Just a couple notes for everyone! I've read a few of the reviews and I will say that this is NOT a Pertemis story. I have found myself to be very very annoyed by stories the pertain the idea that Artemis would ever be willing to be in a relationship with a man, it goes against everything that makes her character different.

I will do my best to update once every one or two weeks because I genuinely enjoy writing this story; however, I may not be able to do so sometimes.

Also, I'll try to answer questions that present themselves as reviews, unless of course they'll be answered further along in the story.

The next few chapters will be shorter than the first just because there was a lot of information that I needed to provide in in the first part, I'll try to make them longer though.

A couple more millennia had passed since the Gods had overtaken the Titans and Perseus was impressed by what the Gods have created. Athena, a daughter of Zeus, with the help of Prometheus, had created new living beings called humans.

Humans reflected the Gods quite well, they had great kindness, selflessness, and virtue, but they also had a darker side, some humans were full of hatred, arrogance, and jealousy.

They had originally been creations of only good, but when Prometheus gave fire to the humans, Zeus became mad and imprisoned him on a rock, where an eagle would tear out his liver every single day. The Gods also decided they would punish Prometheus' creation by tricking his brother, Epimetheus, into opening a box that held curses. In turn, humans became jealous of each other, which sparked conflicts and catastrophe to the entire race.

There were many times that Perseus couldn't help but notice the difference in the rules between the Titans and the Gods; for instance, if humans were made when the Titans were in power then they would have just enslaved the humans and done no work themselves, but the Gods only demand worship from the mortals.

Perseus would say that he was impressed, but proud? No, he was not.

The Gods were selfish and only cared about themselves, power, and occasionally other immortals. Sometimes the mortal's, the Gods' own creation, skill would exceed the Gods' own skills; for instance, Arachne.

She was so good at weaving that she indirectly challenged Athena to see who the better weaver is. Athena clearly had met her match and was infuriated by the fact that a mortal dared to be as good as her, so Athena turned her opponent into the first spider as a punishment.

Some other instances were when the Gods and Goddesses cheated on each other. They were genuinely not good people and Perseus would never say that he is proud of such behavior.

Soon, Zeus bore yet more children, but this time the resulting children, Artemis and Apollo, overtook the jobs of both Helios and Selene. The two Titans, without their respective jobs, were very upset and were left very weak. Without anything to do, they spent their days with Perseus, talking about the progress the outside world was making, making jokes, playing games, and having a good time.

Perseus knew that their days were counted, without a job to do, the humans would slowly forget about them and Selene and Helios would fade out of existence. He absolutely could not let that happen. He knew the magic needed for Selene and Helios to stay in the world, so he got Rhea to draw more symbols on a rock on the island of Crete. Now, as long as the twins stayed on the island, they wouldn't fade. If Perseus was free of his bonds, he could do much more with his staff, but as of the current moment, this was the best he could do.

The most infuriating thing the Gods did was hurt Rhea. In their arrogance, they didn't thank Rhea for raising them and completely ignored her after their rise to power. The lack of thanks or visits from her children hurt her a lot. She already had to deal with an abusive lover, such as Kronos, that ate their children and beat her until she cooperated with him.

That was the last straw for Perseus, he had tried to hold together his faith in the rule of the Gods, and while they were better than the Titans, they were still very far from perfect.

One day, he felt a shift in the air of the world, something was on the rise to challenge the Gods. Perseus soon deduced that it was his youngest brother Kronos, that was rising. For the next five years, he sensed grand battles partaking on a far away continent, two sides battling for control.

Eventually, Kronos' essence faded from the mortal world and back to Tartarus, meaning that Kronos had been defeated. Perseus was surprised, demigods had been able to beat his brother in combat. He assumed that Kronos wasn't at his full power when he tried to rise, which was very stupid in Perseus' opinion.

There was no doubt that Kronos' impatience had led to his own downfall, so predictable of his younger brother.

Then pretty soon after his brother was defeated, he sensed the rise of his mother. Perseus thought long and hard about whether or not he should try and help the Gods fight his mother. He decided that he would try everything within his power to prevent Gaea from destroying the Gods and the rest of the world.

A long time ago, Perseus figured out that the chains keeping him within the cave were tied to Gaea's power itself, so as long as she was more powerful than him, he would remain in the chains. If the Gods could put her back into her sleep, she would be left weaker than she was before, Perseus just might be able to break his restraints. He figured this out when Rhea had tried to free him for the first time. Seeing that there was nothing to be done, Rhea was saddened but held strong in front of her brother, not wishing for Perseus to see her cry.

He waited for the perfect time, just when he felt his mother awaken from her slumber, then he assumed his divine form, raising his powel to its maximum and kept pushing beyond his limit. Perseus felt his power going higher than ever before which must've been because he hasn't used any of his power in millenia, keeping it stored for a time like this. Lightning and white light began to swirl around him in flashes of light.

Perseus sensed the end of the fight drawing closer and closer and soon, Gaea was put back into her sleep. Just when Gaea was thrown back into her slumber, Perseus' chains began to crack and break. He kept pushing until his chains completely vapourized.

Seeing that his chains were now broken, he raised his hand and a gigantic bolt of lightning, more powerful than Zeus' master bolt, blasted out of the top of the mountain. The blast was so large and so powerful that the entire mountain exploded into millions of pieces.

Emerging from the rubble, Perseus stood up and immediately covered his eyes with his hands. The sun was beating down onto the Titan of the sky who hadn't seen daylight since the old days, sharing all of it's warmth with him. He slowly put his hand down and looked all around him, there was no forest anymore, just the mountains and some scarce vegetation like grass and bushes.

It may have looked unimpressive to most people, but in Perseus' eyes, it was the most beautiful sight in the world. For the first time in millenia of years, Perseus felt his eyes tear up at the sight before him.

It had been so long since he had seen the outside world and even if it no longer looked the same way as it did before, Perseus was still grateful for the chance to see it.

The first thing Perseus did was get down on his knees and clasp his hands together, thanking the almighty creator, Chaos, for providing him with a chance to escape his prison.

Tears of joy streamed down his face as he prayed, thanking the goodness of Chaos over and over again. Perseus then got up to his feet and looked at the bright and slightly cloudy sky.

With a bright smile on his face, Perseus crouched on the ground and released a bit of power, and he leaped into the air. A shout of joy escaped his lips as he flew around the island of Crete at supersonic speeds, not caring to look at the many human civilizations beneath him. After hours of flying around the island, Perseus landed back where he started his flight to see his sister, Helios, and Selene all standing at the base of what used to be his mountain prison in shock.

He landed with a thud, making all three of them jump. They all just stared at him with their jaws hanging open. Perseus spread his large arms and held them open, smiling.

Rhea was the first one to react as she sprinted forward and tackled her brother to the ground. Selene and Helios were jolted out of their shock when Rhea tackled him to the ground, they both ran at him as well and dog-piled on top of the first Titan, laughing and having a good time.

After a minute or so, they all laid down on the ground and stared up to the sky, enjoying the peaceful time that was brought to them. Perseus then stood up and outstretched his hand, summoning his staff to him. As soon as his staff touched the palm of his hand, a bright white light lit up the area.

When the light died down, Perseus' clothes changed into bright white robes and his skin seemed to glow with youth and life. He looked very similar to what most people would consider a wizard.

The first action he took after gaining his staff back was saving both Selene and Helios from fading. Even though they couldn't fade while being on the island of Crete, being isolated to any one spot for eternity is not a worthy fate for the Titans. The Titans of the sun and moon were now free to go anywhere they chose.

They thanked him over and over again, and to repay Perseus for his kindness, they took him out to dinner.

The group of four walked through one of the mortal cities that Helios called Agios Nikolaos. Since Perseus didn't know the customs or the culture, he just walked around in bright white robes and a staff, drawing stares from everybody they passed. He was very confused about what they were all staring at so he looked to his companions for help but they just laughed at him.

Perseus eventually figured out that his clothes were what people were staring at. Helios burst out laughing at seeing the realization dawn onto his friend. Not even a day into being free and I'm already being pranked Perseus thought to himself.

After he yelled at Helios, Selene, and Rhea for not telling him about the clothes people were wearing, he transformed his staff into a bracelet and changed his clothes to some khaki shorts, black shoes, a white undershirt, and an unbuttoned blue shirt.

He then noticed that all of the mortals were speaking a language that sounded quite familiar. The mortals were speaking a variant of the language he spoke, Greek. It was similar but there were some words and phrases he couldn't understand. Perseus concentrated for a little bit and peered into the mind of one of the passing citizens.

Through their mind, he learned the basics that every human in the area would know, such as, language, currency, culture, etc. In a restaurant that they found, Perseus ordered nearly everything on the menu. He had been imprisoned for so long and he was not going to skip out on anything, especially the food.

Perseus' favorite food was the Moussaka, apparently it was made of potatoes, ground meat, and some sauce. Rhea and the other Titan's were in shock at how much he was eating, it seemed like he had a bottomless pit in his stomach.

All the mortals gathered around him and his companions to watch the Titan eat plate after plate of food. At some point, some news reporters came to cover the event of 'The Man Who Can't Stop Eating'. Then, after three hours of non-stop eating, he finally set his last plate down and raised his hand into the air in triumph. The mortals cheered and patted him on the back.

Since he ate literally everything at the restaurant, gaining the attention of reporters and news broadcasting stations in the area, the owner gave Perseus a coupon so that he could come back at any point and get free meals for himself and his companions.

Perseus was really grateful to the owner of the restaurant, he told the owner that he should be very proud of his food and it was the best he had in ages. The old man grinned and shook Perseus' hand, a gesture that he was unfamiliar with but knew about.

A while later, Perseus said goodbye to his friends, told them that he may be gone for a while, maybe a couple years, and resolved to find and talk to each of his old friends, the Primordials, and he wanted to try and start up his own life in this new world. With the awakening of his mother, Perseus figured that some of the other Primordials might start waking up as well.

However, there were a few Primordials that had either just awakened or have been awake for a long time, like Tartarus, Erebus, Nyx, Ananke, and Hemera.

First on his list were Primordial of Tartarus, Tartarus, and the Primordial of the night, Nyx and her husband Erebus. They were all in the same area so Perseus thought that he should just hit them up while he had the chance.

Perseus opened up a portal, straight into the deepest parts of the pit, where he knew the three Primordials would be.

He first sought out the Primordial of Pit, Tartarus himself. Perseus knew about Tartarus' union with his mother and the creation of a new race, the Giants, he hoped that Tartarus didn't hold a grudge against him since Gaea hated him.

Almost immediately, Perseus was attacked by some weird creatures that looked like they were half reptile and then half human. With a mere glance of his eyes, the monster's exploded in yellow dust and were sent somewhere else in the pit to be reformed.

A couple minutes into Perseus exploring, a figure rose out of the ground. This figure had a swirling vortex instead of a face, deep purple skin, and armour that seemed to have tortured souls imprisoned in them.

"Well well well," The Primordial began, giving a sadistic smile. "I did not expect for you to escape your prison, much less come directly to me."

"Yeah, I didn't expect this either," Perseus agreed. "But there was a war between the Gods and Gaea and your Giants. I waited for my chance to escape and I took it."

Tartarus' sadistic smile melted away into a snarl, "It's because of you that my wife was forced back into slumber, and for that, you will pay with your life."

Perseus looked at his uncle wearily, "I would have thought that you would understand revenge. I had a chance to get mine and I took it, simple as that." He then summoned his staff to him, planting it on the ground in front of him.

"I don't care about your 'revenge'," Tartarus said, holding up quotation marks when he said revenge. "You're just a measly Titan with mommy issues that needs to be put in place. I can't wait for you to join my endless collection of souls," He said, gesturing to his armour and drawing out a scythe.

Perseus flashed some bright white armour onto himself and brought his staff up into a fighting position.

Tartarus, being the more aggressive of the two, launched the first attack. Immediately, Perseus sidestepped and swung his staff at the feet of his opponent,but Tartarus had already moved to block it with the base of his weapon.

The two exchanged some more blows with each other until Tartarus jumped back and out of his purple skin grew spikes. He dropped his scythe and picked them off himself and threw the spikes at Perseus at speeds greater than sound.

Perseus, however, had his own surprise for the Primordial. He opened up two portals, one in front of him, that absorbed all of the incoming projectiles, and another one above Tartarus, that spewed the spikes out.

Tartarus roared in pain as his own attack hit him. The Titan of sky wasted no time in capitalizing on his advantage, he raised his left hand and shot huge torrents of lighting at the Primordial.

The blast connected with the Primordial being and flung him hundreds of feet backward, while simultaneously shocking him. Perseus continued his assault on the Primordial until Tartarus shot hellfire from his fingertips, hitting the Titan square in the chest and sending him flying away.

Perseus realized that Tartarus must have taken a physical form relatively recently, because the Primordial God looked a lot sloppier than he did back before his imprisonment. The Primordial was not fighting at full capacity, which means that he still wasn't used to his body.

Devising a small plan in his head, Perseus banged his staff on the ground twice, making the ground rumble slightly, throwing Tartarus off balance. He then assaulted the Primordial with a mix between spells, lightning, and white beams of energy.

Everytime one of these blasts connected with something, whether it be a living creature or a rock, it seemed like the entirety of Tartarus lit up with light.

"Tartarus, we both know that you cannot defeat me as you are now. You haven't gotten used to your new physical body, so unless you want your physical form to be destroyed for another few hundred years, you should surrender," Perseus stated for a tone of obviousness.

Said Primordial, just sneered at him and shouted, "I will never surrender to a low level Titan scum like you!" Tartarus then slammed his hands on the ground and lava erupted from the cracks that formed. He threw the lava toward Perseus but the Titan flashed behind the Primordial and slammed his staff down on his opponent's head.

Perseus sighed, "Please Uncle, you have to understand that I was just breaking free from an unfair imprisonment. Do not make me destroy you."

Tartarus got up from the ground and stared down at his nephew with his swirling void of a face, "You still put my wife into a slumber that will last millennia, so for that I WILL KILL YOU!"

A hard and emotionless face overcame the Titan of the Sky's face, "Fine, then you leave me no choice, Uncle."

Perseus' divine form began to leak from his body until he exploded in a blinding white light. His divine form lit up the entirety of the pit with white light, the air around him began to smell of ozone, and the heat coming from him was hot enough to melt the sharp rocks around the two to a glass-like substance.

Lightning and white energy course around his body, showing off the tremendous amount of power he held. Perseus then rushed forward, faster than the speed of sound and punched the Primordial in the chest, causing a tremendous shockwave to erupt from the impact.

When the dust cleared, Perseus was standing over a beaten down and panting Tartarus. He gave the Primordial of the pit one last look of shame and red arcs of electricity shot from his hands.

The red electricity engulfed Tartarus and he began to scream out in agony. It was ironic, Perseus thought, the immortal tasked with torturing fallen souls was being tortured for his own fall.

The electricity increased in power before the Primordial of Pit began to smoke as his body was shocked to its core. The resulting explosion of energy was unlike anything ever seen in the history of the world. The entire area of the pit was engulfed in blackish flames that destroyed every living thing in its way.

Perseus put a hand in front of his head to block the oncoming flames and when the explosion was over, he sighed and slipped back into his normal form. Tartarus was unwilling to listen to reason, combining that with his newfound arrogance and the fact that he wasn't used to his body, made him an easy foe to beat.

He then pushed back his sadness for his fallen Uncle and began to make his way toward the House of Night where his Aunt Nyx was sure to be. He wondered how much she had changed since he had last seen her, probably quite a bit since it has been a few millennia.

Leaving his armour on, Perseus traveled through Tartarus destroying any monster or soul that he came across. After traveling by foot for a couple hours he came across something that he did not expect to find, a swamp. There was a slight mist around the ground of the swamp, trees that towered far above him, and small patches of water that felt cold to the touch.

In the middle of the swamp, there looked to be a hut with a couple of lights on inside. Curious, Perseus decided to look inside of the hut and see who would be so daring as to live down here in Tartarus.

He heard voices talking with each other inside of the house and Perseus decided to go check it out. A couple times he accidentally stepped into a puddle and got his foot wet but he simply dried it with a small gust of air and kept moving.

When Perseus got to the door of the hut he knocked three times and then stepped back and watched as a large and hulking figure opened up the door.

From the look of the form standing in front of him, Perseus would guess that this is one of the giants, a son of Tartarus and his own mother, Gaea. The Giant had no shirt on and some tattered up clothes on his lower region. At first glance, one might assume that this Giant loves to fight, just like his siblings, but looking deeper, Perseus saw that the Giant's eyes held no malice or desire to fight.

Nonetheless, the Giant still peered down at the seemingly small man and addressed him in a rough voice, "Who are you and what are you doing here?"

Perseus smiled, showing off his white teeth and the mirth within his eyes, "Nothing much, I was just wondering who would be daring enough to live in my uncle's domain."

"Don't you know who I am?" the Giant asked in a little rougher tone.

Perseus thought for a moment, while it was true that he was the Titan of Observation, he wasn't omniscient and he had never even seen a picture of his half siblings before. "I can't say that I do, I have been… away for a long time and I find myself unfamiliar with your kind. So please tell me, who are you?" the Titan of the sky said and a soft tone.

The Giant, seeming to realize that his guest meant no ill harm to him and stepped aside as he grunted, allowing Perseus to walk in. Realizing that he was still in his human form, he grew until he was about the same height as the giant right next to him.

"This is quite a lovely home you have here, considering you live in Tartarus," Perseus continued with wondrous eyes. He found a strange fascination with what other people can build and create, especially when they live in a place like Tartarus.

He ran his eyes all over the Giant's house until he saw someone that instantly vapourized his good mood.

"Iapetus!" Perseus shouted.

The Titan, in turn clutched his head in pain, but it did not matter to Perseus. Too fast for anyone to react, Perseus ran up to his younger brother and kicked him through the nearest wall.

Damasen ran up to the person who had just kicked his friend and wrapped his arms around the guest, trying to crush him, but Perseus just drew a symbol in the air and chains bound the Giant to where he stood.

Turning his attention to his brother, which he had previously kicked out of the house, he sprinted at him again and while Iapetus was still on the ground, placed a foot on top of Iapetus' chest.

Iapetus cried out in pain at the heavy foot on his chest, "Get off of me! Get away!"

This caused Perseus to pause for a second. From what he remembered, Iapetus was never the type of person to shout "get away". He would fight, writhe around, and scream profanities. The Iapetus that was in front of him seemed almost childish.

Curious, Perseus lifted his foot from his younger brother's chest and looked into his eyes. They didn't look cruel like what Rhea had told him, she had said that all of his brothers and some of his sisters got cruel and greedy, including Iapetus.

Gasping for breath on the ground, the Titan of Mortality looked up into Perseus' eyes and then clutched his head again, as if trying to remember something, but pain was stopping him.

"Who are you?" Iapetus said in between breaths.

The Titan of the sky stood there shocked, had it really been that long that nobody remembered him? "You really don't remember me?"

Iapetus thought for a bit while rubbing his head, "I feel like I know you somehow, but I don't know. Everything's fuzzy."

Perseus' anger was starting to rise up again, his own brother had helped his mother to kill Ouranos and imprison him for millennia. How could his brother forget? How dare he?!

"Think harder," Perseus said in a harsh tone, making the Titan on the ground flinch. "Back in the old days, who taught you how to speak, how to fight, how to behave yourself?"

He could see Iapetus' gears in his head spinning, trying to figure out who was before him. Apparently something clicked in his head and Iapetus' face started to lose all of its colour, becoming extremely pale. "Perseus…" he muttered in disbelief.

"Took you long enough, brother," Perseus spat. "And do you know why I'm here?"

Iapetus shook his head, "Please, I don't know what I did! I can't remember, all I know is your name!"

Perseus' anger only increased after that, "I'm here for revenge. You hurt me, in more ways than one, and now you will pay the price!"

Right before Perseus was about to shoot electricity at his younger brother, a booming voice yelled "STOP!". The Giant from earlier came barreling out of his house and ran toward the two Titans, stopping before he got to them.

"He was thrown into the river Lithe, his memories will return but they need time," The Giant said.

"Hmm, that is interesting. Not only did he make stupid decision before, he also allowed himself to be pushed into the river." Perseus shook his head in disappointment.

Iapetus then stood up, "Wait, I'm not the same person, I swear. I don't remember what I did to you before, but I'm sorry!"

The Titan of the sky looked into his brother's eyes intently and saw that he was telling the truth. Whoever had dumped him into the river Lithe must've taught him to be a good person or at least put him on the right path.

Calming down slightly he turned toward the Giant, "I am sorry about your house, I guess I got carried away." He snapped his fingers and the wall regrew back to its original shape and size. "Now, I don't think we have been introduced. I am Perseus, eldest son of Gaea and Ouranos. I am the one who was cast out and abandoned by his family."

Iapetus flinched again, like he had just remembered a painful memory. The Giant's eyes widened. "How is that possible? What are you doing here," he said in a very deep voice.

"Well," Perseus started. "I'm on my way to see the Lady Nyx."