Author's Note:
Ohhh~kay…...I realize that my chapters are really short…..I'm thinking about extending the chapters so the updates may be delayed…I am so sorry….. And for those who didn't get the last chapter, well, Percy thought he was dreaming that he was attacking camp, except that he was doing it for real without realizing it, then when he left the camp boundaries he turned back to normal and realized what had happened...It was the curse's fault, ah you'll find out exactly what Kronos cursed before being defeated… I talk too much…
Chapter 4: Kronos's Lousy Present
I couldn't stop shaking from disbelief and fear. I had actually done those things, I destroyed some of the cabins, hurt the campers and Grover, and most of all I tried drowning Annabeth, Annabeth! My girlfriend! I was on my knees and I stayed like that. I was on the verge of crying, and I rarely ever cried in my life, even as a baby! I'm serious! Ask my mom!
Anyway, I noticed that I had become like that inside that camp, and only when I got out, did everything stop. But why? Why did something like this happen? How did something like this happen? I had no answers, but I was sure of one thing. I couldn't go back into camp. If I did, who knows what would happen? Would I become like that again? It was too much to risk. So I just sat there wondering what to do. The dragon guarding the Fleece looked at me curiously, but made no hostile action towards me. I was kinda hoping it would, after what I did. I should have been punished for what I just did, but nothing happened of course.
"Percy? Hey Percy!" Annabeth's voice called out. Oh no, how could I face her after what I just did? I tried to kill her in cold blood! So I did the most logical thing I could do at the moment, I hid behind the tree. But I couldn't touch the tree, for two reasons. One, the dragon will probably attack me, and two, if I touched it, the pain in my chest would come back a little. I didn't understand that pain, but it was definitely the cause of what I did. I didn't want any bit of that pain to come back.
I tried the best I could to hide from Annabeth, but she seemed to know I was there. I tried to escape in the other direction, but that way was inside camp. I couldn't go there. No way. I didn't dare. So Annabeth caught me. She grabbed me by the arm and pulled me closer to her and soon into a hug. I was dumbstruck. I tried to suffocate her in a sphere of water I don't even know how I created and she HUGS me?
"Good," she said, in a relieved and sad tone, "you're back Seaweed Brain."
"Annabeth…what do you mean?" I asked, even though I knew what had happened, I had a feeling that she was saying something a little different. She glanced up at me looking teary-eyed. She hugged me tighter after staring deep into my eyes. Her own gray ones looked really despaired.
"Something's wrong with you Percy…" she said, though I really didn't want or need any reminders, or confirmations at that, "those eyes…Those eyes when you attacked…They weren't yours."
I didn't get what she was saying until she further explained. "They were full of evil and malice…" she continued, "…and they were gold."
Those words hit me like a truck in my Achilles spot. I suddenly remembered something that had occurred on my birthday on the last day of the Titan War, the day Luke died. When I passed Luke the knife, I heard a voice in my head. It was so unclear then I didn't think much about it, but now, the message was crystal clear. It was Kronos's voice.
'Curse you. Curse you Percy Jackson! Your next summer onwards will be full of suffering for you! You shall not be able to enter your precious camp without harming your precious friends! Suffer Perseus Jackson! Suffer under the curse of Kronos!'
Kronos. He must have cursed me before Luke had the chance to stab himself. He made it so that if I entered the boundaries of camp I would become like that, something worse than a monster, someone who would love destruction and the deaths of his friends. I really couldn't enter camp, not without the intent to murder everyone in cold blood, and the pain that came with the curse was acting up again. My chest started to burn. I needed to get away from Camp Half-Blood, as far as possible. I pushed Annabeth off me. I started backing away from her.
"Annabeth, I…I can't go back into the camp." I told her, and she looked real hurt.
"Why?" she asked, and then I found that I was lost for words. Should I tell her? How would she react? Besides, whether or not Kronos had a part in it, it was still I, Percy Jackson, who had tried to destroy the camp. And I didn't know how I could do anything about it. Annabeth was standing there waiting for an answer from me. When I wouldn't speak, her look became a glare, silently demanding and pleading me to answer. It was like that for a few minutes. Then Annabeth gave up.
"We're gonna talk to Chiron." she decided, grabbing my arm again and tugging me towards the camp.
I'd like to say I decided to calmly tell her about the curse and get her to call Chiron out here. I'd like to say I managed to get her to understand without scaring her in any way. But if I did say all that, I'd be a liar. The truth? I freak-panicked.
" No!" I shouted like crazy, "Don't pull me back there! NOOOOO!"
I yanked my arm out of her grasp and crouched down, hugging my shoulders protectively. I was too scared. I had never felt like that before, not even when the Minotaur attacked me the first time and I thought my mom was dead. Sure I was scared to death then, but I was even more afraid now because this time, I would be the one killing my friends. My chest hurt even more now. Annabeth began panicking herself. She bent down and tried reassuring me like her life depended on it, but I barely heard any of it. I was too terrified. Before I knew it I told Annabeth about the whole thing, the curse, Kronos, all of it. I said it so fast I barely understood myself, but Annabeth got it. Her eyes were wide.
"I'm going to get Chiron." She told me, and she dashed into camp, leaving me with the guard dragon staring at me and me wishing the big guy would eat me.
Another author's note…..:
So…..can anyone tell me the name of the dragon that guards the Golden Fleece? That was the one thing I forgot….Thanks.