Chapter 2
As we started to teleport, I remembered what had caused me to be like this.
Flashback Percy P.O.V.
Percy was having a nice day relaxing with Annabeth in the strawberry fields of camp half-blood when they saw a kid running towards the border being chased by three dracaena. The kid was around 15 and had blue eyes and blonde hair. He looked like a young Zeus, but blonde. He and Annabeth ran towards them, Percy uncapping riptide and Annabeth drawing her drakon bone sword, when he reached them he cut one of their spears in half as it was going to impale the kid and then sliced the dracaena in half. Annabeth then started to fight the other dracaena until the kid pushed Percy to the ground and charged at the monster with his bronze xiphos. Percy would have laughed at how bad the kid's skill with a sword was except he was charging the monster that had just knocked Annabeth over and was about to impale her with its spear. The kid started swinging wildly until he managed to get a lucky strike against the monster and it burst into golden dust, his nameless xiphos dropping from the kid's hands as it happened. The other dracaena looked about nervously and then stiffened as Annabeth`s sword pierced the monster's stomach.
"Did you see that?" The kid proclaimed as Percy now saw a small gathering of campers behind him. "I just killed a monster without training. I am so awesome." Some of the campers looked in awe at him (mostly the new campers) where as others looked bored, as if this wasn't anything important. Percy realised that this kid could possibly be one of the most arrogant and stuck-up demigods he has ever met. He turned to Annabeth and said, "Thanks for killing that snake thing but I didn't need your help I could have easily defeated it, but you could easily defeat me with your stunning looks. My name is Ryan, by the way." Percy got slightly annoyed at this as he was flirting with his girlfriend, who he had plans to go to college with in New Rome next summer. He got even more annoyed at her when she started blushing. He calmed down as he realized that it was natural for someone to blush when receiving compliments or being flirted with. As he went to talk to this new kid a lightning bolt symbol appeared above Ryan's head as Chiron reached the front if the group. Chiron then knelt down and proclaimed "All hail Ryan, son of Zeus, god of lightning, thunder, sky, and the king of gods." The kid looked slightly shocked at what was happening then grinned.
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It had been a week since Ryan had arrived at camp and his attitude had only got worse. As soon as he had heard that Percy had saved Olympus not just once but twice that seemed to get on his nerves. He started to spread rumors to some of the younger campers that Percy hadn't done as much as he claimed and that he took credit for others achievements. At first they didn't seem to believe this, but then, slowly they started to think that Ryan was telling the truth. Most of the younger campers now thought that Percy was just a guy looking to get attention from claiming false heroics. Almost all of the older campers ignored the arrogant son of Apollo as they knew about Percy and what he had done and this seemed to infuriate Ryan. A few days later Percy was training in the sword arena with Clarisse when Katie Gardner stormed towards them. "PERSEUS JACKSON!" Yelled Katie. "What is it Katie? And can you please call me Percy you know I dislike my full name." replied Percy, pausing the spar with Clarisse, slightly confused as to why the daughter of Demeter was shouting at him. She was usually quite quiet and rarely shouted at anyone. "Don't play innocent with me. You destroyed my garden!" Percy frowned. "No I didn't, why do you think I did that?" Katie looked furious. "Yes you did! The whole garden was flooded and Ryan said he saw you flood it, so you better stay away from me and my siblings from now on Perseus!" After she said this she stormed off leaving a slightly hurt Percy, as he had always been friends with the kids of Demeter and now it seemed like that was ruined because of something he didn't do. He walked off saying that he didn't feel like sparring anymore.
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A few days later Percy ran into the Stolls by the big house. "Hey guys what's up?" Asked Percy. Travis suddenly whipped around and as soon as he saw Percy his face darkened. "Don't you 'what's up' us Percy." He practically snarled at him. Percy looked at him confused and hurt, as the Stolls had always been some of his close friends throughout his time at camp. "What are you talking about?" Asked Percy. Connor glared at him, "Oh, I don't know, how about the fact that you told Chiron about the massive prank we have been planning for TWO WHOLE MONTHS! And now we have six weeks on K.P. thanks to you!" He hissed. Percy frowned. "Who told you that? I never told Chiron." he replied. The Stolls were both looking like they wanted to murder him. "Liar! Ryan said he saw you talking to Chiron earlier and then we got busted for a prank we didn't even do. Stay away from us Percy, if you know what's good for you!" Each of their words felt like he had been slashed with a sword. He turned around and went to the lake to cool off. Later when he returned to his cabin it was covered in seaweed. He opened his door to get hit in the face with a boxing glove. There was a note attached to the wall saying;
"Never mess with the Stolls ever again."
Percy felt angry. This bastard son of Zeus was tearing his friends away from him and making the camp hate him. Percy just wished that they would eventually see what was happening before it was too late.
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It had now been 2 months since the arrogant bastard Ryan had turned up at camp and now he had succeeded in turning most of camp against him. It had started with the minor gods cabins saying that Percy didn't respect their parents or thought that they were useless which turned out with most of them (the Hypnos cabin was too lazy to care) hating Percy. Then it has turned to his friends. First it was Katie and the Demeter cabin by somehow flooding their garden and blaming Percy. Next came the Stolls and the Hermes cabin by reporting their prank and convincing then it was Percy who told Chiron. Then came the Aphrodite cabin along with Piper convinced that Percy had broken up one of their relationships, where as it was actually Ryan that destroyed the relationship. Then came the one betrayal that hurt the most out of all of these. Leo and the Hephaestus cabin. Leo had came up to Percy, almost losing control of his flames, claiming that Percy had said that the reason the Argo II had broken apart was that Leo couldn't build it properly. He also claimed that he had cooled all the forges so that nothing could be made for a week. Clarisse and the Ares cabin beat him up for shaming their dad when he was twelve. Will and the Apollo cabin claimed that he said that Apollo sucks and so does his children. Jason then zapped him saying that all Percy wanted on the quest was fame and glory, so that`s why he was the one leading. He also felt that his emphany link starting to dissolve. After all these betrayals, a rainbow appeared with Frank, Hazel, Reyna, and the rest of the legionaries. Reyna said, "Perseus Jackson! You are hereby exiled from New Rome and if you should enter our city, then we shall kill you." When she finished, everyone cheered and nodded. Percy felt like he was cracking with each of these losses and that one day soon he would be pushed too far and shatter. After each of these he would see Ryan nearby smiling smugly.
The person that stuck by Percy and claimed that he had never done any of this was: Annabeth, though recently she had been acting slightly distant. While Nico was always busy in the underworld as he had been made the god of the honorably fallen and crowned Prince of the underworld at his father's insistence. Thalia was always with the hunt and rarely stopped by camp half-blood. This left Percy with very few people to talk to.
A few days later
"Campers, gather round!" Chiron shouted. We gathered around Chiron to hear what he had to say. "We are going to Olympus with the Romans to the reward ceremony, for the demigods who took part in the prophecy." We cheered when we heard this, me especially since I finally got to see my dad who was still rebuilding Atlantis. We gathered into the camp vans and drove to the empire state building. Once we got there, we got out of the vans and went up to the 600th floor. Every time I come to Olympus I get my breath taken away. Of course, it didn't help that my Wise Girl redesigned it to be more beautiful than before. We then went to the throne room, where the gods were waiting for us and for the first time not arguing. "Demigods," Zeus boomed. "We are here to reward the demigods who have fought bravely and the demigods who took part in the prophecy." We nodded and waited for them to continue. "Piper Mclean, my daughter." Aphrodite said. Piper nervously walked to the center of the throne room. "For your part in the prophecy, I offer you to be my immortal lieutenant. What do you say?" Aphrodite asked. Piper looked at Jason questioningly. He just nodded and when Piper saw this she turned to Aphrodite and said "I accept." Aphrodite squealed and shot a hot pink beam at Piper. When the pink faded away Piper had a glow around her. The fates flashed in and said "Hail Piper Mclean, minor goddess of inner beauty and vows." Hera smirked, while Zeus paled. The fates just stepped aside because of what will be coming next. Piper stepped back to a slack jawed Jason. Piper just smirked and closed his jaw for him and kissed him. "Jason Grace, my son." Jupiter said while smirking. "For your part in the prophecy, I offer you to be my immortal lieutenant. What do you say?" He nodded excitingly. Jupiter shot a sky blue beam at Jason. When it faded, Jason glowed a faint sky blue around him. The fates stepped up and said "Hail Jason Grace, minor god of winds and storms." The fates then stepped back keeping an emotionless face. Jason stepped back to the rest of the seven. "Leo Valdez, my son." Hephaestus had a stoic face, but you could see that he was proud. "For your part in the prophecy, I offer you to be my immortal lieutenant. What do you say?" He asked. Leo nodded his head very fast; so much so, I thought his head was going to fall off. Hephaestus shot a red beam at Leo. When it faded, Leo glowed a red color. The fates stepped up and said, "Hail Leo Valdez, minor god of forges and fire." They stepped back but not before sending a sad look at me. "Frank Zhang, my son." Mars said, after shifting. "For your part in the prophecy, I offer you to be my immortal lieutenant and to be free from your firewood. What do you say?" Frank looked at Hazel, who just nodded. Frank said, "I accept your generous offer." Mars nodded and shot a blood red beam at Frank. When it faded, the firewood that was connected to Frank`s life force crumbled and Frank glowed red. The fates stepped forward and said, Hail, Frank Zhang, minor god of transformation and animals." The fates stepped back into the shadows. "Hazel Levesque, daughter of Pluto." Jupiter thundered. ""For your part in the prophecy, I offer you to be Pluto`s immortal lieutenant and better control over your curse. What do you say?" Hazel nodded her head in shock. Pluto shot a black beam at her and engulfed her. When it faded Hazel glowed for a bit. The fates stepped forward and said. "Hail, Hazel Levesque, minor goddess of curses and precious metals." The fates stepped back into the shadows. "Annabeth Chase, my daughter." Athena said proudly. "For your part in the prophecy, I offer you to be my immortal lieutenant and permanent architect of Olympus. What do you say?" I thought she would say no because I sure wasn't going to accept. She said, "I accept." My world stopped, my heart shattered into a million pieces, and I kept thinking 'How could she?' over and over again. 'We are sorry Perseus Jackson for all the pain you have and will go through, but please don't give up hope.' I heard in my head. I was so shocked, I almost missed Zeus yell "Perseus Jackson!" I stepped forward and quickly glanced at the fates. They had an apologetic face, at which, I nodded but silently asked why. 'The more the light in a soul the harder we have to make a life. We didn't want to make your life the way it was but we are even more restricted than any other immortal.' They thought to me. I nodded in acceptance and tried to brace myself for what's next and zoned back to the meeting. "Good to see you're back." Zeus smirked. I rolled my eyes and said, "Let's get this over with." My dad, Poseidon, looked at me questionably. I just shook my head and he dropped it. "We have just got proof that you have been a traitor for both wars." Zeus said. I was shocked that he would even think of this. "Are you insane?!" I shouted. "YOU WILL NOT ADDRESS THE KING OF GODS THAT WAY!" Zeus roared. "I will talk however I want to whoever I want." I shot back. "And don't forget, my fatal flaw is personal loyalty." Zeus went red with rage and reached for his bolt, but Hera stopped him and said something in his ear. He calmed down and said in a loud clear voice, "I bring to the council a vote to decide the traitor's fate." "WHERE IS THE PROOF?!" my dad yelled. "We have a witness." Zeus said smugly. "Who is this witness?" Hestia asked calmly but with a dangerous tone making all of us flinch. Zeus said "My son, Ryan." "What is this proof that Ryan has?" asked Athena interested in what it would take for the son of her rival to break up with her favorite daughter. "Iris, show them what Ryan showed me. But, before you do, Hermes, call the demigods from Camp Half-Blood and Camp Jupiter. Artemis, call your hunters here." Zeus commanded. Both of them flashed out and came back a few minutes later with their respective parties. "Demigods and Demigoddess, we have gathered you here today to vote for the fate of a traitor." Zeus boomed. The demigods looked around confused and wondered who the traitor was. "This traitor is Perseus Jackson." Uproars could be heard from the demigods saying he should be put to death. "SHUT UP!" A voice rang out silencing the demigods. "WHAT IS WRONG WITH ALL OF YOU?!" I looked to see who it was and it was Thalia and Nico. I tried not to let tears fall out when I saw them. "HIS FATAL FLAW IS PERSONAL LOYALTY. WHY WOULD HE BETRAY YOU?!" Nico yelled. "SILENCE!" Zeus thundered. Everyone stopped talking. "Now, Iris, show us what Ryan showed me." Zeus said. She nodded and created a rainbow. In the rainbow showed a silent film of me talking with Kronos and then with Gaea. Then it simmered away, causing uproar on both the gods and demigods side. `Be ready to be flashed to my temple. ` I looked around confused until I caught the eyes of Hestia and nodded. A few minutes later Zeus apparently had enough and thundered causing everyone to stop. "Now, what do we do with the traitor?" He asked. "I say we throw him into Tartarus." Ares said. I paled at what he said hoping that they would say no. "No. He will just team up with our enemies. How about we exile him from camp?" Athena asked. Everyone looked thoughtful and nodded. "We will now take a vote, including the demigods. All who disagree?" Zeus asked. Poseidon, Thalia, Nico, Hestia, (surprisingly) Artemis. Zeus smirked and to gloat more, he said "All in favor?" Everyone else raised their hand. I looked at everyone dejectedly and even more so when I saw Annabeth with her hand raised. My heart finally shattered and I looked at Hestia. She nodded and flashed me out to her temple. I immediately collapsed with tears coming down my face. Then other people flashed in and they revealed to be Thalia, Nico, Artemis, Poseidon, and Hestia. "Just saying, you are banned from both camps." Thalia said. Nico slapped her across the back of her head. A look of realization formed on her face and muttered "Sorry." "It`s ok." I said softly as I tried for a smile but it looked like a grimace.
Flashback over
A/N: Sorry for the late update. School work took up most of my time and I volunteer after school, so… sorry.
Peace Out