Chapter II: Chaos
Percy's Pov:
I woke up in a bright white room. Well, it wasn't really a room, more of an endless white space. In front of me were two people; a man and a woman.
The man was wearing black robes, with a universal pattern on them, hold that thought, the pattern was moving around. He had dark grey eyes so you could barely tell the iris from the pupil. he had black hair that was almost has untamed as mine. He had silver wings on his back. They guy looked like he was about 19, 20, or possibly 21.
The women however was completely opposite. She had on a simple white robe,with grey edges on the neck, sleeves, and bottom. She had electric blue eyes, not unlike Jason's, and long white hair; that almost reached her waist. She had marble white wings. She looked about the same age and the man.
"Where am I?" I asked "Did the underworld get a remodel or something?"
The man and woman laughed at this. Their laughs were kind, gentle, and peaceful.
"No Perseus Jackson. You are not in the underworld, but you are not in the living world either. You are, what would you could call it? In between?" The woman said with a smile.
"Oh, okay, and you can call me Percy." I said still a bit confused. "Why am I in between, do all souls come here?"
"No, you are special, Perseus." The man replied.
"Great, knowing my luck I somehow broke death." I said.
At this the man and woman laughed again. "No, no Perseus, we brought you here to give you a choice. We want you to become a commander for our army. You see we've been watching you for a while Perseus-..." The man said.
"Wow, stalker" I mumbled.
The man continued, either choosing to ignore my comment or he didn't hear it, "And we have seen your leadership skills, and how you have won many wars. nearly single handed. We need a formal commander. So would you join us, Perseus?" The man asked.
"One thing first... What do you need your army for?" I asked "I don't want to join an army, if it harms innocents."
"No, no, Perseus, we are the army that helps maintain peace in the universe. When a dictator gains too much control, well, we take them out. When planets declare galactic war, we step in and defend the innocent." The woman replied.
"Fine, I'll help you." I said.
They smiled "Oh, so you know, I am Chaos, and this is Order." The man said, as I took his hand, I realized they were the creators of the universe. When he saw I was ready, we shadow traveled to their home, the capitol city of Preserve on the original planet Alphador.
I looked around, this place was beautiful. Annabeth would have been jealous, my heart sank as I thought about her. We walked toward the huge castle in the center of the city.
As we walked the corridors, I couldn't believe the detail in this place. Servants bowed to Order and Chaos has they lead me somewhere.
"Hey, where are we going?" I asked.
"We are going to introduce you to the rest of the army." Chaos replied.
"And we're going to give you your wings."Order added.
"Wait, hold it, did you just say wings, and why do I need wings?" I asked.
"Yes, your wings, and wings are very useful for combat." Chaos told me.
"And they look awesome." Order said excitingly.
"Now come on Perseus, the army is just beyond these doors." Chaos said as he approached a set of doors. He pushed the doors open and revealed a large room with a lot people in it, if I had to estimate... I would say about 5000. I walked down the middle with Chaos and Order to the front of the 2 groups I heard mumblings about "Who's' the new guy?" "Who's he" and "I really want some chicken"
Forgetting the hungry stranger, Chaos and Order started explaining that I would be their new commander and we had to keep my identity secret for many reasons. I have enemies, every army has it's spies, etc... They also told them my new name was Archangel. Chaos turned to me and started reciting the oath I needed to take to obtain my wings.
"Do you swear to try your best to protect everyone in this army?"
"I swear." I replied
"Do you swear to only spread good with your wings, not evil?"
"I swear."
"Do you swear to protect this universe and its inhabitants?"
"I swear."
This went on for the next 5 minutes, Chaos asking me if I would be good and pure, then me replying that I swore. Finally Chaos stood up and said "I hereby announce, Archangel, commander of Chaos's army."
I felt the wings grow on my back. It hurt, it hurt a lot, but it was a good hurt. After that I marveled at my new midnight black wings.
I heard mumbling in the crowd, "Black wings-..?" "Could it be..?" I was confused, I looked at Chaos for answers, but he just mouthed "later"
-time lapse-
I sat in a room waiting for Chaos and Order to come back with the shadow lord. replaying the conversation in my head again:
flash back:
"Chaos, why are my wings black, and you and Order's are white/silver?"
"Well, you see there was a prophecy long ago that told us about a shadow fire wielder. They said he would come and be bestowed with black wings. It also said he was the successor of the universe." He told me.
"Great, I left earth and I'm still a part of crazy, great, life changing prophecies, the fates are cruel old women." I sighed.
"One more thing, Perseus.." Order started.
" I thought it was Archangel now." I teased her.
She rolled her eyes, "Well, ARCHANGEL, the successor of the universe also has a companion, she is the shadow lord. She controls the shadow fire, as well" She said.
"Ok, where is the shadow lord?" I asked.
"Just hold on, we'll go get her, you just wait here." Chaos replied.
Flash back over
I couldn't get it out of my head. I was the successor of the universe, wait wasn't Order and Chaos the universe, does that mean I'm their son?! They were the King and Queen of the universe, Then does that mean I'm the prince... oh man I'm done thinking about this, I'm just done.
That was what I was thinking when Chaos and Order came in with a wolf. Although I think it was a wolf, it had black wings like mine.
"Hello, are you the successor?" a voice said in my head.
"Ummm, yeah, who is this?" I asked.
"I am Fo̱tiá, I am the successor's companion." The voice said
"Oh" I said looking at her. "Nice to meet you." Instantly translating the Greek word to fire.
"We'll leave you, so you can... get to know each each other." Order said as she and Chaos left the room.
I learned a lot about fo̱tiá .1) She's been waiting for me for like 2000 (earth) years (sorry). 2) She hasn't been tamed by anyone (besides me [ha ha]). And 3) She actually is really sweet, like a normal dog, she likes to be pet (by me), she takes naps, and she like to lay down with me.
The more we talked, the more I trusted her. I told her about CHB, CJ (Camp Jupiter), I even started telling her about them all betraying me before it got too hard, (That's how I found out that she was sweet, because she placed her front paws and head on my legs when she laid down).
I fell asleep on the couch I was on. I wondered what my friends were doing now, as I fell into a deep, dreamless sleep.
-the next morning-
"-angel, Archangel, ARCHANGEL!" I heard when I woke up. I saw Chaos and Order sitting in front of me.
"Ummmm, yeah, sorry..." I replied sleepily "I'm not much of what you could call a morning person." Fo̱tiá perked her ears up, showing she was listening.
"It's fine, it's fine" Order said.
"It's time we make your squad." Chaos said.
""Ok, who do you want in it, I mean I don't know anyone's skill level so-..." I started.
"No no, this is your squad, so you need to make it. We want you to put some of your closest friends in it so you know everyone's skills and weaknesses." Order said.
"Huh? My closest friends? You know what they did to me!" I somewhat shouted.
"No no." Order said again, "We're not talking about your living friends, you have comrades and friends who have died, yes?"
"Yeah ." I said.
"We are offering to bring them back, for a second chance." Chaos said with a smile. "You have a few in mind, don't you?"
I did. I thought about Luke and Zoe. Calypso (yes, she died when she left her island) and Bianca. Silena and Charlie. And evenCastor.
"Yeah, I have some ideas."
"Okay, tell us" Order said.
"Luke Castellan, Zoe Nightshade, Bianca di Angelo, Silena Beauregard, Charles Beckendorf, Calypso, and Castor Dion." I said.
"Very well, Archangel." Order said. both Order and Chaos closed their eyes. There was a bright flash and I saw all 7 of my old friends standing right in front of me.
""Hey guys, how was being dead?" I asked teasingly.
Some of them reacted confused (calypso and castor), some of them looked happy (Bianca, Silena, and Charlie), but the rest looked mad (Luke and Zoe) because of my comment, but still happy to be alive.
After Chaos, Order, and I got done explaining what was going on, I asked
"So are you guys going to join me? If you don't want to... you can go back to the underworld."
"No, i want to join." said Luke, Bianca, and Silena. Charlie agreed right after Silena 3.
Calypso and Zoe just nodded their heads. and Castor just said "Sure, why not."
"By the way, don't we all need code names Order, Chaos," I looked at them and they nodded."mines, Archangel." i told them.
Order said. "Luke, you can be Alpha. Zoe, you can be... Stargazer. Bianca, Angel. hmmm, Charlie, you're Forge. Silena, Beauty. Calypso, how about Gem. And Castor, how do you like Vin?" He nodded "Great. Now that everyone has their code names, you can have your reunion." I nodded my thanks as Order and Chaos left the room.
"So Per-Archangel, where are we anyways, and where is Annabeth?" Luke/Alpha asked.
"We're on the original planet Alphador." I said biting my lip not wanting to answer the next part.
"Ha, cool, I have an entire Planet named after me!" Alpha yelled. Everyone burst into laughter.
"So Archangel, where is everyone else?" Charlie/Forge asked.
I sighed. "Can I tell you guys a story..?" I started
-time lapse,(2 hours of cursing, screaming, crying, hugging, then cursing again, and finally more hugging)-
"So that's what happened." I said petting Fo̱tiá.
"Oh Archangel, I'm so sorry." Bianca/Angel.
"Why would Annabeth...?" Alpha started, lost in thought.
"I'm sorry to interrupt, but its time for their ceremony." said a young servant as she pointed to my new comrades.
"Oh, yeah," I said jumping up. "Good luck, I need to go, see you after the ceremony." They looked at me, confused as heck. I smiled and walked out of the room, Fo̱tiá trailing in my wake. I walked down the corridors, Where I met Order and Chaos in front of the doors of the truth (it turned out those door I walked through the first time had a name... who would have guessed?)
"Where do you need me to go?" I asked them.
"Just walk around and go to the back room, come out when we started doing the oath. Ok, 'Prince", she teased me with the fact i was the new prince of the stars. We had talked about this before they told me my friends were getting wings too. (by the way, they had adopted me, making me not only the successor to the universe, but literally the prince of the universe. I was OP [over powered]). a servant led the way to the back room, since i was new and this castle was like the labyrinth (which, I speak from experience)
When i was in the back room, i heard the army talking, and having a good time, then they went quiet. Chaos, Order, and my friends must have started walking through.
After about 1/2 a minute, Order started speaking.
"This is commander Archangel's elite squad. Alpha, Stargazer, Angel, Forge, Beauty, Gem, and Vin. Etc, etc, etc. I didn't really listen to the entire ceremony, until I heard Chaos start the oath. I walked out, trying not to draw too much attention, keeping in the back, watching from the shadows, kinda.
Luke got his wings First. It was funny to see how surprised he was the wings grew on his back. I guess no one told them they were getting their wings.
Zoe got hers next. then Charlie, Bianca, Castor, Silena, and finally Calypso.
I smiled, although my friends couldn't see me, I knew they knew I was happy for them. They all had either white or silver wings.
"Finally, we have an announcement." Chaos started.
"The rumors you have heard are true." Order said. "The successor to the universe in now here."
"Hail, Heir to our thrones, Prince of the stars... Prince Archangel." They both said.
I stepped forward. I saw the look of disbelief on my friends faces.
-time lapse (after the ceremony)-
"Why didn't you tell us you were so important!" Calypso screamed.
"Yeah man, have you always been prince of the stars?" Castor asked.
"No, I just became prince today." I said.
"Why? Why did they choose you?" Bianca asked.
I pointed to my wings "There was a prophecy made awhile ago saying the successor would be bestowed with black wings, he would control the skiá fo̱tiá, the shadow fire, and because I was disowned by my father, Chaos and Order kinda adopted me, oh by the way, they wanted me to ask you if you wanted them to spiritually adopt you guys, I mean I'm just passing a message, but yeah."
"What do you mean "spiritually"?" Zoe asked.
"Well, it means that they will be able to communicate with you wherever you are in the galaxy. Iv you say no, they'll only be able to communicate with you if you are in the same solar system." I replied.
"I'm not going to even ask how you know that." Luke said.
"Oh they told me, in case you guys asked." I said with a smile.
Everyone laughed. It was good times.
"So, what do you say?" Order asked.
Everyone said sure, or yes, or fine, or absolutely, in conclusion=yes. After Order and Chaos were done spiritually adopting everyone, I asked them
"Hey, do you guys want to see Preserve?"
Everyone nodded and I led them to a good place I knew. We walked onto the balcony and looked out to the kingdom.
"Its amazing." Silena said to Charlie.
"Wow." said Zoe.
"Arch, you got one sweet kingdom."Luke said
Calypso just stood there in awe while Castor said "This is what I call a view."
"It's sweet, isn't it." I said to Fo̱tiá.
She nodded.
-time lapse (next morning)-
I woke up in my new bedroom and saw a note on a small pile of clothes.
Archangel,
These are your uniform clothes. The hood is enchanted to only show a bit of your nose and mouth. Training starts at 9:00 for today, but 7 every other. Train in your uniform so you get used to the feeling. Weapons in the closet. Bring a sword for today.
I changed into my uniform, which was an open robe that went down to the lower part of my shins, a black skin fit shirt, black jeans, and black combat boots, with metal spikes. I grabbed a sword and ran to the training arena.
I ran into everyone else on the way. I could see their faces clearly, so i guess it was enchanted that way.
"So... You all ready for this?" I asked my squad.
"Definitely." said Luke.
"You bet" whispered Bianca.
"let's go already" said Castor.
"Totally, lets rock" exclaimed Silena and Charlie.
"I'm ready" whispered Calypso.
"Then, what are we waiting for?" asked Zoe.
I smiled "Let's go..."
And we walked into the training room, at 9:00 sharp.