Perseus Riddle *REWRITING*

Chapter 34

3rd POV

The Gods and Goddesses of Olympus had all gathered in the Throne Room once again for one reason only, Perseus Jackson. The now mortal boy was, or is the Savior of Olympus. A Savior they had so foolishly cast out.

They were all feeling an immense amount of guilt, but not as much as Perseus' father - well not really his father as he did disown him.

Poseidon, God of the Sea, felt horrible. The mere thought of disowning his own child crushed his soul and yet, he had done just that.

While Poseidon slumped in his throne and wallowed in guilt, Demigods joined the Gods in the Throne Room.

Only those closest to Percy joined them. The Seven and his cousins, Nico and Thalia, were included. Grover, Perseus' best friend and basically brother was not there. Grover had disappeared mere hours before Percy left the camp for good. Sadly, no one had really noticed Grovers disappearance until Juniper, a Dryad and Grovers girlfriend, went running into the camp yelling about Grover.

The Demigods had no clue on how to find Grover, no prophecy would be given and there were no clues. So, they thought of someone who could easily track him down: Perseus Jackson. The connection they shared would aid them in finding Grover. But first, they needed to find a way to tell Perseus.

Their plan to have Tyson contact Perseus didn't go to plan as according to Tyson the red-headed girl, Ginny, never responded to his letter. This left them back at square one; they needed to, once again, spy on Percy to gain more information on how to contact him at his location. Which leads to the reason as to why everyone was gathered in the Throne Room on this particular day.

It was decided that they all needed to regroup as soon as possible once it was clear that Plan A had failed. "I'm sure we all know why we are gathered here today." Zeus spoke quietly, even he was affected by Percys absence.

Ares sighed loudly. "Stalk Jackson, blah blah blah, figure out a plan, blah blah blah."

"As much as it pains me to say this, Ares is correct," Athena winced as if it actually pained her to say it, which it most likely did. "We always talk about the same topics at every meeting so even someone with a skull as thick as Ares would be able to have the basic idea memorized."

If Ares was offended he didnt show it, in fact he even raised his eyebrow as if to state that Athena was right - which is something he would never admit out loud.

Zeus sighed loudly, not having the energy to argue with anyone. "Then let's just skip the the Iris Messaging part."

The Goddess Iris flashed into the room and used her powers to show Percy on an Iris Message that Percy wouldn't be able to see.

The first thing everyone noticed was that Percy was walking down a long, dark hallway. He kept retracing his steps, walking back and forth as he seemed to look for something. His eyes never left the wall as he paced. In his arms he held a raccoon who seemed to be asleep.

After walking back and forth for a while Percy stopped in his tracks. He stared at something on the wall and looked saddened by something.

"What's he staring at?" Leo asked.

Annabeth squinted eyes at the IM. "Theres something on the wall but I cant make out what it is."

Nico muttered under his breath and rolled his eyes. "Wow Annabeth, I can see how you're the daughter of the Goddess of Wisdom. How did you come to that brilliant conclusion."

Thalia was the only one who heard him and snorted as she tried to keep her laughter in. Annabeth sent a small glare her way when she noticed her laughing. To Annabeth this was no laughing matter. There is no time for jokes when they needed to find Percy.

Thalia ignored her glare and glanced back at the IM just in time to see Percy walk into the room and close the door behind him. He took a few steps into the room before freezing when a small 'click' echoed throughout the room.

Jason stared at the IM with his mouth open in shock. "Is he locked in there?"

His question was answered by Percy rushing to the door and attempting to open it. He jiggled the door knob before giving up and whispering something theh couldn't make out.

Everyone in the room jumped when Percy suddenly slammed his fist on the door and let out a bitter laugh. He gave up trying to open the door and walked over to the bed - it's his bed now, they all mused, it's his new life - and he gently placed the raccoon onto it. Percy gently tucked it in, the way you would a toddler, before he walked over to some elaborate miniature tree house and placed something in it.

They all watched with an unnerving amount of attention as he put his clothes away. Their eyes were glued to the IM before Leo started to shift around. "Does anyone else feel awkward?"

After collective round of 'yes' and 'yeah' - even the odd 'indeed' from Athena - everyone agreed to quietly talk, and argue, amongst themselves.

Everyone's attention was drawn back to Percy when Poseidon gasped out "Riptide."

They all watched him as he held the mighty weapon in its weakest form - the pen. He was silent. It was as if he couldn't speak at that moment. They held their breath as his hand gripped the pen tightly. His hand slammed against the desk in anger, and they just knew that the anger was towards them. Those in the room watched in shock as he tossed Riptied aside without a second thought.

When Percy just sat in his chair in silence for what seemed to be forever Zeus ended the IM.

Zeus stood to end the meeting when he was interrupted by worried mutterings from Athena. "Athena, my daughter, what bothers you?"

She glanced at him and back to where the IM once was, worry evident in her eyes. "I sense something off with young Perseus."

"Percy." Poseidon automatically corrected. "What do you mean you sense something off? What's off?"

"That's just it," Athena shook her head in frustration. "I know there's something off, I just can't put my finger on it. It's as if something as changed who he is as a being. Something other than what we all did to him. I fear..." Athena trailed off.

"What do you fear daughter?" Zeus probes.

She turned to stare dead in Poseidon's eyes. "I fear he has changed much more than we are expecting. I fear he is no longer Percy Jackson. I fear that we have lost out hero for good."

Wow it has been a long time hasn't it. So how is everyone doing during this quarantine? I'm doing pretty good all things considered. For some reason I'm not getting any notifications from wattpad anymore, but my notifications are on so I'm not sure what to do about that. For that reason I don't really check Wattpad as much as I used to so if I dont respond to the comments that's why. Anyway I hope you enjoyed this little chapter, I'm gonna try to update sok. But I have tons upon tons of schoolwork to catch up on so we'll see.

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