Prologue

It has been ten hundred millennium or a million years since the Gods and Goddesses that we as humans recognize today were first brought into the world. Gods have evolved and changed with the beliefs of humans and rely on them to survive. With more believers, comes more power to a God. Less believers means that a God has less power. But, what are Gods? We humans define them as divinity or a holy power that is unexplainable. But, as time passed on, science took hold and people believed more in science than in mumbo-jumbo that ancient people used to make sense of the world. This partly due in part to the notion of beliefs and holy texts. They can't explain everything, especially themselves.

The Egyptians once believed that their Pharaoh was a God himself. He had power, fortune, and servants to do his bidding. He controlled everything within his domain, from what people built, what Gods were worshipped, and who deserved what.

Is this belief any less as true as believing in a Greek God?

Before that idea is further questioned and answered, what is a God?

Is it a man, or an idea so powerful, people die over its existence? A thought that changes the world to do its bidding?

Gods are not real. And yet they are. They are concepts and aspects of things humans feel the need to define. And they were born when humans began to think. Without Gods... what answers would the earliest humans have to explain the world?

And the Greeks? They believed in a wide variety of Gods and Goddesses. From Zeus to Tartarus. Constellations created stories and myths that caused Greeks to question, what was first, the constellation or the story? All Gods had more than one aspect to them. Hades was the God of the Underworld, but, without the death of livestock, food would be hard to find. Zeus was arrogant and powerful and became a feared figure, because even Kings would fear waging war on the King of the Gods.

They had purpose.

And through their purpose, we found ours.

Chapter 1: The Defeat of Gaea

(Percy's POV)

We stood at Mount Olympus. The Gods and the Seven against the Giants. Thoon, Porphyrion, Polybotes, Pelorus, Mimas, Leon, Hippolytus, Gration, Ephialtes, and Enceladus stood in formation, all grinning from ear to ear waiting for us to approach. The only gods who were going to fight with us were Zeus, Mars, Athena, Poseidon, Hermes, Apollo, Artemis, Hades, Hestia, Vulcan, and surprisingly Venus.

Each demigod was to help their godly parent in the battle, to actually kill the giant. Arion and Hazel were exceptions, just running around causing a scene and damage. We got into a stance waiting...

"ZEUS!" Porprhyrion bellowed. 'Really? No way!' I thought sarcastically. "Surrender now and we will make the fall of Olympus quick and easy. Not that you'd live long enough to see it." He said with an evident smirk on his face.

"Never! Heroes and Gods, ATTACK!" Zeus yelled out. The fight was on. Me and Dad fought side by side, him with the long reaching trident, me with riptide. He rolled to the left and stabbed Polybotes' side, and I mirrored the move. I gestured for him to grow in height (god size, extra fun!) and he swiftly kicked the back of Polybotes' head, rendering him unconscious. I took this time to stab riptide into his heart at the same time dad's trident hit. Polybotes was no more than a pile of dust. We ran to join another's fight. While on the way, I saw Hazel slashing giants left and right to help kill them. She was just a blur but, she was having a lot of fun. I saw Jason and Zeus flying in the air to hit Porphyrion who kept absorbing hits of lightning like water.

We decided to help Venus and Piper who were fighting Thoon with Hestia. I ran into the fight and started to madly slash at Thoon who was having a bit of a heart attack. Who knew Hestia and Venus could be violent? They had armor and long swords, but they danced around Thoon like a ballet, with me and Piper hitting him in the knees. Eventually my dad came in and blasted water into his face, getting him distracted while Piper and Venus both struck him at the same time. Only a small bag of accessories was left behind. 'Okay..?' I thought.

"We need to split up and help the others. Piper go help Hades. The rest of you split up. And dad? Go help Zeus. He needs a lot of it." I yelled out to them. With that, they split up and started to help the others. I went to Artemis and Apollo because they were having a hard time fighting two giants together. "What do I need to do?" I asked them getting ready to help. "When Apollo distracts Leon with his arrows and I knock Gration out, hit Gration enough to finish him. Then regroup to finish off Leon," Artemis said.

"Okay." Gration was not easily distracted. But when fire arrows every second is fired at you, you become distracted easily. Artemis soon flashed and knocked him out with a hit of her bow. I heard her mumble, "No for the last time I will not marry you." I was tempted to say something but stayed focused on the task at hand. I slashed open his chest while Artemis fired arrows into it. Gration crumpled underneath us. Leon was in a similar position, only put to sleep by bad poetry... He was the easiest to kill with a quick fatal blow. "Not to offend you Artemis, but we need to go help as much as possible. If one of you distracts Porphyrion while the other goes and helps Vulcan, I bet it'd be a lot easier to end the fight. I saw Annabeth fighting with her mom, working like a well oiled machine. The thing was, Enceladus was also a master at strategy making it hard to kill him. I summoned a hurricane to fight him at an advantage. I flew over to him and started hitting him with my sword or winds. He quickly stumbled backwards and fell, but not before catching Annabeth and holding a knife to her throat. "Let me go! I said let me go!" She cried out.

"Haha! Athena, looks like I win and the gods will fade. Or do you not want to waste this precious child of yours?" He taunted.

"Annabeth you'll be okay! Just let me-" "No." I heard her say. "I swear on the River Styx that I will not go out without a fight!" She yelled defiantly.

Thunder rolled across the battlefield.

She kicked him hard behind and started slashing at him like crazy. Athena and I did our best to help fight him and he quickly was over run and had fallen, but not before saying with a grin on his face, "I might not have won the fight, but I still have my life..." looking straight at Annabeth, who looked pale and sickly.

"Are you alright?" I asked hesitantly. "Ye-yeah I'm fine. Come on Seaweed Brain, let's end this war. And... whatever happens remember I love you." She said with tears down her face. "Al-Alright. Let's go and finish off the King Giant." As the three of us ran towards the last Giant.

All of the other giants had been defeated by their opponents, who were now fighting with everything they could to kill Porphyrion. "Why isn't he already killed? One Giant cannot survive that long unless..." I suddenly thought about the prophecy. To storm or fire the world must fall. An oath to keep with a final breath. If it fell to fire, the world would burn. But if it fell to storm... "LEO, VULCAN! Shoot extra hot blasts of fire and him! Then hit him with hammers!" I yelled out. We finally got to the summit and it was chaotic. The two were doing what I told them to do and it was actually working. "You... might defeat me today..." Porphyrion started, "but... You shall die... at the hands of GAEA." he croaked out. Suddenly he turned to dust before everyone, and I saw Annabeth take off her invisibility cap with a dagger in her hand. But before I could say anything about our win...

A hand came out of the Earth. Gaea. She took Annabeth higher and higher into the air, and left her to drop to the ground. I ran to try to catch her, but I was too late. She landed on a sharp piece of rock that cut through her chest completely. Blood was spluttering out of her mouth and wounds. "Percy..." she whispered. I walked slowly over to her. "Yes Annabeth?" I asked solemnly. The look of pain on her face was heart wrenching. My Annabeth was dying, and I couldn't do anything to stop it. "An oath to keep... with a final breath. I might die today, but swear to me that..." She coughed, "that if you are offered godhood again... except it for me. I don't want you to grieve my death." I heard her finish... "I swear." I said to her. "Good... I-I'll..al-ways..be with y..." She coughed and coughed until her body froze. Silent tears came down my face, but my anger was something to behold. Storms and earthquakes brewed. Rain and thunder came clashing down. Huge waves were created on side of the cost. I drew it all in together, creating a massive storm of water, wind, and lighting flashing within it. "GAEA! YOU SHALL PAY FOR YOUR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY. SHOW YOURSELF." I bellowed out to the Earth. A figure slowly started to form, with forest green eyes, but no pupil or white. Just Green. A dirt robe was attached to her body. I saw her smile at us... which quickly turned to a face of worry and fear when she looked at me. I flew towards her at an impossible speed, my adrenaline pumping throughout my body like nothing I have seen before. I started slashing and hacking away, making her trip and fall from the sudden earthquakes. She looked like she could piss herself. "What.. what are you?" She asked frightened at my power and strength. "I am your worse nightmare" I said in a powerful low voice. I knocked her out with a powerful blow of powers and weapon working in harmony. Apollo and Artemis took their sacred arrows and stabbed them into her arms. Hermes took his caduceus with George and Martha wrapped around it and slammed it down on her right leg. Hestia took her pokers and did the same to her left leg. Poseidon and Zeus walked up and stabbed her in the stomach. "There. The chant now?" All the gods nodded.

The started to chant and chant while the weapons glowed brighter and brighter till it suddenly stopped. "This time for good. Gaea should now be asleep for a very long time. I'll send the remains of her consciousness to Ouranos and he will take care of her." Zeus said. "Wait. Take care of her? She's still going to be alive after all this!" I yelled. The looks on them were sad and gloomy. "Percy... although Gaea might be an enemy to Olympus, she is a first born. Meaning she can't be killed. Ouranos is just making sure she can't contact anyone to start another war. She needs to forgive." Dad said to me. I breathed in slowly. "Okay. I think I understand."

"Good. We need to leave and give awards and thanks to all those that have helped. Flashing to Olympus in 3, 2, 1-" "WAIT! MY SHIP-" Leo yelled. Then we were flashed into the throne room with the Argo 2 on the edge of it. Zeus rolled his eyes. "I'll be right back. The campers on this side that stopped the wars between the camps need to be rewarded." With that he flashed out, and back in again with Nico, Reyna, and Thalia. "Nico di Angelo step forward." He did so. "You have been offered the gift of immortality. Do you accept?" He looked around, and spotted me. I nodded my head in recognition to get him to say yes. "Yes, I accept." Then the fates popped in and hit him with a flash of light. "Hail Nico, Prince of the Underworld." They chanted.

Reyna went next, and was offered the same but refused, and said, "I would like to help combine the two camps into something better for ALL demigods to have fun and live their lives." To which the agreed. Jason became Prince of the Skies, Thalia just asked to be a completely immortal hunter (okay?), Piper became a minor goddess of love, Leo became the minor god of machines, Hazel the goddess of gems, and Frank the god of transformation. "PERSEUS JACKSON. Step forward." Zeus bellowed out, with a stern look on his face but kindness and gratitude blazing within his eyes. "We offered you godhood once. You were the first person to ever refuse and use it to help everyone. We have decided that if you accept to become a god, you will be an Olympian with Hestia to even out the council. Do you accept?"

"Yes. On one condition, Hades must be treated with more respect and be allowed upon Olympus as an equal." I said.

"Very well. That is acceptable."

The Fates came to me, and looked me over. "Perseus, what one domain would you truly want?" They asked me in harmony. I thought about it... and came to my fatal flaw. "Loyalty." I said. They smiled, and said. "He is worthy." Then they blasted me with light and I felt strikingly strong compared to what I was before.

"Hail Perseus! God of the Earth and Tides! Defeater of Gaea, Bane of Monsters, Storm of Olympus, Defeater of Kronos, Reverser of Tides. For your efforts we give you three gifts. Your symbols of power are Riptide, Pegasus, the Raven, and your symbolic plant is the Oak Tree. For your next gift, is the gift of the truest, and you are truly loyal beyond anyone else. We grant you luck in your future, for this gift shall come in due time. Your last and final gift... is the gift of the faded. You are able to receive domains from immortals that have faded, especially your enemies. The other side of this is that, you can give people these domains, and collect new ones from us if you want and are willing to. But, everything has a price, and you must be willing to pay that price."

I looked over at the three of them completely shocked. "Wow. Thank you." I said bowing to them. "No, thank you. You deserve it." They responded. With that cue, they left in a flash of light.

I turned to face the council. Almost all of their faces were wide eyed expect for my father, who looked prouder than anyone, and Artemis who had a scowl on her face that read, 'boys'.

"Can I go out of Olympus for a while, I want to grieve for Annabeth." I said aloud to the Olympians. Zeus nodded and then replied, "Yes, I will transport you to Central Park."

With a throw of the Master Bolt, I was standing in Central Park.

(Aphrodite's POV)

Love is a tricky thing. Everyone seems to think I'm the most useless goddess, but, I have power. And Knowledge.

Through my domain, I can see possible, current, and past bonds of love.

Percy Jackson has only a sliver of a chance to find the one. This shall be a love story I have to watch. Hmm... Maybe it will be better than the last time I got so interested. It's been a long time since the Trojan War... Right?

As promised, an updated version of the story!