Perseus Jackson and the Element Wolves

Chapter 8 - Only the Lord of the Dead Can Understand

~Chiron's POV~(Song helps set the mood of the chapter)

The next morning at breakfast...

No one has seen Percy since yesterday. We had decided if he didn't show up for breakfast we would start looking.

Suddenly, the dining pavilion went quiet. I looked over at the entrance. Standing there in a orange Camp Half-Blood t-shirt and jeans was Percy.

He ignored all the stares, got some food, sacrificed some, and then sat down at his table.

Everyone was silent while he ate. He looked a little upset.

Piper got up and walked over in front of him. "Percy, I am so, so, so sorry for-" She cut with him looking over at her. "Piper, don't worry about it. It wasn't your fault." Then went back to eating.

We all stared at him in confusion.

"But I thought you two had a good relationship. Why aren't you upset?" Hazel asked in confusion.

 He stopped eating and looked over at her. "Because, we both knew this was going to happen." We must have looked confused, because, he sighed before explaining. "Michaela is the champion of the fates. And once something bad happens, something rewarding will come."

"So, your saying that with you two fighting something good will happen?" Athena asked to clear things up.

 "She just helped with the war yesterday. You just can't see it yet." He replied before going back to his meal.

"Perseus, for this war are we against a spirit from Elysium and a-" The Lord of the Dead started before he looked at Percy in horror. While Percy just stared back.

"Only the Lord of the Dead can understand." Was all Percy said going back to his meal.

I looked back to Lord Hades. He was still staring at Percy in horror. What could make the Lord of the Dead, fearful?

"Why does Hades have be the only one? Why can't you tell?" Athena pressed on.

Percy looked over with black eyes and a dark aura. Everything turns dark.

"Wisdom Goddess, if I were you I'd shut up, before you lose your title." His voice came out as dark and ancient.

"Who are you?" Poseidon demanded. 'Percy' looked at him, he closed his eyes while shaking his head. When he opened them up everything went back to normal.

Percy looked at the seat in front of him."Is there a reason you just did that?"

I was confused on why he did that. When the seat shimmered and a figure that looked just like Percy did the first day he came back to camp.

"Yes. Because I was losing my patience. She is the wisdom goddess. She should understand that not all knowledge is good." The figure said in the same dark and ancient voice.

Percy shrugged then went back to breakfast.

Poseidon looked between them."Um. You two know each other?"

They both looked at him."Like father, like son." The figure told Percy. For some reason that made Percy laugh. Really hard.

After a few (confusing) minutes the figure starting saying "I am the-"

But was cut off by Percy looking at him with a serious face and said "Actually, I'm going to tell the story. So, it all started when Chaos was creating the universe when two beings came. One is Order, the other is her brother Destruction" he pointed to the figure, now identified as Destruction  "To balance out the universe. After the universe was finished they both went down to Earth and chose Champions. They choose demigods or mortals. Michaela is the Champion of Order. While I'm the Champion of Destruction."

We all stared at both of them in shock.

I knew Percy would do something great, but, after the last war, I thought he was done. Guess not...

Destruction turned towards me. "You are right, Son of Kronos."

Everyone else was confused now, except Percy. "Can I ask why?"

Destruction looked to Percy. Percy sighed then looked up. "Chiron, I would like to tell a lot of people why. But I can't. I literally can't. Only a few know-" We all looked at Destruction "D isn't one of them. You met Michaela, there's one. There's me. Then there are seven more. Hades is one . Then the Fates. And the other three, I can't tell."

I guess that's all...

"So, what about the war?" Ares asked.

"I wouldn't ask that, War God." Destruction spat out, "This war is partly your fault."

"How?" Ares growled.

"Because" Percy started "Phobos and Deimos are your children."

"Those two. I thought we had enough of those two before the Titan War?" Clarisse questioned.

"No. I guess not." Percy replied before eating some more.

"Wait," Travis said getting everyone attention. "When and how did you two run into them?"

We turned to Clarisse. She turned to Percy "Not. one. word. Jackson." She growled.

"I ran into them. And Clarisse helped me out. She also saved my life." He responded. Everyone, even Clarisse was shocked. "Now, tomorrow at breakfast an ally of mine is coming. He going to help me with something. While there will be the final Nightmare attack. I'll leave Destruction here to help. And Order, as well, will come and help. The fight will start at noon. I'm leaving before that. Any questions?"

We all sat there processing his words.

"What's left after the Nightmares attack?" Reyna asked.

"Then Ares will do something with Phobos and Deimos. After that we all wait until the final battle." Percy replied.

We nodded accepting that answer.

"If the Fates know what's going on. Is that why your life cord disintegrated?" Annabeth asked.

"Yes. My fate isn't up to them anymore." He replied in a way where he couldn't talk about it.

We all went back to eating.

A few minutes later, Percy stood up. "Annabeth, can we talk?"

She nodded and both left the dining pavilion.

"Well, I guess I need a to get a new champion." Destruction said.

We all looked at him confused. He sighed "I was kidding. I said that because he left his girlfriend for ten months. Again."

We nodded. I hope she doesn't kill him...

There's chapter 8. Hope you enjoyed. Song was Everything has changed By Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran.

I hopefully answered some mysteries from the other chapters.

And thank you all for 1K views. Like I said in my author's note I did not expect this. This story only came out almost a month ago. And it has 1K views.

I'm happy. So, thank you so much.

~MsPenguingirl1234

Published: Feb. 02, 2015

Edited: Feb. 22, 2015