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Reading fanfic. If this one is chosen, there will be a poll after these two to decide the fanfic they would read. – 3

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Chapter 16: The Preparation and the Battle

3rd POV

Camp Half-Blood

Everyone was waiting for Percy to return. They were all nervous and expecting failure. They didn't know what to expect really, but they had a bad feeling. The feeling of dread was hanging over everyone like a torch over a cold, dark fire pit that represented death and doom itself. The fire would bring these awful things upon everyone.

No one knew what was coming. Obviously, they knew a battle was upcoming. Too much time had passed since the enemy revealed himself. Just when and where is the only question that everyone had running through their minds. When they all were starting to lose hope after a couple of hours, there was a bright flash that filled the area. Everyone turned their head away from the source.

"Hey guys, look who I found," Percy greeted all the people in the amphitheater.

Everyone just watched on in awe, recognizing some of the people accompanying Percy. Then, you heard Hestia, Hades, Demeter, Poseidon, Hera, and Zeus gasp.

"Father?" Hades questioned as they all took a tentative step forward.

"Son, how are you?" Kronos asked with a slight smile that could be mistaken for a sneer.

"I- I-..." Hades stammered as he tried to find words to greet his father.

Then, there was a blur, and six gods were hugging their father tightly in their seven-year-old forms. Kronos returned the hug hesitantly at first.

"I'm so so sorry. I..." Kronos choked up.

"Shhhhhh, it's okay Dad. We forgive you. Even the best of us have rough times. Though, some do have some that are rougher than others," Hestia told him while smiling softly.

"Thank you... thank you so much. You don't know just how much this moment has made me realize what an awful father I was to you six. I am so sorry. I don't deserve your forgiveness," Kronos responded solemnly. He looked away from his hopeful and teary-eyed children and started to back away.

Then, Poseidon walked towards his father, "Father, you may think you don't deserve our forgiveness, but that is our judgement to make. That is decided by us... not you. Please, I... we just want our father back. The one who we remember as, at least, semi caring. Don't run away now. Help us fight this monster and be reunited with me and my siblings again. I beg of you... please don't leave us again."

"Okay my child. I will stay, for you and to help fight in this war. Perseus here asked me for mine and the Titan's help, and that is what he shall receive. Now, let's go hear what Perseus has to say. I think it is quite obvious he has a plan," Kronos finished as he looked towards me.

"You are quite right Kronos. My plan for right now is to be prepared. A battle to test our strength is undoubtedly coming soon. How soon, I do not know. I don't know what will happen during this fight, yet I know that all of you will fight bravely, courageously, and like the true heroes you are. I don't want anyone to doubt themselves in mid battle. I wish I got to train you more before this time. That doesn't matter now though. What matters is the fact that we fight together, no matter what. No one leaves anyone else behind. Watch each other's back. Now, get ready for war!"

Everyone released a battle cry. They all looked at each other with fierce determination in their eyes. Percy watched his army gain more and more confidence the more he talked. He felt great that he could instill this type of hope in the people. No one had too much time to celebrate though because at the sound of the battle cry emitting from the army, a conch shell was heard throughout the entire camp. The battle had begun!

Percy POV

Camp Half-Blood: The start of the battle

The army of monsters marched up to the border as my own army walked up to meet them. I saw millions of monsters I've never seen before. I realized my control over monsters from Tartarus was not going to help me now. The monsters looked like shadows. Shades that walk along the Earth, waiting to strike and kill any moment. They all looked disfigured and didn't even seem to have a face. For a few minutes, neither my army nor theirs dared move a muscle. Then, the first shade let out a terrifying screech which I could only assume was a battle cry. The battle raged on around me as I slashed and kicked and punched my way through the shade creatures. I was expecting the creatures to be pretty tough, but I completely underestimated them. They pushed back against me with just as much force. The only reason I felt we had a good chance of winning was because they didn't seem like they were the brightest creatures ever. (A/N Ha... see what I did there? It was so punny.) We could easily outsmart them in combat and take them down. The only downside, they had three times the number of soldiers than we did. I heard screams of pain and realized they came from my army. I wanted to look but was too focused on the battle. I couldn't look away and risk letting my defenses fall. I was empowered by the thought of keeping my friends and loved ones safe. I turned into a demon. I felt the winds picking up around me and the sky darkening. I called on the power ofOuranos and my natural abilities from my father, the Storm Bringer. I felt the storm rage on and the rain pelt on me, reinvigorating me even more. I felt the power of the Primordials blessings coursing through my veins. I felt the power roll off of me. Then, every enemy in a fifty-meter radius exploded into shadows. That killed about a fourth of their army all on its own. I stood there for a moment regaining my thoughts. I also noticed everyone was staring at me, even the shades. Then, an aura that could rival a major Titan's and God's together showed up.I watched a figure stroll over the hill and look down on the raging battle, and at first, I was confused. I saw Kronos standing there with a blank look on his face. Then I looked closer. I saw the shadows in his eyes, the darkness emitting from him. I realized it was like my girlfriends in that place I was being held. It was a shadow of an ally. It seemed even more powerful than most enemies I've fought. Then, the army of shades attacked again with renewed speed. Or was it that we were slowing down? I realized that we weren't moving as fast, and we started to drop bodies on our side.

I yelled to Kronos, "Kronos! Can you speed up time around us again?"

He looked at me with a concentrated face, "I'm already trying. He's too powerful. I can't stop him!"

"Then let me help!" I ran over to him and grasped his shoulder. Instantly I started using my time powers to help Kronos to defeat Kronos. Gods that sounds weird. Anyways, I put all my strength into defeating the shade Kronos and almost passed out immediately. I knew that this being want natural. I could feel the brand-new creation still rolling off of his time use. I also realized he was much more powerful than Kronos. If I didn't start helping when I did, Kronos would probably be back in Tartarus right now. After many minutes of struggling, I slowly felt the pressure of the time around my army was dissipating. I didn't realize it at the time, but I would have probably collapsed on the spot if I wasn't trying to protect my friends and family. I don't think I could've won if I didn't try my hardest, and that scared me then and scares me still now. I watched the other Kronos start to look tired and I realized that we were doing it. We were beating him… slowly… but we were doing it. I felt relieved, so I looked around and saw that most of the shades were down. There were just about 100 left. I could also see we didn't lose as many as I thought. Maybe thirty. Most from my own Chaos Army. The gods finished off the rest of the army swiftly as Kronos and I released every one of their time curse. I looked towards the shade Kronos as it spoke:

"This was a test of your abilities. I am impressed. I will see you soon young hero. I expect you to be ready. The next battle won't nearly be as easy. Get ready for Mayhem."

With that, the shade disappeared to Chaos knows where.

I looked around the battle and saw one shade left; I was about to call out its existence when it threw a spear with the last of its energy before dissipating. The spear was heading straight for Hazel. I ran forward without thinking or caring while screaming:

"HAZEL!" I ran in front of her only to be impaled by the spear. I saw it protruding from my stomach. I felt the blood fall down my abdomen and legs. I felt like I was about to be taken over by darkness. With the added exhaustion, I knew I was going to collapse. I then smiled weakly at Hazel as she had a look of pure horror on her face. I coughed up some blood as I felt the sweet, sweet darkness envelope me. The last thing I saw were seven pairs of beautiful eyes staring down at me in horror...

(A/N Hey guys, sorry about the short chapter, but I do hope you all enjoyed. I also hope you liked the cliffhanger. I think I'm going to change my update schedule, for a little while at least, to only Sundays because I'm having serious writer's block. I don't want to catch up to where I'm at in actually writing, so I'm going to be slowing down just a bit. I'm sorry, but I do hope you all don't mind too much. I believe these next couple of chapters are one of my favorites so far. I hope you all enjoy. See you next Sunday!)