The Kingdoms

Prologue

There were three kingdoms; the kingdoms' kings were brothers to each other. The Kingdom of the Sky, Kingdom of the Earth, and the Kingdom of Seas were the names of the kingdoms. The Kingdom of the Earth was located in the enclosure that was surrounded by mountains, nearby on the coastline was the Kingdom of the Seas. Lastly was the Kingdom of the Sky, it was planted on a mountain, replacing where the peak would normally be. Each kingdom was rather different each other, by military and many other things that put the three apart.

The king's names were Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus. Hades had control over the Kingdom of the Earth, Poseidon governed over the Kingdom of the Seas, and Zeus kept his kingdom, the Kingdom of the Sky, in order. Each of the brothers had two children, Zeus had Thalia and Jason, Hades had Hazel and Nico, and Poseidon had Tyson and Percy.

After many arguments over the year, Zeus went to war with Poseidon. Then, once they had exhausted each other's military, Hades joined in making his own side in the war. He managed to make great advances towards both kingdoms, getting rather close to conquering each as they rebuilt their military.

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"Prince Perseus, your fiancée has returned for the wedding!" One of the messengers announced to him, which Percy had been rather glad to hear. Their arranged marriage had been planned for that day, the crowning ceremony and vows. The messengers had been delayed by the war, keeping those from travelling by either killing them or stopping them completely.

That was the main reason why he had been so worried for Annabeth, also, he had fallen in love with her slightly. A infatuation per ce, as they hadn't been able to get to know each other over the course of the war which was when he became aware of her.

"Get some servants to help her get ready, it will be in a hour so we will have to be quick." He told the messenger who nodded and ran off. Annabeth was the tough kind of girl with a lot of mind power that you wouldn't want to mess with, honestly he had tried once or twice arguing with her. She won. The marriage might help put their kingdom on the winning side of the war.

They had been running out of military to fight with, and it was causing a lot of trouble. From what it looked like now, they were going to lose, and they desperately needed a strategy to put them back in order. Annabeth seeming to be the best in her old kingdom which made the marriage ten times more appealing.

Percy headed over to his room to meet his servants that were waiting for him. Poseidon must have sent them to get him ready for it all, Tyson was going to talk with him after he was ready. Which was nice, as his brother had been busy helping their father strategize the battle and such. So he had been too busy to talk with him, Percy had been sent to do other work. More boring work that was for sure, he was told to study for when he became the king, so he knew what to do when he did.

They showed him the clothing he would wear, something honourable of course. However, once he had it on, it felt rather heavy. It was a dark greenish blue that had many decorations to it, yellow on the edges. He also had his sword ready at his side if he needed it, which he hoped he didn't and it was just a meer decor to the suit. Percy looked at himself, sure it was ridiculously nice and such, but it wasn't exactly something he would like to wear all the time.

Sadly, he knew he would be wearing this way more often after this day. As he would be king soon after the marriage, he couldn't even think about it. It sort of scared him, what if he messed up on some strategy and ended up dooming the Kingdom? Why did his father trust him to be able to lead in the middle of the war when he had never really led a battle?

He couldn't help thinking it all, it was a bit nerve-wracking to know that he was having so much responsibility given to him. He swallowed the lump that had grown in his throat. "Is Annabeth ready?" Percy asked.

"Yes sir, are you sure you are ready as well? Maybe you should wait a minute or two till you are feeling well?" His servants knew him all too well. Percy put on a smile, even though he was nervous he wasn't going to show it to his future subjects. "Yeah, I am fine. Don't worry."