Hi guys! sorry for the delay, my job really took most of my time these past month so, yeah.

Special thanks for Eccentrica for being my beta and editing this chapter! :D

Chapter 21: Falling down the hole of time.

"Oh shit." That's the only thing that Zephyr managed to mutter as he fell into the deep hole that had appeared out of nowhere. Well, it wasn't that he wasn't glad that he didn't fall in since because of it, he managed to escape Chaos.

Darkness quickly engulfed him as the mouth of the hole shut like a sphincter. Nostalgia and déjà vu hit him. His current situation is just like what had happened way back then. Though, back then, he was still with Annabeth. He sighed, he doesn't really know what to think about his past relationship. Due to the varying "time zone" of the universe, thousands of years had passed elsewhere in the Universe, while for him, on Earth. Just a few years had passed.

But still, he remembered the past as if it was just yesterday. He loved her, so much that he faced his past nightmares for her, that he sacrificed everything for her. But yet it in the end it seemed like she didn't love him as much as he did her. But that's the past. And no one, not even him could change the past even if he wanted to.

That made him think about Calypso, he fell for her too, it's just that, Zephyr even as Percy, an oblivious idiot; knew that they weren't meant to be, no matter whether the fates decree it or not. Yes, he had checked on her, and found out that she is now in a relationship with Hermes, the god that always found time for her. Though was really funny how she let him have a go with other girls, she knew that a man as caring as him shouldn't be tied to her. But woes betide him if he ever cheated on her while they were married.

He of course, had also met other girls, over time, throughout the universe, it's a given, but Annabeth and Calypso are two he remembers extremely clearly.

Then Chaos. The woman who existed to be his "other half". Well, she was supposed to be, but she turned him down. That really broke his heart seeing as he had already had twelve kids with her. Well, not like she really knew about that part.

Zephyr stroked his chin, as he thought. Wasn't taking her blood sample and mixing it with his to create their children, the same as effectively raping her?

But anyway that's already in the past.

Then when he really got down to thinking about it, why does he feel like he's missing something? As if he has made some kind of a miscalculation?

Well. That's probably the case, 'cause if everything was fine, he would probably currently be "playing" with her tonight, if you understand what he means…

He knew deep down that he loved Chaos. The wind of love had already tied his heart to her.

Well, now that that's been mentioned, let's talk about the "winds". In Ragon folklore, it is said that the winds are the first breath that the Unknown had created when he existed, and the gods have the authority to lead it, for example, the goddess of love, Scorprr, she leads the wind of Love, the winds of war, and a little bit of the other winds. That being said, the gods don't really have their own power, they just have the authority to control other powers for their own benefit.

It's the same with the other gods in the Universe, it's the same even with the Fates, which have the authority over the wind of destiny. The one who owns the "winds" is the Unknown, and him only, and the authority to govern all of the winds belongs to Nebular.

Now let's get back to Zephyr who is currently still falling and having a sandwich for dinner. Hey, what can you say? He's hungry.

Six hours later….

And he is still falling; he's really extremely bored now. "How long is this hole?" he muttered. Then he smirked, grew his dark colored dragon wings and dove. He grinned, he needed to be really fast, so he focused and grew another pair of wings, though the difference was that it was golden and they were the wings of an eagle. They acted as a booster, and now his speed was thrice the speed of light.

Zephyr shouted in delight. It feels like he's on a ride in an amusement park. Though in his extreme delight, he had accidentally released a huge amount of power. His speed increased tremendously. He was now fifty times faster than the speed of light. The sudden strain on his wings resulted in them tearing off his back. Pain erupted on Zephyr's back, so much so that he almost fainted, but he fought back against it with all his might.

The hole rippled, suddenly the scenery changed, the darkness was exchanged with light, and the narrow hole became a wide sky. Zephyr wasn't falling in a narrow hole anymore, he was now falling from five thousand feet high up in the sky, and all he can see under him is luscious greenery, high mountains, and the clear blue-green sea. Zephyr tried to control the air to lead him to the sea. But his power had been drained so much that he couldn't even raise his finger.

He spiraled down and fell into the forest landing a few feet off the ground, tangled up in vines after shredding a couple of trees.

He was in so much pain that he forgot that he could call on his pets (who are currently sleeping) to attend to him and get him patched up. His skin was supposed to be stronger than the Nemean lion's fur, yet he still felt cuts all across his body. The accident had most probably exhausted him much. He felt pathetic and useless.

He was one of the most powerful beings in the universe, but now, he was hanging off the ground in extreme pain due to the mistake that he made. It made him remember the times when he was still on earth, where there were many times he had faced defeat due to miscalculations, like when he watched his friend Beckendorf die, sacrificing his life for him and the world.

Zephyr sighed and he closed his eyes, wondering if there was something or someone who'd pull him down.

*Thud*

Hmmmm…. Zephyr thought, why did he feel like he had fallen on something soft, and why could he taste… berries?

Slowly, Zephyr opened his eyes. And saw something that gave him the shock of his life(and that's saying something)…..