Hey guys! Now we really are starting to get away from all the cliche crap! I keep forgetting to put this in, so here's the disclaimer!
Disclaimer: I do not in any way own Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
On to the story!
Last chapter:
"Goodnight Champion" A beam of seemingly pure darkness hit me. It sank into my skin, my arms, my legs, my chest, everywhere. Just as a blanket of darkness overcame me, I thought This is gonna suck.
This Chapter:
Thanatos PoV
I looked at my champion. He will be a great angel of death. He will take a long time to train though. He must train physically, then must go into a fifty-thousand year sleep, so he can train his powers.
As I thought, a dead soul wobbled over to me. "Lord Thantos" It spoke, it's voice just a husk of what it used to be "Who is that child?" I swept at it and it dispersed. It was clearly a long-dead soul for it to be like that. If you are dead for a long time, you lose everything about you. Your voice, your look, your personality. Everything. Gone.
I strolled down to the river styx, and waited. As I thought, seconds later, achilles was next to me, ready to deter me from bathing in its waters. Once he saw me, he stopped mid-sentence.
"Lord Thantos" he said politely "May I ask why you are here?" I looked at him. He seemed to be shuddering and was as far away from me as he could. Of course I thought Im the GOD OF DEATH of course they would be intimidated. It took me this long to realise?
I internally facepalmed and began speaking. "Oh no reason" I stated, nonchalantly "Just to gaze upon the waters." "Ok" He responded, clearly not believing me. He faded away and I waltzed away. (AN: That scene might seem like it was pointless, but it will be important later.)
I walked into Hades' palace and we began petty conversation. We talked for a couple of hours before we returned to our responsibilities. I went out and claimed quite a few souls, and when I was done, laid to rest.
I looked to Perseus, and realised something. Poseidon disowned Perseus, so he is without a weapon. I walked up to Hades and asked for a slab of celestial bronze and mortal steel, as he is god of riches. He provided said metals and I went on my way.
I went to the soul forge, where I forged Percy a scythe, I turned to a table, where I hammered the steel into a casting. This casting would be part of the final blade. I poured molten celestial bronze into the casting and left a little space. Then, I filled the rest of the casting up with more steel. When it finally set, it was a celestial bronze scythe blade with Steel edges and little bits of steel in it. This allowed Percy to reap demigods and mortals.
I then walked back over to the styx. I used the same method as earlier to summon achilles to me. He stared at me with widened eyes and I placed his soul in the blade. Now Percy will have a companion I thought. (From now on bold Italics will be achilles) the scythe was now ready.
Percy PoV
I woke up, sitting in a little room overlooking a huge chasm. I looked into the chasm and saw thousands of souls below me. This room was clearly overlooking the underworld from a cliff and it was amazing.
I looked to my left and saw a large archway leading into another room. I walked in and gasped at the beauty. It had thousands of portals on the walls, each with a label on it. Fire realm and chaos realm both stuck out to me. What was a realm? Where was I? These were both very prominent questions to me, and i soon got an answer.
"Ah, you have found my portal room I see." A deep voice asked. I whipped around to see my new master, Thanatos. "Perseus, you are now an angel of death," He explained "Your duties will soon be to follow my orders and reap others. Of course you will have the powers of souls and death by your side. You shall now assume the name Διάβολος, or Devil." He smiled as he explained this to me.
"What is with these portals? Where am I?" I asked. I was really getting freaked out by the swirling portals. They all had different and strong auras behind them, as if they were trying to consume me. "You are in the cliffs above the underworld, and the portals will be explained in due time." I sighed, I really wanted to know about the portals.
"In the meantime, you shall learn new physical abilities," He said "Such as your new weapon." Out of thin air, A scythe appeared in his hand. It had a black wooden handle with a steel and celestial bronze blade. It looked sharp as a newly sharpened pencil (AN: I couldn't think of anything sharp) and could easily pierce skin.
"Why can't I use riptide?" I asked. "Because it is a part of Percy Jackson, not Devil. Also, as a death angel, you must use my weapon, a scythe." I sighed, knowing that learning a whole new weapon would be hell. Well, I might as well do it I have nothing else to do. I took the scythe and walked into the next room, Thanatos calling out to me "That is where you will eat. Go back to sleep, I will wake you when you must train." I nodded and returned to sleep.
Dream
I awakened, but not in my new home. I was in the middle of a deserted camp-halfblood. I looked around. No campers were here, and the campfire was out. I looked over to the beach and saw a figure standing there. I walked up to them and flinched back at who it was. Achilles? I thought Why is he here?
"Perseus, I am now your companion." He said. "My soul is in your weapon, and i will provide advice and counsel to you when it is needed." He then dispersed and my dream changed.
This time I was in the amphitheatre of camp half blood and it was completely packed. I looked around and saw that nobody saw me. I listened to Chiron in the front.
"Children! We have discovered the body of ex-Hero of Olympus Percy Jackson!" With that most, if not all the campers booed. I was covered in a shroud that depicted my many acts. How did they discover my body? I was still alive! Chiron brought a torch down upon my body and burned it. The ashes floated into the air, and everyone but Annabeth left.
She walked to my burning body and pulled out my camp necklace. She tossed it into the fire and stared at it burning. "Goodbye forever Seaweed Brain" she spat. Where did she get my camp necklace from? I swear i had it?
"Perseus!" Echoed through my dream, getting louder every time. "PERSEUS!"
I woke up to Thanatos shaking me calling my name. "Perseus!" He exclaimed. "OK, Ok!" I said rubbing my head. "no need to scream, god!" he smiled cheekily. "Alright time to go train under my most trusted soul. His name is χορδή."
I groaned. Today was going to be a long day.
Done! Sorry for the wait you guys, but I'll probably post weekly on saturday around 6:00 EST. Thanks to anyone who reads and gives criticism!
-Silverblackjack1
