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Hello, my boyfriend is grounded but I myself have a liking to these sites and these stories. My boyfriend Jake is grounded as you know while my best friend Roy is well, disabled, so I will be taking it from here for now.

You can call me Twista if you wish. (Not real name) and will I try some of my style here while my two idiots are unable to do so. So girl power!

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Its my first shot to write a chapter so don't blame me if it sucks but I think I have what it takes. I mean, if my idiot of a bestfriend and a cute but idiotiotic boyfriend can do it, how hard could it be?

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Warning: Some cursing, drama and angst later. (Don't be mad)

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Zoe didn't know what to do, she paced back and forth in the waiting area of the infirmary while Will Solace, the new head counselor of the Apollo Cabin, along with Fecilia, who was the Five's medic, worked on Percy.

She hadn't changed clothes or took a seat of rest since a while ago. It had been a couple of hours since the end of the fight. A couple of hours since Perseus had supposedly died. It was a few hours since that traitorous scum Herk impaled Percy from behind in cold blood.

Oh my Gods, the blood. There had been so much. The Leader of the Forethought Five had a hold through his chest right through his heart and he was bleeding so much from his chest and mouth. His hands were cold as she remembered him hold her face before he went limp.

Ara and Tyson had to leave since they needed rest but Tadi, who was the only other one in the room other than her, sat on a chair and had a sad and trouble expression on her face while she twiddled her thumbs. She was now in fresh clothes and waited for Fecilia and Will to finish seeing how Percy was.

Zoe took several more steps and then Tadi said "Zoe"

She walked aimlessly back and forth until the pinkette sighed and said in a louder tone "Zoe!"

The former huntress stopped and looked at the younger girl and said "Huh?"

"You have to take a seat and calm down," stated Tadi, "being like this wont to Percy any good."

Zoe scowled and said "How could you be so calm! You're his sister and you're being so calm about this! How are you so relaxed while Percy could be dead for all we know!"

"You think I'm relaxed!" yelled Tadi as she gripped her skirt,

This startled Zoe since the girl rarely raised her voice unless it was Jack or Allen. Tadi shot up and said "I am not the slightest bit relaxed Zoe! My brother is there dying while I can't make any magic or voodoo that can save him! Magic isn't exactly a miracle thing! Especially since I was probably-"

She stopped and looked away while Zoe looked at her suspiciously and said "Well?"

Tadi froze and didn't meet her eyes as she muttered "Nothing…"

Zoe wanted to press on more out of nature but then the door opened and in came Chiron with three very exhausted looking teens and one angry adult, (Talon is 20 so adult right?) the five walked in with different readings of expressions but the four had one common look. Rage.

Tadi walked up to Jack, embraced him and said "How did it go?"

"The slimy bastard got away," spat Talon as he set Blaze Bringer down with a thud and crashed on a sofa while Asteron crawled into his shoulder and slumped down exhausted.

Riley had her usual scowl on as she leaned on the wall and said "We searched for hours but he got away. That bastard is good at one thing, hiding."

Allen leaned on the door and said "Got that right, I knew there was something up with him. The formations, the attitude, his influence? I should have seen it."

Jack sat beside Tadi with his hands clenched into fists and his knuckles were white as electricity sparked around him and Tadi put a hand on his shoulder as he said "I should have killed that miserable waste of space long ago!"

Tadi gripped his shoulder to calm him down while Allen said "Jack you're not a killer. No one saw it coming."

Jack nodded and leaned on Tadi's shoulder while she ran her hand through his messy blonde and black hair. Chiron looked at the scene, sighed and said "All we can ask for now is hope Perseus is safe. It is the best we can do other than wait."

Three more hours passed while all of them were in the room. It was now around two am and Tadi had fallen asleep on Jack's lap while the said blonde had a hand on her waist while he leaned back asleep. Allen focused on his book while Riley slept as she leaned on him while they sat. Talon played a game of 'Snap my Finger' with Asteron who tried to catch his half brother's finger in his mouth. Chiron was silent and ever watching while Zoe just sat down and looked at her lap in sadness.

As the silence went on, suddenly a knock was heard on the door and it opened to see a teenage girl with blonde hair with a consoling look on her face stood beside a short boy with messy hair nodded. Behind them stood three people, one was a tall man with pale skin and black eyes in robes, the other was a girl in her late teens with orange fire in her eyes but it glowed dimly with sadness and worry and finally the tallest of them was a man in a suit while his scratched and scarred face was marked with worry while he entered the room.

"Dad," said Talon, "Lord Hades, Lady Hestia, Annabeth, Nico"

Prometheus gave a smile to his son and said "I see you came back,"

"Glad you kept the secret Dad," grinned Talon,

Prometheus nodded while Annabeth and Nico were greeted by the others. Tadi was woken up by the speaking and she shrugged Jack away saying "Jack, wake up."

"But I don't wanna," mumbled Jack, "five more minutes."

She pecked him on the lips and said "Wake up Jack"

He opened his eyes and stuttered "D-Dad, L-Lord Hades, L-Lady Hestia. Guys"

They all greeted each other while Prometheus spotted Riley and Zoe and said "Nieces, are you both fine?"

Both nodded while Hestia said "How is he?"

"Fecilia hast come out yet Lady Hestia," stated Allen, "We can only hope for the best."

"He's not dead," said Hades, "that me and my son can assure you right?"

Nico nodded and said "Bianca wanted to go but our step mom wanted her to stay. She loves her like a daughter she never had."

They all nodded while Chiron said "What brings you here Lord and Lady?"

Hestia nodded and said "All we wish is to see my Champion."

Prometheus nodded while Hades said "My nephew's safety is something in my jurisdiction."

"My son needs me," said Prometheus,

Allen remained stoic and said "This operation is taking a while."

Suddenly from the operation door came out Will and Fecilia who were both bloody and tired. Fecilia removed her medical mask and said "We got him in stable position but he isn't out of the woods yet."

Will nodded and said "He had severe blood loss and some dangerous wounds. That spear was this close to his heart," said Will as he gestured with his fingers, "he would have died but damn Fecilia here proved me wrong. She practically worked as if she was painting instead of doing a do or die operation."

Fecilia nodded and recalled what she had to do. She shivered at the amount of blood and said "So basically he'll be fine if he doesn't go into shock and another thing. He's in a coma."

"A coma?" stated everyone other than the immortals,

Will nodded and said "He lost a lot of blood. It's up to him to wake up or not."

Prometheus then stepped up and said "Can we seem him daughter?"

Fecilia nodded and opened the door behind them to see Percy. He wasn't in good shape, his body was wrapped with bandages. An oxygen transfer tube was in his mouth while he breathed with his chest rising and sinking. His face was gripped in pain but he was still unconscious.

Zoe gasped while Tadi gripped Jack's shirt and hugged him while Talon put an arm around Fecilia. Prometheus sighed while Hestia went to her champion, felt his head and said "He isn't doing well."

Prometheus moved forward with his cane and said "Its happening"

"What's happening?" asked Jack to his father, "What is this dad?"

Prometheus sighed and said "It's called the Trials. Every great hero in history has had their own and I believe this is my son Perseus'. The Trials are a mental test to ones self if they are capable of their position as a leader. Making my son the leader, I knew this would happen but I wish that it wasn't like this, usually it was a powerful monster or a test but the mental test is the worst kind. It is probably why he hasn't woken up yet."

"I've never read about this," said Allen, "Dad care to elaborate?"

Prometheus nodded and said "It has happened for centuries. For Leonidas it was a trial against his capabilities. For Achilles it was strength but Percy has all of this but I think his trial is mental."

"How can you be sure?" asked Hestia,

Prometheus nodded and said "I will be back."

He put his hand on Percy's forehead and he glowed white until he turned like a specter and disappeared inside Percy as his form flickered out of existence. Jack then said "What now?"

Allen looked around at the weary group while Fecilia said "Percy is out of action so I'm in command. We get some sleep, the best we can do now is wait."

Jack yawned in his hand while Talon nodded and said "Sure, you guys go ahead. I'll keep watch, we dragons are nocturnal anyway right?"

Asteron yawned and fell asleep on Talon's shoulder while he growled and said "Stupid Lizard,"

Hades shook his head and said "All of you are exhausted, my sister and I will watch over Peseus. Have a good rest."

Percy's Mindscape

Prometheus stepped through a purple portal into a dark barren landscape that just had a black fog surrounding the area while in the center lie a boy with messy black hair and he had a bronze sword by his side. In front of the boy's sleeping figure lie five doors that made a semicircle before the sleeping boy.

The first door on the left was like a door that you could find at any common apartment door. The second was gold encrusted and it was engraved with glyphs and symbols of swords and shields. The far right door on the other hand was red and simple looking and the one next to it was a whole lot different since it was made of metal and it looked sturdy and string. The middle door was tall and royal and its spectacular appearance was more appeased by a faint white glow coming from the door.

Prometheus smiled softly and said "Even in his mind, the blade doesn't leave him."

As Prometheus approached, the bronze blade on the floor glowed and then there stood a tall, rugged looking man who had brown hair and bronze eyes while he wore modern clothes of a shirt and jeans.

Prometheus raised a brow while the man said "My name is Riptide, I am the embodiment of my master's sword. You are his father? Prometheus?"

He nodded and said "I do believe you do know as well what is going on here."

He nodded while Percy stirred awake and he shot up and said "Fight! War! Zoe! Where am I?"

He noticed Prometheus and the Titan pulled him up saying "Dad, what are you doing here? Who is this?"

Prometheus remained silent while Riptide smiled with his flashy smile and said "Guess"

Percy eyed the man slowly and then his eyes widened as he said "Riptide?"

The man grinned and said "I knew my master was a smart one. Yes I am Riptide, Anaklusmos to be proper but call me Rip for short."

Percy looked around and said "Where am I?"

Prometheus put a hand on his shoulder and said "In your head, you nearly died son."

"I what?!" exclaimed Percy, "The fight! Zoe! Jack! Fecilia! How about them?"

Rip poked Percy hard in the head and said "Don't get your panties in a knot Master, we won the fight but that traitor Herk stabbed you from behind."

The Titan nodded and said "You are practically dead right now. In a coma to be exact."

"So when will I wake up?" asked the teen,

"No one knows son," said Prometheus, "But these doors have something to do with it."

Rip nodded and said "These doors are your Trials master, each door is a trial that you must complete in order to be free. Start with the far left then far right then left again then right and finally the middle, if you fail you will be trapped in your mindscape until the day your mortal body dies and when you do your consciousness and soul will fade into oblivion."

He frowned at that but then said "What about Zoe? She is tied to me?"

Rip nodded and said "She shall suffer the same fate as you do if you fail."

Percy glared at the doors and he said "So I have to start?"

"Consider carefully son," said the Titan, "if you begin a trial, there is no turning back."

He looked at his dad with a determined fire in his golden irises and said "then I will face them."

Rip grinned and said "I shall be your guide."

He leapt in the air and Percy caught him as the familiar blade in his hand and he said mentally "Each trial will challenge your skills as a leader and person so be careful."

Percy nodded while Prometheus took a seat on the ground and said "I shall be waiting my son. Good luck."

Percy walked up to the first door with Riptide in his hand. He looked at the simple apartment door and said "This door, it looks familiar."

Riptide hummed and said "It is, this door is the door to your childhood apartment. The place where your mother and step father lived with you."

Percy shivered at those thoughts and gripped the door handle and said "Let's begin"

He opened the door and entered the unknown.

With Jack and Tadi

Jack walked beside his girlfriend Tadi while she silently walked beside him. She was emitting a very troubled aura while Jack then said "I can't believe it still, if I had taken out that traitor back then Percy wouldn't have been like this."

Tadi looked at him and said "It isn't your fault Jack."

Jack gripped hard and his knuckles turned white as he said 'I was with Herk all this time! I could have found out but nope I had to be all careless and look where it got us!"

"Jack stop this!"

"Stop what?" asked Jack as they stopped walking and glared at each other, "Blaming myself? How can I? Percy is half dead because of me!"

"You think its your fault?!" screamed Tadi with tears in her eyes, "You honestly think its your fault!?"

Jack nodded angrily while Tadi pulled her right sweater sleeve back to reveal a Scythe Wristband. Jack looked at it obscurely and then back off slowly and said "N-no, T-Tadi y-you-"

"Its my fault dammit!" yelled Tadi in anger, "Ever since I thought Talon died I wondered who would be next! I was scared and I was promised that we would all be saved from this but I was lied to!"

Jack glared at her with electricity arcing around him and said "How could you! We trusted you! I trusted you! Doesn't what we have mean anything?!"

She was now crying as she said "Of course it does! I love you Jack but I didn't mean it to be like this! I am a traitor but I want no part of them anymore!"

Jack growled while his voltage area dangerously flickered and then he yelled and said "You're the freaking traitor! I don't believe this! Of all people it was you! The perfect girl I loved? How could you betray us your family?"

"I didn't want to!" yelled Tadi, "I was scared!"

"What were the things you've done," muttered Jack darkly,

"What?" asked Tadi,

"Tell me what the hell y0u have done!" roared Jack as his eyes flickered dangerously,

She sniffed and said "I gave away information but the worst was when I was ordered to kill Zoe. I gave her a potion that was deadly instead of helpful during their first entering. It didn't work thankfully but I regret trying it."

Jack looked at her darkly as she tried to approach him and said "Jack please I only-"

"Get away from me" spat Jack,

"Jack I-"

"GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME!" roared Jack as he shoved her and voltage exploded causing her to slam hard against a tree,

She got back up weakly while Jack heaved with his breath and then Allen ran to him and said "You bastard! What the hell was that?!"

He pointed at Tadi and said "She's a traitor"

"What?"

"She sold us out to the stupid Titans and their crap!" yelled Jack,

Allen looked at Tadi and saw the bracelet and then Jack raised a hand to blast her with voltage but Allen raised his hand and redirected the blast and said "What the hell are you doing!"

"Dealing with the problem" said Jack darkly,

"You're being stupid Jack!" yelled Allen, "we can resolve this! We're family!"

"She's not anymore!" roared Jack,

Allen punched his face hard and said "You said you loved her you idiot! All these years and one thing like this and you give up on her! You really are pathetic Rider!"

Jack punched Allen hard across the face, knocking his glasses off and sending him tumbling right before Tadi. He got up, wiped his bloody lip and said "You and your lightning! Fight me like a man!"

Jack and Allen ran at each other and Allen, being the more combat specialist, tackled Jack to the ground and dealt some punches to his face then they tumbled with Jack on top and he grabbed Allen's shirt repeatedly beating him in blind rage and spat "You still fight for her?!"

"She's my sister and your love!" yelled Allen,

He raised his fist again and then Tadi screamed and said "JACK STOP IT PLEASE!"

Jack glared at her while he suddenly found himself away from Allen and immobile to see Nico trap him with shadows and Talon holding Allen back as both struggled to break free and Fecilia said "What the fuck is this?!"

Jack broke free with some lightning and spat "Ask the girl"

"Who Tadi?" asked Talon,

"I don't know anyone named Tadi anymore," said Jack, 'The Tadi I knew is dead."

He walked away with his injuries while Tadi fell down crying in her hands.

Fecilia noticed Tadi's bracelet and said "Percy please come back and knock some sense into them."

Talon let go of Allen and said one thing,

"What a tangled web we weave"

AN

Here it is! My Debut chapter! How was it? Love my style? Better than my two idiots? =)) Anyway how was it tell me what you think?

Again, SHOULD WE MAKE A SIDE STORY CALLED TALON'S JOURNEY?

So all in all, trials begin next chapter!

Tell me what you think? A girl can be really curious!

This is Twista Etervo fading into light!