A/N Yay Chapter 2! Thank you guys so much for the love you gave this story. It has been 2 days and my email has blown up with the reviews, favorites, and follows. If you like my style of writing then go check out my other two fanfics, the Werewolf Queen and Respect on my profile! Leave a review or two while you do that. I also would appreciate a review on this story too. Thx so much for reading. It means the world!
Percy POV:
When I opened my eyes, all I saw was black. Like complete and utter darkness. It was so black it was almost blue. And you thought a black hole was black? Well, this place made a black hole look white. It was like 20 shades darker than my hair.
Remember when I also said earlier on that I had lost my memories and they all came flooding back in a split second? Ya, that plus complete darkness is not fun. Like, my head felt like I had taken a dip in the River Styx and my ADHD was acting up making me squirm around like an insane person. Why? Well, it seemed like I was stuck in something. Like I could barely move. Almost like that time when I had to squish myself into a box to hide from the people on the Princess Andromeda when I went to go blow it up. Ya, don't ask… Anyways, my ADHD was driving me crazy as I was scared out of my wits in a box-thing that was completely black as my head throbbed like someone had dropped a bomb there and it had exploded. Wow, I'm rambling a lot. BLAME IT ON THE ADHD!
What was even more creepy was that after a few minutes of me squirming around in a black box-thing, it started moving. How could I tell? Well, maybe because of the fact that I was being jostled around like a potato in a sack which making my head throbbed more. Yeesh, I'm regretting giving Luke the knife even more. This sucks.
After a few more minutes of being carried around, though, I was finally set down. I breathed out a sigh of relief. But that relief didn't last long since I suddenly got whisked away. Like it was like I got sucked into a portal of some sorts that did not whatsoever show any compassion to my throbbing head. It made me want to vomit as my head spun and my stomach got stuck somewhere near my throat. It was not fun whatsoever, trust me. So now my stomach feels queasy too? Yay. Another amazing thing that has happened today!
As I finished going through what I'm assuming was the portal, the box finally opened, unceremoniously dumping a queasy, pained, tired, starving, thirsty, squirmish, scarred me on the black floor. I think I can make a pretty accurate guess on what this Chaos guy's favorite color is. When I looked up, I think that I jumped so high I could've jumped on top of the Eiffel Tower. For one, what would you do if you saw three immortal beings (namely Nyx, Erebus, and Hemera. Hey, I do listen in Chiron's Greek history classes! Sometimes…) what would you do? I'm just saying that if Leo was here with me, he would probably have lighted everything on fire (he lights things on fire when he's surprised. Let's just say I discovered that the hard way when I did a scare prank on him. He may or may not have burned a whole room down).
"Hello Perseus Jackson", Nyx started, voice colder than ice. "It seems that Hades has decided to grow a pair and send mortals down to receive their punishments in Chaos. Though I wouldn't understand why he would send you. We are your judges, welcome to the fields of Chaos. You will receive your punishments here".
"Actually, Mother, he has been dragged down here by Kronos after Kronos had reached his full power. I can see it in his mind. Kronos has seemed to have struck a deal with the Fates from what I can tell of the situation. Though I don't know how or why. But anyways, let me introduce myself. Hello, Percy dear, I am Hemera, the primordial goddess of day and I am the mind reader, the one that reads your mind and tells the information to the judge so you can get your punishment", Hemera said, sweetly. She was day which means she was naturally sweet and bright. But her tone did not whatsoever reassure me.
"I suppose I should introduce myself too since you puny mortals don't know how it works in Chaos. My name is Nyx, primordial of the night, and I am the judge. I receive information from the mind reader to tell you your punishment. I apparently have the best judgement", Nyx said bored.
"My name is Erebus", Erebus finally spoke up, his voice dark, deep, and mysterious, giving me goosebumps. "I am the primordial of darkness and I am the creator, the one who creates your punishment since I can manipulate darkness. I shall be happy to create a punishment just for you, Perseus".
I was thoroughly scarred. These three primordials are talking about their jobs like it was yesterday's news. Seriously, how is it possible that three beings can be so insane that they would nonchalantly talk about how to slowly kill someone (at least mentally) until the end of time? Even Minos and the other judges for Hades talk about punishments with a bit of emotion (or at least that was what Nico told me).
"Now, Percy is a son of Poseidon and a mortal named Sally. He found out he was a demigod when he was 12 and went to camp half-blood. He then went on his first quest to retrieve Zeus's lightning bolt and ended up also getting Hades's helm. On his second quest, he went to the Sea of Monsters and ended up getting the golden fleece to save his camp. On his third quest, he went to save Annabeth who is his best friend while also wanting to save Artemis. He accomplished that and actually held up the sky before giving it back to Atlas. Fourth quest was in the Labyrinth where he blew up Mt. St. Helens and kissed the Annabeth girl. Strangely, she is a daughter of Athena. He ended up on Calypso's island before he left to go fight in the war. Long story short, he found Daedalus and accomplished his goal. And finally, he fought in the Titan War that happened a few weeks ago and ended up getting killed and killing Kronos. But as Kronos fell to Tartarus, Percy fell with him, since the Fates did something and made this happen. He then tries to kill Kronos, but Kronos ends up killing him and now he's here", Hemera said, sounding bored but still having a sweet voice. "Oh, and he is loyal to the gods. Not Gaea as you, Nyx, suspected. I could see it in your mind so don't look so suprised. So, he will not have mental torture as punishment. Something more physical. His fatal flaw is loyalty. He is enemies with Gaea, Kronos, and Tartarus, and he does not hate nor like Chaos. He is in love with the Annabeth girl so if you decide on mental punishment, Nyx, then torture him with that".
I was thoroughly dumbfounded and very scared. But, seriously, how did Hemera find out all his memories in the span of 3 minutes? I have to say that I was impressed.
"Interesting", Nyx said, rubbing her completely black chin. "I will not sentence him to mental punishment or extreme torture, but I will sentence him to the Hades River Styx".
"The what?", I asked, very afraid that she would say what I think she will say.
"The Hades River Styx", Erebus answered. "Is the River Styx that flows through Tartarus but to a lesser extent".
"I also forgot to mention, he has already been dipped in the River Styx before. His mortal point is the small of his back", Hemera said. "But of course, it would not be of use anymore to stab him there".
"Ok, so you already know that feeling but now you are going to have that feeling for the rest of eternity", Erebus said, nonchalantly. As I said before, these people are insane.
"Actually, I have different plans", a new voice said behind me.
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