The 3rd Titan War

Chapter 4: Memories

Percy's Point of View

After I left Annabeth, I headed for my cabin wishing for the millionth time that day that everyone still thought that I was dead. After I got back to my cabin, I sat down on my bed and began thinking about my life after the 3rd Titan War. When I began my training the gods began to call me Perseus when we were training and eventually they began calling me that full time. I kind of liked that they did that. Sometimes being called Percy just reminds me to much of my past. I also had to learn to better control my emotions because I nearly destroyed a few buildings on Olympus when I lost my temper. I have been being more distant and I guess more harsh because I don't want to become attached to any of the campers because I don't want my fatal flaw to get in the way again. I will never again join the Titans. Hestia has become like a sister to me. She always understands. She has helped me get through some hard times.

Flashback

Hestia and I were sitting in a park on Olympus when suddenly she asked me, "What is your biggest what if?"

"Well… I think that I have two. The first one would be 'what if I didn't join Kronos' and the other one would be 'What if I had stayed on Calypso's Island'. What is your biggest what if?"

"I think that my biggest what if would be 'what if I hadn't given up my thrown on Olympus. I didn't know that you had been to Ogygia."

"Yea, I ended up there when I was on my quest for the Golden Fleece. I have always wondered what my life would be like if I had stayed. I miss Calypso. I know that I was only there for a few days but still…"

We just sat in silence for a few minutes when Hestia exclaimed, "What if you ask the Gods if you can go and visit her!"

"Do you think that they would say yes?"

"I think that it is worth a shot. I will ask them because I have more sway with the council."

"Thanks Hestia." We both stood up and I gave her a hug and she ran off to ask the council.

End Flashback

The council said yes I have been visiting Calypso almost every weekend. We have grown very close, but I am still closer to Hestia. Hestia is still the only one that I will allow to call me Percy. Then I finally drifted into a sleep plagued with my usual nightmares of monsters, Titans, and a world ruled by Kronos. I still wonder what life would be like for me if I had chosen the Titans. In my dreams, I always stand by his side, but would he have just killed me to eliminate the threat…

Annabeth's Point of View

I just sat there in shock after he left. I dint know what to think. Finally, a thought broke through and of all the things that I could be thinking the thing that I thought was, 'he said that he loved me.' Does that mean that he used to love me or he still loves me? I was so confused. As I walked back to my cabin, I debated going and talking to him, but I looked towards his cabin and it looked like he was asleep. I decided to talk to him in the morning after breakfast.

Percy's Point of View

The Next Morning

I was awakened the next morning by my father calling my name. "Dad, why are you here?"

"We are had a meeting in Olympus this morning."

That caught my attention. I immediately sat up. "How does it concern me?" My father sat on the bunk opposite of me.

Then he told me, "They have decided to let Calypso come off of her island." I couldn't believe my ears. "Have you told her yet? Where is she going to stay? Will she stay here at camp or on Olympus?"

My father answered with a smile, "Calm down. No, we haven't told her yet. We are leaving that job to you. The council has decided that you can take a few days off from training to get Calypso off of her island and go and show her around New York some. She will be staying at camp I am going to go and inform Chiron so that he can prepare her a room in the Big House."

"What will he tell the campers about my absence?"

"I will tell him to tell the campers that you had to leave for a few days on official business. Now get your things together while I go and tell Chiron and then we will transport to Ogygia."

Annabeth's Point of View

I woke up that morning feeling very nervous. I was planning on asking Percy if he still liked me. I am not sure if I still like him or not. He did betray me, but based off of what he told me he only betrayed me to save me. I am so confused. I bet Aphrodite is have the time of her life watching my life. I walked over to the dinning pavilion and I didn't see Percy there. He was probably still sleeping. Well, it didn't matter because I had planned on asking him after breakfast. I went over to my table and passed the time talking to my siblings. Chiron stomped one of his hooves to get everyone to quite down. Then he told everyone, "First off I have some news. Perseus Jackson had to leave for a few days on official business for Olympus. So, you will not have an official teacher, but I still expect you to be practicing."

He continued to say a few other things, but I wasn't listening. He tells me that he loved me then disappears the next day. This is so frustrating. I will go to Chiron after breakfast and ask him if he knows where Percy is.

After Breakfast

I ran up to Chiron before he went to go and instruct the morning archery class. "Chiron! Wait I need to ask you something!"

"What is it Annabeth?"

"Do you know where Percy is?"

"I would start to call him Perseus if I were you I saw him get very angry at another camper for calling him that yesterday. He won't tell me why he wants to be called that yet. It is rather odd. Before the War, he got mad at anyone who called him that. And I cannot tell you where he has gone."

"Why can't you tell me, and who was the camper he got mad at? If it was someone he knew well I don't think he would have gotten mad. He never would have before."

"Because I promised on the River Styx that I wouldn't tell anyone where he has gone and it was two people he yelled at actually and it was Thalia and Grover."

"He yelled at Grover! Are you sure! Thalia maybe but not Grover."

"It seems that young Perseus has changed quite a bit over his stay with the Gods. I only hope that his time spent with the gods will prevent him from being led astray again…" With that, he walked off to teach his archery class.