Title: A Quest Without the Gods

Fandom: Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Pairing: I made a poll, so it's undecided for now

Main Characters: Percy Jackson, Nico di Angelo, Thalia Grace, Hazel Levesque, Jason Grace (Annabeth Chase if voted for PercyxAnnabeth)

Rated: T

Summary: It's a week after the Giant War and Percy wakes up at camp. But there's a slight problem, nobody seems to remember the gods. He tries to settle with the fact that they're not pranking him, meanwhile the others think Percy has gone crazy, and decide take him to the doctor. He panics and runs away, looking for the truth. The gods have to exist, right? You can vote for a pairing on my profile!

Disclaimer: Don't own anything except the plot.

AN: Please vote for which pairing you want on my profile.

Chapter 1

Percy didn't notice anything until breakfast. And even at breakfast nothing out of the ordinary happened, but that was exactly what he noticed. Nothing weird happened, no one made strange comments, and the goblets weren't enchanted. Instead Percy had to fill his goblet himself. It was then that he got confused about what was happening. He looked around to look at the others' reactions, but nobody complained about the goblets. He also couldn't find Nico. Maybe he overslept?

He quickly finished eating and went over to Annabeth. "Hey Wise Girl, can I ask you something?"

With a smile she turned to him and gave him a peck on the cheek. "Sure, what about?"

"Why are the goblets not working?" He blurted out.

Annabeth gave him a weird look and so did some other children of Athena who overheard his question. "What are you talking about?"

"The enchanted goblets." Percy frowned in confusion. "Didn't you notice? I'm sure you did cause you filled it yourself."

"Yes, I filled them myself... Are you okay, Percy?" Annabeth suddenly asked in concern.

Percy blinked astonished. "Uh, yes. I think so. I mean, I didn't get much sleep last night, but…"

"That must be it then! Go back to sleep Percy, We'll clean the stables without you." She reassured him, which worked a little bit. That must be it, he was imagining this because he was tired. He almost laughed at himself; he must look really stupid right now.

"Thanks Annabeth. Tell Blackjack I said hello." He slightly grinned.

Annabeth chuckled. "Alright, I'll tell your horse you said hello, but I don't think he'll understand it."

"What are you talking about? Of course he will understand it. Did you just call him a horse?" Percy asked Annabeth mind blown. How could she insult Blackjack like that?

Annabeth raised an eyebrow at him. "What else should I call him, a dog? No, that's Mrs. O'leary." She paused. "Just go back to your cabin, Percy, everyone is watching."

Percy raised his head and saw that indeed everyone was listening to their conversation. He blushed in embarrassment and followed Annabeth's orders to get some sleep.

When he woke up for the second time that day, it was once again because of a nightmare. He looked at the clock and saw he slept for six hours, which was long compared to last night. Hopefully he now was awake enough to understand what in Hades was going on with the goblets. Or was he really just seeing things?

Whatever it may be, he could only find out if he got out of his cabin. He checked for riptide in his pocket and opened the door once he felt the sword. He decided to go for a walk around camp to search for his friends. The Second Giant War had ended only a week ago and they were already busy building new cabins. The first few days everyone had to deal with the aftermath of the war and Leo's death, but then they got an IM from him saying he found Calypso and is alive. He also informed them of the little trip he would take with her, what he didn't tell them was when he would return.

Percy was happy for Leo and Calypso, maybe it will be awkward to see her (especially after what happened in Tartarus) but she deserved someone as great as Leo. And of course Leo deserved someone like her too. It was also nice to know that everyone was alive. Except for Octavion of course, he died a tragic death and was the only real sacrifice that was made. Percy didn't really like the way he died, but if that was what it took to win the war, he could accept it.

At the moment Jason, Frank and Hazel were at Camp Jupiter. Frank had to stay since he was a praetor, and Hazel stayed with him since they're still a couple. Not that she minded though, they're both real Romans. Jason was just visiting there because he chose to become the Pontifex Maximus and thus had to keep switching camps to make sure that they honored every god.

The rest of the seven, Piper, Annabeth and him, were at Camp Half-Blood where everyone was busy with repairing things and building things. Like Annabeth stated in the morning, cleaning the stables was one of the tasks. A task he had actually been looking forward to, he had not seen Blackjack much since the war ended.

He stopped walking and looked around, he had unconsciously walked to the place he had just been thinking of, the stables. Percy decided that it couldn't hurt to take a quick look at Blackjack and the other pegasi. He entered and froze at what he saw. The pegasi looked like horses. His eyes widened and he ran up to Blackjack. No wings.

'What happened to you?' He asked the former pegasi, seeing none of them had their wings. No one responded and he got worried. Did the gods do something to them? Annabeth must know what was wrong; she was here this morning, right?

"Annabeth!" he shouted which caused some horses to nicker in fear. He ran out of the stables in shock, shouting for Annabeth.

"Katie, do you know where Annabeth is?" He hastily asked the daughter of Demeter when he passed her. "Um, no, sorry." She replied.

He cursed and ran over to Malcolm. "Where's Annabeth?"

"The Big House. Why?" He asked Percy, but he didn't get an answer. Percy took of to the Big House and was there in no time. He saw her talking to Chiron who was in his wheelchair form.

"Annabeth, Chiron, what happened to the pegasi?" He asked them concerned. They mirrored that look. "Oh gods, something bad happened to them." He concluded with wide eyes.

"Nothing happened to the horses, but obviously something did happen to you." Annabeth told him slowly. "First you ask me something about the goblets, about how I filled it myself, and now you're here worried for the pegasi who don't exist." She took a deep breath. "What happened to you, Percy?"

Percy felt guilty for making Annabeth and Chiron worry about him, but more than everything he felt confused. He was sure that there were Pegasi and enchanted goblets at camp. Or was he going crazy?

"I… Nothing happened, I'm fine." He tried to reassure them. They didn't look convinced.

Chiron nodded slowly, not believing it at all. "Okay, but to be sure we will take you to Will."

"Percy? Why are you here?" Nico asked him once they found Will. Nico had spent a lot of time with the son of Apollo since the war ended. Even now, when Will was busy taking care of the wounded, Nico was at his side.

"Annabeth and Chiron want me to get checked by Will." Percy pouted a bit. He was almost certainly sure that he was fine. The rest just wasn't.

Nico frowned and looked like he was about to protest before he changed his mind. "What are you getting checked for?" He tried to make a conversation. They had not seen each other that much because things went a little awkward after Nico confessed about his crush on Percy.

Percy shrugged. "Saying weird things, apparently."

"Okay Percy, sit down on the bed. Relax, this will only take a minute." Will told him. "Did you hit your head?" Percy shook his head.

"How are you sleeping?" was the next question.

"Not that much, but still, It's more than enough." Percy lied. He heard footsteps nearing and looked up to see Grover and Piper walking to him. Grover is wearing pants, he noted. And shoes.

"We heard you were with Will, is something wrong?" Grover asked him concerned.

Percy shook his head. "Then why are you here?" Piper asked him without traces of charm speak.

"Because I saw pegasi without wings and goblets that didn't fill itself." Percy said with a roll of his eyes.

Will looked up in surprise. "Pegasi without wings? I'm sorry, Percy, can you explain what exactly you are talking about?"

"When I woke up I decided to visit Blackjack, but when I arrived at the stables the pegasi didn't have their wings anymore. Am I the first one to notice?" Percy asked disbelieving.

The others shared a look. "Percy, they don't have wings because they're horses." Annabeth broke the news to him.

He almost had a heart attack. "When did they lose them?!" he panicked.

"Percy, they never had them to begin with." Grover tried to explain it further, but Percy wouldn't listen.

"No, you're lying. When did you learn to lie, Grover?" Percy tried to joke. He still was mad that someone hurt the pegasi.

Grover shook his head in concern. "You know I'm a lost cause, I can't lie. And I'm not lying to you."

"Calm down." Nico ordered him. "Tell us where you got the idea of the horses being pegasi."

Percy slowly nodded, a bit irritated. "Okay, fine. I'll just play along for now. Where do I begin?"

"Let's start simple, do you know where you are?" Will asked him.

Percy scoffed. "Camp Half-Blood."

"And what is you whole name?"

"Perseus Jackson." He grimaced.

"Do you believe in mythological things like pegasi?" Will cut to the case.

Percy chuckled amused. "Yes, I do." He looked at his friends, how did they manage to look so serious? Nico was good at hiding emotions, Piper was the daughter of a famous actor, Annabeth could misguide opponents with only words, but Grover? Percy never knew that he was an actor.

Will went silent for a moment, letting his answer sink in before asking the last question. "What do you believe in, and why?"

"The Greek gods." Percy answered without breaking a sweat. "Because I've seen them, and so have you."

Everyone looked surprised and he heard Annabeth mumble something. "No… no, no, no… this can't be happening…" She shook her head. "He's just kidding…" she raised her head to look at Percy, tears shining in her eyes. "Don't you dare joke about his."

Now he was lost. "What do you mean? You are the ones playing a prank on me, aren't you?" He looked over at Grover, Piper, Will and Nico. They looked dead serious, well, except Nico. He could never tell what he was thinking, but his eyes betrayed his concern.

He didn't understand this anymore. No pegasi, no goblets, no gods… What was going on?

"Annabeth, could you please tell me what kind of camp this is?" He crossed his fingers and prayed to the gods, who might not be real, that she would answer correctly.

"It's… a summer camp in New York where we learn to fight. With weapons… A-and…" She bit her lip.

"So… No gods?" He already knew the answer, he was just clinging to his last hope that someone would stop the act and tell him that he wasn't going crazy. His instinct told him that they weren't lying, but even he didn't have enough imagination to think of all that.

Nico shook his head sadly. "No gods. Just, mortals and a normal summer camp."

Piper turned to Will. "Do you have any idea what caused this?"

He furrowed his eyebrows. "I think you'll have to take him to the hospital for a real check-up. I'm not a professional doctor yet."

Percy's head shot up. Leave camp?

Annabeth took a huge breath. "Alright then, we're going to the hospital whether you like it or not, Percy."

"I'll go with you." Grover and Nico said.

Percy sighed in defeat. He didn't stand a chance against them all, unless he still had his demigod powers and they didn't.

Inside his head a plan formed. He didn't want to get locked up in a mental institute or something like that. Of course the gods exist, it was just a question why the rest didn't remember them. But there was a slight chance he was wrong, and that's why he had to get prove first. And he knew exactly where to get that.

First he had to ditch the rest. "Okay, let's go then. On to the hospital."

They brought him to the camp borders, where he didn't see Peleus. Who he did see was a two-eyed Argus, it was even more unsettling than when he had eyes all over his body.

He nodded at them and got in the driver's seat. Percy sat in the back, with Grover at his left side and Nico at his right side. Annabeth took shotgun.

Percy spaced out for the biggest part of the drive. He thought his plan over, looking for flaws. A major one was the fact that he could be wrong and he really lost his mind. He didn't like that flaw, but it was the best plan he could think of. He was not a child of Athena, if she's real, that is.

"Percy, we're here." Nico nudged him. Percy blinked dazed and looked out of the window. Sure enough, there was the hospital. He wasn't going inside, he decided.

He calmly stepped out of the car. "Isn't that my mom over there?" He squinted his eyes at the hospital building. "Yes, it's her!" And then he took a run for it while the others tried to find his mother.

He turned around and crossed the street, almost getting hit by a car. "Percy! Come back!" He ignored them and entered a random building to lose them. It was a clothing store. He hid between some clothes and tried to act like a normal costumer at the same time.

His friends ran in sight, frantically looking for him. His breath caught, Nico was staring right at him. Percy's eyes widened and he got out of his hiding spot. Maybe he could leave the store in time.

But when he came outside he saw that they had split up, Nico went left, Grover straight on, and Annabeth right. Did he only imagine Nico looking at him? He shook his head to focus on the task at hand. Getting away from them.

He had no idea where to go, but his instinct told him to go right. He crossed a few more streets, and pushed people out of his way without feeling any guilt for it. Knowing that he saved the world two times over cleared his conscience. He did save the world, didn't he?

Then he saw where his instinct was leading him, water. Only one way to find out if his powers still worked. He cleared the last few streets and dived into the freezing water bellow him.

AN: Next chapter will have the second stage of Percy's plan. But it's his plan, so something must go wrong…