Ψηαπτερ 7!
Percy Pov
The scene shifted from Prometheus and Hyperion talking to each other to a dark room. I looked up and saw the three fates looking down at me. I immediately bowed in front of them. Mother warned me of them, and that they could be cruel, or they could be kind.
Always respect them or they would make your life a living Tartarus. "Perseus." They all said at the same time. "Yes?" I asked with as much respect in my voice as I could muster, my eyes not yet leaving the ground.
"We are here to warn you about an soon coming decision that will affect this whole planet till the end of time, and beyond the chaos that ensues past the end, and into the new beginning." They said, once again freaking me out with their unison.
"What is this decision you warn me about?" I ask, curiousity filling my voice.
"The ancient laws forbid us from telling you what lies ahead in the future, but it will come in rain, when you are at your most loving state, Perseus." They replied, in their usual unison.
"Ok, but I can't help but wonder why would you tell me about this? It has to be important if you wouldn't leave me to find out on my own." I asked, as I wondered how bad this must be. "We will say that it come from a high up place. Someone even higher up than us."They said before they stared fading out.
"Perseus, Perseus, wake up." I heard before I open my eyes and that beautiful face known as Hestia came into my vision.
"Yes Hestia, what is it that you want?" I ask, wondering why she'd be here. "Father requests you at the throne room immediately." She said, getting off of my bed and moving away a few steps. "Okay tell him I will be there in a few minutes." I said before I closed my eyes again, planning on getting more sleep.
"Perseus, you better wake up or else." She said, letting the threat hang in the air.
I open my eyes and looked into hers and for a brief moment I saw visions of people burning who didn't take care of family's and people who didn't respect the hearth.
"Ehh." I said, shrugging my shoulders before I closed my eyes, figuring that she wouldn't kill me or hurt me too badly. Man, I love my sleep. "Okay Perseus, I didn't want to do this." She said, and not before long, I started smelling something burning.
"Ahh!" I started yelling as I realized I was really on fire before I put myself out with water. "Okay, okay I'm coming! Just don't burn me again!" I said.
"Okay, let's go." She said before she grabbed my hand and we walked out the door of my bedroom and down the stairs and out the front door.
It was a dark and chilly night on Mt. Othrys and it smelled of a coming rain. The vendors along the street were closing and everyone was hurrying inside their houses.
"Hestia how do you get inside my house, I remember locking it down, before I went to sleep because of a crazy water nymph broke in." I asked her, worried that the nymph may have gotten inside and taken advantage of me.
"Oh, mom gave me the key, she knew you would be sleeping after the party yesterday." She said, and thankfully, seemed not to hear the part about the nymph.
"About the party, why did you get mad?" I asked, wondering why she had gotten so mad over nothing. A deep red blush came up on her face as she relentened and said, "Well Perseus, I was kind of jealous that you weren't paying attention to me."
"Why would you want me to pay attention to you?" I asked totally oblivious to what she meant.
She stopped and looked at me, "Percy... I'm in love with you." She said, as she looked downward. I cupped my hand under her cheek and brought it back up to eye leve, and as I looked in her eyes and I saw love and caring.
"I love you too, Hestia." I said before I brought her face to mine and kissed her. When our lips connected I felt a spark, and I knew she was the one for me.
Her lips were so warm and soft and they tasted like cinnamon.
We stood there like that for at least 10 minutes, before we pulled apart. "Come on, we have got to hurry before father has another anger fit." She said, pulling me toward the direction of the throne room.
In the throne room 15 minutes later
Percy's POV
Zeus and I kneeled in front of father's throne, with him angrily looking down at us. "Prometheus and Hyperion have accused both of you with plans of treason and uprising. Tell me, is this true?" He asked, fury evident in his voice and his face.
"No father, it's not, I swear on the Styx river." I said, offended that I had been accused of this. "They are trying to start a war!" Zeus and I said at the same time, creeping me out a little. "Okay then, let's see what Prometheus and Hyperion have to say about that." Kronos said, angry.
"They are lying about it brother, we have proof that they were conspiring about it." Prometheus said. "Hecate come in." He said as the throne doors opened and Hecate walked in. She looked at us with a look of sadness in her eyes.
"If everyone would please direct their attention to the middle of the throne room please." A large holographic screen popped up in the room and it currently showed me and Zeus.
"Why did you call me here?" The fake me asked. "I have a plan that will assure our power and our ruling." Zeus said. "What is it?" the fake me asked. "I need you to take out each titan one by one last one being father." Zeus said, trying to read me into the plot.
"Why would I do this Zeus?" I asked, curious as to why he would do this? "Because the titans have ruled far too long. Plus I will give you half of all of the domains and all the mortals you want." Said Zeus, an evil look in his eye.
"OK, then it's a deal." the fake me said.
The image ended and father was looking at us with anger, his golden eyes glowing with immense anger, but they were glazed over.
"YOU DARE BETREY ME?! EVEN AFTER ALL I DID FOR YOU?!" His voice full of outrage at this treason. "Father its false evidence!" I said, taken aback by his immense anger, but willing to face his wrath to prove my innocence.
"YOU DARE LIE TO ME? THE EVIDENCE IS RIGHT THERE!" Came Kronos' booming voice.
After he had calmed, he said in a powerful voice, "For treason and lying you shall be banished to the wilderness and you shall live with your powers, but still as mortals."
He slammed his scythe on the ground and shot a golden energy beam at us.
"NO!" Someone screamed and mother flashed in as she tried to reach us but it was too late. The light absorbed us and we were teleported somewhere in a forest somewhere in the middle of Greece.
My head was spinning and I felt weaker, but not that weak like a mortal. "Zeus, get up we have got to find shelter, I can feel the rain coming." I said, feeling that the rain would soon fall.
He was still unresponsive so I picked him up and started dragging him towards a cave I found. I gathered some wood and started a fire.
I layed Zeus on the cave wall and leaned on the other side of wall. "How did we get in this mess?" I asked myself.
I slid down the cave wall and closed my eyes wondering how I'm going to get out of this.