Disclaimer: Rick Riordan's an adult, and I'm a teen. Simple as that.

Prologue

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"Do it!" Sorako whispered to me. "I can't seal her soul in me that long. I don't have enough power, so kill me. Now."

"I-I can't! You know I can't! I can't let you die, not like this. Ellie's waiting for us. Not just me." How could you ask me to kill you? I love you too much to do that.

"Wakateiru. Demo...sore okonawa re suru hitsuyō ga arimasu nanika."* She panted, her face full of pain. She squeezed her eyes shut, trying to ignore the relapse from using too much power.

"I know, but I really can't do this, Sorako. I don't give a damn if Gaea wipes out humankind. We can go to the other planets." Her breathing returned to normal again. When she opened her eyes, they're back to their normal color of blue and chocolate brown. Her expression was stony.

"Dewa watashi wa sore o okonaimasu."^ She grabbed the gun that I had on my holster. Before I could react, she pointed the gun to her head and pulled the trigger.

"NO!" I shouted. I catched her just before she fell on the ground. Tears streamed down my face to her bloodied one. I let out all the pain and agony I felt in one long scream.

And then the whole world turned dark. But it's not the kind of dark where you can't see anything. It's the kind that makes you think the world's ending or dying, literally. Every god, demigod, Guardian, and even the remaining monsters became quiet, dreading whatever's going to happen. Then I started to hear noises, like pants and gasps. I looked around me once more and saw that the others, excluding the Guardians, were bent over and clutching their throats, gasping for air. I then realized that the oxygen levels were decreasing, like...like in space! We, the Guardians, looked at each other, starting to panic. That's when we started to hear a chant. A normal demigod can't understand it since the language is older than Ancient Greek, but I did. My eyes widened. I know that chant! I looked for the one who's chanting, and saw that it was her.

"No!" I lunged.

*I know. But...it's something that must be done.

^Then I will do it.

Soooo, how was it? Good? Bad? Please review! I allowed anonymous reviewers now. I'm gonna post Chap 1 as soon as I can, but that would be far in the future because there's no internet in our dorm.

P.S. For those who read this before: Yes, I changed it. I wish you'll like this version more. *hopeful look*