Chapter 13: Sky and sea

The Thalia/Percy chapter is here. I hope you enjoy it. Soon enough you will find out what Percy wanted to talk Thalia about. By the way, this chapter will be entirely from Thalia's POV.

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Thalia's POV

I was curious. So far, Percy had only been with Bianca alone as far as I am aware and it was to help her survive. Now, I was the one alone with him. I wanted to know if he was going to tell me something about my future so I remained quiet until he decided to talk.

"First of all," Percy began, "I wanted to apologize."

"Huh? For what?" I asked him confused.

"Remember that I said that I changed history again back in the Hoover Dam and that was why we couldn't escape the way we were supposed to?" He asked me.

I nodded.

"Well, the thing is that you were supposed to pray to your father and this time he will answer your prayer," He said surprising me.

I was dumbstruck, something that rarely happens to me. My dad was actually going to listen to me and help me? I felt both happy and mad now. I felt happy because now I know that my dad can actually care about me and mad because that never really happen because Percy had to interfere. Then, again Percy might had good reasons so I just let it go.

"Anything else?" I asked him.

"Well I wanted to talk about your future," Percy told me.

"Okay," I said slowly, "Does that has anything to do with the fact that I will turn sixteen in two days?" I asked.

"Yes and tell me, do you already have a plan to escape the prophecy?" Percy asked me while looking at me in the eyes.

I gulped.

"Well, is against all my instincts and it will make me look like hypocrite but I was thinking about joining the hunters of Artemis," I whispered.

Then it hit me.

"But you already know that right?" I asked him. "I am supposed to join them in the near future?"

"Unfortunately, yes," Percy said. "However, I am not going to let you make the same mistake twice," He said determined.

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"Thalia, I know you," Percy said, "You may not be crazy about boys but I know that you don't hate them. If you join the hunt you will just throw your life away. The other huntress will brain wash you. If you manage to survive the war, don't you want to have a family?" Percy asked me.

I gasped. He was right in everything he said. I don't hate boys. In fact, I found many very attractive. Like this Percy; for instance. Gods, why did he have to be so handsome when he got older? I never considered the Percy of this time as more than a friend but with this one I wouldn't mind at all to kiss his lips and find out how they taste like. I almost laugh. If Percy would became my boyfriend that will seriously piss off both of our godly parents.

Anyway, he is also right about the fact that if I join the hunt, my attitude toward boys will probably change drastically. And, even though I doubt that I will survive the war, if I did I would like to have a family. So, I do will throw my life away if I join the hunt. No family. No love.

"Percy," I said, "You are absolutely right but honestly, what choice do I have?" I asked him helpless. "I don't want to be the one of the prophecy and that is the only way I can think of to avoid that."

"That is the only way you know to avoid that but not the only way I know," Percy told me.

I blinked.

"Well, if you know another way, then I am all ears," I said.

"I know a spell that can make it possible," Percy said.

"Jeez, you have a spell for everything?" I asked him.

"Well I may be able to do almost anything with my branch of magic but in the Grimoire there are instructions I need to follow for some spells, like ingredients for instance," Percy explained. "There are two ingredients I need to make the spell I want to make for you: One is an uncommon astronomical event and the other one is that, instead of just thinking what I want to do, I need to chant what I want to do in the old tongue; the one that is before the gods," Percy told me.

I gasped again.

"You can speak the old tongue?" I asked him surprised.

"That is the official language of my branch of magic and Hecate put a spell on me so that I could learn the entire language instantly," Percy explained. "Each spell of my branch of magic that needs to be chant out loud will need to be spoken in the old tongue and not in ancient greek."

"Okay and what about the astronomical event you need?" I asked him.

"The winter solstice will be enough," Percy said. "You see, some magicians like me can absorb energy from different celestial events to fuel their magical powers," Percy said. "Examples for those events are solstices, full moons, lunar or solar eclipses; though the rarer the better, and best of all, comets."

I was impressed. I had no idea that Percy could gain power that way.

"All right, you had already explained to me what you need but what exactly are you going to do to me?" I asked him a little nervous.

"I am going to make a spell during the winter solstice, when you are just one day away from turning sixteen, that will automatically age you two days," Percy explained to me. "So after I am done, you will officially be sixteen years and one day old," He added grinning.

I stood up shocked.

"So, if I am sixteen years and one day old I will skip the prophecy age requirement?" I asked with happiness in my voice.

Percy nodded.

The next thing happened in pure impulse. I hugged Percy so hard that I almost cracked his ribs.

"Oh Percy, thank you so much!" I shouted happy.

"You don't need to thank me Thalia," Percy said while hugging me back.

There you have it. You weren't expecting that solution, huh? I also manage to explain more about the nature of Percy's magic. However, let me tell you that in the next story a lot more will be explained.

Well, I hope that the Thalia fans enjoyed the chapter. So, the next few chapters will be shorter but they will have its intense moments, I can guarantee you that. The main theme of the next chapter will be that Bianca and Zoë will be alone for a while. What will Zoë want to talk to her about? Well good news is that you won't have to wait a lot because I am publishing that chapter today as well!

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