Books » Percy Jackson and the Olympians » The Shattered Hero (rewrite)
Author: aVeryPissedOffDwarf
1. Prologue 2. Dawn of a New War 3. The first of many
Rated: T - English - Adventure/Hurt/Comfort - Reviews: 9 - Published: 06-23-16 - Updated: 06-26-16
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Annabeth POV
Percy smirked in the face of the giant, as Otis' face purpled in rage.
"What are you doing here, demigod?!" He roared, and swung his sword. To a normal demigod, the sword would've cleaved the demigod in half. Percy merely widened his grin, and feinted to the right.
The giant's face was now a cross between tomato and eggplant. He began slashing and hacking at Percy to the point where he was panting, trying to kill the one demigod. All the other fighters and warriors in the battle stopped, and watched this odd predicament.
Percy kept the grin plastered on, as he easily dodged each of the giant's strike.
"Come on, give me something harder to dodge!" He exclaimed, looking disappointed as he sidestepped another slash.
Otis roared in fury "You will die, Son of Poseidon!"
Percy's expression, which was before, mock disappointment and amusement, turned into one of pure rage. His eyes went from green, to an almost pure black. Then, the light went out from the world.
When the light came back, we saw Otis pinned to the ground by several obsidian-black bladed daggers. The weird thing was, it took the time it would take to blink an eye for the darkness to recede, and Percy already had the giant pinned.
"My, my" Sneered Percy. The expression was so out of place, on his usually warm, fun loving face. It looked so…wrong.
"I destroyed you in less than 3 seconds. That's not cool. Come on, Otis. Have you not been practicing?" Percy gloated at the giant. He laughed emptily.
"No matter. I will enjoy sending you to the void, giant" He laughed venomously again, and pulled out a thin, long sword. The blade looked like it was carved from quartz and diamond, and it glittered in the sun. Just looking at it was enough to make one blind. He stabbed downward, and the giant stopped thrashing.
The entire battlefield's occupants watched with a mixture of horror and fascination as the body of the giant slowly began to fade. It started with the wound, bubbling and hissing, spitting acid, and the acid ate through the body, until there was a small flash, and the body was gone.
Percy looked up, a fire dancing in his eyes "Who else wants to play?"
Ephialtes stepped forward, brandishing a club ringed with metal brands, and holding a package of wonder bread.
His eyes shone with fear, but still, he raised his club, and charged forward. Percy snorted "Pathetic".
When the giant was about five meters away, Percy…well, it looked like he teleported behind the giant.
The surprised expression on Ephialtes' face was priceless, as a gaping wound was left in his midsection. It was as if Percy had walked through the giant, and slashed at him at the same time.
Percy looked back toward the giant. "Well now, I see that you aren't so tough are you now, giant?" He hissed, taking out a cloth, and wiping the blood off of his sword.
Then, as we watched, several arrows sprouted off of the giant's forehead, and he collapsed, vanishing in a dark pulse. Percy turned, ever so slightly, before whirling around. He glared into the air, at something the rest of us couldn't see. His form began to ripple, and he vanished. He reappeared directly beneath the spot he was glaring at.
"You" He said.
"Me!" Agreed a cheerful voice from nowhere.
A portal opened, and a tall, lithe girl dropped out. She had short cropped hair, and bangs covering her forehead. Her face looked like it was always happy, and always so full of joy. She carried a massive compound bow in her hand, but she held it easily. On her hip was a quiver, etched with red designs.
"I thought I told you to stay back!" He grumbled, and the girl playfully punched him in the arm.
"Oh come on. You thought that you were going to have all the fun?" she asked.
Then, another voice echoed from the woods.
"Yeah, come on! There's nothing to kill! I knew I shouldn't have agreed!" it cried, and out stepped…dramatic pause…a boy who looked like a twelve-year old. He was dressed in an all green outfit, and held a halberd that looked like it was made of emerald.
"Seriously, give us something better to do" Another man came out of the air, appearing from a cloud of darkness. He held two short swords, and he twirled them around and around in a dizzy, hypnotizing motion. He had a mop of blonde hair, with streaks of blue running it.
Percy smile reappeared. "Well…" He looked at the now fleeing monster army.
"You guys can take the entire army" The 3 newcomers nodded glumly, looking sad at the fact that they couldn't really do anything.
Percy sat down, cross legged, and watched as his three comrades charged the entire army. They had it destroyed in about three seconds.
They walked back to camp, high-fiving each other. I couldn't take it anymore. I had to speak up. I had to know what that was.
"Um…what was that flash of light?" I asked.
The entire group looked at me, and everyone but Percy gawked.
The tall blonde man said "Oh no way! This couldn't be her, could it?"
Percy grimaced, and waved his hand dismissively. "Yeah, yeah. Go build our cabin or whatever. I need to…talk"
He looked at me, smiling a crooked smile. Suddenly, I heard a little kid, probably nine or ten, ask Clarisse "Is that really the great Percy Jackson?"
Percy's head whipped around to face the kid, his eyes boring into the smaller camper. "Well, it looks like your cabin councilor didn't tell you the whole truth, did she?" Clarisse cringed. "To answer your question, kid, I am Percy Jackson, though I'm not sure about the great part." He walked around, tapping his chin in mock thoughtfulness. Then, he turned his head around again, facing the camp.
"Let's see here, Clarisse said I was" He smirked at her "a monster" she lowered her head, not meeting his eyes. "You two" He pointed at Jason and Piper "Said I was worthless" They mumbled something about being sorry. "You" He pointed at Thalia "Said I was disloyal" Thalia looked down. "And let's see, what was last?" He raised his voice, so everyone heard. "That's right!" He faked a happy expression "I was a disappointment" He glared pointedly at me, and tears began forming in my eyes.
"Shut up!" An arrogant voice rang out through the crowd. "Shut your stupid little mouth, Jackson."
Up swaggered Zach Woods, son of Zeus. He was made immortal, since, at the time, Jason was at Camp Jupiter.
"What are you going to do?" Percy asked. "Are you going to fight me?" He smirked, staring straight and hard at Damien.
"Yeah, you bet your ass I'm going to fight you." Damien, a son of Ares who was basically a lackey for Zach, drew his sword, a massive claymore, and charged. The entire camp yelled for him to stop, but he was fast. Too fast.
He slashed at Percy, and Percy's expression turned to one of pain. He was cut straight in half. The demigods looked at the scene in shock. I was beyond shocked. I was somewhere between insanity and numb acceptance.
Then, an arm appeared around Damien's throat. A dagger was held, pointed right at his heart.
"You really thought you could beat me?" Hissed a voice all around us. "You, an arrogant upstart. I'll deal with you later." Percy stepped right out of thin air, and dropped Damien, purple faced and gasping.
"Now then, does anyone have any arguments?" Percy looked around, and I think I saw his gaze linger on me. Then again, I was feeling hopeful, so it could've muddled my thoughts.
"Okay. Our patron" He raised his hand, stopping a wave of shouting "No, I will not tell you who she is" some of the campers looked confused. She? The patron was a woman?
"Has told us to lend our services to your kind gods" He stared at something behind us, and we saw the twelve Olympians staring at the savior of Olympus.
"P-Percy" Poseidon looked at his disgraced son, and collapsed to his knees.
Percy just stared at Poseidon, and sneered. "What's up, yah old senile freak?" The gods stared at him, and so did the camp. They were shocked to see Percy disrespect such a powerful Olympian. Heck, I was shocked. But Poseidon merely stared back at forlornly as he turned around, back facing the god.
"Currently, my Patron wants me to help you. There are several…shall we say, threats that are deadly to Olympus. So, first order of Business. Where do you guys want me to go?" Zeus and Athena looked like they were having a silent argument.
Zeus finally looked up, and said "For the time being, we want you to stay here. We will have made our decision in a few hours." He grinned right back at him. "Sure, milord Zeus. Whatever you say" His face turned red in rage.
"YOU DARE DISRESPECT ME?!" he yelled, pulling out a thunder bolt. He snorted, looking at the symbol of power.
"Zeus, don't do anything you might regret. Don't forget, I've still got a massive grudge against you senile brats" Zeus, now a lovely shade of crimson, threw the thunderbolt at Him. I shouted "NO!" but it was too late.
Percy grinned, and raised my hand. In front of him, several black specs condensed in the air. They elongated into sharp needles, and flew toward the bolt. Each one smashed into the weapon, and Zeus' master bolt crumbled.
He looked at the pile of dust, and spat on it. "Shame" He said, like it was no big matter.
Zeus, to his credit, recovered quickly. "SHAME!?" He bellowed "THAT WAS ONE OF MY MASTER BOLTS!" Percy looked at him coolly. "I know" he said, still unwavering. Hera quickly stepped in, and said "Look, we need to discuss this on Olympus, so if you would leave us, Perseus?"
He straightened at the use of his fully name, and nodded his head briskly. Spinning on his heels, he walked away, and melted into the grass, blending in with its colors. That was some serious chameleon gear he had on.
Each of the Olympians flashed out, corresponding with their respective domains. Chiron sighed, and turned to the Big House.
He said "Looks like we need a meeting."
Percy POV
I stepped into the clearing as I watched our group attempt to construct our cabin. They had a good half of it done, but were struggling with the rest. I sighed, and stepped in. About an hour later, we had managed to build and finish the cabin, and it looked pretty good.
I looked at the twelve-year old. "Finn, you can go in, if you want." He looked at me, casually flipping an imperial gold meat cleaver, might I add, and said "Okay, but if there are bunks, I get the top"
There were bunks. Finn whooped, and flipped onto the top one, jumping up and down.
The girl, Electra, looked at me with exasperation. "Okay. I call top bunk for the other one"
Pointing at the opposite one, she hopped nimbly onto of the bunk, and set her stuff there.
The other man, Cosmo, sheathed his silver swords, and climbed into the bunk under Finn, who was still giddy about getting the top bunk. He set his stuff down, and laid down.
That left me with having to sleep under Electra. Great.
I raised my hand, reaching into the void, and pulled out a daypack containing supplies. Setting the pack on the bed, I heard a knocking at the door.
I got off of the bed, and answered it. There stood a sandy haired kid with bright purple eyes, looking extremely nervous. I raised an eyebrow, and he quickly stuttered out "Um…t-there's a meeting a-at the Big House in an h-hour" He bolted from our cabin before I could get a word in.
"Well" I said. "That was rather abrupt" Finn kept on running laps around the cabin. I swear, that kid lived off of caffeine. "So!" He chirped "What do you guys want to do!?" He now was jumping from bunk to bunk, which was weird, because they were about 5 meters apart.
"I have no idea" Cosmo said, meditating on his bed. Even though his eyes were closed, you could see a faint blue glow emanating from under the eyelids. "Why are your eyelids glowing?" Finn asked. Cosmo opened them, and they were their original aqua color. "I have no idea, to be honest" He said, itching at something at the back of his neck.
The two kept on yammering, but I was immersed in my own thoughts. Despite myself, I felt the memories resurface, and the wound reopen.
Flashback 750 years ago
The giant war was over. I was happy. Keyword, was. One day, I was eating breakfast as usual, and heard a shriek. Turning my head, I saw a tall, blonde haired kid being chased by several Dracaena. I decided to go help out.
Before arriving, the kid had managed to kill off the snake women with a celestial bronze dagger that appeared out of nowhere. The camp had arrived by now, and Chiron was questioning the boy.
"Who are you?" He asked, puzzlement written all over his face. The kid, who had a cocky, arrogant smirk, extended his hand.
"Zach" He said. "Zach Woods"
Later that night at the campfire, during the sing along, Zach started to glow. We thought he might've swallowed a flashlight, but then he started shooting out sparks, and a lightning bolt appeared over his head. Everyone bowed down, and Chiron announced "All hail Zach Woods, son of Zeus."
Over the next few weeks, he had made my life worse and worse. I didn't understand why the new campers flocked to him. It was like moths to a lamplight. Or more like rats to a rutting hunk of meat.
When the little brat realized that I didn't care about my reputation with the new campers, he began targeting my closest friends. First to fall victim was Katie. He ruined her entire garden, then led mud tracks to my cabin. When I saw her, I smiled and attempted to say "Hi"
She responded by screaming in my face on how she was stupid to ever be my friend, and how she hated my guts. My heart broke a little at that, like glass shattering. A crack appeared, but didn't spread. I noticed Zach smirking far away, and I growled.
A few days later, I walked up to the Stolls, asking if they needed help with any pranks. They glared right at me, and walked away. I found cockroaches and shaving cream in my pillow later, and a note: Thanks a lot for ruining our prank. Don't ever talk to us again!
Remember the crack in my heart? The fractures began to spread. Slowly, my friends, all of them, fell for my Zach's lies. Only a part of my heart was still intact. And that was held together by my lovely girlfriend, Annabeth Chase. She would comfort me, and I would feel a little better.
Then one day, it happened.
I was interrupted from my thoughts when I got punched in the shoulder by Electra. She looked at me worriedly, and said "C'mon, we need to go get to the Big House"
I shook my head, cleared my thoughts, and walked out of the cabin, into the outside.
A/N Yes, you will find more about what happened to Percy earlier. I'm going to let the story play out with the occasional flashback. Sorry for not updating, and, as someone said, I do owe you a ton of updates, since these chapters are variations of my rewrite and original. Hope you enjoyed!
AVeryPissedOffDwarf, saying goodbye, for now.