That night, my dreams only continued to get weirder and weirder. Gwen was shown, although she was much younger. She was about 11 years old, and by that time, she had already been part of Camp Jupiter for three years. She was with Jason, Dakota, Nathan and Leila.
"You still don't know who your father is?" Jason asked.
"I don't know. My mother died shortly after I was born, raised by my grandmother. She knew nothing about it." She turned towards Dakota and Leila. "Do you guys who your divine parent or ancestor is?"
"Ceres claimed me as her daughter last week on my 11th birthday." Leila answered.
"I don't know, but my best guess is Mercury. He has a lot of children and legacies here, so it wouldn't surprise me if that was the case. But I have no clue." Dakota said.
The scene fast-forwarded to Gwen in the woods not too far from the War Games. She found a rolling skull and had followed it there. She then picked it up.
"Well, it seems you have found me." a voice said.
"Hello?" she asked. "Who's there?"
Suddenly a black glowing skull and crossbones appeared over her head. She had yet to realize it as Thanatos appeared in front of her.
"Hello, Gwendolyn." he said.
"Who... who are you?" she asked, trying to hide her fear.
"I am Thanatos, Lieutenant of Hades, reaper of souls. And I am your father."
She was dumbfounded. "Father?"
Gwen looked at the symbol above her, which had faded away a few seconds later.
"You wanted answers, and now you have them."
"But... but Thanatos is the god of death. He doesn't have any children."
"Oh, I have a small few. You have the abilities of necromancy, just like me. Use them."
"What? But everyone will think I'm a freak!"
"Do it, Gwendolyn. Use your powers! If you refuse to use your powers when they are needed most, something terrible will happen!"
He disappeared in black mist, leaving Jason there.
"Gwen, I saw everything, but I won't tell a soul. In fact, I swear on the River Styx that I won't tell anyone about your powers or parentage without your consent." he said.
"Oh.. Thank you, Jason." Gwen said, trying to force a smile.
Then it showed her washed ashore onto an island. She suddenly woke up. "Where the heck am I?"
She looked around the island. It was a beautiful island, and she saw a cave to her right. In front of her she saw a crack which split the area in half. She saw several sheep in the distance. "Okay, this is strange. Why are there sleep on an island?"
Then she heard loud footsteps. I recognized where she was. She was on Polyphemus's island. Those footsteps were Polyphemus himself. He stepped out into view. He noticed Gwen. "Huh? Who... who are you?! What are you doing here?!"
The scene switched to a girl (who was wearing a black cloak) running away from a pack of wolves in the forest. The only reason I could tell she was a girl is because I heard her voice as she ran. I had no idea how old she was, but she was about 10-11 years old.
She asked herself, "Where is my father? Who is he? Why did he abandon me and my mother? How did I get into this situation? Why am I running when I know my death is inevitable?"
An image came into her mind. It was a vision of a goddess with a bow and arrow, surrounded by other women. The girl wearing the cloak found herself near the edge of a cliff into the sea.
"What is happening? What has happened here?" she asked.
She heard a scream from afar. The scream sounded so familiar, yet I couldn't place my finger on who it was. The wolves had cornered her. She backed up to the edge.
"Goodbye cruel world."
She jumped off the cliff right before the wolves got her. As she fell, time almost seemed to slow down and soon the vision changed. Kronos was sitting on his throne on Mount Othyrs. He was knocked off his black throne by Zeus's Master Bolt. Soon the Big Three, Zeus, Poseidon and Hades came forth.
"Your reign of terror ends here!" Zeus declared.
"You fools! You can not hope to defeat me! I am the most powerful being in the universe!" Kronos declared. He tried slowing down the time around him, but Poseidon fired a huge beam of water from his trident. While he did this, Hades used his Helm of Darkness to restrain his father with chains without him realizing it.
"No! No!" he exclaimed.
Poseidon and Hades held him down. Hades took off the Helm, making him visible to his two brothers and father.
"Zeus, now!" Hades commanded.
Zeus came crashing down, using his father's scythe to cut Kronos into dozens, then hundreds, a thousand pieces. Hades opened a crack in the earth and sent the pieces of Kronos to Tartarus.
"Finally, our father has been defeated." Hades said as the crack closed.
"But the war is not over yet." Zeus reminded them.
"He's right. We must defeat our father's allies, the Titans." Poseidon decreed. "Which reminds me, if Hyperion, Iapetus, Krios and Koios are sent to Tartarus, how will we prevent the sky from collapsing onto the Earth?"
"I already have a solution to this problem. Atlas, the General of Kronos's army, will take the burden of the sky alone." Zeus answered. "We must go. The sooner we defeat them, the sooner this war finally ends."
The vision ended and switched back to the girl falling down. She looked surprised as if she had realized something important. She then closed her eyes and a second later, she hit the water below. She never resurfaced, and I presumed that she had died. Then the scene switched again. The evil maiden, Enyo and Eris were in the Necromanteion (otherwise known as the House of Hades).
"This is where he was killed last time." the maiden said.
"So where is he?" Enyo asked.
"Some of his essence remains here." the maiden said. "We must gather his essence together and he shall reform here."
The evil maiden glowed with golden energy, Enyo glowed with red energy and Eris glowed with black energy. They drew out his energy from Tartarus.
"We have his essence." Enyo stated.
They projected their energy forward, and soon Clytius came into existence. "Huh? What happened? Did Gaea win without me?"
"No, Clytius. Sadly Gaea has fallen. But there is still a chance for you to be part of an army that will eventually take over the world. Join me and my friends here, and the Olympians will meet their downfall." the maiden spoke.
"Who... who are you?" he said, looking at the evil maiden.
"I am not your enemy. Call me Diana." she said.
"Like the Roman goddess of the moon, maidenhood, and the hunt?" he asked.
"She never gives her real name to anyone." Enyo stated.
"I have had several aliases over several centuries." she answered.
"Is she always like this?" Clytius asked.
Eris shrugged. "Are you in or not?"
He smirked. "Alright, I'll join you girls in your conquest."
"Thank you. Your assistance will be most valued." Eris stated.
Soon Hercules will be eating his words. With Clytius on my side, no one can stop us!
I woke up. Upon standing up, I realized it had been a week since I found out I was pregnant with Percy's child. I should have been thinking more about the sake of myself and the child inside of me, but the truth was, most days, I was trying to forget about it. Maybe that's how I was trying to deal with stress. I was thinking of the past and the present, and not the future. Shame on me, I know. No wonder they gave me the ice medallion. They really wanted me to be safe. I sighed. I was lying to myself. Oh how many times have I done that now in the midst of this chaos?