Alpha: Chaos' Commander

Chapter 2: Flashback Pt. 1

100 years earlier...

It was a bright Tuesday morning, the Gaea War was finally over and things were actually looking up. I was planning to be a senior counselor until I finished high school. I was tired of war and bloodshed so I hoped to live a peaceful life with Annabeth, going to college in New Rome and doing "normal" stuff.

Unfortunately that hope shattered that afternoon.Chiron had wheeled up to me, in wheelchair form, looking anxious and uneasy.

"Percy, I am so sorry. You will not understand now, but you will, in the near future." He placed a leather bracelet with a small disk on my wrist. I opened my mouth to say something, but Chiron interrupted me.

"Percy, I cannot explain, but I hope this shield will offer you protection in the future. All you have to do is press the disk. Stay safe, Perseus." He gazed at sadly, before coming out of his wheelchair and gently kissing me on the forehead. Before I could say anything, he trotted off.

A few moments later, I was wandering around the sea shore occasionally talking to random sea creatures, trying to organize my thoughts. What made Chiron think I was going to be unsafe? Camp Half-Blood was the only safe place for demigods! I glanced at the leather bracelet on my wrist. I lightly pressed on the circle in the middle. Almost instantly a large shield spiraled out of the bracelet. I softly gasped. It was 3 feet long with no special design. The shield was obviously celestial bronze, but it seemed to emit a brighter glow.

Now, how does it retract... ? I searched the back until I found a small button. Pressing it the shield shrunk back into the bracelet. Well, that answered my question!That was when I heard a distant yell. It was coming from the camp entrance! Without a second thought I sprinted toward the yell and found a half-blood stumbling across the border.

As I got closer I found that he had straight brown hair and weird pitch black eyes. "Who are you?" I asked. "Who are you?!" he shot back. "Fair enough. I'm Percy Jackson, Son of Poseidon." For a second I thought I saw him smirk evilly but it disappeared as soon as it came. "Jax Johnson, Son of Ares." 'No wonder.' I thought.

After a lot of convincing, he agreed to meet Chiron.I tried being nice and everything but by the end of the day found that I hated him. Period.

First of all, he was lazy and had an ego the size of Mt. Olympus! Second, he told rumors about me to the new campers. At first it seemed harmless, but soon, even the older campers grew suspicious.

Third, he continuously flirting with all the Aphrodite girls. But that was the least of my problems. A few days after Jax's arrival, a girl from the Mars/Ares cabin was murdered around midnight. The dead body's blood was completely frozen, so everyone assumed it was me with my control-over-water powers.

During the next few weeks demigods from each cabin (with the exception of a few) were murdered with water related deaths.I lost a lot of friends during that period of time including Jason and the rest of the seven.

I found that only Chiron, Thalia, Grover, Nico (he talked to the dead along with his father), Reyna, Hazel and Frank stayed by my side... the gods included Hestia, Poseidon, Hades, and Hermes.But, Thalia was always with the hunters, Grover was off trying to save nature, and Reyna, Hazel, and Frank stayed at Camp Jupiter.Annabeth stayed loyal to me much to my surprise and I was happy nonetheless. But on the week of my banishment, she was off on a quest for Athena, not that I blamed her.