1)My first fanfic, so please tell what you think of it! Any advice or ideas would really be appreciated.
2)I hate stories that take forever, so I'll try my best to update as quick as possible.
3)Romance aspect comes in a bit later, but I assure you it will be there. PM me or leave in review who you want since it's pretty open and their are loads of possibilities.
4)Finally in following all the Percy Jackson fan fiction conventions, I must declare that no, I absolutely do not own Percy Jackson, that amazing story is written by the brilliant Mr. Rick Riordan who is not me, unfortunately.
Ch.1
"No! Gods NO! Annabeth wake up!" A boy screamed with anguish as he shook the lifeless body of the girl presumably named "Annabeth."
His unruly dark hair looked as if he had just fought a battle. His startling sea green eyes streaming with tears. His face was so full of pain making it almost physically impossible to witness the scene unfold without hurting.
The next thing he knew, he rolled over next to Annabeth, face on the ground, eyes closed.
Prologue
The Gigantomachy was over, Gaea and her forces had been defeated. Still there was not much celebrating on the battlefield. The losses had been heavy -Leo had died on his kamikaze mission- sending the Evil Mother back into her slumber.
Or so everyone thought, before returning to her slumber, Gaea sought to exact some revenge with the remains of her power.
She scanned the battlefield, looking for those insufferable seven demigods who had ruined her plans of revenge on the Gods.
"Hmmm, who will it be?" She mused.
"Jason maybe? Or better yet Perseus, that boy had grown too powerful. Even without his Curse of Achilles, he was by far the strongest demigod of the Age, at his best; Gaea knew he proved a threat to even the Olympians, save the three Elder Gods. He needed to die.
"Where is he." She thought sleepily.
If she could she would have liked to kill the remaining six demigods. Unfortunately she had to make do with just one. Any moment she would slip back into her deep slumber and probably not wake up for another four millennia. She needed to end this as quickly as possible.
She spotted Frank Zhang and Hazel Levesque embracing still in their battle armour. Nico D'Angelo assisting Will Solace in healing the wounded. Piper McLean sat with the son of Zeus in her lap, bandaging his head. He had been knocked out cold once again it would seem.
"Hmmm, tempting, he has also given me much grief."
Not that she, Gaea felt any, but she was still mildly annoyed when he and his friends stormed the Wolf House and freed Hera, and then later brought down her son Porphyrion, with his father's help.
His death would affect Zeus greatly as well.
But no, killing him it would be too easy, not gratifying enough, she decided.
And besides Jason was not even the second strongest demigod after Perseus, that place was reserved for the son of Hades.
But she didn't want Nico. She wanted Perseus! She thought furiously.
In moments she'd begone, with no revenge at all -she'd take out Grace, just to annoy that upstart Zeus for killing Kronos all those eons ago.
As she set her sights on Jason once again, she suddenly heard exactly what she was looking for.
"Ouch"
"Sorry I know it hurts"
Annabeth sat wincing on a small boulder as Percy kneeled at her feet. A thin dagger embedded in her calf. The nectar had eased some of the pain, but there was so little of it, the wound hadn't healed. The ambrosia and nectar supply was already stretched with the dozens of wounded demigod's.
Annabeth tried to shrug the pain off and just pull out the dagger and bandage it.
But her boyfriend was having none of that. He carried her against her will to sit on the boulder as he grabbed a flask with his free hand from the Healer's tent.
"Relax, it won't hurt." He said soothingly.
"It's not the pain I'm worried about." She said indignantly.
"Huh? Then what?"
"It's your healing skills Seaweed Brain! I don't plan to limp on one foot the rest of my life; don't need permanent damage to my leg because you suck at healing."
"Haha, very funny Wise Girl, but I actually know what I'm doing, for once!"
"For once", how reassuring"
"Shut up"
"Get on with it"
Percy uncapped the flask, and with his hand willed the water to rise and carefully applied it on the edge of the exposed dagger blade.
As the water dripped into the wound, Annabeth felt the weirdest sensation as she felt her leg slowly heal, layer by layer, pushing the dagger out of the wound.
"See? All better!" Percy exclaimed
"Wow nice work Seaweed Brain you aren't completely useless."
Percy was about to retort when Annabeth's lips crashed onto his and he was too occupied to say anything.
After what seemed like forever they separated.
Annabeth looked into Percy's eyes and whispered
"Thank You, for everything"
Percy face returned to its signature troublemaker smile.
"You know I love you right?" Annabeth said in the same whisper her face serious.
"Yeah yeah I know I kinda like you too" He said laughing.
Annabeth swiftly punched him in the arm.
"Ouch!" Percy yelped.
"Okay, okay, I love you too Wise Girl"
"Hmph"
He grasped her arms and looked deep into her stormy grey eyes, and repeated more seriously:
"I love you Annabeth, I would never be able to survive without you."
That's what had caught Gaea's attention.
Ch.1 continued...
"Ahh how touching little heroes, sorry to ruin your little moment"
Annabeth and Percy looked stunned as they heard what could only be Gaea's voice in their head.
But she had been defeated, no it couldn't be. In their stunned stupor, Gaea instantly took control of Percy's mind with ease.
"Too easy." She thought. If he was on his guard it would have been much harder. The ocean's unpredictable nature made mind control on the Son of Poseidon for very long, close to impossible.
"How to do it" She mused.
Annabeth stood watchful, dagger in hand as she tried to detect the position of the foreign presence.
"Ahhh, that's the exact same cursed dagger that reaped my son Kronos's soul. Revenge could still be sweet." Gaea thought, triumphantly.
"Annabeth give me the dagger" Percy said calmly, eyes glazed.
Annabeth snapped her head and studied Percy for a second, then nodded uncertainly and handed the knife over to Percy.
Percy raised the dagger slowly with blade facing downwards, up to his heart.
"Finally" Gaea thought.
As she willed Percy to stab himself in the heart.
A memory crossed her mind,
"I love you Annabeth, I would never be able to survive without you."
"STOP." She ordered Percy.
He stopped, but not before the tip of the dagger had penetrated his skin. He felt to his knees.
Annabeth looked at him with shock and fear and rushed to him.
"Percy what is wrong with you! You almost killed yourself"
Gaea/Percy pulled out the knife that had barely cut Percy, studying the worried expression on Annabeth and promptly threw his arm's around her, and holding her in a warm embrace.
Annabeth was surprised but tentatively hugged him back.
Percy slowly whispered in her ear "Goodbye little Godling."
"Huh" Annabeth looked up, but she couldn't say more as Percy thrusted the dagger into her heart.
Annabeth jerked in surprise. Pain and confusion on her face, then a resigned look as she whispered "Gaea," hitting the ground.
Percy watched triumphantly, "Revenge is truly sweet," Gaea thought. And on queue she felt the last of her strength depleted, but she didn't mind, she was successful she had killed Annabeth Chase, at the son of Poseidon's hands. Perseus wouldn't be able to survive without her, he had said so himself. His fate wasn't a quick death, he'd slowly mentally deteriorate and probably take his own life out of self hate, he had in fact killed his girlfriend. Gaea had made sure to wipe his memory. Even if he didn't kill himself he'd wander the earth, a tortured broken soul, like Herakles and probably end up dying a horrible death anyways at the end, a norm for half bloods.
For now he had to deal with Gods, the blood of a demigod at his hands.
"Hero of Olympus no more." Gaea said with finality. And with that she was gone, and she wouldn't wake for eons, if ever.
And… done. Thanks for reading and hope you guys liked it. I'll try to update as quickly as I can which means hopefully in a week or two. Child of Nightshade signing off. :P