The Heroes Betrayed

Chapter 1

During Blood of Olympus

Percy POV

The Argo II was sailing to Greece with Bufford The Wonder Table on deck as we discussed what was happening. Queen Dirt Face was trying to break us and the others, so we didn't stop her. Her method was making us all go through what happened in Tartarus. She managed to get all of us on the boat and our three other friends to live through everything repeatedly. You could see it was wearing on us all. 

Jason and Frank had bags under their eyes, Leo was even more fidgety, which I didn't think was possible, and Annabeth, Hazel, and Piper were red-eyed from crying in pain and fear. Me? I was feeling all of that but tried to hide it. Gaea's plan was working; we were breaking, and you could tell. But despite it all, we were all closer than ever. 

Oh yeah, the other three Gaea was trying to break. They Were Nico Di Angelo, Thalia Grace, and Reyna Ramirez-Arellano. They were cracking, too, but we didn't know anything was happening to them.

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We kept sailing, reached Greece, fought the giants, and everything went pretty much as it should have. Zeus was only mad at Hera and started spouting about something stupid and how she shouldn't have done what she did. I interrupted, saying we had to get going and our friends needed us. Drama queen stopped yelling and thundering, and he sent us back to Camp Half-Blood, and we started fighting monsters and such that were attacking all the demigods.

After a while, Gaea appeared, and Leo grabbed her with Festus the Dragon, and they had their epic fight, which I'm sure you've heard about. Anyway, I was fighting alongside Nico when Will Solace ran up and grabbed us, saying, "Octavion is up to something." We all sprinted towards where he was and found him about to launch an Ony... Ono... the catapult thingy at Jason, Leo, and Piper. 

Being as bright as I was, I didn't even engage in conversation, knowing he was off his rocker just by how he looked. I rushed and knocked him out before he could do anything, and we restrained him. Then we went back to fighting till we heard a mighty roar and looked up to see Jason and Piper falling as Leo and Festus tore Dirt Queen a new one. 

There was a fiery explosion, and then Leo landed stumbling, and his clothes were in tatters. "That was awful!" Leo said, then he promptly passed out. 

~1 week later~

The Romans and Greeks were getting along excellently, and all of us were healed up, and it was a day before the Romans were to leave. We received news that we(the 7, Nico, Reyna, and Thalia) would be summoned to Olympus for a reward.

We all agreed that if the gods offered us godhood, we wouldn't accept cause we could do more as demigods than if the laws of godhood bound us. When Hermes came and got us, we were brought before the gods. Hera spoke first, saying, "Heroes of Olympus, Well done! You stopped Gaea and managed to win with minimal casualties." 

Zeus followed her up by saying, "Yes, yes, they did good, so now onto the reward. You all are offered godhood. So you accept, yes?" Jason responded, saying, "We are honored, my lord..." Leo cut him off, saying, "Beyond honored!' Annabeth glared at him and said, "Shut up for a moment, please!"

Leo faked being offended and put his hand over his heart, "Excuse me!"Jason continued, "As I was saying," not even glancing at Leo, "We are honored, but we all agree we can not accept this generous offer." The gods were furious. "Why not punk?" Ares growled out.

"Well," I said, "We just don't want godhood if it makes us like you, you little sh-" Hazel slapped my arm and said, "Language!" I groaned. Zeus was fuming cause we were ignoring him again, and he finally shrieked, "They can not be trusted!! If they refuse godhood, then we shall cast them to the pit!!"  Thalia looked shocked,  "Father-" she started to say when Jason interrupted, "you would send your children and nephews to Tartarus? Why? After all we have done to help you!"

 Hades said, "Zeus, do you believe it's necessary?" Poseidon interjected, "I suppose they are a threat if they won't join our ranks," he stated emotionlessly. Artemis shrugged and said, "Father, they are all problems and must be gotten rid of, I say to the pit with them." The same thing happened. They all said we could be a problem, then said we either needed to die or be banished to Tartarus.

We were all so scared and angry. Bellona flashed in and said to Reyna, "You are no Roman; you are a disgrace to your whole family." Why were the gods doing this? What happened? They took a vote; 5 Olympians said we needed to die, while the other seven said to banish us to the pit, as did Hades and Bellona. Zeus smiled and said, "Goodbye, pests," as the floor opened under us, and we fell into hell.