Hey, so here's Chapter 1 Part 2. Two in a day, so don't get mad about me splitting the prologue into two parts.
Prologue Chapter Part 2
I almost laughed. "You want me, your brother, whose girlfriend you just had an affair with, to bless you?"
"Uh, um, yeah?" he mumbled. "You're suicidal" I said before turning away and entering the Big House to find Chiron. I asked for permission to leave again, before I destroyed anything. Only this time, I'd probably be leaving forever. He allowed me to leave, saying I'd probably get killed, but, it was all my own choice.
I went back to Cabin 3 and collected my stuff together. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. "Come in" I said. In came Grover, my best friend and former Protector.
"Pr-r-rease don't go, Per-r-rcy." He pronounced please wrong, but that was probably because he was really nervous. After all, he was trying to talk his really angry best friend out of leaving their sanctuary.
"I'm sorry Grover. But please keep this until I return for it, if I ever return for it." I handed him a ring that had the words 'SeaWise Forever' engraved on the gem before exiting the cabin and heading up towards Thalia's Tree. At the top, I took one look at Camp Half-Blood and Peleus before going down the hill and out of the boundaries.
My first stop was at the Empire State Building. After threatening the doorman with death by sword (for the second time today) if he didn't let me in, I went back up to Olympus to meet with Athena, again.
"What do you want of me now, Perseus? I have already consented to your dating my daughter. Is that not enough?" She practically snapped at me. I flinched
"I am truly sorry for disturbing you twice today milady, but there is something urgent of which I must tell you and my father. It concerns Annabeth and …" I left the sentence hanging until my father arrived, clearly annoyed.
His expression changed to one of concern when he saw me. "Well? What do you wish to tell me of Annabeth?" Athena demanded. "It's about your daughter and Timothy, my brother" I started, emphasizing the 'and'.
"What of Timothy? He seems to be a good kid." Poseidon questioned.
"Well, father, after getting Lady Athena's consent to marry Annabeth, at Camp Half-Blood, I walked in on the two of them, doing inappropriate things. And I thought you ought to know that Annabeth is no longer a maiden." I paused, knowing what would probably come next.
"WHAT? My daughter w-w-wouldn't, she would n-never. I see, you are trying to excuse yourself from being punished for dumping my daughter, are you?" Athena yelled. Ouch.
"No milady, she was cheating on me and I thought you should know of her activities, that's all. And father, if she bears any children, its Timothy's, not mine." I finished and requested that I be excused.
Even after I left the room that I was in, I could still hear Athena screaming about betrayal and I knew I wouldn't want to be in Annabeth's shoes after this. I left Olympus and began my journey north.
Apparently, monsters can sense when a demigod is feeling suicidal (or maybe, they're just scared of me), because, not one attacked me as I journeyed to Alaska, the land beyond the Gods to fulfill Annabeth's wish of me. Strangely enough, I wanted to, for it meant that I could forget her and move on to a new life. I planned to try for rebirth. Hopefully in my second life, I wouldn't meet that (insert string of descriptive colourful curses and insults that would make Ares proud) girl.
During my journey, I thought about my friends, Jason, Piper, Leo, Hazel, Frank and Nico. I knew the news of my leaving will reach their ears soon enough, but I didn't want to have to face them. I know, I'm being selfish, but I can't think straight and I've lost the will to live.
At the bog, or as Hazel calls it, muskeg, I prepared myself and stepped in. Almost instantly, I sank. I felt the all too familiar sensation of my chest tightening and I lost consciousness.
Chaos' PoV
I had just arrived at Seward, Alaska when I saw Percy jump into some muskeg. I immediately forced the muskeg to spit him out. Percy wasn't breathing, not a good sign for the one I wanted as my apprentice. His lips were blue, a sign of suffocating, but his heart was still beating faintly. I'm glad he's still alive, for going to the Underworld would have been extra time wasted.
I opened a portal back to the Void and carried Percy's limp form through it. When I arrived, my personal assistant, Pi was waiting to greet me. Her expression changed when she saw who I had with me.
"Here, take him to the infirmary and have him treated for drowning and suffocation." I commanded her. She obeyed, using her telekinetic powers to lift Percy and made her way there.
I suddenly had an idea. I created a Void-copy of Percy's soul, tainted it slightly to see if they ever noticed that it wasn't his and returned to Earth to find Thanatos. I gave it, I mean Void-Percy to Thanatos who promised to guide it to the underworld, and hopefully to the Elysian Fields before I returned to the Void.
Annabeth PoV (CHB) (half-hour before Chaos finds Percy)
I was confused. My mom, Athena suddenly decided that she wanted to see me on Olympus. And she sounded angry, too. Perhaps my designs weren't to her liking? I was terribly worried. As the official architect of Olympus, I had a duty to fulfil.
I reached Olympus in ten-minutes (A/N: twenty-five minutes left to Percy's 'death' ^_- Chaos did take some time to create a Void-copy, after all) and hurried up to the 600th floor. When the doorman gave me the card, he looked frightened out of his wits. I wondered about that on my way up. "Some god must be angry" I mused.
On Olympus, I was shocked to find three Olympians awaiting me. I was beyond worried, I was scared stiff.
My mother beckoned me in. She really did look angry. As did Poseidon and Aphrodite.
"Annabeth Chase!" Poseidon boomed. "What have you done? My son was here several hours ago, looking more depressed than well, Aphrodite when she lost her favourite hairbrush."
"Hey!" came an upset shriek, "I resent that!"
"Tell me, Annabeth Chase, WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY SON?" Poseidon looked seriously pissed off. I gulped, and asked in a small voice, "Which son?"
Now Poseidon looked angrier than ever. "PERCY, of course. Timothy is too much of a snotty kid right now." Heavy silence followed his statement.
(A/N: Oops, twenty minutes past. Hmm, reactions... Think I'll make you wait ^_-)
I'm sorry, I'm new. I always wanted to write a cliffy, not that I know the difference between a regular ending and a cliffhanger. Till next time, ta taa, LJ signing off.
