This is set 2 years after the Titan War. HoO didn't happen, there will be a twist on it later.

AN/ This is the betrayal part, the story will twist afterwards.

Percy POV

I was furious. After all this time, all these years, she had decided to cheat on me?! With a son of Zeus, no less! My friends had all abandoned me besides the Stolls, Katie, and Nico. Why? I don't even know. He was a good swordsman, but rather arrogant and hadn't displayed lightning powers, just wind powers. But even after all that, the worst part was when my parents died.

(Flashback)

Me and Nico were chatting about the aftermath of the Titan War, and the worrying part that monsters were reforming quicker than natural, when there was a scream. Me and Nico ran towards the hill, where the scream had come from. We met up with the Stolls and Katie, the latter of whom had been chasing the former before the scream happened.

We saw a demigod running up the hill, holding an elegant sword made of silver. He had electric blue eyes, and was being chased by a chimera. Not the original, it was just a descendant. Still plenty scary, though.

Me and Connor sprinted at the beast, with Nico hot on our heels after summoning some undead and wrapping shadows around the beast. Katie and Travis hung back and pulled out bows, with Katie taking a second to wrap thorny vines around the chimera.

The chimera roared in pain, as Connor pulled the demigod across the border. Me and Nico plunged our blades through the things goat and snake heads, respectively. Two arrows hit it in each of its eyes, finally causing it to disintegrate.

We congratulated each other and walked up the hill, where we spotted Connor sprawled on the ground. At first we thought he was taking a nap, until we saw the wound. It was massive. It was clearly a stab wound, but what was curious was that he had a head wound that looked like a hilt.

We force-fed him ambrosia and nectar, then carried him to the Big House. He was still unconscious, but the head hit had disappeared. Chiron looked at him and immediately Told us to take him into the infirmary, while Travis ran to get the Apollo kids.

The Apollo campers came and, long story short, he would be fine in a few weeks, though he was not expected to wake for a week.

When we got outside, everyone was cheering on a demigod, as Chiron knelt and said, "All hail Hercules Smith, Son of Zeus!"

From there it just got worse, as he started boasting about having killed the Minotaur after having been told in person by Zeus to come to camp. He accused everyone who had been there of not helping, and the worst bit was that everyone seemed to believe him besides the Hephaestus and Hecate cabins, as well as the cabin counselors.

After a while, Herc started framing me. Clarisse thought I broke her spear and badly injured one of her little brothers. Will thought I burned all of his stuff. Even Thalia, dear, dear, Thalia, (#sarcasm) believed her little brother when he told her the I had stolen and broken her spear and bow. The only people I had left were the Stolls, Katie, Nico, Annabeth, and the entirety of the minor gods' (besides Eros) and Hephaestus cabins. Malcolm still talked to me, but we weren't really friends.

And then the worst happened. I had just come back from Olympus, where I had asked Athena for Annabeth's hand in marriage. To my surprise, she agreed without hesitation, saying that I was worthy after saving the gods' thrones. When I got back, I asked Annabeth if she would join at the beach in a hour. She seemed strangely distant, but agreed nonetheless.

Time Skip

When I went to our special spot, and saw Annabeth laughing with some other guy. I walked closer and saw as they leaned in and kissed. I stood there heartbroken, then clung to my last hope that this was a dare. I decided to eavesdrop on them, to see if this was a mistake. It wasn't. I could clearly hear her saying how much better Hercules was then me.

I watched as they began to make out. My rage formed 2 massive water hands that clapped around them, trapping them in a bubble. I stormed up to them, and started yelling at them. punching Herc backwards into a mini hurricane.

I took out my ring. I showed it to Annab*tch, who gasped at its beauty. It was a simple stormy gray, the same color of her eyes, with a emerald that looked like my eyes. It was inscribed with a simple "I will always love you." Annab*tch was crying, saying things like "I'm sorry!" and "It's not what it looks like!" which kinda contradict each other.

I tossed the ring high in the air, then cleft it in half with one strong slash. After that, I grabbed my stuff, left a note, and got ready to go, including my secret goblet, so I could have soda whenever.

(Flashback End)

I ran out of camp with tears in my eyes after everything has happened, I knew I needed to get away. What better place to get away from demigods than the west coast? Well there is Alaska but it's too cold there, maybe after a few years. Titan magic is lingering so no sane demigod lives there. Good thing I'm not completely sane after this.

I booked a flight from New York to San Fran after running home and saying goodbye to my mom and Paul. It took roughly 3½ hours to get there but when I did get there the first thing I did was scout around for a good place to rest because it was getting pretty late. After half an hour I found an 'abandoned' house that still had a heater running, must've only recently been abandoned.

I laid down to rest for a few hours and woke up at about 7 A.M. according to my watch/shield(In this Tyson built him another one). I started walking along looking for things to scavenge to make myself some shelter, stuff to sell, etc. Good thing I spent a year training with the Hephaestus cabin, I know how to forge all kinds of different things. I even got the blessings of three minor forge gods by doing favors for them.

I spent a few hours walking around when I left the city a bit and I saw something I thought I'd never see again. The junkyard of the gods, I thought it was further East. Must move around like Daedalus' workshop. I thought about leaving but I realized there wasn't a guardian anymore so I could take anything I want without stirring up any trouble. I smiled and started walking towards the mountains of junk.

Time skip, 2 hours.

Percy POV

It's only been two hours since I entered the graveyard and I've already found a hunter's tent that is huge! It's basically an entire house, just without windows. It has a master bedroom, guest bedroom, kitchen, front room, a basement, 3 bathrooms, 4 closets, etc. It is also fully wired up with electronics and video games and stuff.

After my amazing find I went out and started searching for things to make my life easier. I found an 'instant-farm' made by Demeter, I saw something like that on Olympus once and this one looks smaller than the ones advertised, must be why it's here. I grabbed it and walked it back to my tent where I set it up and it instantly expanded to a one acre farm with the crops already grown. I looked at the label and it said "Crops always magically grown, never run out of food!" I smiled when I realized I never had to go back, I was self sufficient.

I finally could live on my own, without having to rely on anyone, without the stress of wars, without any of that. I was free.