The Son of Time

Chapter 57

Percy's point of view

The next day when I went to camp, the first thing I planned on doing was finding Luke, but unfortunately that's not exactly what happened. As I was heading to find Luke I ran into someone else that I really wasn't interested in talking to, but unfortunately I didn't have much choice but to talk to her. Even if I had avoided her that day, I would have just had to talk to her some other day.

I said, "Annabeth."

She should could probably tell from the tone of my voice that I wanted to get the conversation over with, and wasn't particularly interested in talking to her. My tone should have also made it clear that if she said the wrong thing she would seriously piss me off, and that wouldn't be a wise decision for her.

She spoke and said, "Percy I'm sorry for everything.it was stupid of me to leave you, and listen to Tartarus."

To be honest I wasn't angry at her for leaving me anymore, I had let that grudge go a long time ago. In a weird way I should almost thank her. If she hadn't, I wouldn't have found the person I was meant to be with. What irritated me most was that she had been stupid enough to turn to Tartarus, even though she should have known that anything he said to her would have been lies.

I replied, "I'm no longer angry at you for leaving me, but you should have known better than to trust an enemy of the gods. I would have thought that after what happened to Luke you would know better."

She sighed and then said, "I should have, but I was being stupid, and let my emotions get the better of me."

Well it seems there's at least one thing we agree on then, I thought to myself. I said to her "I'm not taking you back Annabeth."

 I just wanted to make sure she was aware of that and had accepted it, although she was probably already well aware of that already since she had seen Luke when he was on his quest, and there was a chance that they might have even spoken since Annabeth returned to camp.

She replied, "I know that. The fact that you have a son makes that quite obvious. I may not be completely over you, but I've accepted that you are over me, and I will try to move on." It was good to hear that, since that meant that she would probably stop pestering me like she was when she first came to her senses.

After saying that she walked away, leaving me to continue on to find Luke.

Once I found him we talked for a little while, but I was interrupted once when Piper and Rachel walked by us. It looked like they were headed toward the big house, and Piper held a piece of paper in her hand. I had my suspicions about what was going on, and I didn't like them at all.

I continued to talk to Luke, but my mind was still on my suspicions about what Piper and Rachel had been doing. Not long after I saw them though I sensed that Piper had called a meeting. I might just have been right. I told Luke why I had to leave, and then I left for the meeting. When I got there everyone was looking at Piper waiting for her to explain why she he called the meeting.

Once we were all there Piper began explaining why she had called the meeting. She said after glancing at Apollo, "I was with Rachel when she gave the next great Prophecy."

That statement confirmed my suspicions, and I held back a curse before asking, "What was the Prophecy?"

Piper was about to answer, but Apollo beat her to it reciting, "A new war shall be waged, born from the sky and sea's rage. An old enemy shall be released from their cage, with victory comes the birth of a new age."

After he finished reciting the prophecy he started to say we shouldn't worry about it, that it may not happen for many years. The last time he said that though the prophecy started a few months later. We discussed the prophecy, but we couldn't make much sense out of it yet, except for the obvious part that another war would be coming. We just didn't know when it would come.

We all knew that worrying about it wouldn't help us, we would just keep on going as if the prophecy hadn't been issued, but if any of us noticed anything unusual going on we would have to discuss it and do something about it.

After the meeting ended I couldn't help but continue to wonder about the prophecy, when the next war would happen, and what the other lines to the prophecy meant. Hopefully the war that the prophecy mentioned wouldn't happen for a while. I'm getting tired of having to deal with them, and losing loved ones to them. I lost far too many friends to the second titan and giant wars, and in the recent war against Tartarus I had lost my daughter. Losing Christina might have just been the hardest loss of them all, what makes it worse is the thought that I will eventually lose Luke as well. I tried not to think about that, but unfortunately I knew that it was the truth. no matter how much I tried to deny it. I knew that no matter how good a fighter he was, someday I would lose him.

After the meeting ended Piper told me why she had been at camp. She said that she had been visiting, talking to Leo when a son of Apollo came and told Leo that Calypso had gone into labor. Obviously Leo had rushed to be by her side, and Piper had gone with him. Calypso had had a girl, and they had named her after Leo's mother. Apparently she looked more like Calypso than Leo.

Piper said that she had ran into Rachel when she was just about to leave. They had started talking, but as they were talking Rachel had suddenly recited the prophecy. They had gone and informed Chiron of the new prophecy, and then Piper had called the meeting.

I knew that I would announce my intentions to marry Amber soon, but I would wait until after Jason and Piper's wedding which was coming up soon. I wouldn't want to steal their moment.

Luke's Point of view

The next day seemed to go by quickly, I went through my usual camp activities, and talked to my dad for a bit before he said he had to leave to go to a meeting, later that day word had spread that a new great prophecy had been spoken, and that the prophecy had stated that there would be yet another war. Everyone hoped that it wouldn't come for a long time, but we might not be that lucky.

That night the fireworks display was very impressive just like the other campers had said. It showed images of famous heroes defeating various monsters, or doing other things that they were well known for. Some of the people in the display I didn't even know where demigods. By the time the display was over it was getting late so we all went back to our cabins and went to bed. I couldn't help but think about how things had changed, one day I was a somewhat normal kid that often got into trouble at school, the next I was the son of a god.

In the days since the war had ended many of the campers who were younger than me had started looking up to me despite the fact that I was only twelve. Heck even a few of the older campers who had difficulty learning swordplay had asked me for advice. I was kind of uncomfortable from all the attention, but I guessed that I would have to get used to it. I guess I should have seen that coming considering everything I had done during the war.

Even before the war I got the campers' attention because of who my father is. I think that anyone who had known my father before he became a god were quite surprised when I showed up at camp, and he claimed me. You'd think they might have guessed that he is my father considering the fact that I looked so much like him.

When they arrived several of the romans were also surprised to find out about me. The romans' arrival had made me wonder if my dad had any roman demigod children. Based on how he still felt about my mother, and what he had said the first time he visited me I suspected that he didn't.

Before I knew the truth I used to blame my father when mom and I went through tough times. I would blame him for not being there to help support us, but my mom would always tell me not to blame him. Once I met him though I understood why he did what he did, and over the summer I have accepted him as my father, and we grew closer as the summer went on. It's obvious how much he cares about me, and now I can't help but wonder what is in store for us in the future, how soon would the new Prophecy start? Would the camp's barriers ever be restored? I shoved those thoughts out of my head and tried to fall asleep. Eventually I managed it sleeping peacefully the entire night.

A/N I know the new prophecy isn't the best, but I couldn't figure out how to word it so the last two lines rhymed with each other, without rhyming with the first two.  I was kind of stuck on what to write for this chapter, otherwise I would have finished this sooner.  I'm not sure how many more chapters it will take to finish this book, I still have a few things planned before this book comes to an end. but like I already said I will be doing a third book.