The sun set out over the water, casting an orange glow on everything it touched. The waves gently washed onto the shore. The moment was peaceful, yet I held so much hate inside. The thought of ever finding anything the gods had made as good, made my stomach churn. Yet here I was, at the place I had sworn to destroy for revenge. The memory that had driven me for the last seven years flashed through my mind again.

I was running as fast as I could, the others right behind me. Over a hill up ahead I could see a huge building that could be our salvation. I could hear the monsters getting closer, as the ground started slanting upwards. I turned just in time to see blonde curly hair hit the ground. I stopped to help her up but the satyr was already on it.

"You see that house there?" The satyr shouted, pointing to the house I had spotted earlier. "Don't stop till you get to it!"

So I was right, the house would be our salvation. My spirits rose for the first time in weeks, we might actually get a peaceful nights sleep. Of course I was wrong. Just as I was about to thank the gods for our luck a tree landed right in front of me. It managed to trip our entire group.

"Is everyone okay?" I groaned as I pushed myself up.

I heard murmured 'yeahs' from the others. Satisfied with their answers I turned to look back at where we had come and caught my breath. Hundreds of monsters were only a few yards from us. Standing at the forefront of the group were the three furies and the Minotaur. I started shaking, not from fear, anger. Why because my dad was some old god did I have to suffer from constant monster attacks?

As I was about to draw the only weapon I had: a golf club, a hand stopped me. Turning to look at who had stopped me again I caught my breath. I was staring into the most amazing blue eyes in the world. Her black hair was messy and covered in twigs, but she had never looked more beautiful.

"No, don't fight them, it's me they want," she said staring into my eyes. My knees got a little weak, I could never think straight around her.

I grabbed her hand, "I won't leave you!"

Her electric blue eyes began to water with tears, "I need to do this! Even if I got down there to safety, they would hunt me like a dog for the rest of my life! I don't want that!" She leaned in and pecked me on the lips. I froze; nothing else seemed to matter anymore. My lips felt like they were on fire.

When I came back into focus, I noticed the little girl with blonde curls was hugging my closest friend. When they broke apart the blonde girls usually fierce and intellectual grey eyes were full of tears. She flung herself at me and I picked her up. I looked back to the girl whom I had just shared my first kiss and saw she was no longer crying. She looked fierce like a warrior who was ready to die fighting.

"Go," she said softly, pushing her bracelet activating her shield Aegis.

I didn't want to go, but I felt the need to honor her dying wish. I tore down the hill as fast as I could. The hairs on my arms stood straight up and I knew she was doing her specialty: lightning. As we neared the house on the other side of the hill, I heard a blood chilling scream. I turned to look back and saw her lying on the ground, pain written all over her face. Somehow as far apart as we were I could see her looking directly into my eyes.

The Minotaur advanced slowly, to deliver the final blow. Before he could reach her however a bolt of lightning descended from the heavens and hit her. I was about to be sick, her dad had just killed her! But as I watched her body began to morph. She became thicker and longer until you could make out the form of a tree. She was at the center, still with pain written all over her face. With a bang the tree was done, the girl gone forever. She had somehow become one with the tree.

I screamed at the top of my lungs, but they wouldn't let me go. I cried for the rest of the night.

I shook myself out of my memories. Sighing I walked away from the beautiful night to fulfill the task I was sent here for. I approached the tree that used to be the girl I loved. I placed my hand on the trunk of the tree. Somehow I felt like she was right there next to me, and it almost made me reconsider my mission.

But I remembered what the results would yield and it steeled my nerves. I drew my sword, half celestial bronze and half steel. It was dripping with poison from the depths of Tartarus.

"I'm sorry," I whispered as I drove the sword into the tree.

Instantly I felt the power of the poison affect the air around the tree. I panicked what if it hurt her? I shook it off, my master had assured me it wouldn't kill her. I hoped he was right.

I turned to leave but I felt the need to say something to her, "We will be together again soon Thalia, I swear." I slashed my sword in the air creating a portal, before I stepped through I turned to look at the tree and I could've sworn a blue eyed girl with messy black hair was smiling at me. I smiled back but she vanished, so sighing I stepped through the portal.