Chapter 4: the Promise is made.

Percy POV

It was a while before we broke apart again. When we did, I broke the time lock and stood up. Zeus looked at me and turned. He paused for a second and turned back, with a long object wrapped in a black silk cloth.

"erm, what's that, Lord Zeus?" I asked him. He looked at me and replied

"You will have to be the same size as me to receive it, Perseus."

I shrugged my shoulders and willed myself to grow to their size. I walked up to Zeus and he handed me the object. Even before it was in my hands, I could tell it was an object of extreme power, mainly because the other gods looked at it, like they were scared.

"erm. What is it?" I asked.

"It is your new object of power." Zeus replied. He gingerly unwrapped the cloth. Inside was the most beautiful staff I had ever seen. It was long and gold, with tiny intricate writing on the top. A huge ruby was fused into the staff on the very top. "This staff is made of 26 carat gold; the writing on top is the first language known to this world and the jewel on top is the ruby of time. The oldest jewel in all creation. Legend has it that this staff was created at the very dawn of time. It has been passed down the aeons, from god to god. I took it from my father before I overthrew him and put the titans in Tartarus. It has been kept in a state of nothingness for thousands of years. And now, Perseus Jackson. It is passed to you."

Zeus looked at me and nodded his head.

"I take it that I should keep this with me then."

"Always."

"Very well. Is that everything, Lord Zeus?"

"For the moment. Council is dismissed." He turned and left the room. The others except Apollo and Hermes followed suit.

They looked at the staff with an unexpected fear in their eyes.

"what's wrong? You look scared out of your wits."

APOLLO POV

To be honest, we were scared. The staff the Percy was holding could be used for great evil, as well as good. Percy was practically now a beacon across the whole world saying 'look at me, I have the most dangerous weapon in the universe! Come and get it!' In all truthfulness, I was extremely worried about him. After all, we was family, and also i have only just redesigned my house, and I really didn't want it to be wiped by battle thoughts.

"well to be honest Percy, we are scared. That staff can be used for evil as well as good, and it's like a beacon for all monsters and Titans alike to come and attack you." Hermes told him.

Git. I was going to say that.

"Now that you've taken Kronos' place as the Time God, the Titans will be fuming about it, and they WILL try to destroy you. No kidding, they will want revenge, mark my words. I want you to promise me that you shall not use this staff for evil, only good. No mucking around, use it only when you really need to."

Percy looked into Hermes' eyes. "I promise."