Okay guys, sorry I didn't post yesterday, I just didn't have the inspiration. I finally got that EUREKA moment this morning. I hope you enjoy this final chapter, tell me how you like it! And now, ON WITH THE STORY!:
Percy
Percy carried Annabeth back into his cabin, and he watched her sleep for a little while. She looked like she was having a good dream, because she was smiling, and murmuring quiet things. She looked so beautful while she slept. He probably would've been content to just watch her sleep, but he was tired too. So he kissed her head one time, and fell asleep then and there.
He was back at Camp Half-Blood, and the scene was depressing. The camp was gathered around the campfire, and they were burning shrouds. There were ten shrouds total, One Ares shroud, Four Hermes Shroud, Four Athena shrouds, and One Hephaestus shroud. He could see that one of the Athena shrouds had a chain necklace on, there was a shriek-owl attached. He recognized it, it was a gift that Athena gave one of her children, that she had given Malcolm. The dream starting shifting...
He was now standing on a wide open plain. There were a couple trees in the distance, but mostly it was just tall grass. There was a person coming towards him, and he recognized it, Gaea. "You will never be at peace, Perseus Jackson. You will never escape all the horrors of Tartarus, you will die, and it will be more painful then anything you have ever experienced. I can guarantee that your prescious Annabeth Chase, will die with you. You will never escape me." And then Gaea laughed, a cold, hard, evil laugh, it sent chills up his back.
He woke up, sitting up straight, sweat clinging to his forehead. He looked next to him to see Annabeth was waking up now too, probably because of him. "What's wrong Seaweed Brain?" she said, with a little smile on her lips.
"Just a bad dream." he said, trying to convince himself.
"Percy, we both know that you're lying." she whispered into his ear. He sighed, there was no way he was going to get out of telling her. So he told her the dream, but left out the whole camp part. She nodded, and she listened. "We won't let Gaea win, okay." Annabeth comfoterd him. He nodded, and held her a little tighter, not wanting to let go of her. They probably layed there for a few more minutes, then they went to their separate rooms to go and get changed.
Percy got changed into a new Camp Half-Blood T-Shirt, and he put on some jeans. He went into the mess, and saw everyone already at the table. Annabeth had gotten changed into a new CHB T-Shirt, and some jean shorts. Sure, she dressed plain, but she was still beautiful, absolutely stunning. He walked over to her, sat next to her, and wrapped an arm around her shoulder. She smiled, and snuggled into his chest. Then began the serious conversations, what to do next.
"We're gonna have to go back to Camp Half-Blood, and stop the two sides from fighting." Jason said.
"Yeah, we're gonna need the Greeks and Romans united to fight Gaea." Percy replied.
"But the odds of that happening are close to none, even if we could get them to stop fighting for twelve seconds." Leo piped in.
"It's going to be difficult, but we have no choice." Annabeth entered the convesation, "If Gaea rises, and the Demigods aren't united, we're all dead."
"Yeah, but the question is, how are we going to get them to listen to us?" Hazel asked.
"We could try to get a god to help us." Piper suggested.
"How will we do that though?" Percy asked now, a little curious.
"Well, which gods are friendly to you?" she replied.
"Hermes, Apollo, Aphrodite, Hephaestus to a degree, my dad natrally, and that's it." Percy listed all the gods who didn't want him dead.
"Are you seriously enemies with every other god." Frank asked.
"Pretty much." he said.
"Well, which of those gods are good negotiators?" Piper asked now. Two gods came to their minds, and they were almost tempted to not do anything.
"Hermes and Apollo, gods help us all." Percy muttered under his breath.
"So, I guess next stop is New York?" Leo asked.
"Aye, aye Admiral." Jason said, standing up and saluting.
"At ease, I'll go charter the coordinates, and we'll set sail." Leo said, walking off to the control thing, Percy didn't know what to call it. "Oh, and make sure we're able to avoid Hercules, won't you?" Leo said over his shoulder.
"We'll try our best." Percy said. After that, everyone left in different directions. Jason and Piper went to the relax room, Hazel and Frank stayed in the mess, so Percy and Annabeth went to the deck. They sat on a couple of benches, and watched the sun rising in the sky. "It's a good day." Percy said.
"It is." Annabeth said.
"Hey Annabeth?" Percy asked.
"Yes?" she replied.
"When we get to New York, I have to give you something." he finally managed to say, gathering what guts and courage he had.
"What is it." she said, sounding curious.
"I can't tell you, but I want to give it to you, ahead of time, it'll represent a promise." he managed to say, officially confusing himself.
"So, like a promise... thing." she said slowly, a smile on her face.
"Okay, fine, it's a promise ring!" he couldn't take it anymore. Annabeth was silent for like, five milliseconds, which felt like a lifetime to Percy. After, she kissed him, deeply, passionately. The kiss practically sent his nerves off the charts, it sent a shiver down his back. The kiss was that powerful, his brain went into overtime because of it. It had to be the best kiss ever. He kissed her back, hoping to have the same ammount of power in it. She was sliding her hands into his moppy black hair. He felt her shiver, which he took as a good sign. They continued kissing for a while, until Annaneth broke the contact.
"Yes, I'll accept your promise ring." she gasped, her mouth mere centimeters from his. Percy felt a huge smile on his mouth, probably his same old goofy smile. To say he was excited, was to say that Mt. Everest was a hill. He couldn't describe the joy that filled his heart. Annabeth was smiling too, she had tears in her eyes.
"What's wrong Annabeth?" he asked, a little worried.
"No, I'm just happy." she said, and he felt relieved. THey cuddled on the bench for a long while, watching the sun rise and fall in the sky. Today was so amazing, nothing could ruin it.
"Come on, let's go to bed, tomorrow, we rescue our friends..." Percy said, holding Annabeth's hand.
Hey everyone, so this is the end to my House of Hades fanfic. I must say, it was awesome to write this, I enjoyed it. I'm glad that over 20,000 people enjoyed it too! You guys are awesome! So, if you want to know more of what I plan, go to the next chapter!
