Hey!!! Thanks so much for the all the nice reviews!! I'm not sure what else to say other than thanks to the reviews except for one...
Kasaey (Anonymous Reviewer) - That is exactly what I was hoping people would think! I wanted them to wonder where in the world this was going!
WARNING: SOME AREAS OF THIS CHAPTER MAY BE OOC!
When Percy opened his eyes again he was standing in front of a really depressing looking funeral home. The parking-lot was not even half-full. In fact, the place was so empty that not one person started screaming, disintegrated, or caused a ten car pile up when he showed up. This can't be right, Percy thought, Annabeth has to have more friends than this.
He walked up to the door and walked inside. He saw some old ladies that looked like they had been crying and others that were standing there talking and shaking there heads. He looked around for a minute and immediately felt out of place. He looked at least fifty years younger than everybody here. At least, that's what he thought before he saw her.
Thalia was standing in the corner beside a table with some flowers on it. Percy walked over nervously; trying to keep is temper under control.
"Thalia?" He said.
She looked away from the nothingness she had been staring at and when she saw him a series of emotions washed over her. At first it was the initial shock of seeing him, then it was the confusion of how he'd known where the funeral was, and finally it was an apologetic look that barely ever appeared on her face.
"Percy look I'm really... I didn't know that... it's just hard for me to... I mean Annabeth was like my sister and after what happened to Luke..." She was at a loss for words. Apologies weren't necessarily something she was good at.
"It's ok." Percy said, even though he was still a little upset. "I know you were just upset."
"Percy, why are you here? How did you know where to come? Did Poseidon tell you?"
Percy almost felt regretful about what he had done to his father. Almost.
"It's a god thing. I just thought about where I wanted to go and boom, here I am." He said, not wanting to go into detail about how he didn't really know where he was going. Thalia was just about to point that out, but she decided not to. It just wasn't the time.
There was a long awkward silence. Thalia just stared at the ground and Percy looked around at the few people. Some were pointing at Thalia and him and whispering. Finally Percy's eyes rested at the far wall where a casket sat, surrounded by a few flowers. Again, he was glad he was an immortal because it sent a pain through his heart. He looked over at Thalia. She nodded, a few more tears welling up in her eyes.
Then Percy did something he knew he would probably regret. He walked over to the casket. His stomach lurched and it took all his willpower not lose his control. It was Annabeth, but it just wasn't Annabeth. She had gray hair and her face was wrinkled and pale. His hands were shaking as Thalia walked up.
"I'm really am sorry, Percy. What I said earlier on the I.M., I was just angry."
Percy was about to respond but one of some of the old ladies behind them interrupted them with gossip.
"It is so sad! Poor girl barely ever left the house so she barely had any friends. I'm only here because I'm her neighbor. It's a shock someone actually threw her a funeral!" The first lady said.
"Now Debbie, you know they did that because they felt sorry for her! The only reason people ever talked to her is because they felt sorry for her! She's never been married, never had kids, and all she ever did was sit around and stare at the ocean muttering something about Greek gods! She was a loon!" The second lady stated.
That sent Percy's emotions flying. He turned around and the ladies looked at him. Thalia looked angry too, but she couldn't do the damage Percy could. She knew it was up to her to keep him calm.
"Percy, I think you should-"
"Don't you dare talk about Annabeth that way!" He screamed. A few other people looked at him nervously. The sinks in the bathroom started going off.
"Oh, and who are you? Her nephew? Where are your parents young man?!"
The sound of water coming from the bathroom got louder.
"Percy you need to go now! You don't want to prove your father right do you Seaweed Brain?!" Thalia demanded, not bothering to try and be nice this time.
Percy shoved her aside when she tried to get in front of him.
"Annabeth saved all of your lives! If you knew what she did you would worship her!"
Thalia's eyes widened. "Percy don't! No one is supposed to know that we're... different." Thalia grabbed his arm.
"Let go!" He ordered, and the pipes burst.
Thalia looked nervously at the now flooding area.
"Sorry about this Percy." She tightened her grip on his arm and gave him the largest shock she could manage. He was a god after all. Its not like she could kill him.
The water was at their feet which only made the shock stronger. It didn't harm Percy but it seemed to get his attention. He looked angrily at Thalia and then at the water.
"Oh Styx!" He muttered, running out of the building. Thalia was right behind him.
Percy put his hands to his head and kicked one of the cars. It skidded a few inches across the parking-lot. He punched the building and left a whole in the wall. He cursed in ancient Greek.
"Percy! Percy! Percy, stop!" Thalia yelled.
"Gods I am such a damn idiot! I'm ruining her life even after she's dead!" The ground shook a little.
"Come again?" Thalia asked. "How can you ruin someone's life after they're dead?!"
He turned around angrily to face Thalia. "I ruined her life by choosing to become a stupid god and now I ruined her funeral!" Percy yelled. "Poseidon was right not to tell me." He muttered the last part under his breath.
"Look Percy, I am sorry about what happened but that was your choice! I regretted joining the Hunters too, but I can never take it back! So quit feeling sorry for yourself! Do you know how much I wish I could've been there for Annabeth?! Or how much I wish I could go to the Underworld and bring her back? Or at least apologize for leaving?!" Thalia screamed angrily, tears welling in her eyes again. She blinked them back furiously and continued giving him a glare that could kill.
Percy did something Thalia didn't expect. He smiled. He smiled like he had just gotten an idea. Only too late did Thalia realize what she had just said. Her eyes widened. "Percy, you can't! It's against like, a million rules! I didnt mean-"
"Thalia you're a genius! All I have to do is go to the Underworld!" He said excitedly.
"Percy you-" Thalia didn't even have time to finish before Percy disappeared in a bright flash of light. Thalia looked up angrily at the sky. "You just had to offer him the choice to become a god didn't you?!" She screamed at her father. Thunder rumbled in the distance. "Thought so," She muttered under her breath. She turned around and saw people staring at her like she was crazy for yelling at the sky. Meanwhile people started running out of the funeral home soaking wet. "Of course he leaves me to clean up his mess!" Thalia muttered, walking over to the building.
Hey!! Sorry this chapter is so suckish, but I'm too depressed to write anything really depressing right now! When I started this chapter I was all happy because we won our first tournament game, and at the end I was all depressed because we lost our game yesterday and only came in 3rd place. We have had the exact same team for 4 years and this was our last year being on the same team!! We are the only team in our league that can say we have lost only 6 games out of 47 games in 4 years. Sorry, I can't stop talking about it. My whole team's depressed. I am going to end this really long A/N now. I am just really upset so try and cheer me up by reviewing!!! Pwetty, Pwetty Pweez leave a review!!
