Chapter 2: Rise of Angmar
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Angmar POV
As Angmar's eyes slowly grew heavier his mind wandered to the months leading up to his adoption.
Flashback: Percy POV
'Ah today is a great day.' Percy thought to himself as lay on the beach, being so close to the sea calmed him. It had been a year since the seven defeated Gaea, and Percy had been staying at camp for the summer to spend time with his friends. Jason, Frank and Hazel had left for the Roman camp a week before Percy arrived. But they returned almost immediately to Camp Half-Blood when they heard Percy was back. The first month or so at camp was one of the greatest times of Percy's life, he and Annabeth were closer than ever, Leo returned from the dead with an old friend named Calypso, Percy and Calypso made amends, new campers were constantly arriving, and Piper and Jason had gotten married. The ceremony was attended by all twelve major Olympians and many other deities of the Greco-Roman world. Weeks later Percy had finally asked Leo to make him an engagement ring so he could propose to Annabeth, this was after constant prodding from Jason, Frank and Leo. Three weeks after Percy asked Leo for a ring, it was finished. The ring was beautiful, it was a tungsten band with one sea-green emerald on the face of the ring. Percy planned to pop the question to Annabeth in two weeks. Little did he know that in two weeks his life would change forever. The Monday after Percy had finished planning for his proposal to Annabeth, a new demi-god arrived to camp, followed by a few very blood-thirsty monsters. Percy had been on border watch the night before so he ran to help the young half-blood. Once the monsters had been dispatched with relative ease by Percy and the new arrival, Percy turned to him and said,
"You fight pretty well for a new arrival."
"Thanks, you seem pretty good at fighting yourself."
"I've been here since I was twelve. What's your name by the way."
"Oh I'm Jack. Jack Blair. You?"
"Percy Jackson."
Jack's mouth dropped and he said,
"Oh my gods! You're the Percy Jackson!?"
Percy chuckled and replied,
"Yeah that's me, come on let's get to camp."
Percy beckoned Jack to follow him into camp. Percy brought Jack to the Big House and told him to find Chiron. A week went by without a hitch, aside from Jack being claimed as a son of Ares. The week before Percy was to propose, Percy's life went to shit. First Percy was accused by Jack of breaking Jason's sword, causing both Jason and Piper to head to New Rome and never speak to Percy again. Second, Annabeth started to become more and more distant. Percy began to spend more and more time in his cabin, alone with his anger and sadness. Finally the day came for Percy to ask Annabeth to marry him. Leo, not believing a word of the accusations against him, helped him get ready. Percy was nervous, for obvious reasons, and headed out to the Athena cabin. He knocked on the door and Malcolm answered,
"Oh hi Malcolm, where's Annabeth?"
"Oh hey Perce. She's at the beach waiting for you."
"Alright thanks man."
Malcolm nodded and shut the door. Percy then started heading towards the beach. On his head he started hearing a voice saying things like, 'Don't believe what you are about to see.' And, 'It's all a lie, come to me child.' Percy shook his head trying to clear it. When he arrived at the beach, he heard some very vulgar moaning. He turned towards the sound and immediately regretted looking, for what he saw was worse than his worst nightmare. He saw Annabeth cheating on him in the most complete way with both Jack and Leo. Percy heard her say, "Don't worry boys Percy'll never find out besides I've been wanting this for a long time now." Percy turned and stalked back to his cabin. Once inside Percy drew riptide and went to town in the inside of his cabin. He hacked and slashed at everything inside. By the time Percy has depleted his anger, nothing within the cabin was in one piece. Percy then laid down on the floor and slept through the night. When he woke up this morning there was a note on his door from Annabeth. This pissed him off even more, and he just tore it up without reading it through. What he did read was her saying she didn't love him anymore, and her saying she was leaving him. Percy skipped breakfast and headed straight for the arena to practice his swordsmanship. He practiced undisturbed for four hours until he felt a presence behind him. Still in combat mode, Percy spun around swinging riptide in a deadly arc and nearly decapitated Jason. Jason's quick reflexes were the only thing that saved him,
"Percy what the hell!?"
"Oh my gods, I'm so sorry Jason! You surprised me."
"I came here to apologize to you for thinking you broke my sword! And this is how you fucking greet me!?"
"Jason I'm sorry, I've just been so angry lately."
"Is that why you cheated on Annabeth?"
Percy was shocked at Jason's accusation.
"Jason what are you talking about!? She cheated on me with the new kid Jack and Leo."
"Bullshit Jackson, she was balling this morning telling me and Piper how she found you making out with Clarrise."
"Jason! How can you believe that!? My fatal flaw is loyalty for crying out loud!"
"I don't care Jackson, get out of my sight!"
The venom with which Jason said those words hurt Percy highly. Percy stalked out of the arena and was confronted by Zeus.
"Perseus Jackson!"
Zeus boomed,
"You stand accused of attempted murder of a child of the big three, how do you plead?"
"Lord Zeus, I plead not guilty."
"I thought you'd say that, why do multiple people say they saw you attempt to end my sons's life?"
"It was an accident!"
Percy yelled out, he was becoming desperate and more and more angry. Then Zeus said the words that ended Percy's life as it was,
"Perseus Jackson as a child of Poseidon I can not kill you personally without a council vote, so your punishment shall be the loss of your mortal family."
Percy dropped to his knees and begged Zeus to kill him, but Zeus would none of it and snapped his fingers. Even from here Percy heard the explosion that told him, his mother and step-father were dead. Driven mad by grief, Percy drew riptide and slashed at Zeus. He found his mark and ichor poured out of Zeus's chest. Zeus howled out,
"Perseus Jackson you are hereby and forever shall be banished, may you rot in the underworld for eternity!"
Almost immediately thunder boomed and a black vortex swirled around Percy and he was transported to a strange castle.'
-End Flashback-
Angmar POV
Angmar shot up from his dream and shook his head,
"Can't go soft on those traitors now."
He said aloud to himself. He walked up the cockpit and asked the pilot how soon they would arrive. The pilot replied saying they were five minutes out. Angmar told him to just go into orbit. Angmar stayed in the cockpit until the transport arrived to earth. As soon as the ship was in a stable orbit, Angmar teleported down to earth, a mile from Half-Blood Hill. Angmar then told the transport pilot over coms that it was ok for him to head back to Barad Dür. As Angmar approached Half-Blood Hill, he summoned a few hellhounds to make his arrival seem less random and hid his armor in his book-bag. As soon as the hellhounds were after him, Angmar started yelling for help. He easily could have taken them but he needed to act untrained. Two demi-gods ran down the hill in full armor and charged at the hounds. Angmar ran behind them to stay out of their way. One was a boy the other a girl. The boy stabbed at one of the hounds with his spear, hitting it in the flank. This caused the hellhound to return to Tartarus. The girl was using a familiar looking drakon-bone sword. She hacked and slashed at the other hound until it too followed its ally to Tartarus. The girl turned to Angmar and said to him,
"Hi welcome to Camp Half-Blood, what's your name?"
Angmar thought for a second and replied,
"I'm Thomas Aliczander."
"I'm gonna call you Tom." The boy replied, "By the way I'm Jack Blair."
Angmar unintentionally snarled but covered it with a cough and said,
"Pleasure to meet you Jack, ma'am what's your name?"
"I'm Annabeth, you don't need to know my last name. Jack can you teach him about the camp? I have to go teach Ancient Greek to the new campers."
"Of course Annabeth, we still on for tonight?"
"Duh Blood-Brain."
Jack laughed at Annabeth's nickname for him, while Angmar's anger nearly got the best of him. Jack looked over at Angmar and said,
"Hey Tom you alright, you're a little red faced."
Angmar said through gritted teeth,
"Yeah Jack, I'm fine. How are you guys still alive?"
"What do you mean Tom?"
"Well everyone knows the story of Percy Jackson and the Seven."
"Oh yeah well a few centuries back Percy Jackson betrayed the camp. So to protect Olympus after his betrayal the gods in their never ending wisdom granted the remaining seven, myself and Calypso immortality."
"How did Percy betray the camp I've always heard his fatal flaw was loyalty?"
"No one honestly knows why he did it, but one day he just attacked both Jason Grace and Zeus."
"Oh wow, he must've lost it."
"Yeah he did, come on I'll show you around."
-Time Skip-
Angmar POV
Jack had spent the last five hours showing Angmar around a camp he had already known for most of his youth. Angmar had to restrain himself multiple times throughout the tour after Jack said something about Percy, aka Angmar, being a traitor. After the tour Angmar decided to sit on top of the Big-House and send a report to Order. After a few seconds of waiting Order finally answered,
"Ah hello my son, I trust you've penetrated the camp?"
"I have father, it is as you said. Many of my betrayers have been made immortal, and I am still hated within the Greco-Roman world."
"My son I am sorry you have to relive this. But as you know the Earth and all of Chaos's creation is a cancer upon the universe. The gods of Olympus are the catalyst of this sickness. They must be destroyed."
"You don't have to check my resolve father. It is stronger than ever."
"I don't doubt your resolve my son. I have complete faith in you Angmar."
"Thank you father, one last thing my lord."
"Yes?"
"I am expected to be claimed at the latest, at the sing-along tomorrow night."
"Not to worry Angmar, I will use some of my influence to get you claimed."
"Thank you my lord."
"Good luck Angmar. And may your revenge, when the time is right, be swift and without mercy."
"My Lord Order, I will burn this camp to the ground with its inhabitants locked in the Big-House."
"I am so proud of you my son, now I have some things I must attend to within the army. Report back to me tomorrow after you've been claimed."
"I shall father."
A/N: Well there's the 2nd chapter, hope you enjoyed. Don't forget to review, constructive criticism is wanted as always.