ah fuck, this cannot be happening. Percy awoke in this weird world, so why now must he be the one to save it when it wasn't even his to begin with
Now Percy had a very, very high alcohol tolerance, but that day they had just beat Kronos, and he decided to relax a bit and drink some wine. Needless to say, that was a huge mistake.
he awoke with a massive migraine, and that wasn't even the worse part. Since all around him was a forest that expanded, the trees were abundant, but there was still a path, left or right.
"oh? you're finally awake?" Percy heard a voice call to him.
percy turned to look at the man who looked to be around 24, but something told him he was much older than that.
"my name is Luke. Luke the guide, here to accompany you on your quest to rid the world of evil," the man named Luke said.
percy grit his teeth, before his first connected to the first tree his immediate area. the tree snapped, dropping some wood that made its way into a small pouch in Percy's hip.
Percy began recalling the events of last night. He was drunk off his ass, and he remembered being cohoursed by Apollo to drink more.
he couldn't remember why he was drinking, he just knew it had something to do with annabeth. curse his adhd.
Anyways, on his way home to his mom's apartment, he ran into a woman who simply radiated light. I mean, the light puts hyperion to shame. Percy averted his eyes, and suddenly the light was turned off.
The woman was grumpy, something about hating nighttime. but... he remembered accepting a deal with her... the deal was hazy at best.
"My **** head" Percy complained. This was the last time he would drink alcohol.
"Come on terrarian, now is no time to rest. Now it's the start of a new adventure" Luke said. He handed Percy three items.
A copper short sword, a copper pickaxe, and finally a copper axe.
"hell no," Percy said.
"But you must, to return to your home, you must save our planet, as told by your destiny. or do you prefer fate," Luke said which irritated Percy to end.
percy snapped and punched another tree hard enough to smash it to pieces.
"fate, destiny, fucking prophecy's, can people just LEAVE ME ALONE," Percy yelled.
Luke meanwhile just tilted his head.
"You may not see it, but the strings of your fate are ever changing. They are constantly in motion. Every single action YOU choose can either make or break the world. destiny has great plans for you," Luke said.
percy sat down to calm his anger, as in the distance the oceans of the world were turning, not to mention the waters beneath the surface.
"calm... I'm totally calm," he said as he let out a sigh.
Percy got up from where he was seated and walked over to Luke the guide.
"So tell me this, what is the beginning of my journey? What do I have to do? a prophecy or anything," Percy said.
"ah, you see this object? it's called a picka-" Luke began saying.
"So you are basically saying I need to mine? gods this is just like Minecraft all over again," Percy said as he finally took his first piece of equipment. the pickaxe hung floating off his back, the axe immediately went into his pouch.
"Just go out and kill a few beasts. It's for your own good. You know, it's just what terrarians do! You'll get used to it. just do come back before nightfall," Luke said. For some reason Percy felt a shiver.
...(Pov Olympus)
"What do you mean you can't find my son?" Poseidon growled. (Dunno how else to put it.)
"Exactly as it sounds. I don't know," Apollo said as he rubbed his temples.
"You and Hades were with him last, how could you not know," Poseidon said in a more menacing voice.
"I DON'T KNOW," Apollo screamed back at Poseidon.
"We were at the bar drinking, to take his mind off... The incident. When a woman came up to him and started talking to him. Hades and I thought "you know what, maybe that's what he needs". And when we went to look for him in the morning THEY WERE GONE," Apollo said.
"THEN WHAT DID THIS WOMAN LOOK LIKE," Poseidon screamed back.
"I... Can't remember her face. But she had pinkish hair, a dress, she also had wings believe it or not. But we were at a costume party, everyone was dressed up. Hell, Percy was fucking spooderman," Apollo said.
*Cough*
"Spider man" Artemis corrected.
Suddenly head turned to the resident moon goddess.
"What? I take care of children, of course I'm going to pick up some of their hobbies " she shrugged.
"Seriously... Comics?" Aphrodite said with a hint of disgust. Those things called comics could never capture her true beauty.
"Silence. We have... Other matters to attend to," Zeus finally said.
"And what matters is more important than my son?" Poseidon said as his grip on his throne tightened.
"...gaea is stirring. As for told by the prophecy the day your son went missing," Athena answered.
"...oh..." Poseidon said.
(End of prologue)