Disclaimer: I am not Rick Riordan, this is merely fanfiction.
We did it Seaweed Brain. We won. We closed the Doors of Death and stopped Gaia. But it doesn't feel like we won. If we won, you'd be stood here next to me mourning the campers who died defending our home. But you're not. I'm stood here, so alone, and mourning you. Mourning your death. Why did you die Percy? Why did you leave me? I thought we were never going to be apart again, as long as we were together. But this isn't together, this is different worlds. I wish I could be with you Percy, I wish we were together even if it means my death too. But I can't. I know I can't. You died for me. Why? Why did you jump in front of me Percy? That blade was meant for me, not you.
Nothing's the same here anymore. It doesn't even feel like home properly. Everywhere I go, a memory of you is there. The lake, how could I forget that? The woods, the countless games of capture the flag. The cabins, all those times you saved me from the spiders.
Gods Percy, I'd face all those spiders you'd saved me from if it meant you were here. Hades, I'd do anything to have you here with me. Is that selfish? We knew sacrifices were necessary for this. But I'd never imagined what it would be like if you'd left. It doesn't feel real. I don't feel real. I just feel empty, nothing. I can't even cry. I'm too lost, too distraught to even cry at your shroud.
Even now, I wish it was like it was years ago. When we thought you were dead but you weren't. Even now, I cling to that feeble hope that you'll walk through the woods and into my arms. I shouldn't think this. I saw you... I saw you die. I know you're not coming back.
So many times has the thought of joining you crossed my mind. But no matter how much it hurts, no matter how much it shatters my heart, I know I can't. I can't do that to you, to everyone at Camp. You died for me. I have to live for you.
Somehow.
A/N Hi, thanks for reading! This is the first story I've uploaded and I'd like to be optimistic and say there may potentially be others? I don't know, I'll have to see.
Reviews would be massively appreciated!