Chapter 1: The first and last betrayal

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"Where is that insolent boy?" Zeus growled as he looked around for Percy.

Poseidon grimaced at the mention of his so called son. The gods and campers that were present in the meeting grumbled about how they hated him, apart from Hestia, Artemis and her hunters, Camp Jupiter (who were also called to the meeting), Hades, Hermes and Apollo who were glancing around confused as to why everyone was being hateful towards the saviour of Olympus. Artemis was about to ask, when Zeus interrupted.

"I shall bring that brat here myself, seeing as he can't be bothered to turn up to a meeting when he is summoned. First he bullies my son, and now he has the audacity to ignore the Gods!" Zeus spat spitefully.

Bully? Artemis thought. That doesn't sound like Percy at all, he would never do anything like that. He hates bullying because that's what his step-father used to do....

There was a golden flash as Percy was teleported into the throne room. Percy was lying on his side facing away from the Gods. "GET UP AND BOW, PERSEUS!" Zeus bellowed, but Percy remained unmoving. Ares got up muttering "punk" and kicked Percy over on his back. Everyone gasped, Percy looked terrible; his skin was ashen and as pale as Hades' and he had dark circles beneath his closed eyes. But what shocked everyone most was the huge broken spear impaled in his stomach. Ares stumbled back and fell into his throne.

"NO! Percy!" Thalia screamed.

"APOLLO!" Artemis screeched as she was the first of the gods to get over the horror and shock. Apollo, Artemis, Hestia and Poseidon ran to Percy, Thalia tried but she was ordered to stay back by her mistress. Artemis recoiled as she realised she'd knelt in Percy's blood. Apollo pulled the spear head out of Percy and hovered his hand above Percy's stomach wound, muttering quietly. Apollo suddenly scrunched his face in confusion.

"This happened over an hour ago. Why was Percy attacked on his own?" Apollo demanded angrily. He couldn't stand people getting injured, especially those he cared about. The campers looked down guiltily, but so did Poseidon and most of the Gods. Apollo suddenly noticed something on Percy's arm.

"WHAT THE HADES IS THIS?!" Apollo shouted as he held up Percy's limp forearm. There, on the inside, was MURDERER carved deeply into his skin.

"Well?" Artemis shouted, but no-one said anything.

"Fine, then I shall find out myself." She turned to a fountain and shouted into the mist "Iris! Show me how this happened"

"I think it's best if I show you everything" Iris called gently.

An image appeared in the rainbow tinted mist as the colours swirled. It showed Percy laughing with Nico and Annabeth, the familiar shine gleaming in his eyes. Percy looked up at the sky and sighed.

"I guess we'd better go back before the Harpies eat us" Percy said, and Annabeth and Nico burst out laughing. They reluctantly got up and began to walk back to their cabins. Annabeth was about to walk into Athena's cabins before Percy spun her around gently and whispered softly in her ear.

"Don't I get a goodnight kiss, Wise Girl?" He asked affectionately.

"Of course you do Seaweed Brain" she replied. She giggled as Percy brought her down into a deep dip. Then he gently kissed her on her lips. They were there for about half a minute, lost in their own world before Nico cleared his throat loudly. Annabeth and Percy blushed as they realised the son of Hades was still standing there. Annabeth quickly rushed off in embarrassment, and Nico followed swiftly into his own cabin.

Percy chuckled and began towards his own cabin when he heard a shrill scream coming from the border. The smile immediately slid off his face as he uncapped Anaklusmos and ran into the dark forest. Percy ran for a while before he came across a large boy cowering away from two relatively small hellhounds, his chubby hand gripping a small celestial bronze dagger. Percy made quick work of them, slashing through the first one where it exploded into a golden shower and stabbing the second in the chest, when it quickly followed the first's example by exploding. The boy got to his feet, just before Chiron and half the camp ran into the forest, suited in armour obviously expecting an attack. Percy opened his mouth to say something but the boy cut across.

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