A/N: Hey there! So this is my first attempt at fanfiction so please let me know what you think. I welcome all reviews. Basically, I started this off with Percy getting banished to Tartarus but I'm not entirely sure what I want to happen, I tend to plan as I go. I want to try to make the characters as realistic as possible but, of course, it won't be exact because they aren't my characters. I also don't know who I want paired up together so I left it pretty wide open. If you have any preference just let me know in a review and whichever pairings get asked for the most will be put in the story. I'm going to try to make this more of an originalish tartarus story but well, there are so many out there that I apologize if it sounds like anyone else's. Like I said I'm going to try and make this one different but it's not like I've read all the stories out there where Percy gets banished. Please let me know what you think! P.S. I don't know if I'll keep the title. I probably won't but it's all I can come up with right now so bear with me.

I'll try to update at least once a week but It might be more in the next week or maybe not. It all depends on how much I procrastinate my term papers.

I don't own any of these characters or places. Percy Jackson belongs to Rick Riordan. Not me.

-On Olympus after the end of the Second Titan War-

Percy knelt on the floor of the throne room, head bowed with tears streaming down his cheeks but he was unable to wipe them away due to the celestial bronze chains binding his arms. He didn't speak as gods argued loudly over their next course of action.

"He must be punished!" Hera's voice broke through all others. The room went quiet.

Poseidon glared at his sister, "We don't have enough evidence to decree a punishment!"

"What more evidence is needed?" Athena asked incredulously, "He killed twenty demigods in cold blood. You saw him standing over the bodies, his sword covered in their blood, just like we did." There were a few murmurs of agreement but most of the Olympians were unsure of which side to take. Percy had done a lot for them over the years.

"Yes! We all saw the same thing, but we didn't see what happened before!" Artemis suddenly joined Percy's side which surprised a number of people yet the subject of the debate didn't even glance up. He seemed to be in his own world, not even caring that the gods were deciding his fate at this very moment.

"We know they had surrendered!" Ares jumped in, "Not even I would kill in such a dishonorable way!"

Zeus had quietly been listening to all the arguments around him. He knew what he wanted but, although he would never admit it, this war had shown him that he needed to take a step back. He may be king of the gods but that did not make it a dictatorship. They had almost lost the war due to the amount of peaceful titans and minor gods that joined the other side.

"I say we banish him to Tartarus," Hera's words were calm and precise, everyone looked at her in shock.

"We will not be sending my son to Tartarus!" Poseidon bellowed, slamming his trident into the ground causing all of Olympus to tremble under his rage.

Athena glared at her rival for losing his temper, "We would punish any other demigod for murdering so many in cold blood by sending them to Tartarus. Why should Percy be any different?" Her voice was cold as she spoke with logic against the sea god's pure emotions.

"He saved all of Olympus, that's why!" Artemis snapped at her half-sister, her silver eyes glowing dangerously.

"One good deed does not pardon all bad deeds," Hera said simply. The gods were torn, they knew that Athena and Hera were right, but many of them simply liked Percy a lot. It was hard to imagine the kind kid going on a murder spree but it had happened. He had lost it. Not that anyone could truly blame him. He was a sixteen year old kid who had the weight of the world thrust on his shoulders metaphorically and literally. It had just been too much for his mind to handle.

"We will put it to a vote," Zeus' voice boomed across the throne room for the first time on the subject. "All against Perseus Jackson being banished to Tartarus?"

The room was quiet as Poseidon and Artemis were the first to put their hands in the air. Hermes and Apollo soon followed. They looked around at the others but the rest remained still.

"All in favor?" Zeus asked while he raised his own hand. Hera, Athena, Ares and Dionysus raised their hands. Demeter, Hephaestus and Aphrodite had stayed out of the vote leaving the result 4-5 in favor of banishment. The room was dead quiet until someone started yelling

"You can't do this! He did nothing wrong!" Thalia yelled at the gods and, more specifically, her father. He ignored her and looked down at the demigod who had remained silent through everything.

"Any last words Perseus?" His voice rumbled and all beings present in the room looked at the hunched figure that had once been their greatest hero.

Percy slowly raised his head and his eyes met Zeus' who was shocked by the complete lack of emotion. The dull green eyes did not blink as the tears continued to roll down his face, "I killed those demigods in order to save everyone. I would do it over again without any regrets," Percy's voice carried easily across the silent room. Zeus shook his head while Hera looked at him in pure disgust for killing members of her family.

"I, Zeus king of the gods, hereby banish Perseus Jackson to be tortured for all of eternity in Tartarus," His voice thundered across the room as he raised the master bolt and shot it towards the disgraced demigod at his feet. There was a deafening bang as it struck true and a scream of pure pain before the smoke cleared, leaving behind merely a charred floor.

Poseidon sat in his chair sobbing as Artemis, Apollo and Hermes stared at the floor in a quiet stupor.

Thalia fell to her knees as tears dripped from her eyes. Nico bent down and joined her, wrapping an arm over her shoulder and pulling her close. She turning into his chest and began to cry harder.

Annabeth stared in shock at the charred spot on the floor. She didn't know what to feel, there were so many emotions raging within her. Anger. Greif. Guilt. Not knowing how to react she just stood there motionless.

Zeus called forth the heroes of the second titan war and rewarded each of them accordingly but no one said what they were thinking. No one even knew what to believe. Had Percy Jackson lost his mind? Or had he been trying to save everyone?

-Tartarus-

Percy woke up feeling a strain at his shoulders. He was confused until he realized that his wrists were bound in chains, leaving him hanging from the middle of the ceiling in a cave. It was dark but not pitch black and it didn't have the chill that caves normally had. It was hot and stuffy like being in Florida in the middle of July. The air was thick and stung as it went in and out of Percy's nose. There was a door directly across from him that looked to be made of Iron. IT didn't have a window or a doorknob. It just stood there, reminding Percy that he could never escape. Banished for eternity. Gods that's a long time, Percy thought distractedly. He hung there for what felt like hours before the door scraped open, making the hairs on the back on his neck rise.

A man walked in- a man with eyes that Percy knew very well, in fact, he would never forget them for the rest of his life. They were golden and ageless and was the only defining feature of the whole body. The rest was merely dull golden dust floating around in the form of a man.

"I thought I killed you," Percy tried to speak with ease but there was a tremble of fear that could not be masked.

Kronos laughed, "My body is destroyed and I am too weak to take over another body but that does not mean you destroyed my spirit- or that I am too weak to torture you," his voice was the cold, scraping voice that haunted Percy's nightmares.

"Sounds like you're a sore loser," Percy nonchalantly said as his eyes searched the room for a weapon or water or anything. He had to get out of there.

The dust that made up his face parted into a cruel grin, sending shivers down Percy's spine. "Looking for a way out?" Percy didn't reply, making Kronos chuckle as he pulled a golden knife out of his dust body, "Oh no. You are never escaping me Perseus Jackson. Didn't you hear your dear uncle?" Kronos he touched the tip of the knife to Percy's shirt and pushed in making Percy gasp in pain, but he refused to scream. Slowly, he pulled the knife through Percy skin and down his chest, leaving a bloody cut from just under his collarbone to his belly button. Kronos smiled cruelly as he leaned forward and whispered in Percy's ear, "You're mine for eternity."