The Olympians Regret

Chapter Three; Fun, Games and a trial

(Third POV)

Once again the Olympian council were arguing about the interesting case of Percy Jackson. Some call him a traitor, others believe he is innocent. "He is dangerous, we should have killed him from the start" Zeus boomed "He is innocent! Perseus was the only demigod who sacrificed his meal for me and Artemis!" Hestia retaliated, which shocked most of the gods as she rarely gets involved in these arguments, let alone backs up a demi. "why do you defend the Poseidon spawn, he cheated on my daughter and left her heartbroken!" stated Athena, who was countered by Poseidon "He is not my child, after what he has done, I regret defending him when the bolt was returned and we should have destroyed him where he stood". As the gods raged on there were two who weren't involved in the arguments, Artemis and Hades.

"Why do they accuse the only decent man on the planet? what has he done wrong?" Artemis asked Hades "That I don't know, he was the only one who didn't treat Nico or Banica differently, he respected everyone equally and never once went against us" this surprised the figure that had appeared in the throne room out of a cloud of mist who had gone unnoticed for the past five minutes, "Ahem" the figure shouted, immediately getting everyone's attention. "WHO ARE YOU TO INTERRUPT THE COUNCIL!" Zeus yelled, "Drama queen" muttered the figure "I am here to discuss what has happened at camp, involving me and these... 'rumours', as you might put it" he then stepped forward so they could see his face, "Oh my god.."

(First POV)

Percy

"I was informed of a summons, so here I am," I said, of course bearing my lopsided grin. "Summon the campers" one god whispered, barely audible. Then I was surrounded by a flash as everyone appeared, all looking pissed when they saw me. "We are here to discuss the topic of Percy Jackson, who has been accused of cheating, being unloyal, aiding the enemy and plotting against Olympus. How do you plead?" Zeus.. requested? that sounded weird. "Wait, what? I thought this was about the car I blew up.." "HOW DO YOU PLEAD!!" He said again. well. shouted. "Innocent! why would I betray my home! my flaw is loyalty, I would rather die than betray anyone!" at this statement Apollo has a look of confusion appear on his face "Father, wait.. he might be telling the truth" Apollo whispered, "We should let the council decide his fate"

"Fine, but only because the laws prevent me from killing him" Zeus stated, "Olympians, those who want the Traitor to be punished raise your hands" Zeus, Ares, Aphrodite, Poseidon, Athena and Demeter all raised their hands "and all those who vote on his innocence?" Artemis, Apollo, Hades, Hera, Hestia and Dyonisus raised their hands. While this was going on a voice started speaking in my head, 'When Zeus throws his bolt at you, put your hand on the necklace, it will clone you and temporally render you invisible'.

"The council has decided, Percy Jackson, you are hereby accused guilty of betrail and are sentenced to 1000 years in Tartarus!" "Fine by me! been there, wasn't half bad. But be warned, when I return, I will not help you with anything unless my Patron requests it, I swear this by Lady Chaos herself" overhead a boom sounded, almost like a planet exploding "That was foolish, you will never survive any of this now. Once sworn by Chaos name you shall die" Athena pitched in, Every god who voted for me to live had a shocked look on their faces, this made me laugh internally as no-one knew what would happen but me. "Goodbye Traitor, rot in Tartarus" said Zeus as he threw his master bolt at me, just at it hit I put my hand on the necklace and said "I hereby swear on the river Styx and Chaos that I am innocent of all crimes I am accused of" then the bolt hit my clone as I was pushed to the side, invisible. I watched as my clone was sent to Tartarus, 'Don't worry about the clone Perseus, it will disappear when you become visible' the voice said, who I assume belongs to Lady Chaos, who then appeared in the throne room through a portal. "WHO DARES TO SWEAR ON MY NAME!" She shouted,
"The Traitor Percy Jackson, Lord Chaos" Zeus boomed "Then where is he? Percy is the only one worthy of swearing in my name, after all, he has done you a great favour by saving you twice" "My Lord, He was a traitor, why is he worthy?" Athena asked "Percy was no traitor, he was innocent. Proven by Lady Styx before you CAST HIM TO TARTARUS!!" Chaos shouted

"What do you mean Innocent?" Zeus asked Chaos then made direct eye contact with me and smiled, "Well since you clearly won't believe someone's word, I will show you" she waved her hand and mist appeared showing me just before I was 'cast into hell' (It's too tiring typing Tartarus repeatedly)"I hereby swear on the river Styx and Chaos that I am innocent of all crimes I am accused of" then a small flash appeared on my shoulder, showing what I spoke was true, then I disappeared, going to hell. The look of realisation and regret appeared on every Olympian and campers face. suddenly the doors burst open and the Hunters of Artemis rushed in "Where is he? Where did you send my cousin!" Thalia shouted at Zeus. A look of realisation set in as she looked at the tears on Artemis' face which I hadn't even noticed until the hunters went to her, in a vain attempt to calm her down. 

After everyone had actually realised that I had been innocent and condemned to spend 1000 years in Tartarus, Chaos spoke up "Now you all have realised what you have done, I will leave, but there is one last thing I need to do" with that she approached Artemis and whispered in her ear discreetly handing her a pure silver ring with something engraved on the inside. nobody saw the interaction as there main focus was on riptide lying on the floor where I had been standing. Poseidon and Annabeth started walking towards it when Thalia shot forward and picked it up, "I, Thalia Grace, hereby wish for Anaklusmos to return to its creator, Zoe Nightshade" then, my old sword disappeared. And I followed Lady Chaos through her portal to who knows where.

(A.N. 1096 words! What should I do for the next chapter? I am accepting requests for the story-line as I don't know how to continue from this point. Cosmos out.)