan and hid the truth from the other girls until the right moment. And in the time of 300 years, I have truly grown to love, care, and feel responsible for them. My mother once said that "A true sign of love for one person was responsibility. To feel yourself responsible to making her happy, helping her in times of need, and responsible to protect her and keep her safe and happy, even at the cost of your own happiness and preservation. To do these things, shows the true meaning of the word love, and how you can tell when you are truly in love with that person." That advice turned out to be true. I did feel responsible for them, making them feel happy, comforting them from their problems and fears, and feeling as if to sacrifice the planet to keep them safe. I would destroy anything that would dare harm them, and do it without one ounce of mercy or remorse.

Actually, me and the girls weren't the only ones experiencing the pull of romance. I would catch signs of Nico and Reyna talking with each other, hanging out mostly between the two, and even making each other blush. I was happy for the two. Nico has suffered through enough hardship, trauma, and sadness that would make most people fall into complete despair, and Reyna has already suffered the rejections of two people she crushed on, one being me, and suffered enough loneliness for one person alone. The two seemed perfect together. But that wasn't all. I was generally shocked out of my mind when I saw Ethan and Khione getting along rather swimmingly. The two were almost the same, mischievous at times, playful, but cold, sulking, and filled with guilt. But all that seemed to vanish when the two are around each other, as they look happy and always blush whenever they are alone. I was happy for my enemy turned friend, seemingly finding the perfect girl and finding the happiness he was looking for, and for Khione to find a love that won't abandon her. Another romance that seemed to be happening, and didn't agree with, was Luke and Andromeda, my sister! Andromeda was forced to tell me that she liked how funny, charming and wild Luke could be had a crush on him at first, but when she saw that he would sulking and sad sometimes, the crushed into something more, wanting to show him kindness and love that he didn't have for himself. Luke was also forced to admit that Andromeda was sweet, kind, and loving girl that caught his eye at first but started to truly like her when she took it upon herself to cheer him from his constant depression. I almost punched him in the face when he admitted that she was hot. Eventually I got over my overprotective brother thing and allowed the two to see each other, swearing upon the River Styx to destroy Luke if he hurt her, to which he accepted.

And that isn't the most shocking bit that happened in all this time. Halfway through the 300 years, Chaos announced the special magic that he and Balerion taught me. God-Slaying and Dragon Slaying magic. Everybody was confused and astounded at the same time, even me. Last time I checked, Chaos Balerion told me not to tell anyone about my new slayer abilities. Balerion then showed up and both he and Chaos explained that starting then, they would all be learning God Slaying and Dragon Slaying Magic, each learning one based upon their elemental attributes. I was also tackled with a bunch of remarks, colorful comments about not telling them this, and some actually really excited about learning this power.

Soon, Balerion and Chaos introduced to us the Dragons that usually lived on the other side the world of Arcadia, Balerion being one of the only who frequently visits. They were majestic to say the least. Some had different colors and looks based upon their attributes, like the Fire Dragon Igneel was almost as big as Balerion, yet looked was ruby red and had what looked like fins on the back of his jaw. Other dragons that were there included Metalicana, the Dragon of Metals, Skiadrum, the Shadow Dragon, Grandina, the Sky Dragon, the Lightning Dragon, Arashi, and more. They were there to serve as trainers of the Dragon Slaying Arts, while the Primordials and Chaos will teach God-Slayer Magic.

This would be the ultimate weapon against the gods and their followers. But Chaos strongly voiced caution with these abilities. While these Slayer abilities were made to kill their respective deity, they can still cause massive destruction and harm to any kind of being alive. So Chaos made us promise to only use this power if they are fighting a god or enemy or absolutely need to use it.

And with that they we were taught the Slayer magic. Well, after each of them recovered from their comas like I did, we had to plan accordingly with Chronos to when the gods would be given the powers especially with time here being different back on Earth. Each individual used a Slayer type based on their attributes. For example Artemis would learn Shadow, Star, and Wild Dragon and God Slayer magic, while Apollo had Light and Poison Dragon and God Slayer magic. The only one who were unable to use such magic were Atlas, Clarrise, Chris or any of my friends from Camp Half-Blood or Jupiter, as these magics were to unstable and powerful in the hands of mortals, even some immortals. The demigods who were able to use these powers were Nico, Thalia, Zoe, Piper, Luke, Ethan, Alabastor, Leo, Beckendorf, Silena, Reyna, and Calypso. I didn't have to train as I had already mastered the the magic, so I proceeded to help my friends with their training.

In no time flat, about 100 years or so, we all managed to to gain the power enough kill gods and Dragons. We thought we were ready to fight the Olympians, but Chaos said differently. He claimed that before the plan would begin, that we would need to establish the new immortal council to replace the Olympians, along with making sure they were ready to ascent to this new role. Chaos and the Primordials themselves, along with the the prophetic powers of Ananke, agreed upon who out of all of us should be on this council. They claimed that the council should be made up of 14 people, and each to complete trials to prove themselves of the position.

They then called a special meeting to announce the chosen 14. The first 6 were obvious, which were Artemis, Aphrodite, Hades, Hestia, Hermes, Apollo. But then the next 7 were astounding. The next ones chosen were Triton, Thalia, Zoe, Leo, Luke, Nico, and Piper. Some of the mentioned protested in saying that they weren't ready and/or worthy of the responsibility. But Chaos eased their doubt with his explanation, which was "I understand you concerns about this decision, I can see your doubts, fears, and guilt convincing you that this is wrong, but I must assure you, it isn't. This is not only the will of the council and myself, but of Fate. All of you were born for this task and have faced the trials in your life as mere stepping stones to this moment. From loss, to heartbreak, through wars and strife, you have all have been chosen as the only ones who can take up this mantle. Plus, I, the Creator, and the Council agree on these decisions, as we have seen the strife, pain, and determination that lead to you all becoming as strong as you are now. You have all grown, matured, and experienced more than any immortal being. So, please, don't deny your potential, please accept the roles and help free this world into a new era of peace."

My friends all looked unsure as to what to do, and after a confident nod from me, they turned back to the Creator and said "We accept." Chaos smiled and motioned for them to move beside the gods. Then Chaos finally announced the last member of this new council, not only the last one, but one who Chaos would grant the title as the new King, the leader of this new immortal council. Most already knew who it was, hell I knew it but sometimes didn't accept it, until now. And so Chaos said "And the one who will lead you into battle, who will stand as King and bow to none accept me, is...PERSEUS JACKSON!"

My friends and allies all cheered wildly at that and the throne room was filled with cheers and applause. I knew this would occur, but it wasn't any less shocking for it to happen. Chaos congratulated me and my friends for being given this honor and, with my lead, me and the rest all bowed at once and once again made our vows to not abuse this power as the Olympians have done for millennia.

Chaos smiled at this and told us to rise. He continued with a shocking new revelation towards us. Chaos said "I see tat you have indeed grown, trained hard, and hardened yourselves to this moment, but before you all may ascend to this position, you must all first complete the tests." We were confused as to what he meant by tests, and seeing this Chaos enlightened us. He continued with "I see you are confused as to what I mean. So to elaborate, you must all face trials to fully ascend to this new immortal status, domains, and titles. These trials will push you to the limits of your abilities, challenge your beliefs and values, and make you fully one with yourself and your destinies."

All of 14 didn't complain and accepted the responsibility that was put onto us. And so Chaos would tells us that these trials will take place at the very end of our training time frame, mine being the very last ones. And when the time came we were ready.

Every one of us, except me, would receive 2 trials. For Apollo, his first trials was to be taken to this special cave in Arcadia, near the mountains of this world. There he would find a special cave to which he must go in to the very end of the cave and when he reaches a pedestal, he must lay cross-legged upon it, to mediate, and will receive his trial there. Apollo did as he was instructed and ventured by himself to the cave. From what he described, inside the cave, was a bunch of jewels and crystals all encasing the walls of the cave make it glimmer and sparkle. When he reached the end, he saw a pedestal that looked to be made out of gold and a wall made entirely out of diamonds. He laid cross-legged on the pedestal and he mediated for a while, and when he opened his eyes he saw something shocking. To his description, what happened was the wall of diamond glowed and started to shift until a figure started to form through the wall. This figure wad Helios, the faded Titan of the Sun, the former driver of the sun chariot.

Apollo said he looked like he was before he faded. He had light brown hair and beard, a calm stoic face, wearing a Greek chiton, and a golden laurel on his head. Apollo asked the faded god how he was here if he had faded. The former sun driver said that this cave, known as the Cave of Completion, takes the appearance that corresponds to the visitor and the cave transformed into a shiny crystal cave representing light. Helios explained further that this wall is like an Iris message that connects to the Land of the Faded, where anyone can come to talk to immortals who have passed on. Apollo then asked to why he was there and if he is supposed to tell him trial. Helios nodded at that. Helios told Apollo that he must join together his Roman and Greek side into a singular entity, a singe form, only then will the first trial be complete. Apollo asked as to why would the trial be that way or how he could do that. Helios explained that he can't tell him why it is that way but that he could do it by channeling his domains all into him, focus on both his Greek half and his Roman, and explained that he will see visions of the future, ones he can't tell anyone about, and that to complete it to accept whatever he sees and to let go of whatever scares him the most.

Apollo claimed to have paled at the mere thought but he did it any way. He closed his eyes, focused on his domains, the sun, music, poetry, plagues and healing, archery, and prophecy. He focused on his Roman form and his current Greek form all at once. He saw in his mind's eye his Roman self, which he never like, whom looked almost like him in every way, except his golden hair was more of a buzz-cut, he wore golden and purple robes, and was more serious than his usual state. The Roman Apollo said that he knew what was to occur and that is he were to succeed, both would be gone and be formed into a mix of the two which revolted him. This led to a battle of the minds as Apollo said and they were evenly matched, until he started seeing the visions. It distracted and blinded him and the Roman Apollo took advantage it to knock him down. It seemed over and the visions kept coming, some horrifying, some purely shocking, all driving his mind to near insanity.

It seemed over, but Apollo looked into the visions head on and finally accepted his fear: the fear of the future, fear of what is to come, fear of losing his sister. And with that realization and new-found strength, Apollo blasted back his other half and beaten him down. The Roman Apollo was forced to give in and claimed that the reason Apollo never liked his Roman form was because he took more notice of the future, his fear, than he did and Apollo tried to run from it. But now there was no need to run and no need to reject his other half, so the two joined hands, accepted each other, and Apollo claimed all went white. When he woke, he saw Helios again in the crystal wall and Apollo had a set of Roman garbs on him but his usual Greek appearance. He even felt different as felt as strong as he was as powerful as his usual self and his power back from Ancient Times all combine. Helios said that it was done, that Apollo has learned his lesson and completed the trial. Apollo thanked the faded sun Titan for his help and apologize for him being the reason he was gone. Helios merely smirked and assured the sun god that he did him a favor, to let him go in peace, and to not feel sorry. Helios told Apollo to return to Chaos and receive his last trial, use his new-found strength and unity to clear his final trial, and bring peace to this world. And with those final words, Helios vanished, leaving Apollo in the crystal cave.

Apollo came back and told us of what occurred. Chaos congratulated the Apollo for completing the trial and said that next one would prove the most difficult thing in his life. He was to travel to Tartarus, find the reformed Python, now more powerful than ever, and to not just defeat him, but to make it fade for good. Apollo would have to fully defeat his life long enemy one more time, and this time the snake has a silver of Gaea's power and therefore half the power of a Primordial. Artemis nearly spoke up in protest but Apollo stopped her saying that he must do it. What intrigued me was that he barely looked at her or me when he came back. Tartarus opened a portal to the Pit, but before Apollo jumped in he turned to me and had a serious look on his face. I understood what he meant, protect Artemis and to never hurt her, I knew what he saw in those visions, and I nodded my head, a serious look on my face. He nodded his head as well and jumped into Tartarus.

We waited for Apollo to return, probably like an hour or two, at one point Tartarus felt a disturbance in the Pit and felt like someone put an heated iron rod to his ribs. Before a flash of light blinded everyone on the room. When it cleared it showed a wounded Apollo, tattered and scratched up armor, and was bleeding golden blood. But what was most shocking was the 50 foot tall cut-off head of a green serpent right behind Apollo. Artemis and Hestia rushed to support and heal Apollo. We asked what happened and what was with the giant dead snake head. Apollo answered that he arrived in Tartarus, in a swamp of sorts, where he started trying to look for Python, killing random monsters that would appear with ease. He spend nearly 30 minutes trying to track it when he realized that there was a powerful presence around him, no, not around him, right under him. He barely jumped far enough to not be eaten by a giant snake, Python. Apollo claimed that the snake was big before, but this time he was ginormous. He looked like a regular green serpent, if a regular serpent had bat-like wings, a barbed tail, poison dripping from it like sweat, and a misty toxic gas that surrounded the beast.

Apollo tried to blind and attack at it but it knew every move he would make, slithering and dodging his attacks, and striking back as fast and hard as a bullet train. It went like that for a while, Apollo growing more tired while the snake barely broke a sweat, and the sweat that did broke out left toxic stains and pools on the ground that would make Apollo have to watch his step. He nearly died multiple times and thought it was it, before he remembered all those who were counting on him. Percy, Hermes, his sons, Artemis. With that he channeled into all his power, rage, and will, determines to kill the monster, and suddenly he felt himself change. He felt his hair standing up, black markings of the sun and prophecy appearing on his arms and what felt like scales appearing on his neck and cheeks. Chaos revealed that he channeled the ultimate form of a Dragon and God Slayer: Primal Force. It occurs when one reaches deep within and and channels all his energy into a state where one's power is tripled. He also revealed that the scales on Apollo's neck were actually diamond-like scales of a Light Dragon, like Apollo's Dragon instructor, Weisslogia.

Going back to the story, Apollo didn't know what the power was then but gladly accepted it to defeat his archenemy. He would unleash a blinding burst of light that blinded almost half the monsters in Tartarus. Pythos was no exception, as the serpent hissed in pain. Apollo then proceeded to unleash all his Dragon Slaying and God Slaying Magic on the serpent. After beating it to submission, the serpent tried to flee but Apollo would flash in front of it and used his magic to stun it. With the serpent immobilized, Apollo used all his energy in a final blow, a Secret Arts God Slayer Move: Sun's Wrath Light God's Supernova. Apollo created a massive ball of pure golden light till it was the size of an NFL football stadium and launched it at the serpent. The explosion was massive and looked like a nuke went of when it cleared, which it practically was. Every monster within a 30 mile radius was nothing but ash, including Python. All that was left behind was the serpents head, with Apollo seeing the last of the green mist from the serpents eyes vanish, and the Mighty Python, bane of the Oracle of Delphi, archenemy of Apollo, was no more, gone for good. Apollo reverted to normal and felt exhausted, using the last bit of his powers to teleport himself to Arcadia.

Everyone was shocked at the news of what happened and the realization of it. If Apollo, someone who hods the title as the 5th strongest out of the 14th then how powerful would they be as well? More so than the one's who are stronger than him? But ignoring it, Chaos congratulated Apollo for completing his trials and learning how his true power and strength comes from the bonds he shares with his friends and family. Apollo felt proud and happy hearing that. Chaos revealed that he is ready to become this new immortal deity class: A Neo Titan.

We were all confused about the name and asked Chaos why he wishes to name us after the Titans who didn't exactly put up a great image to the word 'Titan.' Chaos clarified that the reason behind this name is because of what he told me the first time I was in Arcadia, that the Titans themselves weren't supposed to have ruled and despite Kronos seizing the throne fairly, albeit terribly, Chaos didn't accept it and their rule wasn't a just and legitimate rule, but he couldn't do anything because of the Ancient Laws. When the god took over, he thought it would turn out alright and he let them rule, making them the rightful rulers and defenders of the world, but now he it's their time to shine and what better way than to start over. Plus, even with their powers they were still younger and not equivalent to the Primordials and if they were to be Primordials than the Council would fade and they wouldn't be able to do anything. To be this new class of deity, the Ancient Laws will have barely any hold on them and they would have the restrictions of just a regular immortal demigod.

Anyways, back to the trials, the next was Hades. His first trial was the same as Apollo's, to journey to the Cave of Completion, to seek the end of the cave, and to become whole with himself. Hades went to the cave but he described it not as a crystalline cave, his was different, just like Helios told Apollo, the cave transforms into the personality of the visitor. For Hades, his cave was a dark cave, spirits and ghosts seem to creep into the walls, bones and riches laid scattered on the floor, and, at the end, the pedestal was platinum and a wall of black obsidian. But what was different than Apollo's place was there was somebody there: Erebus.

Erebus said that he was there to test Hades and to help him become one with his Roman half, Pluto. Erebus claimed that Apollo and his Roman half were nearly the same being so it was easier for Apollo but Pluto and Hades were more different than each other, plus years of grudges and resentment would make it almost impossible. Hades accepted the challenge and he sat upon the pedestal, cross-legged, and began to meditate. When Hades entered his mind-scape, which entirely pitch black, he found his Roman form, Pluto, as he would normally look. Pluto would mostly were a suave black silk suit with a grayish platinum shirt that seemed to have souls inside, he also had a black tie, black pants and shoes, a ring platinum ring with an obsidian stone, and greased, combed back hair. What happened was similar to Apollo, Pluto insulted Hades about him being a weak and flawed half of him, claimed that he should be in charge, and attacked Hades. It was a hard fight and Erebus claimed to feel massive amounts of hatred and malice inside Hades's conflicted mind. But after a while, and some memories of Nico, Persephone, Bianca, and Hazel, the eldest son of Kronos defeated his Roman half and accepted him, forgiving the grudges that he had with his other half. Erebus described the event afterwards where the room became pitch black with shadows and darkness, and when it cleared, Hades stood there new and powerful. His hair was a bit combed back like his Roman half, and had his facial features, but he wore a dark coat with skulls and gems on it, a black suit with a white shirt and grey tie, and black pants and shoes.

(WARNING! MENTION OF IMPLIED RAPE IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES!)

Erebus then transported the two back to the throne room where it was time for Hades's final trial. Chaos announced that Hades would have to fight against a newly reformed Alcyoneus, the Giant bane of Hades, this time with the Giant resurrected in the Underworld and have a power boost by Erebus. Even I thought it was too much for Hades. Not only is this a Giant, undefeatable unless a god and demigod both attack him, and more powerful, but if Alcyoneus revives in the Underworld, he can't be beaten as he is undefeatable in where he revives. But Hades accepted anyways and was transported to the Underworld where there stood the gem covered Giant. The battle was fierce and looked to be a stalemate, but Alcyoneus played dirty and summoned his gem monsters to distract Hades to which had him cornered. Then the Giant thought it was a smart move to insult Hades and boast, saying that he will promise to kill his son, Nico, and have a little 'fun' with his daughter, Hazel, and Persephone. A very unwise move. The image and threat was enough to send Hades over the edge and unleash his Primal Mode.

(Implied Rape Threat Over! You can relax now.)

Hades was consumed by a dark, somewhat purple shadowy force, and sent Alcyoneus and his minions flying. When they recovered, the look on his face was priceless. There where the god stood, Hades had a wardrobe change and now was shirtless, had armored pants and combat boots. There were black symbols of the Underworld tattooed on his right arm and Earth symbols on his left one. Hades's hair was like Apollo, but more longer and was as black as night and seemed to be made of shadows, and in the sides of his neck were black scale like markings that took a demonic look on his face. Afterwards, Hades raised his hands and summoned not only an army of skeletons but also an army of Golems, sentient rock monsters that protected the Jewish people, and had them defeat Alcyoneus's army while he finished the Giant. After dealing massive blows to Alcyoneus, the Giant was heaving and bloodied but boasted on saying that he can't die now that he was revived in the Underworld. But Hades just made a cruel smirk that sent a chilling shiver up the Giant's spine and said to him "Don't be so sure." Hades then raised himself high and started to gather energy for his own Secret Slayer Art. Hades then shouted out unleashing his power "Judgement's Wraith Death God's Shadow Force Strike!" Hades then began to glow purple and he rushed like a bullet onto the Giant and when he made contact he passed through him like a ghost whilst the Giant screamed in pure pain and agony. Hades proceeded to repeat the process several more times, each as fast a bullet and each giving the Giant excruciating pain. Until Hades stopped and landed a few yards behind the Giant, the Giant was was heaving but felt alright and picked himself up laughing. He boasted in arrogance saying "Is that the best you got? You really thought that THAT WOULD KILL ME?! HAHAHAHAHA!" Hades then raised his hand and snapped his fingers. The Giant suddenly stopped laughing and looked down unto his chest and arms, everywhere where the god went through him and he saw his skin start to crack and glow purple. The Giant panicked and felt a burning pain in his immortal soul and realized that it was his soul that was exploding. The Giant yelled one last roar of pain until he exploded in a giant blast of purple energy, and the Bane of Hades ceased to exist.

Hades was returned to Arcadia and was congratulated on his victory. Chaos explained that God Slayer Magic wasn't just made to kill gods, but also Titans, Giants, and even Primordials! Plus, Hades's Death God Slayer Magic had a specialty to dispel or induce curses, like the rules on how a Giant can be killed. The next day, Hestia too ventured to the cave for her trials, where she found her mother Rhea there. They went inside the cave and found it different as well. For Hestia, it was a beautiful cave filled with plants and lush bushes and the pedestal was changed into a glowing, warm hearth. The two laid by the fire where Rhea explained her being here, the reason being that she was there for emotional support and would have done the same for Hades but Erebus advised against it and went himself. Rheas talked to Hestia about her troubles, knowing that Hestia was immensely troubled about going against her brothers and sister, her family, and Rhea comforted her saying that she knew what she felt, because she did the same when she hid Zeus and betrayed the Titans, her family. Rhea said that family is an inseparable thing, no matter the betrayal or hate, no matter how mu they wish to ignore it, they would have to fight their family. She continued with that even if there are family, you can't just turn a blind eye to the wrongs they are doing, being family doesn't justify anything, so she saved her children, who back then were innocent and done no wrong and hoped they would be better. Now it is their turn, to fight for the greater good, to prove themselves.

Hestia appreciated the words and began meditating on her Roman form, Vesta. She found herself in what looked like the Olympian throne room, alone and empty, except for herself and one other person, herself. She looked at the figure next to the heart to see it was Vesta, her Roman form, who looks exactly like her, yet more serious and stern. She wore a fiery red Roman dress and her reddish brown hair was braided with golden braids. As usual, her Roman rebuked her for even thinking about betraying the Olympians, her family, and saying that she should have hope for them to get better. Hestia kindly responded that she though they are her family, she cannot deny the pain and torment that they are causing and that she did have hope, hope for the new generation, hope that Perseus, who she though of as a son of hers, would fix their mistakes and be better than they were. Vesta unleashed a wave of fire upon Hestia, whom only raised a hand and blocked the attack. She kept walking towards her Roman form who kept hurling wave after wave of fires upon her that she blocked, until they were face to face. Hestia then embraced her other half, sending her hope and feelings towards Vesta, calming the enraged goddess. Vesta, after calming down, claimed to understand and said that to finish the unification, they would have to steal the Flame of Olympus, the Flame of the West, only then will their trial be complete and be one step closer to overthrowing the Olympians. And so they did. They reached and grabbed the flame, felt the overwhelming power and the despair that the Olympians placed in it, but they held strong with hope int heir hearts and then bright light occurred and Hestia was back wit her mother in the cave. She changed into a mix between herself and Vesta, keeping her regular appearance, but with the clothes and hair of Vesta, the two were now one. She also noticed a tiny flame in her hand, the Flame of the West, glowing golden and white, filled with hope.

The two returned to Arcadia to face the next trial. Chaos proclaimed that the next trail would be for Hestia to fight the rogue Titan Hyperion, who Tartarus let out and boosted his power for the occasion, and to make him fade. Hestia was sadden at the task and thought of a way to put down the Titan without killing him. Sadly she found none, and accepted the task. She was sent to Tartarus to face the Titan of Light. Hestia fought the glowing Titan with a spear and the two's clash sent the lands around them ablaze. The Titan boasted how Tartarus is on his side, how he would defeat her and claim her as his slave, and then do the same with her precious daughter. Hestia wasn't one for violence or hatred but that snapped a cord inside the goddess and with that she unlocked her Primal Form. This form was of Hestia in fiery, golden armor similar to an Amazon warrior, marking of fire on her right arm and of nature on the other, her eyes were replaced with burning golden flames, and her hair became long and fiery, sorta like Starfire from Dc, and her neck had flaming red scales of a Fire Dragon. She charged at the Titan like a fiery comet, sending him flying and kept throwing blasts of fire at him, trapped him in vines that the Titan couldn't burn, and filled his find with despair and and sucked away his hope leaving him almost completely unable to fight. Hestia then finished it with her own God Slayer Secret Art. Hestia gathered a massive amount of fiery energy in her hands and yelled out "Phoenix's Cry Fire God's Inferno Overdrive!" Hestia then unleashed a massive blast of golden fire that consumed that Titan, burning him into millions of ashes and with a final roar and one massive fiery explosion, the Titan met his end.

Hestia returned exhausted, and we celebrated Hestia's win. The next to go was Hermes. His cave was more like a plain cave, yet there packages, torches, and random items scattered all over the floor. When he reached the end, the pedestal returned, looking plain light blue with gems on the bottom, and the wall had what seemed like flat screen T.V. He laid on the pedestal, ready to meditate, when the T.V. turn on and had static in it. Then it cleared and showed a god that Hermes thought he'd never seen again, his son, Pan. The god nearly rushed to the T.V. but recomposed himself as it was only a video. Both father and son rejoiced at seeing each other again, Hermes asking why Pan left, with the faded god of the wild saying that he was growing ever weaker with nature disappearing more and more and he didn't want Hermes to see him in such a broken state. Hermes was sadden at that but snapped out of his thoughts by Pan continuing, saying that he was here to comfort the god, to help him with the one thing that has been a constant int he god's life, guilt. The guilt and sadness the god had when Pan disappeared, the guilt he held for pushing Luke to Kronos by being a negligent father, and the guilt and crushing sadness he held when it led to Luke's death. Pan said that as a god of lies and thieves, that he has experienced more guilt and pain than many of the immortals. Hermes was a god who can ran at light speeds and deliver messages at a rapid pace, why can't he be there for his family? That is what eats at him the most, failing his family.

Pan comforted the messenger god, saying that some things are just how life goes, things that happen for a reason, something that no one should guilt over thinking they could do different, especially for gods, especially him. Hermes felt better from his sons words and thanked him, wishing that they would have more time. Pan agreed and with a final, true goodbye, the Pan and the image faded away. Hermes wiped the tears from his eyes and continued with his task, to face his Roman self. He meditated, focusing on his other half, and when he opened his eyes he was somewhere else. He found himself in Olympus, an empty one at that, no satyrs, nymphs, or immortals walking the busy streets, no gods or goddess, just himself. He started wandering around trying to find anyone, until he was sucker punched and sent crashing onto a wall. When Hermes regained his composure, he managed to dodge another strike from the mysterious opponent and struck him. The opponent was sent flying as well but recovered just as quickly and stood there for Hermes to identify. It was Mercury, the Roman version of Hermes. He wore a Roman styled battled armor colored bronze, had bronze boots, held a caduceus, and wore a golden helmet with wings on the side. He looked almost like Hermes's twin, besides the slightly thinner nose and rougher facial features. Like the others the Roman half of Hermes mocked at him, ridiculed him for his for his actions, and spat angrily at him for trying to commit treason upon Olympus. The two fought, each going as fast as the speed of sound, clashing with each other all over Olympus. To would keep at it trading and blocking blows, each unaware of what was happening to there surroundings.

Hermes would not reveal to what happened afterwards or of the surroundings that took place, which made us believe that it had something to do with what Hermes saw when he accidentally time-jumped into the future. All the god would say was that he defeated and convinced his other half of what was at stake and to see the truth of what they have to do. To two joined and Hermes woke up, looking like himself, yet his hair was slightly more brownish and military-like and he had the same helmet that Mercury had in his hands. When he returned and told us of what transpired,he was then transported to his next task: to go to Tartarus and slay Hippolytos, his giant bane, now resurrected and almost as fast as him. When he got there he raced around the Pit to search for Hippolytos, only to find out the Giant was doing the same and they met with an evenly powerful crash upon each other that caused a sonic boom that could be heard all around Tartarus. The Giant, looking the same as he did during the Battle of Mt. Olympus during the Giant War, and Hermes fought like speed demons, each trying to go faster to catch one of guard yet neither able to succeed. However, Hermes was not without his tricks and nearly caused Hippolytos to fall into the River Acheron but the Giant was also a trickster and nearly caused the same to Hermes. Then the Giant played dirty, or dirtier, and he used his spear to slash at the River Acheron, causing for the water to splash high and fall on Hermes causing him to fall in extreme agony, the water from the River of Pain making every single scratch, stab, cut, and painful blow Hermes has ever experience in his immortal life to come in that one instance. This gave the Giant the edge and he beat down on Hermes and continued to drag him all over Tartarus and finally toss him into the River Cocytus. The Giant laughed thinking he won and Hermes was drowning in all the misery that he had ever experienced.

But hearing the words from Pan ring in his head as well as the voice of Luke and his friends encouraging him to get up, the god glowed bright and he rocketed out of the River, surprising the Giant. The Hermes was now in his Primal Form, he had the same armor that Mercury in his head wore and wore his sacred weapon, his famous winged boots, Talaria, that looked golden and legendary. He had black markings of lightning and his symbol of a caduceus all over his arms, light blue scales on his neck and his hair was now spiked up, glowing a light sky blue. Before the Giant can react, Hermes speed of and crashed like a meteor onto Hippolytos's gut, Hermes then vanished and returned a split second later onto the Giant's back, he repeated this more, unleashing powerful strikes on the Giant, each as powerful as getting hit by an object going Mach 2. This happened until the Giant was fully bloodied, his face bruised and hideous, golden blood pouring every, yet somehow the Giant still spoke, boasting how he can't kill him without a demigod, to which Hermes replied with a smirk "You would think so, but not anymore, your race has ended." He then launched into the air glowing sky blue, looking like a blow comet soaring in the sky, until he was out of view. but before the Giant could relax, he saw a bright light like a star and realized that it was Hermes crashing down onto him. As he did Hermes shouted his Secret God Slayer Art Attack "Heaven's Wraith Sky God's Soaring Heavens Crash!" And in a split second, Hermes crashed like giant blue energy meteor unto the Giant, causing a massive blue explosion and ending the Giant's immortal life, for good.

Hermes, walking out of the explosion, was exhausted and had enough to transport him back to Arcadia, victorious. He was congratulated upon arrival, although Tartarus did playfully yell at him saying he didn't appreciate him crashing that much power onto him, said it felt like he punched him the gut with a metal boxing glove. We all laughed and celebrated for the rest of the day.

The next day was Nico's turn. For him, he had to withstand all the pain, suffering, and sadness that he had to feel all at once and to finally accept and let go of it. Bianca, Hazel, and Hades were extremely against this but after the confirmation of Nico he went through with it. With the help of Chronos, Nico experienced everything little thing that happened to him that caused him pain and sadness. From losing his sister, to his days of solitude in the Labyrinth, to his torturous experience in Tartatus and then the twin Giants in Rome, and the pain he had to endure when he had to shadow travel the Athena Parenthos to Camp HalfBlood. It was almost completely overwhelming and Nico almost cracked in the suffering, but he heard the words of his family, of his best friend, Percy, and of his crush, Reyna, and it jolted him out of it and he looked once again at the memories. He could feel like he could change the past, make it like he wanted it to be, but Nico refused and just let the feelings flow, and he finally let all his grudges and pain go. There was a burst of darkness that spread the room for a second that blinded us, but when it cleared, it showed Nico a new man. He looked different too. His hair was still messy, but it seemed more wavy and wispy now, his deadly pale skin seem to gain a bit of color, and he seem to grow as well, maybe 6'3, and his eyes changed from dark brown to obsidian black, with a wisp of white around it. I swore I almost heard Reyna swoon, to which she still denies to this day.

Nico's second trial was even harder, as his second trial was for him to travel to Tartarus and slay Echidna, in her most powerful form. Hades was outright rejecting this, but Nico convinced him to calm down and to let him do what needed to be done. So Tartarus transported Nico to the Pit, in a wasteland of spikes and fire. He then heard the hissing and growling to see Echinda, goddess of monsters, once again looking like a shriveled old lay, and her pet son, the Chimera. Looks like it wasn't just Echidna he had to fight. Echidna transformed herself from an old woman into a 40 ft serpent with the Chimera also growing to 20 feet, it three heads growling at him. Nico brought out his trusty Stygian Iron sword, which he now named Moiraio or Greek for 'Fatality'. As he fought the two monsters he dodged and block multiple of their attacks and slashed at them, leaving cuts and gashes on them. Although Nico was having trouble with dodging the flames of the Chimera and the poison from Echidna. At some point, Echidna had enough and she let out a loud hiss into the air. The demigod of Hades was confused at what she did, until he heard the sounds of marching and roars in the distance and he saw a vast army of monsters coming towards him. Nico decided to put his sword away and use his God Slayer Magic. Nico would unleash illusions upon the monsters making them attack themselves in accident, unleashed waves of shadows at them, and summon an undead army of his own. But he was being beaten down and tired from all the energy he extorted. It seem like the end when he was surrounded and the Chimera and Echidna were both ready to unleash fire and poison together to kill him, but he heard the words of his sisters and father ring in his head, as well as Reyna and remembered to not give up.

A moment later Echidna released a blast of acid on Nico and the Chimera unleashed a roar of fire at him causing a massive fiery explosion. The monsters roared in triumph, thinking they had slain the half blood, but after feeling a powerful presence, they stopped. They thought it was another godling or god, but the source was in the massive fire. They saw a veil of shadows surround a figure inside the flames and when they fully saw him, some monsters tried to run in fright. There stood Nico Di Angelo, his Primal Form unlocked, with his appearance changed. His eyes pure misty gray, his shirt and aviator jacket gone revealing his ripped body and black markings of the dead and shadows on his arms, he still wore his dark jeans, that looked scratched up and burnt, his scales misty gray, and his hair was now spiked up, with most of the hairs midnight black while some were wispy gray. The monster army tried to run in fright but were halted as the new Nico lifted his fingers and an army of undead soldiers and spirits appeared surrounding the monsters. The undead army attack and massacred the monsters, the monsters barely able to destroy or make a scratch on them, whist Nico took care of many of the monsters, especially Echidna and the Chimera. Nico's final attack to wipe them all out was his Secret God Slayer Move. He floated over the pinned and beaten Echidna, who was hissing and begging the demon known as Nico to stop, but he gathered his shadow energy into his closed fists, bringing them together and making the shadow energy more powerful. Nico then crashed upon the monster goddess and yelled out "Darkness's Wraith Shadow God's Bursting Night Daze!" And with that he crashed his fists onto the giant serpent monster in a hammer fist and when the attack made contact, a massive explosion of shadow energy erupted and encircled all the remaining monsters. As the ashes cleared the only who was left standing was Nico and his undead army, the spot where Echidna lay was nothing but a massive heaping corpse, the goddess now dead forever. Nico turned around and about to leave, when he heard a whimper behind him. It was the Chimera, all broken and bloodied, looking at its mother in grief. Nico turned to the beast and walked his way over to it, unafraid of the beast, an urge rising inside of him. The beast tried to attack or spit fire, but all it could release was a puff of smoke. Nico stood in front of the creature and his rising urge told him to place a hand on the creature. So Nico obeyed and he felt the Chimera being claimed as his own pet, his slave. After that happened, he teleported himself and the Chimera back to Arcadia, making a lot of people jumpy at the beaten monster. Nico decided to keep it and train him to be a better monster, a good one. I felt hesitant about the decision but supported it nevertheless.

The next person was Triton. For his trial he went to the cave but not for unifying himself with his Roman form, as technically, his Roman form Triten was actually just a name he used when he was with the Romans, he was always fully Triton. When he arrived at the cave, he found his mother, Amphitrite, there standing by the cave, although the cave was really much of a cave but a swirling portal. Amphitrite welcomed her son and said that upon instruction from Pontus that she would lead him to his first trial. Triton nodded, curious of what is to happen, and went through the portal with his mother. When they appeared on the other side, they found themselves in the Olympian throne room. It appeared empty until the door opened and there was Poseidon entering the throne room. Triton was surprised and readied himself with his trident against his father, yelling to not step any closer. But the sea god seemed to not hear him and walked towards them, Triton yelled more, standing in front of his mother in an attempt to protect her. But as Poseidon was mere feet, Triton rushed and stabbed at the god, only for it to go through him. And by through him, I mean go though him like a ghost, and Poseidon continued walking passing right through Triton and Amphitrite without a care in the world. Although, he did stop momentarily, pausing as if he felt their presence, before shrugging and walking out of the Throne room through another corridor. Amphitrite explained to her son that they were merely in another plane of existence where no one can interact with them except for what they were there for. Triton asked what was the purpose for coming here before he was cut off by a moo. They turned to find the source being the Ophiotaurus, commonly named by Percy as Bessie, who was mooing to them swimming in his bubble happy to see the two. Amphitrite claimed that Triton's trial was to take the Ophiotaurus away from Olympus to where the gods can't find it and then one more thing afterwards.

Triton was confused as he thought the task would be a difficult one, one that would test his conscience and his will. Nevertheless, he and his mother reached Bessie and placed a hand on his head, to which the bull serpent cuddled into, before they were all transported elsewhere. That elsewhere being the Mariana Trench, a sacred place that not even Poseidon would step forth from, a place where Pontus would stay if he ever were to visit Earth without drawing the gods' attention. Bessie happily swam around for a bit before returning to the two. Triton asked if that was all, but Amphitrite responded with a grave voice saying "No. This was but the first part, to keep the Ophiotaurus from the Olympus's hands, the next is for you to choose, son. To choose whether to let the creature go and have it live here, happily and free, or to strike it down, kill it, burn it's entrails, and gain the power to destroy Olympus himself."

Triton was stunned at this and Bessie, somehow understanding what was said, mooed sadly, but didn't swam away, it just stood there waiting Triton's decision. Triton himself was conflicted, if he were to let kill the creature then he himself could take down Olympus, he had destiny itself in his hands and the prospect of ruling Olympus seemed to sweet an offer. But then the thought about all that training that he and his allies have done, all the pain and effort they trained for hundreds of years in Arcadia, would he really let that all go to waste and defy the Creator's will. Plus the bull serpent was an innocent sea creature, one that he swore to protect as a deity and prince of the sea, what harm had this creature brought anyone from just existing? He looked at the creature deep into its eyes, wondering what to do. A part of his mind then spoke up saying that he could end the Olympians quickly, save this world from their tyranny sooner, make the others not have to fight at all, and have his own shot at saving the world and being a hero, his own time in the spotlight, like Perseus. That side of his head urged forward saying that Percy already spared the creature, why should he follow in someone's path, why should he be just like Percy, why shouldn't he show that he was better? That part seem to take hold of him and he raised his trident prepared to deliver the killing strike, Bessie, meanwhile, just closed its eyes, awaiting the inevitable. His mind was still conflicting, from killing the beast or not. His hands were trembling, unsure of what to do. The killing part of his mind once again screeched at him, mocking him saying that he wasn't anything special, that he was just a weak minor god that can't hold a candle to his non-god, little half-brother, that he would never be the hero. This caused Triton to raise the trident as high as he could, one simple act away from killing the Ophiotaurus.

But before he could bring the weapon down, his mind flashed back to when he first met Percy, seeing him as a weak boy, a walking symbol of his father's infidelity to his mother, but then saw all the time he and Percy spent together, from before his betrayal, to in Arcadia with Andromeda, to when he asked how it felt to be the hero, to have the spotlight on him, to have the fate of the world in his hands. He remembered Percy saying "To be honest, I never really liked it, in fact I hated it. Always having judging, suspicious, and fearful looks, always being in constant danger and nearly dying, always feeling the pressure and fear that I'd mess things up. But I just sucked it up, I was doing anybody any favors whining or complaining. I just focused on my friends, my family, how every time I picked up my sword, every time I fought a monster or Titan or Giant, I did it for them. I say, its not about being the hero, it's about protecting the one's you love, it's about doing what's right." Realization flashed onto Triton's eyes and he brought his weapon down, away from Bessie. He made his choice. He patted the head of the creature and The Bane of Olympus mooed happily and swam with joy. Amphitrite came over and hugged his son, extremely proud of him. A flash appeared and there stood, or swam in this case, Pontus with a proud smile on his face. He praised Triton, for realizing that it wasn't about being the hero that mattered and learning humility. He claimed for the first trail to be over and time to move on to the next. But before they could go they heard another moo out in the Mariana Trench and turned to find another Ophiotaurus swimming towards them. It reached towards Bessie and swam around him and Bessie did the same. They then seemed to sniff at each other until they cuddled and the immortals realize what this meant, that Bessie, the male, found his mate, a female Ophiotaurus. The sight was touching, before the two seemed to talk and after some moos they swam back to Triton and cuddled with him. Triton hesitantly asked the two creatures if that meant they wanted go with him to which they nodded. The Prince of the Sea smiled and rubbed their heads in affection. Pontus, Amphitrite, and the two Ophiotaurus swam away from Triton, stating that the last trail were to happen here and that he will have to face it alone. Then they flashed away, Apmhitrite wishing her son good luck, and left the sea god there by the trench.

Not a second later did he hear a loud roar come from the Mariana Trench, a roar so loud and massive that Triton covered his ears. He looked as to what could possibly make that kind of roar and what he saw made him more terrified than he had ever been. There floating out of the Trench was the biggest monster he had ever seen. It seem to be over more than a 1,500 feet tall or maybe as tall as Typhoon. Triton couldn't tell, his mind kind of stopped trying to make sense of things when it appeared. It's top part of its head was semi-round shape with a bump on the middle of its head, the forehead looking almost transparent, it had glowing paralyzing yellow eyes that were practically as big as he was, it had a giant, rough jaw and mouth filled with razor sharp teeth, sharp enough to bite through a freighter like an M&M, and a wrinkling neck that seem to have bulging veins. Its torso was even more menacing, with its massive chest, scaly and wrinkly, yet most seemed to be shrouded by water, it's shoulders had 4 massive spikes, the first reaching as high as the top of his head and then rest growing half as shorter as the previous one. It seemed to have something like a ripped, tattered cape behind it, but it seem to be more like tendrils and skin, that reached all the way to the bottom of it. Speaking of which, the bottom of the monster was only 8 massive tentacles. But probably the most menacing thing about the creature was its arms. It's arms seem to be as big as 3/4ths of the monster's body, it first looking like massive bones but then at the elbow, it was covered in what looked like spiky crustacean-like armor, looking even thicker and stronger than very walls of the Trench it crawled out of, and its massive claws looked massive enough to grab the biggest pirate ship imaginable and then crush it into pieces as effortless as someone crushing a piece of paper, its claws as big and sharp enough to slice Manhattan in half. Overall, the monster, that was looking directly at Triton, as if he was an insignificant bug, was massive and terrifying, a monster that could stem from only the worst of nightmares. Triton didn't know what it was called, but Pontus knew. It's name being Leviathan, the most fiercest monster in all the oceans of the world.

(For an easier look at what the monster might look like, go onto Youtube look up Starset My Demons 1 hour video and the monster would just like that, only more terrifying if you were to actually meet it. I give credit for this monster to whomever made this terrifying creation and thank the guy who posted the video for showing me this creature.)

Triton was frozen at the sight and presence of the beast. He could feel the sere raw power flowing of the monster in waves. How could he possibly fight against a being this powerful? He didn't have time to think as he swam as fast as he could to avoid a swipe from the Leviathan, the attack ending up crashing upon the sea floor tearing off it off and letting it fall into trench. Triton decided that it isn't the time to gawk but to attack, so he charged at the massive creature, swimming around him at high speeds to keep him from being struck down, trying to find a weak spot to the creature. He managed to stab his trident into the creature's back, but the creature didn't seem to flinch, it was like Triton was a pesky fly compared to Leviathan. He then felt something grab his leg and look to see it was some kind of tentacle or tendril that popped out of the creature's back. It grabbed his leg tight and launched him away from the creature. Triton continued trying to destroy the monster but his attacks seemed pointless and the Leviathan was shrugging them off and keep trying to attack him. Triton even used his new God Slayer Magic, which semi-worked, but it did as much damage as a ant biting a human, small, tiny, and annoying. The Leviathan became angry and started to glow deep blue and gather energy, enough to make the sea god tremble in fear. Then the Leviathan let out an unearthly roar and released the gathered energy and blew Triton about a mile away. The Leviathan didn't stop and wait for Triton, it swam insanely fast to reach and destroy Triton. The sea god got up and managed to dodge and unleash an enormous blast at the the beast's eye, momentarily blinding the monster. The battle was fierce and long, Triton doing everything it can be barely manged to deal damage, whilst he was battered and nearly beaten to death by the monster. Triton thought it was the end, before he thought once again at all those who were counting on him, especially his mother, his brother, and his sister and he roared in fury and power, and was enveloped in a massive blue light.

Triton had achieved his Primal Form. He was now dressed in Atlantean battle armor, colored blue, green, and silver, chain-mail armor in his chest and boots. His arms had few pieces of armor, but enough so that the black markings of the sea appeared on his arms. His eyes glowered a menacing ocean blue, his scales on his neck were ocean blue and flowing like, and his hair, normally in a ponytail, was now free, long, slightly spiked, and flowing, now with a shade of ocean blue on it. He felt rejuvenated and launched himself at the beast's torso, with a force actually strong enough to push the Leviathan. The monster quickly realized that the pest in it's eyes was becoming a more threatening nuisance and unleashed blasts and waves of energy from it's mouth and hands. Triton blocked and dodged most of the attacks, wincing in pain at every attack that came in contact and proceeded to fire his own powers. But even with his new form, Triton was still leaving no more than tiny bruises on the creature. Then he thought of a plan, to blast the creature into the Mariana Trench once again and unleash all his power on it, where it had no place to escape, and if it wouldn't kill him, then at least he would trap him in there for a good few thousand years, he hoped. So Triton led the creature back to the Trench and tricked it back in with a powerful blow to its face, that very narrowly caused the creature to fall into the trench. But as the creature recovered and tried to swim up away from the Trench, Triton unleashed all of his power, even some from his very soul to blast the demon away. He gathered blue energy into his hands, sort of Dragon Ball, and it seemed like the ocean itself was drawn to the power and as the water of the sea flowed into the massive ball of energy Triton created in his palms. He then yelled out unleashing all of his power "OCEAN'S WRAITH SEA GOD'S HYDRO CANNON!" And with that he unleashed a massive blast of water magic onto the Leviathan, effectively pushing him pack into the trench, and destroying some of the surrounding walls of the Trench in the process.

The Leviathan let out an enraged demonic roar and was blasted into the chasm vanishing from sight, although Triton swore he saw what appeared to be a bright red flash and what seemed like fire flicker in the darkness of the chasm. Triton floated back down to the ocean floor, near the cliff of the Trench, and reverted back to his original form, completely exhausted. He still look down and see what became of the creature and tried to sense it, but couldn't find the monster's presence. Triton let out a sigh of relief and then nearly blacked out and fell into the chasm, but Pontus came and helped him up and transported back to us. We were all stunned by the description and power of the beast he fought, Amphitrite nearly bursting into tears most of the time, even Chaos looked grim at the news, especially more when Triton described what he thought he saw when the creature vanished into the chasm. The Primordials themselves looked grim, some even looked fearful, but when we asked what was wrong, they brushed it aside saying it was of no concern now, and changed the subject to celebrating Triton's completion of the trials. He was especially congratulated by his mother and the two Ophiotauruses, or whatever is the plural. Bessie came and hugged me as well, happy to see me, especially after the last time I saw him was when I was banished to the Pit.

Afterwords Chaos said that we will take a week long break for those who completed the trials to rest and for the rest of us who haven't yet completed ours to train hard for theirs.

We all understood and got ready to enjoy he week and train harder than ever before. I didn't knew what I was going to do or what dangers await me and the rest but all I know was that it will be the hardest thing that we have ever done.

I thought sarcastically 'This is gonna be fun.'

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AND CUT!

That was part 1 of the two part chapters. Anyways I hope you guys didn't find the Secret Arts attacks to not be so cringy and childish. I just figured that if I was gonna add God Slayer and Dragon Slayer Magic, I might as well put in the moves and attacks. Don't worry, I won't put much emphasis onto the moves and their names, unless you guys want me to. So this will be in the next chapter where we will see the rest, Zoe, Leo, Luke, Thalia, Piper, Aphrodite, and Artemis complete their trials. As for Percy, I will talk about it more at the ending quotes of the other chapter.

Also What did you guys think about the trials that Apollo, Nico, Hades, Hestia, Hermes, and Triton had to do. Too much? Too easy? Give me your honest opinions. It helps me be a better writer. Whta did you guys think of the Leviathan? I pulled it of the biblical version of the monster and the art that I told you guys about below the description of the monster. To repeat: To find an accurate look of the monster, go to Youtube, look up the song My demons by Starset 1 hour version, and the creature that you will see is exactly what the creature looks like, and thank you again for whoever created this creation. Also, fun tidbit, the Leviathan is not dead, just sealed back up again. And this monster had more to it than meets the eye, and pay close attention to my word choice and description of the monster and where it went. Trust me, sooner or later, this story or the sequel, it will come back. And not alone.

Anyways on that cheerful note, remember to review to your hearts content, helpful comments and advice is always appreciated and I will see you next time.

HAPPY EASTER!