A/N: Hello, Hello, Hello dears, I am the nicest author ever, giving you three chapters in one day! And no more I've spoiled you, and broke my fingers typing! So last chapter was sad, huh? Well here's what happened after Percy passed, so enjoy the chapter, and remember this is only the beginning, that was chapter three, just imagine what I have in store for you in the future... :), so... Read On!
THALIA'S POV:
HE'S DEAD! DEAD DEAD DEAD! He can't be dead no no. Tears were streaming down Thalia's face. One of her best friends was dead and killed by his girlfriend. Thalia closed her eyes and opened them after 10 seconds. Every thing was still there. Percy Jackson, Kelp head, is dead. His body was still on the floor, pale and lifeless she was so mad sad, so many mixed emotions.
"Nico." I whispered.
"yeah." He sniffled, she was shocked that he was crying, too.
"Is he really?" Thalia's eyes were glazed over.
"Yes." Nico sighed. The two of them were turning towards Discordia now, still floating.
"I told you daughter of Zeus you could not win, now we must negotiate." She said. Thalia knew it she had to choose not Jason.
"No." Thalia said forcefully.
"Oh really because if you don't you and your friends will die." Thalia sighed she had had enough death for one day. "What do you want and why me?" She chokes.
"What's better then negotiating with the king of the god's daughter, she begging me for life. That is the sweetest of all pain," She was sick and cruel and awful. "You have a choice Thalia Grace Either I start a civil war within your country starting here or your friends die and you walk away saving all those lives." Thalia couldn't choose this was ridiculous why her. Why her. Why Percy and Annabeth! "Why did you choose us we never did anything against you, what did we do to deserve this!" Thalia's voice quivered with anger. "You are all the strongest demigods on earth, I was told to do this, because Thalia, life is an ordeal, you all just happen to have it harder than most humans." Suddenly a column by Circe burst. Nico and Thalia fell to the floor. Power surged threw her veins she was charged with electricity and she let it out in one big shock. "How bout a third choice. Thalia fell to her knees the room shook, she shocked everyone. Including herself, on accident. Discordia was bleeding Ichor and Circe was out of Annabeth and on the floor and somehow a boy and a girl fall from the rafters and land on the marble floor. Thalia commanded smaller amounts of lightning to hit Discordia over and over until she screamed. "STOP THIS STOP THIS CHILD." Thalia stopped and grimaced at Discordia who smiled. "Thalia Grace... you have passed." Discordia sighed and Thalia shielded her eyes as she vanished. Thalia looked around the room. Thalia wondered, if only she did this before Percy died. What ifs flashed across her brain. Then she felt a hand on her shoulder. Thalia turned around it was Nico he gave her a hug. "it's not your fault Thals, it's not your fault."
PIPER'S POV:
Piper woke up with a migraine and some bruises on her limbs. She propped herself up and ten feet next to her is a body. It was Percy's. Piper screamed. "Piper…" Piper heard moaning from behind her. Piper turned around, it's Jason bleeding from his head and surrounded by huge chunks of marble, she limped over. When Piper got there she pushed aside some marble chunks.
"Jason are you okay." She whispered. "Piper…" he moans. She propped him upright.
"Piper what happened." Jason winced and rubbed his head.
"I'm not sure but... but..." Piper's voice quivered, "I think Percy's dead." She swallowed hard. Jason looks puzzled.
"Where?" he looks around clutching his head.
"There." Piper points to the pale body in the middle of the room. He crawls over to Percy and checks his pulse. He bangs his fist against the floor making an echo.
"Dammit Jackson." Jason says, frustrated.
"Shh…" Piper try's to calm her down.
"How did this happen, it wouldn't of if I was conscious." Jason was getting worked up.
"Don't blame yourself we were up against two goddesses." Piper thought of how she was one of the people fighting for Eris, she felt awful.
"What about the others?" Jason asked his face seemed determined in a way.
"I'm not sure, let's wake them up." They started with Rachel, which was a terrible mistake. She woke up as soon as Piper and Jason got near her.
"Who? What? Where? Piper your not possessed, Jason are you okay your bleeding and your head is messed up."
"Speak for yourself" Jason said. She had a huge gash in her arm and some new bruises.
"I'm fine wheres everyone else?" she looks behind them and sees Percy.
"No, no no-no no." She hobbles over to Percy.
"Rachel wait." Piper whispered loudly. To late she got there before them.
"No no no he's d-dead." She starts crying.
"It's okay." Jason hugs her. Piper felt a twinge of jealously.
"Let's check on the others." Piper Said, the three of them all limp to the west side and see frank and hazel both of their eyes are closed and are holding hands.
"Not them to." Piper whispered, it was too much, too much death. Jason put his head on Frank and Hazel's chests.
"I hear a pulse!" He says a bit of relief washes over his face and the same for Piper. Rachel and Piper shook both of them. Their eyes flutter open.
"Hey, what's up with the cuts?" Hazel looked worried.
"What's going on." Frank went all serious.
"Well…" Rachel said. They got into sitting position and look around and spot Percy.
"Oh no." Hazel chokes on a sob.
"Is he?" Jason nodded sadly.
"But but…" Frank looked depressed.
"C'mon we're collecting people, let's dices this with Annabeth." Piper said. They kept moving forward and find Clarisse and Chris on the floor. Chris was wide-awake.
"Chris…" Piper said softly. He's gagged, so he didn't say anything. Piper removed his bandana gag.
"Chris…" nothing he just stares into nothingness.
"Clarisse." Hazel said softly. She woke up and stared at Chris who seemed paralyzed.
"Christopher." She said. He stares more.
"Chris stop it, stop this your suck a jerk! Why do I love you so much your just gonna have more episodes like this!" She yelled. His expression softened.
" You said it… " He whispered.
"What you I say?" Clarisse said. He jumped up triumphantly.
"You admitted it you love me." He yelled a bit too loud and smiled from ear to ear.
"IS THAT WHY YOU WENT INSANE JUST SO I WOULD SAY THAT!" Clarisse screams punching and kicking him.
"No, I couldn't hear anything and see anything except Minos until you said that." He tried to block the rally of punches.
"Why that's about the most cheesiest thing I have ever heard." Clarisse growled.
"It's true!"
"GUYS!" Frank yelled. "Quit argueing Percy's dead!" They shut up, and looked disoriented.
"What?" Chris said.
"Prissy is… Dead?" Clarisse actually looks a bit shaken up. They all point to his body.
"B-but." Chris manages.
"We're having a team meeting after we find everyone." Jason said moving forward.
"C'mon." Piper said. Next to the throne they find Nico and Thalia hugging.
"Thalia, Nico, you guys are conscious." Rachel says.
"Hey guys." She croaks.
"Do you know th-" Frank starts.
"Percy's dead." Nico said. There was an awkward silence among all of them. Thalia broke the silence.
"And everyone was knocked out because of a huge shock I created." She got up and started to walk toward the middle of the room. There was only one person left to wake. Annabeth.
ANNABETH'S POV:
Annabeth woke up on a red floor, grimy and tired, blood-splattered faces surrounded her. She was holding riptide, which had blood on th end. Annabeth had a massive migraine, cuts and bruises. She only had one thought.
"Percy." Annabeth whispered and propped herself up.
"Percy." Her voice raises slightly.
"Annabeth why don't you lie down." Jason says. She pushes him aside.
"Percy?" Annabeth saw his body on the floor.
"PERCY!" Annabeth screamed and crawled over to him. His body pale as snow and his clothes were caked with blood.
"NOOO, no no no no no, Percy." Annabeth suddenly remembered fighting Circe from stabbing him, but she did.
"I'm so sorry percy it wasn't me!" Annabeth started ugly sobbing so loudly. "No no Percy I love you, no no, im so sorry." Annabeth say hugging his dead body. Annabeth didn't care if her friends were staring, her spirit had been broken along with her heart. At that point she found no reason to live. She cried more but saw something out of the corner of her eye. The goddess Circe was awake and smiling. A new feeling washed over Annabeth, pure disgust to Circe. Annabeth put Percy's body down. Annabeth needed to live on but first beat Circe into pig grease. "I'M GONNA KILL HER!" Annabeth jumped bur Frank caught her, she squirmed waving her arms toward Circe, trying to claw her. Jason and Chris also started to restrain her. "Just go away Circe you've done enough!" Thalia yelled, Circe just smiled. "What's so funny, huh, and why did you do of this, why?!" Annabeth, still crying, yelled angrily at Circe, Circe still smiled. "You still don't get it, when I heard about this I had to be a part of it, oh and congratulations on passing, sorry about the poor Jackson boy, the boy who ruined my island, oh what a shame, but I did have help," Circe gestured to the unconscious children, "I couldn't have done this without them, so I'm going to be on my way, I don't give two broken hangnails of what you do to my helpers, you can kill them for all I care, and don't forget about the boy up there he could be dead too, Ta-Ta." Circe smiled and vanished. "Come back here, she-devil!" Rachel growled. Then the demigods looked up and there was Leo about to fall off threw the side of the catwalk, and that's what happened. He fell on Percy and woke up. He blinked and rubbed his head then looked under him, "Gah! Niño muerto! Niño muerto! Niño muerto! Niño muerto! Niño muerto!" Leo yelled over and over. He quickly got off of Percy and ran into the group and fumbled on the floor pointing his finger at Percy. "Percy died, Percy died!" Leo was shaking. Clarisse kicked him, "Get up, idiot, yes he's dead we're all very sad but we're trying to figure something out." Clarisse yelled and pointed to the kids. Frank finally let go of Annabeth, who brushed herself off, she was still crying. Annabeth walked over to the children and the others followed. "What should we do?" Annabeth sniffled.
"I'm not sure. They could be monsters." Jason looked angry at them.
"Should we kill them?" Piper seemed confused.
"Well let's just do something!" Leo yelled and kneeled over to them he was a about to shake the boy when he woke up and punched Leo in the face and backed-up quickly and stood in front of the girl.
"You little punk!" Leo yelled rubbing his face.
"Stay away!" The boy yelled he looked terrified, but he held his ground. Annabeth thought he couldn't be more than 8 years old, he had black longish hair where the ends flip out, he had unusual dark violet eyes and his skin looked… grey, and was very bony. The boy was wearing a very dirty dark grey and blue horizontal striped long-sleeved shirt, black worn out jeans covered in mud, and black army boots. The boy also had small cuts and scrapes on him.
"Dumb kid." Leo grumbled and backed off. Annabeth took a step closer to the boy.
"Stay away!" He yelled louder. Annabeth took another step toward the boy.
"I said stay… AWAY!" On away he put his hand out and Annabeth flew back, she quickly recovered, the boy grabbed his hand it was steaming, like he just burned himself by using magic. He stifled a scream, but the girl behind him woke up and got to her feet getting in front of the boy. Annabeth thought she was about 6, she was black, and had two long braids going down her back. Her eyes were dark brown, so dark they almost looked black. She was wearing light pink pants with small black hearts on them, and a grey shirt with a black smiley face on it, (it was torn) a dark brown twill jacket that looked like it could fit the boy, and white muddy converse. The girl had a fierce look in her eyes as she stared right at Annabeth. It reminded her of someone. It was herself when she was 7 years old.
Annabeth continued to move toward both of them, "Annabeth don't!" Chris yelled. Thalia looked at Annabeth who looked back to Thalia, they both knew they were thinking the same thing. Those to reminded Thalia and Annabeth of them when they were on the run. Thalia half smiled, and Annabeth continued walking. The boy shook his hand and scowled at Annabeth, she knelt down to their level.
"What's your name?" She asked softly to the boy, he still scowled and took a step back.
"I'm not going to hurt you." She said softly.
"Liar!" He yelled.
"I promise, I'm not."
"Liar!" He screamed again, "Liar! Liar! Liar!" He went backwards a little. Annabeth was being patient with him.
"Let me guess, you ran away from home because your family was mean, you were alone and sad and hated everyone and thought no one cares about you. You thought no one liked you because you were special. Am I right?" Annabeth said. The boy looked a little surprised.
"My name is Nathan, I ran away from my foster home in florida because everyone was mean to me, they thought I was mentally ill, I was on my own since July and in August I found Kimberly in Miami, her Dad didn't like her very much so I took care of her, somehow I don't remember but we were on the beach and there was a storm and that mean woman was there, she said we were very important and that she'd be our mom if we help her, she cursed us with magic somehow by putting us in a fancy bathtub and then we got all these weird magic tricks, then she got really mean, she got mad and turned Kim into a hamster, she promised to be a good mother but she wasn't! She said she would but she didn't! She said she would kill us if we didn't corporate, Moms don't do that! She's a liar like everybody else, a liar like you!" He yelled and glared at Annabeth and backed up again. Annabeth felt so bad for the kids, they been through so much like she had.
"No more lying from here on out I promise, and I'm not lying, I ran away from home to once, see that girl," Annabeth pointed to Thalia who waved, "She did what you did and took care of me when I was 7, after I ran away from home, we got to go to a safe place called Camp Half-Blood where people like us are safe and loved for real, I was a camper there for 10 years, it was the second best thing that ever happened to me, now I'm a camp counselor." Annabeth eyes were getting watery again. Nathan still grimaced at Annabeth, but Kim looked amazed though, "What was the best thing that ever happened to you though?" Kim said her eyes began to soften and she began to smile. Annabeth let out a few tears, "The best thing that ever happened to me was meeting that boy over there." Annabeth pointed to Percy's dead body. The girl looked sad and so did the boy, "Who is that boy?" Kim's voice quivered. Annabeth sniffled "That boys name is Percy, he was my best friend and my amazing boyfriend who I loved so much that I don't even know myself." Annabeth started to cry again, then something unexpected happened Kimberly ran up to Annabeth and hugged her and started crying, "I'm sorry for what I did, I didn't mean to!" she cried loudly squeezing Annabeth, Nathan just stood there with a surprised face staring at Kim, then there was Annabeth crying and hugging the kid crying and hugging her, then behind her she heard a few whimpers. Everyone started to at least cry a little. Annabeth sniffled and wiped away Kimberly's tears, "It's not your fault sweetie, It's Circe's fault," Annabeth let go of them, "So do you want to go to Camp with my friends and me?" Annabeth half smiled trying to be somewhat strong the kids looked confused again. "But it's not summer." Kim said trying to think how Annabeth made sense.
"This camp runs year round." Annabeth stood up and took Kim's hand and Nathan followed behind, he tugged on Annabeth's torn t-shirt, "Umm what's your name?" Nathan grunted looking at his shoes, she looked at Nathan, "My name is Annabeth."
A/N: Do you like my new OC's? Little kids, strange little kids... the plot thickens! So did you like this chapter? If so write a review! Good or bad! Reviews make rabbguin happy, a happy rabbguin writes more chapters and that makes readers happy! Its a happy cycle! See you next chapter :)