Hey guys welcome back to another chapter of Camp Demigod.
ArtemisTheGoddessOfTheHunt: I could do that, do you want the demigods to be there or not. Or maybe the titans should be there. That would be funny.
GabbydaughterofAthena: Since there is already a child of Poseidon, cough Percy cough and I would prefer a more interesting parent.
Delta Sigma73: OOOOOOOH that would be awesome! Thanks for the idea!
Guest: NO IDEA!
Bob: Thanks and I'll try to succeed in both requests.
AlabasterTorrington: Thanks and no thanks on the second thing.(Also shoutout to this nerd, he's my friend and he's started writing his own fanfic, you should check it out.)
Thanks for reading and reviewing, on to the story!
Percy POV
I was being sucked up into the air by this strange wind, I would've thought it was one of the wind gods or maybe even Aeolus but I wove the mist thick enough to fool even a titan unless they know it's here. The wind currents seemed to be throwing me around a little bit until I thought about it. Then they straightened out , I feel like whoever was controlling the winds was pouting that I noticed. Throwing people around is probably fun for whoever it is.
I was pulled up so high I felt like I was in space and I could see so many stars! I must have been pulled up so far that I was past the layer of pollution. It was so beautiful, now I understand why Grover was angry about humans clogging up the skies. I was eventually pulled up to what looked like a palace made out of clouds. The architecture was strange It seemed older than Olympus, but over twice as grand. She would be so jealous if I told her, which I will if I ever see her again just to make her feel a negative emotion.
I felt the wind slowly pushing me forward so I started walking on my own and it stopped. As I walked through the hallway the walls seemed to become more solid, taking on a bright blue brick-like look. I kept walking and soon tapestries started appearing on the walls. They were ten times as good as Arachne's tapestries, which is saying something. It depicted what I could only interpret as the time before the titans were born. When the Earth was all natural and no civilization. It was honestly probably one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen, more so than this palace. The tapestries kept going on, about important events like the births of the titans, the birth of the 6 children of Kronos and Rhea, the titan war, the birth of Athena, The birth of Hephaestus, Ares, Apollo and Artemis, and all the ancient heroes that did something good(Hercules wasn't here, HA).
There wasn't much after these until I saw something that I smiled at, it brought back memories. Me facing Hades on my first quest while pulling out the master bolt, I had been so clueless back then. The next one was me meeting Tyson for the first time at Meriweather(I think that's the school name), Then Me and Clarisse getting the golden fleece and here putting it on Thalia's tree. Then there was me fighting the manticore with Her, Thalia, and the hunters. After that was me taking the sky from Artemis to let her fight and Zoe ascending to the stars. I smiled sadly at that one, I'd always felt guilty for her and Bianca's deaths. Then there was me descending into the Labyrinth for the first time, defeating Geryon, meeting Hephaestus for the first time, blowing up Mount Saint Helens, leaving Ogygia, Descending into the maze with Rachel, defeating Antaeus, finding Daedalus, flying down to the ground, and finally the battle of the Labyrinth. Huh, that quest had a much larger tapestry than the others.
Finally, there was the final battle of the second Titanomachy, The battle of Manhattan. There was me bathing in the Styx and then defeating Hades' army, finding Grover, me defeating the monsters, Her getting stabbed, Michael Yew never being found, The drakon, Silena leading the Ares cabin into battle then falling by poison, Clarisse killing the drakon in a rage, convincing my father of my crazy plan, fighting some more, party ponies coming, Kronos getting stuck under a big blue butt, even more fighting, Hades arriving, Kronos destroying Olympus, our duel, Typhon being trapped, and finally Luke stabbing himself with Annabeth's dagger, the cursed blade. There was also the rewards ceremony, but I deemed that unimportant.
Then there were tapestries of the second giant war, Jason's quest, fighting Enceladus, The battle at the Wolf House, Me waking up at said wolf house, going to Camp Jupiter, my first and only war games, Gwen dieing but coming back to life, The quest for Thanatos starting, tricking Phineas, meeting Hylla(again), getting Arion the worlds only cussing horse, going to Canada, Frank's grandmother's house, the airport, Alaska, the muskeg(I shivered when I saw it again), Arion running on water to the glacier, fighting spirits, freeing death, and killing Alcyoneus. Then there was going back to Camp Jupiter to fight off the army with the eagle standard and new gear and finally, destroying Polybotes with Terminus.
After that came riding on the Argo II after accidentally blowing up half of New Rome, Leo meeting Narcissus, me and Jason fighting while under the control of eidolons, Phorcys and Keto, Fort Sumter, The Atlantic Ocean, The Pillars of Jerkules, Chrysoar, Rome, Annabeth finding the Athena Parthenos, Leo, Frank, and Hazel, finding the workshop of Archimedes, me, Jason, and Piper finding the Nymphaeum then Otis and Ephialtes, fighting in the Colosseum, Bacchus killing the Alodai, and falling into Tartarus with Her.
Then there was Tartarus, Hazel meeting Hecate, Bologna with Akmon and Passalos, more Tartarus, returning Triptolemus' book, Sciron, Her message to Reyna, getting Diocletian's scepter from Cupid, Leo going to Ogygia, some more Tartarus, staying at Auster's palace, the Necromanteion, Damasen and Bob staying behind, getting out of Tartarus, defeating Clytius, and getting back to the Argo II. There was also the suitors, Pompeii, Octavion attacking, fighting in Pompeii, Leo rebuilding Festus, capturing Nike/Victoria, Évora, poison in Pythos, fighting in San Juan, fighting Bryce, Pegasus himself, Kymopoleia, Delos, the onagers, Her and Piper fighting Mimas, Asclepius, the acropolis, and fighting Gaea.
Then there were the adventures of Me, Her, Sadie, and Carter. He smiled as he remembered meeting one of his newest friends. They fought the son of Sobek, then later Sadie and Her defeat Serapis. Then finally they all band together to defeat Setne. II really should invite Carter and Sadie over to explain what happened.
I was so absorbed in my memories that I didn't even notice that I walked into a throne room, I kept walking until I bumped into one of the thrones. I stepped back after shaking my head to clear it of thoughts and pain, then looked around. I saw five thrones in the palace but only one was occupied, the one I bumped into. The two thrones on the left were as dark as Nyx's corner of Tartarus while the ones on the right were brighter than Apollo. I then looked at the throne in front of me. It was a throne made of clouds, lightning, and what looked like solidified pieces of sky. I then looked at the being in the chair, he looked like an older, more powerful version of Zeus. He was also a little transparent so I could barely see through him. When I finally looked at him he looked at me and started to chuckle because I was absent minded enough to walk into his throne.
I finally asked "Who are you?" Even though I was pretty sure I knew the answer already.
"I am Ouranos, Perseus" The newly dubbed Ouranos replied.
"But I thought you faded?"
"I did Mr. Jackson, but the fates have seen fit that I return to this realm, although not all of me."
"Is that why you are slightly transparent?"
"Yes Mr. Jackson. I have a question for you."
"Yes Lord Ouranos?"
"Okay first don't call me lord, there are no need for formalities here. And second, why did you give Kronos a home even when you fought him and he killed your friends?"
"I did it because I truly believe he can repent for his crimes, he fought his own mother to not have to fight his children anymore saying that they deserved the right to rule from defeating him twice."
"Hmmm interesting."
"Uhhh, is that all you called me here for Ouranos?"
"No, I have one final question."
"What is it?"
"Can you name all the friends that you feel guilty for them dying?"
I thought about it and it made me sad but I decided to tell him anyways"Well there's Bianca, Zoe, Lee Fletcher, Castor, Michael Yew, Beckendorf, Silena, and Luke. Although I must ask, why do you ask?"
"Weellllll I maaaaaayyyyyyy be able to steal their souls from Elysium and grant them new bodies." (Hey guys sorry about this other cliche thing but I like these characters)
I just stood there dumbfounded for a few minutes before asking" Why would you do this for me?"
"Well great-grandson" I smiled when he said that "You've done so much, and lost so much, that you needed a reward for sticking through it and still helping people, most would've spiraled into depression and killed themselves."
"Oh, ok. Thanks for this great-grandpops!"
He chuckled "No problamo. Also Zoe is already here since she was placed among the stars, I'll teleport her in with the rest."
Ouranos then disappeared with a noise that sounded like popcorn popping. After roughly 3 minutes he came back with someone.
"Ok great-grandson it will take me a few minutes to get them all so I'll bring them in one by one. Ok see ya in a few."
When he popped away I finally saw who was standing there, Bianca Di Angelo. Maybe he's bringing them in the order I said them. Weeelllll except for Zoe since she's already here somewhere.
"Bianca!" I yelled and ran up to hug her. When I reached her we gave each other one of the biggest hugs ever.
"Hey Perce, good to see ya. Although I'm not mad, how am I alive?" She asked
"That, my dear Bianca, is a secret until we're all here."
"Awwwwwww." she pouted.
We spent the next few minutes catching up until Ouranos got back. When he did he didn't stay to talk, instead choosing to go back out to get someone else. I saw Lee standing there with a confused look on his face, so I decided to snap him out of it.
"Oi, Lee, get over here man!" I yelled.
He looked at me as if I wasn't real for a few seconds before coming over and giving me a man hug and saying "Yo Percy, long time no see and may I ask, are you dead or am I alive?"
"Lee, your alive and I ain't letting you die again."
"I'm not even gonna ask how you did this."
"No need, the person who did will explain once everyone is here."
"Everyone?"
"Yeah, there's more people, now can you go stand with Bianca over there so I can greet the next person?"
"Sure Perce, but we are catching up after this."
"I would be fine with that."
Ouranos chose that moment to show up with Castor who had a the biggest grin on his face like he won the lottery. He saw me and his grin grew even more.
He walked over and said" So Perce why did you bring me back to life? Not that I'm mad."
"Weeellllll you were one of the people I always felt guilty about the death of, along with Lee and Bianca over there."
"Living among my friends once again."
He gave me a high five before heading over to chat with the other two. Ouranos just then came back with Michael. He had a scowl on his face for some reason. He then screamed at Ouranos "WHERE THE HADES AM I? WHY DID YOU BRING ME HERE? WHO THE HADES ARE YOU. BRING ME B-"
"Hey Michael can you calm down a bit?"
He froze right then and there and slowly, very slowly, turned to face me. The scowl on his face melted away into a genuine smile. He just came up and gave me a hug, that's when he noticed Lee. He respectfully ended the hug, then sprinted over to Lee and full on tackled hugged him. Guess they didn't get to see each other in Elysium much.
They started catching up when Ouranos popped back in. He had two people instead of one, I wonder wh- ohhhh. Makes sense that those two would never leave each others side. They had a look of extreme confusion as they looked around. They started looking at all the thrones in awe until I hit them in the face with some water. They snapped out of their stupor and looked towards me. Beckendorf had a look of disbelief, it was kinda hilarious, disbelief did not fit his face. Silena just had this look of such utter happiness, I think she might explode soon.
"PEEEERRRRCY!" Silena yelled, then she full on tackle hugged me. Beckendorf snapped out of his shock and walked over. He pulled me and Silena up and gave a a clap on the back.
"So Perce, who owed you a favor?"
"No one actually Beckendorf, the being who brought you here did it because of what happened." When I said that a look of hurt crossed my face. Beckendorf must've noticed and didn't ask. Silena then noticed the others, ran up, and started talking.
Ouranos finally brought in the last person and sat in his throne. The person looked at Ouranos as if asking him a question before Ouranos motioned him to turn around. When he turned around he saw me with a grin to rival Apollo's. I started walking towards him and he started walking towards me. We met halfway before speaking.
"It's been a while Luke."
"That it has been Percy. Death didn't help though."
I chuckled a bit"Nope Death definitely hinders talking to living people."
He cracked a smile "So Perce where am I?"
"That will be answered later. But, It's good to see you Luke."
"Same" He said as we fist bumped then man hugged. After a few seconds we broke apart then I walked up and knelt before Ouranos. The others, after seeing hat I did mirrored my actions.
"Rise demigods, I have much to explain don't I?"
"Yeah, ya do. Like how we're alive and where we are." replied Michael.
"You are in my palace, my name is Ouranos and I have given you new life because the universe owed Percy a gift because of what happened. I was just the one to fulfill that gift."
"What happened?" asked Silena.
"Percy do you want to explain it or should I?" Ouranos asked.
"Can you explain it great-grandfather?" I replied.
"Of course but before we start. ZOE!" Ouranos yelled.
Zoe then came bounding into the room from one of the side hallways and looked very confused as to why all of us were here. She looked like she was about to ask before Ouranos spoke up.
"Zoe don't ask, just come here and listen."
Zoe just nodded slowly and came up to where the rest of us were before sitting down outside of our group.
"As you know all of you have been brought back to life, and you are wondering why the universe owed dear Percy here a favor correct?" Ouranos asked.
"Yes Lord Ouranos." The previously deceased people minus Zoe asked.
"Well it all started a few weeks ago. The giant war had just ended and people were relaxing, when people slowly started drifting away from Percy. Why they started drifting away is unknown, maybe because of the aura he produced, or maybe they are just a bunch of assholes. who knows?"
"Anyways after a week of this happening a new camper showed up, his name was Jack. He started framing Percy and one by one all of his close friends left him. He only had Thalia, Nico, and the rest of the six."
"Uhh, Lord Ouranos wasn't it the seven?" I asked.
"Yes it was Percy but they kicked Annabeth out." He replied
"Ahh, that clears it up. Thank you."
"Getting back on track, Percy left on a quest to get Athena's proposal to marry her daughter. He had to fight an upgraded version of Ladon and collect all of the golden apples. He was able to defeat the newly dubbed 'Ladon 2.0' and claim him as a pet, as shown by the tattoo on his right arm."
Everyone looked at him inquisitively so he showed them the tattoo then summoned Ladon 2.0. They looked at him in awe before Zoe stood up and started petting him. Everybody followed her and soon enough everyone was laying on one of the heads. I understood why they did that though. His scales for some reason are super soft and comfortable, more so that his bed on the Argo II. Ouranos then continued on with his story.
"He came back and grabbed the ring he made with Hephaestus and headed down to the beach where he told Annabeth to meet him, and you know what he saw?" He asked.
Everyone shook their heads.
"He saw that b*tch making out with Jack, then proclaiming that she only used him for fame!" He yelled.
Everybody gasped, then Zoe yelled "Why would she dump the one decent male on Earth, is she stupid?"
"Yes Zoe, I don't think she inherited anything from her mother, anyways Percy was heart broken so he confronted them. He showed Annabeth the ring and she started blubbering for him to take her back. Then Percy shot his arm out, at the time he didn't know why until he felt something materialize in it. He then used the thing that was materialized to slash the ring in half, box and all. He then took the time to examine the weapon. And you know what it was? Kronos' scythe, or I guess Percy's scythe now."
Everyone gasped again and looked at him inquisitively. I then sighed and summoned the scythe for them to look at and examine.
"How, how is this possible?" Silena asked.
"I have no idea, probably recognized me as it's owner once I defeated Kronos." I replied.
Ouranos then started speaking again "Percy then smiled, not a happy smile nonononono, a sadistic smile. He ruched up to Jack and cut his hands off with the scythe. It quite literally almost destroyed his soul, barely leaving it intact. He then chopped the hands into pieces so small, not even Apollo could heal them."
They looked at me in disbelief, probably not believing I could be so cruel. I just smiled sheepishly and rubbed the back of my head saying "Yeah, I don't think I was thinking straight at that moment in time."
Zoe just sighed, walked over to me, and smacked me upside the head muttering "Don't do anything like that ever again."
Ouranos continued " Percy then ran away and let all his feelings out through his powers, he caused such a disaster zone that the gods had to spend 3 days cleaning it up."
Everybody's jaws dropped, they were suprised that I had so much power.
Ouranos chuckled at their expressions and started again "Percy felt the gods coming and escaped to New York, calling his two pets to him. Blackjack and Mrs. O'Leary to be precise. He then said goodbye to his mother and step-father beforevapor traveling to his safe house in Ohio and collecting the copious amounts of godly food and drink. He then vapor traveled to the meeting spot of Nebraska, Colorado, and Kansas. Setting up a new place for him and his pets to live."
"Over the next few days he rescued a few demigods and others just found him. They are all staying there with him at the moment. He then saved Kronos" cue gasps "from his mother Gaea during one of his dreams after making him swear a truly unbreakable oath. He then sent Kronos the coordinates to his camp so that he could come and help out. When he woke up he went out and released Atlas" cue growl from Zoe "after making him swear a slightly more binding oath so he could have a personal trainer for the demigods and a sparring partner who could last against him."
"That leads us up to the present, I pulled him up here and revived you guys."
Everyone was silent for a while, processing the information they just heard. After a while Luke asks "What now?"
"Well Luke, you will now go to Percy's camp." Ouranos replied. Ouranos then smirked before opening the floor below us, sending us down to Earth.
