A.N. I now have a poll up for who percy should be with later in the story, so go vote on that. I read somewhere the other day that they are trying to make percy Jackson into a tv show and start from the beginning. I thought that would be pretty cool. I'm not sure if that's actually going to happen or not, just wondering if any of you have heard of that. Anyway, here's chapter 3.
(A little less than 3 years later)
Perseus and Thalia had grown exponentially in the time they were training up on Olympus with the Olympians. They had both nearly mastered their weapon of choice, as well as mastered the bow and arrows.
Perseus preferred a sword in hand to hand combat, while Thalia preferred a spear. They were both in excellent shape as well, Perseus was pretty muscled, but not overly so where it slowed him down, and Thalia was also pretty muscular in her own right, not that it showed very much, her quickness outweighed her strength.
Their training had steadily increased with each year that passed, as they learned that the demigod son of Hermes, Luke Castellan, had betrayed the Olympians and was planning on resurrecting Kronos.
They were just sitting through another one of Athena's lectures about always being prepared, and everything, when Perseus realized that Thalia would be turning 12 soon, meaning that in another six months, he would be turning 12 and they would be able to go to camp.
He was brought out of his thoughts as Athena sighed, "Perseus, I know there is probably a lot on your mind, but please try to pay attention. You have no idea how much this will actually help you in a real fight, or worse, a war."
He sighed, "I know, I'm sorry Athena, I'm just thinking about finally going to camp." She turned to him, "well that's all for today, Zeus is requesting both of your presences in the throne room, and Perseus, the time for your return could very well be sooner than you might think" she said as she disappeared in a poof.
They walked to the throne room in silence, just wondering what Zeus could be cutting Athena's lesson short for.
As they entered, they noticed that it wasn't just Zeus in the throne room, but Poseidon, Hestia, and surprisingly Artemis were there as well.
They gave a slight bow before looking up at Zeus. He cleared his throat, "We gathered the both of you here today because you may be going into the mortal world very soon. There is a quest from camp half-blood that will be departing shortly to retrieve the demigod children of Hades."
They were both shocked at hearing that, they didn't know Hades had demigod children. He continued, "yes, we can go into details at a later time, but there is a satyr there at the moment keeping an eye on them, but he says there is a powerful monster that can sense them as well. So, If it gets too dangerous for them before the quest arrives, or the daughter of Athena and daughter of Ares, are struggling we are going to send you in for backup."
Both our eyes widened at that. We haven't been to the outside world in years, so this was a shock to us.
Zeus smiled, "we have trained you for this moment, we couldn't be prouder of the both of you, we just want you to be ready should the need arise, so pack your bags and stay on alert after we dismiss you."
"Now then we were going to wait until you both turned twelve to bestow our gifts upon you, but this seems like a better cause." He said proudly.
We both stood there shocked, mouth agape. "you made us weapons." I stuttered out. Zeus laughed, "you're father and I had Hephaestus forge special weapons for you, as well as Hestia."
Artemis came forward, "I made you something myself as well. I crafted you each a bow that is enchanted so that it will never run out of arrows." She handed us each a necklace and we looked at them confused. She smiled, "Put them on, Thalia pull on the lightning charm, and Perseus pull on the trident charm."
We did as instructed, and a bow appeared on each of our backs, a dark green bow for me, and a dark blue bow for Thalia. They were beautiful.
"Now pull back on the string, an arrow will appear, it is enchanted, and much like our training sessions, you can shoot flaming arrows if you just think about it being on fire, or for you Thalia, if you think about a lightning arrow it will appear."
We both tried it out and a wicked grin appeared on both of our faces. We ran and hugged Artemis and both thanked her profusely, but she just shrugged it off. "You guys are family, and I will always come to your aide, you just have to ask." She rolled her eyes, "yes, even you Perseus, I have come to see you as a friend and someone worthy of my respect, well for a male at least." She said the last bit with a smirk.
We hugged her one last time before she flashed out.
Hestia was the next to approach us. She hugged us both and whispered in our ears, "You are the best two champions anyone could ask for, and I'm so proud of you. Don't forget to always stick together, and you can overcome anything."
She then handed us both a bracelet with a smile. Mine was alternating green and orange, and Thalia's was alternating blue and orange. I was curious as to what it was when Thalia pulled on the flame charm, and a beautiful shield spiraled out. In the middle was a huge flame, and on the outer rim was lightning bolts winding the way around the flame.
I decided to pull the flame charm as well, and a beautiful shield spiraled out again. Mine was also a flame right in the middle, but had waves winding their way around the flame. It was beautiful.
"I had Hephaestus blend together all sorts of metals to make them, so they are indestructible. Just will it to be back in bracelet form and it will." She said with a smile. We both did just that and then engulfed her in another hug.
"Good luck my champions, I will always be watching you, and don't forget, the most important thing is for the both of you to always stick together." She said as she disappeared back to the hearth.
Zeus then walked up, "I didn't really think either of you needed more jewelry." He said with a smirk, as he pulled out a dark blue pen, as Poseidon did the same, but with a dark green pen.
I was confused, but after seeing how the last two gifts were concealed, I still had high hopes for this one.
"We had Hephaestus enchant these so even if you lose them, they will always return to you, their true masters. Hestia's shields, and Artemis bows, will also reappear the same way." My father said smirking at me.
I glared at him before taking the pen from his outstretched hand. I clicked it and it elongated into a two-foot-long sword. It was beautiful. It was a bronze blade that gave off a green hue. The hilt had green gems encrusted into it, and the words "Παλιρροϊκό κύμα" was on the hilt as well. I translated it in my head, tidal wave, I clicked the gem on the bottom and it transformed back into a pen. I saw that it had the words "tidal wave" on it in pen form as well, but this time in English.
I hugged my father and thanked him over and over. He then told me that the sword would grow with me, so I would be able to always use it, and it would always be perfectly balanced, which was pretty damn cool., before turning to Thalia to see what she got.
She clicked hers and it elongated into a spear. The tip crackled with electricity, and you could see it was barbed up near the point, so if she swung it like a baseball bat, it could be very deadly. I barely made out the word, "Αστραπή" I translated that to lightning strike. She clicked the button and it returned to pen form, and much like my own, had "lightning strike" but in English.
Zeus turned to us with a smile, "you both have worked hard, and deserve these. We only have but one thing left to teach you both, much like Hades' children can shadow travel, Thalia, you can disappear in a bolt of lightning, and Perseus, you can disappear into a sea mist. I'm sure Hestia taught you how to disappear in a flash of flames, but this will likely use up less of your energy."
So, I disappeared with my father to learn this, while Thalia disappeared with hers.
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They both reappeared looking exhausted. They wanted to go to their arena part of their house that they had, but both took their fathers suggestion of going to sleep. Just in case they needed to go to the mortal world, they would be prepared.
They both crashed the second their head hit the pillow. When they awoke, they wanted to go and see whose new weapons were better and if one of them would finally best the other, since they always had to end it as a draw.
Well as long as they were doing no demigod powers it was always a draw, Perseus currently led twenty-six to twenty-three against Thalia with the use of powers.
They were broken from their reverie though when an iris message appeared and told them to come to the throne room immediately.
Perseus vapor traveled, while Thalia lightning traveled. When they arrived, Zeus had a small smile, but looked nervous, "the demigod quest has not yet arrived, and the monster is about to make his move, you need to teleport to Westover Hall, in Maine. On second thought, I will transport the two of you there as I don't want you to use up too much energy." He finished as he put a hand on both of their shoulders and disappeared.
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(I know I've been switching between third person and Percy's POV, but this will now be straight Percy's POV)
We reappeared inside of the gym in Westover hall, and immediately spotted the satyr as he tried and failed to fit in with the other kids.
I turned to Thalia with a grin and we high fived, excited at the prospect of a battle to come. I couldn't locate the monster yet, but was pretty sure I located the two children of Hades.
"Thalia, over there, on the bleachers, I think that's them" I said to her. She quickly turned and nodded. We were about to sneak off to them and get out of there, when all of a sudden, this old man, that looked like a teacher, or a dean maybe, beckoned them over.
This cannot be good, I thought, as we ran after them. When we got outside, I saw the man with Hades spawn by a cliff, an army of monsters now in between us and them.
We turned to each other with a smirk, and did rock paper scissors. Thalia chose rock, and I chose scissors. I silently cursed to myself as I pulled on the trident charm and my bow appeared. She pulled out her pen and clicked it, before charging into the monsters.
This is a game we always liked to play, whoever loses, covers the winner with aerial support, if there was a bigger army of monsters I would've jumped right in, but this is a strategy that Athena herself approved. Although she was questioning why we had to do rock paper scissors to decide.
I began to fire arrow after arrow into the monsters as I heard Thalia give a call and a huge bolt of lightning came down and incinerated a half dozen monsters.
I lit an arrow on fire and shot a cyclops in the side of the head as it tried to sneak up on Thalia, it then turned into dust. She turned and gave me a nod, which I returned with a smirk.
I created a huge fireball in my hand and threw it into the unsuspecting monsters. A dozen of them running around trying to put out the flames, but to no avail, they were reduced to nothing but dust.
There was only a dozen or so left so I screamed to Thalia, "I've got them go save them" I said gesturing to Hades children. I gasped as the monster revealed himself and it turned out to be the manticore. This just got a whole lot more difficult, I thought.
I clicked tidal wave and my sword appeared, I lit it on fire and jumped into the fray and did my best to dispose of them as quick as possible, but they were getting reinforcements now, and I could hear a helicopter closing in.
I slashed at a hellhound and rolled under the club of a cyclops, before slicing my sword across his throat, and ducking as the hellhound went barreling over my head. I threw a fireball and took out the hellhound, as I heard a hunting horn in the distance.
If this is who I thought it was, then I was relieved. I began to see silver arrows coming from the tree line and grinned. Artemis and her hunters were here. I heard a gunshot and a scream followed it. I knew that scream all too well.
"THALIA" I screamed. I couldn't see her, I just saw red as I slashed and hacked my way through the monsters. I decapitated a dracaena and saw nothing but open field as I sprinted to the manticore and jumped on its back and slashed at its tail. I connected, not a clean cut, but it still sounded like it stung. I was thrown from the manticore then.
I landed in a snow bank, and jumped up. I saw Thalia for the first time since I heard her scream and breathed a sigh of relief. She only got hit in the leg. I was ready to go back in and take him down, when I saw a huntress step up, an arrow drawn, and ask, "Permission to kill milady?" She had a silver circlet on her head and I knew this must be the lieutenant.
I growled to myself, I wanted to be the one to take down this beast. I heard the best growl fearfully, "direct interference is against the ancient laws moon goddess."
She just smirked, "the hunting of all wild beasts is within my domain, seeing as you are a wild beast, I am permitted to hunt you." She turned to the hunter with the bow aimed, "permission granted Zoe."
What happened next will haunt me forever. In a last-ditch effort, he dove for Thalia before a barrage of arrows rained down on him and he tumbled off the cliff.
"NOOOOOO" I screamed. I ran to the cliff, but saw nothing but fog, and I could barely make out the rocks below. It was a slim chance she survived that. I whirled around on the hunter, brandishing my sword, "What is wrong with you, did you not see that he had my sister, I should throw you off the cliff, just like you basically just did to her." I said enraged.
The hunter sneered at me, before there were a dozen arrows aimed at me. "Stand down" they didn't move a muscle, "I said stand down girls" Artemis hissed out, with a tear in her eye. They reluctantly lowered their weapons. She came up to me and pulled me into a hug. The hunters were all shocked, they had never seen their mistress like this.
"Zoe, set up camp, set up a tent for the children of Hades. I have much to discuss with Perseus." She said before pulling me into her own tent. I had totally forgotten about the two children of Hades with the ordeal that just happened.
We sat in silence for what might've only been a few minutes, but it felt like an eternity to me. I lost her. I wasn't strong enough to save her. I shouldn't have been covering her with my bow, I should've been right there next to her battling against the manticore. Hestia warned me about this, how could I have been so stupid, I thought to myself. I betrayed the two most important people to me.
She finally broke the silence, "I am so sorry, Perseus." She began before I cut her off, "no, it was my fault, I stood back and covered her with my bow, when I should've been right next to her, I'm a coward." I spat the word coward with disgust.
She had a sympathetic look before turning angry, "Perseus, with all due respect, shut the Hades up, it was a good strategy, no one could have predicted that would happen. You're not a coward. Do you think you sitting here sulking is going to help Thalia? No, it's not, I'm going to go to Olympus to discuss this with the council, I'll bring Apollo back with me to take you all to camp half-blood. When you get there explain to Chiron what happened, and visit the oracle asking for a quest to rescue Thalia. I will talk to a few of my hunters and see if they will accompany you on your quest."
I nodded thankfully before walking out.
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I heard a commotion and came out of my tent to see the quest from camp had finally arrived. Wow just on time I thought bitterly.
Then the snow started to melt all around us, and I saw what looked like a Maserati appear out of the sky, when none other than Apollo walked out grinning. When he met eyes with me his smile faltered a bit. I gave him a nod signaling I was fine, which was the furthest thing from the truth.
Artemis was right though, sulking did me no good. He changed his chariot into a bus and we all piled in. Apollo turned to me with a grin, "wanna drive little cousin?" he asked.
I politely declined, not wishing to anger a bus full of man haters. He looked disappointed before offering the daughter of Athena, whose name was Annabeth I found out, the opportunity to drive, and she accepted.
How we made it to camp half-blood in one piece? I have no idea, she was a terrible driver.
We all piled out, with the hunters all going to Artemis cabin, not wishing to be around so many male campers at once, while the rest of the camp gathered around us. I just stood there awkwardly, as everyone stared at me, wondering who the hell I was. Apollo pulled Chiron away for a second, and then came back and took back off without a word, with his chariot into the sky.
Chiron walked up to me, "Apollo says you have lived on Olympus for the past couple of years with Thalia, was it?" I nodded and he continued, "Anyway come with me to the big house, you can visit the oracle, and then tell me your story. Afterwards you can settle into your cabin and set out early tomorrow morning." I nodded gratefully following him into the big house.
He pointed me in the direction of the stairs, and then up into the attic. It was so dusty and dark up there, and then I laid my eyes upon the oracle. I thought it was a joke at first. It just sat there on a stool unmoving. It was a mummified corpse. I approached it and remembered Artemis' words.
"How can I save Thalia?" I said as bravely as I could. At first nothing happened and I was about to pull out my sword and stab the stupid thing when all of a sudden, a green mist poured out of its mouth and in the voice of Thalia, said
Five shall go west to the goddess in chains
One shall be lost in the land without rain
The remaining child of Olympus shows the trail
Campers and Hunters combined prevail
The titans curse must one withstand
And one shall perish by a parent's hand
Unless siblings separated only by their fathers foil their plan
A.N. Well there's chapter 3. I tried to make the prophecy sound as realistic as possible while giving it my own touch. I know I have been switching between third person POV and Percy's POV a lot so I will be trying to just stick with Percy's for a while, at least until after the titan's curse portion. I will keep some things the same, while also adding in different things here and there. Go vote on my poll, and let me know what you think of the chapter. I'll work on chapter 4 later tonight, but I wont post it until I have at least 10 reviews, come on guys, I've posted 3 chapters in one day.