Well here is the next Chapter! I know it took a while again, but believe me it get´s harder to get this story forward. I still try to make Chapters as good as possible and believe me if I say, I sometimes need several attempts at a chapter and it still doesn´t seem good.
Anyway, I want to THANK YOU all for reviewing since it does motivate me a great deal to write on. Okay that´s it for now so I hope you can enjoy this Chapter...
Here we go...
Thalia´s PoV
"...lia! Thalia! Wake up!"
I fought back the pain in my head as I heard a familiar voice. I had to have hit my head pretty hard. I couldn´t really remember what happened as I slowly opened my eyes to see Nico leaning over me and looking concerned to no end.
I grinned up at him as I spoke still soft. "Hey Nico..."
"Thalia! Thank Zeus!" His features immediately lit up and he hugged me for what felt like an hour. It was an incredibly warm feeling and I liked having Nico close... until I heard a cough from behind Nico.
"Sorry to interrupt you..." Artemis looked away as she spoke, but seemed a bit amused.
It was then that I notice what a position we were in. Nico on top of me hugging me madly against a tree and I snuggling into his neck with a goofy smile.
I couldn´t help the blush from appearing all over my face as I felt the heat rise. Of course I did what needed to be done and shoved him off, making him fall back dumbly, as I leaned against the tree. Now Artemis had something against me... I had to change the subject...
"What happened?" At that Nico was jumping off the ground and grinned at me.
"You got your ass kicked, Pinecone-face!" Ohh how I hated him. He would pay for that later...
But I remembered now. There was that eerie crazy yellow eyes guy. Then I remembered all the flames and the heat and then I fell unconscious.
I gave him a death glare before I turned to Artemis who looked off into the distance worriedly. And then I remembered. Zoe!
Despite my pain that came with the burns and the movement I stood up, shakily. I would have fallen back if not for Nico catching me.
"We have to find Zoe!"
"Zoe is save. She is being treated at Camp-Halfblood." That confused me. I thought we were still at the Battlefield and why else would Artemis look that worried?
"How..." Artemis fixed me in her gaze for a moment.
"It seems we were sent back by my Father shortly after you fell unconscious."
That made sense... kind off... but something was off here. Artemis still seemed worried as she gazed into the distance again. And then it hit me...
"Where is Percy?"
For a moment silence settled in. Then Artemis sighed in sorrow.
"I do not know."
Percy´s PoV
Alec Syaitan...
I would so kick this pricks ass the next time!
I heard the thunder rumbling in the sky above as the lightning flashed dangerously again. That could only mean that Zeus knew that something happened to the greatest Prick of Olympus of all Times.
For a moment I wondered where Zoe was, but then after a moment of sensing around I wondered where everyone had disappeared to. As far as I could tell I was the only one left on the island.
Now that was not good, as there were only two explanations.
One... the all knowing, all seeing Gods of Olympus didn´t notice me... yeah fat chance I know... or...
"Don´t move, Demigod!"
The voice of Artemis rang through my ears and sadly it wasn´t the cuddly one. Worst case scenario would have been me without a head right now, but I was lucky...
I slowly turned around to see Artemis in a silvery attire with her silver glowing bow pointed right at me. Not forgetting her dangerous flashing eyes...
"Make one wrong move and you die." She narrowed her eyes as she spoke, while I reached for my sword and...
"I give up!" … threw at away holding my hands up in defeat.
"Not too dumb, for a man." She let her bow fall and snapped with her fingers only for us to teleport.
As I blinked once the scenery had already changed and I stood now before the twelve Olympians. Behind me, now the abyss leading back to earth as I found myself on the God´s platform or island...
Zeus stood before me fury written all over his face as he held onto his master bolt. Now if I had the choice between falling to my death behind and standing near Zeus up front the choice wasn´t hard. Falling, definitely falling to death.
"Who are you mortal!"
Oh damn... Now what?
"Eh..." I answered seeming very intelligent."
"Speak!" Ohh he was pissed... again. Not bad. Twice in one day.
So now I had a problem. I couldn´t just tell them... Hi my name is Percy Jackson and I kinda come from the future to save the world... or could I?
Well delaying tactics. My name shouldn´t be too bad and it´s ancient too so...
"My name is Perseus." Inwardly I couldn´t help but smirk as Zeus grumbled and Artemis just glared at me.
Okay, now something had to happen to save me. I didn´t know. Maybe the sun falling from the sky or the the earth splitting apart...
"Do not mock me, mort-"
Suddenly the whole earth shook creating a disturbance even in the atmosphere, so that even the flying island was affected. I almost toppled over the edge, forgetting that I could fly anyway it seemed rather dangerous, but surprisingly the past Artemis grabbed my hand. On another glance I saw that the eyes of the woman were closed.
I stood against the wall almost horizontally as I was only held by Artemis herself. As I looked down I saw that there was now a whole island that formed the face of a woman.
Well, not exactly what I expected but close enough.
I had seen it somewhere before, I just couldn´t recall where. The twelve god´s however seemed to remember it as their faces contorted in horror at seeing the seemingly peaceful sleeping ´women´. Even the all powerful Zeus seemed to falter a bit.
Artemis pulled me back on and immediately let go of my hand before turning away quickly.
Well, at least she had always had her good points.
Then a hollow yet soft voice echoed seemingly through the whole world as the time seemed to freeze.
"Gods of Olympus, your time as the Ruler of this World will soon be over. My Children shall once again conquer this world and you shall be banned into Tatarus for all Eternity. Your only Hope, the Hero of Olympus fell.
At that Zeus Wrath was once again let loose as storms raged over the earth.
" In seven days the Giants, the Destroyers of the Gods will rise, so this world shall be cleansed of Gods and Chaos will once again prevail."
Now all the Olympians stood and looked down at the smiling face of the woman, as the End of the World was foretold.
"The War is declared, the prophecy shall be fulfilled and your fate is sealed..."
The earth began to form again as wateronce again claimed the land and the island sank into the deep
sea. Once again I spoke before thinking and turned everyone´s eyes on me.
"Well that was an impressive speech..."
At least I didn´t have to tell them...
Nico´s PoV
Silence...
Everything was in a deathly silence as the Declaration of War hollowed through the Camp. No body dared to speak, as they all feared the might of the Earth Goddess.
They were all in despair.
Now, I understood why they kidnapped that Hero. It made all sense. Without the Hero of Olympus the Gods couldn´t defeat the Giants and that would mean the End.
We were in a tent in Camp-Halfblood as the declaration began and were pretty far from the island, yet we still could see the God´s platform and the side of the face. It drove fear in the Demi-Gods heart to see, Gaea the Goddess of the Earth, rising.
Even Thalia seemed a bit shocked. Zoe would have fainted again if she would have been awake and Artemis... well she seemed to have different worries as she gazed at the flying isle.
The world went back to normal after the Goddess once again disappeared into the earth.
"Well, that was creepy..."
"Say what, dead boy..." I grinned at Thalia as she seemed to be back to normal.
"Well now, where the Hades is Percy at a time like this?"
"Knowing Percy he couldn´t have been too far from the giant face coming from the earth..."
Our musings were interrupted as a lightning bolt hit the middle of the camp signaling the arrival of the Olympians in all their... smaller versions... glory.
As I looked over al of them I saw that Artemis was fuming as if something or someone did embarrass her... Well that could only mean Percy wasn´t too far away...
Most Demi-God´s were now assembled before the Olympians, looking at them expectantly, with what seemed like their last ray of Hope in their eyes.
"Demi-Gods! Do not fear our enemies, for they shall fear us! Do not falter under their menace! Fight!
Zeus voice boomed through the skies and actually motivated all the warriors as they shouted in agreement.
"Fight for Olympus and fight for Humanity ! Do not fear Death, for it is an Honor for Demi-Gods to receive in battle! You are the Hope of Olympus! We shall show them what we are made off and banish them to Tartarus once and for all!"
Again a wave of cheer went through the lines of Demi-Gods, as they listened to Zeus speech.
"Heroes will rise in this Battle of Gods and they shall be remembered for all the times! Demi-Gods! Follow us into the Battle and we shall achieve victory!"
Okay... Now he just over does it...
I looked over at Thalia who already seemed to be out of the speech for a while now. I was really glad that she was okay. She was far to reckless to be left alone but that´s what the dead boy is there for...
I really cared for her...
I shook my head to clear me of those thoughts and just heard the end of the glorious speech.
"...For Olympus!"
I didn´t understand why, but yet again the crowds roared along... Well, he was Zeus after all.
After that the King of the Gods turned around took one meaningful glance at past Artemis and vanished after she nodded. It seemed the Hunter´s just got a quest... and sadly I could think of only one think that was important at the moment.
Well then back to being a Wolf...
Diana´s/Artemis´ PoV
I couldn´t believe that idiot! He leaves me... us... behind to rescue Zoe on his own... like always, can escape me and then he manages to get caught by me?
Well he should have escaped again anyway...still..
What an idiot!
...Leaving me behind...
I looked out at the ocean, reflecting the full moon on it´s surface. It was peaceful for a moment.
Of course I heard the speech from my Father even from far away about the ´Death as Heroes´ and saving the world... It was always the same...
It was then that I noticed someone... or something next to me... lingering in the shadow of a cloud concealed from the moonlight.
As I turned to look, I saw deep sea green eyes looking back as a black wolf sat peacefully at the edge of the cliff a few feet next to me.
"Perseus..."
I said his name softly as his gaze was fixated on me... which I found rather nice... before I looked back ahead at the moon again. I closed my eyes for a moment in thought before I began to speak my heart out.
" … I know that you want to save everyone. I know that you only want to protect your friends, but when you shoulder everything by yourself your friends will worry... I will worry."
I felt the wolfs gaze still on me and I hoped that he would actually understand what I mean.
"You are a Hero, Perseus and I admire your bravery as well as your loyalty still, don´t go off sacrificing yourself. We will help you..."
I said what I wanted as I slowly turned around to leave, but one thing he should also realize...
"And... Perseus? "
The wolf turned around again.
"If you ever run off alone, like this again..." I gave him a meaningful glare and I guess he understood as his eyes widened. Then I went on into the darkness of the forest. Still I couldn´t bring out my last thought...
Perseus, I love you...
I hope you liked it. I know there isn´t any action in here but there also have to be Chapters like this sometimes... If you didn´t like it. I still am open for rewriting Chapters.
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Dowy Sixst Haevens
