Percy Jackson is betrayed before he's downright murdered. His body is left in the forest for the monsters, but a certain god finds him, and then his body is never seen again. And now a legend is spreading among the newer campers, a legend of Hephaestus' champion, a Clockwork Soldier. DISCLAIMER: I do not own PJO or HOO characters. All rights to Rick Riordan.

After the Second Giant War Annabeth leaves Percy for immortality. Percy's heart turns ice cold after the "love of his life" leaves him. He decides he needed some alone time so he leaves camp and heads up north to help him cope with the heartbreak. ~~~~ Years later and no one has heard from or seen Percy. A war is Brewing between the god and an old evil. They call for Percy's help. He comes to aid in the war, but he is not the same Percy they all remember.

-o-o-o-o-o- Something in the man softened. He worried for the boy. He opened his arms and the little boy flung himself at him. "Hey it's alright," the man soothes the boy and it works. "You want to tell me your name?" The little boy looked at him curiously. "My name's Perseus Jackson but my mom always call me Percy," he told the man. -o-o-o-o-o-