AN: okay here is chap 4, please review and vote on the new poll on my profile
"Well hey there, you folks need a ride."
Annabeth and Percy glared at Harry and Clarisse who were up on the deck of the CSS Birmingham and Tyson was smiling at waving at them "HI HARRY!"
Harry chuckled and waved back "Hey there big fella, having fun so far?"
Tyson nodded enthusiastically "Yeah, we got to ride Fish-Ponies, mine is called Rainbow!"
Clarisse shook her head and smirked at Annabeth and Percy "So what did you two names yours? Snowflake, Lucky, oh I know, Sea Biscuit."
Harry couldn't help it and burst out laughing with Clarisse while Tyson giggled and Percy glared at her slightly "Shut up Clarisse."
Harry shook his head and helped the three of them up onto the CSS Birmingham "Welcome aboard, my name is Harry, I'll be you waiter for this evening, my I recommend the Seaweed soup followed by some Surf and Turf and we have a lovely Strawberry Cheesecake for desert."
Clarisse shook her head and muttered "Idiot." At the same time Annabeth did, the two girls then glared at each other while Tyson and Percy laughed slightly, Harry smiled at Annabeth and grabbed a towel and dropped it on her head, she glared at him slightly from under it and he stole a kiss making her sigh but smile.
"You three should know that Tantalus banned you from Camp for eternity, it's awesome."
Percy and Annabeth glared at Clarisse who was smirking at them and Harry sighed "Children, can we stop fighting for just a minute, okay, Tyson, I want you down in the engines doing anything and everything you can, this vessel isn't meant for open seas" Tyson nodded and an un-dead soldier lead him down below "Percy, Annabeth, you two get some rest, Clarisse you two, I've got guard duty for now, Percy do you mind if I borrow Riptide?"
All three demigods looked at him strangely "Why, you have Diatrypon."
Harry sighed and handed Diatrypon to Clarisse "Take a look, weapons is your specialty."
Clarisse took Diatrypon and examined it carefully along with Annabeth and Percy, and after a minute Annabeth spoke up "I can't see anything wrong with it."
Clarisse glared at her "Take a better look Wise-Girl, the handle/lever has a fracture, Diatrypon has almost reached its limits."
Percy nodded and handed Harry Riptide "Sure thing Harry."
"Thanks Seaweed, now go get some rest."
Clarisse sighed as the un-dead captain led Annabeth into her temporary room "Ms Chase my Lady."
Clarisse nodded and waved the captain of, Annabeth stared at her for a moment "Okay, what is so important that you had me dragged her in the middle of the night Clarisse?"
Clarisse sighed and passed her a can of Dr Pepper "Okay, just listen Wise-Girl, cause this isn't easy to say."
"Clarisse I'm really not in the mood for these games." Annabeth sat down but didn't touch the Dr Pepper.
Clarisse took a deep breath and just blurted out "I tried to bed Harry, almost succeeded to."
Annabeth just sat there "Excuse me, it sounded like you said you tried to bed MY BOYFRIEND, but that can't be right."
Clarisse sighed "Yeah you heard right, I'm attracted to him alright have been for a while, and even though he's with you I had to try, as they say all's fair in love and war" Annabeth was about to launch herself at Clarisse and try and strangle her when Clarisse continued "I laid myself there naked and practically begged him to take me but he didn't, he said that he's in love with you and then he left, and now my stupid conscience is driving me mad so here I am spilling my guts to you."
"You bitch, you fucking whore."
Clarisse flinched slightly, despite her tough Demi-God-War-Girl attitude she was still human, she felt bad and Annabeth's words while she knew where true still hurt "I know okay, you can't make me feel worse then I already do, but I can't stand the guilt. So just… do whatever you want, I don't really care."
Annabeth wanted so badly to reach over and bury her dagger in Clarisse's face, to just beat her with her own two fists but she instead just stood up and left.
Harry sighed as he examined Riptide "Not bad, an excellent weapon but it's not my style." The son of Apollo sighed and began to go through several sword moves to test its weight and balance.
"So is it true."
Harry sighed and nodded to his girlfriend without turning to face her "Yes, she tried, and I was only just able to resist, my body wanted to give in desperately but I couldn't, I love you too much."
Annabeth wanted to be mad at him but couldn't, she walked up to Harry and kissed him before walking off and heading back down below the deck to sleep and leaving Harry to spend the night alone keeping guard on the deck with only the un-dead confederate soldiers for company.
Harry handed Percy Riptide when he and Annabeth ran to the deck, Clarisse a minute later came up ordering the skeleton crew to load the cannons.
"What's going on?"
Harry smirked at Percy and Annabeth "We're almost between a Rock and a Hard Place."
Annabeth paled and screamed at them "WHAT! Are you insane?"
Clarisse smirked "Afraid Wise-Girl!"
Percy looked back and forth between them "Would someone please explain what's going on to me."
"We approaching Scylla and Charybdis" Annabeth screamed at him "Two large monsters."
Harry smiled as Charybdis came into view, she was a black coral reef with a tree on top and an "orthodontists' nightmare", a huge disgusting mouth with braces underneath. She is surrounded by the whirlpool she creates when she sucks up the sea and everything in her range.
"FIRE!"
They watched as the cannons fired cannon balls of Celestial Bronze at Charybdis, but Harry wasn't watching them, he was distracted by the falling figures from the cliff face, he summoned Diatrypon in its sword form as many small spiders like forms landed on the deck. Percy uncapped Riptide "What the hell are these things?"
"Scylla Brood! Confederate Crew keep firing at Charybdis and keep us away from her, Percy, Annabeth, Clarisse help me deal with the Scylla Brood."
Before anyone could move to attack there was a flash of movement and a skeleton crew member was gone "It's Scylla!"
Harry began to slash and force the Scylla brood back, Clarisse began to attack with her spear, Percy used Riptide and Annabeth used her dagger. Quickly more crew members were snatched up and the deck of the CSS Birmingham began to burn as the engines began to overheat.
"Percy, Annabeth, gets the lifeboats ready, Clarisse, cover them!"
Harry continued to slash but the Scylla Brood began to swarm him "HARRY!"
Harry cried out as a Scylla Brood managed to bite into his exposed arm avoiding his Basilisk hide vest, Harry stabbed it and saw the fracture in Diatrypon get worse, he turned just in time to see one of the snake faced shark toothed heads of Scylla make a grab at Annabeth who was still fighting the Scylla Brood, Harry moved in an instant, he flame flashed in front of her with Diatrypon in front of him like a shield completely forgetting about the Shield of Helios.
Annabeth and Clarisse watched as Diatrypon literally shattered under the force of Scylla, the head bit into Harry who had a chance to smile at them before he was pulled away by the head up to the cliffs, Clarisse had to hold Annabeth back as she screamed and tried to go after him.
"It's too late Wise-Girl we need to go! There is nothing we can do for Harry!"
"Wait what about Tyson?"
Before Clarisse could reply the ship exploded sending them flying and destroying the CSS Birmingham.
Percy woke up to find Clarisse trying to sail the life boat and Annabeth was just sitting there with her knees pulled into her chest and her arms wrapped around her legs.
"You should rest Seaweed."
Percy shook his head "Tyson? Harry?"
Clarisse shook her head "Tyson may have survived, he's a Cyclopes so he's fireproof, but Harry…"
"Scylla got him" Clarisse and Percy looked at Annabeth "He was grabbed by Scylla trying to protect me, I should have just listened and gone for the Lifeboat, but I felt that I had to prove myself for some reason."
Clarisse looked guilty and went back to trying to sail the ship while Annabeth just sat there in shock. Percy sat up and helped Clarisse sail, he knew exactly where they needed to go. On the way Percy managed to get some information from Annabeth about Chiron's prophecy while she was in shock, he really felt bad for her, she had lost her best friend and the guy she was in love with.
Soon they reached a small dock with old ships and planes all over the place and a woman waiting for them, they were led up to a resort with many beautiful women and animals around the place, they were led up to a large mirrored room where a woman named C.C was waiting for them, she tried to separate them for some reason but the three of them weren't in the mood, and when C.C revealed herself to be the Sorceress Circe, they managed to escape but not before managing to free her prisoners that she had turned into Guinea Pigs with Hermes Multivitamins.
They turned out to be one of Clarisse's siblings, a man named Edward Teach aka Blackbeard the Pirate and his crew who began to ransack the resort.
But Percy, Annabeth and Clarisse managed to steal Blackbeard's ship. And after sailing past the siren's island where Annabeth began to return to her old self, she wanted them to tie her to the mast and let her listen to the Sirens song, so they did, but Annabeth managed to escape in the moment they had their eyes shut, so Percy went after her and Clarisse watched the ship. When Percy managed to keep Annabeth from the sirens by dragging her underwater and forming a bubble of air around them Annabeth broke down and clutched to Percy and cried, Percy held her as she cried and willed the bubble to return them to the ship but couldn't help but feel guilty as he enjoyed holding Annabeth and he had no idea that some of her tears were for the same reason.
Harry woke up with a start and coughed up some blood, he looked down to see that he was lucky, his Basilisk hide vest had protected him from Scylla's head that grabbed him, but he still had some wounds on his arms, neck and legs.
"Damn, what is it with me and snake like enemies."
He looked around and found himself on the shore of a small Volcano Island and smiled "A forge of Lord Hephaestus." Harry saw a large figure with one eye approach him and carefully picked him up before he lost consciousness again.
Harry sat staring at the Smith God Hephaestus "I see that you've been getting good use out of that artificial eye your father commissioned me to make."
"Um not to be rude, but what are you doing here Lord Hephaestus?"
Hephaestus smiled as dozens of Cyclopes' forging around him "Simple, one of the workers found you and informed me that a demigod had washed up on shore injured, we were all informed of the quest and that you and Clarisse had gone on it, and that Poseidon and Athena's kids had gone missing from the camp no doubt to the Sea of Monsters."
Harry nodded "Makes sense, but why are you here?"
"To help you boy, you can't keep going with those injuries, so you'll rest here for a while, I'll let your father and the others know you're okay when I'm done here."
Harry shook his head "I appreciate it but my friends are out there somewhere and I need to help them."
Hephaestus laughed as he began to mould some metal "And how do you plan to do that without a weapon." Hephaestus pointed at the small shards and fragments from Diatrypon "I've examined the remains of your weapon, my son made quite an amazing weapon, and while it was remarkable it wasn't up to the needed standard for all that you get into. So I will forge you a new weapon, one that can handle everything you'll put it through."
Harry woke up with a jaw cracking yawn and then screamed.
"Rise and shine kiddo!"
There standing over him with his face right in front of Harry was Apollo, his father "Damn it dad that is not funny!"
Apollo chuckled "It is to me."
"I find it amusing." Harry turned to glare at the person who spoke up but had to bow his head when he saw Zeus standing there "What's this, where is that attitude you had before?"
Harry scowled "You had disrespected my father, that's why I mouthed off at you, but you are still the King of Olympus and the Gods."
Zeus nodded approvingly "Well said boy."
Apollo smiled "Glad to see you two getting along, now Harry, Zeus has come here for a reason today."
Harry looked at Zeus who instead of answering reached out and plucked the Falcon's Eye from his face "HEY!" Zeus then placed his left hand over Harry's eyes and after a moment removed them.
"Open your eyes child."
Harry scowled but did as he was told and gasped "I can see, but how?"
"I have returned your sight" It was true, Harry's once milky white eyes were now their original emerald green "Apollo has informed me of the outcome of your quest for the Fleece, your friends will succeed and in doing so Thalia will be saved and freed from the tree, I took your sight as punishment for failing, but now that she will return and be fine I have returned your sight."
Zeus turned to leave but looked back when he heard movement, he saw Harry kneeling before him with his head bowed and touching the floor, Zeus smiled slightly before it disappeared and he left. Apollo smiled at his son, he could see the tears hitting the floor "You okay Harry?"
Harry got up and Apollo saw the smile on his sons face "I am, thank you father."
"For what?" The Sun God enquired.
Harry smiled "For everything."
"So Harry, have you come up with a name for your new weapon, or a colour scheme?"
Harry raised an eye at the Smith God who just laughed without stopping his work "What are you going on about?"
"You're an artist boy; no doubt you'll want to paint your weapon so it has some style."
Harry shook his head "I was thinking mainly purple with black highlights and accents, as for a name, I have no idea, I'll name it later."
Hephaestus nodded and pulled a completed piece of the weapon from the forge and handed it to a Cyclopes who went to deliver it to Hecate for Magic's blessing "Charles really takes after me, the idea to forge each piece individually and have them then enchanted separately with resonating magic to increase the strength and power overall, brilliant."
Harry smiled "Yeah Charles is brilliant."
Hephaestus nodded "Indeed, I'm quite proud of him, and all my children, but Charles has that little bit extra that will take him far, you have that as well and your father can see this, he loves all his children of course, but he can see that you have a great destiny and that you needed help."
Harry nodded "All my siblings had their mother, I had no one, and I'd probably be dead if father hadn't come to me."
Hephaestus nodded "Harry I want you to know that this weapon comes at a price."
Harry nodded "I figured as much."
"I have a son, his name is Leo Valdez, he has my gift of fire like Charles, but he can't control it like Charles, or you can."
"But my gift is minor fire power, a side effect of father's Heliokinesis, I can't use it like Charles can, all I can do is some flame effects and keep my body temperature up."
The Smith God nodded "True, Harry do you understand why the gods have taken such an interest in you." Harry shook his head "It's because while you may not be a child of Hades, Zeus or Poseidon, you have an incredible amount of control that takes you to the level of your friends Percy and Thalia even though you don't have the same kind of raw power, and that makes you a possible ally, or a possible threat."
Harry sighed but decided to go over this new information later "So you want me to watch over this kid Leo?"
Hephaestus shook his head as he handed another completed piece over to a Cyclopes "No, I just want you to check in on him from time to time and make sure he stays out of trouble."
"Fine, I can check on the kid."
Hephaestus nodded "Glad to hear it kid."
Harry sighed as he walked up Half-Blood Hill, he smiled as Charles and Silena stared at him as he approached "Hey guys."
Suddenly Harry was knocked back as Silena slammed into him followed by Charles pulling them both into a hug "Harry?"
Harry smiled at his friends "Yeah it's me."
Silena smiled and looked at him only to gasp and cover her mouth with her hands as Charles smiled as he looked at his face "Your eyes their beautiful."
Harry smiled "Yeah Zeus came to me and gave me my sight back. By the way Charles, your father sends his regards and says that Diatrypon was magnificent, and I'm sorry that it shattered."
Charles smiled and wiped away some tears "It's no problem, but how did you survive, Clarisse and Annabeth both saw you get taken by Scylla."
Harry shook his head "No idea, I just woke up on the shore of your father's forges that was in the Sea of Monsters."
"Oh Harry were so happy you're okay."
Harry smiled at Silena and saw her holding Charles hand, he looked at Charles and said "So you two?"
Charles blushed and Silena smiled and kissed him on the cheek "After we thought you died, we realized that life can be short."
Harry smiled and clapped Charles on the shoulder and said to Silena "So the Tradition of Cabin #10 is broken huh?" Silena nodded and Harry smiled "Awesome, now we'll have to continue this later, for now I have to let the others know I'm alive."
Chiron sighed "So let me get this straight, Lord of the Skies gave you your sight back because your father told him the outcome of the quest that Thalia would return, and you're here weeks after the quest because you needed to heal and wait for your new weapon."
Harry nodded "Yep."
"And you have no idea how you survived Scylla grabbing you?"
"Correct again."
Chiron rubbed his forehead "I see, what do you intend to do now then?"
Harry smiled "I'm going to see Annabeth."
Harry left the Big House and smiled at the early morning sun that was peeking through the forest as he headed to the cabins, he saw the early risers staring at him and smiled at them as he approached Cabin #6, and he reached the cabin and found Malcolm, Annabeth's half-brother.
"By the gods, Harry, you're alive?"
Harry smiled "Yeah, I'll more than likely end up explaining at dinner, but for now is Annabeth here?"
Malcolm shook his head "She's not in here."
Harry nodded "Okay, thanks, I'll go see if Percy is up yet then, don't tell her I'm back if you see her, I want to surprise her."
Malcolm nodded and watched as Harry headed down towards Cabin #3 and unknowingly the event that would shake what he knew about everything and change his life. Harry smiled and waved to several Ares camper who were staring at him like he had personally fought his way out of Hades before they rushed back into their cabin no doubt to wake Clarisse. He smiled as he saw Cabin #3 and entered and immediately Harry wished that Scylla had killed him, because it would save him from the pain he felt now.
There she was, Annabeth Chase, the woman he loved, she was lying naked curled up with her head resting on Percy's chest who was also naked, the room smelled heavily of sea air and sex and their clothes were thrown all over the room, but she was still wearing the sign of his love, his first Python Fang necklace he had given her when they first started dating years ago.
Harry turned and exited the cabin, he walked up the path between the rows of cabins, all the campers by now had heard of his return and had gathered, Clarisse came out and went to run to him when he swayed and collapsed on his knees, and he began to cry. The campers watched as tears fell before he tiled his head back and screamed to the heavens. The entire camp heard it and shook in fear; it started off as a scream of pain and anguish and slowly turned into the pained cry of a beast.
Percy and Annabeth were woken by the scream and scrambled away from each other when they realised their current position and hurriedly searched for some clothes just as Harry began to slam his right fist into the ground again and again as he cried(Picture Nero in DMC4 when he fails to save Kyrie), the entire camp turn to see Annabeth and Percy barely clothed emerge from Poseidon's cabin and they knew what set him off.
"Harry?"
Clarisse and Thalia were the only two to see the hatred burning in his eyes and they moved to intercept him but weren't fast enough, the camp watched as a weapon similar in design to Diatrypon appeared in Harry's hand only this was more angular instead of Diatrypon's flame like design and was a dark purple and black, Harry speed at Percy and Annabeth in a magically induced burst of speed with his weapon ready to pierce right through them, Percy's instincts kicked in just in time and he transformed his watch back into the shield Tyson had made for him and tried to block, but the moment that Harry's new weapon impacted the shield Percy was thrown backwards crashing through his cabin in a spray of splinters as the wooden beams where crushed.
Then Clarisse and Thalia managed to grab his arms and restrain him, but Harry continued to fight, he began to force his way towards Annabeth as she tried to move away from him, still not understanding how he was here, she saw him get grabbed by Scylla and taken up to the cliffs and the pool of his blood that was left behind when Scylla grabbed him.
"DAMN IT HARRY! STOP DAMN YOU!"
Charles, Michael, Will and Kayla all ran over and together the six of them managed to stop Harry but he continued to struggle against them.
"THIS IS HOW YOU SHOW ME YOU LOVE ME! I ALMOST GAVE MY LIFE TO PROTECT YOU! I STOPPED MYSELF FROM BEING WITH OTHERS WHO TRIED TO SEDUCE ME BY REMEMBERING HOW MUCH I LOVED YOU, AND THIS IS HOW YOU REPAY ME! BY LYING WITH HIM! JUST WEEKS AFTER MY SUPPOSED DEATH, DID YOU EVEN CARE AT ALL!"
"Harry please-"
Harry managed to force himself close enough and tried to swipe at her, the crowd could tell that he got what he was aiming for that time as he snatched the Python Fang necklace from around her neck "SHUT YOUR MOUTH YOU CHEATING WHORE!"
Annabeth was in tears as Chiron approached "Will you six please take Harry to the big house."
The six demigods began to try and force him back but it wasn't until the five biggest Ares guys came over to help were they able to begin forcing him back and Thalia couldn't help herself "Hey Harry, good to see you again."
"It's good to see you to, how about we catch up after I kill them!"
