Chapter 2

"At twilight the cursed loved hero shall fall"

Athena

"What was that Apollo?" I stood up petrified. Apollo looked back at everyone "Oh crap" was all he said. I looked around again "Where is Perseus?" I said a bit louder fear rising up in me. I looked quickly at Poseidon. He was looking right at me confusion turning to fear in his face.

"We need to find him immediately" shouted Artemis. Everyone turn to her and her face turned to panic after her outburst. I knew she was cursing herself internally for the outburst.

"Where would he go if he was back from the Chase family?" Zeus asked.

Poseidon spoke "I can only think of a few places where he would go, Sally's place, the beach at camp half-blood and… Oh no… he wouldn't…" Poseidon paused for a moment looking right back at me. And we both spoke at once… "The beach at Montauk."

Artemis flashed out leaving anyone looking at her vacant throne.

Everyone turned back to Poseidon with a questioning look on there face.

Poseidon was taken back as Artemis left, leaving everyone with a questioning look. "He was going to propose to Annabeth there, where I fell in love with Sally" Poseidon said, a tear rolling down his face.

Artemis

As soon as I heard the place Poseidon and Athena said I knew that was the place. I flashed there not wasting any more time. As I arrived I saw a man standing on the beach, the Son of Poseidon… the twice savior of Olympus, clearly in pain. I watched as the ocean started to turn violent, hurling itself at the beach with pain of the emotions coming from the young man. I saw as the man pulled out a familiar looking pen from his pocket and was staring at it. He then looked up towards the sky. He then turned the pen over so the tip of pen was over his heart. I watched as a tear rolled down his face and he moved his thumb over the switch ready to activate the sword.

The words screaming back at me 'At twilight the cursed loved hero shall fall'. 'No…' I screamed in my head. As I ran into him, I knocked the pen out of his hands just as it started to turn into sword form in midair, I could feel a pain in my heart yelling 'Not him, Not him' I looked him dead in his eye and yelled at him "What in the Hades are you doing Perseus?" He looked overwhelmingly guilty and he turned his head away from me in shame as another tear slid down his face.

He didn't reply "Talk to me" I spoke to him, panic still in my voice.

Nothing

"Anna…" was all he said before convulsions started to consumed his body before stopping eerily as if he had just died.

"Iris, show me Apollo in the throne room." I pleaded.

"Apollo" I shouted "I found Perseus, I am teleporting him directly to your temple now. Meet me there immediately."

I grabbed Perseus' wrist and teleported us to Apollo's temple's medical wing.

Poseidon

When I heard Artemis speaking through the Iris message, she having found my son, I felt my heart sore but then I took a double take, why was the message for Apollo? "What is wrong with Percy?" I asked Apollo. He swiped his hand thru the Iris message and rose from his throne to leave. I stood up, now glaring at him "What is wrong with my Son!" Apollo froze, "I don't know yet Uncle, Artemis is teleporting him to my temple for some type of healing. All I know is he's unconscious at the moment. I will report back to the counsel as soon as I can" and flashed out.

"If someone has hurt my son I will send that person into Tartarus personally" I yelled.

All the gods in the throne room, were grabbing there thrones trying to stay seated. I felt someone grabbed me with a hug 'He's safe and Apollo will heal any injuries he has' Hestia spoke to me, in my mind, in that calming voice she has and I started to calm down. I looked around at what had just happened and I started to feel guilty, "I'm sorry."

Hestia

I could feel everyone starting to get on edge. All the gods started to whisper to each other. Slowly whispers turned into shouting. Something was cracking in what was left in our family.

Apollo

I had flashed out of the throne room and into my medical wing in my temple just before Arty arrived. "What happened to him little sis?" I asked. "Don't call me little" Artemis's responded while she was laying Percy down on the bed. "What happened, Uncle P is very upset right now" I commented. "He would be a lot worse if I did not move right away" Artemis replied. "Why?" I said. "He was trying to end it, to be with her" I stated. "He wouldn't do that" I countered. "I saw him" responded Artemis. "We need to watch him. If the first line of the prophecy comes to pass we will be in greater danger if he does fall" Artemis said quietly.

"He looks stable for now; can you watch him, I'll go inform the counsel?" I asked. "Yes, Go" replied Artemis "But maybe only the counsel should know what is going on at this point."

"I agree" I said.

I flashed back to the counsel room. Everyone was arguing, but everyone went silence as they all noticed my arrival. "He's ok, but Sis and I think we need to talk about what just happened behind closed doors" I said to Zeus. Zeus looked anoded but agreed.

"Thank you, you can go back to camp. We will inform you of any changes that happen" He said dismissing the minor gods. They all flashed out, still having a confusioned look written on their faces.

As soon as all the minor gods left to go back for camp half blood I started. "Perseus is suffering from an acute form of grief from the loss of his girlfriend, Annabeth Chase, Daughter of Athena" I said. "I would say he is in the first stage of grief, a sort of numbness" I added.

"Isn't there something you can do for him" said Poseidon.

"No, it's not like an illness or disease, I can't just snap my fingers and all is well. All we can do is be there for him and help him through it.

"I can help him through it" a cheerful Aphrodite said.

Right before a trident landed in front of her feet.

"No!" shouted a very upset Poseidon.

A short pause in the throne room.

"Please, I will look after him after Apollo is finished, if you don't mind brother" said a sorrowful Hestia turning to Poseidon who nodded in return.

"Thank you, Sister Hestia" Lord Poseidon said.

"I will keep the counsel informed of Perseus's progress" spoke Apollo before flashing back to Artemis and Perseus.

Hestia

I stepped down from my throne and walked over to the hearth and gazed into the amber flames. What is happening to Percy? We had failed him; everyone was so full of joy with the victory and awaiting the long peace that we all deserved. But what about the cost. The image showed Artemis and Apollo speaking near a medical bed with Percy on it. 'He looks as if he is already gone' I had thought. Just as I thought it, the hearth dimmed down, the throne room cooled and hollowness started to creep into my heart.

For the second time that night the throne room was in silence.

Percy

The darkness is unending, complete and alone. The image of Annabeth repeating again in my head. My Father and I had just finish off another giant while Annabeth and Minerva are fighting another giant right beside us. As I looked over to Annabeth with a 'One down, one more to go Grin'. Time stopped as I saw Minerva being knocked out of the way and a huge spear was then driven through the left side of Annabeth's body. As I saw for the countless time the pain had returned. Pain, so much pain, one cannot move, cannot speak… Nothing as I fall further into the darkness of my living nightmare.

3rd Person POV

Three old ladies were sitting on a bench with a frown on their face. A sea green thread was continuously trying to curl around what ever string it was in contact with. Clotho said, "What is going on with this thread?" "How should I know" replied Lachesis. "I was about to cut it and it just started to go nuts, like it has a mind of its own" said Atropo.

A being in the shadow smiled 'He is not yet done… ' his thoughts of the amazing demigod awaiting a new beginning.