Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson or the Olympians, nor any of the greek gods (Unfortunately!)

Summary: Eight years ago Persephone Jackson made the wrong choice and doomed the world to ruin. The Titans won the war and dragged humanity back to the Dark Ages, raining death and pain upon those who dared to defy them.
But as it happens, hope strives even in darkness. And it rests upon Percy's shoulders to righten her the wrongs she committed and finally fulfill her destiny.

Pairings: Fem!Percy/ Zeus

Face claims: Zeus - Luke Evans, Persephone Jackson - Lucy Hale

Rating: M

Warnings: Contains scenes of violence, scenes of sexual nature, as well as some major character deaths

The Darkest Hour
Prologue

I still remember the fairytales mom told me when I was little. Stories about magic and princes, glorious battles and damsel in distress, all united under one common point – the good guys always win. No matter how desperate the fight, or how strong the villain, in the end it was always the prince who won and saved the damsel.

Of course, as I grew up I understood what all those are – just stories made to entertain children and teach them some important lesson. But a part of them always remained with me, buried deep in the back of my mind where no darkness could reach it.

So when it was time for me to fight Kronos, to save the world, deep inside I was sure I would win. I was the good guy, the prince (or in this case princess) and it was only right for me to defeat this evil.

But, as it happens, life is not a fairy tale. And the good guy does not always win.

We lost. And the world fell with us.

Chiron once had told me that if the Titans take the rule again, they would return the world to the Dark ages. I hadn't believed him back then. After all, how could it be possible for years of progress and evolution to just disappear? Well, it was possible. And it happened faster than one would believe.

First, all electricity just disappeared. I know it doesn't sound like much. After all, we could survive without light bulbs and computers, right? But it was not just those mundane things that were wiped out. Planes fell from the sky, cars stopped working. Anything that contained any amount of electrical current just… stopped.

It was not so bad in the beginning. After all humanity could survive without cars. But then came the hunger. You see, there were no farms in the big cities and without a way to transport food it took only week for all the food storages to diminish. And hunger leads people to madness. Millions died. People murdered others for a piece of bread. Those who were not strong enough to fight died from starvation.

Perhaps, it was all that death which brought the next terror.

Disease spread far and wide across America. Medicine was scarce already and the inability to produce more dragged down more and more people to death. In just a few months two thirds of the population was just… gone.

It all started in the States, of course, but with the fall of the Western civilization it did not take long for the others to fall as well. The whole world suffered because of my inability to defeat the evil.

Where were the gods in all this, you may ask?

The moment Kronos found himself victorious, he ordered their capture and imprisonment. Already weakened from the defeat, it did not take long for all of them to be hunted down. Some faded from their wounds. The fate of the others I do not know.

But it was not only the gods who were hunted – we were as well. And the fate of those of us who somehow survived was worse. Much, much worse…

My name is Persephone Jackson. And I doomed the world to ruin.

So that's the prologue. I'll probably post the first chapter tomorrow night so stay tuned for more.

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Just A Drop In The Ocean