Author's note: Hello! Some of you may have been directed here by my other story, Betrayed. If not, then welcome! This story will be another Pertemis. Idk why, but I just enjoy writing about them. Anyway, here goes nothing!

Annabeth POV

I fought along with my mother, each of us battling Enceladus, born to oppose Athena. We were doing okay, and the others of the seven were fighting the giants too. The Greeks and Romans had been brought together by Reyna, Nico and Coach Hedge when they got the Athena Parthenos back to camp in time. Now, they had been transported here by the Party Ponies, who were also fighting. I sprinted up Enceladus's arm, slashing quickly with my drakon bone sword. I reached his shoulder, and cut his ear off.

"Hey!" he cried indignantly. Athena turned into a massive owl and flew up to his face. She raked her claws through his eyes, and they popped out. I almost threw up, but I managed to hold it in. I jumped up onto his head, and with a shout, drove my sword into his skull. He stilled momentarily, before Athena threw a spear into his chest, and he vaporized on the spot. I turned to help the others, but they were all finishing up their battles. Finally, the giants had been defeated. My blood had been spilled on the earth, but Percy's hadn't yet. Gaea was still asleep. The army of monsters quickly retreated, running into the hills, screaming in terror. I found Percy and hugged him, gave hi ma kiss despite the heavy nosebleed he had. We stayed that way in each others' arms until suddenly Piper cried out

"Percy, look out!" I looked at him to see what she was talking about, and noticed too late. The blood from his nose had run down the side of his face, onto his chin, and fallen. I watched it plummet, and time seemed to slow. I tried to intercept it, but it hit the ground and a massive earthquake knocked everyone off their feet. The gods panicked and teleported away, all except Artemis who stayed with her hunters. A massive fist shashed out of the ground, followed by another one. Demigods and Party Ponies scrambled back. The hands landed on the rim of the hole, and Gaea puleld herself out of the ground. She stared at us all, with unblinking eyes of marble.

Finally, the blood of the greatest hero of all time has been spilled! I awake! And, to fulfill my promise Percy Jackson, I will start my rule by destroying your precious home!

Blood roared in my ears, and I sprinted towards her, my sword in my hand. Percy called out behind me, but I ignored him. I couldn't let anyone get hurt. Never again would someone suffer because of my lack of courage. I leaped up onto Gaea's foot, which was easily as tall as I was. I climbed higher, using the cracks in her earthen skin as footholds. Before she could register what I was doing, I was on her shoulder. I climbed up onto her head, and stabbed down, cleaving the stone in two. Instead of her being fatally wounded like I'd hoped, she simply willed the earth to rise up and heal her. When it reached me, it pulled my down to her hand, which closed around me.

You shall never escape the earth, for all things must fall eventually.

She began to squeeze, and I almost blacked out. The pain was worse than holding the sky, worse than Tartarus. I barely registered the seven of the prophecy screaming in rage and running forward to help, followed by the other demigods of the two camps, and the Party Ponies. Gaea bellowed in rage, and kicked up several campers. But there were too many of them. I saw the Argo II in the sky, Leo and Hephaestus aiming some kind of contraption at Gaea. Then, they fired it, and It fell down over her. A massive, Celestial Bronze net tangled Gaea up, and it seemed to sew itself shut. Gaea gripped me harder, and I heard several bones snap, and the pain grew to an almost unbearable level. I was surprised that I hadn't passed out yet, but I knew that I would leave today with permanent injuries, if I left at all. The Argo II began to pull Gaea up into the sky, and held her there while she thrashed around wildly. She stared straight at Percy in pure rage.

If my waking ends before I gain rule, then I keep my promise to you. I will take the thing you care about most.

Percy realized what that meant at the same time I did, before Gaea threw me down from her position in the sky, and I slammed into the earth, and passed out. I didn't dream, but my unconsciousness seemed to last shorter than expected. When I woke, Percy was kneeling on fron of me, crying. I reached out, ignoring the pain in my arm, and gripped his hand weakly. I registered the Argo II in the background, now with a net full of flaming gravel. Gaea was gone, dispersed as thinly as her husband Ouranus. But that didn't matter to me. All that mattered was that Percy was with me.

"You are not dying on me, Annabeth! Please don't do it!" I could hear the pure desperation and fear in his voice, but I could also hear the love his words carried. I tried to smile, and managed a weak one. I tried to respond, but only coughed up blood. Percy leaned down and hugged me, crying into my shoulder. I felt myself beginning to float upward, my consciousness like a helium balloon. With my final breath, I whispered into his ear

"I love you Percy."

And then, my setting changed. I felt whispy, and ghostlike. I looked down and gasped. I was a ghost! I looked back up and realized with a start where I was. Charon regarded me coldly from his desk.

"I take it you didn't drown in a bathtub this time?"

"No sir, I did not. I died when Gaea threw me into the earth and broke all my bones."

"Ah... for your bravery, I think I'll let you have a free ride across. Hades wouldn't want a hero of Olympus to stay on the wrong side of the river." He got up, grabbed his elevator key, and led me to the doors. As I passed, the shades stopped what they were doing and watched. Then, one bowed. Then another, and soon they were all bowing on the ground. I felt tears in my ghost-eyes, at the thought of these people I never even knew paying respect. I got into the elevator, and the music played softly. Charon sensed that I wasn't in the mood to talk, so we rode in silence, the steady downward motion changing into a rocking. I blinked, and we were on a boat, floating down the river Styx. Erebus approached in the gloom, and the judging pavilion lay before it. Charon got off the boat with me, and led me through the line, cutting ahead of all the shades. The judges of the dead stared down at me blankly, except Minos looked at me coldly. No one said a word, as they looked through my memories. Finally, one spoke.

"You have done the world a great deed, and you should not go without reward. You may choose whatever you want to do in the afterlife, and Hades will allow it." I thought for a moment, and nodded in thanks. I quickly left the dining pavilion, and walked towards Erebus. Out of the gloom, I saw three massive heads, attached to one giant body. Cerberus looked up gloomily, then back down. Then, he did a double-take when he realized who I was. Instead of running up to me, he whimpered in sadness, but reached into the crook of one of his necks. My eyes watered and tears began to flow freely down my face as he brought out a tattered, beaten, used flap of rubber. It was mostly coated in dust, but I saw traces of red here and there.

"Hello Cerberus. I told you I'd come back."