It was the night before the battle. That was the night that I realized the truth. Gaea was playing me. Using me. I wanted to run, from Gaea, the battle, everything. But I couldn't, I was bound to Gaea. Leaving wasn't an option. None of this would have happened if it weren't for Alex. My life was in ruins. I needed someone to comfort me, to save me from the torture of knowing that I would die soon.

"Why would you need comforting?" hissed a voice in my head. Gaea.

I didn't respond. I tried to let my mind go blank, but it didn't work. My eyes shut tightly and I thought about my fate.

"Nothing can stop it, child. You took the path of naïve-ness and stupidity," Gaea whispered.

I started to think about tomorrow. The battle. I stood there in my white dress, the whole of Camp Half Blood stood before me, prepared to kill me. Jacob dashed towards me, trying to save me. He drew me into a dark room, a happy smile crossed his face.

"Hailey, I don't want to kill you," he whispered.

"Please don't. Just, just, make it fast," I saidd almost silently. The room started to get even darker and I shut my eyes. I thought about Alex, I loved him, yet I didn't know how I felt right now. My brother sent a knife through my hand and I cried out in pain.

"I can't do this," he whispered.

I shook my head and returned to reality. It's not true. I didn't almost die in the dark.

"Gaea?" I asked softly. Gaea appeared beside me. There was a weird look in her eyes, different from before.

"What?" Gaea hissed at me. My thoughts dashed back to the night before I left camp. A green shape appears in my mind's eye. My iPod! I almost grinned, but I didn't. My eyes peered deeper into the picture, I pick out the words: Everything is Ending by Chameleon Circuit. I sang it through my head quickly. It was describing my life. It was a prophecy, well, almost.

"Everything is ending," the words escaped my lips before I can stop them. I know what will happen next. Gaea's voice is strange when she replies with the very words that I knew she would say. Her voice is filled with many emotions. Anger? Remorse? Sadness?

"I can't believe you didn't see it sooner."

The next day, I suffered what seemed to be the kiss of death. Death, not life.

I really should have seen it sooner.

A/N: This was a songfic for Hailey from Marykate3000's story: The Next Generation. You really should check it out if you like PJO, plus it has some Tratie in it! The song was Everything is Ending by Chameleon Circuit. BTW, i know ill get comments saying "You can't write songfic" and stuff, but what i dont want to get in the comments is "in one paragraph you completely effed up on tenses" i know i did! I wrote this when i got back from Kentucky, which was the best week in KY ever! So, R&R, check out the Next Generation...etc.

-Liz