Annabeth's POV:I just…left him…when the next child of the Big Three came…I abandoned him… I stared around the room along with Nico, Chiron and Poseidon, looking for anything that Percy may have left behind. Suddenly, a CD caught me eye.
"Guys, look." I said, pointing to the CD under the pillow.
I walked over and picked it up. It said 'Long Live' on it. I wonder why….
"I think we should play this at the Campfire." I said.
They all murmured their agreement, and we continued on with the days activities. Finally, it was time for the Campfire. All of the gods were here. They were all taking Percy's death hard, Apollo and Hermes were taking it harder than Poseidon was. We put the disc in, and a beautiful voice started to sing a song I never heard before. The voice was beautiful, as beautiful as one of the Muses.
"I still remember this moment.
In the back of my mind.
The time we stood with out shaking hands.
The crowds in stands went wild.
We were the kings and the queens.
And they read off our names."
It showed Percy and his mom when he was younger, and then it showed him when he first came to camp. It showed us when we came back from our quests. It showed the gods offering their rewards. Percy looked so proud….so happy…..
"The night you danced like you knew our lives.
Would never be the same.
You held your head like a hero.
On a history book page.
It was the end of a decade.
But the start of an age."
The first picture was Percy dancing with me on Olympus, and then it showed all of us from the two wars. There were pictures from the battles, and there was even a picture of when Percy first gave up immortality so that the gods claimed their kids and the minor gods got respect.
"Long live the walls we crashed through.
While the kingdom light shined just for me and you
I was screaming, long live all the magic we made
And bring on all the pretenders, one day we will be remembered
I said, remember the feeling.
I passed the pictures around.
Of all the years that we stood there on the sidelines.
Wishing for right now.
We are the kings and the queens.
You traded your baseball cap for a crown.
When they gave us our trophies.
And we held them up for our town.
And the cynics were outraged.
Screaming, this is absurd!Cause for a moment a band of thieves
In ripped up jeans got to rule the world!"
It continued to show pictures of all of us, of Percy leading us into battle. He looked so proud, so brave, and happy that he was fighting for what he thought was right. It showed pictures of us all in front of the Empire State Building , smiling, some of us with slings and casts, all of us with cuts and bruises. It showed me and Percy on Olympus as we were fighting Kronos, when he was in control of the world for those minutes.
"Long live the walls we crashed through
While the kingdom lights shined just for me and you
I was screaming, long live all the magic we made
And bring on all the pretenders, I'm not afraid
Long live all the mountains we moved!I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you!
I was screaming, long live the look on your face!And bring on all the pretenders, one day we will be remembered"
It showed us Seven with the gods while we were fighting the giants, it showed Percy when he was screaming that he would die to save Olympus and us if he had to, it showed Percy from recently, when he was so sad and empty. It showed all of us trying to help Clarisse fight the kraken. It showed Percy with his forehead on mine, smiling. It showed Percy, his dad, him, me, and Paul, all sitting on the beach laughing.
"Hold on to spinning around
Confetti falls to the ground
And may these memories break or fall
And you take a moment
Promise me this
That you'll stand by me forever
But if God forbid fate should step in
And force us into goodbye
If you have children someday
When they point to the pictures
Please tell them my name!
Tell them how the crowds went wild!
Tell them how I hope they shine!"
It showed the parties on Olympus after we save it, it showed the first time Percy and I said "I love you," it showed Percy right after he asked if he was going to get a kiss from me, it showed the day Percy and Julian met, it showed Julian and I kissing, and it showed a picture of Percy smiling his crooked grin, his eyes full of happiness."Long live the walls we crashed through!
I had the time of my life with you!Long, long live the walls we crashed through!All the kingdom light shined just for me and you!And I was screaming, long live all the magic we made!"
It showed Percy and his mom again, it showed all of us as again, it showed Percy and Apollo after we all forgot him, sad yet happy somebody was there."And bring on all the pretenders, I'm not afraid.
Singing, long live all the mountains we moved!I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you!And, long live the look on your face!
And bring on the pretenders, one day we will be remembered."
It showed Percy on half the screen, singing, tears strolling down his cheeks. He was singing this song. It showed all of the pictures again. It lingered on the pictures where Percy was with all of us and with his mom. The last picture we saw was Percy, Grover, Thalia, and I right after we fought the giants. Suddenly it just showed Percy, talking, a sad smile and tears rolling down his cheeks, his sea-green eyes that once held so much joy and life now sad and empty.
"Don't worry guys, I'm going to be happy again. I love you, stay safe for me."
The screen went black. We were all crying, Apollo and Hermes harder than the others.
"If you would have let us hang out with him, he would still be here! We were his only friends who could be there for him!" they screamed at the others.
The other gods looked at each other, guilt clearly evident on their faces. Finally, everybody stopped yelling, but the tears kept falling, and the whispers continued. I looked around, and I saw a guy around my age with jet black hair and sea-green eyes holding hands with a woman with brown hair and kind brown eyes, and a man with salt and pepper hair and blue eyes had his hand on the man's shoulder. Behind him were a bunch of people I knew; Beckendorf, Silena, Zoe, Ethan, Will, Lee, and Luke. They watched too, tears strolling down their faces. I recognized the woman as Sally Jackson, and the man with his hand on his shoulder as Paul Blofis. The man with the jet black hair and sea-green eyes smiled a sad little smile, but his eyes were filled with a light I haven't seen in a long time.
"I love you guys, stay safe." he said.
His voice rang loud and clear across the clearing. He smiled and waved at us, and then he and the others disappeared into nothing.
"I love you, stay safe." the voice whispered in my ear again.
The voice of Perseus Jackson.
I hope you liked this chapter. I cried a lot when I wrote it, and even when the idea just popped into my head. I know I used this song in one of my other fanfictions, but it is now one of my favorite songs and I feel like it describes Percy Jackson perfectly. I don't own anything, and I hope you enjoyed. More to come soon (:
