I DO NOT OWN PJO

I was in Atlantis drowning myself with training. All I could think of was how long till I could either go for a visit to my best friend Annabeth or how long till I'll be able to sneak Thalia out of Olympus and bring her to the Hunt. It was harsh for Zeus not to allow his daughter to leave Olympus. He told her it was so that she had no distractions for training for the prophecy. But I knew he just wanted to be sure no one tried to either kidnap or assassinate her. Word of the prophecy was leaking a bit…just a bit, but more than enough

Triton disarmed me. "What the hell, Perce? You were distracted." He tells me. Triton and I were now warming up to each other because of one duo mission father made us do together.

"Uhm, a bit"

Triton groaned. "I don't want to spar with you anymore" he told me. "No! I'll pay attention, alright? I just…you know. So come one, let's spar" I say but he shakes his head. "No way, I'm bored. Let's skip some classes and have some fun" He says and swims away before I can protest

I groan. Once you get over the I-hate-my-step-brother barrier, Triton was like a mini Apollo. "Wait up!" I called and caught up to him. He chuckles. "You feel father anywhere?" He asks randomly. I close my eyes and open my senses to the see. "Nope, he's not in the castle" I tell him although he could've just done the same as I have and figure it out himself.

"But if you close your eyes, his trident is still here" Triton grinned. Oh no. He's gonna want to do something, wasn't he? Last time he dragged me into something, I was doing squats for an hour with a bit of my pressure-underwater-resistance taken away!

"No way, Tri, no" I tell him.

"Aw, c'mon! Last time a son of Poseidon stayed here for long and my mother favoured…er in your case tolerated, he was Theseus, and for a son of Poseidon, he was a KJ! I think Romans got their military-ness from him"

"I thought sons of Poseidon are supposed to be a bit of wild"

"Oh he was wild, alright. He wanted everything according to his pace. He didn't like to be restrained you know? His orders are his orders, up in the surface. And he followed rules. But only his own rules!"

"Well, his name does mean 'institution'" I tell him, and yes, I do notice he was leading me to the throne room

"Bah! I bet when father named him he forgot to put 'mental' to the institution, alright so here we are! The throne room, where the trident is!" Triton tells me and I raised an eyebrow.

"Want to dare to touch it?"

"WHAT!?" I said.

"I know, I haven't even tried to yet. I chickened out. But let's see if we can make it acknowledge us. It was said that the trident only reacted to those that it acknowledge" Triton said

"No way! I won't touch it"

…..

After half an hour of punches, slaps, and 'you're a chicken' he convinced me to touch it.

And that started it all.

The moment I touched it, I was aware of everything that the trident could command. But the feeling just disappeared as fast as it came because I retracted my touch right away.

True, I knew the sea was powerful but….there was something wrong about all the power I felt.

And hesitantly, I touched it again. This time, I didn't feel everything, instead I saw….I didn't know at first….but I began to realize that I saw…the beginning.

My eyes widened. I was in KRONOS STOMACH with four other gods. But something weird was happening inside….And then the vision blurred. I was in a heated discussion with my brother, Hades….wait what?! My brother?! Oh, then it hit me, I was seeing things at my dad's point of you.

I was drawing lots for our domains, and Hades nodded at me like we shared some sort of secret. I was—

"Percy! Father's coming!"

We quickly exited.

That was the first secret I uncovered. The secrets that led to many more

Thalia was Hunting around the forest alone. She wouldn't have it any other way. She needed the time to think. She was planning to quit the Hunt soon. If she keep on this façade for long, she'll just end up hurting both her families. And from her families, she chose Percy and Nico. She didn't want to have to lie to her mistress any longer.

Gods, how did things become so complicated? And memories came flooding back to her: memories of Percy telling her about the trident incident, Percy convincing her and Nico that our father kept secrets, Percy deciding to stop our investigation, Nico convincing the of them to continue the search, Dray, Drew, and Dee's arrival, everything went back.

As Thalia was thinking of these things and was about to make a kill, she felt a tiny burst of energy. And not just energy, it was Percy's energy!

She felt Nico was on his way to Percy but she knew she was nearer. She bolted towards Percy. Not again, she thought. Percy really has to control himself. He's gonna kill himself with his breakdowns.

She found Percy cringing on the floor.

"Oh gods," Thalia muttered and carefully dragged him to lie back on a tree. He had his eyes closed and he was trembling so bad

He was starting to glow yellow and blue. Thalia groaned. Nico arrived worried etched on his face. "Oh no" Nico said.

"Burn the scroll! Let's just forget about this, guys! No good will come if we keep digging up the past!" Percy screamed.

"No! Burn the scroll!"

"Zeus wants to kill us!"

"Stop it! Stop it!

"No, no, no"

Percy started to scream. Oh shoot, he was having flashbacks again? "Get Nix to bring Aku here, Thalia!" Nico shouted.

Nix? Get Aku! NOW! Thalia screamed in her head

Pisto, you see Aku? Fetch! Nico barked in his head

I was with Hypnos and Morpheus. It was the day that we became allies.

"We should kill you, you know" Morpheus says

"But you won't"

"Nope!" Hypnos replies

"What do you want?" I ask them

"In our realms, sleep dreams etc, sometimes we see glimpses of the future…."

"And?"

"You'll need us to keep him away" Morpheus stated and my eyes widened. Oh no, no, no, no. If they knew about him who else knew?

"Oh don't worry, your secrets safe with us, and as of now, no one knows except you, Lady Hestia, us, and in the future, Mars will know!" Morpheus adds hastily. So that means Lady Hestia will tell Mars after all. I hope Lord Mars doesn't kill me.

"Why do you want to help me? What did you see in the future? Are you gonna turn me in to Zeus?" I demanded

"Oh no! Of course not, we won't turn you into Zeus. As to why we want to help you and what we saw…well…"

"What Mopheus is trying to say is we~~can't~tell~you~~everything!" Hypnos says gleefully

"What can you tell me then?"

And they showed me.

"Allies?" Hypnos asks

"Allies"

"Allies" Percy muttered.

"Where are they?" Nico muttered trying to absorb all the energy that's leaking out of Percy. Thalia was trying to do the same. They couldn't keep absorbing this amount of energy for long.

"They're near, I can feel it" Thalia muttered and sure enough, pawsteps were heard coming near them at high speed.

"Fates!" Percy screamed in agony. His mind was experiencing the flashbacks, but his body was still feeling the burn

"Lady Clotho, Lady Lachesis, Lady Athropos" Percy bowed.

"We should kill you"

"Why is everyone who's whisking me away from my consciousness telling me that they should kill me?" Percy asked exasperated.

"You should have never learned of what you know now. The trident shouldn't have showed you anything" Clotho said.

"Yes, it shouldn't have 'acknowledged' you" Lachesis added

"Wait, if you want to kill me because of my knowledge, then will you kill my brother and sister as well?" I asked in agony at the thought

"Brother? Sister?" Athropos asked

"Ah, you mean that son of Hades and daughter of Zeus" Lachesis says

"We won't kill them. You are the wielder of the power that comes forth from your…discovered knowledge. If it was just them alone then….the damages of fate can be…reparable"

"Will you kill me now?"

"We should kill you now" they responded so it hit me.

"But you won't" I say, whoa, dejavu much?

"We won't, but we shall not make life easy for you, demig—Nevermind, we do not even know what you are anymore. Now that you have discovered things, face the consequence of seeking knowledge that never was yours to know!"

They let me see glimpses. And with those visions there was an unspoken bargain or deal that was offered. I took it. The trident started it all but meeting the fates made it a done deal.

"Finally Aku! We can't keep absorbing his extra energy much longer" Nico said as the elegant wolf came to view. Nico felt like a fool talking to a wolf, but he knew the wolf understood, and besides, from all the energy he's absorbed. He was kind of groggy.

He placed a hand on Thalia's shoulder. "Enough, Aku is here" He whispers and Thalia tiredly nods. Nico made sure that Thalia was leaning on a tree. Secretly, Nico absorbed some energy from Thalia so that she wouldn't have to deal with all the tiredness. Nico could take all this extra energy well enough…he hoped.

Aku growled at Nico and Thalia as if to say you dare be stupid enough to leave him alone with his thoughts in the first place. Wait till Blackjack hears about this! Thalia and Nico cringed though where they got Blackjack involved in his expression, they did not know.

Aku made his way toward his master and nudged Percy's head with his nose. He placed a paw on his chest and Aku seemed to act like a sponge, draining Percy's excessive energy outburst. When he was done, Aku was a bit wobbly but nudged Percy so that he was leaning at the comfort of his wolf.

"What is the meaning of this?" Artemis asked. Nico stiffened. Oh gods, good thing they didn't unhood Percy or anything.

And then Nico realized something and he wanted to face palm himself. He hadn't removed his hand on Thalia's shoulder yet, still absorbing some of the excess energy. And Artemis was glaring at Nico's hand on Thalia's shoulder