The cost of Hubris

What's going on?

Okay, so this is a piece of a journal from Lou Ellen found under her bed. She had recorded what has happened to Percy and the camp from her point of view. This contains information filled in by some gods as well. The book is currently in the hands of the gods as evidence for further investigation.

Bold = Gods & divine beings

Tilted = Lou Ellen

June 21st, 2015 (a year after the giant war)

Today a new camper stumbled into campgrounds with monsters behind him, as demigods usually do when they show up. He picked up a sword and picked off the monsters by himself(this is not a joke, a few campers were around to see it). The camp was very amazed and congratulated him for having such superior skill, including Percy, Annabeth, and their friends. Jason, Frank, Piper, and the others had moved to Camp Jupiter to attend college and pursue a normal life, so naturally, they weren't here.

He told us his name: Markus Warmonger. Then a red, bloody spartan helmet appeared over his head, which meant Ares, the god of war, admitted him as his child. The Ares cabin cheered for the valuable addition to their team fro Capture the Flag, as it was Friday.

The teams were settled: Poseidon, Hephaestus, Apollo, Demeter, and Hermes against Athena, Ares, Dionysus, and Aphrodite. The minor gods' cabins did not participate for their own reasons. Ours was that we had no interest in either side.

Anyways, apparently the Ares kids successfully captured the flag and won for the week, because we heard cheering all the way at Zeus' fist. Percy had been the one guarding the flag with Katie Gardner and a few Hermes kids. I think they were just overwhelmed by the number of kids, no big deal. I mean, Not even a Son of Zeus can stop a bunch of Ares kids.

July 1st, 2015

Things had gone bad. The Demeter cabin's garden had been destroyed for some reason. I mean, who would do that? Katie blamed it on Percy. She claims that she had found the ground wet all around the garden, which meant it had to be a flood, which then leads to Percy, the only person who can control water naturally.

Markus and the Ares cabin were smiling. Stupid bullies. Don't they have a bit of sympathy for a guy who saved everyone twice and raised all the gods to equal status?

Anyways, the news spread around camp and now suddenly everyone is talking about Percy being a bad person. What the Hades?? Are they possessed?

Percy was extremely confused when he prayed to me that day. He told me the camp accused him of things he didn't do. I was outraged but knew I couldn't interfere due to the pressure from Zeus and Athena, so I told him that he can either come under the sea and converse with the creatures, or he can come train at Atlantis to blow away steam.                      -Poseidon

I don't know what demigod was behind this madness, but noticing them made me extremely angry and wanted to punch someone. -Demeter

July 7th, 2015

Today we found books ripped, maimed, and destroyed in the Athena cabin. Annabeth was hysterical. Somehow they came to the conclusion that it was Percy... again. And supposedly, the evidence "adds up", as Annabeth said.

"The room smelled of sea breeze and the air was unusually moist. Percy had come into the cabin before the incident alone, saying he was 'seeking something for Annabeth', which is an obvious lie. And getting away with the Demeter garden incident encouraged him to do it again." Malcolm had told everyone.