AN: Yeah, I haven't been able to write very much. Reason? Two words: Marching band. And with the start of high school, my writing time has been severely shrinkified. I know that's not a real word, but it sounds cool. So…yeah. Sorry about that.

Disclaimer: Does it look like I own Percy Jackson and Lord of the Rings? NO!

NOTE: I have decided that when I write in a character's POV other than Percy's, I'll be writing in third person as opposed to first. It just makes it easier to write, you know?

ONWARD!


Percy POV

So when you fall down a giant gaping hole of death, you expect to hit the bottom, right? Heck, you expect it to actually have a bottom on which you can go splat, yes?

Right now, it seemed like the pit was truly one that classified as "bottomless" In fact, I wasn't completely sure it was a pit, because as far as I could tell there weren't any walls or anything. Nico, Thalia, and I were just falling into…well, nothing. At least, that's what it felt like.

And after a while, falling into nothing gets…well, boring. It still felt like we were falling, sure, but after screaming for a bit, and nothing really happening, we just got bored and started talking to each other.

Well, Thalia started the conversation by screaming at me, "WHAT THE HADES WERE YOU THINKING, SEAWEED BRAIN?"

"I wasn't!" I shouted back. "It was like my mind was all foggy! I just felt like I really needed to go to Zeus' Fist for some reason!"

"Yeah, me too!" Nico piped up from somewhere above me. "It was really weird, like someone else was controlling my brain or something."

Thalia remained silent for a moment then called "Well, I didn't get the incredibly STUPID idea to go messing around with that crack in Zeus's Fist, but I DID feel like I really needed to go there as well."

I flipped around in midair so instead of facing down, I was now facing upwards. Both Thalia and Nico's faces were troubled as they processed this new information. I was troubled as well. I mean, obviously some force had been messing with our heads to get us to fall into this blasted pit! Who knows what it wants with us!

"Uhhh…Percy?" Nico looked positively alarmed now.

"Yeah?"

"I think this hole of death has a bottom, and it's coming up fast."

…Crap. I flipped back over so I was facing downwards and saw what looked like a nice friendly wood with a road below us, or at least it would be friendly if it WASN'T the surface that we would soon go splat on!

There really wasn't anything else to do but start screaming again.

The ground rushed up much faster than I would have thought possible, and I found my self thinking, Hades, please have mercy and send me to Elysium.

About two feet away from the ground (I couldn't really tell, my eyes were squeezed shut) we came to an abrupt stop.

I mean, we stopped falling for no apparent reason and basically floated above the ground, like an invisible wall had stopped us from hitting the ground.

Let me tell you, my stomach did NOT appreciate the sudden stop. Judging from the sound of gagging from Thalia and the fact that Nico had turned a nasty shade of green, theirs didn't either.

With no warning, we suddenly fell the rest of the way down to the ground with a thump. Getting up cautiously, I waited for my stomach to calm down before standing up completely. Nico and Thalia both groaned as they sat up.

"That hurt." Nico grumbled, rubbing his sore spots.

"It did?" I said, puzzled. I felt perfectly fine.

Thalia rolled her eyes and huffed, "Yeah, it did, thank you so much for rubbing it in, Mr. Invincible."

"…Right" I muttered, dusting myself off. Nico and Thalia did the same.

Suddenly, we could hear the sound of some people grunting, like they were falling-slash-rolling down a hill. Then, there was a muffled thump. It sounded like it came from just around the corner, probably only just out of sight. The three of us exchanged glances and nodded, silently agreeing to check it out.


AN: You know what? I'm ending this chapter right here. Why? Because I'm sick of staring at it trying to think of something to write. Sorry it's so short, I'll try to make the next one longer to make up for it.

Thank you 1 fan, Mnicknack, stabbythings, APOLLOxx0909, Serenity Reigns, Trinity Fenton-Phantom, Idril Ar-Feiniel, miggity, michaela, Goldenfightergirl, and especially Corneileia Took, who was the one who finally convinced me to suck it up and post this thing, for reviewing.

Anyway.

It might be a while before the next update, because of the length I'm planning to make it, my busy schedule, and because I'm planning to write another fanfic involving one of my OC's and the awesomesauce series Maximum Ride.

Until next time!

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