The Time-turner Chronicles

|1| Chapter 5: I get some sweet new powers, (sort of ?)

"Hello Hestia."

I sat down next to the eight-year-old girl who was poking into the fire with a wooden stick.

She looked up from the flames in surprise and looked at me. Her eyes burned like charcoal and the flames of the hearth went higher.

"Perseus," she said in surprise, "how did you know?" "How do I know what?" I asked in surprise.

"How did you recognize me? As far as I am aware you just discovered the Greek Gods are real." she spoke cautiously as Chaos mentally slapped me.

"Well, I surely would recognize someone as important as you," I said flattering her.

"I'm only a minor goddess, and you're not answering my question." she said playfully.

"Minor Goddess? You're the most important Olympian. You're the one who keeps the family together, the Goddess of the Hearth, the last Olympian." I called out making Hestia blush.

"I'm flattered Perseus but you still haven't answered my question," She said.

"Just call me Percy," I said quickly, whatever life I was in, I hate being called Perseus.

"Okay Percy, how do you know so much about me? I was to believe Chiron explained all of this an hour ago," Hestia was looking at me with skeptical eyes.

'You messed up.' Chaos laughed while I visibly paled.
'Can I tell her about you?' I asked quickly.
'If you wish so, but you can't tell her about your past life.' Chaos said.

"Hestia I want to tell you something but you have to promise not to tell anyone," I said after considering the risk.

Hestia considered this a few seconds before nodding, "Okay Percy I promise not to tell anyone unless you reveal it yourself."

I kept silent for a moment thinking about how to bring it to her.
"I need your help Hestia." I admitted, deciding to be straightforward.
"Help with what?" She asked me, confused.
"You want to know how I knew you were Hestia right?" I asked and she nodded.

"Well, someone had told me about the truth about Greek Gods before Chiron told me," I said as her flames in her eyes lit with curiosity.

"Who told you?" She asked, not able to control her curiosity. "Did another god snatch you up?"

"Chaos." I said.

Hestia nodded. "Good joke Percy, but seriously, who told you?"

"I'm not lying." I insisted.

"Seriously?" Hestia whispered.

'Duh.' Chaos said in my mind.

I nodded, "I swear on the Styx I spoke to Chaos."

Thunder roared in the distance and Hestia kept silent, when I wasn't dead after a full minute she began to talk again.

"How?"

"Chaos made me her Champion," I told her and giggled as the little girl fell back from the shock. It would be almost enough to make me believe this was just a girl instead of an ancient goddess.

'Mmm...most of them begin to bow first then I have to tell them I don't like it when people bow. But falling is definitely a first.' Chaos commented dryly.

Hestia quickly got up and asked, "Why?"

"She looked into my heart and saw it was pure, then she gave me a quest." I lied, well it was partially true.

Chaos couldn't hold it together as she rolled from laughter in my head, which was impossible.

Even Hestia giggled at my lie but didn't seem to wonder too much about it. "When did you speak to Chaos?" She asked.