Percy's POV:

Villains can make the right choice. They just make a lot of wrongs in the beginning.

A friend, who you trusted, is the enemy. It happened once or twice. It could happen now.

Think about where your loyalties lie.

Think about who you actually trust.

He gave me all the small, important pieces. I figured out the whole puzzle, I let Erebus win. Pathetic, I know, but I understood. His sword was pointed to my neck. His eyes were wide with surprise. He lowered his sword and looked at me, shocked.

"I-I-I won..."

He turned his head 90 degrees to his right and looked at the TVs. He snapped his fingers and one of the TVs turned on. The other ones were, unfortunately, damaged by me since I accidentally stabbed the screens during our fight. The TV showed Camp Jupiter getting closer to Tartarus.

"Sorry brother. Your going back into the pit." He said almost sadly.

Under Tartarus was a little crack that turned larger. He turned his head to me, "Don't worry Percy, your friends aren't going into Tartarus. Just watch." He pointed his finger at the TV and I walked closer to it. The crack slowly began to open wider and started sucking Tartarus into it like a vacuum. "NO! NOOOOOO!" I heard him yelling. The crack got even larger as he was being dragged in. It got dangerously close to everyone but it stopped after being almost inches away. I sighed in relief that Tartarus was sucked in but there was still things I didn't understand. I turned to Erebus expectantly.

"I trust you Erebus, but please can you answer my questions?"

He nodded. "First, I need to change." Before my eyes, he changed into a man who looked 30 years old instead of 16 or 17 he had been before. He still had the raven black hair color, but it was combed instead of messy, and had his dark, black eyes too. Instead of a dark jacket, shirt, and a regular pair of jeans, he was changed into a business suit. "I am more used to Austin." I randomly said out loud. He chuckled and sat on the couch. "Now. Ask your questions." He voice was alot more deeper as if he gone through puberty a second time. Again, I was more used to Austin instead of this man who reminded me of Paul. Oh yeah, maybe after this I should visit mom and Paul. Wait, I'm still here, darn ADHD.

I sat next to him and took a deep breath. "Why did you do this?" He sighed sadly, knowing this question was going to come. "My father, Chaos, saw you. He knew how powerful you are. He wanted to use you like a pawn. He knew how to take advantage of your fatal flaw. That's where I came along. He knew people think darkness is a bad thing. Same thing like death. I rejected his offer to get you. Later on, after the Giant war, he took control of my own powers. I always forget that he's the strongest because he created everything. Out of all his children, I was the most powerful one. He was able to control me, make me his puppet. Next question?"

"Why did he want to do this?"

(THIS PART IS MADE UP OKAY!?) "Many years ago when the primordials were all made, we stole power from my father. I was the only one who didn't because I was already strong. I control the darkness, something that is everywhere even in the day. After the daytime, I came out and made it nighttime being stronger in my domain. My father was angry, most of his power was stolen. He thought of revenge and wanted to get his powers back so he could just make everything the way it was the first time, Chaos and nothing."

"Why was this sword fight really important?"

"Since you are Chaos's commander, he expects you to win. He gave a portion of his powers to you. You are representing him by the ancient laws. If you won, being his champion, he could take my powers, get all of my siblings' powers, and destroy everything. If I won then I can take control of my own powers and subconscious without hearing my father in my mind. We didn't swear this deal on the River Styx. I was worried you might but you didn't."

"What happens to me and the rest of my friends who were in the army?"Percy asked a bit fearful for his friends.

Erebus curled his lip. "Well first do you feel a bit weaker? Do you feel like the powers Chaos gave you were taken away?"

I shook my head. "N-no."I said a bit uncertain. Erebus stood up from the couch, walked to the corner of the room, and looked at me. "Try teleporting to me from the couch." I concentrated on teleporting to him. Nothing. "Try making a portal that could take you to Camp Jupiter." I concentrated but no portal showed up. He walked over to the couch and sat down again.

((Prepare for sad words))

"He has taken them away. As for your friends...they're dead." "WHAT!" I said as I stood up in shock. "They were already dead. You can't bring back the dead. Beckendorf, Silena, Ethan, and Lee are in Elysium right now. They probably already forgot that they were in Chaos's army, Zoe is back in the stars, and Luke and Bianca are back in their, how you say, rebirth bodies." "Oh." I should've figured that out even if it was sad for me. Erebus stood up and looked at me.

"Now I have a question for you. How did you figure it out?" He crossed his arms and stared at me expectantly for an answer. I gulped and responded. "When you reminded me of those old memories, I was thinking Chaos and you. Chaos was kinda of Silena, they acted like they were good but they were on the bad side. The only difference is Silena was trying to make things right. Chaos was using me for power. You were like... Luke. Controlled, you were controlled by your father, Luke was controlled by Kronos. Both were controlled by the wrong side." Erebus nodded his head in approval at my answer.

"I have one last question."I said suddenly. He looked at me curiously. "Is it over?" Erebus snapped his fingers and a portal appeared, showing Camp Jupiter. "Let's go and..." He looked up and down at me. "Lose the hoodie. The style and color shows loyalty to Chaos." I nodded and took off the hoodie. Underneath I just had a normal light blue t-shirt. He nodded. "Let's go." He walked through first and then I walked through.

We arrived on the other side at Camp Jupiter and when I look behind me, the portal had already disappeared. The demigods saw me and ran over to me. Annabeth was the first to hug me. "PERCY!" Then she quickly backed off like it was a mistake. "Sorry. Percy! Luke, Beckendorf, and Silena are gone and..." she trailed off as she looked at Erebus who was standing next to me. "Who is this?"I put my hand on his shoulder but then I thought it might be disrespectful to touch a primordial. I looked at him with a 'is this okay?' look. He nodded and look at the demigods. I took a deep breath and told them. "This is my kinda new frieeend?" I stretched the 'end' part because I was not sure and added a "Kinda" for good he nodded and smiled anyways. I pat his shoulder a few times and did a small nervous smile. "This is my new friend. Erebus."

Everyone practically freaked and most asked 'what's wrong with you'. I didn't hear any other insults because I could mostly only hear Annabeth and it's not only because she was closest to me. "PERCY! YOU SEAWEED BRAIN! WHY DO YOU TRUST HIM!? HE'S THE BAD GUY! HE BROUGHT MENOITIOS AND TARTARUS! HE POISONED SOME OF THE CAMPERS IN CAMP HALF-BLOOD! WHY DO YOU-" "QUIET!" I yelled at loud as I can. Some backed up a bit because they were startled. Annabeth bit her bottom lip, wondering what I was about to say next. I sighed and looked at Erebus.

"The terrible things that happened was my father. Chaos." Some people gasped because they believed Chaos was a good guy. "He used Percy and I as a pawn. Menoitios and Tartarus were because of him. He controlled and used me to get Percy and have him be loyal to him. It worked until now. The poisoned campers were his fault. Darkness was my power and he used it to make me look even more evil. The older Camp Half-Blood campers, do you remember Luke? He was evil until he sacrificed himself at the end. Villains can make the right choice, they just made a lot of wrongs in the beginning."

Some were still in shock that Chaos was the bad guy the whole time, but some nodded in understanding. "Is it over?!" Someone shouted in the back of the crowd.
Erebus was about to speak when a portal appeared to the right of all of us and a figure came out. "It's far from over."a deep voice replied to him. I bit my bottom lip knowing who it was.
(Can anyone guess? :D. If it's Chaos, you are right)

"How dare you Erebus? Because of your actions, you are getting everyone involved into this now." Chaos said almost like he was scolding a child. Erebus growled back to his father. "Everyone was already involved. You used them, hurt them, all just to get Percy on your side."
"And it worked until now." Chaos retorted. He looked among the demigods. "You shall have the fight of your lives. This war isn't over yet. You against my army." He chuckled like a WWE coach scheduling a match. "Let's see who lives." He turned around but he didn't go straight into the portal. Instead he turned his head. "Brace yourself. I'll be waiting." He turned his head to the portal and walked but didn't close it. Everyone was silent until Annabeth broke it. "Come on. We need to prepare. Let's go back to Camp Half-Blood and warn them."

Reviews:

Demigod100

I think that u should not revile any true identides cause it just spoils it! I like the suspense of mystery! No more real names please!

Well...sorry?

Wisegirlismyseaweedbrain

Oh my God! You updated YAY! I never doubted you forgot this story. Its a great chapter but whh did you kill Percy! :'( update soon please

I did not kill Percy. Percy just lost the sword fight. That's it

Wade98

Did I just predict the future? Awesome, I'm an Oracle! Wait, can a guy be an Oracle? Also, my mind is blown. Chaos is actually bad? Please explain in the next chapter.

Well I hope this chapter explained stuff.

Princess of Fandom

Oh wow Just update

I did

Gingerpetals

Oh my gods! No you can't leave it like this! UPDATE!UPDATE! UPDATE!

I did leave it like that. I UPDATED!

Azeka11121

Anyone else think it's funny Annabethgrace said yay percabeth

Well who doesn't like answer Percabeth? (some people but I don't judge)

Soildercrafter1

Lol that was a fun chapter also I wanted to tell you this here, I am going to try and work on my story so I can become your Beta editor! :D ITLL BE AWESOME

YES!

bearah cubecars

Eeee soo good! I was Sooo not expecting that!

I don't think anyone expects it. It's suppose to be a major plot twist.