Chapter 3

The void (3rd person)

Clotho spins the thread, Lachesis measures it, and Atropos cut it. From the beginning of time the Moirae's job had been simple. But as he's apt to do, Perseus Jackson had made their lives complicated. No mortal was ever meant to break through their limit. It was supposed to be impossible, yet it had been done. And to make matters worse they had no idea it was coming. Perseus Jackson had defied fate itself.

As Lachesis spins the threads of mortals, she internally seethes. Jackson was meant to live a relatively long life before passing away in his sleep. A peaceful death for a hero. But he went against his fate and claimed immortality. She'd been robbed of a life.

As Lachesis thought about how Jackson had slighted her, Clotho looked toward the future. She knew there was a threat coming, and that Perseus would need every advantage he could get in order to lead the Greeks through it succesfully. And so she came up with a plan.A plan to both arm Percy with a godly weapon, and surround him with powerful, and loyal, allies that would help him get through the mess that was to come.

"Any true immortal needs a symbol of power. Lachesis, weave Jackson's thread into his weapon of choice, anaklusmos, so that he may use it to combat the challenges on the horizon", said Clotho.

Begrudgingly, Lachesis did as she was asked and set the plan into motion.

Olympus (percy pov)

When I arrived at Olympus I saw I was the last to arrive. Each of the Olympians were already seated and quietly conversing amongst themselves about their domains. I felt my pocket suddenly warm up where I keep riptide, but decided that was a problem for later.

"Perseus", said Poseidon. "Now that we're all gathered here, why don't you explain why you needed this meeting."

"Well I may have accidentally over trained a little bit and ended up turning into a god, but without all the restrictions you guys have to deal with."

At that the counsel got dead silent before they suddenly erupted with questions, congratulations, and a few threats from a jealous god of war. Zeus suddenly slammed his master bolt into the ground causing a thunder clap, and the rest of the Olympians shut up to hear what he had to say.

"Perseus, you've served Olympus far greater than any that came before you. Normally, I'd be wary of the threat posed by a powerful unbound deity ,but I feel that your loyalty has been more than proven. All I ask is that you swear an oath not to betray us to our enemies in any coming conflicts."

Wow, Zeus had really chilled out since that whole lightning bolt thing. Of course I'd swear that oath. The Olympians and their children were my family, I'd never betray them. " I swear by the river styx to never betray Olympus to it's enemies, as long as they don't betray me first." After I swear the oath Zeus says he has some questions for me. He has me explain the situation behind my breakthrough and my meeting with the fates before asking, " So did the fates teach you to use your godly powers or will you need someone to walk you through it?"

I hadn't thought about that yet but it made sense. Apparently I was able to do all the amazing things that the rest of the gods do, but the only thing that had come naturally so far was flashing around. I tell Zeus that I would need a godly 'tutor' and he looks around the throne room for a moment before seeming to decide on a course of action.

"Perseus, you're going to report to Olympus everyday In the morning for your training. Artemis, you're going to walk him through the basic powers that come with godhood. Before you complain, you're the only one if us with the freedom to leave your domain on autopilot during the day that I'd trust to actually teach Perseus what he's doing."

Without outwardly protesting, Artemis seems to accept her new duty and requests to leave so she can check on her hunt. Zeus allows it and she steps down from her throne before flashing away.

We wrap the meeting up and after stopping to catch up with my dad and cousins, I flash back to my cabin at camp. I notice that it's only mid afternoon so I decide to get some training in before the next class I have to teach. As I head towards the arena I see campers pointing towards me and whispering, and knew that the whole camp would hear about what happened pretty quickly.

Once I get to the arena I approach a group of Ares kids and ask to spar. There were at least ten of them so I get how this probably sounds crazy, but I wanted to see if my sudden ascension had come with some new combat skills, and what better way to find out than against a bunch of angry kids who hate you for beating up their dad. I grab a training sword, making a mental note to have Leo forge something more balanced for training, and wait for my opponents to be ready. Before long they stood across from me in a traditional Spartan phalanx, obviously planning to take advantage of their numbers against a superior opponent.

As soon as they began to advance forward everything seemed to slow down. They were coming towards me at a snails pace and I knew that if I wanted I could end this in a matter of seconds. I felt godly blood rushing through my veins and knew that this was a result of what happened the other night. I dash forward, planting my foot in the shield of my closest opponent. I use my momentum to continue forward, knocking him to his back and destroying the shield wall that made the phalanx so effective for ancient Spartans. I strike right, then left, incapacitating two of my opponents, before using my new speed to quickly and efficiently disarm the rest.

After spending the next couple hours in the arena , both training and teaching classes, I decide to head back towards my cabin to change and relax before the campfire. I enjoy the walk back, and after I slip inside I head towards my shower and begin to empty my pockets. I feel something warm before remembering that I still hadn't checked out riptide.

A/N: thanks for reading. Expect another couple chapters tomorrow as I'll have time to write. Pls review Id love the feedback