Chapter one: Enchiladas
A boy knelt on the forest floor, tired and alone. He knew that he was supposed to do something. Something that could change his world, but he forgot what it was. In frustration, he screamed. He curled into a fetal position and sobbed, he knew something was wrong. It was as if all of this has happened before.
Percy was breaking. He couldn't keep it all inside anymore, he felt hopeless, confused and alone. "Percy?" He whirled around and pointed his sword towards the source of the sound. He was greeted by a terrified satyr, whom he recognized. "G-grover?" He lowered his sword. "Wha-what's going on? Why are you here all alone? Did something happen?" Grover knelt down, he gripped Percy's shoulders. Tears fell from the boy's eyes, "I think I'm going insane, Grover. There's something wrong with me."
"Hey, hey, don't say that. Look, tell me what's troubling you, I could help you, y'know." Grover tensed and stood up. He sensed something behind him, "Grover? Is there something wrong." Percy asked, "Do you...hear something... coming closer?" Grover asked, they kept quiet for a long time, after listening to the silence, Percy heard a distant thumping, it sounded almost like footsteps made by a huge beast.
It all happened so quickly, the next thing Percy knew, Grover fell down to the ground, his shirt red with blood from a huge cut in his chest. Percy's eyes widened twice their size, "...Ugh, Percy..." The satyr groaned, The boy scrambled towards his injured friend, he cradled his head in his arms. "Grover, please, don't die...hold on, I'll take you to camp-"
"No... the cut... it's deep...I'll probably be reincarnated...into a... poppy?"
"No, no, no, Grover, you're going to live, you still need to protect the wild, you still need to see Juniper," tears fell from Percy's eyes once again, "... You're my best friend...you can't die that easily..."
Grover coughed up blood, "Ah... Juniper... I wish I could tell her...how much I love her..." The satyr looked at Percy straight in the eye, "Do me a favor...give me food...okay?"
"Yes, I'll bring you the most tastiest enchiladas, tin cans and loads of espressos. It'll be a banquet, all of us will be there. You'll be there Grover."
"A... banquet...so...much...food..."
"Grover?"
"...."
Percy hugged the satyr's lifeless body, he closed his eyes before they became glassy. He carefully laid him on the ground, his sorrow became anger. He uncapped his pen and Riptide grew into three feet of lethal bronze. His hand gripped his sword, "Ah, I could watch that over and over again." The boy whirled around and saw... himself. Percy was motionless, the boy looked exactly like him, but he was different. The Percy clone had a malicious grin stretched on his pale face, his eyes weren't the usual sea-green, they were replaced by a harsh gold hue, glinting with evil light. "...Who are you?" Percy asked, "Tch, have you forgotten so soon?"
"What are y-"
"Perhaps, you might remember me from our last encounter in Olympus?"
Percy gasped, the same golden eyes, the cold voice that would make his spine shiver. "Kronos..."
"Attaboy, I'm merely just a fragment of myself, but I'm strong enough to torment you, over and over again."
Anger doused Percy's confusion, he screamed as he charged, his eyes glowing with hate. He swung his sword, anger blinding him. Each swing missed Kronos everytime, "You are just making a fool of yourself, Jackson." In a single swipe of his hand, Kronos sent Percy flying a few feet away from him. Percy grunted as he hit the ground, "You..." the demigod growled, he struggled to stand and made a final attempt to at least cut the being before him. But the titan swatted him away once again, as if he was nothing but a fly.
Percy smashed against a tree, his sword flew out of his hand. Kronos slowly walked towards the half awake boy, he held the boy's chin, forcing him to look up. "So helpless and vulnerable, I could kill you so easily right now. But I love to torture you, to tease you with freedom so close, but still out of reach." Kronos taunted, grinning as he let go of the boy's chin.
"Remember the deal, Jackson. You win the game, you'll escape from all of this. Lose again, I'll get to see you suffer, which will please me greatly, 'till the next loop~" Kronos disappeared in the forest shadows.
Deal? What deal? What was he talking about?
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