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Percy's POV

I couldn't believe it!

Annabeth freaking cheated on me!

After I gave up immortality just to be with her!

Well mostly to be with her at least.

But still she cheated on me!

With Nico who is like 2 years younger than her by the way.

That fucking cousin of mine! How could he?

He knew I loved her, well love her.

He even knew that I would propose to her before we went to college!

Little no good cousin of mine.

Jake tried telling me that he was just giving her CPR, but she had her hands around his waist and eyes closed.

I could even see tongue!

Do you think I over-reacted?

Of course you do.

I mean Annabeth is so pretty, with her perfect curly blonde hair, gray eyes, and body.

But it is nice to finally get rid of her nagging.

"Percy get this, do that, no Percy I'm not ready! We have to wait until we get married."

Finally I can have peace!

I don't have to study with her 24/7 now either!

I can just get the grade that I want.

And now I don't have to clean my room every day, or get a shower!

Oh I miss her so much! Come back to me Annabeth! Please?

At dinner I saw her, even though she was a mess, she looked beautiful.

She would always be my mess even though we weren't together.

I was ignoring Nico.

I heard people shouting at him the other day.

I even heard that the Aphrodite cabin was mad at him

The only one who didn't seem to be mad at him was Jake.

Jake was even telling everyone that it was a mistake and that Nico was just giving Annabeth CPR.

I want to believe him. I really do, but for some reason I feel like if I do forgive Nico and get back together with Annabeth then something that we would need would pass us by.

So until I don't have that feeling I'm giving him the shoulder.

But not just any shoulder.

The cold shoulder!

When I went to bed that night I had the weirdest dream.

I saw Nico talking to his father.

Hades looked odd.

Not cold or mean like he used to, but happy.

"Son", Hades was saying "Do you accept the post of Grim Reaper, and to kill and riddance those of the souls of who I tell you for all eternity, or just until I say so. Including this post you will get to go back to Earth, see people, and you can be invisible. You can even have children change form in about 5 years."

Without hesitation Nico said, "I accept Father; I have committed my own death, ready for this task."

Then there was a magnificent purst of gray smoke.

When the smoke cleared Nico looked odd.

He looked the same age, but timeless like how the Hunters of Artemis look.

He had that silver look to his skin.

He also had black everything on: shirt, jeans, belt, and hair.

His black sword hung at his side, but he was carrying a scythe.

When I saw this I shuddered.

Nico was the Grim Reaper.

I had to stop this I woke up with sweat pouring down my face.

I had to stop this!

Maybe there was still time, maybe just maybe he hadn't died yet.

I ran to the Hades cabin not bothering to knock.

I just ran right through.

What I saw inside almost made me faint.

There was Nico lying on his bed, sword sticking up from his chest.

The room smelled of blood.

I was too late.

Nico was dead and there was nothing I could do about it.

I ran to the Big House, and knocked on the door.

A minute later Argus opened the door.

"I need to talk to Chiron. It's really important!" I said.

As he walked away I had the feeling that Hades was offering Nico the post of Grim Reaper right under my feet. A feeling of terror washed over me at that thought.

As Chiron walked out he was wearing purple curlers in his hair and tail and wearing… a pink night gown?

I would've laughed at Chiron but I came to talk to him for important reasons not to invite him to a tea party.

"Nico in his cabin, come quick." I said in a rush.

But he did follow me.

When I opened the door, I heard Chiron shudder.

"We need to make a proper shrine for this young hero." He said before walking away.

I think I even saw him blink some tears away.

I hadn't noticed it but I had tears rolling down my face.

About two days later we had the burial.

Before the burning of the shrine I went to Nico's cabin.

As I was looking at his room: black bed sheets still covered in blood, his skull ring on his night stand, and a letter next to it.

Wait.

A letter?

A letter!

A letter.

Nico left a letter!

I grabbed it and ran out to where everyone in camp was gathered.

"I found a letter from him." I shouted to the crowd.

Everyone was silent, some people gasped.

As I opened the letter I had to blink tears away.

"Dear whoever cares,

I'm committing my own death, no one can stop me.

Everyone says I should die so that's what I'm going to do.

Here is my will,
everything that I own will go to Percy, and the next person to live in the Hades cabin.

Now time for the actual letter.

Percy, you were just like a brother to me, you helped me, made me who I am, and you broke me.

Annabeth, you were my sister, the one I could go to for help, and you broke me as well.

Chiron, you were my mentor, my teacher, my instructor, when death greets me I will thank you.

Grover, you were a good friend I hope you can save the Earth, because boy does it need help.

Stole Brothers, thanks for dying my hair pink, and helping me steal sodas, you will be missed.

Aphrodite cabin, I love you all!

Thanks for the memories; they just weren't enough to keep me going.
I can't keep living with the glares, the rumors, or the heartbreak.

Broken people can't stay broken, but for some reason I did.

Maybe it was because I hated the shouting.

My haters just know that you are to blame mostly.

This has been building up for a long time.

And I just want you to know that my father did offer me the job to be the Grim Reaper if I ever did die young.

So I will be visiting all of you.

I will now be able to be with my mother and sister again.

So don't feel bad just yet.

And that's my letter, don't lose it.

I'll be watching.

-Nico diAngelo."

I broke into tears when I got to my part, I broke him.

Nico would still be alive if it wasn't for me.

I tried to block that thought out.

No use.

I heard a chuckle, and I guess everybody else did too, because we all turned the same way at the same time.

"Just the wind children." Chiron told us.

I was the one to burn Nico's shrine since I was the closest one to him besides Thalia who was out with the Hunters.

After the burning of the shrine I heard something coming from a body that couldn't be seen.

"My name is Nico diAngelo and I will be watching."

Then nothing.