Percy: The Last Breath

As I flashed to Central Park, I couldn't help but be cheerful. She accepted. She freaking accepted.

I put on a stoic mask and walked to a clearing where I felt Erebus's power.

He sat on a branch of a tree casually twirling his sword in his hand. He noticed me and smirked as if he knew something I didn't.

He muttered something and I noticed a black energy ring surround us. I glared at him but even I had to admit that it looked pretty good. Why did he have to turn at me? We could have been good friends and even brothers in all but blood. But he had to ruin the chance.

I continued walking and heard him say, "So you came? I thought you would chicken out like you did after getting rejected by your girlfriend."

Seeing my lack of reaction to the taunt, he got up and all his humour was lost, replaced by seriousness. He said, "I will end this fast. Everything is allowed."

I nodded but I needed to make somethings clear beforehand, "Erebus, I need to make something clear. Make your monsters, that are clearly not trying to hide in those trees behind, swear on Styx to retreat should you lose." I remembered what happened in Labyrinth when I first travelled through it.

He nodded and said in a booming laugh, "They have all sworn. Now ITS TIME PERCY. TIME TO SEE WHO BECOMES THE HEIR."

I replied in shock, "So that's what this is about? Being the heir? I will be honest I don't want to become the heir, but I cannot have it be given to you. I am sorry but I will uphold Chaos' wishes."

There was another reason I couldn't let him be the heir. Not because of the oath or anything but because he couldn't handle the power without being blessed and he was clearly not blessed.

Time to get my Athena enhanced brain to explain. See, I was blessed by Chaos so my powers which were already on high charts (not to sound arrogant) increase. But Erebus was born from Chaos, so he has power, but my power is directly to be the heir. And he won't be able to survive the power and would fade with the effort. Without a ruler, this world would wither and die over time. All balance Chaos tried to keep would be lost.

I got my sword ready and looked at him in determination. If there is one thing I can do, I won't give up without a fight.

He jumped off the branch and eyed me warily. I narrowed my eyes and moved around him, trying to find a weak spot in his stance and armour.

After my futile attempt, I decided to wing it as it's the only thing I can do nicely.

I charged at him and slashed. He dodged my attacks easily before slamming the hilt of his sword on my hand making me drop my sword. He bent down and twirled, hitting my leg and making me fall down.

He got up and had his sword at my neck. I glared at him and drew my dagger and slashed at his sword making it point to my side before getting up and slashing at Erebus with my dagger.

My dagger was lightweight making my speed increase and he wasn't able to dodge most of my attacks. After a few moments, he kicked me in the stomach making me fly into a tree. I gasped as I felt cut on my back.

I used my healing powers to heal my back and faced him. I realised one thing and so did he, we will have to use all we have got for this.

I retrieved Riptide from my pocket and a throwing knife from its sheathe. I opened my wings and flapped it making myself fly in the air. I used my powers and lit my left wing in Greek fire and my right wing in lightning.

I smirked at him and flew at speeds he couldn't see and before he knew it, I slashed him through the stomach.

I fell to the ground in exhaustion with the speed and withdrew my wings. I got up and used my emergency ambrosia and nectar to give me more strength.

I looked back to see shadows helping him. The strange thing was, I wasn't able to control his shadows. This means that the blessing of Hades is useless in this fight.

He turned to me and glared and drew another sword and charged at me. I charged at him and with same timing, jumped in the air. I opened my wings and we were flying in the air fighting with each other.

We both slashed at each other and some of our lucky hits found their way into our guards.

After a few moments we both fell to the ground. I looked at the sky and smirked to see the sun coming. Erebus won't be able to heal himself further.

He seemed to notice this, and I saw urgency flash through his eyes.

He looked at me with determination and I masked my face to match his. I put on the cloak Chaos gave me and capped my sword and threw my knife to the ground.

I closed my eyes and concentrated feeling the power within myself. After a few seconds, I opened my eyes and let my power come out.

At the same time, he opened his eyes and his eyes seemed to glow with darkness and he materialised a ball of darkness before thrusting it at me.

I dodged it before materialising my own ball of flames and throwing it. He slashed the ball with his sword before charging at me.

I used my shadow and shadow travelled Nico's scythe to me. He won't need it, and this is the best moment to use it.

I twirled my body and used the momentum and slashed at Erebus, who seemed to accept it as he dodged and slashed at my ribs.

I groaned and held my ribs in pain before throwing two of my throwing knifes, encased in lightning, at him.

He was shocked (quite literally). I got up and winced from the pain. I couldn't heal it, or I would lose a lot of energy.

I noticed him creating a portal of darkness and out of it stepped a lion made completely out of shadows.

He pointed at me and the dark lion sprinted towards me. I used my powers and summoned my Pegasus, Gale. He neighed at me and I understood, Wassup boss? Need anything?

I face-palmed and said, "I shouldn't have let you stay with Blackjack. Seriously he rubs on you."

All of a sudden, I heard a roar and both of us turned and saw Dark lion and Erebus look at us confused.

He chuckled and said, "I should have realised that you would make yourself a new pet too."

With that he released energy at me, and I sent a wave of my energy at him and soon we were having an all-out energy battle with each other.

I risked a glance and saw Gale and Dark Lion fighting with each other.

That glance was all it took and Erebus, taking advantage of my distraction, increased his energy and hit me with the energy making me fly and crash through tons of trees which kept breaking like they were nothing.

I came to a stop by landing on the ground, or rather skidding through it.

I got up slowly, feeling dizzy with the attack and almost fell down again with my injuries but I pushed them back down.

I needed to fight him, and I would do it. I sprinted back to the battlefield and saw him shooting dark beams at Gale who was doing his best to dodge them and attack Dark Lion simultaneously.

Gale's and my eyes met, and an understanding passed as he retreated towards me and I sat on him giving me energy, by touching something I had control over.

I looked over at Erebus who was smirking, and he raised his arms, his palms facing the sky and soon, the sky which was brightening darkened again.

I noticed his forehead was covered in sweat beads and he said, "It takes a lot of energy to make it dark but nevermind, I will still beat you."

He took a step forward before falling on his knees. I took over my horse and led him towards the Dark lion fighting him, but I kept my eyes at Erebus who was still on his knees breathing heavily.

I jumped off Gale and drew Riptide before jumping inside Dark Lion's mouth and slashing at his insides.

He burst into shadows making me fly in the air before crash onto the ground. I looked up and saw I wasn't too far from Erebus.

The burst seemed to have gotten Erebus' attention as he turned towards me and faced me with deep hatred. He drew his sword and faced me. I drew my dagger, having lost Riptide in the fall. I charged at Erebus and sparks flew as we both battled.

Both of us were exhausted and were trying to disarm the other person. I noticed a slight fault in his guard and took it and stabbed him in the stomach as he slashed on my chest.

I skidded towards the back with force as he fell on the ground groaning.

I got up before I heard a faint whisper, You have my permission Champion.

I gasped and asked, Chaos?

No response.

I can worry about you later but first, I need to finish this battle.

I stumbled back as I felt the power rush within myself. I looked up and saw Erebus staring at me in surprise.

He said, "So you can create things? No biggie. I will beat you and take that power for myself." With that he started laughing and all the shadows moved like they were laughing with him too.

I got my throwing knives and threw them at Erebus who seemed unfazed and just used a shadow to grab hold of them and destroy them.

I threw some fireballs, but he dodged them and threw shadow balls at me which hit me straight in the chest, sending me crashing into the tree.

I got up and staggered before using the power of creation and summoning thousands of knives, daggers, swords, scythes, arrows and all kinds of sharp weapons. I launched them right at Erebus who was shocked and to make the attacks extra powerful, I encased them with different powers like darkness, lightning, fire and water.

To provide extra manpower, I created tons of water and fire avatars and sent them to fight Erebus.

Erebus, who was flabbergasted at my display of power, tried dodging the blades but they managed to get hits on him and weakened him significantly and he tried using shadows to fight my avatars, but they reached him before he could try and started punching and kicking the shit out of him.

After using almost all of my powers, the pain from my wounds kicked in and I fell to the ground, laying on my stomach, breathing hard. I could feel my blood spilling out of my wounds but, I still looked up and saw Erebus on the ground, his form flickering.

I crawled slowly towards him and lay so close to him.

So close.

I put a hand on his shoulder while laying and he turned his face to see me and I saw tears swarming down his face.

I comforted him and he said, "I am so sorry Percy. I am a shame to all of you. I stood as justice in the Primordial Council and now I am the reason that Chaos has faded. I hope she forgives me."

I gave him a brotherly hug and said, "Hey, its ok Erebus. Chaos was proud of you and I am sure that she will be proud of you when you meet her in the Realm of Faded. She loved you a lot and even thought she never admitted it, she loved you more than any of her other children."

He sighed in relax and said, "Good luck Percy and t-th-than-thank y-"

He went still and I barely saw the energy around us fade before I fell unconscious. I knew I was dead as no one can survive with so many wounds and the overuse of powers.

A/N: And that is the final battle. The next chapter will most probably be the aftermath and after that will be the epilogue. YAY? I don't know. I am so tired right now. Review if you find any mistakes. I will be editing these chapters after I finish this fanfiction to get rid of mistakes. Anyways review and review.

Also check out TyGuyFlyGuy's fanfiction "The Sea and the Moon". It's also a Pertemis fanfic.

K cya soon with the ending.