𝐓𝐡𝐞 "𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭" 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐨

Tartarus

||~Percy~||
I sit on the sandy shore, staring at the ocean. It's about midnight now, but I couldn't sleep. I watch as the waves crash onto the sand. Something is wrong, but I don't know what. Everyone is beginning to act strange, and nowadays, I've been getting these... flashbacks? I don't even know what to call them.

It's like I'm being transported back to another place, but as myself. I don't even know how to fucking explain it to myself.

I close my eyes, desperate for a moment of silence. A moment without my mind going everywhere at once.

The Athena spawn and her friends are treading close, Father. I open my eyes, only to see Kronos. My eyes widen, but I stay silent. Are they talking about Annabeth?

I know, son. But do not worry. Once they go to Tartarus to find Perseus' body, we will have their blood spilled on the ground, and Gaea will rise. We will rise. Gaea's lips curve into a wicked grin, Then Ouranos will use the boy's body as a host, and we will be so powerful that not even Zeus will be able to stop us with all the Gods. 

She laughs, and the sound echoes throughout the darkness. I feel like I am missing something. Slowly but surely, I begin to remember.

This is a dream. I'm in a dream.

||~Nico~||
"Nico." A voice calls. I turn around, only to see my father standing there. Most of the campers are staring, eyes wide and mouths agape. "Dad? What are you doing here?" I ask. He looks concerned and troubled.

He looks around, then back at me. "We need to talk alone with your friends and Chiron." He tells me, looking at Luke and the other resurrected Demigods. "And them as well."

I murmur an 'okay' as he walks to the Big House. Luke walks to me, "What was that about?" He asks me. I look at him, "Something happened, I think. But come on." I beckon the demigods and they follow me as I walk to the Big House.

||~Annabeth~||
"Why am I here? I'm supposed to be-" Chiron cuts me off, "It is about the appearance of our... fallen comrades. This may also concern Percy." I shut my mouth immediately.

Hades is standing with his wife, Persephone, who looks equally concerned as he does. He looks at all of us, "Who is the Seven?" Hazel, Frank, Piper, Leo, and I stand. "That would be us, lord Hades." I say.

He sighs, "I believe the reason why they are," He gestures to the demigods, "here because of Kronos." 

"That bastard!" I snap. Luke looks startled, then looks down at me, as if surprised I said that at all. "Of course, of course!" I get up, pacing around the room. "Of course he's involved with Percy's disappearance. It fucking says it in the Prophecy! How can I be so dense!?" Hazel frowns and gets up, placing a hand on my shoulder. I look at her.

"Annabeth, none of us even took account of Kronos in the Prophecy. We were concerned about other things and didn't pay attention. None of us did. It isn't your fault, okay? We all messed up." She says to me. I want to cry, but I hold my tears in. I can't cry. Not now.
Although I hardly believe her, I nod slowly.

"Okay." I murmur. She sits back down, and so do I.

Persephone sits up, "We believe Kronos must have rewound time somehow, changing the course of everyone's deaths. But it did not change the outcome, for some reason. Perhaps he is still weak after his last defeat, which is why this is a good moment to strike him and his comrades." She explains.

Hades smiles, nodding in agreement as he holds his wife's hand. "Yes. But there is also something else I must say." He pauses, waiting for everyone to actually pay attention, "I believe Jackson is in Tartarus due to Kronos."