Chapter 1: Introductions and New Faces

Summary: Peace never last for long, there's always that one enemy that never gives up. No matter how the Olympians may try to patch things up, another enemy has set his sights on earth and this time, they're going to need some outside help. … That is if they decide to accept it. Reyna\ (female) OC

Setting: 2 years after the Giant War.

Prologue

[Classified Area]

As the wind howls on the eve of a new moon, a shadowy figure emerges from the darkness.

"Are you sure of this? If anything goes wrong you will have put the fate of the universe in their hands!" The figure moves towards a solemn chair in the middle of an empty field where a lone female awaits.

"It's our best chance Tenebris. I realize your doubts about the Olympians, but-"

"Do you honestly think that they can be saved?"

"Yes, they may have made some mistakes, but that does not mean we should forsake them. Tenebris, we can't just leave them to die."

"Milady you ask me to rally an army, one meant to fend off an all-powerful primordial and his army of traitors. Not only that, but you ask me to convince the Olympians to follow me without question. Those fools had their chance! If you honestly think I can whip them into shape then you have severely overestimated my abilities. I may be your right hand, but those fools have had centuries to shape their egos"

"I am not asking you to do this alone, your siblings will assist in training and I will accompany you to see the Olympians. I'm sure between us we can bring them down a notch."

"They'll need more than a notch." Mumbles the shadow.

"Tenebris, y-"

"Is this an order?"

"This is a request from one friend to another."

Growling the figure snarls out slowly, "I'd rather if it was an order, you know exactly how I feel about them."

"I know, but I need someone I can trust to handle this. Tenebris I need you to do this."

"… Fine, but I swear we will do this my way. If they have any complaints they can speak to my swords."

"Please we need all the help we get, you may be a guardian, but you are only mortal as well."

The shadowy figure turns before stopping and calling out back to the woman. "I'm not called The Guardian for nothing milady."

"… Tenebris, be careful this enemy may be the worst we've faced in a very long time."

"Milady, I already bear the scars of your own brother. I do not believe that this pretender can do worse." With that, the shadowy figure stalks off seemingly melding with the shadows and disappearing altogether.

"That's not what I'm worried about."

Chapter 1

"They want what?!" Yells Reyna scanning over the missive from Olympus once more.

"Our best representatives from each Cohort and both Praetors, including the leader of Camp Half-Blood. Plus some other important people." Replies a calm Frank, though by the way, his hands grip the paper Reyna could tell he was just as frustrated.

"Including the 7 from the quest, and Nico, myself, Coach Hedge and half a dozen fawns. How do they expect us to gather everyone and be there by morning?" Reyna throws the stack of paper back onto the desk leaning into her chair tiredly.

"We currently have 4 of the 7 heroes, we can call them all right now. As for the Cohort representatives, we can announce it from the new PA systems Leo installed for us. We can gather them all and get ready to leave within an hour or two ," Frank replied rubbing his eyes.

"No with this many officials we will need more time to appoint temporary leaders to oversee things. If we just up and leave the legion is going to fail to chaos within days."

"You think we might be gone for that long?"

"The message never specified how long this will take, all we know right now is that we need all leaders from both camps and we both have to be at Olympus by 6 a.m. tomorrow. Better safe than sorry, we all remember what happened two years ago." Reyna replies with a shudder.

Frank nods tiredly. "I'll gather the seven heroes that are currently here, along with the fawns."

Reyna stands quickly. "I'll gather the rest; if we hurry we can make the announcement within the next hour and pack everything and be in the vans by evening. If we take turns driving we can make it just in time."

Frank stands up slowly, nodding as Reyna begins to move toward the door.

"I wonder what has the Gods in such a fuss. Normally they give us more time to prepare for this sort of thing." Frank states.

As Reyna opens the door, she replies "I'm not sure but obviously something big happened."

"… What type of big Reyna?"

"Big enough to scare the gods, and yet small enough to allow us a day to prepare. What that's supposed to mean I'm not sure, but we're going to find out one way or another."

(Time\Setting Jump: 5:30 a.m. outside the Throne Room)

"Gods, we're here. Finally!"

"Don't get too excited Leo, we still have work to do." Reyna admonishes.

"But that car trip was so long Reyna. Plus-"Leo replies trying to talk through a yawn. "Everyone is really tired."

"That may be true, but we have to keep our guards up."

"Reyna has a point. Let's just go and get this over with, hopefully, this won't take long." Mutters Frank.

The rest of the group nods tiredly, even the demigods from Camp Half-Blood. Each and every one of them was trying to shake themselves awake or, by the way, Annabeth was hanging off Percy, trying to catch some extra sleep.

Reyna, overcome by the sudden urge to yawn, just nods silently in agreement as they each shuffled towards the throne room.

Quietly throwing open one of the doors, the demigods quickly went to organize themselves next to their patrons' thrones, those with minor gods as a parent just followed their friends before collectively sitting down on the steps waiting. Reyna instead ended up standing near the center feeling slightly uncomfortable as her mother was purely roman and faded.

Within moments the gods all collectively flashed in completely ignoring the exhausted demigods. As each turned to sit, Reyna could spot small bruises and fear-stricken gazes. Before she could bring herself to think on it more, she caught the eye of Hermes who shook his head frantically, deciding to stay quiet, she bowed to each god in turn before sitting herself waiting for Lord Jupiter or Zeus to appear.

And appear he did, as a small black portal opened Lord Jupiter was thrown out, landing on his chair very heavily. Exhaustion all but forgot all the demigods shot up to their feet as an imposing woman stepped through the portal herself.

The woman was stunning, towering over even Percy, her pin straight midnight hair flowing freely to her hips. Her beauty surpassed Aphrodite, and her eyes were so gentle and kind. Her dress was simple, a plain black fabric with little else. It flowed to the floor pooling out around her as if she was standing in a shadow.

"Now that we're all here." She spoke with the confidence of a queen and all the gods visibly stiffened as she gazed throughout the room. "We can finally get our little talk started. Wouldn't you agree, Zeus?"

Sparing a glance to the shocked demigods, Reyna could only shiver as she turned her powerful gaze to her. The woman's eyes narrowed at the sight of the rather worn out group of demigods.

As Percy moved forward to speak, hand in his pocket already gripping Riptide, the woman quickly cut him off.

"I believe introductions are in order, though I thought I had specifically stated that the Demigods should be fully warned." She glared hard at Hermes, who turned several shades paler as he tried to stutter an answer.

"M-m-my Lady, I-I"

"Enough," she spoke harshly. "I will not listen to petty excuses."

Hermes quickly shut his mouth desperate not to offend the woman any further.

Reyna raised an eyebrow impressed and slightly frustrated, no one has ever seen the Gods so docile. Unwilling to wait longer she opened her mouth to address a question to the woman.

"If I may, who are you to command the gods?" Reyna asked trying to keep her frustration and exhaustion out of her voice.

A melodious laugh rang through the Throne room.

"I think you'll enjoy your time here Tenebris." The woman spoke.

'Tenebris? Dark? What is she going on about' Reyna thought?

"To answer your question, Praetor, I am the God's great grandmother." The woman smiled evilly.

Great-grandmother? A sudden gasp from Annabeth drew the demigod's attention.

"S-she's Chaos. T-t-the creator of the universe. The first Primordial, b-but you were supposed to have faded long ago..." She stuttered in shock and awe.

As each demigod's face began to fall at the thought of having to fight Chaos, a low chuckle was heard once more.

"Now that we have introductions out of the way, maybe you'll all be more willing to sit down and listen." With not so much as a twitch, proper chairs suddenly appeared for each demigod.

The nerve wracked group cautiously sat down as Chaos began to speak once more.

"Normally I try to stay out of mortal affairs, but in times like these I prefer not to watch an entire planet get destroyed."

Zeus seeming to have finally found his backbone roared out. "Destroyed! You think we can't protect our own planet!"

The shadows in the room grew darker and Zeus squeaked in fear as Chaos raised a hand.

"That's enough," the shadows stopped growing, but they didn't exactly go back to normal.

"As I was saying. Yes destroyed, and yes you can't protect this planet. Not against this enemy." Zeus's eyes bulged as he opened his mouth to protest. With a twitch of her hand, Chaos forcibly shut his mouth and continued.

"You may have defeated Gaia, but she wasn't at full power, nor was she fully awake. You defeated her out of pure luck than anything."

The gods shifted nervously, none feeling up to make a remark or even talk back.

"You see, for the past years, you must have noticed the increase of demigods, right? Well as the gods probably know, but have neglected to remark upon, monster attacks have also decreased. If we are correct, this trend should continue for the next year or so. After that, we are not sure what will happen, but we do know once this threat has landed, your days are numbered. Most probably you'll last a month, maybe two if you're lucky, but after that, he will wipe you out."

"Then what is this threat, and why haven't you stopped it already," Percy called out. Reyna couldn't help but agree with the son of Poseidon, even if she did know that Chaos had yet to finish.

"Eras ago my brother and I sealed away one of the primordials. The seal was never expected to last, seeing as nothing ever does. Thus we had our backup plans made years ago. Now we are putting them into action. For the next year, you will combine camps at a neutral area to train your army. ... Olympians will receive training as well of course-."

This was the final straw for most of the gods. Angry voices began yelling out, all too jumbled up to be understood properly.

"If you think-"

"The nerve-"

"Who do you think you are?"

For once Reyna felt a small bit of satisfaction, Chaos wasn't just going to order them into a fight and let the Olympians sit back and watch. For once they could rely on their parents for more than a small boost in the midst of a battle. As the yelling continued the shadows around them grew darker and longer once again.

This time, Chaos did nothing to halt its progress, and soon a different voice snarled out above the roar of the gods.

"Silence!" An infuriated snarl seemed to reverberate through the shadows so none could miss its message.

The reaction was instant; even Ares fell quiet at the new arrival. Reyna's eyes widened as did most of the other demigods. The shadows swirled slightly revealing a tall, black haired woman. The Gods paled even more as they took in the intimidating woman. Slightly shorter than Chaos, the woman could only be described as a different kind of beauty, and most definitely, a darker kind.

About as tall as Percy, her hair was black only disrupted by the blood red streaks threaded through, tied up in a high ponytail with the slightest of strands framing her face. Her red eyes glowed with an undeniable amount of power and rage. Her rather plain red t-shirt and jeans were accompanied by a black leather jacket. She bore no weapons they could see, but Reyna could tell she wouldn't need weapons, at least for this.

The woman's gaze pierced each of the Gods as they all collectively shrank down in their thrones, before turning to each of the demigod's in barely restrained fury. Reyna froze as the blood red eyes landed on her lingering for a few seconds longer before they finally made their way back to Zeus.

Chaos looked amused as the woman stalked up to Zeus.

"You disgust me, Chaos offers her assistance, offers to protect you miserable insects and this are how you repay her." Each word was growled out as the gods had the decency to look ashamed.

"This is Tenebris, my right hand. As you can probably tell she is rather protective of me." Chaos smiled lightly as some of the demigod's tried to force out a chuckle.

"She will assist you in battle and command the armies. For training, she and her sibling will divide everyone. They will go over that once everyone is caught up."

Tenebris snorted harshly. "These demigods look dead on their feet, the training will have to wait." Returning her glare to the Gods, she continued. "Are you all so incompetent that you can't even afford to look after your own children? We can go over our plans when they aren't going to pass out randomly."

Sparing a glance to her friends Reyna couldn't help but silently agree and give thanks. Everyone was tired and some were even recovering from minor injuries from small skirmishes along the way. Respect blossomed in her chest for the red-eyed woman. The Gods would have never noticed and if they did they wouldn't care.

Chaos nodded, "Well then, we are almost finished anyway. After a year I will return to check up on your progress. In the meantime, Tenebris will act as my eyes and ears here. This should go without being said, but she will have the final word on any decisions. … Anything to add Tenebris?"

Tenebris shrugs, "From now on you will all refer to me as Dark, and my real name is not to be spoken again. It's better for everyone, especially since scouts won't identify me as easily."

Chaos claps her hand smiling happily in contrast to the terrified Olympians; "Splendid, I'll have a place warded for both demigods to meet up at in …" She looks at Tene- Dark.

"Maximum in a month. I will head to both camps to oversee the process. The Gods will help in by teleporting a small group of demigods." The empathize she put on those two words booked no argument and she nodded her head.

Reyna nodded her head in agreement, a month was more than enough time to prepare the legion and recall any demigods on quests.

"I have a question." Reyna said, "If you knew this was coming then why to warn us now?"

Dark and Chaos exchanged glances. "You see-"Chaos began only to be gently interrupted.

"We weren't sure where he was going to end up," Dark replied gently. "No use in training you if you were never to be used."

Reyna nodded concealing another yawn, but she couldn't help but feel there was something else.

"If you're all done, your respective parent will take you back to your camp." Announced Chaos.

The demigods perked up at the thought of being able to spend a few minutes with their parent and even Zeus looked to be slightly pleased with the command. With a few quick farewells, the throne room quickly cleared out leaving only the children of the minor gods, Reyna and both Chaos and the newly dubbed Dark.

The demigod's glanced at Chaos before turning to find their own parent in the minor god's throne room. Reyna watched the room clear out before turning towards the elevator.

"You there Praetor." Reyna froze at the sound of Dark's voice. "Where is your parent?" Reyna turned noting Chaos was no longer there and she was left in the throne room with Dark.

"My mother faded shortly after my sister and I were born," Reyna stated, her tone polite and to the point.

"So where do you think you're going then?" Reyna could hear the footsteps coming closer until Dark was right next to her.

"I was going to drive back to camp," Reyna replied. As she turned to face the warrior she froze as her eye meet those wonderfully dark red eyes. Gulping slightly she faintly noticed how close the other woman was and took a shaky step back.

Those eyes held so much raw power that Reyna couldn't look away. Dark looked angry for a second before relaxing a giving Reyna a faint smile. Reyna took a second to appreciate the warrior's beauty before her brain reconnected.

"You look like you'll fall asleep the second you enter the elevator." Dark replied easily, "I take you myself. I was planning on discussing the use of the older Romans with you anyway."

Reyna shook herself back into reality shocked by the offer.

"No, I couldn't, I-"

Dark grinned before placing a hand on Reyna's shoulder effectively halting the stream of protests. Reyna's heart fluttered at the smile before she found herself mirroring the smile.

"I'm afraid I must insist Praetor –" She paused for a moment looking at Reyna for assistance.

"Oh um, Reyna. My name is Reyna."

"No last name?"

Reyna blushed, "I don't like to use it."

Dark nodded, "Well then let's not waste any more time Reyna."

With that, Dark took off her jacket setting it on Reyna's shoulders. As she did so Reyna stared at the newly exposed arms transfixed for a moment.

"What are you-,"Reyna started.

"Trust me; Shadow Traveling isn't fun for mortals," Dark said evenly as she led Reyna over to a relatively small shadow.

"What do you-"Reyna couldn't say anymore as the ground fell out from under her and she suddenly dropped into the nausea-inducing ride. Within seconds the shadows around her receded and she stumbled forward slightly.

"Woah there, the first time is the worst." Dark arms came to steady her from behind.

Reyna could only cling to those arms as the world spun for a few moments.

"T-That was not Shadow Travel." Reyna forced out

"That is shadow travel, the one your friend Nico uses is a watered down version," Dark replied humorously.

After a few more moments Reyna finally stood up, glancing at the arm wrapped around her waist and blushing furiously.

"Um thank you." Reyna croaked out, stepping out of the embrace with her cheeks flaming. What in the world was happening to her, she was a praetor, not some silly school girl. Dark chuckled and Reyna felt herself turning even redder at the sound. Reyna shook her head, this was not like her.

"You're welcome. Get a night of sleep, I'll return in the morning to make the announcement." Dark shrugged, "And no working until I get back Praetor, I'll need you at your best tomorrow. " With a friendly wave, Dark stepped back into a shadow before suddenly disappearing.

Reyna shook her head. Wasn't Dark just snarling at the gods looking like she wanted to kill them all? This new God? Titan? … Whatever she was, she didn't make any sense. This was going to be an interesting year. Reyna moved to her apartment before she realized Dark had left her jacket behind. Shaking her head she carefully folded it resolving to hand it to her the next she saw her.

Hopefully, until then she could figure out how to feel about the Red-eyed Guard. … Yes, Guardian sums her up perfectly Reyna thought to herself, nodding happily.

Thanks to Archer1eye, my new helper, the first chapter should be way better now. He helped catch a few mistakes that I kept missing, and I'm sure that I would have never caught them had he no come and help me.

Archer: She's exaggerating. I highly doubt I'm that helpful.