Chapter 12
My mom learns the truth
"Thalia?" I asked. Yep it was her. She had the usual hunter clothing on. I was shocked that she was there, but I didn't see who else was. I saw everybody I ever knew. Almost. Chiron was there. Grover was there. All of Camp-Half Blood was there." We thought you might need some assistance," Chiron said. That was him. Always being a teacher. Wait, how does that be a teacher. Whatever. "What are you guys doing here?" Annabeth asked. She had just gotten done hugging Thalia and Grover." As I said, we thought you might need assistance," said Chiron. I was amazed at how he wasn't annoyed that Annabeth asked him the same question twice. "Hurry Percy, we must get back to Olympus. Kronos's army is arriving to steal the thrones from the gods. We must go save them," said Chiron. I stared at him blankly. "No Chiron. I need to do something first." I told him and he didn't seem to look so pleased, but he said yes. He said some words in Greek and we got transported right outside my mom's apartment.
Annabeth, Grover, and I went up to my mom's door. I knocked and waited. My mom opened the door and hugged me very hard. I mean hard. She hugged Annabeth harder and Grover even harder. I told her we came on urgent business and had to leave very soon. She understood. I walked inside and saw Paul there. He smiled and said hi to me. I said it back. I told him that my mom and I needed a bit of privacy. Everyone left except me and my mom. She asked," So, what do you need?" I answered," I don't need anything. I'm here to tell you something." She looked surprised." I got a quest this year and it had some bad things on it." She stared at me very sadly as if she knew what I was going to say." You are going to die on this quest, aren't you?" she asked me." Yes," I said. The funny thing is, she didn't cry, she didn't get angry, she just told me that she knew this was going to happen. She said that Poseidon warned her when they had me, but she didn't believe him. She wasn't angry; she just asked me if I would tell Paul the truth. I told her that he was better off not knowing. She nodded and told me to go save Olympus. That was it; she didn't hug me, she didn't say goodbye; she just told me to go, as if it was my fault that I was going to die.
My army went to Olympus in a flash. We arrived at the burnt gates and went up to the storm building over the thrones. I ran up to them and saw Kronos with Backbiter. He was surrounded by his army. It was much bigger than the one that attacked last year and way bigger than the one that we had. Kronos yelled," You will never stop me Percy Jackson! Prepare to meet your doom." "I'd rather not thanks." Kronos sent his army at me. I ran with my army to meet his. I dodged a sword and lopped the head off of a dracaena. The end of Olympus had begun..