Chapter 1: The Betrayal

Perseus, God of Time, Energy, Heroes, and Night was sitting at his throne thinking about how it has been since the defeat of his Father, Kronos. There has been peace and equality for all immortal and mortal beings from the mightiest of Gods to the simplest of animals. This has naturally upset his youngest brother Zeus who believes that the Gods are the perfect beings and should be treated as higher beings, especially the Olympians.

"O wise King of the gods, what is on your mind at this moment? Could it be the Lieutenant of the Hunt that has captured your heart? Or entirely something else?" said Hestia entering the throne room.

"I've been thinking of how peaceful it has been lately but I suspect something may come up soon that will disturb that peace and that it will happen soon, especially with our youngest brother trying to undermine me" Perseus replied while pinching his nose bridge as he normally does when he thinks of his youngest brother.

"Why did he have to inherit our Father's hunger for power and most of his attitude, I did not save him from being eaten just for him to turn out like our Father." Perseus followed up while staring at the people outside of Olympus going through their day.

"Well you also inherited some traits from our Father, you're acting like how he was before he went crazy over the prophecy." Hestia replied while also looking out at the people going through their day.

"I also feel that possible disturbance happening soon as well, we might be a bit paranoid but it is better to be prepared than be lax about it" Hestia followed up while watching a family enjoy themselves.

"I agree with you two but there is also time for us to relax a bit, besides the only threat I can potentially see coming are the Titans but they will take several millennia" said Hades as he walked through the doors.

"That is true and as of now we are at the peak of the peaceful era with most if not all of the beings are happy and enjoying themselves" said Hestia agreeing with Hades.

"That is true Hestia, anyways we should head to our thrones as the rest of the council should be arriving shortly for the meeting that Zeus has called" Perseus said as they turned around and headed back towards their own thrones.

"Will there be any more announcements to be made before we adjourn this council meeting?" Perseus asked the council.

"If I may older brother, I'd like to say something" Zeus said with hatred in his voice.

"You have been treating everyone as equals and as good as that is, we deserve to be treated better and above the mortals and the minor immortals. We fought the war to save them and should rule them with an iron fist. We are the Olympians! We should answer to no one but ourselves. We are the perfect beings and we do not make any mistakes" said Zeus while turning to each of the Council members appealing to their pride.

"With this in mind, I challenge you Perseus for the crown" Zeus turned and pointed at his oldest brother with venom in his voice.

Perseus looked at his youngest brother analyzing the situation and looking for any disadvantages that may come up.

"Alright I agree" Perseus replied after several minutes of silence.

Zeus smirked at this and nodded his head looking at the other members of the council.

"Let us go to the stadium then and settle this once and for all" said Zeus with a grin on his face.

Every member of the council then flashed to the stadium for the fight, with most of the members sitting at the front row while Hestia and Hades sitting at the back observing how this could potentially go.

"Alright Perseus, Zeus this fight will begin when I give the signal. The fight will end when either one of you surrender or if one of you is too injured to continue with the fight. The winner will be declared as the King of the Gods" Announced Nemesis.

"Perseus, Zeus are you ready?" Nemesis looked at the two of them, seeing them nod she announced that the fight will begin.

Perseus and Zeus circled one another and twirled their weapon of choice, The Master Bolt for Zeus and the Sword of Time for Perseus. After a few more moments of them circling each other Zeus made the first move and charged at his brother using his powers over lightning to increase his speed. Perseus kept track of Zeus location and either dodged or parried Zeus' blindingly fast assault. Zeus realizing he could not land an attack he stopped his assault and stepped back away from Perseus.

"My turn" Perseus said with a smirk and melted into the shadows of the Stadium.

Zeus realizing that the reason why Perseus has not attacked is because he was waiting for the sun to set causing the most shadows on the stadium allowing him the advantage of using the environment. Zeus then lit his Master bolt bright not allowing any shadow near him but he did not realize that there would be a shadow directly behind him. Zeus realized this and turned around seeing Perseus and slashed at him with his bolt but that Perseus suddenly vanished. Zeus turned around just in time to stop a sword hitting his back and deflected it.

Perseus went back into the shadows and this annoyed Zeus. He then sent lightning to random places on the floor to cause a fire to lessen the shadows around the stadium. Perseus saw this and was mildly amused and went with it, it has been a while since he saw his younger actually use his head in a battle.

"I'm impressed Zeus, you're actually thinking in a fight besides overpowering your opponent" Perseus said with a small hint of amusement in his voice.

"But now for the real fight" Perseus said while coming out of the shadows.

Zeus charged at him and they went back and forth with each of their strikes no one gaining the upper hand but he knew his brother was not giving his all despite him doing everything in his power to even keep up with him. Zeus looked at Poseidon and the other Olympians and nodded.

Artemis and Apollo let out net arrows from their bows and restrained Hades and Hestia while Ares charged at Nemesis to keep her from interfering. The rest of the Olympians charged at Perseus with clear intent of killing him. Perseus was going to use his powers to defeat them but he suddenly felt heavy and could not use his powers.

"This is the perfect opportunity to take you out of the equation boy. With you gone the Olympians will grow arrogant and be easier to defeat when we return" a mysterious voice whispered to him.

"Apollo, Artemis why are you doing this? He has been a father to both of you more than Zeus has ever been!" Hades shouted at them.

"I'm sorry uncle Hades but we have no choice" Apollo said to him with tears in his eyes.

"As much as we want to help Perseus we can't" Artemis shouted at Hades while closing her eyes as to not see the death of her Father figure.

Perseus could not stop the combined attack of the council and was brought to his knees.

"Any last words Perseus before we make you fade?" asked Zeus.

"Your actions today will cost you, your greatest ally will now be your greatest enemy. Olympus will fall and this is not a promise or a possibility, it is a prediction" Perseus said with ichor coming from his mouth.

Zeus threw his Master Bolt at him and with a giant explosion, Perseus was gone and his sword is planted on the floor of the stadium with the words engraved on the sword "You have sealed your fate"