The Sword of Damocles

by silverbird6

"You can't walk away from this, Percy. We're going to have this conversation one way or another. That's the funny thing about fate. It's cunning. It can bring you beautiful moments and it can bring you moments like this. Your friends have faced giants and titans, but they're about to go up against the one thing they can't handle. You".

1. Introduction

Hello everyone! I hope you all are staying safe and healthy in these unusual times. One good thing to come of stay-at-home orders is that even though my work and school has followed me home via the internet, I have a little bit more time to do fun things like re-read the Heroes of Olympus series and write self-indulgent stories like this one.

Current events aside, this particular story is the brainchild of reading the Son of Neptune right before watching Fate of the Furious. I'm not usually a Fast and Furious person, but something about Percy's role in the Heroes of Olympus and Dom's role in that movie sparked my creative juices once more. Thus, this story was born.

You certainly don't have to have watched Fate of the Furious or any other movie to read this story. Believe it or not this is not a crossover (no characters from that movie even appear in this story). If you have watched Fate of the Furious, you might recognize the bare-bones of this plot, though I certainly deviate quite a bit. If you haven't watched the movie, this story may look a little bleak at times. Hang in there, I'll promise, there's more going on than meets the eye!

This story contains spoilers for the whole Percy Jackson and Heroes of Olympus series (it's been so long since Blood of Olympus honestly I'm not sure I need to give that disclaimer anymore) and some nods to Kane Chronicles and Magnus Chase, but nothing crazy. This story exists in a universe where Trials of Apollo does not exist. Why? I've just had such a hard time getting into that series. I gave it a fair chance and read the first book and part of the second, but it just didn't grip me like the rest of Rick's works. If he writes some sort of Infinity War-style crossover after Trials of Apollo I'll go back and read it, but for now there are other, better uses for my time. So for this story: Apollo was never downgraded to a demigod, the triumvirate and whatever is going on with prophecies isn't a thing, and a certain character who is no longer with us is still alive and kicking in this story.

I don't own any of the characters, places, or plot-points from any of Rick Riordan's series. I also give due credit to Fate of the Furious for inspiring this story. I've got this story all planned out and partially written. It's looking like it may be around 12 chapters, but that stands to change if I need more or less space.

Now that I've gotten all that out of the way, enjoy the story!