Chapter 12
Greetings My People! It is I, Zayden VoidStorm, here with once again another chapter to this story. I have been waiting a while to see if you what you guys thought about the previous chapters. I know that the trials seemed cliche and too repetitive with all of them, but I saw this as a good way to surpass their inner demons and traumas, for the demigods, and to make themselves whole and balanced, for the gods. As for the fighting portion of the trials, I thought that to complete their trials and to unlock the hidden potential inside them and fully use their training to the test, I mean Giants and Titans, yes all of them had their power boosted only for the trials, with a boost in power of Primordial deities is a massive hurdle to overcome. I wanted for each of them to unlock their Primal Form and to unlock their full potential. The two that were massively different from the rest were Triton, Zoe, and Percy for a reason, because Percy will be the King and Triton will have his own troubles to face with facing Poseidon and the whole of Atlantis. For Zoe, I wanted for the use of Dragon Slaying power to have more spotlight and to introduce the Paladin Guardians of the Elements, who will have their time to shine, maybe in another story. Also, once again, that Leviathan I introduced, he is something else, and I will give you guys a hint about him: he is something that the immortal world has never face before, something more cosmic in origin and destructive in nature. Anyways, I'm sorry if most of you didn't like the use of the God Slayer and Dragon Slayer Magic, I promise that after this chapter there will be very little use of the magic unless they are to kill a god, and even then I will hold back on the 'anime fanboy mode.' I will also work on the fight scenes to make them more realistic and less jumbled nonsense. I have also been meaning to ask you guys, should I take a breather on this story and create another story and have to update the two or should I wait till I finish this?
Anyways, in this chapter we will jump straight to the beginnings of the war and the appearance of the New Titans, who won't be dubbed such and become until the next chapter, to the Olympians. Two of the trials will be shown in this chapter but I leave it up to you guys to figure out what he had to do. I will clarify in the next chapter and show, in a flashback, the other two trials Percy had to do.
Anyways, let's get this going already. I don't own Percy Jackson or the world of Percy Jackson, yada yada yada, belongs to Rick Riordan, yada yada yada.
LET'S BEGIN!
Destiny Arrives
Third POV
Location: Unknown
An empty void of nothingness was all there was to this place. Nothing but mist and the occasional ominous whisper. There was nothing in sight, no mortal or immortal around, just a sea of black and nothingness all around. This was the Void, a realm where only Chaos and a few deities can enter. Including the three hooded hags that were there.
In the midst of this sea of nothing, there was a small island platform, big enough for maybe 20 people to stand on, it looked like a floating island of marble. On this floating marble island stood three hooded figures. Each of them was at least 5'6, each clothed in black robes and cloaks covering their heads down to their eyes, their mouths visible and their gray hair sneaking through the cloak. From what one could tell they seemed middle aged and held no positive aura, as evident from their maniacal grins. These were the sisters of Fate.
As they stood in a triangular position, they watched through a big, shiny crystal ball, which was in the middle of them, the events of the mortal world and immortal world alike. They saw all the violence, the new wars in the mortal world that destroyed countries both economically and physically, they saw the depression and hopelessness of the demigods as they lived in a time for them more horrible than any in the past, where they are treated once again poorly and dismissively by their godly parents and from some of their fellow demigods themselves. The Fates watched as the gods were becoming more angrier towards each other, more divided, like a rubber band that is just at its limit and with the slightest pull would break. Most would feel terrible at the the sight, most would feel horror, despair, sadness. But that wasn't the case with the Fates. They chuckled and, sometimes, laughed at the events that have transpired. They looked as if they were watching their favorite reality show or soap opera. It was clear that the Fates didn't care for the beings that they watch over. They were, to the Fates, a source of entertainment, a show to them, and when the show were to get boring, they would stir things up, keep the millennia long grudges continue further and keep the drama in the mythological world going.
As the Fates finished watching, and laughing maniacally like the witches they are, another idiotic mess that the Olympians have made, they all gasped in unison. The lifted their heads, mouths agape, their hoods falling back to see their wrinkled faces and normally gray eyes suddenly glow. They seemed to be in a trance, each one standing still, looking towards the vast emptiness above them and them twitching on some occasions. After a few seconds, the Fates gaped once again and snapped out of their trances, their eyes reverting back to their original gray color, the sisters leaning forwards, trying to balance themselves from their mysterious ordeal. They looked at each other, shock, fright, and horror in their eyes.
Clotho, the one spun the thread of life, the one to the left, said to her sisters "Did you see what I saw sisters? What is to come and what is to occur?"
The two nodded their heads frightened. Lachesis, the one who measured the length of a thread of life, the one the middle, said "Yes sister, we have foreseen what is to happen, what destruction will occur, what horrors will reawakened...especially HIM."
The sisters shuddered at what she meant. What is it that they saw in the future? What horror will be released upon their fates? What terror will soon escape? What was this new destiny? The Fates looked at their scrying ball, watching the events of the mortal and immortal realm but their eyes were glassy as they seemed unfocused on what was happening and were reminiscing on what was to come.
Atropos, the one who cuts the thread of life, the one to right, said "Have you then heard the prophecies sisters? Have you heard what future is to happen now?" The sisters nodded grimly once again.
Then they stood up straight, their eyes glowing once again, and they spoke in an eerie, whispering tone.
Fourteen will rise to the Creator's call,
The Betrayed Savior shall see the gods fall,
Wielding the power to slay the gods,
Father and Son will clash last, against all odds,
One Titan shall die to save the true king,
One god shall die by the youthful spring,
One Kingdom shall rise, the other will be razed
And the Fallen's servant shall once more be raised.
The Fates' eyes returned to normal and they looked upon each other with once again fear in their eyes, and if the Fates are scared about something...then this something is REALLY serious.
Clotho then spoke "We have to tell the Olympians. If what is to come is true then we won't have a world to mess with. Our playthings ruined. Worse, we could be killed ourselves."
The Fates nodded their heads and were about to flash away, when they realized something. They couldn't. They tried to flash themselves out but every time it felt like trying to push a brick wall. They wondered why they couldn't flash away from the Void when a voice spoke from behind them.
"Now now, we can't have that now can we. We can't have those idiots that call themselves gods know about us now can we?"
The Fates turned to see a man, cloaked like them, in a black hooded coat, black armor apparent underneath the coat with armored pants and boots finished the look. The Fates looked upon the man, trying to see who he was; when they were able to see what was underneath the hood, they gasped in shock.
Atropos spoke, shock and fear in her voice, "H-How?! You aren't supposed to be here! You were supposed to be in Tartarus, you were supposed to be gone for good!"
The man chuckled darkly and said "Yeah well, I guess Fate isn't on your side. Ironic. Anyways, we can't have you spilling the beans on the Olympians about me and my friends before we introduce ourselves. Where will be the fun in that? Although I'm curious about that prophecy you spoke of, tell me about it and things won't get bloody."
The Fates were appalled that this boy would dare order THEM about what to do. Lachesis said defiantly "You think you can order us around boy?! We can erase you from existence if we wanted to! In fact, we will!" The Fates gathered their energy and unleashed their power upon the cloaked man. A bright light englufed the place for a second and when it faded the Fates were standing there, looking to see through the dusted cloud their attack had made, seeing if they had destroyed the pest. When the dust cleared, their eyes widened in shock. The man was standing there, unharmed, not even a speck of dirt on him.
The Fates for the first time in their existence didn't know what this man really was, what to do, and what would happen. He had an aura more vast and powerful than any god, Titan, or Giant, the only who could probably compare would be the Primordials. Atropos shuddered in terror and asked trembling "W-W-What a-are y-you?"
The man smirked and chuckled darkly. If one could see past his cloak, like the Fates, they would see his eyes glowing icy blue and sea-green, looking like an animal ready to strike. He then said "Just like you have done to countless lives, I'm here to decide your Fates. Let's just say that you aren't going to like it."
Location: Olympus, Olympian Throne Room
Olympus has never been so down. And that is saying something for a kingdom that has secretly lasted for 4000+ years.
Ever since Percy Jackson was betrayed and cast out into Tartarus, it was like some one removed a barricade that held everything down right dirty and evil of the gods and demigods alike. It seemed that with the Twice-over-Savior of Olympus seemingly gone forever, everything bad that ever happened in the immortal and, ergo, the mortal became 10 times crappier.
The mortal world was in a state of disarray and violence. Apparently, terrorism and conflicts between nations got so high up that lead to an all out WWIII. No one remembers when, how, or who started it but the ending results were just the same. Numerous countries across the globe joined with others, countless armies were sent out, even the gods themselves were involved. Actually, the gods were technically the ones responsible. The Olympians and their demigods would once again fight with numerous threats, ranging from rebelling gods to more Titan uprisings, all worse as no one would try to make things better, either they held onto grudges or they were scared to against Zeus's rage.
In the end the mortal and immortal world were all scattered and hopeless. Countries fell, some grew, till they were only less than per say 30 countries left around the world, each trying to remain peaceful with each other or simply want to forget what happened. The gods were no better, many were scattered in hiding, some did anything to convince Zeus they were loyal to Olympus, and others just gave in to their more darker side of themselves and grew to be consumed by it. Many Underworld gods decided to stay in the Underworld and try to ignore Zeus and just do their godly duties, at least that is what Zeus thought. Other normal gods would either fall in line and pledge loyalty upon Olympus and promise to do whatever the Olympians told them to do and others flee, only for some to hide and the others to be tortured or faded.
The demigods were probably better than the gods, but not by a long shot. After hearing about the legendary demigod of Poseidon being cast out of Olympus, some of those still loyal to him, which was most of Camp Jupiter and few from Camp Half-Blood, called out in outrage while some cheered smugly, blinded by their pride, wraith, and jealousy and the lies and words of influence from Zane and Ryan. Speaking of the two, they practically took over Camp Half-Blood. They gained immortality and godhood from Athena and Zeus, as repayment for getting rid of Jackson, and the betraying Olympians made up some cockamamie story of Ryan and Zane defeating a resurrected Kronos and Gaea, almost everybody didn't believe them, but the influence of the Olympians and the two demigods and their supporters made it so that people would shut up or believe. Most shut up. Zane became the god of thunder, storms, pride, and heroes, while Ryan became the god of tides, currents, heroes, and envy. Annabeth got worse as well. She was extremely saddened when Percy was banished and she learned the truth about Percy being completely innocent. No one believed her to be truly regretful. She experienced nightmares about her betraying Percy and had to experience her friends abandon and shun her, such as Clarrise, Piper, the Stolls, Jake, her own brother, Malcom, Katie, and even Thalia. Annabeth was forced to marry Ryan and be his immortal wife, and was then cursed by Aphrodite to never be able to have children, even so far as to curse her to experience nothing but pain when she had sex and Aphrodite cursed Ryan so that he can't ever had kids either. Any trace of the old Annabeth was now buried deep as she was forced to take up a more bitchy, stuck-up attitude.
Anyways, Ryan and Zane would turn Camp Half-Blood into a dictatorship, practically controlling who gets to leave camp or not, who trains and who serves, and who they choose as their lackeys. Most just kept quiet and be miserable, unable to say anything, and the bonfire of the Amphitheater showed it, as the flames were small and gray, looking weak and miserable, like the campers. Zane and Ryan managed to make things worse than when Percy came to camp, as the two sought to destroy everything he done. They tried to disrespect the minor gods and demigods, try to lie about Percy and his adventures, and they even tried to get rid of the Golden Fleece from Thalia's Tree, but they quickly learned from a lot of monsters and Pelus to let it be. Chiron had never seen the camp as it was and tried to turn Zane and Ryan good. Lot of good that did, as Zane and Ryan expelled Chiron from Camp Half-Blood. Many protested but Chiron calmed them and left peacefully. When he left, a lot of demigods left with him, leaving a furious Zane and Ryan, but their prides make them thought that they were banished too. Chrion and the demigods that left with him ventured to Camp Jupiter which was far more peaceful and balanced than the Greek Camp but was still miserable at the events that transpired in the mortal and immortal world. Camp Jupiter would still tell the stories of Percy Jackson and how he made Olympus better only for him to be betrayed and exiled. Many of Camp Jupiter strive to be like Percy and the gods weren't happy when most of the Romans were respectful to them only when they came but hate them when they left. The only Olympians that escaped this attitude were Artemis, Apollo, Aphrodite, Hades, Hestia, Hermes, and even Hephaestus somewhat, or for the Romans it was Diana, Apollo, Venus, Pluto, Vesta, Mercury, and Vulcan.
Many of the gods assumed the Hunters were just as always, although sad about losing Percy. Zeus and the other Olympians had no knowledge or idea of what the Hunters were doing and they didn't care. The same was said for the Amazons as they kept to themselves.
The satyrs and nymphs had their hard life as well. Grover became the new god of the wild, animals, and wild places. But the once happy, joyful Grover became like his previous boss, Leneus, paranoid, angry, and gluttonous. The satyrs and nymphs became nothing more than pawns and servants to the once cheerful satyr. But this lead to a decreased performance at their jobs. The satyrs and nymphs at Camp Half-Blood would mess up the strawberry fields because their magical music was sad and depressing, making the plants and strawberries wither and die. More demigods fell prey to monsters and punishments for satyrs grew to the point of execution. Juniper was horrified at the sight of what happened to the satyr she once loved and married, especially when he cheated on her. She divorced him public, making it a huge thing among the satyrs and nymphs, and she left for Camp Jupiter, taking her satyr son and nymph daughter with her. Grover was incredibly angered at this and took his rage upon the Cloven of Elders and his subjects. He would constantly bragged about him finding Pan and gaining his blessing, when really the blessing faded away from Grover when he became what he is now, finding him unworthy.
As for the gods, they were getting worse, if that was possible. For Ares, he would get in trouble for causing massive fights, crimes, and acts of terrorism almost every month. The god of war didn't care and merely did it all for fun. He tried to rape the females goddess, but was stopped by Artemis and her Hunters in every turn. He tried to do them but found out the hard way to not try it. The war god practically became a more blood thirsty bastard than he ever was, looking for any kind of excuse for a fight. His Roman self wasn't any better and was slowly becoming more like Ares than the proud, actually better persona that he was.
Demeter became more annoying and angrier than ever. She poisoned crops from farmers now just because she was in a bad mood, which was almost always, she would try to sneak Persephone away from Hades numerous times, but after some failures and angry words from Hades and even Persephone herself, Demeter was banished from the Underworld and was forced to never see Persephone again. This only made her worse, she even mistreated her own children and abused them just to let her anger out. Katie managed to escape from this, but just barely.
Dionysus was the same old same old. Except this time, he left Camp Half-Blood. When Zane and Ryan took over, Zeus let Dionysus free from his punishment and the god wine was ecstatic. So much that he made half the city of Chicago drunk overnight. He continued in his frivolous actions, from seducing nymphs and mortals, ruining parties of all kind with booze and women, and would be occasionally be found fat, drunk, and unconscious on the floor of some ransom pub at times.
Hephaestus was incredibly depressed. Unlike the other gods, he felt guilt at having to betray Percy. He would criticize and berate himself that anybody who comes into his life ends up suffering or dead. Like Leo and Percy. The forger god, who was slowly becoming more social thanks to Jackson, retreated to his antisocial self once more, residing himself to his work, which became worse due to his state of mind. The only ones who could ever get him to talk to open up or even to talk to someone would be Jake, Hestia, and Aphrodite. The goddess of the hearth and one of his favorite sons would be able to bring hope to the old gods broken heart. As for Aphrodite, she was more complicated. Aphrodite apologized to Hephaestus about being so horrible to him after so long a millennia, she was just angry that she was forced to be married to someone she had no love towards and took out her rage by being with Ares. The fire god himself actually apologized, himself feeling disgusted of his actions back in ancient times and wished to make things right, to take the example of a certain demigod that had of knack of changing the gods. The two respectfully divorced, after trapping Hera again and, this time, Zeus, forcing the two to break the marriage between Aphrodite and Hephaestus and to let Aphrodite love and marry whoever she chose. Ares thought that it was him, but after Aphrodite broke up with him and reminded him about the beat up that she gave him after Percy was banished, the angry god was forced to back off. Many gods pursued Aphrodite but the help of Hephaestus and the other gods that sided with Percy kept them away. The forge god himself was left to his own devices, still miserable, but was acting strangely and more reclusive than usual. The gods investigated but found nothing.
Moving on is Hephaestus's sister, Athena. The years didn't bold well with the goddess. The goddess would once more put herself on such a high pedestal above most of Olympus, trying to prove to herself as superior after Percy Jackson making a fool of her. She would berate other gods' intelligence and knowledge, boasted about her own, and when things didn't go her way, she made them, forcefully. She also thought about keeping track of those she cursed into monsters, most specifically Medusa and Arachne. She thought that with the presence of Perseus Jackson gone, monsters everywhere thought it was an opportunity for easy pickings. Imagine her face when she found out that both the snake-haired monster and the half lady, half spider monster have gone missing. They have been sighted no where around Tartarus or their previous and usual hiding places. They effectively vanished, and while that may cause headaches and worries for the goddess, she pridefully ignored them, thinking the two to be in hiding and afraid of her, especially her daughter. Speaking of which, Athena made it clear that Annabeth was her favorite, even making her a minor goddess of Architecture. However, she was less than pleasant with Annabeth marrying Ryan, another son of Barnacle Beard, and even more unhappy after Aphrodite cursed Annabeth. She demanded her to remove the curse and whined to her father like a child, even going so far as to beg to Hecate and other minor gods, which made her feel sick and disgusted, to find a cure for the curse. However, Aphrodite revealed the curse to be irreversible and permanent. The two became more bitter enemies than they were before.
Hera was not any better. The Queen of Olympus continued to reign as the Supreme Queen Bitch. Although now, with the gods growing worse, Zeus wasn't quenching the the lustful beast. The more Zeus slept with other women, the more Hera grew angry and spiteful, taking her rage on anybody that crosses her, whether it be random gods or goddesses, the women Zeus sleeps with, or even her own kin. She was also especially testy and angry when Hephaestus and Aphrodite trapped her with Zeus and would only free her when she officially divorced the two. That was something she never thought she would do in her immortal life, to break an immortal marriage, and it made angry and envious that she couldn't do the same. She also found the marriage situations in the mortal world to be disgusting and made her temper only rise. She would destroy marriages of mortals and ruin relationships in spite and ridicule demigods all the more.
For Poseidon and the seas, they weren't so well. Ever since Poseidon disowned Percy, many of the Atlanteans and sea gods and goddesses were shocked and appalled at the news, but the rage-filled looks of the Sea King's face silenced most. Poseidon started becoming just like Zeus, growing paranoid, lustful, and angry. He ruled over the seas and all it's inhabitants with iron fist, plunging the seas into a state of depression. It grew with the sudden disappearance of the Triton, their Prince, and Amphitrite, their Queen. Poseidon grew worried and sent search parties for them, what little remaining of the once kind sea god surfacing, for a moment. In the end, he grew tired and didn't bother to search any longer, yet it caused with more waves of depression and anger flooding into the Olympian. Poseidon also decided to dub Ryan the new Prince of the Seas and his heir, which gravelly upset Atlantis as they didn't like the spoiled brat and didn't wish for him to be their heir. Storms occurred more often, more earthquakes came up, more ships sank, killing thousands of lives. It still grows worse to this day.
Then there was Zeus. No ever thought he could turn out worse, but I guess they were wrong. The paranoid king ended up a thousand times more paranoid after the ominous warning Perseus Jackson made before falling into Tartarus. He quickly tried to remedy the worry by trying to proclaim Perseus Jackson as a massive threat and villain to Olympus, made up propaganda claiming Perseus to have been a spy for Kronos and Gaea and has been playing a long con on Olympus to gain their trust and betray them, the prideful King of Olympus did everything he could to slander the Savior of Olympus's name. Whether it be bribery, death threats, seduction, assassination, he didn't care, he thought he could do whatever he wanted and did so. In the end, he became exactly like his father, Kronos, the very man he hated and despised, whom he chopped into pieces. Zeus's pride and paranoia grew too as he fought with Poseidon over the littlest of issues, wrongfully interfered in the mortal world, and turned Apollo mortal to 'punish him' for his actions causing the 2nd Giant War, despite his oath to let Apollo off the hook. Speaking of which, Zeus tore down and broke numerous oaths he made on the Styx, he once again mistreated the minor gods and their children, tried to re-prison all the freed innocent Titans, and even ignore the demigods and failed to claim them when they turned 12. He also started to put more favor and reputation with his sons, most specifically Hercules, Zane, and Jason. Multiple times he tried to appoint them into the Olympian Council but was denied every time. He eventually came to an awkward three-way tie between the three to see who would be his heir and favorite. Zeus's rule became more oppressive by the day and nothing seemed to stand in his way.
Other events occurred in the immortal world. Multiple Titans and Giants rose again and tried to start another war, led by Hyperion and Porphyrion, but their efforts were halted at every turn by the new growing sensation that was Andromeda. To the immortal world she was just Andromeda, a mortal turned adopted daughter of Hestia and Huntress of Artemis. They didn't know about her relation to their former Savior of Olympus, but they felt something familiar about the girl. Her face, her hair, her tan, her attitude for pissing of dangerous immortal beings and getting away with it, the skill with the sword, her selflessness and loyalty, it was like she was a cross gendered cloned Perseus Jackson. She also had a knack for attracting danger and adventure. She would come across multiple Titans, monsters, and Giants but all would fall to her, she became the new talk of Olympus and immortal world, much to the displeasure of Zane, Ryan, and Zeus. Zane tried to even flirt with her, but it ended with the result of Zane heavily burned and hanging on a tree over a cliff. Zeus was suspicious of her and tried to find out more about her or to find a way to control her, but with Hestia as her mother and Artemis as her patron there was little the sky god could try. Poseidon too was suspicious of the girl and thought she looked similar to someone that he couldn't quite figure out. Hestia and the remainder of the good Olympians would protect and keep her safe, albeit with very little success as she took after her brother, from the other Olympians or any other threats.
Other kinds of mysteries arose over the past 60 years. For one, it was now rumored that Atlas the Titan had somehow escaped from his curse and disappeared. Zeus felt a disturbance one day involving the sky that seem to have originated from Mt. Tam. When he got there in a flash of lightning, he found no Atlas carrying the sky, only a pillar made of a black marble stone. He couldn't figure out how the Titan escaped or whether it was Atlas who created the pillar or someone else. Other people went missing from time to time. Prometheus had also disappeared and left the gods worried, but he was still unseen for now. Rhea and Leto were also unaccounted for, worrying the Twin Olympians, as far the Olympians knew, and the elder gods. Even Bessie, the Ophiotaurus, the Bane of Olympus, was missing, its floating bowl of water where it lived empty. This caused quite a ruckus on Olympus, multiple theories of what happened being shot around. The most popular ones being that it escaped, which was unlikely, or someone stole it, which made them really nervous and fearful. Zeus would argue that it was Poseidon who stole it, trying to usurp his throne, but unlike the time with the bolt, the gods reeled him in and made him calm down and forget that notion.
They also felt multiple disturbances around the planet recently, from a massive surge of power in Northern Canada to once again near Mt. Tam. All vanished before the gods could investigate. Multiple surges also occurred in Tartarus, but Hades, unknowingly to them, lied that nothing was the matter. But the two greatest surges of power occurred near the Mariana Trench and, most recently, in Tartarus. The surge at Mt. Tam had Zeus and a few more Olympians appear to find the black marble pillar replaced by 4 white pillars and a beautiful garden to appear at the summit. The surge of power that appeared in the Mariana Trench was so powerful, the gods felt it from their thrones on Olympus and it terrified them, but they couldn't wander themselves near the Trench as it was forbidden territory. They sent Ryan and mermaids there to investigate but they found nothing, except for massive craters and a small piece of the Trench's cliff gone. Each of these fueled Zeus's fear and paranoia and had Athena scrounging up every piece of information to help with the investigation.
But the biggest of all was once more in Tartarus. This happened a mere week ago today. The shock wave of the power was so strong, the whole of the Underworld, and even some of the mortal world shook at the feeling of power. There were giant sounds of destruction and flashes of light that appeared through the Underworld entrance to Tartarus. The Olympians tried to enter to confront the occurrence, but failed. After what seemed like forever, the tremors stopped. The massive power spike vanished, and when the Olympians arrived they found a barren wasteland of Tartarus empty, nearly void of monsters, those of which the Olympians could only sense on the far corners of Tartarus, miles and miles away from where they were. For the Olympians walking on Tartarus felt like walking on someone's chest or skin, not the spiked black surface that Perseus described. They eventually fled, finding nothing. But they failed to realize the reason they felt like walking on someone's chest, it was because they WERE walking on someone's chest. A dead, massive one.
Now, it has been a weak and the Olympians are now having daily meetings to figure out the strange power spikes. Today was one of those meetings.
The Olympians sat in their seats of power. Each arguing among themselves like always instead of doing anything productive. Athena and Ares were bickering about who was the better child of Zeus. Demeter and Hera were arguing about something petty and unimportant. Dionysus was fast asleep, a wine magazine covering his face and snoring like loud bear. Hermes was making calls with someone, a mischievous grin on him. Probably some mortal. Hephaestus had a sad an bored look on him, fiddling away with some nuts and bolts. Hestia and Hades were talking, or looked like it, it was more like whispering. Aphrodite watched Ares and Athena go at it, looking bored and checking her wristwatch every few seconds. Artemis and Apollo were arguing playfully, but not as much or as loud as they normally do. And Poseidon and Zeus would have their regularly scheduled argument, mostly about who was better or who mother loved more. The Hearth and Flame of Olympus was looking rather dull and weak than it normally was, but everyone assumed that it was because of their constant state of conflict.
After a while, Hestia probably got sick of the arguing, because she raised her hands and the Hearth of Olympus rose high and powerful, effectively silencing the Olympians. Hestia then spoke in a calm, yet clearly irritated voice "There then, now that I have your attention, maybe it is time to start this meeting rather than argue and yell at each like a bunch of spoiled children!" The Olympians nodded quietly and fearfully, not wanting to upset the eldest daughter of Kronos.
They sat down in their respective seats. Zeus cleared his throat loudly, regaining his compose, and announced "Olympians, we are here again for our daily emergency meeting about the recent disturbances that have been happening. Has anybody have anything new that they have discovered?"
Poseidon raised his hand. "Poseidon." Zeus motioned.
Poseidon responded with "I would like to report on the progress on finding the Ophiotaurus. As you know, I have been sending my troops to scour every ocean and sea on the Earth. They have still found nothing. I even had multiple water nymphs contact me if it was in their lakes, ponds, or pools. Still nothing."
Zeus huffed in annoyance and anger, definitely not liking the news. In his head, he was planning on killing the damned creature on sight and making sure no one will gain the power to over throw Olympus. That is, if it hasn't been killed already.
"Have you discovered anything else about the disturbance at the Mariana Trench?" Zeus asked further.
Poseidon replied grimly with "No. Unfortunately, as the disturbance is near a location where Pontus would come at times, my men would have little time to search the area before they have to leave, lest we disturb the Primordial any further. Additionally, I have my archivists searching through the Atlantean archives, information granted by Pontus himself, but have yet to figure out what the disturbance could be with the lack of information."
Zeus scowled in anger before nodding to Poseidon in silent thanks and 'That is enough.' Zeus then turned to his other brother Hades and asked "Hades, has there been any update on the disturbances in Tartarus? Has anything more happened down there?"
Hades shook his head in response. He said "It is, so far, quiet in Tartarus. No monsters have been appearing in a while and no power spikes have occurred. Its almost too quiet."
Zeus could only nod in response. That's three mysteries that have yet to be solved. Zeus turned to Artemis and asked "Daughter, what about you? Has there been any update on the hunt for the missing monster and Titans?"
Artemis shook her head as well. She replied with "No father, there is nothing new. My Hunt and I have checked every likely and unlikely place for the missing Titans and monsters could have hidden. We have even gone so far as to check the more Northern and Southern locations, and even the eastern continents. Still nothing."
Zeus's temper was rising with every disappointing result. He turned to his other daughter, Athena, hoping to find more promising results. He asked her "And you Athena? Has there been anything you might have uncovered as to Mt. Tam's disturbance?"
Athena shook her head. She said to Zeus "I'm sorry father, I have nothing new about the disturbance. All I have gathered is that what may likely ave happened was that someone preformed a ritual of some sort and mended the sky and earth together in balance. The only problem is that something like that would have needed an extreme amount of power to even attempt it. It would need Primordial levels of power to pull that off and only someone with connection to it would have been able to do so. The only possible candidates are Ouranos, Gaea, and Atlas himself, all improvable. Atlas doesn't have that kind of strength, Gaea has been confirmed to be faded, and Ouranos is by all means faded as well."
Zeus grumbled again in annoyance at another mystery unsolved. He turned towards the entire council and said "Is there anything more that anyone wishes to say?"
Hermes raised his hands. Zeus nodded in permission. Hermes then said "Father, I have news regarding the mortal world. Nothing interesting had happened with the mortals so far, they are still arguing, but there has been news about the demigods. Recently, demigods from Camp Half-Blood have started disappearing. At first, it was just a few leaving for the mortal world, but they didn't return. Monster attack probably, but there is more. Now many demigods have seem to vanished, ranging from minor to major gods. Some have searched for them, but so far no one has been found yet."
The gods grew extremely troubled at this. Demigods going missing was never a good sign. It usually meant one thing: war. It has become a signal of war every time demigods started to vanish from camp, like the 2nd Titan War, Giant War, and the uprising from the few remaining Titans afterwards.
Zeus himself grew worried. He then asked "What about the Romans? Have there been any disappearances there as well?"
Hermes shook his head. He replied with "No, the only demigods leaving Camp Jupiter are those either leaving onto the mortal world and coming back later, or those who have gone to Camp Half-Blood, and they normally use the new Hermes's Express Portals." The Hermes Express Portals were a new form of transportation that Hermes designed. It allowed for demigods to travel back and forth between the two camps at a mere instant. They also have ones to travel to Olympus but only if given special clearance. Hermes continued with "Camp Jupiter has also made sure to check whoever uses the portals and who is in the camp. None of them are the missing demigods."
Zeus grew more curious on the matter. Why were the ones at Camp Half-Blood going missing? Did some monsters manage to pass through the barrier? Was someone abducting demigods? Were they leaving to join an army? Were they after Greek demigods only or were whoever is behind this think that Camp Half-Blood is easier to infiltrate? Zeus snapped himself from his thoughts and told Hermes "I want Zane and Ryan to check which demigods have vanished and what have they been doing. I want guards stationed at every perimeter of Camp Half-Blood and to establish a curfew until this is resolved." Hermes nodded.
Zeus then addressed the council "I want everyone here to keep an eye out for anything unusual and report directly to me. Is there anything else that needs to be addressed?" The council shook their heads in response. Zeus continued with "Very well, this concludes today's meeting, make sure to come back tomorrow for the next meeting and again make sure nothing unusual is gone without no-." Before he could finish, something unusual did happen. Apollo.
Apollo suddenly gasped out loud and reared his head up. His eyes turned poison green and green mist escaped his lungs. The gods stared in shock, knowing this meant only one thing: a prophecy. Apollo stood and turned to them, speaking in a wispy voice that of the Oracle of Delphi.
Fourteen will rise to the Creator's call,
The Betrayed Savior shall see the gods fall,
Wielding the power to slay the gods,
Father and Son will clash last, against all odds,
One Titan shall die to save the true king,
One god shall die by the youthful spring,
One Kingdom shall rise, the other will be razed
And the Fallen's servant shall once more be raised.
As the green mist faded, Apollo's eyes returned to normal only to roll against the back of his head and he fainted, Hermes managing to catch him. The gods froze in terror at what was said. Then things fell into chaos. The gods started murmuring and yelling at each other at what it could mean and what would happen. After Apollo regained consciousness, Zeus slammed his Master Bolt onto the ground and yelled "SILENCE!" Immediately, the gods stopped and those who stood retook their seats.
When things cooled down, Zeus then asked "Alright, now that things are settled down, let us review the prophecy. Athena, any ideas?"
Athena put a hand on her chin, thinking about the prophecy. Athena then said "From what I gathered, it seems this yet another Great Prophecy, meaning another possible war, one I fear we may not win." Everybody nodded and most had fearful looks on their faces. Athena continued with "Let us review each line carefully. Fourteen shall rise to the Creator's Call. That could mean that fourteen demigods or gods will take part of this prophecy. As for what the 'Creator's call' could mean, it could very well mean that Chaos, the Creator, is involved and will most likely help us." That last one was an optimistic throw out from Athena, one the gods tried to cling to hope but still doubted. Athena went on with "The Betrayed Savior shall see the gods fall. This could mean that some savior of ours or someone betrayed will make it so that the gods fall, whether which gods will die or what kind is not clear." However, it was clear, they just don't wish to accept it. It means that they could most likely fall to this 'Betrayed Savior.' Athena continued with "As for who this 'Betrayed Savior', it could be a number of people. It could be some worthless demigod that we or the Titans or Giants may have tossed aside, it could be a god seeking revenge, or..." Athena paused upon the horrifying idea that popped into her head. The gods quickly followed the train of thought and reached the same conclusion that Athena reached, their eyes widening in shock and fear.
"Perseus." Poseidon said grimly. The gods once again went into chaos, only to once again be silenced by an angry Zeus.
"QUIET!" Zeus yelled out, his face taking a deep purple and goldish color. He continued his rant with "That is impossible! There can be no way that the boy may be this 'Betrayed Savior!' He is dead! There was no trace of him anywhere when we went to Tartarus! No one can survive that Pit for that long and he is most certainly not a big enough threat to make us fall! That line must mean someone else or that unless we kill this so called 'Betrayed Savior' we will die by a bigger threat." The gods could only nod, not wanting to speak up and risk being shocked. But the Olympians remembered that night where they banished Perseus to Tartarus. The insane smile, the dark aura, the dark, malevolent presence and voice. Plus the oath to Chaos brought up more red flags in their minds that it was him. It fitted perfectly. He did save Olympus, Twice, he was betrayed by them, and he made an oath to Chaos to come back and it seemed possible it was now. But the gods tried to use any reasonable and non-reasonable thought that would make that theory false, but none worked.
Zeus cleared his mind and reigned his temper in. He then motioned for Athena to continue. Athena did so, saying "Wielding the power to slay the gods.' This could mean that this 'Betrayed Savior' may have the power to destroy us. This could mean that he must have been the one to steal the Ophiotaurus and slew it gain the power to destroy Olympus." The gods grew fearful at that, the more was thought of this prophecy, the more they wished it wasn't true. Athena continued with "'Father and Son, will clash last, against all odds.' This is easy to read. It means that whatever will happen in this war, a Father and his Son will fight each other in the end. Who they could mean anyone, but it could most likely mean the 'Betrayed Savior' as he is mostly mentioned in this part of the prophecy. 'One Titan shall die to save the true king, One god shall die by the youthful spring.' This can mean a number of things. It could mean that a Titan will appear and join us, only to die saving Zeus, as he is the true King of Olympus. The other line is a mystery. The most obvious part is about a god dying, which we do not know who, but the most mysterious part is the 'by the youthful spring' part. I do not know what it could mean, but it must be important if perhaps one of us will be there."
The prospect of them falling was one thing. That could have meant they were overthrown and/or actually fallen down the stairs for all they know. But hearing about a god actually dying was another thing. This meant that they could very well die and this mentioned god could be one of them or someone else. And as or the Titan dying part, it seems far fetched to say that a Titan would join them after all that has happened and if one does, what guarantee do they have that it means that it is talking about another person as the 'true king.'
Athena continued with reviewing the prophecy. "One Kingdom shall rise, the other razed." This means that either we shall win against this new threat int he end, or that we will be destroyed while the other takes over. And for the finale one is the most mysterious. 'And the Fallen's Servant shall once more be raised.' This could mean that some fallen god or something will come back, or it could mean about the 'Betrayed Savior' or one of the Titans or Giants." She finished with "That is all that could be deciphered from the prophecy, I will have to searched through my library for any clues to this prophecy. Still, this leaves us with too many questions."
The gods took this time to plunge themselves into chaos, again. They were whispering to each other to full blown yelling at each other at what could the prophecy mean, if this had anything to do with the Fates, and who was the threat. Having enough, Zeus shot his Master Bolt into the air, causing the Olympians to silence and calm themselves.
Zeus yelled out "ENOUGH! I WILL NOT HAVE THIS NONSENSE IN MY THRONE ROOM! WE ARE THE OLYMPIANS! WE HAVE DEFEATED MONSTERS, TITANS, AND GIANTS! WE EVEN DEFEATED A FUCKING PRIMORDIAL! WE WILL RISE FROM THIS JUST AS WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE!" He then gestured to the dead Fates. Did it ever occurred to you fools that this is nothing but a TRICK! No one could possibly destroy the Fates, this is just an illusion to scare us. WE ARE NOT SCARED! Apollo! Are you sure that these are real Fates, are you sure that they aren't a trick?"
Apollo looked back to the Fates, placing his hand on one of their heads. He tried to find any residual trace of their essence to see if they were the Fates. Every immortal being has a unique energy signature that can be identified and traced. An immortal being's very presence can be enough to leave a trace behind to trace and identify. Even faded deities can leave behind a small trace of their essence. Not one to show that they are alive, but just enough to identify, but it can disappear once identified. Sorta of a black-box of their essence. Apollo searched for this trace, anything to clarify the mystery of the Fates. He found this small trace and widened his eyes at the discovery.
He looked to the gods of Olympus and said "It is them. Really them. A found a trace of their essence but just enough to allow me to know their identity. They really have faded." He returned to his throne, an unidentifiable look on his face.
Athena jumped in with "Did you at least find any trace of who may have killed them? Any small residual power?"
Apollo shook his head and said "No, there was no trace of the perpetrator. No kind of magic or energy I can figure out. What was weirder is that I identified the Fates were killed just an hour ago! A few best. There should have been a huge trace of power there, something to figure out who it was, but there's nothing."
The gods didn't like that. There were very few beings who can cover their tracks this easily and those few all fit into the same category of beings who are forbidden by Ancient Law to interfere with the Fates, much less kill them.
Hephaestus decided to chin in what every was thinking about "But who could do something like this?" That is what they were thinking. Who is gonna die. What Titan and god was the prophecy referring? How could the Fates die? Who killed them? How did he kill them?
What was this new threat?
The answer came to them faster than they expected.
Suddenly, as if someone crammed it into their heads, the answer came to them. It was obvious. Memories of the past flashed into their heads. Most specifically, of a certain raven black haired haired, sea-green eyed, betrayed Hero of Olympus. It fitted together nearly perfectly. An person strong enough to defeat and fade a Titan and Primordial. Someone with a grudge against the Fates and them for obvious reasons. A Betrayed Savior.
The gods looked to each other. They knew that they all had the same conclusion from the shared realization, disbelief, and fear in their eyes. Ares yelled out "But it can't be him. Even the punk could not kill the Fates, he barely managed with Gaea! Besides, we threw him into Tartarus, there is no way he can escape again. Right?"
The gods tried to nod their heads, but they find the reasoning as difficult to fully accept. He defeated Kronos and Gaea, he defeated Ares at a young age, he escaped Tartarus before. Why would this be any different?
Before they could think anymore reasons to disclaim their realization, a familiar, yet deep voice suddenly called out "Are you sure about that Boar Brain?"
The Olympians jumped in their seats at the sound of the voice, alarmed by its familiarity and the power they could suddenly sense from just the sheer voice. A sheer wave of power made itself known all around the Olympians. It came so suddenly that they didn't know how it could have appeared so fast and unexpected, almost like it was hiding in plain sight. That is when they realized a terrible realization: the light that occurred didn't just transported the dead Fates, it brought the very perpetrator himself! The being was inside the throne room!
The gods started to look around the room to find and sense the being, but the voice called out again "So you gods finally realized it, and I'm not just talking about how I have been here all along, but that you all know who I am. Or at least have a concept. I didn't think you'll would figure it out for a week or two, I guess you gods finally 'improved on something for once."
Zeus's face grew purple in color, and while his eyes showed rage and hurt pride, they were covered in fear. The old King of Olympus shouted out "SHOW YOURSELF! DO YOU INTEND TO HIDE LIKE A COWARD?!"
The voice called out "I see you haven't change at all Air Head. As for me hiding, I never had. For this entire time, I've been right under your noses."
The gods started to notice something underneath their feet: the shadows were moving, but not by them. The shadows around the room started to grow and spread to the middle of the room, near the Fates. They all gathered into a shadowy image of a figure, glowing cyan blue eyes appearing and a white light smile, maniacal in nature appeared as well and a crackling, insane laughter pierced around the throne room. The power started to grow unbearable to the gods, like the gravity started to grow heavier. The image dissolved and formed a circle. Then it started to rise.
The shadows raised and formed a masculine, cloaked figure. The man wore a long black cloak that reached to the man's knees, looking that of an assassin, with sleeves and a hood obscuring his upper face. The back of the cloak had a symbol of what looked like a dragon. Intricate lines, colored dark cyan blue and sea-green, that would dim and glow at random times, were all over the cloak, giving off a high tech armored look. The cloak was open at the front, revealing the man's shirt. It was as well black, with a symbol of a dragon's head in the center, lightning and spikes shooting out from the head to all over the shirt. The man's pants were black jeans with what looked like armored plates of an unknown metal sewed or integrated into the jeans. The feet were covered in black combat boots with metal toes on the ends. The cloak and gear obscured most the man's appearance but what could be made up was the the man was tall, roughly 6'5, and muscular, not bulky like Ares, but more like a lion, lean, strong, and intimidating. His eyes were hidden by the hood but his lower face was visible. He had a chiseled jaw that seemed to be made from marble, slight scratches and scars on his cheeks, and raven black hair can be seen peaking from the hood. If one would look closely, they would see a strand of grey peaking as well.
The man flowed with energy, coursing off him in waves. Way more powerful than a Titan and even Giant, he seemed to be a level of a Primordial. But no amount of intimidating power was enough for Zeus not to shout out in paranoid rage "HOW DARE YOU DISTURB OUR MEETING WITHOUT OUR PERMISSION! IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND BOW TO US IN FORGIVENESS THIS INSTANT!"
The man merely smirked, unaffected by Zeus rage, which caused said King to grow more furious. The mysterious man replied with "Really, that's it? I was expecting a more dramatic display from you, Zeusy. But just for the fun it, I will tell you. I am the one who destroyed the Fates."
The gods eyes widened in shock and growing fear of the man. Not one knew what to do, except for Zeus who immediaetly threw his Master Bolt at the man. The man didn't move and stood there still as the massive bolt raced towards him. As it struck a bright, massive flash of light and energy engulfed the throne room. The gods couldn't see what had occurred, but many assumed the man was destroyed. There was no deity in existence who can take a blast like that at full force and survive. Zeus smirked in pride and victory, believing to have eliminated the threat easily. He wished.
As the light from the bolt dimmed, the Olympians squinted their eyes to see of the man's fate. They were shocked and horrified and at the result. The light fully dimmed to reveal the mysterious man, unmoved, with not even scratch on him, but what was most shocking was what he held in his hand: the Master Bolt.
The gods couldn't believe what had occurred. The man took the full force of a weapon as strong as a 10 nuclear bombs and didn't even looked fazed. Zeus, pale and afraid, reached his hands forward, trying to call the Bolt back to him. The Bolt shook in the man's hand but couldn't escape the man's grasp. Instead, the man held the weapon close to his face, examining it, but from what the Olympians could tell it wasn't a glance of wonder, it was a glance of remembrance, as if the man held the Bolt before.
The man then said "You know, I used to fear you would blast me into oblivion with this multiple times in my life. But now that you have, I now see that it wasn't worth the hype." He looked towards the Olympians, most specifically Zeus, and said "It's kinda ironic, that the first deed I did of service to the gods was to return this Bolt to you. Now, my first act of vengeance against the Olympians, is to take this very same weapon away, forever."
What the man did next the gods would never had believed it if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes.
The man looked back to the weapon and held it close to his face, the Bolt still shacking, trying to go back to its Master. The man's eyes suddenly glowed through his hood, revealing bright cyan blue eyes, mixed with sea-green, and then opened his mouth slightly wide. The Bolt suddenly shook more violently and it let out a sudden screeching noise, almost like it was wailing in pain. The Bolt sparked violently, but what was the most shocking part of the sight was the electricity was flowing towards somewhere: the man's mouth. A stream of pure energy and lightning flowed from the Master Bolt and flowed into the man's mouth while the Bolt shook and wailed. The man looked to be eating the Bolt's power. After a second, the shaking slowed, the wailing grew quieter, and the Bolt's glow was dimming. Soon enough, the last of the Bolt's energy flowed into the man's mouth, the Bolt now looking like a plain grey rod. The man sighed and stretched his arms in adjustment to the power flowing in him. He looked towards the gods, all speechless and un-moving, even Zeus, so the man decided to snap them out of their trances and add a little insult to injury. The man held the Bolt in both hands and, as simple as breaking a branch, he broke the Master Bolt in two, effectively snapping the gods out of their trance.
They reacted immediately, all of them rising up, summoning their weapons, aiming for the man, ready to kill. Suddenly, the man flicked his hand and all the gods soared back to their thrones. They tried to get back up but found themselves trapped under a mysterious weight, and they realized that it was the man's doing. He had them trapped in their own thrones, at his mercy.
The man spoke up "Wooh. Now that was a treat. So much power, so much wasted on a pathetic so called 'King'." He looked around towards the Olympians and said "Wow, it is great to be back. I see not a lot has changed, except if you count you guys growing into the very being that you fought and hated. You Olympians really have let yourselves go."
Ares snapped and yelled out "Who the hell are you?! What the hell are you?!"
The man looked towards Ares and smiled maniacally. He then said "Well if it isn't good oh Beef for Brains. Having trouble there, oh mighty god of War? Well you guys are going to sit there, shut up, suck it, and listen up." After hearing the insults, Ares raged more from his restraints, he was glowing in red energy and nearly about to enter his godly form, but he felt that power blocked by something.
Ignoring the raging war god, the man spoke again to the Olympians with "Anyways, you want to know who I am? Very well. Let's talk about how you 'gods' made me into what stands before you now." He looked around the throne room and said "For all my life, I had served you Olympians, bound by the bonds of family and friendship. I had saved you'll from your own prides and grudges, fought wars for you, suffered pain and torment the likes of which a normal person or demigod would even have to in their lifetime. Yet, your prides were so hurt because someone so 'inferior' was right and proved you wrong many times you just couldn't deal with it and decided to take everything from me. My home, my friends, my mother and stepfather, the one I loved, you robbed me of everything I had to live for. Then you tossed me into a pit a tried to bury it, saying I was a threat." the man clenched his fists and a surge of power started building. "After everything I did for you Olympians, you labeled me a traitor, a threat, a monster."
The man glowed with a sea-green, cyan blue aura. He said "In an ironic sense, you Olympians were right. I am a monster." He then looked towards the Olympians, a smirk on his face and his eyes glowing through the hood. He said "But I'm a monster of your making."
The man's hands were then raised to the sides of his hoods. he continued while doing this saying "I'm you worst nightmare come true. I'm the culmination of millennia of all your sins and consequences." He started pulling the hood away while talking, every phrase revealing another part of the man's face, revealing his identity.
"I'm your Bane." His strand of grey hair was revealed.
"Your Frankenstein." More of his raven black hair came out.
"Your Doomsday." His sea-green, with a new cyan blue, were finally revealed. The gods gasped in shock, their eyes filled with fear, realization, and disbelief.
"Your Destroyer." The man's face was shown, revealing to the Olympians their Betrayed Savior, their former Twice-over Hero of Olympus.
Athena breathed out the answer in shock
"Perseus."
DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNN! And there you have! Fates are dead, a new prophecy is spoken, and Percy had returned to Olympus, although not for its benefit, for its destruction. How will the Olympians take this surprise? Who will win and who will die? You don't, but I do and I will make this story more awesome as it goes.
Sorry guys that I haven't released this sooner, but with projects, prom, studying, tests, and Mother's Day, my time is being eaten up like a hungry hungry hippo. I hope to better things soon and upload things sooner but for now things are taking a massive dump on my free time, at least when it comes to writing. By the way, if I promised action in the last chapter, I forget, I'm sorry there wasn't much but at least I promised some death. And things will get more intense in the next chapter.
Another reason for the long wait is because I have been visiting some the previous chapter after looking at some comments. I understand that some of you guys find tings a bit confused on some things. Firstly, about whether Khione was with Luke or Ethan, I have to come out perfectly honest and say that was an error of direction. I wanted at first for Khione to be with Ethan and then saying it was Luke. To remedy this mistake I will be fixing the chapters so in case you want to figure out what the changes are. The official pairing of these individuals will be Ethan/Khione and Luke/Andromeda.
Also another one was how Percy's mates don't know anything about the soulmate thing, except for Zoe, up till Zoe's trial came out. That is an honest mistake, and will correct it and to let you guys know the answer: Percy did tell them before Zoe's trial and that added line, about how they didn't know, was when my brain was a little sleepy and tired.
Also to address the issue on whether Piper and Aphrodite should have Ouranos's powers is simple: they just don't. Aphrodite was born of the sea and Piper is her mother so they have almost same abilities in every way, but they don't have the storm or wind powers. Its like Kronos and his children, Kronos only had the powers of a Titan and time but Zeus still got powers over the lightning, Poseidon the sea, Hades had the underworld, and so on and so forth. They didn't have any powers that related to their father, besides godly powers and heritages are confusing enough as it is.
Anyways, that is it for now, I will try to write better and more accurate and try for these problems to not come up as much. I will see you guys later, and as always, helpful criticism is always welcome, comments and reviews are encouraged, and stay in tune for the next chapter.
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