Percy:

A disturbance in my summer

Hi, my name is Percy Jackson and I'm a son of Poseidon, Olympian god of the Seas. I am also a leading member of the coolest summer camp on the face of the Earth: Camp Half-Blood. We have recently been going under some customization to the Camp but it's the same old Camp Half-Blood for the most part. What kind of customization might you be asking?

Well, a few weeks ago, me and my fellow demigod campers defeated the Titan king Kronos as well as some other Titans who were trying to destroy Olympus. Kronos' evil plan was to distract the gods with the monster Typhon while he destroyed their home. I rallied up all the Campers I could find and defended Olympus with every breath in my body. I even defeated Kronos almost entirely in single-hand combat when he possessed a traitor named Luke.

Ultimately though, Luke turned the blade on himself and destroyed Kronos before he could regain his full strength. Despite his betrayal, Luke was deeply missed by many of the campers even my girlfriend Annabeth of the Athena Cabin (Luke was Hermes' son). At the end of the war though, I noticed that demigods sided with the Titans because demigods were not recognized by their parents soon enough and felt abandoned. Therefore, I turned down immortality offered to me by the gods and instead asked that every demigod child of every god, minor or major, be recognized by their twelfth birthday.

So far, the gods have agreed to their word and seen to it that all the demigods we have are recognized immediately and not crammed into the Hermes cabin because they weren't claimed. But one day, out of the blue, I'm called just after my day has ended to the Big Cabin where our director Chiron dwelled. Chiron looked white as a sheet when he and I initiated the conversation that I wouldn't be forgetting anytime soon. "Percy, you know how Poseidon, Zeus, and Hades have all had demigods right?" he asked.

I nodded, not quite getting at what he was saying but I allowed him to explain. "And you also remember me saying that Kronos was my father correct?" he asked, still frightened. Again I nodded and allowed him to explain what he meant if he wanted to. "Well, it appears as though… my father has produced a demigod son who survived the destruction of Mount Orthys and that's just assuming he was there when Kronos attacked us," Chiron explained.

"If Annabeth were here to hear this, she'd be cursing in Ancient Greek like crazy," I thought aloud. "She already knows and you're right, she did go crazy on cursing in Ancient Greek," Chiron replied. I smiled, not a smile to say it was funny as this was a serious matter, but because Annabeth was somewhat predictable now that I had gotten to know her better. Now I said somewhat because she can still go bananas and I would not know when, why, or how.

"Have you taken any action against this demigod yet?" I asked. If I knew Chiron well enough, he would have already done something to bring this demigod to camp, if possible. "I've sent Thalia and the Hunters of Artemis to track him down and I've also asked Nico to use the powers of the Underworld to help them," Chiron answered with a nod. "However, Chiron would like you as backup in the event that Thalia, the Hunter and Nico fail to bring him down," Mr. D said.

"Dionysus, do not trouble this child's head with comments like that. He did save Olympus as well as Camp Half-Blood just a few weeks ago," Chiron sneered. "So what if he did, he's still under our authority since he refused immortality from Zeus himself," Mr. D replied. "Will you both save your arguments until after I have left the room please?" I asked, knowing how well these arguments usually ended.

"Percy, just know that though what Mr. D says is true I personally hope it doesn't come to that. You did well enough three weeks ago when you defeated Kronos, it's time for someone else to gain some glory," Chiron said. I understood what he meant, hey it's not every day you get to slay the ruler of the Titans. Truthfully, I hoped Thalia or Nico caught this son of Kronos and brought him to camp thus obtaining their share.

I went to my Cabin while Mr. D and Chiron resumed their arguing, tired and beat from the day's work of working with the Aphrodite boys since they were lazy. Plus there was the Hypnos cabin to be concerned with as well. I had Briares take over for me when I was called to Chiron's headquarters and asked if he could take over the next few shifts with Hypnos. All in all, it was a very enlightening day considering that now I knew that Titans could have demigod children just like my father and the other Olympians.

The thought of Kronos having a demigod child after already trying to kill his six godly children and having Chiron made me shudder. Not that I didn't like Chiron because of who his Dad was but there was also the fact that Kronos had banished his own father from the throne of the universe at the beckoning of his mother. And Gaea didn't exactly come across to me as a very good mother either thanks to the existence of Kronos and the Titans. Simply stated, Kronos disgusted me overall and I had sworn to myself that he and the Titans would pay for what they did to all of us demigods three weeks ago.

Since they had paid like I hoped they did, I rested knowing that the Titans were scattered at the moment. But this demigod unsettled me because what if the Titans used him as a banner under which to rally? What if he became the next King of the Titans and led the remnants against us? Just thinking of that made me remember how twisted and evil Kronos had shown him to be when I faced him on Mount Olympus and on his ship, the Princess Andromeda.

Thanks to the defeat of the Titans, my dreams had become better but this one was truly a nightmare in its own right. I was in the middle of a forest not too far from the state of New York. Maybe it was Pennsylvania or some place like that but anyway, I saw this man dressed from head to toe in gold except for a horizontal crest on the top of his helmet and a red, flowing cape. He had a bag which contained something that had my curiosity for a little while but stopped after I noticed his eyes shining gold like Kronos' at me.

The man in golden armor then came at me and would have apparently grabbed me if I had not awakened. Thank you Morpheus for that dream, I really needed it I thought to myself. But that didn't really stop me from reporting what I had seen to Chiron as soon as I could. It was still daylight so I wouldn't be in trouble for leaving my Cabin nor would I be in trouble for visiting anyone else's.

So I decided that if it was still daylight when I was done talking with Chiron, I would go pay a visit to my girlfriend Annabeth of the Athena cabin. Chiron had just finished arguing with Mr. D again and I asked if I may have a moment in private. "I always have a moment for one of my students, what can I do for you Percy?" he asked. "Can you tell Nico and Thalia to look for a man dressed from head to toe in golden armor with a golden shine to his eyes, a horizontal crest colored red across his helmet, and an equally red cape?" I asked, seeing no other way to word my question.

"I presume you had a dream about the son of Kronos and that's what it showed you?" Chiron answered. I nodded and said that Thalia would have to be careful about dealing with him. When asked to clarify, I had him promise to tell her that it would be best to have none of Artemis' Hunters attack if they could help it. "After all, it could give him enough reason to kill them all if they attacked first," I explained.

"Very well, I shall notify Nico and Thalia immediately. Nico could use a hint like that since he's having trouble pinpointing the aura of this demigod. We do have enough demigods around to hide his if he was clever enough about it," Chiron said. I thanked him for his help in delivering my message to Thalia and went out of the Big Cabin to go see my girlfriend.

To my surprise as well as my delight, Annabeth was not hyped on the laptop she had been given by the Athenian architect Daedalus. "Hey Percy, how are you today?" she asked, knowing I was probably tired. "You know how I am when you look at me," I replied and that was true. "Did Chiron tell you about the new possible threat that may be headed our way?" she asked, to which I nodded.

"To even think that the Titan would have children by a mortal woman is just a mind-blowing thing to know," she stated. I agreed and told her that Thalia and the Hunters of Artemis had been sent to track him down. "My only hope is that he is nowhere near as powerful as his father. Otherwise, we're in big trouble if he finds out about Camp Half-Blood (if he doesn't already know) and decides to pay a visit," she said.

I knew that was for sure and even asked her if she had heard of a demigod son of a Titan before. "Well, aside from Prometheus' son Deucalion and his wife I have not heard of a single one," Annabeth answered. Now, I knew I could trust Annabeth to be correct on that answer because (in my opinion) there was nothing about the legends of our parents and their previous children that she didn't know. The Athena kids were, after all, the brightest and the most intelligent amongst all the other campers.

They knew how to form battle plans when no one else could and also knew how to inspire the other campers to carry them out effectively. To me, that would be a double-win on the part of the Athena campers in almost any situation. But now that she mentioned to Deucalion, I had to ask who he was. "With the aid of his father Prometheus, Deucalion was the second creator of mankind.

"After the first war against the Titans, the gods realized they had no one to worship them since the humans created before the war had been wiped from clean from the face of the Earth. So Zeus commissioned Prometheus and his brother Epimetheus to create an entire population of all the creatures we know from scratch. Prometheus knew precisely what Zeus needed for worshippers but could not perfect his design when he realized that Epimetheus had squandered all the gifts intended for Zeus' worshippers. All of them, except a heart for the creature and soon, man was born again in spite of the imperfections Epimetheus left them with and the fact that they were made from clay," Annabeth began.

Now keep in mind that though my attention span is very limited, Annabeth always knew how to make it unlimited at least temporarily whenever she spoke. I let her continue because it looked like she had more to say. "Mankind as Prometheus saw it suffered because they had nothing to protect them against the dangerous animals of the night nor something that could keep them warm at night or help them see in the dark.

"At that time, the only thing that could do all three was fire and Zeus strictly forbid the gods from giving fire to mankind. But seeing the wisdom in this potential race of worshippers, Athena gave Prometheus her helmet of invisibility and let him steal some fire from Olympus. He brought it down to man and at first, Zeus was furious when he smelled smoke coming from the fires below Olympus. But mankind was saved from his wrath when they started cooking meat on the flames and the smell of cooked meat reached the noses of the gods.

"But then Prometheus taught mankind how to cheat the gods by using two different piles of meat and bone, telling Zeus to pick one. Because Zeus thought that the better it looked the better it tasted, he chose a pile that was not very good and was infuriated when it was lit as a sacrifice. This was because Zeus let mankind keep fire in exchange for sacrificing the best of everything they had and Prometheus taught them how to keep the best for themselves. Thus, Prometheus was punished to have the eagle eat out his liver every day and heal at night as he may have mentioned when we met him; it's also how the whole business with Pandora's Box began," Annabeth finished with that.

Just in time too since my attention span had just about ended and I barely remembered any of the details she had given. "So Prometheus wasn't punished because he gave mankind fire, he was punished because he taught them how to cheat the gods," I said and it wasn't a question. "Yes but he likes to say he was punished for bringing the fire to increase sympathy on his part. That's how he managed to persuade so many demigods to join the Titans three weeks ago," Annabeth said.

"Well I hope Thalia and Nico find him soon. I'd like to rest knowing that there is no immediate threat to our existence from this demigod," I stated. Annabeth concurred then told me to come over to her bed and lay down with her. I accepted since I could barely keep my head up anyway and she always loved it when I was right next to her.

She held my head to her chest and I wrapped my arms across her as we lied down on the bed she usually had to herself for at least half an hour. Hey, we were both tired from our jobs as supervisors of the construction of the cabins and we needed some time to be together. Anyway, I was woken up by Annabeth's half-brother Malcolm and was told that it would soon be nighttime. I knew I had to walk back to the Poseidon Cabin so I gently pulled my arms from behind Annabeth and gently pulled myself out of hers so as not to disturb her sleep.

On my way out, I thanked Malcolm for giving me the heads-up and he nodded in reply. I returned to the Poseidon Cabin and lied down on the bed I typically slept in and that was a bed next to the fountain in my cabin. Hey, I'm a son of Poseidon, I need water to regenerate even if I don't always regenerate by drinking any water. I had no dreams that night but I did have a lot of thoughts including the possible fulfillment of the new Great Prophecy made at the end of the Second Titan War three weeks ago.

Could this be the son of lightning or the giant mentioned? One had to wonder about all the different possibilities and one had to hope that Thalia and Nico would be all right. But especially Thalia since she was a daughter of Zeus and we'd hate to lose that to a son of Kronos fighting against us. Hey, when she's here, she's the most powerful demigod we have; what else can I say besides that?