Not Everything Is As It Seems

Chapter 17 - Part A

I don't own Percy Jackson or the Heroes of Olympus, Rick Riordan does

3rd person POV

Time skip

It's now been about 5 hours since Perseus Jackson's Life core had snapped. No one has moved off the battlefield. People have healed all of the wounded and teleported the dead to their respected base of operations: Olympus or Planet Chaos.

Everyone has just been staring at Percy, hoping for a miracle to happen.

Another few more minutes pass, a swirl of different blue hues appears next to Nico. This makes everyone jump in surprise. When the blue disappears, a man appears.

"Void." Nico, Hestia, Nyx, Gaia, Tartarus all say in surprise, making everyone else shocked as they never knew that the Void Star could take the form of a man.

Void seems to be in an early 40s form. He has pitch back hair that is as black as a... well an endless void. He has swirling multicoloured blue eyes that never stay one colour. His outfit changes every few seconds as well, although it always has some form of blue intertwined into it. A blue pattern, a blue tie, and maybe, just maybe, a single bit of his hair changing to blue, and many others.

Void seems to ignore everyone, choosing to walk towards Percy. When he is beside Percy, he hovers a hand across his entire body lengthways, in the exact middle, above the spine. Any small tears in his clothes are fixed, from the place any previous cuts were that have already been healed, used to be.

Void then takes a step back, twitching a finger. The blanket that Percy is on, transforms into something else. It transforms into a simple white bed that is so soft, it's seemingly like laying on clouds.

Void then turns his attention to everyone staring intently at him.

"There is a choice." His voice is like the one that rang through the universe saying the prophesy, it just doesn't reach anyone besides those on the battlefield, it's also a bit quieter. "Perseus is making a choice. A choice out of four options. Once the choice is made, respect it. It is his choice to make. Be ready for the choice. Once it is made, do not give him a hard time about it."

With that, Void disappears in a puff of swirling blues, leaving everyone on the battlefield confused.

Percy's POV

About 5 hours ago

When I come too, I notice something. I'm laying down flat on my back, but I can't feel anything beneath me. I open my eyes and sit up to look around. It's like I'm in deep blackness, a creepy blackness.

I then notice something else. I'm not breathing! I'm literally not breathing. My heart isn't beating.

I'm confused though. If I'm not breathing and my heart isn't beating, how am I moving? How can I see?

Wait...

Who am I?

I puzzle over my question, but I just can't seem to form any memories. I can't remember anyone. I can't remember anyone's voice. I can't remember anyone's names or what they look like. I can't remember anything.

This makes me think. Do I have a family? Do people care about me? Does anyone miss me?

Time skip

I don't know how much time has passed. I can't keep track, even though I have a feeling that I should be able to keep track of how much time passes. It could have been seconds or years.