Shattered like glass. (PJO fanfic. Betrayal)

Chapter Three

~At Camp Half-Blood~

The demigods all in the arena this hot afternoon. Chiron was having Jason and Annabeth, the best sword fighters in the camp, do a little sword fighting demonstration and all the demigods were supposed to watch. This of course, meant that few of the demigods were actually watching, while the others were sharing gossip.

"Did you see Percy Jackson?"

"That traitor? Yeah I saw him. He looked horrible, just as he should."

"I heard that he was taken to Olympus to be punished."

"Really? I heard that too, and that Bruce and Zachary will get rewarded for catching him."

Hermes chose that time to flash in. He arrived in the middle of the arena.

Annabeth and Jason stopped their duel and everyone turned their attention to Hermes.

"Would Zachary and Bruce Williams please come forward."

The mentioned boys rose and walked out of the crowd and to Hermes. They bowed.

"Rise. You are hereby summoned to Olympus, along with the camp and Chiron on the matter of Perseus Jackson."

Everyone smirked evilly, wondering what their former hero would be punished with. Zachary and Bruce were cruelly happy, even though their original plan failed, Percy would be punished and they would be rewarded. A bright light enveloped them all.

When it faded, Chiron and the demigods stood in the middle of the throne room and Hermes was back in their throne.

Chiron and the demigods bowed and then straightened. They looked around, and spotted a giant sphere of seawater.

A person was floating inside.

The person was in a ratty, long shirt that fell to the person's knees. It was a male. The boy was extremely skinny. The boy's face had high cheek bones and his plump, pink lips were slightly parted. The bangs of his silky black hair floated out of his face and they gasped.

It was Percy Jackson.

"Demigods and Chiron"

They snapped their attention over to the booming voice of Zeus.

"As you all know, there are traitors in this world."

They nodded.

"Some of them you thought were your friends."

They looked at Percy angrily.

"Today we have two traitors and a hero."

What? TWO traitors? So Percy and who else? And A hero? As in one? But it is Zachary AND Bruce.

"Zachary and Bruce Williams step forward."

The boys stepped proudly up in front of the crowd.

Everything happened fast from there.

Hephaestus, Ares, and Hermes had leaped off their thrones. Hermes came at the two boys at a super fast speed that they couldn't move out of the way. They were knocked to the floor. Ares wrestled them into a kneeling position with their hands behind their backs. Hephaestus clamped power-draining chains onto their wrists.
All the demigods and Chiron were too shocked to move.

"Here are your traitors."
Zeus motioned towards Zachary and Bruce.

"And here is your hero."
Zeus motioned to Percy's sleeping form.

"B-b-but Percy is the traitor, Lord Zeus."
Chiron tried to correct him.

Zeus looked Chiron dead in the eyes.
"You are all fools."

"How so, my lord?"

"These traitors had spread lies about the young hero, created a hero image for themselves, and captured Perseus. They called the Titans to drag Percy to Tartarus once a month. Percy has been held captive under Camp Half-Blood for two years and no one cared to look for him except for Nick and Thalia."

"W-what?"
Chiron whispered brokenly. The demigods looked heartbroken at their mistake.

"Yes. And the only reason he is still alive right now is because of Nico."

"A-are you sure?"

"I am positive. I swear it on the Styx."

Thunder rumbled in the distance, but nothing more happened.
The demigods, minus the traitors, and Chiron had tears running down their faces. Demigods turned to their partners or lived ones for comfort. Annabeth sank to her knees in grief.

"Now traitors. How do you plead of these aforementioned crimes?"

"Guilty"
The boys said in unison and smirked.

"All in favor?"

All Olympian hands went up.

"We hereby sentence you to death on the crime of lying, framing, and torturing Perseus Jackson."

Zeus threw the master bolt at the pair, and all that was left was two piles of ash.

"Any questions?"

Chiron timidly raised his hand.
"I-is he alright?"

As if on cue, Percy's eyes fluttered open. He looked around shocked and surprised, before seemingly not making any sense out of the situation, and passing out again.

The demigods studied Percy again. They could see all the scars and the large droopy eye bags that stood out on the deathly pale skin.

"He should be fine in a couple weeks. However, he has only agreed to living for two years, then he demands the option to die. So do your best to convince him that life is still worth living."

The demigods and Chiron gasped.
"Yes, my lords and ladies."

"You are dismissed."

The heartbroken demigods and centaur bowed and walked out of the throne room, each grabbing a packet of portable tissues, that Hermes had summoned and appeared by the door, and walked out towards the elevator.

As soon as they left the gods and goddesses smiled.

The first part of their plan was done.

They all stood and flashed out, except for Poseidon, who guided the sphere of water towards him. He flashed out, the sphere and Percy going with him.

Alright guys. That probably was horrible but it is almost 11pm where I am and I haven't had a proper night of sleep in who knows how long. I'm tired, but I needed to update something. I made a deal with WolfHowler1 for updating this story, so if there isn't a specific dedication at the beginning of ending of a chapter, then you may assume it is dedicated to WolfHowler1 . Have a nice night/day.
~DemigodInTraining