Annabeth had been summoned to Olympus, along with her friends.
"What do you think it's about?" Piper asked nervously as they walked through Olympus.
Annabeth frowned. "I don't know. I heard that a new prophecy was declared, but who knows."
Frank groaned. "Please don't let it be another quest. We have kids to return to!"
Leo elbowed him. "What'd you mean, WE? Are you hiding something from us, Zhang?"
Everyone laughed while Hazel fanned her face. Some things never change.
"Do you think it's about... Percy?" Reyna asked.
"It might be," Nico says. "I mean, he's definitely not dead, but as I've said before, he's kinda... off? Like he's somehow disconnected from death."
Annabeth nodded as she pushed open the throne room doors.
They all took their places. About two years after Percy's banishment, the gods had elected some demigods to be their advisors, creating small human sized thrones under their big ones.
Leo sat under Hephaestus, Piper sat under Aphrodite, Jason sat under Hera, Thalia sat under Zeus, Reyna sat under Artemis, Nico sat under Hades, Will sat under Apollo, Hazel sat under Hestia, Frank sat under Ares, Calypso sat under Dionysus, and Annabeth (tentatively) sat under Athena. The thrones under Poseidon, Hermes, and Demeter were empty, usually filled with the Stolls, Tyson, and a somewhat new daughter of Demeter, Meg, who had a weird friendship with Apollo.
The gods looked nervous, and Dionysus and Apollo anxiously twisted the rings on their fingers. The rings were a puzzle to all, as neither ever elaborated upon them. Ariadne seemed to have on as well, which was just more confusing.
Zeus cleared his throat. "We are here to discuss the new prophecy. Apollo, please recite it for the demigods?"
Apollo cleared his throat.
"The Earth rises anew
Upon the fallen's pew
The foolish and bad king
Shall give the banished a ring
Favored of the fates
Shall decide whether he hates
The traitorous gods
Less than the clods
The family of the Earth
Her demise, they shall give birth"
Everyone stayed silent, pondering over the words, but Annabeth's immediately went wide.
"Percy's coming back!" She exclaimed, tears threatening to spill from her eyes.
Zeus glared at her. "What could possibly make you think that traitor is -"
"He has to be! 'The foolish and bad king' is Zeus, and he will 'give the banished a ring!' As in summon him!" Annabeth cried
Zeus gripped his bolt. "I am not a-"
"SHUT IT FATHER!" Athena yelled, shocking everyone.
"W-what?" Zeus asks, taken aback.
"You heard me. Shut it. It's quite obvious. The only reason you don't want Percy back is because you're a coward. You are the foolish king."
Zeus glared at his daughter. "What makes you think you can talk this way to me, daughter?"
Athena crossed her arms. "I caused unnecessary pain and suffering to demigods, including my own daughter, when I gave you the idea of sending Percy to Tartarus. I didn't like him, so I sentenced him to Tartarus. That's monstrous, and I will NOT have your paranoia stop me from trying to fix a mistake of my past."
Zeus glared at Athena. "Perseus is a traitor! He killed both Apollo and Dionysus!"
Dionysus choked on his Coke, his eyes going wide, while Apollo actually fell off his throne, narrowly crushing Will.
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Consort to the Primordials
Fanfiction"Okay, hold on hold on hold on," Paul said, shaking his head. "Just one more time. You were framed for the killing of two gods, sent to Tartarus because Zeus used a spell he learned from Gaea, were approached by multiple of the PRIMORDIAL BEINGS OF...
