Okay, so I'm normally not a Thalia/Luke fan (sorry I don't remember their couple name), but I came up with this idea and I just had to type it up. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy it. =)

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I was only seven then, so I didn't understand how Luke and Thalia really felt about each other. All I can say now is that they loved each other enough to die together. They loved me and Grover enough to die protecting us.

The horde of monsters was coming fast. Too fast. Thalia turned to her companions, looking each of them in the face. Little Annabeth, who was only seven years old, but yet she had enough guts to stab a Cyclops in the foot. Now she looked so tired she could barely stand. Holding her up was Grover, the brave satyr who had tried so hard to get them here safely, but the poor guy barely seemed old enough to hold that much responsibility on his shoulders.

Thalia's gaze landed on Luke last. They had been through so much together… Thalia couldn't stand the thought of never seeing him again. But Thalia knew what she had to do.

"You guys go on," she said grimly. "I'll hold them off."

They all looked at her in shock. Grover was the first to respond. "You… you can't Thalia," he stammered. "You'll… you'll die."

"That's a chance I have to take," Thalia replied. "It's either I die, and you guys get away safely, or we all die and put the camp at risk."

Grover opened his mouth to object, but Luke interrupted him.

"You go ahead and take Annabeth," Luke told Grover.

"What about you?" Grover asked him.

Luke looked at Thalia. Without taking his eyes off her, he said "I'm staying here to fight."

Thalia wanted to argue, but she knew Luke's mind wouldn't be changed. Besides, she knew that she would die. Might as well die with her best friend by her side.

The group said their goodbyes, and then Grover led Annabeth down the hill.

"Why are we leaving them?" she asked.

Grover looked back up the hill where Thalia and Luke stood, braced for battle. Then he looked back down at Annabeth. "They're saving us," he replied.

Together, on Half-Blood, Thalia and Luke made their final stand to protect their friends. They fought as hard as they could, but were eventually over powered. When they fell, a few feet apart, Luke reached out and took Thalia's hand.

"I love you, Thalia," he said.

"I love you too, Luke," Thalia responded.

As they neared death, Zeus used their spirits to create two trees, strengthening the borders of Camp Half-Blood. While these two trees have separate trunks, at the top, they blend together and seem to become one tree.

Till this day, those trees stand like that: a symbol of the two demigods, a daughter of Zeus and a son of Hermes, who made their final stand in love.

I look up at those trees from time to time, and remember back to that night. Thalia had been willing to stay by herself and save the rest of us, but Luke wouldn't let her. I remember seeing them standing on the top of the hill, and how they had sacrificed themselves to save me and Grover. They both died a hero's death with the one person they loved. From that day on, I've always known that that's how I want to die.

So, the ending might not be too great, since Thalia and Luke die. I don't really have a problem with killing Luke, since he's dead anyway. Thalia was a bit harder, but we all know her story, so this is basically just a retelling of it. Oh, and in case you didn't figure it out, the italics are in Annabeth's POV.

Oh, and in case you haven't heard, Rick's posted the first chapter of The Son of Neptune and the cover. I'm not saying anymore though =) Check Rick Riordan's website for the preview!

Tell me what you guys think! Review =)