The Fate Chronicles

Ch 4 - A Terrifying Trio

"I will read," Hera said, taking the book from her husband.

Zeus was lost in thoughts. He pondered over what he read, that this child, without training defeated one of the most terrifying monsters. The other Hermes had also said that he had fought in two wars. He must have led the wars for him to be important enough for the Fates to have books on him.

The minor gods were having their telepathic discussions.

Tyche – The boy seems powerful, does he not? Defeating a Fury!

Janus – Yes. If you look at him from the corner of your eyes, you might think he is Poseidon himself.

Hecate – He does seem to radiate a lot of power.

Hebe – He looks extremely sad. As if he has seen sorrow beyond anything. So do the others. But he, the daughter of Athena and Hades' son look aged beyond their years.

They were pulled out of their conversation as their queen started to read.

"THREE OLD LADIES KNIT THE SOCKS OF DEATH"

"I was... was psycho."

"I hate to break it to you, but you are psycho." Thalia teased.

Percy, the mature 17-year-old that he was, stuck out his tongue at her. He did start to wonder if he was slowly becoming a psycho, after all, he had been having hallucinations for the past few days. Chiron had said it was PTSD of two wars and Tartarus, but it was getting harder to keep that in mind when he would curl up and try to recover from whatever latest episode he had.

"It got... Almost."

"Grover huh?" Annabeth whispered to her him, to which he smiled.

"But Grover... the museum."

"Grover! You really need to learn how to lie man!" Travis exclaimed.

"Actually, he can't. There is only so much satyrs can lie." Hermes told his son. Looking at Pan, he said, "Believe me. I tried!"

"I didn't... cold sweat."

"Ugh, demigod dreams are the worst."

"They don't get any better?" Perseus asked.

"Nope."

"The freak... that year."

"It seems to be a serious fight," Hephaestus observed as he put out a small fire that erupted on his beard.

"I hope neither of you drag me into this." Hades said.

"Oh! Come on. Where's the fun in that?" Ares exclaimed before Hera, Demeter, and Hestia turned to glare at him.

"I started... every class."

"You seem to be connected to nature," Athena observed.

"He is if he can control the weather in any way," Poseidon said. He decided to talk to Percy later about his powers.

"Finally... poker parties."

"Momma's boy." Ares scoffed.

"Paul?" Hazel asked. The seven had met Percy's mom and Paul just a few days back.

"Nope. Before that." Percy left it that. His tone indicated the matter was closed.

"And yet... without me."

"Bla-ah-ah. I would not have survived the next year at all, if it wasn't for you, Perce."

"G-man, I wasn't thinking about that."