A/N: alright this chapter is going to be mostly a filler chapter. It's going to be filling in some of the backstories of some things while setting up other things for the future. I hope you enjoy.

Percy pov 1st person

I stood in the dark. I could hear the dripping of water somewhere of in the distance, but I couldn't tell from where.

Feeling around darkness, my hands brushed up against what must have been the wall. After feeling around some more, I found that I was standing in a circular half room, with walls to the left, right and behind me.

Having no way of seeing in the dark. Combine that with the fact that I have no idea where I was, I decided that the best course of action was to explore around and look for a way out. Placing my hand on the wall to my right, I started walking forwards.

It wasn't long before something stopped me in my tracks. Literally.

"SMACK"

I stumbled back, clutching my now throbbing nose. I head run into something that was extremely hard.

After the pain subsided, I held out my hand, trying to find out what I had run into. My hand touched what felt like solid stone. After feeling around some more I found that unlike the wall I had been using as a guide, the wall I had run into was smoother and had a more circular shape.

I suddenly had a idea. If any of the things I learned from the Indiana Jones movies were true then what I was looking for should be right, about, there.

"Crack."

The smooth rock in front of me began to move, revealing a whole new room. There was a small fire in the middle of it, I catiously stepped inside the room. Instantly the rock moved back into place before I had a chance to stop it.

I once again felt around, hoping against hope that there was another secret button, but there was none to be found. So with no other option I started towards the fire.

Suddenly it errupted, the flames almost reaching the ceiling 12 feet above. The flames subsidede almost as quickly as they appeared, but now in their place stood a woman.

She wore brown shawl over a brown dress, her hair was also brown and if that combination wasn't strange enough her eyes were as black as coals, with small fires in the centers of them.

"Hello Perseus."

"Umm, hello." I said nervously "who are you?". Her eyes seemed to stare directly into my soul, it reminded me of the ghost rider penant stare. But instead of sending my soul to hell, she was trying to save it from going to hell.

"I am the Hestia, goddess of the herth. And I have come to tell you that you are in grave danger." with that she sat down and motioned for me to fo the same.

Not wanting to piss off a goddess, I promptly sat down.

New pov 3rd person

The snow storm raged around him, the trees were bending forewards and backwards, nearly breaking from the sheer force of the wind.

But still the young man pushed forward, his hands and feet had turned into blocks of ice long ago. But something made him continue, he didn't know why but he felt like he would find something out here in the storm.

Something he hoped would help him erase the sins of his past and fix all of his current problems.

He shook his head as the memories resurfaced, he saw the faces of his friends, his family, all the people he respected in his short life were now looking at him with disappointment. No, he couldn't think about the past now, right now he had to focus on one thing and one thing only. Survival.

A few hours later

He was starting to lose hope, the feeling in his hands and feet was non existent. His mind started wandering, thoughts of turning back or simplly giving up and letting the storm claim him ran amok in his brain.

But finally something good happened. He tripped and fell on his face.

Getting up slowly, he saw what he had tripped over. It was a small tree, barely more then a sapling, at first he thought it must fallen because of the storm but on further inspection he found what had truly done it.

He found prints of what must have been a large bear. A crazy idea popped into his head, under normal circumstances he would have the complete opposite direction, but this was becoming a matter of death. So with his legs pumping as fast as his frozen pants would allowe them to he followed the tracks.

A/N: there's the end of my first chapter back from the abyss. I'm sorry it's not a incredibly long chapter in fact it's quite short, but as I said before I haven't sat down and written a full chapter in quite awhile. So this is the best I can do at the moment, but atleast I have progressed the plot a little and have begun the establiment of new characters that will appear in the next chapter. Speaking of which the next chapter, i am going to be busy with work until christmas break, making it pretty much making it impossible for me to post long chapters in a short amount of time. So I'll ask you this what would you prefer? I can make chapters ranging from two thousand to three thousand words in about three to four days or I could make chapters ranging from four thousand to seven thousand words but those will take me atleast a week and a half to complete properly. So tell me which would you prefer? Well thats it from me for now,

peace.