If the last chapter wasn't too good, which was the one where Percy and Clarisse tell their mothers about the two of them having a baby, I apologize. I'm also sorry for not updating for all my stories lately, if you've been waiting for those as well. My college classes really know how to keep me busy. I'll update for everything as soon as I can.
The Wrath Of Kronos
Percy's POV
Here we are, night time again. The day went by pretty fast, especially after Clarisse and I told our mothers about them going to be grandmothers. Clarisse told me that her mom was actually overjoyed that Clarisse was going to have a baby. But she was even more overjoyed that I was actually the baby's father. Of course the one part about Clarisse telling her mother about this was her mother expecting Clarisse and I to be married one day because of this. Of course I had to ask Clarisse if she told her mother my joke about marriage. She didn't. I told her about my conversation with my mom. How she was happy and yet at the same time, disappointed in the both of us. No one can blame her. I mean, I'd most likely feel the exact same way myself. But despite her disappointment, she was happy and was supporting us with this. That was really all Clarisse and I really cared about. Clarisse and I are here in my cabin and in bed. Clarisse and I, we both had an arm around the other while the other hand of ours was at Clarisse's belly, rubbing and longing to have our baby. It was still unbelievable that this was happening. But it was great, knowing that we're going to be parents. The cabin was just filled with a peaceful silence with Clarisse and I just sitting in bed, dreaming and wondering of our baby.
"I still can't believe it." I whispered against Clarisse.
"Neither can I. We're having a baby." Clarisse whispered against me.
"I can see it right now. So small, and yet so precious at the same time." I whispered.
Clarisse leaned in closer to me and wrapped herself completely around me. It times like this I can't help but feel like I might be dreaming. Not only is being a father surprising to me, but what also surprises me is that Clarisse can actually be so happy like how she is right now.
"This baby is lucky to have you as his or her father." Clarisse said moving as close as she possibly could.
"Perhaps, though nowhere near as lucky as I am to have him or her." I said and felt bold to give Clarisse a quick kiss on the head.
She just sighed at that and leaned in a little closer. We still haven't really disgust much about what we are now because of this and still haven't discussed about what we'll do with our baby when he or she is born. We could try to raise our child in the mortal world, but a second generation demigod may make it a lot easier for monsters to be alerted for hunting down demigod meat. We could try to raise the child here in camp, but with how so many people think pretty negatively about our baby, we may just end up giving our child a rough life here. It really disgusted me, how so many people think they can just go ahead and think so negatively about an innocent child, my innocent child for that matter. Is it really that much to ask for, to give this innocent baby a chance and to not be so negative towards him or her? It really shouldn't be, but apparently, it somehow is. Why does the world have to be so cruel?
"Boy or girl?" Clarisse suddenly asked, bringing me out of me thoughts.
"What?" I asked.
"Which would you prefer, a baby boy or a baby girl?" Clarisse asked.
"Honestly, I don't really care what gender our baby is, just as long as it's a healthy child." I answered.
"I'm glad to hear that Perce." Clarisse said.
We just did nothing but relax and enjoyed each other's company after that. We both eventually passed out and fell asleep. Though I really wished that I didn't. Sometime after I fell asleep, I dreamt a demigod's dream. I had no idea where I was. It was all pitch black. I couldn't even see my own body at all. I couldn't even hear anything either. Not a single sound was heard here, wherever the hell I was at. It didn't even feel like I was standing on any ground. I thought I was levitating in the air or something. And then, either out of nowhere or from everywhere, spoke a voice I knew who it belonged to and was scared stiff to hear.
A half blood of the eldest gods,
Shall reach 20 against all odds,
He shall see a world of endless sleep,
The hero's soul, cursed blade shall reap,
A single choice shall end his days,
Olympus to preserve or raze.
Yeah, I really wished I didn't hear that voice. I knew right away whose voice it was. I've only heard it once, but I could never forget the chill it sent down my spine.
"Kronos." I said.
As I said that, the pitch black faded away and I found myself in a place I didn't recognize at all. It was filled with lightning bolts striking all around the place at random. There was also roaring fires everywhere and magma all over. The ground was black, but it also looked like a huge pile of broken glass or something. There were also a lot of rocks to. As for above me, well there were clouds that were all black and blood red. They swirled around the sky or whatever like a whirlwind or something. I had no idea where I was, but there was something a little familiar about this place.
"Where am I?" I asked myself.
"You don't know? You are my guest Percy Jackson, in the depths of Tartarus." The voice of Kronos said.
Then the pieces of Kronos came out of the clouds and formed into the titan king himself. He looked a lot stronger than how he did in the sea of monsters, and to make matters worse, I couldn't find Riptide in my pockets at all.
"Grandfather." I weakly said.
"Grandson." Kronos responded.
If there was a moment I would end up pissing and/or shitting myself, this would probably be it. Thank god it never came to that.
"So, a grandchild of Poseidon and Ares. How amusing." Kronos said.
"You know?" I asked knowing that lying my way out of this wasn't going to work at all.
"Of course. After all, titans can pick up the smell of any half-blood much easier than mere monsters." Kronos snickered.
"I know all about your child Percy Jackson. But what I don't know is why you bother to stay at your camp, knowing your child will never be accepted, especially by your own father." Kronos said.
"Shut up!" I exclaimed, which was a huge mistake.
Kronos lifted a finger and a lightning bolt was hurled at me, easily bringing me to the ground. The worst part about it, if this was just a nightmare, it certainly didn't feel like it. It felt very real to me.
"You know it's true. Your father will see to it that your child will die. When that child is born, Poseidon will kill it. He doesn't care about you. He only cares about himself, just like every other god." Kronos said.
"Look who's talking." I grumbled.
Another mistake that earned me a scrape from Kronos using one of his fingernails. This was definitely more than just a dream.
"Take a look." Kronos said looking me at the eyes.
I tried to look away. But the way he looked at me, I felt like he was at my very soul. Then I saw a vision of camp burning and many people and things dead, lying on the ground everywhere. It was a horrible sight. Then I saw a vision of the gods just hiding on Olympus, not doing anything but hiding away from the war I was seeing right now. I tried to shake all of this out of me, but it was no use. And then a vision came where the world was burning and in ruin. I heard screaming and yelling of terror and fear everywhere. It was too much. It was all bringing tears in my eyes.
"You know the truth Percy Jackson. Millions will die because the Olympians will be too careless and too scared to face me. And you will fail and fall." Kronos said.
"No! This can't be real! This can't be happening! I don't believe this!" I exclaimed trying to shut down my mind.
"This is a possibility of the future. There are many different visions of the future Percy Jackson. What you see before you is the strongest amongst them all. You know it's true." Kronos said.
"Get out of my head!" I exclaimed.
At that, I felt like my own insides where slowly being broken and torn apart. I knew this was Kronos using his powers to crush my body. I felt like my body was breaking and I was feeling like he was tearing my body apart.
"You're only making this harder on yourself boy." Kronos said.
My body was just being used against me right now. All I could feel was my pain. My body was breaking and Kronos wasn't even lifting a finger at it. All he did was just stand where he stood and watch as I was suffering under my pain.
"You don't want your child to die, do you? Don't you want to make sure your child lives a life away from war, grief, and despair?" Kronos said getting down on one knee and still kept is eyes on me.
"Leave my child out of this." I said as plainly as I could, which didn't work out too well with the amount of pain I was feeling.
This must've been a little of what it was like when Darth Vader used the force to kill people with, or like Darth Sidious and his large measure of the dark side of the force.
"You want to protect your child, don't you?" Kronos asked.
"I will, no matter what." I said.
"You will try, but to only fail in the end. You know it's true." Kronos said.
"I will." I simply repeated.
"There's only one way you can save your child, and I think you know what it is." Kronos started easing me of my pain a bit, but not by too much.
"Serve me Percy Jackson." Kronos offered.
"What?" I wheezed.
"Percy Jackson, you have only begun to discover your true destiny. Join me, and Poseidon will never come anywhere near your child. With you and me fighting side by side, we can end this destructive conflict, and ensure the rebirth of the Golden Age." Kronos said.
"I'll never join you." I said slowly getting back up.
"Then you will risk the life of your child. Continue to play as a puppet in Olympus' games, and you will get your child killed." Kronos said.
"And siding with you will just put my child in an even greater danger." I said doing my best to stand back up, which didn't go well at all.
"As long as you remain with Olympus, your child will never be safe." Kronos said as all my surroundings seemed to start to become a lot rougher.
"I've had enough." I wheezed and tried to go for an attack, even though I knew it wasn't going to work.
Kronos just simply raised his hand and I was locked in place. I couldn't move. He had me exactly where he wanted me.
"We are far from over. Listen to me Percy Jackson. Don't continue to let yourself be a pawn of Olympus' sick little game. I have been watching you ever since the night you took your first step into the immortal world. Ever since you first arrived at Camp Half-Blood, you have been searching for a life of your own choosing and not of another's choosing. A life where you do not have to fight and live in your own peaceful ways. The life that you long for is a life greater than any other half-blood in existence. A life of significance and conscience." Kronos said.
"Such a life doesn't exist." I said.
"That is what the Olympian gods want you to believe. But it's not true. Such a life is possible if they were at your feet where they belong. The gods fear you because you are a son of Poseidon. Even Poseidon fears you Percy Jackson. Through the prophecy, you will become a great and ultimate power, a power Olympus will not be able to control. All you have to do is unleash this power to break through the fog of lies and deceit the Olympians have shrouded around you and you will have all you need to get what you desire. And the key to that is at my side." Kronos said as his hand began to glow a lot brighter and a serpent came out and roughly enter my body and caused me intense pain.
"You know you cannot trust the gods. They will only curse you. I am your only salvation. Join me and together we can rule the universe's new Golden Age as grandfather and grandson." Kronos said as I felt like I was slowly fading away.
"Think about it son of Poseidon. The head of Olympus, or the head of your child." Kronos said as his hand formed into a fist and crushed me.
I awoke with a huge jump. I was sweating a lot and I felt like my wind pants were sticking onto my skin like a wet tissue. I looked around to take in my surroundings. I was relieved to see that I was back in my cabin. The alarm clock said it was 2:30 a.m. Clarisse was still sound asleep next to me on my bed. She looked alright and safe. But what I experienced made me worried sick. I got out of bed, but as I did, I felt a gigantic pain in my chest. I groaned pretty badly at this and placed my hand at the source of it. The area of my body the serpent entered from in my dream was the place I was feeling the pain at. It was horrible. What was all of this? I knew it wasn't just a dream and so much more, but I had no idea what that serpent was for. I rather not know, but it might be something I might have to learn about later.
"Percy?" Clarisse asked tiredly as she turned on the lights and saw me; though when she looked at me, she gasped out loud and whatever tiredness she felt was instantly gone, which I knew wasn't a good sign.
"Oh my gods! Percy what happened to you!?" Clarisse asked.
I looked down and saw what she was referring to. There was a huge scar across my chest, a mark that I didn't have before. I also had a few black spots on me as well. The injuries Kronos inflicted on me were definitely beyond real. I told Clarisse about how I had a vision of me being in Tartarus and was forced into a council with Kronos there as well. Needless to say, she was beyond shocked about all of this just like me.
"Clarisse, we're in terrible danger." I choked out.
"Percy, the gods wouldn't really do it would they? They wouldn't really kill our baby would they?" Clarisse asked placing her arms around her belly and had tears forming into her eyes, which got me having few tears of my own.
"I don't know really. But I do know Kronos is on the move and whatever it is he's planning right now, it involves using our child against us." I said.
Clarisse came crawling over to me and buried herself in me. I wrapped my arms around her and held her, trying to comfort her as well as myself. Clarisse didn't seem to care that I looked like a mess right now, she just wanted to be held and and cry. I didn't really pay any heed to the pain I felt either. I just sat there and held Clarisse.
"What're we going to do?" Clarisse breathed out.
"I don't know. It seems that no matter what, Kronos will be over our heads." I breathed.
"I don't want our baby to die." Clarisse said.
"No one will murder our baby Clarisse. No one, not even any of the Olympian gods and not any of the titans, especially Poseidon and Kronos." I said.
"I'm scared." Clarisse panted.
"I am to, but no one will hurt our baby. We'll get through this Clarisse. We'll find a way out of this." I said.
"How can you be so sure?" Clarisse asked looking at me with a tear stained face.
"Because it's like my mom said, there's a solution to all of this. We will get through this Clarisse. We just need to do it together." I said.
Clarisse nodded in response. We were both still scared and breathing heavily, but with the eye contact we had, there was a little more than fear in us right now. I didn't know what it was, but it was better than fear and terror. When we both started to settle down, we just took a minute to just still look at each other in the eyes.
"Promise everything will be okay Percy." Clarisse begged.
"I swear on my life Clarisse." I said.
That's when hope started to shine in her eyes and then she slowly wrapped her arms around my neck. We never broke eye contact. But we did slowly move closer to each other until we were only a few centimeter away. And then, there it was, my first kiss. It started slow and passionate, but as it continued, it got a little more rough and desperate. Then somewhere along that line, we both fell asleep with our lips still connected.
Okay, next chapter, I'm definitely going to take this story into The Titan's Curse. I hope this chapter was alright for you. I also hope you all still like the story right now. The story is still going to be based mostly from the movies, so try not to think that everything that happened in the novel will happen in this story. There will definitely be some changes, everyone will still be a little OOC, and things that have already happened will not change. I just need to figure out how exactly I'm going to have this all played out in a way that will hopefully work for everyone. Until then, hope you're all dying for the next chapter just as much as me.
