My first stop was at the armory to get some new weapons and armor, because as much as i love Riptide, if what the man on the shuttle said was true it would be too recognizable to use as my main weapon. For my weapon, i ended up buying two greek xiphos' made out of Chaotic Silver, a godly metal that will kill anything mortal or immortal that costs an ungodly amount, but since i had unlimited money i didn't care. I also bought a belt of throwing knifes made out of Chaotic Silver that returned to their sheath as soon as they stopped moving. I wore the belt and the swords turned into a watch and a survival bracelet. I also bought a set of nanotech armor that always stayed clean and could change into any clothes i wanted. i left the armory well armed and headed to a survival store, here i bought a backpack that had almost unlimited space inside and was enchanted to keep the item exactly the way it was when you put it in, no matter how much you move that could only be opened or picked up by me or those i give permission to.
To take something out all i had to do was reach in and think about pulling that thing out, and the bag could also change form to match my outfit. I also bought a cube that expanded into a tent that was 5 feet long by five feet wide by 8 feet tall, but on the inside was the size of a small house and had a full kitchen, a king sized bed, and self sustaining hot water, electricity and heating. I then went to the electronics store and bought a large TV, several kinds of gaming systems and hundreds of games and thousands of tv shows and movies because i figured where i was going i was not going to have WiFi. I also bought a phone for the first time and spent several hours surfing the web, and found this wonderful stuff called FanFiction. Basically people writing stories about there favorite stories. I wonder i should write one, or even better, there will one day be a FanFiction about me that i could read for fun. That would be awesome. After my eventful day of shopping and putting a big dent in my unlimited funds, i rented a hotel room for the night and went to sleep and for the first time in a long time i did not have night mares. As i drifted of into sleep, one thought stuck with me, this is going to be exciting.
Narrator's POV
Percy Jackson did indeed follow though on his plan and he did leave Terra Prime and had many adventures throughout the ages before returning to Terra Prime for a reason he thought he never would. What follows are just some of his adventures and upgrades he got along the way.
Anastasius (Percy's) POV
After a good night's sleep Percy sat up and summoned a huge plate of blue waffles using his new power's from Hestia. He realized that he had a bunch of new abilities that he needed to train but he did not have the time because e by the time he mastered his abilities many years would have passed and he did not want a hundred years to pass on earth before he even started on his journey, but then he remembered what the shuttle pilot said about the Chronos quadrant, how time passed differently on each planet. He looked at a map of the quadrant and it seemed like each planet was named after how long one outside year was in inside time because he saw, Day, Second, Hour, Minute, Decade, Century, Millennium, and Eon to name a few. He decide to go to Eon since it would provide the most time to train with the least time passing on the outside. I am going to skip the cheesy 80's training montage and skip to the interesting part. I spent around three hundred years on Planet Eon training all my new powers from the Olympians and i was getting ready to leave when i had 2 unique visitors one day. i was relaxing in my tent slash apartment when two bright gold flashes appeared in front of me.
One was an old man with long white hair and a great white beard, and the other was young looking man with horns but without the goat legs that i was used to accompanying them. They smiled at me and said in unison, "It was about time that we meet" before looking at each other and busting out laughing. What really brought them to my attention was their eyes because both of them had golden eyes much like Kronos, but unlike Kronos they had kind eyes not harsh ones. They stopped laughing and looked at me and the old one said, "i am sorry about that but you see, we are the primordials of time. I am Chronos with a C, unlike Kronos with a K that you fought in New York. I represent and am the embodiment of empirical time, meaning time is split up into 3 sections, past, present and future. My friends here is Aion the other primordial of time and eternity because he represents time unbounded where there is not past not present nor future, it is all happening all the time. It is all rather confusing and i don't completely understand it and i AM time. But to the point, we saw the way Kronos misused his powers we wanted to thank you for stopping him as the Ancient laws forbid us from doing so. In return we want to make you our champions and as such you would have complete control of time, able to speed it up, slow it down, stop it and on rare occasions with difficulty, reverse it. I also would give you my Bastard counterpart's weapon to use as you see fit. Do you accept our offer?"
i thought for a minute, "On two conditions, that when you give the power you also give me the knowledge how to use it so i don't need to practice for years to master it and that you don't tell the rest of the primordials about this because i want to live in peace for a while." The primordials of time looked at each other and then looked at me and said, "Agreed." As soon as they said that they both glowed gold and two bright spheres flew out of them and hit m in the chest. Honestly i thought that it would hurt but it actually only tingled. They smiled and said in unison, "It is Time for us to leave. We shall see each other again, in Time." and disappeared. I smiled as my body filled with my new found power and the knowledge on how to use it flooded my brain. I sat in my Lazy-Boy recliner for several hours thinking about the possibilities of time control in and out of battle. After a while of contemplating the possibilities i decided it was time to move on to the next quadrant and i realized that this was the Aether quadrant which was famous for its foot races. I felt mischievous and adventurous and decided i was going to challenge Aether himself to a foot race with his blessing as a reward.
I pulled on a red cord by the door of my tent and the entire apartment collapsed into is little cube form and i stuck it in my backpack. I walked into the shadow of the mountain i lived by and shadow traveled ti the race capitol of the universe also known as the planet Daytona. And before you ask yes it has the same name as the Nascar place and no it is not a coincidence but it is a chicken and egg situation because i don't know how long the planet has been named that. I stepped out of the shadows in the stadium and walked up the the man at the front desk. I snapped my fingers and manipulated the mist, which actually exists throughout the entire universe i was happy to find, and told him to bring me to the office of the head executive. He led me to these giant white doors that faintly glowed with godly power. He opened the doors and sat me in a chair in front of his boss' desk. the man at the desk spun around in his char and smiled at me, "I have to say i am impressed. I only hire the most clear minded and clear sited people to work for me, so the fact that you are able to use the mist to manipulate one of my employees has intrigued me and that is why we are having this meeting. My name is Aiden White, son of Aether. and may i ask what yours is?"
I laughed, "Of Course. Of course your dad would leave you in charge of the races. Well, as you can most likely guess i am not going to be telling you my real name but you can call me Anastasius Morgan." Aiden thought about that for a minute before saying, "Reborn Warrior of the Sea. That is a very interesting name that gives me a little bit of an idea as to why you don't go by your birth name. If you feel comfortable doing so, to confirm my suspicions would you please roll up your sleeves?" I paled and nodded, rolling up my sleeves to the elbow to show him the scars and he smiled sadly. "Yes, i thought as much. Many people travel the universe trying to escape the horrors of their pasts and try to move on. Why have you asked for this meeting?" I nodded before replying, "Yes, i have traveled far to escape my past and as my name implies, i am striving to be reborn. Names are very important and hold power wouldn't you agree, Little White Fire?" He seemed surprised that i knew what his name meant but then laughed, "No one has called me that in many years and you are the first outside my family to realize the meaning of my name. Yes, my mother used to say that i was her Little White Fire that brought happiness and warmth to her life."
I grinned, "Mothers are the best. And as for why i am here, i am here because i assumed that your father watches this office and by extension you constantly. A I correct?" He nodded. "Ok, well i wanted to have a word with your father or more precisely i wanted to challenge him to a foot race. I figured that he hasn't had a real challenge in a long time and neither have I, so two birds one stone." Aiden gawked at me, "You think that you, a mortal can pose a challenge to Aether, the primordial of light, the person considered by many to be the fastest being in existence? Do you really believe he will accept your challenge?" I smiled, "I don't know, why don't you ask him yourself. I know you have been watch me since I entered this room, Why don't you quit stalking me and show yourself so we can get this show on the road." The room flashed a blinding light that even Aiden had to look away from and in its place stood a tall man dressed in all white with a smirk on his face and cheerful eyes. He looked basically like a happier, more mischievous and deadlier Hermes. Aether, for it was he, Smiled at me and said, "I like you kid. It has been way to long since anyone has had the balls to challenge me to a foot race, and while I don't have too high of expectations i do expect for you to give me enough of a challenge to make this enjoyable."
I smiled back at him with mischief evident in my eyes, "Now, now, where is the fun in just a simple race. Why don't we make this interesting?" he laughed at this, "Man, if i didn't know any better, with that smile, i would say that you are one of my sons, but i know each and every one of them so you obviously aren't. Very well, what do you want to bet?" I grinned even wider, "If my sources are correct, you primordials pride yourselves on information and knowledge and try to have all the information you can? am i right?" he nodded, "Then would i also be right in assuming that when you find something or someone you know nothing about and are unable to read anything from that person that information about them would be very valuable?" he nodded again. " in that case my wager is this. A foot race between you and me. If i win, I get your blessing which you will tell no one about and along with any mention of me and if you win i will tell you who i am and my entire life story, because i know for a fact that you know nothing about and cannot penetrate my mind, seeing as you have been trying since i walked into this office."
Aether was taken aback that the kid knew he was trying to enter his mind and could actively hold him off while acting casual like it was nothing and realized that he needed to know who this was, if only to hold it over his siblings. Aether made up his mind and said, "You have a deal kid. the rules are this. we will have a straight race around the world track for 500 laps, first one to cross the finish line wins." he nodded, "Ok Aether. No flashing though." Aether smiled, "But of course, where would the fun be in that." Aiden watched in fascination as the man he met just minutes ago bantered with his father like an old friend. He rose and led them to the world track, "On my mark, Ready, Get Set, Go!" and just like that they were off, in two blurs of white. Daytona was a large planet, about 2 time the size of earth's sun putting the circumference of the planet at around 900,000 miles.
Anastasius knew that in a simple race that Aether would demolish him seeing as Aether top speed was the speed of light unless he pushed himself and then he could go two times the speed of light, meaning that Aether could do one lap around the world in just under 5 seconds while Anastasius' top speed was Mach 88 at 67529 miles an hour which meant that Aether went faster in a second than Anastasius did in almost 3 hours. Anastasius knew he would have to go Mach 880,000 to Beat Aether which he could in no way do so he had devised a plan before hand. He was going to use his powers over time to simultaneously slow down time around Aether making him slower and speed up time around himself making him go faster, in essence he would make it seem he was going Mach 880,000 when in fact he was going at mach 88. He started using this plan the second that Aiden said ready, so Aether was very surprised when Anastasius pulled out in an early lead against him, in fact it took him several minutes before Aether caught up with him at which time he was sweating buckets while the man seemed to be completely unfazed. Aether stared at the man for a while before panting, "How is this possible? I am the physical embodiment of light. Nothing is faster than light."
Anastasius just smiled at him and said, "People always say the impossible is impossible until it isn't. Watch this." At this the man began to pick up speed and when he was a good bit in front of Aether he started running backwards and then continued to pick up speed. He actually lapped Aether several times before Aether decided he need to push himself to his limit to to win this. He did not have much time left before the race was over and he began to pick up speed as well and soon caught up with Anastasius. Aether smirked thinking he had this in the bag when he for the first time pulled out in front of the man when he heard him laugh. he turned to see the man almost turning red with laughter and winked at Aether and then shot off in a burst of speed that made even Aether's speed seem slow. Several minutes later Aether crossed the finish line and collapsed and it was several minutes before he was able to stand up again and he saw Anastasius sitting at a table drinking a blue drink from a glass. He smiled and said, "That was fun, but i believe that i win."
Aether gawked at him, "How was that possible? You were going at least 4 times the speed of light there at the end. When i push myself i can barely go twice the speed of light? how did you do that?" Anastasius smiled, "Sorry, but the deal was that if you win i would tell you my story not if i won. I will tell you though, that you made me break a sweat so you should feel proud of that because not many have been able to do that. Now if i remember correctly we had a deal?" Aether nodded and shot a orb of white energy at Anastasius and smiled, "I look forward to a rematch someday where i will kick your butt. Got any advice for me?" Anastasius smiled and replied, "Most defiantly my friend. At first my endurance was shit, and i couldn't run at my top speed for more than a few seconds but i trained and trained and trained running for hours and hours and hours slowly picking up my speed till i was at my top speed and staying at it. I can now run at my top speed for years and years on end, i know because i have done it, i ran so long in the same place that where i trained there is a 50 foot canyon around the entire planet. If you are looking for a place to train, i would recommend the Chronos Quadrant on one of the planets with a longer time quotient, such as myself i trained on Eon and spent hundreds of years on there training and on the outside only about a day had passed. Good luck."
With that I light traveled using my new powers form Aether back to a deserted area on the planet and pulled out my map to decide where to go next in the Ananke Quadrant, and how to catch her attention when a woman said behind me, "there will be no need for that, you already have it." i turned around to see a pretty woman dressed in purple with captivating purple eyes. she smiled sadly at me and said, "I know exactly who you are Percy and before you ask how remember that you cant run away from or hide from Fate. I feel obligated to say that i am very sorry for what my daughters have put you through, it is more than any one man or any immortal should have to bare. In recompense i would like to give you my blessing, with it you would be able se the future somewhat and combined with Apollo's blessing see the future completely, but remember that when you see the future in its entirety that you will change it however subtly or not just by viewing it, no one can tell by how much. Therefore you can choose whether or not to see parts or the whole of the future. you will also be able to change someone's fate but i do request to only use this when absolutely necessary for it does cause problems and my last and final gift is that with my blessing you would be outside the reach and control of the fates. Any actions you make will be your own. do you accept?"
i nodded, "Absolutely, My Lady." She smiled and said, "There is no need to address me as my lady, after all my children have done to you i believe that you have earned the right to call me by my first name. Lastly if you ever need to talk just call out with your mind and i will talk with you and help you if i can. And rest assured i will not tell my siblings anything about you just like Aion, Chronos and Aether will not either. Oh, by the way there are several other smaller powers that come with my blessing but you will have to figure them out on your own. brace yourself." And with that a purple orb shot from her hand and hit me in the chest. this time it did hurt but i was prepared for it and compared to the pain i endured at camp this was nothing. Ananke smiled, "I know what you are thinking and i am truly sorry for what your family did to you but know this, they were not in control of their actions. Liam has the power to control emotions when they are shown on people who cannot completely control themselves, even gods. he was controlling your friends to destroy you but worry not, he will get what is coming to him. My advice would be forgive your friends and family though it might take a while, they did not know what was going on."
With that she disappeared in a purple flash leaving me alone to think about what she said. If it was true and my friends and family were being controlled than they were not to blame and the only person at fault was Liam. I knew that i had to forgive them and due to my fatal flaw that i would but i also knew that it would take time. I decided to switch it up a little and instead of tricking another primordial into blessing me i was going to go on a sort of treasure hunt. When the shuttle pilot told me the story of the creation of the universe, several thing stood out to me about it. Those things were the swords of Chaos and Order along with the Helmet of Balance and the armor of the Void. if he was able to collect these then he would be able to protect those he cared about better and fewer people would have to die the next time a war inevitably came around. the only problem was i did not know where the swords were, so i came up with a plan. i would travel around the universe listening to stories and chasing down leads until i found one of the swords.
Time skip - 3 years
Let me tell you, it has been a long three years. Not to say that haven't enjoyed it, but it has been long and hard. I have traveled from one end of this universe to the other with nothing but dead ends to meet me, well that and monsters which i of course would kill. I have apparently gotten a reputation across the universe about being a wandering monster hunter which i think is a pretty cool title. It was all for nothing until i was sitting in a bar one night nursing my drink and listening to the stories being told by the old men, because some things never change, and coming up with nothing until a man sitting over in the corner said something, "You over there with the red hair, come over here a minute." I got up and walked over to him, "Sit down for a second son, i want to talk to you." I sat down in a chair across from the mans rocking chair. "Son, when you have been around as long as i have you get good at reading people. That and i have the ability or rather the skill to read a person's aura. meaning that i can learn things about a person by just watching them. Don't worry i don't know who you really are or your story, but i can tell you are much older than you look and have been though much pain. I can see all this in your eyes, it is written clear as day to anyone who would care to look, along with the fact that when you care or love someone you do it deeply and with your whole heart and will do anything for them. I know what you are looking for, i have heard you ask about it and while others have not put together the pieces i have. You are searching for the twin swords of chaos and order. I can tell that you have had no luck in searching for their blades, because next to no one knows where they are. Even i do not know exactly where they are and i know any things. But, i will tell you what i do know, the sword of order is hidden away in the darkest planet of either Nyx or Erebus' Quadrant. Those are the only places dark enough to smother the blinding light that it emits and hide its power, and the sword of Chaos is on the brightest planet in either Aether or Hemera's Quadrant in order to quell the darkness it gives off, but ironically it is the sword that gives off light that feeds your dark side and the sword that shine darkly that feeds your light side. I also have a suspicion that you seek the helmet and armor of the first beings. No one, not even Chaos himself knows where these are but the legend goes that only a man worthy of wielding both the swords of Chaos and Order will be able to claim them and they will find him. I wish you the best of luck and safety on your travels." I thanked the man and stood up, and as i walked away i did not notice that the man's eyes flashed purple and (s)he disappeared.
I had a tough choice ahead of me. I needed to decide to go after the sword of chaos or order, because i had decided to only go after one for now and i wanted to get used to their power before i found the other one. I decided to find the Sword of Chaos first for two reasons, first because it would feed my good side instead o my dark side and since i had Aether's blessing it would be better to explore his system or his wife's rather than Nyx's since she has already tried to kill me and i was not anxious to repeat the experience. So with that i traveled to a viewing station on the planet i was on to decide which planet to travel to. :Show me the brightest planet int he universe" i told the machine and it showed me the Planet of Lights in the Aether quadrant (Aptly named if you ask me) and then i realized i needed to narrow it down so i started looking all around the planet when a idea occurred to me, 'if the sword radiates shadow then it would dampen the natural light around it' which meant that if i was correct that i should be looking for a place that was slightly darker than the others. "show me the darkest place on the Planet of Lights."
I told the computer and it zoomed in on the north pole of the planet. It was only slightly darker than the rest of the planet but it was noticeable and because of that no one lived near by because everyone in the Aether Quadrant loved light and disliked darkness. I quickly light traveled to the place shown on the map. The moment i got there i knew i was in the right place place because i literally feel the power radiating from somewhere near by. I walked towards it and soon a small stone structure came into view. I opened the door and it showed a staircase leading down into the ground, 'OK, i am looking for a super powered weapon that radiates shadow, let's go into the underground of a planet where a dungeon full of deadly traps and monsters undoubtedly awaits me. No errors in logic here. This is SO cliche, i hope the author has something more original coming. What, What?' Who was this author person, "Forget about it, it is not important." a voice said in my mind and i realized he was correct, it didn't matter so i moved forward into the dark expanse of the dungeon and was surprised when i was not met by monsters as soon as i entire the dungeon. I had my swords drawn and ready to use but nothing jumped out at me. I slowly walked forward until i reached the first door. It was a simple door but it would not budge no matter how hard i pushed, and then i noticed next to the door was a small glowing white box. It was about the size of a person's hand so i placed my hand on it and it glowed white for a few seconds before it turned black. There was a rumbling sound as he door in front of opened up revealing another empty room.No turning back now, I though and entered the room. I was completely unprepared for what was on the other side of the door though
