Welp, here's part three of the three part finale and the final chapter of Percy Jackson and the Master of Magic. Thank you guys for sticking around for so long. I'm glad you guys enjoyed it.

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Percy Jackson and the Master of Magic

When Percy and Annabeth are asked to stop a monster by Reyna, they think it will be an easy last quest before retirement. But when the mission goes horribly wrong, Percy Jackson finds out just what kind of monster he could become.

Disclaimer: I don't own Percy Jackson or its characters, Rick Riordan does.

Reminder: This story is AU as of The Burning Maze. In this AU, it's been two years, and the defeat of Nero, Commodus and Caligula will remain mysterious save for the fact that Percy and Annabeth participated in the defense of Camp Jupiter. I kinda wanna stick away from Trials of Apollo for the most part, since this is my thing.

Chapter 20: It's My Life

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Kronos watched as the demigods fled from the cabins. He watched as they ran to the Big House. He had sensed Ares' death.

"Kronos, you are surrounded!" Shouted three Greek demigods with bows and arrows pointing at him. "Drop your weapons and stand down!"

Kronos grinned, and he sent out a shockwave that left the demigods fifty feet away from him, on the ground, unconscious.

They'd all die. He'd see to it. He felt some resistance from Percy.

You're not killing them! Percy shouted. You're not killing her!

"I'll do what I like, Mr. Jackson." Kronos retorted. "They simply haven't left me any other choice. They fail to understand that I have already won."

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Kronos appeared in the strawberry fields in front of the demigods. They seemed surprised.

There was a tree root trying to wrap its way around his foot. Kronos growled, and gold lightning seeped into the ground, killing all of the plant life around him.

"Who do you think you are?!" Kronos shouted as the demigods ran. He saw Annabeth and the son of Hephaestus fumbling with golden objects. The son of Hephaestus lobbed his sphere at Kronos, and Kronos waited for it to hit him, curiosity besting his desire to kill them all. They couldn't hurt him, and some of them wouldn't, not while he looked like this.

The sphere exploded against Kronos' suit. A silvery net wrapped its way around him. Kronos shrieked in frustration and burned his way through the silver net, its remains solidifying roots that appeared beneath him.

"Guys, nothings working!" Leo shouted as they ran to the porch of the Big House. "And Percy, sorry, Kronos, he doesn't look happy!"

Kronos stalked up the stairs and faced all of them.

"I would have left you all alone." Kronos whispered. "I wouldn't have bothered you. I had no need. You couldn't hurt me then, and you can't stop me now. I have won! I beat you!"

Annabeth threw the Ultimate God Weapon at Kronos. It exploded against his suit, and Kronos screeched before time froze all around him. He was outside of Percy Jackson's body, in the appearance of Luke Castellan.

Percy Jackson was staring at Kronos, rage in his eyes.

"No, you haven't beat us! Not even close!" Annabeth retorted.

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"What just happened?!" Percy demanded. "What is this?!"

"It looks as if your friends attempted an exorcism of sorts on us." Kronos noted his and Percy's newfound situation with curiosity. "With interesting results."

"Get out!" Percy demanded.

"Why?" Kronos asked, his golden eyes gliding over Percy. "That's not what you really want. What you wanted was change. I gave you that. There are no more gods and monsters, no more prophecies, no more quests and no more wars."

"You were going to kill Annabeth, kill my kid!" Percy shouted. "I saw you!"

"I didn't have a choice." Kronos explained. He gestured all around them. "This...this is all on them."

"No." Percy responded, shaking with rage. "No, we're done."

"Are you sure?" Kronos asked carefully. "I mean, come on, making the right choice has not exactly been in your forte recently."

Percy hesitated. Kronos was right. What if ditching him was just another bad decision that would hurt his friends? Then an idea struck Percy, and he smiled.

"No, you're right." Percy admitted. "I shouldn't drop the Lord of Time."

"Yes, about that." Kronos started. "What was it that Alabaster used to call himself? The Master of Magic? Yes, I believe that title fits me, now. I created the spell that destroyed the gods, destroyed the Mist. I brought myself back from Tartarus, twice. I am the true Master of Magic."

"Yes." Percy agreed. "You made the spell; you used your power to help Alabaster cast it using the ingredients I got for you. But that means you are also the only person left with the juice to reverse it."

Kronos eyed Percy. "That is true, but why on Earth would I-"

"Actually," Percy interjected. "I meant that we are the only ones who can reverse it."

Kronos' eyes turned dark with anger. "No. I am the Lord of Time, Master of Mount Othrys, King of the Titans, the Breaker of Olympus! I will not be bested twice by a child!"

"I'm not a child!" Percy shouted, his eyes glowing green as time began to move around them. "I'm Percy Jackson, bitch."

The world exploded as Kronos screeched in rage.

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Annabeth stood up, her ears ringing. She saw Kronos sitting in a deck chair on the porch next to them. Golden ichor and scarlet blood leaked from his ruined tuxedo. The sounds of the battle faded away.

She saw the others standing and struggling to their feet around her. She even noticed Reyna and Clarisse running from the fields onto the porch. But she didn't care. She had eyes only for Percy. Because it definitely was Percy. His eyes were green again. No races of those molten gold eyes of the Titan Lord.

"Percy?" Annabeth asked. He turned, and she saw burns and scratches up and down his face and body.

"I told you once before," Percy said, hacking out a laugh. "That you and I have very different definitions of fun."

Annabeth laughed, tears flooding her cheeks as she hugged Percy.

"Percy, where's Kronos?" Frank asked warily.

"I dusted him, again." Percy said. He grinned, and there was blood covering his gums. "I used his powers to reverse it all. Look!" He pointed to the sky, where a large congregation of chariots were coming.

It was the gods.

"Guess it's actually me who's the Master of Magic." He said deliriously.

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Magnus was drinking in his room in Valhalla. Alex had gone with the rest of the Einherji and Valkyries after the demigods had called for help at Camp Half-Blood.

Apparently, Odin had made a deal.

There was a gentle rapping on Magnus' door. He opened it to find Samirah al-Abbas on the other side, her face shocked. Magnus leapt of his sofa to embrace his friend.

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Mortals in New York City watched as Olympus and the Nine Realms above them disappeared. The Duat disappeared from beneath them. Then, gradually, they forgot what they were looking at and continued walking, not remembering why they had been so stressed earlier.

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The soldiers who had survived look around Camp Half-Blood, confused as to why they were in a strawberry farm. The all wandered away, scratching their heads.

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Percy watched as the newly resurrected Ares was captured by Zeus and Hephaestus. They dragged him away screaming before teleporting away.

Poseidon walked onto the porch and by Percy's side.

"The things we do for love." Poseidon muttered. Percy looked at Poseidon and seemed to focus a little. He grabbed the trident and held it out to his father.

"Dad, I brought her back. I brought her back, I brought…" Percy's eyes closed, and his breathing slowed down drastically. Poseidon grabbed his trident and thunder sounded in the sky as Percy turned to golden dust and flowed away in the wind.

"The Mist has been restored, as have we." Poseidon announced. "I believe that Percy used up all of my father's power reversing everything Kronos had done. Kronos is gone. We do not sense him anywhere."

No one saw Hazel twirling her fingers, or the lines of fog that appeared briefly around Percy before he had turned to dust. Poseidon gave Hazel a knowing glance.

"It is over." He said gently, disappearing.

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Frank and Hazel knocked on the apartment door. Sally Jackson opened it, and she cried when she saw the expressions on their face.

Paul Blofis comforted her as she wept for her son and Estelle Blofis wailed from another room.

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Alabaster ran down the streets of Manhattan. He had reappeared on Olympus just as the Mist started to surround the place. Sure that the gods would soon arrive, he had fled just in time.

He would have his revenge. He would plan, and this time, there would be no mistakes.

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Leo, Frank and Hazel went to see Carter and Sadie on Farm road. Freak the Griffin was lugging a strange boat with a woman in a cat suit on board. Her and Sadie had been talking excitedly until the trio arrived. Sadie dismounted, and joined her brother.

"You guys heading home?" Hazel asked.

"Yeah, after the Fall and Percy's spell, we gotta help the gods reorganize." Carter explained. "Apparently, the excitement caused Apophis to stir. He may cause trouble again."

"Sorry for the trouble." Leo said. "I'd say its been fun, but it really hasn't."

Sadie laughed and Carter chuckled as Leo walked away.

"Before you go, we should discuss something." Frank said. Carter and Sadie looked at him, rapt with attention. "I know you guys made some kind of deal with Percy and Annabeth to keep our worlds separate, but that's impossible now. So I think that we should make a deal."

"And what do you propose?" Carter asked, curious.

"If there ever is a threat to all of our worlds like Alabaster and Percy and Kronos again, we'll come together. Fight together."

Carter and Sadie looked at each other.

"Deal." They said in unison.

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Frank and Hazel met with Reyna and Clarisse at the top of Thalia's Pine..

"Percy sacrificed himself to save us." Clarisse was saying to Reyna. "Looks like we were wrong about him after all."

"Little late for that." Hazel retorted bitterly.

"What else happened?" Frank asked, seeing the looks on their faces.

"A bunch of people that died after the Fall suddenly reappeared." Clarisse reported. "Nico and Will reappeared back at the Waystation. Unfortunately, that means that the monsters are back, and the Hunters reported seeing Alabaster Torrington fleeing Olympus."

"Piper just called." Reyna continued. "We're getting word that the monsters tried to organize in the Midwest shortly after being resurrected by Percy's spell."

"Awesome." Frank complained. "We can't get a break."

"No, that's the point." Clarisse retorted. "We did get a break. Piper caught a monster saying that a blonde demigod with a golden sword who was conjuring lightning stopped them."

Hazel gasped. "Jason? Do you really think Percy brought back-"

"We're not sure." Reyna cut her off. "It's entirely possible that Percy brought him back by accident, or someone else did, or that this isn't even Jason at all."

"I thought Annabeth had gotten a more precise spell from Odin?" Clarisse asked.

"She did." Hazel answered. "We uh, we never got a chance to get it to Percy. He just spontaneously used magic. It was dangerous. But at least it worked. Do you think there's a chance that it's actually Jason out there, fighting?"

"Maybe." Reyna answered. "Maybe not."

"Still, we should investigate it." Clarisse said.

"I agree." Reyna said. "A child of the Big Three could be in need. How is Annabeth?" She asked Hazel and Frank.

Hazel smiled sadly.

"About how you'd expect." Frank answered.

…

"Are we sure we should be lying?" Frank asked Hazel. They were sitting in a car, observing a beach house in Panama, a few days later.

"Yes. If anyone knew about." She gestured to the house. "A lot of bad attention would be coming their way. Besides, look at them."

Frank and Hazel watched as a fully healed Percy and Annabeth were hugging on the beach. Percy was wearing cargo shorts and a loose-fitting t-shirt, while Annabeth was dressed in similar garb. It was obvious that Annabeth had put on a little weight. Percy put his hand on her stomach and smiled.

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Back on the porch, Hazel had twirled her fingers, and shrouded Percy in Mist. All part of the plan. She could only hope Percy would survive his wounds since no one could see him anymore. They thought he had turned to dust.

Poseidon gave her a knowing glance, and healed Percy with his mind, making him disappear to a beach somewhere.

"It's over." Poseidon had said to her, flashing a knowing smile.

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"And they're happy." Hazel told Frank as the two of them watched their friends seem so happy to be living life away from gods and monsters.

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...The End