Chapter 1

Hermes held the package in his hands, he felt uneasy, scared. He did not want to deliver this package, nor did he think that even holding this package in his hands was remotely safe, but it was his job and the gods had the right to know, they had to open this together. He walked up and rode the elevator of the empire state building up to the very top floor- Olympus.

The gods waited patiently each sitting in their own chair, Hermes just minutes ago had called each of them, telling them of the dire importance of their meeting, a package he said, one that the gods could not fail not to read.

Zeus, Poseidon, Ares, Athena, Chiron and Hades waited patiently for the arrival of Hermes, each of them silent, pondering what the package contained, why they specifically were called by Hermes, why the package was addressed to them.

*ting*

Hermes entered the hall, his face looked scared, pale, worried, Zeus had noticed.

"Hermes, what's wrong?"

"Zeus, Poseidon, Ares, Athena, Chiron and Hades I have a package for you,"

Hermes placed the long brown folder in the center of the round table of which the gods assembled around, each of their face studied it methodically, pondering, thinking.

"Well aren't we going to open it?" Ares exclaimed.

"Hold on Ares, we don't even know who sent it." Athena interrupted.

"Athena is right, as always, who sent it Hermes?" Zeus asked.

All the gods stared at Hermes, sweat formed in his forehead, his face looked panicked, the gods knew this was going to be bad,

"The Protogenoi."

Percy and Annabeth walked along the park, hands intertwined,

"Annabeth, have you heard from Rachel?"

Rachel was the newest oracle of course, Percy and Annabeth's close friend.

"She's doing fine, says that the prophecy is taking shape, 7 new demigods were located, and Chiron thinks they're the Lucky 7."

This was not the first time Chiron thought of a group of kids as the "Lucky seven" also known as the seven demigods who would fulfil the prophecy that the Rachel had predicted just before Percy and Annabeth left camp for good, there were 3 other so called "Lucky seven" but all had proven sadly unsuccessful.

"I hope they're the real ones this time."

"Me to Percy, me too."

Although both seemed unconvinced.

"Th-the Pro-Protogenoi?" Zeus mouthed, the words barely escaping his lips, impossible! They were in Tartarus! It could not be, all the gods had their mouths wide open, now they realized what lay behind the fear in Hermes's eyes, for they themselves now bore the same gaze. Even the brave and mighty Ares was out of punch lines, for he too was overcome by fear.

No one had mention the Protogenoi in over 1,000 centuries, only the titans and gods knew about their existence. After the war between the gods and titans and gods and the Protogenoi, Zeus, his brothers and the rest of the gods made a pact, that none of them would even speak of or mention the existence of the Protogenoi ever again and now it had come back to haunt them.

"We should open it. We need to know what's in it." Athena said in a hushed whisper.

"Yeah I mean it could all just be a sick joke right?" Ares said with a snicker, no one seemed to believe it, including Ares himself.

Hermes grabbed the package, and unknotted the intricately twinned strings.

"Chiron, get Percy, his name's on here," was all that escaped his shaking lips.