Allen fell asleep only to be greeted by his mother hugging him. "Mom? what's going on why are you contacting me by dream again?" "I am worried about you my Son and the Camp." Achlys said concern in her voice. "Misery is gathering around the Camp and even the entire world. Something big will happen soon and will bring a lot of misery. The only clue is a Prophecy that was hidden from the Big three and that someone stole something from Zeus." she said and used her hand to glide through Allen's hair.
"Even worse, your----" As Achlys wanted to say more, the Dream broke and Bell found himself in a place familiar to him. "Seems like they were right, we fucked up." Allen heard a male voice talk and he remembered the Bathhouse he was in now. "Did i die?" Allen asked concerned, as he saw the being coming towards him. "No you didn't die, but something happened to you or more your soul." It stated.
"Why is it getting weaker?" Allen asked concerned. "The Opposite it's growing." Allen was confused"Isn't it good for it to grow?" But the Man shook his head "Not in the way it does, your soul is devouring your partial godhood you gained from being a demigod, to grow rapidly. Even though your partial godhood was meant to stop your soul from growing and getting stronger." "Why?" Allen asked.
"Your old world had a problem, your souls got stronger by each generation, but not your bodies. In turn your souls outgrew your body's limit and to save itself the Soul transformed the body into a state, were it could still exist in it. That's the Crystalization sickness, the body's turning into the image of Thier souls." The Man explained. Allen was shocked "But wouldn't changing the bodies into crystal, cause the person to die?" he asked.
"In your view it's death, since no heart beats exist or any other signs of life, though in our view it's still alive since the Soul still exist and thrives inside that new body." He explained patiently and Allen looked down "Then how did i die? After all the Crystalization sickness doesn't kill." he wanted to know, since he assumed it were the Crystals that killed him. "It was your mother, she mercy killed you, not wanting to see you suffer, as you would crystalize further." Allen didn't feel angry, he could understand his mother.
"So what will happen? Will i turn into a Crystal?" Allen asked, wanting to ask about his future. "No, in your old world, the soul could only transform your body into crystal to make it stronger. But here something else exist that increases the strength of your body. Divinity, instead of changing your body on itself, it's eating and changing your divinity to fit itself better. But this will also have it's consequences."
"Consequences like your body changing slowly, after all as demigod half of your body and powers influenced by the partial divinity inside you. Your powers will also change over time, changing into something different for sure. This will also make it harder to control your powers till your new ones have fully formed. Next is as long as your soul grows, something it seems to do, you will probably reach Godhood passively over time, without needing to do anything. Since as your soul grows, so will your divinity."
"So i can become a god just by waiting? Doesn't seem that bad?" Allen wondered why it counts as bad. "Waking up with pain filling your entire body, like it's boiled alive, seeing your own skin peel itself off. Your powers becoming uncontrollable and causing misery to everyone near you. I don't think that something like this is just waiting."
"Can't you do something about it?" Allen asked as he felt sick just thinking about his skin falling off of him by itself. "Yes, since it was our miscalculations, you will be given a medicine as compensation. It will help with the bodily changes, so the effects won't be this drastic. It will also help control your powers a bit, but there is still a chance for them to get out of control." The Man said and summoned what looks like pill, before just shoving it down Allen's throat.
Allen swallowed it and felt a change inside him. "It's best for you to not use your powers and to distance yourself from others for a year or so. This would be the best way to make sure that no one will get harmed. Though it's only a recommendation, it's your decision to act upon it." The Man said and Allen found himself in his bed. Looking out one of the Windows he noticed it was still dark outside and walked down to the Kitchen.
He made himself a hot chocolate and sat down, thinking about what the higher being said. A year of isolation, when the Adventures of Percy were about to begin. Not being able to hang out with his friends, he looked at himself and asked out loud "Can't you just complete the change quicker? I will allow everything expect hurting others to make it go by quicker. Even when it means giving up anything i have!"
As if it heard Allen's wish, he felt something stir inside him and pain assaulted his body as he felt something familiar and his fingers turned into crystal! Scared he looked in horror as it spread quickly up it's arms as the feeling inside him gets stronger and stronger. He couldn't even manage to scream as his entire body turned into one big crystal.
Author here, the other two chapters for this week will be posted around the weekend since i am a bit busy. Anyway have a nice day/night?