Percy was comforting Annabeth once again, she had woken from her nightmare, crying as she hugged Percy tightly, crying into his shoulder. Percy just held her, knowing she needed this comfort. His thoughts drifted to what he had heard. Apollo had finally ascended again and he was now a God, as he should be. 2 wars fought? Check. Helped Apollo, sort of? Check. Done 3 quests to go to college? Check.
Percy and Annabeth are both 18, and already attending New Rome college but it's the holidays so they went back to Sally Jackson's apartment for the first week or two of summer, where they will then go back to Camp Half-Blood. Percy thought of his 17th birthday, and spent not long after they got out of Tartarus. He remembers Annabeth's birthday, spent in Tartarus. He shook himself away from that train of thought, he didn't need an attack, not when he needed to be comforting Annabeth, not thinking the way he was.
After a little while, Annabeth stopped crying and they sat in silence.
"Will the nightmares ever stop, Seaweed Brain?" Annabeth asked quietly.
"I hope so, Wise Girl, I hope so," Percy whispered back, stroking her hair. The two get ready for the day and walk out Percy's bedroom themselves but when they stepped out the bedroom door, they fell, they clung to each other, their minds switching to the fall of Tartarus, they were surrounded by a golden light and collapsed, feet first on the white floor of Olympus. They both had their weapons with them, Annabeth's drakon bone sword and Riptide for Percy. They looked around frantically, their eyes flitting around the room. They noticed multiple small crowds and realised they were on Annabeth's rebuilding of Olympus but these were the past Gods and Goddesses staring at them.
The first to notice that Percy and Annabeth looked panicked was Sally, who noticed them almost immediately, she walked over slowly, her hands in sight.
"Hey, Percy and Annabeth, you can lower your weapons, no one here will hurt either of you," Sally said gently, a warm and gentle smile on her face but her eyes hiding her worry. Percy and Annabeth both lowered their weapons but didn't relax.
"Mom? What are we doing here?" Percy asked. Sally shrugged.
"I'm not sure, sweetie, but Chiron is holding a note, so maybe you can try relax while he reads the note, hm?" Sally replies and they nod. Chiron clears his throat and starts reading.
Dear Olympians, Hades, Hestia, Demigods, mortals and Chiron,
We have gathered you all here to read three sets of books written by our heroes, the year is 2010, Gods and Goddesses, we have sent you from the year 1991, two years before our main hero was born. Perseus Jackson, who saved Olympus twice in less than two years, will be the main focus during the readings though every person brought here played some sort of role in his life. However, there is a price for doing this reading and that is the fact that the demigods will smell, feel and taste the things they did during their quests, they will also gain those injuries they gained in the books. Only one person is able to share the pain with others and that is by taking half of that person's pain. They will know who that is.
Everyone, introduce yourselves and you can use your titles, Gods and Goddesses, you can't use your powers except your healing powers or any of your harmless powers as we don't want any of the demigods to get blasted.
You can't leave until these readings are done and time is frozen, you will be sent back to the moment we took you when you go back. Everyone here has the chance to change the future/past in the alternate universe.
From the Children of the Three Parthenons and the Three Fates.
There was silence for a moment until loud, overlapping talking started until Zeus boomed "ENOUGH!"
Hestia smiled at the others, "Introduce yourselves everyone and don't forget your titles."
"Clarisse La Rue, daughter of Ares and drakon slayer, fought in both wars,"
"Chris Rodriguez, son of Hermes, fought in both wars,"
"Travis….."
"And Connor Stoll, sons of Hermes, fought in both wars,"
"Leo Valdez, son of Hephaestus, fought in one war, fire user, helped defeat the giants and Clytius."
"Piper McLean, daughter of Aphrodite, fought in one war, charmspeaker, helped defeat Gaia,"
"Nico di Angelo, son of Hades, born before the oath, fought in both wars, survivor of Tartarus twice, Ghost King,"
"Will Solace, son of Apollo, head medic, fought in both wars, survived Tartarus once,"
"Grover Underwood, Lord of the Wild, satyr, fought in one war,"
"Pollux, son of Dionysus, fought in both wars,"
"Chiron, Activities Director at Camp Half-Blood, centaur,"
"Sally Jackson, mortal, clear-sighted, mother of Percy Jackson,"
"Rachel Elizabeth Dare, mortal, the Oracle at Camp Half-Blood, clear-sighted,"
"Thalia, daughter of Zeus, lieutenant of Artemis, fought in one war,"
"Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena, Architect of Olympus, survivor of Tartarus once, fought in both wars,"
"Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon, defeated um many monsters," Percy was going to leave it at that but a note from the Fates told him to tell them as many as he could remember, "Fine, um defeated Kronos, helped defeat Gaia, Polybotes, held the sky, wiped Iapetus' memory, killed Medusa, Arachne, Medusa's two sisters multiple times, the Minotaur and many others I can't be bothered to list," Percy added, his voice bored slightly as all the Gods and Goddesses stared at him open mouthed, as did a few demigods who didn't know everything. Annabeth looked proud of her boyfriend.
"Hazel Levesque, daughter of Pluto, born before the oath,Praetor of Camp Jupiter, fought in one war, defeated Alycyoneus"
"Frank Zhang, son of Mars, fought in one war, Praetor of Camp Jupiter,"
"Reyna Avila RamĂrez-Arellano, daughter of Bellona, previous Praetor of Camp Jupiter, hunter of Artemis, fought in one war, helped in the first,"
"Gwendolyn Chalike, daughter of Venus, fought in one war, helped in the first, Centurion of the Fifth Cohort,"
It moved to a group of demigods in the corner of the room.
"Jason Grace, son of Jupiter, died, killed Krios single-handedly, helped in the first war, fought in the second, previous Praetor of Camp Jupiter, helped defeat Gaia,"
"Dakota Soustern, son of Dakota, fought in one war, helped in the first, died, previous Centurion of the Fifth Cohort,"
"Zoe Nightshade, previous lieutenant of Artemis and previous Hunter of Artemis, died, didn't fight in either wars,"
"Silena Beauregard, daughter of Aphrodite, fought in the first war, died,"
"Charles Beckendorf, son of Hephaestus, helped in the first war, died,"
"Castor, son of Dionysus, died, helped in the first war,"
"Michael Yew, son of Apollo, fought in the first war, died,"
"Lee Fletcher, son of Apollo, helped in the first war, died,"
And then, finally, "Luke Castellan, son of Hermes, died, fought in the first war,".
There was a swarm of noise as the demigods who died are surrounded and greeted by the demigods still alive, Luke was punched by Annabeth and Thalia who then hugged him and everyone kind of milled around until there was another light when three new figures stood there.
It was Persephone, Amphritrite and her son Triton who were confused. Poseidon and Hades went over and told them what was going on when Zeus made thunder appear. Everyone fell silent.
"Well, since the Fates and these three other people have forbidden us from leaving until the reading is done, we might as well start, so everyone sit down," He grumbled and the guests all sat on sofas together. The arrangement was (the Gods and Goddesses thrones had been temporarily moved):
-Percy and Annabeth on their own,
-Thalia, Jason, Nico and Will
-Sally, Rachel, Grover and Chiron who stood beside them
-Clarisse, Chris, Silena, Beckendorf
-Reyna, Zoe, Piper
-Travis, Connor, Dakota and Gwen
-Pollux, Castor, Luke, Leo
-Michael, Lee, Frank, Hazel
Then the Gods sat down on sofas near their children, all the sofas were in a circle surrounding the hearth.
-Ares, Aphrodite, Hephaestus
-Athena, Hera, Zeus
-Poseidon, Amphitrite, Triton
-Hades, Persephone
-Demeter, Artemis, Apollo
-Hermes, Dionysus
They all settled down and got ready for the books to arrive, a moment later, a book appeared on Hestia's lap where she was sat by the hearth. She smiled and read the title of the book, "Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief," She looked over at Percy in confusion.
Hestia opened the first page and the words formed, a paragraph at a time.
"I Accidentally Vaporise My Pre-Algebra Teacher"