Jason POV
Son of the Hero and the Hunter,
Shall bring forth the Sea and Thunder,
Child of the Dead shall return with the same breath,
To save his only Daughter from certain Death,
The First One shall return to take back the Cosmos,
The Legacy's Blades shall meet Chaos.
That's the prophecy Will said.
As I absorb the information Will gave me, I began to analyze word for word on the prophecy. The first and second line of the prophecy is obviously about me, I'm the son of the 'Hero', my father Percy Jackson who is the Hero of Olympus, and the 'Hunter', who is my mother Thalia Grace, the lieutenant of the Hunters of Artemis, the 'Sea' and 'Thunder' is my lineage to Poseidon and Zeus, being their legacy and grandson. The 'Child of the Dead' line is what confuses me, is it my uncle Nico? He is a child of Hades, therefore a child of the dead, but along the line it says, 'shall return with the same breath', a resurrection? A rebirth? I'm gonna skip that for a moment. The line 'To save his only Daughter from certain death', could it be Annabeth? I mean she is the only daughter of Fredrick Chase so yeah; I think I got that. I hope. 'The First One shall return to take back the Cosmos', who is the first one? Or more specifically, the first one of what? Then the last line is what gets me to nowhere, 'The Legacy's blades shall meet Chaos', am I gonna do some God of War shit? If I am then I'm all in. As I contemplate the prophecy, Will caught my attention.
"So, what do you think of the prophecy?" he asked, I shrugged.
"I don't know, what are your opinion on it?" I asked him. He looked out to the sea seeing the setting sun.
"Your Percy's kid so yeah I got that line already, but who's the hunter?" he said in a curious tone.
"That would be my mother, Thalia Grace" I said, and he looked alarmed.
"Wha-what?!" he shouted.
"Um what do you mean what?" I tilted my head to the side.
"I-I thought you were Annabeth's kid! H-How did, well you know, Percy and Thalia?" oh yeah, I forgot that she's still alive. And that I the son of a Huntress. A virgin huntress at that.
"It's, a long story," I told him.
"I got the time" he assured. So then and there I told him the story about how monsters were evolving, how the Tartarus war began, how Annabeth died, Will just sat there listening, taking in all the horrible things that happened in the future. After I finish my fairy tale of the future the conch horn rang signaling dinner.
"Well see you tomorrow in the morning Jason" Will said.
"Yeah, just don't expose everything to everyone in a matter of seconds, ok?" I warned him before he left with a smile on his face. I stood up again but not before taking one last look on the horizon. I walk into the mess hall again and sat on the Poseidon table, out of the corner of my eye I can see Nico glaring daggers at me, probably planning my funeral and ways to slowly kill me. I thought of blue pizza and sacrificed half of it to grandpa, after the campfire I walk back to the Poseidon cabin to sleep and fell on the bunk bed, I been here for a few days, and not once did I decide to check out dad's private stuff (what? I'm a curious guy!). I look around for a bit and checked the water fountain, and found a bunch of drachmas inside, I decided not to take it to avoid Iris's wrath. I already saw the Minotaur horn display and the small table with seashells and a picture of dad so I'm skipping that, I looked through the cabinets and see a lot of stuff in it, there was a necklace with a bunch of seashells with different colors, shapes and sizes, a bag of drachmas, recipe for blue cookies, a rotten hamburger, some stained underwear, a polaroid picture of dad as a baby with my grandmother, Sally Jackson, a lot of pictures of Annabeth, and… a used condom? I made a mental note to go to the river Lethe to forgot I even touched that thing, there inside was a notebook with brown leather covering, it had a trident engraving on the leather cover with Greek border designs on the edges and seashells on the corners, it was wrapped with a leather rope, I opened it and read the first page. I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher. I swear I heard this from somewhere, so I read the next line.
Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood.
If you're reading this because you think you might be one, my advice is: close this book right now. Believe whatever lie your mom or dad told you about your birth, and try to lead a normal life.
Being a half-blood is dangerous. It's scary. Most of the time, it gets you killed in painful, nasty ways. If you're a normal kid, reading this because you think it's fiction, great. Read on. I envy you for being able to believe that none of this ever happened. But if you recognize yourself in these pages – if you feel something stirring inside – stop reading immediately. You might be one of us. And once you know that, it's only a matter of time before they sense it too, and they'll come for you.
Don't say I didn't warn you.
My name is Percy Jackson.
I realize this was Dad's diary, I read how he was accused as the lightning thief and brought back grandpa's giant electrifying dildo, how he traveled through the sea of monsters and found the golden fleece and revived mom, how he saved Artemis and held the sky, how he transverse the Labyrinth and found Pan, how he won the Titan war, his time in Camp Jupiter, how he fell into Tartarus, fought the Giants and won the Giant war, how he helped Apollo and how he was going to enjoy college with Annabeth in New Rome. Then the next few pages are notes about the people he met, including the monsters, gods, and other beings in the world of Gods and Monsters, one of the notes caught my eye though, it was a black and white picture that looked really old, it had a girl with black hair with a hat on her head, she looked about twelve, she was cute-no, she was beautiful, though she looked oddly like Nico, she was posing on a bridge which I think is in Venice Italy, I looked under the photo and read her name, Bianca Di Angelo. Oh! now I get it, she's Nico's sister. Skipping that page I saw a picture of Mom with a death to barbie T-shirt, she was holding an electric guitar in a music store while flipping the finger, I read the bottom and read that she was exceptionally beautiful according to dad, it also said that she could have been his crush if he hadn't met Annabeth, so dad used to have the hots for mom huh? Ok that sounded a bit weirder. Next was a picture of a boy around 16 years of age, with eyeglasses, short blonde hair, and a scar on his lip, he had a purple t-shirt which said 'SPQR', he was standing on a terrace which overlooked what looked like New Rome, Uncle Jason, my namesake, and owner of the Gladius I now own, I always wanted to meet him but got disappointed when I learned he's dead. Next was wedding plans for my dad and Annabeth which I looked eye wide, dad always said that she always had a plan back then, looks like she wasn't the only one with plans, I chuckled to myself and noticed the time was already around 8 p.m. and my eyes were feeling a little heavy. I then recalled the wedding plan dad wanted to have with Annabeth, how would he react if he learned about me? I decided to leave that question unanswered for now as I walk back to the bunk bed and fell asleep to the realm of Hypnos.
Flashback
Third Person POV
The survivors of Camp Half-Blood have finally reached Camp Jupiter, after a few days since the attack on Camp Half-Blood they finally reached the Roman camp. The Romans have welcomed the refugees of their Greek siblings, though there were a few demigods who didn't survive and sacrificed themselves to help their fellow kin to reach the Roman Camp. Many of the Greeks were all stationed in the Fields of Mars eating food provided by the Romans, however one Greek, specifically a son of Poseidon was sitting on the Little Tiber kicking the water back and forth, his eyes were red and puffy, he had tear stains on his cheeks, and he had an unreadable expression on his face, Percy Jackson has drained all his tears grieving for his dead girlfriend. The image of Kronos killing his Wise girl repeated in his head repeatedly, his hands go to face as he screams wishing the memory to go away, he couldn't cry anymore, his eyes were an empty tank now, he wished he could just cry again. He felt a hand touch his shoulder and sees his cousin, Thalia Grace sitting next to him.
"How are you holding up?" she asked the depressed son of Poseidon.
"I drained the entire tank Thals, I-I don't know what to do" he told her. Thalia just hugged her best friend and held him in place, rubbing his back with soothing circles, and whispered in his ear.
"You have to move on Percy, she died a hero, don't take that away from her, she will reach Elysium, maybe the Isles of the Blest" she assured him. They stayed like that until Reyna, now a hunter of Artemis called their attention.
"Thalia, Percy! There you are! I thought I'd never find you" Reyna exclaimed, both children of the big three turn their heads to find their friends, Leo and Calypso, Hazel and Frank, Nico and Will, Piper, the pink-haired centurion from the Fifth Cohort, and Grover. They all came together and had a group hug worthy of General Tyson. They cried together mourning the loss of the daughter of Athena, they stood there for a while until Hazel broke the silence.
"She said she wanted to build something permanent right Percy?" the daughter of Pluto asked. Said son of Poseidon nodded.
"We'll build her a memorial at Temple Hill, alongside Jason, she will be remembered Percy, as a hero, friend, and lover" Reyna assured. Percy had a smile on his face knowing he still had his friends; he was going to protect them no matter what. As the friends conversed Percy noticed Nico walking towards him.
"Percy. A word? In private?" the goth said. Percy nodded and followed him somewhere secluded.
"What is it Nico?" Percy asked. Nico pointed his finger behind him, as he turned, he stood there frozen, pale, and eye wide, standing in front of him is his dead girlfriend Annabeth Chase. Percy had tears in his eyes as he ran towards her, arms open wide for a Tyson level Hug attack. But sadly, he passed through her as if she was a ghost. Which she was. Nico bid his farewell as he left the two alone. Percy stood up as he walked up to his now deceased girlfriend.
"Annabeth, Wise girl, I'm so- "he began but was cut off by Annabeth.
"No Percy, it wasn't your fault, and don't blame yourself for it, I did it to save you, it was my choice, please, don't make my death so hard on you" she said in a sad yet soothing tone. Percy wanted to break into Hades and sneak her out of the Underworld but was cut off again.
"Don't think of reviving me Percy, just don't, please, my time has passed, win this war for me, for them, for us" Annabeth said. Percy looked down in shame that he wouldn't be able to do it, but she was right, they have a war to win, he will do it for her, for Camp Half-Blood, for them.
"Annabeth, I love you" he said as tears fall down his face.
"I love you too Percy" as she walked up to him, she held her lips up to him, even if Percy couldn't fell it, it felt like he could.
"And Percy?" said son of Poseidon looked to see her gray eyes one last time.
"Take care of Thalia" she said with a smile. Soon the ghost of Annabeth Chase faded and disappeared. Percy walked back into the group of his friends, said friends were wondering what Percy did earlier. As Thalia put a hand on his shoulder, she asked him.
"Percy, you alright?"
"Yeah, we're gonna win this war, whatever it takes" they smiled as their friend finally gave them his signature grin. One by one they stood up from their seat in the grass as each one said.
"Whatever it takes" Piper said.
"Whatever it takes" Reyna came after.
"Whatever it takes" Leo and Calypso said in unison.
"Whatever it takes" Frank and Hazel repeated.
"Whatever it takes" Nico smiled.
"Whatever it takes" Grover said as he dried his wet eyes.
Percy looked at Thalia as she smiled, happy that their friend as moved on and focusing on the reality of now. "Whatever it takes"
Flashback End
Jason POV
I woke up to the conch horn ringing in the air of Camp Half-Blood. I wore the camp shirt and walked to the Mess Hall where oddly Nico wasn't there. I looked to the Apollo Table to see Will turning his head left and right, probably trying to find Nico as well. After breakfast, I walked to the arena for sword and shield with the Ares Cabin, I saw a big beefy girl with large arms that can easily break a watermelon, she had a bandana on her head and a sleeveless army jacket, she held a spear that emitted electricity, as soon as she saw me, she shouted, "Hey! New kid! Yeah you! Get over here so we can give you the initiation!".
I walked up to her as she prepared her stance, I pulled out my gladius instead wanting to avoid what happened last time, and sprang my shield to life, then I prepared my stance and waited for the perfect time to strike, she tried to stab me with her electric spear which I blocked, she tried to go again but this time I parried it giving me a opening to attack, she blocked all my attacks with the stick of her spear, so I decided to make a little earthquake for her to stumble to the ground, I kicked her spear away and aimed my gladius at her.
"Yield?" I asked, she growled. She pounced on me and started attacking me with her fists, now I learned hand-to-hand combat from mom so this should be easy. I kept slapping her punches away from me before kicking her under her feet making her fall again. She stood up and picked her spear up again, she then started swinging it like crazy and I couldn't block them all, I got a few cuts on my skin which I did not appreciate, I then decided to pick out Tyfónas and attacked her Trident vs Spear, we fought for what felt like 6 minutes until I was able to make her trip out of exhaustion.
"Yield?" I repeated. She gave up and nodded.
"That was a nice fight" I told her, she smiled at me.
"Yeah well, I could have beaten you if you didn't used your powers" she replied.
"So, you're the son of Poseidon I heard about?" she asked.
"Actually, Legacy of Poseidon" I corrected her.
"Well then, my name's Clarisse, Clarisse La Rue" oh, now I remember, Clarisse La Rue, daughter of Ares, and General of the Greek Demigods in the future. She picked up her spear again saying, "Ready for round 2?" I just smiled.
-One hour and few sword cuts later-
After that I went to the archery range to see Chiron teaching kids to shoot arrows, as soon as I was close enough, he turned and smiled at me.
"Ah good morning Mr. Ja-Johnson" he said, almost slipping my real surname. I fired a bunch of arrows as all the other campers look at me in awe. I then decided to do some trick shots to which I got a response of "Oohs" and "Aahs". As I was done, they all went back into shooting their own arrows. Chiron came trotting behind me with a big smile on his face
"Well Chiron, you never seem to stop impressing me with your skill" he's never gonna live it down, is he?
"Your never gonna live it down, are you?" he just chuckled at me. Then something popped up in my head.
"Say Chiron, what do you think of the Prophecy?" I asked, he looked confused.
"What do you mean my boy, the oracle hasn't issued any prophecy yet" now it was my time to be confused, doesn't he know?
"Will Solace told me that the oracle gave out a prophecy last year, concerning me" he looked at me with wide eyes which I now guessed.
"They didn't tell you, did they?" the old centaur shook his head.
"No, no they have not" he admitted.
"What is this prophecy?" he questioned, and I repeated the prophecy to him.
Son of the Hero and the Hunter,
Shall bring forth the Sea and Thunder,
Child of the Dead shall return with the same breath,
To save his only Daughter from certain Death,
The First One shall return to take back the Cosmos,
The Legacy's Blades shall meet Chaos.
He brushed his gray beard with his hands analyzing the prophecy in his brain.
"Meet at the Big house at your free time" he said, and he wandered back at the archery range.
-One hour and a few arrows later-
I was back at the Pegasus tables where I met Dan again, this time he had a companion, he looked every much like Dan.
"Sup Dan!" I shouted.
"Oh, hey Peter, I want you to meet my Twin, Kellogg Green" he told me as his twin brother waved at me.
"Sup, Kellogg" I gave out my hand and he shook it.
"So, you're the new kid who beat my brother's ass in a Pegasi race?" he smirked as I laughed and nodded while Dan just glared at us.
"Well, I'm so gonna beat you when I'm done" he retorted. Me and Kellogg just laughed at him as his face turned red as a tomato, must be a Demeter thing.
"So, ready for round two?" I laughed as Dan chuckled. I got up Tempest who looked very eager to see me. As soon as I got up, we started to fly again in the sky. Dan was again in the leading, whereas I was just following him from behind smirking, to say his face was like that screaming painting was hilarious, because I just used the same move as before, flying past him as a lightning bolt. Kellogg looked at me with awe before clapping his hands. Dan just shouted from behind, "HEY! THAT'S NOT FAIR! YOU USED THAT MOVE ALREADY!".
-One hour and a few angry shouts and a few Pegasi later-
I was taking a walk in the woods hoping to find some monster to slice and dice, when suddenly I felt a chill up my spine, meaning something is up, I grabbed my gladius this time not wanting to show Riptide to Nico after what happened yesterday, I kept facing left and right but nothing, I continued walking until I hear a snap I turn around ready to attack but no one was there, sneaky bastard whoever you are show yourself!, I then heard ruffling coming from the bushes near me but I was suddenly pinned down by a bunch of skeletons, oh no. I look around frantically and my eyes landed on Nico who was smiling sinisterly.
"Do you think you can everything you want?" he said in a cold tone.
"What are you talking about?!" I demanded.
"Riptide! You stole Riptide from Percy! And Jason's Gladius! I recognize the one you hold! Don't lie to me, because if you do then I'm just gonna make this more fun!" he laughed like a maniac. Ok Uncle Nico really needs a mental health check.
"It's just a look-alike man! C'mon, let me go!" I pleaded but to no avail. He looked down on me and pointed his Stygian Iron sword at me.
"And do you also think that you can take my boyfriend from me?" What the Hades is he talking about dam it!
"The Hades are you talking about dude!"
"Oh, you know exactly what I'm talking about!" he still didn't make sense, to be honest, he never made sense.
"Care to remind me?" I told him. Bad move, Jason, bad move. His sinister smile grew and grew.
"Oh, I will tell you alright!"
Flashback
Nico POV
I was finding Will after my little outburst from earlier, that kid had Riptide! I'm gonna rip him apart! I looked everywhere and didn't see him, I decided to ask his half-siblings about his whereabouts.
"Austin! Do you know where Will went?" I asked.
"Uh I think he went to the beach" I thanked him and left for the beach where I find him sitting on the sand next to- HIM! OH, I'M GONNA RIP HIM PIECE BY PIECE AND DRAG THAT LITTLE FUCKER TO THE FIELDS OF PUNISHMENT! OH YES! What's even worse is that HE'S TALKING TO MY WILL! He's even laughing at something he said, I thought as a tear fell down my cheek, I swear I'm gonna punish him for trying to steal my boyfriend. I walk back into my cabin devising a plan to punish him severely, oh yeah this will be fun. But for now, let's make some love my dear bed. Soon, I woke up and didn't mind changing my clothes, I walked up to the forest to start raising dead soldiers for my trap, I waited for him and saw him looking eager to kill some monsters, I start by make the cheery atmosphere he had darken so he would be alert, I commanded a skeleton to step on a stick which did the trick on him turning backwards, but what surprised me is his new weapon, Jason's Gladius. He stole JASON'S GLADIUS TOO?! OH, HE IS SO DEAD! JASON IS LIKE A BROTHER TO ME BEFORE HE DIED, NOW THIIS KID STOLE BOTH RIPTIDE AND JASON'S GLADIUS? HE BETTER PRAY TO MY FATHER THAT HIS DEATH IS PEACEFUL!
Flashback End
Jason POV
"Ok first, WHAT THE FUCK MAN!? COULDN'T YOU STOP HOLDING A GRUDGE FOR ONE DAM MINUTE! I MEAN I FEEL LIKE YOUR ON YOUR PERIOD! Second, I DIDN'T STEAL THEM A-HOLE, THEY ARE JUST-uhh-LOOK-ALIKES! YEAH, LOOK-ALIKES!" I shouted at him hoping he would understand my reasoning, but alas this is Nico Di Angelo. He looked at me with sinister eyes and a sadistic grin, probably thinking of a good punishment for me.
"How will I punish you hmm? Oh, how about I drown you? Ironic for a legacy of Poseidon, don't you think? Hmm, oh how about I get you flayed? No that sounds boring. What about I put you in a pool full of Piranhas? Or sharks? Or something else? Oh well, your gonna get punished anyway" he said as the ground beneath me started to open up revealing the underworld, down there I can see the fields of punishment where I can hear the screams and cries of the punished dead.
As I scream in fear, I heard a horn being rang through the forest, I recognized it. Nico seemed to recognize to as he became paler than he was supposed to be. He cursed under his breath as he took a few steps back.
"Oh no" he muttered. He repeated the words repeatedly. He was going to run away and ditch me until a voice came from behind.
"Hello Nico"
One voice I recognized very well, one voice that I can never forget, her voice was that of an angel, one voice that stood out all the others, her voice, it was her voice that sang me to sleep, it was her voice that made me fall in love with punk rock, it was her voice that I'd listen to, her voice that made me calm, her voice that I can never forget to hear, her voice that always greeted me in the morning, it can never be replaced by anyone else.
There stood a girl in a silver parka, she was wearing a Green Day shit under it, she camo pants and black combat boots, her hair was ebony black and spiky, she had a pale complexion with freckles from her nose to her cheeks, she had blue electric eyes that are so electrifying that they make you feel alive when your dead inside, she stood there arms crossed and a unreadable expression on her face. A face I knew very well. Besides, how can I forget my own mother?
Yep, that's right, Thalia Grace has entered the chat.
Mom stood there her hand now on Nico's shoulder and he stood like a statue, she just looked at him and suddenly Nico was shocked (literally) and collapsed into the ground. The undead soldiers carrying me disappeared and I was about to fall into Hell, until a hand grabbed mine and pulled me up. The feeling was so familiar, her hand soft, it was so gentle, like it is telling me to be calm and that everything's gonna be alright. I looked up to see it was my mother, standing there, in front of me, alive. I just stare at her with tears in my face, the last time I saw her she died before my very own eyes. I didn't notice that she was talking to me.
"Hey, are you okay?" she asked in a soft caring voice, she noticed the tears in my eyes as she wiped them away, this act alone gave me memories of my childhood when I always cry and she would wipe the tears away, I couldn't, I couldn't handle it, I ran away from her to the beach. I ran as far as I can and collapsed onto the sand hugging my legs wishing this were all a bad dream. I was too weak, too slow, and too stupid to save my mother, I could have saved her if I were better, if I were good enough, if I weren't a good for nothing mistake. I sat there for an unknown amount of time, until I fell asleep.
Thalia POV
Finally! Me and the Hunters are going to Camp Half-Blood to get a break, it has been a year since we started chasing the Teumessian Fox, and now we finally got it back into the stars! We were standing in the camp forest where me, Reyna and the other Hunters stopped by us rang the hunting horn alerting the campers of our presence. We walked into Chiron ass he galloped towards us.
"Ah, welcome back hunters" he greeted, there were a series of "Hello's" and "Thank you" to Chiron's greeting.
As he was motioning us into camp, he took one look and his eyes widen, what's with that? Soon I heard a scream coming from the forest, Chiron looked alarmed.
"Don't worry Chiron, me and Reyna got this" I assured him, you see, me and Reyna have been close since Jason's death, we always hunted together, sparred together, and fought for each other. As we approach the origin of the scream, it was a boy with black spiky hair, it was messy but in a way that made him look good, he wore a leather jacket with spikes on the shoulder which I approved, he had tan skin and a lean build, he looked around sixteen, he looked oddly like Percy, his eyes were blue, like mine, but stormy, he had a small ring of sea-green around his eyes, it looked like a hurricane. He was being held down by skeletons, where he was facing the ground leading to the underworld, Nico, oh he is gonna get the Thalia knockout pinch! I looked for Nico and speak of the Devil he was standing there paler than usual, I stood behind him and whispered, "Hello Nico".
Nico stiffened as he looked at me, I smirked mercilessly as I put a hand on his shoulder, shocking him. I glance at the kid who was about to fall into Hell until I was fast enough to grab his hand, I pull him up and looked at him closely, he really does look like Percy, I though. Then he started to cry.
Poor kid. He must have been traumatized by what Nico did. But then a weird feeling started to build up, it was weird I couldn't explain, my hand had a mind of its own and grabbed a napkin to wipe away the tears, I don't know why I did it, it was just out of instinct, weird.
He then ran away while crying, Reyna was weirded out by the entire scene.
"What happened?" Reyna asked. I shrugged; it was the weirdest thing I felt in a while. The instinct, it wasn't the kind of instinct that we hunters have, it was a familial instinct, not the kind of instinct I used to give Jason, but it was a… motherly instinct?
I shook my head of all those thoughts as I drag Nico back into Camp, Chiron looked shocked to see the son of Hades being dragged on the grass.
"So, Chiron who's the new kid?" I asked.
"That, that was Peter Johnson, Legacy of Poseidon" so the new kid is a descendant of Poseidon huh? So, he's Percy great, great, great (A few more greats) nephew, something like that.
-LINE BREAK-
Hours passed and the sing-along with the Apollo Cabin, I couldn't sleep, I can't stop thinking about that kid, he looked so fragile in my eyes, I wanted to hold him and tell him its ok. I haven't felt like this since Jason, it was strange, I need time to think. I walked out of the Cabin 8 and went to the beach, maybe my uncle can let me enjoy the waves for a while. I stood there waiting to feel my eyes grow heavy, until I heard a sob, I look around and found the same boy hugging his legs while he slept on the sandy floor. He looked so fragile. I kneeled to shake him; he didn't budge. I shook him more until he looked up at me with red puffy eyes. He dried his eyes away and stood up wiping the sand off his clothes, he looked at me in the eyes, I looked at him back and asked him.
"Who are you?"
AUTHOR'S NOTES: Here is the 4th chapter, like it? hate it? leave a review about your thoughts. oh and it's the Summer Solstice here in my country.
