To those that hate long ANs, skip to where the story starts. To those that like a good explaination of my my mistakes, keep on reading. xD
To my dear reviewer Erica N Peterson, this whole AN is dedicated to you ^_^
About the whole "hate Ethan more than Luke" thing is what I imagined happening. Ethan was the one that stabbed Annabeth and everybody knows that he did that of his own conscious, whereas on Luke's point of view, he just didn't like the gods, but he didn't want a war to happen because of it. In like, every book, Luke is like "come to my side, I really don't want to hurt you guys, just the gods." When Luke becomes the body for Kronos, it's not like all the people that Luke is killing are actually done by him.
The reason for the pitiful amount of deaths is for three reasons. At the beginning of the battle, when the demigods are getting out of the van. Percy states that there were about 40 campers altogether. I know only 7 of those 40 die…but think about it, in the scenario of which 7 of my aunts and uncles died at the same time, I think I would be really devastated. (Toby, Ethan, Luke, and the hunters, didn't count of that 40). Also at the end of the Last Olympian, Percy's all like "Wow…now there's so many campers than before." I know most of them are newly claimed, but wouldn't it be better if they had more older campers to look up to? Plus, after Hades comes with his awesome undead army, the monsters are pretty much done and there aren't many deaths after that. Helena was the last one and was an exception so that she could explain that Hades came and Percy went up to Olympus. Fine…I guess a fourth reason is that I'm lazy, so you can scold me for that…xD
Okay…the last two paragraphs about the processes of death, most of it was just made up in my head, I know it isn't the real way for people to enter the Underworld. When I was making this I remembered "EZ death line," and not the judges…so that kinda stinks. I'm just going out on a limb, and this is my version of the underworld. If a person has done bad deeds in their lives, they would go to the judge people and see if they really deserve to go to Tartarus. Then the rest that aren't bad go to the EZ death line…now about how mortals are dying like every 10 seconds. *thinks really hard for a good excuse* GOT ONE! Let's just say that the souls of mortals are just different and that demigod souls are stronger seeing how they're part god meaning that demigod souls are more likely to see other demigod souls. Kind of like in the Amazon…there's billions of birds calling out to each other at the same time, but a certain bird species has only the ability to hear the same species. (that was a good analogy. I am proud of myself.)
So don't worry and relaxxxxx (ha ha I'm gonna use that a lot more now ^^). The other things will be addressed later.
Sorry for the long AN. xD
So please enjoy, and review at the end!
Thank you, and now. May I present to you *drumroll* CHAPTER 10! ^_^
EPIC LINE BREAK
I don't know what to do. Will Charlie hate me, will he forgive me? I'm too scared to see his face, or anybody else's for that matter. What if Luke tells everybody I was the spy? I can't go out there. I don't deserve Elysium.
What should I do? Silena thought as she listened to the conversation taking place not too far away from her on the other side of the gates.
"What do you mean? I thought she was down here with you guys?" Silena heard Luke said. Silena groaned. Now they would know that she was actually dead, and she would have to work up the courage soon to go see Charlie, because now he would be worried sick, maybe even more so than her.
"Tell me everything. Now!" She heard Beckendorf order Luke. She winced. He sounded so pained and heartbroken, though others might have thought that he sounded angry and strong, only she could hear the weakness and sadness showing through Charlie's voice. She crossed her fingers hoping that Luke wouldn't say the one thing that wasn't needed to be said about her.
"She died to the Drakon." Luke said shortly, and Silena let out a sigh of relief. He had said nothing about her being a spy. At least he had told the truth…the good one at least. She was glad she had an honorable death for her pitiful, traitorous, life.
"Why isn't she here yet?" Beckendorf said again to Luke. Again, he tried to sound calm, but it didn't work as well this time. She wouldn't be surprised if Castor, Lee, Luke, and Tori (having known him for almost as long as Silena), could hear the false cover of calm over Charlie's voice now. His ability to control his emotions was outstanding, and she was surprised he was screaming at the top of his lungs now. Then, she realized that this could be the question that could break Charlie.
Please Luke, don't tell him anything. Please, please, please, please, please. I'm the one that has to tell him. Silena prayed silently. She strained her ears to hear Luke's response.
"When she decides she's ready to see you guys you'll see her." Luke said. Silena snorted quietly. How vague.
"What do you mean 'she's not ready to see us'?" Beckendorf said slowly. Silena bit her lip and listened for Luke's voice. Would Luke tell Charlie that she wasn't ready to see him because she may have been the indirect cause of his death?
"I'm not the one that should tell you." She heard Luke whisper. She was surprised that she could even hear him. She prayed silently to the gods for thanks, and began to think how she would handle seeing her deceased friends.
"I'm going to wait here guys." Beckendorf said quietly. "You guys can go back to Elysium if you want…."
Michael stared at Beckendorf and rolled his eyes.
"We're all going to stay and wait. She's our friend too." Michael said stubbornly, and Beckendorf gave a smile to the small Apollo camper.
"Thanks Mike." Beckendorf said. Luke shifted nervously from foot to foot.
"Well, I was thinking…I don't want to go to Elysium." Luke stated. He rubbed the back of his head and closed his eyes.
"I want to try for the Isles of Blest." He said. When he said that, some of the other demigods buzzed with conversation, but Beckendorf smiled and put his hand on Luke's shoulder.
"I'm sure you'll make it Luke." Beckendorf said encouragingly. Luke nodded, and started heading towards the arrow sign that said "River Lethe." Luke lifted his hand in a backwards wave and didn't look back
"Maybe see you guys later." Luke said, he turned around and grinned, then walked out of sight. The demigods looked after Luke with some remorse, if he didn't turn to Kronos's side, he would have been a great leader for Camp. Some felt happy that he was gone while others truly wished him the best of luck in his next life. While they stood staring at where Luke had disappeared, they heard the skeleton talk.
"Name?" He said tiredly. The person responded so quietly that nobody could hear what the person said. The demigods just assumed that it was another soul just entering the underworld, though Beckendorf wasn't fooled. He whipped around to see standing a few yards away from him, Silena Beaureguard.
Silena stood there looking at Beckendorf. Her head then hung low and she couldn't bring herself to look into his eyes. Beckendorf walked cautiously toward her. She looked so fragile and sad. This wasn't the Silena he knew.
"What's wrong?" Beckendorf said gently as he wrapped his arms around Silena, who was still not looking into his eyes.
"I'm sorry. This is all my fault." Silena sobbed into Beckendorf chest. As she cried into his shoulder, he stroked her back, trying to calm her down.
"It's alright, none of this is your fault." Beckendorf assured Silena, though she only cried harder.
"No! You don't understand!" She said slightly pushing herself away from Beckendorf so that she could look into his eyes. He saw that her eyes were red and bloodshot, and tears were streaming down her face.
"I was the spy." She said quietly and continued to cry into Beckendorf's shoulder. "I'm the one that killed you."
This took a moment for Beckendorf to register into his head. If Silena was the spy, then Kronos probably knew everything that was going to happen. Silena would never have agreed to be the spy unless she was being blackmailed…or was promised something.
"No, I killed myself Silena. I had the chance to blow up the boat and I did." He said softly, hugging her. "You don't have to tell me why you spied for Kronos. Everything's all right."
Silena sniffled and tried to talk again.
"Luke promised me that they wouldn't hurt you, and that fewer lives would be lost." She wiped her eyes. "But big difference it made, people still died, and because of me."
"Hey." Beckendorf said. "You probably saved other camper's lives without knowing it." Beckendorf said. Silena didn't say anything, and Beckendorf sighed.
"Are you mad at me?" Silena mumbled so quietly that Beckendorf almost didn't hear her. He smiled and pushed her gently away from him. He put his hands on her shoulders and looked directly into her eyes.
"You could've been a demigod for Kronos's cause I would still love you. No matter what." Beckendorf said smiling into Silena's eyes. She looked stunned for a moment as she absorbed what he was saying. He wasn't mad at her, though he should have been, because he loved her.
"Charlie?" Silena said again.
"Hmmm?" Beckendorf responded pulling Silena back into a hug.
"I love you too." Silena said more strongly this time and she put her hand behind his head and pulled him down closer to her face and kissed him.
So how'd you like it?
I'm gonna make this AN short cause the first one was super long.
I'm not good at romance/sad scenes. So sorry 'bout that.
Thank you for reading! Please Review b/c it's my equivalent to Nutella (and Girl Scout Cookies!)! (if you're allergic to nuts: wonton soup)
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P.S. if you like this then you should check out my other fanfic about an OC and Will Solace, if you're picky about language do NOT read the one about Morpheus. Thanks! ^_^
