"Why?" the young son of the sea gasped out, feeling the sharp pain in his Achilles Heel. His face twisted in pain as the world around him seemed to freeze. A woman rose from the floor of the throne room, her face and body covered by a black robe. Poisonous green eyes shone from beneath the hood as she welcomed the young demigod, drawing him closer to her.
"Hello, Perseus," she said. "We meet again." Taking him by the shoulders, she turned him around to show the grizzly scene before them. In the center of the throne room was the body of Percy Jackson, still falling to the ground, a look of shock and terror on his face. Behind him stood Annabeth Chase. In her hand was the dagger that she used to betray the hero's trust. To the right was the hole that Ethan Nakamura had fallen through, ending his final and redeeming moment. In front of the throne of Zeus was the body of Luke Castellan, former host of the Titan of time. At the entrance stood Thalia Grace, an arrow nocked in her bow, ready to fire.
"What happened?" the young demigod said. "Who are you?" The goddess didn't answer his questions, simply opting to hold a finger to her lips and motion for him to watch. As he turned his attention back to the scene at hand, time resumed. The arrow knocked in Thalia's bow flew forward, striking the blonde in the right leg, directly behind the kneecap. She let loose a scream of pain as the arrow protruded from the opposite side. Falling to the ground, she dropped the dagger in her hands and laughed, a sadistic and tired smile resting on her face. Thalia had nocked another arrow and leveled it at the daughter of Athena's head. The Olympians, who had rushed to the throne room hurriedly, began to enter, the first being Athena herself.
"What is the meaning of this, Hunter?" she said, charging up a blast to incapacitate Thalia. The daughter of Zeus only glared harder at Annabeth. The blonde took this moment to try and escape.
"Mom, help me!" she shouted to the goddess. "Thalia was working with Kronos! She killed Percy!" Athena let loose a bolt of energy at Thalia, but the hunter dodged. She turned her glare on Athena.
"Not a single word of that was true," she said, her voice steady and cold. "I swear it on the Styx." Thunder rumbled in the sky. Percy could've sworn that the woman's eyes grew brighter for a brief moment.
"Care to tell me what happened then?" Athena shouted, obviously exasperated at her half-sister aiming an arrow at her child.
"I'd prefer to wait until the council arrived," Thalia answered as Zeus and Poseidon ran into the throne room. Master Bolt and Trident were raised to fight whatever Kronos had for them. They were unprepared for this scene. The trident clanged to the floor as Poseidon stared at the body of his son. Stumbling to him in disbelief, the Sea god began calling his name. The other gods, who had filtered in afterwards, stared in disbelief at the scene.
"Wake up, Percy," Poseidon whispered, his voice laced with grief. Tears began flowing as he cradled the body of Olympus's hero in his arms. His sobs came even harder as the body, as well as Luke's, began to wither to dust. Soon, there was no evidence that either body had been there, save for a few specks of black dust that floated on the wind. Zeus turned from the scene and looked at his daughter.
"What happened?" he asked her, the simple question causing tears to surface and spill down her cheek. The arrow dropped from the bow and her shoulders slumped as she fell, her body racked with sobs.
"We need three funeral pyres: one for Poseidon, one for Hermes, and one for Nemesis."
Hello, kids. It's been awhile since I've written on this site. I'm actually trying to finish a real book and get it published. So. Wish me luck on that. This is the first fanfic I plan on finishing. Whoo. Anywho, leave a review and vote on who Percy should be paired with. And yes. He did actually die. The choices are:
Artemis
Thalia
Khione(want this wildcard)
Or Zoe
I fixed it. I hope. Sorry about that. No clue what happened.
So. Please review and vote. Thank you for your time. Vale.