In the Giant War, Percy gives himself up to save Artemis from Gaea. However, Gaea had other plans- She erases all of Percy's memories and changes him so badly, he forgets all of his past and now works for Gaea. With Percy on her side, what happens when he meets Artemis nearly 3 years later?
Percy's PoV:
"Percy, watch out!"
I whipped around, instinctively slashing Riptide. I heard a shrill scream, before my vision was engulfed with golden dust from the dracaena.
I stumbled back and blinked dust out of my eyes for around the hundredth time that day. I took a bite of ambrosia, before noting that the world seemed to get somewhat more heated then it already was, at the base of Mount Olympus.
The Doors of Death had opened, and Gaea just had to choose to hurry us all to the base of Mount Olympus to defend. To sum it up, it was roughly four hundred demigods verse a few thousand monsters. Just your average fight against monsters as a demigod.
The fight continued. Sounds of arrows whizzing past, screams of monsters dying and painful whimpers filled the air. I was on autopilot-slash, dodge, counter-attack, stab, parry, unleash some water onto a monster. A personal hurricane surrounded me, which buffeted the enemy quite a bit.
I knew all the demigods were also fighting for their lives, along with the gods. However, it didn't help that the monsters could come back alive within minutes.
We were all tired from the fighting. Heck, we were all exhausted. Our attacks were less futile, and Gaea wasn't the best enemy to be fighting when trying to win. I knew we had to win this war, though-or the world would be lost.
Managing to get a brief respite after destroying a whole group of Laistrygonian giants, I glanced up to see Leo and Hephaestus standing over Leon, who was slowly disintegrating back to his prison.
Gaea screamed at the duo, now mad. There was only Porphyrion left, who wasn't pleased. Their defeat didn't come without a price, though. Leo was pretty much sleeping, despite the mobs that surrounded him. We needed to rally.
"Guys, get Leo!"
I summoned a huge wave of water to distract the monsters as we rushed towards Leo.
He opened his eyes weakly, before giving off a huge yawn.
"How was that?"
Piper rolled her eyes.
"Okay, you did well. Now, sleep." She said, enticing some charmspeak into her last few words.
Leo yawned again as his eyes began to close. "You know what, I'm going to sleep a bit. See you..." He started snoring a few seconds later.
We all glanced around. I knew we couldn't leave Leo, but we were needed in the fight.
I whistled, and we watched as a dark shape descended from the sky. Its shape got larger, and I saw the galloping of horses.
'Hey, Boss!'
I sighed. No matter what, Blackjack would still refer to me as 'boss'. "Just call me Percy. Can you take Leo back to our infirmity? He used pretty much all his power."
Blackjack whinnied. 'Sure, Boss! Hey, can I have a sugar cube?'
I smiled as I handed him a sugar cube. In any situation, during war or just watching a sunset, I had sugar cubes. It was useful to keep him happy, or toss at a monster.
He munched on the cube, before shaking his mane. I picked up Leo and draped him over Blackjack. 'Thanks, Boss! After this war, can we have a donut break?'
I rolled my eyes. "Yeah, sure. For now, stick to saving Leo's ass." Blackjack whinnied before flying off, back to our base.
I gestured the other five heroes around me to kneel. "Okay, we need a plan. Piper, go around and charmspeak as many monsters as you can. Distract them for Jason to destroy. Hazel, dig out the crystals and make some traps. Frank, kill the monsters that fall into the traps. Go into one of your animals, preferable a elephant or bear. Annabeth, go-"
I faltered as tears stung my eyes. Annabeth. My girlfriend. Lying in my arms, a ghostly smile on her face. Dead.
Screams echoed through the Roman Camp as flames burned through the Camp. Flickers of flames would occasionally form owl faces, a mark of Athena. I ignored all of this though-what only mattered was that I got Annabeth to safety.
I glanced at her again. Her face was pale from blood loss, and her eyes seemed glazed. "Don't die on me, Annabeth, please!" I pleaded, desperation evident in my voice.
She tried to laugh, but she ended up just coughing out more blood. I told Blackjack to stop. If she died, I wanted to hear her talk. I gripped her hand as tears started to stream down my face, a never ending waterfall.
"Percy..." Annabeth stuttered. She drew a shaky breath, before smiling weakly. "Don't blame yourself. I was destined to die- the Fates came in a dream. They told me, long before all this. Do me a favour. Find a new girlfriend. Live on." She coughed, and more blood trickled from her mouth.
I nodded numbly, before reaching into my jeans and bringing out a small dark box. Opening it, I took out a purely gold ring, with a sparkling sea-green diamond right in the middle. There was an engraving, right along the ring, with 'Seaweed Brain and Wise Girl. Forever and after'.
Her eyes widened as I slipped the ring onto her finger. I Leaned down and kissed her for the final time. She looked up at me for the final time and whispered words barely audible "Thank you, Seaweed Brain. I love you. Forever and after." A smile etched her face as her hand turned limp in my hand, her beautiful grey eyes glazed.
Blackjack was looking at me with a face of pain. Sorry, boss.
I stood up shakily. 'Blackjack, take her back to camp. She needs a shroud.'
He nodded-if pegasi could nod. What are you going to do, though?
I raised my head. 'Avenge Annabeth.' With Riptide raised, and the words said, I charged back into the fight.
"-Percy! You okay?"
I found myself back at the war. Tears were etched on my face. Blinking rapidly, I nodded and said "Yeah... Let's get this war back on."
I clambered back onto my feet and gazed at the waves of monsters below me. The gods were also with us. We readied our weapons. I smiled slightly.
"Attack!" With the words, we charged as one.
Halfway through the fight, and we were going well. I was back on autopilot, slashing down monsters left and right, occasionally sending out a wave of salty water to blind them. The rest of the demigods were also using their powers to assist. The gods were fighting Gaea, but even with all thirteen gods, it was an even fight. Just as I managed a brief respite, I heard something I had dreaded for the whole war
A shrill scream resonated through the air, echoing off the walls of Mount Olympus.
