Mother Nature and Father Time

Disclaimer: Percy Jackson belongs to Rick Riordan

Nature at war with itself. The war had officially began. The sky was again fighting the sea. But this time , things were different. Last time , it was between the two brothers. This time, everybody is in the fight. The Ares and Apollo kids were beating up everyone who tried to support Zeus. That didn't really bother me. What did bother me was that I was seen as their leader. Again I was getting blamed for something I didn't do. Back to my life!

Mr. D looked mildly surprised. " You are going to bring Oranos back right?"

Now a bit of history: Oranos is the father of all gods and titans. He was also really evil. And a terrible dancer.

"Yes," said Alex. "He is the only option left. You require power, he has it. And he will never side with Kronos so we don't have to worry about betrayal."

"Uh, excuse me but why won't he side with Kronos?" asked Annabeth.

Mr. D answered. " Girl, Kronos chopped his father into hundreds of pieces, and let them bleed until dry in the forest of the dryads. He then threw the pieces in the see for sharks to eat." Woah. The greek gods sure had nice ways to kill their parents.

"Okay," said Annabeth. "But even if Oranos helps us, won't he turn on us the second Kronos is defeated?"

"Yes he will. But Oranos knows that on his own he won't be a match for the might of me, Zeus and Hades"

Annabeth nodded, but I knew she was still thinking fast. I had come to my own conclusion. Alex intended to take my Dad's throne for himself.

"Your plan may work," said Dionysus. "But you forget one thing. One, Zeus won't allow it. Two, you have absolutely no chance of surviving the forests."

"The forests may have changed," said Alex.

"Whatever," said Mr. D. "Give me three days. I'll need help defending the camp until then. Another thing..." said Dionysus, and fixed Alex with his best stare. I didn't even want to know what Alex saw in Dionysus's eyes.

"Proving you can kill humans like that doesn't scare me," said Alex quietly.

"I don't care if it doesn't scare you. I don't care if nothing scares you. I want you to remember, you can't defy everyone. You can't defeat everything. Prometheus, you have to remember, we are immortal, but we can be destroyed."

I had no idea what he meant by that. Alex just grinned cockily. It hit me then that this was Prometheus, the one from the myths. The one who was considered to be completely insane. The one who flew to the sun. The one who saved humanity four times from the wrath of the titans. I know he was always that, but it's weird thinking of your gym partner that way.

" Alex, why do you care so much about humanity?" asked Annabeth. Then it hit me. The thing that made Alex so much different that the other Greek gods. He lived more like a human than a god. He hanged out in malls, listened to punk rock and playing computer games. He was entirely un godlike.

"I always assumed it was just stupidity," said Mr. D.

Alex smiled sadly. 'No, it's kind of long story. See, back in the time of Oranos, humans were entertainment or food to the titans. Often both. Then the unthinkable happened. Oranos , the legendry father of all gods , fell in love with a mortal woman. He was the first titan to fall in love with with a mortal. The woman gave birth to twins. Two boys. One named Thryanes, the other Prometheus. Now you know sometimes mortals gave birth to pure gods? That's what happened to me. But not to my brother. I became the third most powerful titan and he was the first half blood. He protected the early human settlements from monsters and was lauded like a hero. I later went to visit him. He was a lot like your friend Luke. He asked Me what the titans were doing to help anyone but themselves, if Oranos ever bothered to acknowledge he had a half blood son. I told him I would kill him then and there if he did not shut up. He didn't. I blew up the entire village. But he still had time for some last words. You are now worthy of the name Titan. After that I wanted nothing more to do with the titans. I knew my brother was right. Then Kronos came to me and told me he thinks Oranos should be overthrown. I helped him. But Kronos was even worse than Oranos. So I also helped Zeus get rid of Kronos."

A look of understanding past Thalia's face. "You aren't just bringing Oranos back to get rid of Kronos. You also want to avenge yourself on him," said Thalia.

Alex nodded.

"Like I said. Stupidity," said Mr. D.

I guess I learned a lot from that conversation. Thalia was still angry at her Dad and Hades. It was one of those reverse sitations. I was the son of Poseidon and I was standing by Zeus. Thalia was his daughter and she hated him. We started walking off towards the camp's dining area. The satyrs had told us Mr D had a special announcement to make.

Alex was sitting at my table as usual. Thalia also came over. She always ate way to little. And Alex. He probably tries to eat everything that doesn't move. Me and Thalia were arguing about what the greatest rock song ever was when Mister D interrupted.

"I still say it's wait and bleed," said Thalia.

"Hush now, my children," said Mr. D. "The time for speech making is nigh. So shut up. As some of you may have noticed, especially the losers who were grievously injured, camp half blood was attack earlier by three gods who wished to burn the camp to the ground and kill all those who resist. And while I normally support such behavior I can't stand for it at the present. It has been decided that all the children of the traitors gods are to be eaten by hellhounds."

Well, that caused a bit of a stir. Clarrisse, who normally would be making obscene hand gestures looked scared and reached for something under her camo jacket.

"Just Kidding," said Mr. D.

Clarrisse's hand came back up. I saw a flash of something silvery. If she is a traitor what would she have done? What can she do?

"As there is no prove you are as traitorous as the scum you call your parents, you must live. Furthermore , due to the strength of the new attackers we will be imposing new security. For the next three days Prometheus will be guarding the camp with me. Don't worry kids he has very bad judgment. You can see that due to the fact he chose to guard this camp and he is sitting with Peter. Also, after the three days we will have a new guardian none other than-"

Dionysus was cut off. Once more I felt the aching coldness. The hopelessness and fear that comes with the lord of the dead. Hades walked up to Dionysus's table. Chiron bowed respectfully while the satyrs tried to stop their hands from shaking. Hades was probably the most feared god. He looked scary at the moment. His long black hair was flowing over his black t-shirt that had the Slipnot slogan in blue letters. He looked a lot more like Thalia's father than Zeus did. Of course that might just be the taste in music.

"Right. And now Lord Hades has a few words for you," said Mr. D

Hades smiled widely. "Hello, young heroes. You may be asking yourselves why I was chosen to be in charge of your safety. But, who better to keep you alive than the lord of the dead? And while I offer handsome rewards for your souls remember this. If you are dead you can't join Kronos. That is the kind of decisive action that kept on my throne all these years. Any questions?" Even Annabeth looked a bit thrown off. However a girl in Aphrtodite's cabin raised her hand.

"Mr . Hades are you aware that rock sucks?" she asked. "R en B is so much better." She was obviously not the brightest knife in the murder victim. Insulting Hades's music choice's.

Hades looked up. Golden fire appeared in his eyes along with other visions. The girl was already terrified. "Foolish Mortal!" yelled Hades. "No one says R en B on! Rock lives!"

"Hell yeah!" said Thalia, jumping up from her seat. "Hades favors rock!"

"Rock on!" yelled Hades making the classic finger symbol. He then suddenly realized what he was doing. "Uhm, yes. Any other questions?"

No one had any more questions. I went of to my cabin for the night.

The next morning was pretty weird. Hades kept summoning more and more of his monsters to guard the camp.

"Good Morning," said Annabth sleepily.

"Good morning to you to," I answered. "Quick question. Is Hades trying to get the monsters who really want to kill us , to protect us?"

Annabeth rolled her eyes. "Yeah. Hades suggested it and Dionysus supported it. That along with the traitor gods turned the vote to allow it."

Alex and Thalia had also gotten up. "Well, I see Hades knows of the attack. So you guys should too" said Alex. "On the last day , before Hades reinforces the borders,the traitor gods will make one final strike. So far we know everyone but Poseidon will be there. So get ready." Three days. And my father was to scared to even show up. "However they don't know Hades is here" said Alex. "It will be over all to quickly."

The next three days were just about like any other days in camp half blood. I trained with Annabeth and Thalia while Alex did "god" work. That's what he called it when he and Dionysus played card games. The had finished with Spades , and went on to Yu-Gi-Oh. Then Magic the gathering. You had to wonder where Mr. D got all those cards. Alex woke as for the next attack on camp half blood.

We were all kitted out in old Greek armor. Annabeth had a blue plume on top of her helmet to represent Athena. Thalia had a white one for Zeus. I was wearing a black and red one. It represented Alex. Mr. D came walking out in his muscled up form. He had a silver disc in the one hand. Alex came in his black jeans and red t-shirt. He had his black blade in one hand and a flaming spear in the other hand. Hades came next. He wore flowing black robes and a black silk vest. Silver armor plates were arranged across his chest. He also carried a long scythe. I guess this was how the "Grim Reaper" thing started. "And now" said Alex "It's time to kick some immortal ass."

Demeter came first. She stood at the edge of the camp , her shield raised protectively. Apollo took up a firing position on a nearby hill. Aphrodite, Ares and Heaphsteus were at the other edge of the camp. It was on. Dionysus made the first move. He threw the silver disc straight at Ares ,who caught it. But that meant his hands were full and he couldn't stop the other disc. Hades had disappeared. He had changed into darkness. Alex then ran straight at Demeter. With one fluid motion he brought down on her. She simply pulled her shield up. It knocked Alex high into the air and also into the firing line of Apollo , who shot four arrows at him. Hades struck then. And I mean struck. With one slash both Heaphsteus and Aphrodite were down. He then shot a column of golden fire at Apollo. Apollo blocked it but let his guard down. Hades disappeared again. Alex didn't actually have to worry. Dionysus brought two of the arrows down with his discs. Alex then came down hard on Demeter who threw him off. She however , forgot about Dionysus who nailed her. Apollo ran. Hades then appeared next to us.

"Now my warriors," he said addressing us. "You have to go. Alex is waiting. Remember Percy, the forests of the dryads are about us safe as a boy band fan at an Iron Maiden concert. Don't worry. Me and D will be fine. Bye!" Hades really wasn't one for goodbyes. He simply picked us up and threw us to Alex , who started flying towards the fabled forest of the dryads.

We arrived three hours later. Alex took us to the entrance where we were greeted. By a dryad. Now a dryad is a monstrous beast with goat legs and a demonic torso. But this one was in a white suit. With a pink shirt underneath.

"Welcome to the forests of the dryads," said the demon goat , who I guess was the greeter. Hmm. Weird. They usually put attractive people at these sort of positions. Although his suit was very nice I - wait. What am I thinking? "Our attractions are the Mares of Diomedes and the grove where Oranos bled to death..."