Destiny Calls (A Percy Jackson Fanfiction)

13: Eternal Darkness calls his brother Pop Tart

Once again, I found myself lost in the realm of Morpheus once more. Nyx stood before me, and I saw the daughters of Ares Rayn and Alice bowing by her knees.

"Blade, get up. How was the attack on Arthella?" Nyx said. "I hope you didn't kill her, or vaporize her soul."

"No my lady." Alice stood up, her stringy blond hair at her face. "A mortal dagger, plunged into her sternum. She will survive, but a little weak for a while. Weak enough to be captured."

"Ah, good. I want the moon goddess's only child bleeding at my feet. And I wish show them that even at my weakest they are helpless to save themselves. I will destroy the world on the summer solstice, when Apollo's chariot is at it's highest. I will consume the world and leave it in the realm of I, Nyx! The mortals will tremble at my name, and the demigods and gods will be my slaves. And they say that I am useless! Not even Hemera could beat me, and she is my daughter! Artemis brings light to the night in her stupid chariot, but I'll show her, that light should never be in the night. I will-"

Nyx's image suddenly got cut off, and a dark figure stood before me. He had jet-black hair, skin as dark as charcoal, and eyes that were pure black, just as Gaia's were pure green. Black wings sprouted from his back, and the light seemed to suck into him like a black hole. He glanced at my shocked face and snickered. "Sorry, maiden, you had to hear that. I listen to my wife's rambles every single day, and at least I can make faces at her. Rayn and Alice, I don't even know how they maintain a straight face in her declarative speeches."

"Wife?" I squeaked.

"Ah, yes. I am Erebus, primordial of darkness. Nyx's husband and brother."

"That's sick. And you should be faded."

"No, not faded, maiden. Just hidden. Hidden in the bellies of my dear brother Pop Tart. And about being her brother, we have no DNA. We have ichor, so it's not really that sick. Zeus and Hera are sister and brother anyways, and Perseus and Annabeth are technically uncle and niece."

"Pop Tart?"

"You know who he is."

"Ah, okay. But I thought the primordial men fought over Gaia?"

"Pontus got himself another partner, Thalassa. Aether got Hemera, my step-daughter, although some say that Aether is my son, which confuses everything. Anyways, I don't want eternal night. I know it means eternal darkness bla bla bla, but I'm not a power hungry maniac like my sister and brothers. Pontus is quite peaceful, and my daughter Thalassa, as well. This is confusing your tiny brain, so I'll make it short." I couldn't really see where Erebus was, but all I knew was that he was somewhere in that impossible darkness. "I will help you stop Nyx."

"Make her fade?" I asked. "Or just stop her."

"I would prefer her unharmed, but over these millennial, I have never seen her so angry. I believe that after a certain daughter of Athena and son of Poseidon escaped the House of Night, she has never been the same. Making her fade would only work if you had backbiter, Kronos's scythe, or some other primordial weapon." he suddenly winced. "By Chaos, she's finally stopped ranting. I better go. Just ask Hemera-" he was suddenly cut off as I was abruptly pierced with blinding light.

"What in Hades? Stop!" I said, wincing from the light. "Who are you?"

Leah's playful smile appeared in front of me. "Hey sleeping beauty? Need a prince to wake you up?"

"Shut up! You woke me from a very useful dream. AGAIN." I groaned. I looked around and saw Dom crashed out on the bed next to me. "Why is Dom on my bed? Where are we?"

"We're in the hotel. Audrey, my personal assistant, booked us a suite, and there were two rooms. And on the cab here, you passed out from the blood loss, and we couldn't exactly move you. So Dom shadow-travelled up here and passed out as well. We decided to let you two sleep since I don't want to deal with a grumpy son of Death. By the way, there's Chips ahoy and Pringles outside, so if you want some, you better take them before Max gets to them. He already ate a whole bag of chips, family sized."