Bab 2: Chapter 2 : I'm going mental
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This story take place in the world where Percy met the Kanes and Magnus Chase. I'm not sure if I'm gonna throw these two in. Maybe later or maybe not at all. We'll see. Also, I haven't decided the pairing, but I'm 100% sure it's not gonna be Percabeth because that's so boring.
(PS: English isn't my first language so sorry for grammar mistakes.)
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(Percy POV)
"What just happened?" I asked out loud earning multiple glares from my classmates.
Yes my classmates,
I was back at Yancy Academy. I looked down on myself and saw I was aged back as well. Great Chaos somehow sent me back in time. And she chose the best moment as well. In front of the class stood Mrs Dodds, No not Mrs Dodds, Alecto was her real name. One of the furies Hades had sent after me.
I took a good look around and saw my classmates whom I haven't seen in years. After discovering I was a demigod I kinda forget about all of them. Guess I had a class reunion. You know, like the ones on TV where classmates see each other after 30 years or so. And they relive memories of the past. It reminded me of my situation. Except my classmates saw me yesterday. So this was one sided reunion. It actually felt really good for a moment.
I said for a moment.
"Mr. Jackson!" Mrs Dodds called out and I lost my train of thought. "Yes Ma'am!" I called out while my classmates laughed. Great, I was still the clown of the class. Mrs Dodds, however, gave me a disgusted look...no not a disgusted look but one of pure hatred. I wonder how I never picked up the signals, something that was odd. On the other side, most of my teachers hated me so it wasn't that out of the ordinary. I mean on my left side sat Grover who was obviously not 12 and I felt embarrassed I fell for that trick.
"Can you answer my question?" Mrs Dodds asked and pointed at the board. On it was a mathematical formula written, if I remember it correctly it had to do something with Pythagoras but I wasn't sure.
"Sorry I don't know the answer," I admitted and Mrs Dodds went on asking someone else then I heard laughter coming from the back of my head. It was a playful, female laugh. I turned around to see no one was laughing.
'You gotta be kidding me' I heard a voice in my head say.
"Huh" I whispered.
Then the voice spoke again, 'This is the second time you have to answer a question made for twelve year olds and now you're an adult and you still fail at math!'
I recognized the voice, 'Chaos?' I asked mentally.
'The one and only' she answered and I could swear she was smirking even though she wasn't even physically here.
'What are you doing here? Are you in my head? What am I doing here? What happened before you teleported me? ' I asked rapidly.
'Wow, easy Percy, just one question at a time please,' She interrupted me.
I thought for a moment about the best question. 'Are you in my head Chaos?'
I felt Chaos nod even though it's impossible to tell, ugh I'm going mental.
'Yes, I am in your head. I sent you back in time and I came with you, now we are connected and I will always be watching you. I will be watching you when you retrieve the lightning bolt and I will be watching you when you have your first kiss and when you're gonna make babies.'
'Wait, what?!' I blinked, trying not to freak out.
'Mother stop embarrassing him,' a new female voice joined the conversation in my head,
'Don't worry Percy I will take her away when you get to the um… more personal stuff'
'Wait who are you? I thought only Chaos was inside me? 'I responded blushing.
'Oh Hi Percy my name is Nyx' the new voice said.
Nyx? Shit now I had two primordials in my head and last time I saw Nyx I probably left a bad impression and now I had her in my head.
'Nyx what are you doing in my head?' I asked worried.
"Nothing just checking out my favourite demigod, don't worry though unlike my mother I won't stay, see you later.' she said cheerfully, and I felt her presence leave my head.
'Chaos!' I said with anger in my voice.
'Fine,' she sighed, 'I told Nyx about you and your and my plans; and she was excited to see you and decided to check in.'
'She hated me right?' I asked.
'Not yet, see Gaia is still asleep, and you haven't invaded her house yet so she is just fine with you.'
'So you told all the Primordials?' I asked slightly worried that she spilled the secret.
'No!' She said quickly, 'Only Me, Nyx, Hemera, Aether and the Fates know it; they are all excited to see how this will play out.'
'Why does it feel like I'm a primordial entertainment system?' I mumbled,
But Chaos heard it and quickly said, 'Oh no, you're so much more. I attached my life force to yours, we share a soul so to say; you're probably the only thing that keeps me from fading.'
'Why would I prevent you from fading?' I asked, unsure to be flattered or annoyed,
'See I am really bored, like a primordial level bored, just like you I don't really have a purpose anymore. When primordials don't feel like living they fade, so I decided to give my life a new turn and decided to help you and make you my champion. Unlike gods mostly do you have my full attention and presence inside you. You mean much to me. You can see it as a little pet project.'
'Pet project?' I wondered.
'Yeah...I don't really have something else to do. The cosmos is self-regulating, and I already created everything I want. I mean I could just watch another season of the Flash but when you're the creator of the universe everything is your brainchild. So when everyone was so surprised to see reverse flash identity I subconsciously already knew it'
'So we share a mind?' I asked quickly to interrupt her rambling.
'Yes, I'm now part of you.' She said cheerfully.
I wondered if my ADHD affected Chaos. Probably.
'Great now I'm officially mental, sign me in for Arkham.' I joked.
'Hey!' Chaos protested and mentally slapped me which I actually felt.
"Hey!" I said out loud.
"Are you okay Percy?" Grover asked, giving me a worried look.
"Nothing G-Man" I told him and I went back to look at my math book.
'So what happened?' I asked, hinting at the sudden ending of our previous conversation.
'What do you mean?' She asked with a slight sense of guilt.
'You know what I'm talking about.' I said.
'Fine, when I made you that offer the Fates noticed me trying to break reality and they tried to stop me before you could accept my offer,' Chaos answered, but I sensed she was lying.
'Your hiding something' I accused her and I felt her shock.
'Well…' She began extending the silence.
'Just tell me.' I ordered.
'I kinda faked the parts with the Fates…' she admitted.
'Why?' I asked flabbergasted.
'Well, I was afraid you wouldn't accept my offer so I added pressure.' she admitted with guilt in her voice.
'Why wouldn't I accept your offer?' I asked, strangely I didn't even feel anger at her for faking it. After she admitted how important I was for her, even though it was in some twisted weird way my anger almost vanished.
'I was just scared you wouldn't accept my offer ...' she said and added a break before saying in one breath, 'it's just that eternity is a long time to be alone and I really wanted you to take my offer so...please don't be mad.'
'No I'm okay with it,' I said cheerfully, and I felt her mood brighten.
'You really are?' She asked, sounding confused.
'Yes sure, why not, I mean I probably would have accepted it anyway.'
Then I was interrupted by someone leaning over my desk. I looked up and saw the principal of the school staring at me.
"Mr. Blake?" I was so confused.
"Percy someone wants to speak to you." He said.
Well, this was new; the principal never took the time to look at me. Guess there's a first for everything.
"What do you mean?" I was slightly worried because this never happened before.
"Your grandma has visited us and they are waiting in my office." He said and he pulled me up by my arm.
"Grandma?" I asked worriedly and saw Grover and Mrs Dodds gave me the same look. I guess they figured out something was off.
See my grandparents on my mother's side are dead, died in a plane crash (Thanks Zeus).
On my father's side, it would mean Rhea would visit me, but that was impossible, as she was yet to be founded by Apollo.
My great Grandmother couldn't be it either since she was still asleep that left two options.
1. Poseidon was adopted but let's be honest that was impossible so that left only option 2.
Someone was pretending to be my grandmother to have a talk with me.
Principal Blake led me through the hallways while I wondered who my self-proclaimed grandmother. I nearly jumped up when we passed a mirror that showed me. Or at least my twelve year old self.
Blake opened the door to his office and pushed me inside, and then I noticed he had a mesmerized look. Great, someone probably used the mist on him.
"They want a private conversation with you." He said and closed the door behind me before I could protest.
I was inside his office which was the default principal's office. I guess it was just part of the principal package. A simple desk with a few chairs, a pc, a photo of his family. A pen tray with a notepad. On the wall was a filing cabinet with a plastic flower on top. The usual stuff
There were a total of four chairs in the room. Three seats were taken.
"Oh, hi Grandmas." I joked to the three Fates sitting in front of me.
"Perseus Jackson," They all said three without a trace of humor.
"Take a seat" the middle one said and I obeyed.
'You're so fucked.' Chaos commented.
"So what brings you three here?" I asked, deciding there was no point in lying against the Fates.
"We are aware of Chaos's plans" The first one said,
"We should stop her right here and right now." The second added.
'Fuck.' I thought mentally.
"But we won't" The third one finally said.
What! I wanted to scream before I realized what the third one said.
"You mean you won't punish us?" I said,
'Why you said us?' Chaos asked annoyed.
'Because it's your plan.' I told her but she just shrugged.
"We three talked with each other and decided to give you a gift" The middle one said.
"A gift?" I asked flabbergasted, I never imagined the Fates giving gifts except creepy giant socks. Huh no wonder why they are never invited to birthdays.
"Yes, we decided to retrieve all the favours we owe from you for one gift" The first one said.
"Uhh...Thanks…What gift?" I asked curiously, trying to imagine what I could receive, another wish? A bigger sock?
"We decided to give you the greatest gift ever given to a mortal." The third one said with what I could swear was a smirk on her face.
"We release you from our power!" All three Fates said at the same time.
'Wow.' was the only thing Chaos managed to say.
"What does that mean?" I asked, utterly confused.
"Your life string will be released, and we won't have any influence on you any longer, prophecies won't affect you the same anymore and you have the ability to defy your own fate and even influence others." The first one explained.
"Does that mean." I started but the second one already finished my sentence.
"You can save whoever you want and however you want."
'Awesome' Chaos said in my mind, 'now we can truly achieve greatness.'
"Thanks...I don't know what to say," I muttered gratefully.
"But we must warn you." The third one said.
'And there is the catch.' I thought.
"When you alter fate the future will change as well so be careful. Things can change but there is no promise things will become better." They all three said at once.
'Boring!' Chaos yelled in my mind, 'small things affect the future, butterfly effect! Everyone knows that."
Like the Fates could hear Chaos' outburst they disappeared.
'So I am your champion right?' I asked Chaos later that day.
She nodded 'Yes, my one and only champion ever, unless you want to talk about the multiverse.'
'What?' I asked.
'Never mind that, just remember that you are my champion, but I recommend not telling everyone.' She said swiftly.
I agreed, I would alter fate too much and honestly I didn't want Zeus to know it...
Yet.
'So does that mean I have all your powers as well?' I wondered.
'Yep you have all my powers which are the same as the powers of EVERYTHING!' She said proudly.
'Cool,' I commented thinking about what I could do.
'However…' she began, and I felt a but coming. 'You won't be able to use all my powers, in fact I sealed away almost all your powers except your father's.'
'What?' I scowled as she laughed.
'Well, it would be boring if you were OP, no one likes to watch a Percy Jackson that has no challenges at all.' She said as if it was an obvious fact.
'But...' I began but she already interrupted me.
'Don't worry though I will slowly release the power seals so you can become stronger while you progress,' She said trying to calm me down.
'It doesn't make sense; why not directly give me all the powers?' I asked, feeling really confused.
'Like I said it wouldn't give you a challenge, instead I'm gonna give you your powers after completing certain tasks.' She went silent for a moment.
'Hey! I read a story about a boy who woke up one day and suddenly his life was a video game, everyone had HP bars and he could get stronger through loot and EXP. We can do something similar,' she said happily.
'We're not gonna do that.' I said and ended the conversation.
'Kill joy.' Chaos commented.
A plan began to form in my head, a crazy plan but if it works it could solve everything. Now I was no longer in control of the Fates I could do anything.
My plan was tricky and involved a lot of '"ifs" and "buts" but it could succeed. And if it would succeed, I would prevent a lot of campers from becoming traitors and eventually dying.
However, I needed more time at camp. Last time I was attacked by Alecto I had to wait out till the summer until I got to camp.
I only spent a few days there before going on a quest. This time I had to get to camp earlier. As soon as Fury attacked me I would convince Chiron and Grover to take me to camp straight away. Then I would have to talk to Hestia.
I know Hestia would approve of my plan.
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