Chapter 5

About a week later

Luke's POV

One minute I'm sitting in time out for stealing the last cookie, and then the next I'm standing in a black room. It gave off the feeling black, but comfortable. The kind of blackness that makes you feel safe like nothing can touch you, not the kind that haunts your nightmares. Yet, I could somehow still see.

In front of me hung a mirror on the wall and I saw my reflection, only, it wasn't mine. The image was of a guy in his twenties, with sandy blonde hair, blue eyes, and scar running down the side of his face. Not my appearance, I'm just a four-year-old boy with light brown hair and blue eyes.

"Luke Castellan, welcome," a voice announced as a figure came out of the shadows.

Luke? Luke Castellan? The name sounded familiar, but I couldn't recognize it.

The man sighed," That's right, it takes a few minutes for memories."

Suddenly I remembered, Luke Castellan was the Greek demigod who hosted Kronos. Over the past few years, the relationship between the Greeks and Romans had gotten better and we had shared histories. Everyone knew about the son of Hermes who had started the second Titan War.

My parents were legacies, descendants of Mercury and Venus. So I lived in New Rome with them, but I wasn't born until after that demigod died.

I looked in the mirror again. The guy was still there but looking around I couldn't find him. There were only two people in the room, me and the shadowy figure.

The man in the mirror moved his hand at the same time I did. His head moved as mine did. With a shock I finally realized that the man in the mirror was me.

It all started coming back to me, mom, Thalia, Annabeth, Grover. My name, Luke Castellan. Lucas Castel was the reincarnation of Luke Castellan. Funny, I remember Mr. D always calling me that.

Annabeth! She and Thalia must hate me. Thalia, there was nothing I could do to make it up to her but maybe, just maybe I can try, and Annabeth! That Poseidon kid better be taking good care of her.

I was so deep in thought that I had forgotten that someone was in the room with me. I almost jumped out of my skin when the shadow man spoke," Son of Hermes, are you yourself again?"

I flinched when he said my father's name. Hey, I learned my lesson, no more trying to overthrow Olympus, but I can't change my feelings for the guy overnight. He left me and my mom, and then ignored me and my siblings.

After seeing me nod my head, he continued," Great, I'm Chaos. I need your help, so I decided to bring you back to life, as your actual self, instead of new you. Though, you certainly were cute as a toddler."

I didn't know what to say to that. A primordial god had just put me back into my old body and then told me I looked cute. Unfortunately, I lost my pocket copy of What to say to a god when they ... It can come in handy when you're trying not to tick off a god, or when you are.

"Anyways," He continued," Kronos is rising again and I need your help to defeat him. Will you accept?"

Kronos, Kronos was rising again. Maybe if I help defeat him this time, maybe they will forgive me. I can try to make up for all the damage I caused. I nodded my head yes.

Chaos smiled," Excellent, I will let you choose your army, but they have to be dead.

"My army?" I asked surprised. Why would anyone give Kronos's ex-host an army?

"Yes, you will be the commander of my soldiers," he explained patiently as if I was a child, though until today I had thought I was one.

"I don't think that's a good idea," I tried to say as respectively as possible, "Who would follow me? Besides, what if Kronos convinces me to join him again?"

"Fine," He sighed, " I will let you choose a co-commander, but I believe that you will not fall into his trap again. Do you have someone in mind to be your co-commander?"

"Thalia Grace," I said without hesitation. I can't imagine doing this with anyone else. If she's willing. 

Instantly Thalia appeared in front of me.

"Luke! How- Where are we?" She asked as she ran to give me a hug.

"You will inform her about what you know. Decide who you want in your army and tell me. You have three days," and with that Chaos vanished into the shadows, leaving me with a very confused Thalia.

"Come on Thals, we have some catching up to do."

To make things a little clearer, Thalia died while helping rescue a demigod, shortly after Percy and Annabeth. Luke doesn't know any of them are dead yet, he just knew Thalia was the only one he wanted as his co-commander. 

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