Chapter 8,

~I Help save the Water-World~

Authors note: hey, haven't written in a while, but you know.....Halloween! So Here is my next chapter!

Disclaimer: I do not own the PJO series.

~I Help save the Water-World~

I swam down to Poseidon's Palace, and burst in through the doors. Thank the gods my dad hadn't left yet, because I wanted him to know I was here to fight for him. I walked up to him slowly, and bowed. " You need not bow to me, my son." he said, "But I deeply thank you for coming in my time of need."I was surprised about how he could be so calm at a time like this. " I only wish to serve you, father" I said, also surprised about how mature i sounded when I talked to him. He handed me something tied up in a silky blue cloth. "Here," he said, holding it out to me, "take his for the war." I took it in my hands, and suddenly felt an amazing boost of power. The grip around it felt so....right. But it also felt like a weapon of some sort. i folded back the blue cloth and saw what was underneath. It was a trident. One my dad had made just for me. I wanted to refuse because I already had Riptide, but i couldn't. He apparently read my mind, (which tend to happen alot with him and his messengers" and said that it would only appear in my hand when I wanted it to. So I felt pretty good about it. I put on some of his undersea battle armor, and capped Riptide. I knew that this war would be unlike anything I've fought before, (except for Kronos of course) and I would have to put all of my camp training into it. I thought about Annabeth, and what she would want me to do right now. I went to my dad, and he said that we had to leave right then. Tyson was ready to, with a cyclopes shield, a sword from the forges, and battle armor big enough for 2 cows. I just realized how big he'd gotten since I last saw him at camp. He was huge, and alot stronger too. My dad came up to me with a bottle of some sort. It seemed to illuminate in the water. I looked at it, then at my dad who was smiling widely. " I've waited for this day for so long," he said, " The day when my son obtains his true, and full powers. He gave me the bottle, and told me to drink it. I drank, and got a warm feeling inside me. It felt like I was drinking a whole bottle of Nectar, but I looked in a mirror, and there was no difference. Then I noticed I was illuminating just the bottle was. My glow was faint, but It made me look much cooler. After we all got our armor and backup weapons, my dad, Tyson, and I left to fight the undersea war.

I swam with my dad, him giving me advice on weak spots, ranging, energy, and vantage points on our enemies. We stopped abruptly, and my dad gasped. A few yards in front of us was the messenger my dad sent me. He was such a peaceful person, and he was dead. Stabbed, with arrows through his stomach, I couldn't believe it, who would kill a messenger. Its against the ancient laws. But he was dead, and That just made my dad more angry. We swam forward and heard an explosion from ahead. We swam quicker, and found the battle. My dad told me to wait with him , and only to fight in places that needed the most help. Tyson ran off to attack an underwater giant, but I stayed. I saw something in no time, it was an armed naiad, but she was stabbed, and another sea monster was about to take her out. I swam as fast as I could to save her. She looked alot like Annabeth, which is probably why I swam so fast to save her. I got there right in time, and sliced through the attacker. She was wounded badly, and would make it on her own. I brought her back to my dad, who had just finished off 3 monsters as big as buildings. He took her to the medic, who brought her back to the palace. I was swimming over to fight a monster when a can of greek fire exploded in my face. My hair was singed off, but the fire didn't last long underwater. I felt lightheaded and dizzy, and thought if it really was greek fire that hit me. I was slowly sinking, but couldn't tell what was going on. I tried desperately to stop it from spreading, but it was hopeless. My sight kept getting darker and darker. The last thing I felt was a tugging in my gut. I remember a huge explosion with magic mixed in it, and my life felt like it was draining away. I finally blacked out, and sank.

I woke up in my dad's palace room. Which was funny because I noticed I was in his room, but not the whole undersea army at my bedside, looking at me as if they had just seen a ghost king come back to life.(and trust me, I know what that looks like) My dad came over to with a look of relief on his face. He smiled warmly, and gave me some ambrosia and nectar. "You did it Percy" he said, "you pushed back the forces of the minor gods. But we can't get too happy just yet, they'll be back. but what you did out there, that was very risky Percy." I had no idea what I even did out there. I only remember my life draining away, a huge explosion, and me almost dying. Wow, my life is weird. Then I remembered 2 years ago on Mt. Saint Helens, when I ddi the huge explosion making me black out on Calypso's Island. My dad looked so proud of me, so I decided to keep him thinking I did it on purpose. " Son," he said calmly " You need to go back to camp, and straighten things out with everyone. they think your dead." I then realized how bad that really was. I thought about what Chiron & Annabeth were thinking. I jumped out of The bed, and ran for the doors. Poseidon put his hand on my shoulder, and gave me a look of approval. He winked at me, and I nodded back. I slammed open the doors, and swam as fast as I could back to camp Half-Blood. I reached the shore, and came out of the water. It was night at Camp Half-Blood. I knew I couldn't go back to my cabin at this time, so I curled up on the sand of the lake, and fell asleep with the fall breeze quietly, but carefully drifting through my hair and clothes.

I'm sorry that the story didn't have any love in it, but I had to write about the war first, The love will come in the next Chapter. Thanks so much for reading, hope it was good!

Sincerely,

~SeaweedBrain001