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I'm going to do it, Luke told himself, she would join me, but she is the one that is corrupted. He couldn't help but relive the past when they both traveled together escaping many dangers. There were two choices, he could sacrifice himself and give up, for now at least, or he could stand and fight. Fight his best friend, his past. She yelled his name and told him to stop. He couldn't could he? He would never be able to return to his past, it was all memories now. They couldn't return to normal, whatever normal was now. He thought he had lost her, she sacrificed herself, couldn't he do it now? But that's when he broke, when the salt water escaped from her breathtaking eyes, when she cried. It's over now, he dropped his sword, Backbiter, and ran over to her and cradled her in his arms. It felt so right, but part of his mind argued, you're useless and weak, you'll never succeed. He pushed it back though, she meant everything to him, though he probably wouldn't admit it, but she was.
All eyes were on them, all of them shocked. There were sounds of grunting and he almost forgot, they still had to fight, but not against each other, but together. The son of Poseidon neared the curse, for now at least, he owed him. "Luke!" they all cried. They resumed battle, attempting to get the titan back to his place. With the help of a goddess and three powerful demigods, they succeeded. The reunion had begun and he was tackled with hugs, from the two girls of his past.
There he was though, Percy Jackson, he had tried to kill him many times. Luke wouldn't be surprised if he hated him, and he probably did. Percy was glaring at him, standing to the side observing the situation at hand. Luke untangled himself from Thalia, who still didn't let go. He walked up to him and put out his hand, a truce, that's what they needed, so he wouldn't strangle him. But Percy just stood there, staring Luke straight in the eyes, his face seemed emotionless. Then, he walked away, hiking down the mountain.
With the help of Mr. Chase, the four demigods were dropped back at Camp Half-Blood. All the campers were surprised Luke was with them. Many tackled Luke with bone crushing hugs or greeted him with grins from ear to ear, but others, like Percy, stood near the back of the crowd glaring. Thalia, though, looked as if she was betrayed. Was it because of all I had done? She didn't seem this way during the ride. In fact, the daughter of Zeus clutched on to his hand the entire ride home. Home. That's where he finally was, where he belonged.
"Luke," she called. She pushed her way through the enormous crowd and held his gaze. He thought she was mad at him, but instead she threw her arms around his neck once again. "I missed you." she whispered in his ear. This glorious moment lasted a few seconds until Thalia stepped back and punched him in the gut. For some reason, he was ecstatic. Same old Thalia. Luke doubled over in pain. The two Stolls wiggled their eyebrows at him as if to say, nice going there, bro. Such the ladies' man. He shot them a glare.
"Thals," he croaked, smiling. A smile that actually reached his eyes. Luke stared into Thalia's piercing blue eyes and he saw her smiling too. A smug, victorious smile. Then, oh so sweetly, she sauntered up to him and smashed her lips to his. There were plenty of oohs and ahhs from the other hundred campers like an animated crowd at a sports tournament.
After Thalia backed away, Annabeth made her way past the campers. She first hugged him, but he could sense her discomfort. "Glad to have you back, Luke." she said, there was little emotion in it though. And then there was Percy, up on Mount Tam he ignored Luke's gesture of peace. He's jealous. The voice in his mind concluded. Kill him now! He's at his weakest point!
Luke shook his head, put on his friendliest looking smile, and walked up to Percy. "Hey buddy," he started. Percy crossed his arms and raised his eyebrows. "We should talk." He scoffed. Luke gave it one last shot. "Let's say we spare later?"
"This is the guy who betrayed us all!" Percy's look was murderous. He began yelling. "Do you all remember the time he poisoned Thalia's pine?! And yet you go and make out with him the first chance you get?!" He spun around and looked at Thalia. "Go ahead and throw yourselves at him! Maybe he'll steal your weapon and stab you with it, who knows!" Annabeth. Then he turned towards Luke. "And the last time we sparred, you tried to kill me! Open your eyes, do you really want him to be a part of your family again?" With that, the son of Poseidon stormed off. Luke stood there stunned, but what he didn't realize was that an old centaur, his former mentor, was quietly observing the entire scene.
Thank you, thank you! NOT. sorry, I haven't been updating my other story, I have major writer's block, hope you enjoyed the first chapter of this one! Please review! :)