ANNABETH

I didn't feel any pain, or I had nothing weighing on my eyes, so I opened them. I knew the place because I was here a long time ago. I still remembered that day like every day I spent with Percy. We were trying to retrieve the Master Bolt that was stolen, it was the first piece of this war.

Percy, I and Grover were sure (though I started to had suspicions) that Hades stole it, so we came here to enter his domain. It was DOA Studios, where Charon decided which souls to pass underground.

''Miss Chase, I see you came proper this time'' Charon said. His evilish grin didn't make me feel better. I didn't have any drachmas on me. I was carrying one on me since Percy died but I lost it during the Battle of Manhattan. Charon could keep me here for thousand years for all I know.

''I don't have any drachmas'' I confessed but he shaked his head. ''No need Miss Chase. The king of the underworld wants you for a quick court in his kingdom. Follow me''

We didn't use the boat we used last time. Charon took me to a huge jet-ski that could get past the river in 10 seconds. I saw Cerberus when we landed, he started crying with his three heads. I guessed he was sad because he couldn't play with me anymore or tasked with destroying my soul if I tried to escape the Underworld. ''No problem, good boy. I will be here as long as you like now''

We came to the court and the stoic stature I have been using since I came here to relax myself was broken due to the scene I was seeing. We entered into a courtroom and there were three judge chairs, no lawyer chairs as expected. I didn't expect these judges to be there.

Important dead people judged the other dead as far as I knew, I heard some rumors about the king judging very important people, but I didn't know if the rumors were true. Apparently, they were.

My three judges were Hades himself, Persephone and Sally Jackson. ''I am sorry'' I said looking at Sally Jackson. I knew we had to left her for dying in Empire State but that didn't stop the guilt I was feeling. She smiled at me like she was happy. ''No problem dear. Everybody dies at the end. Whether we live to be granted Elysium is the matter.'' she responded. Hades cleared his throat, and I turned my attention to him.

''We are here to judge Annabeth Chase. The judges are the king of the underworld, me, Persephone, the queen of the underworld who insisted for these judges so much, I had to relent. And Sally Jackson, who died like fifteen minutes ago, but I had to make her judge because Persephone made me so. Annabeth Chase, do you think you deserve Elysium?''

Persephone was smiling at me too. I didn't know her, I never met her, but I felt gratitude for her now. But there was no lying in the underworld, I was compelled to tell the truth. ''No Lord Hades. I am responsible of a lot of deaths and most importantly of Percy Jackson'' I told.

Percy was in Elysium right now, but I was telling things that could stop me from seeing him. Hades raised his eyebrows ''Your file says nothing about responsibility in young man's death. It actually says you saved him several times from certain death as did he for you. Persephone, you wanted to judge because of this soap opera situation, didn't you?''

Persephone held Hades' hand. ''Of course, I did, dear. I am fond of the greatest love stories like ours. This two deserves to be together for eternity for what they did for each other'' she said. I didn't want to emphasize her Stockholm syndrome, but I knew I would if I spoke, so I didn't say anything.

''The judiciary system here is being corrupted. Two of the three judges are siding with a dead, what is the meaning of judging you then?'' Hades complained. ''Anyhow, your records are perfect. You are granted Elysium with three votes, I guess.'' he added without even needing to ask the others.

I thanked the three judges and promised to tell Percy that Sally will be judging here for the next twenty years before going to Elysium. She told me that she was much better judge than King Minos -I wouldn't argue against it- and the time was eternal here, so she could see both Percy and I later.

I saw an open door five metes in front of me which wasn't there before. This was it, I thought and walked through the door. And there was, the person I have thought most for the last six years. I never giggled in my life before, it was too girly behavior, but this was an extraordinary situation. I giggled while running to him.

PERCY

Elysium was a great place. Some people were living here with their loved ones. The ones who loved to party were partying like Party Ponies. The ones who loved geometry -I don't know why someone would- were solving triangle problems all day.

All in all, Elysium was here to serve you. I was here for the last six years but I didn't enjoy it all. Because I was waiting for her. I wanted to wait for her a lot longer actually, I never wanted her to die when she was 20. I thought about seeing her in the next 80 years or something but alas, demigods do not live long enough most of the time.

I was preparing myself for her, willing myself to age according to the time of earth. I didn't want to be a 14-year-old kid while she was 20, it would complicate things. Nevertheless, I felt a desire to laugh like a 12-year-old kid when I saw her running to me. I didn't know that if she loved me like I loved her, but there was no more question in my head.

I hugged her tight and didn't let her go for like ten months. ''I missed you so much'' I said, taking in the smell of her hair. When I let her go, she slapped me very hard. There was no pain in Elysium fortunately. ''How did you dare die on me Seaweed Brain!'' she yelled at me. Gods, I missed her. Her angry expression faded when I laughed. ''Kiss me, you stupid son of Poseidon'' she said and I didn't make her wait.

''What now?'' she asked while we were touring around Elysium, after finishing our conversation about our experiences with the judges. I told her how things were here, but I was able to see her looking towards the Isles. That girl was always a perfectionist and Elysium couldn't stop her from being one. ''Want to try?'' I asked, gritting my teeth.

We had to drink from Lethe and forget each other to reborn. I didn't want to forget her; she could love another person in her new life for all I know. Or we could live a neutral or bad life and go to Asphodel or the Fields. ''I want to, but I also want to spend the eternity with you'' she said thoughtfully.

I couldn't understand. She smiled at my perplexed expression. ''I want you to try with me Percy. We could come back here after three times and be together in The Isles. I know we can do it. I believe us''

It was impossible not to believe us when expressed it like that. And who am I kidding, I was waiting for this girl for six years, I couldn't say no to her.

We left Elysium (it was the only place that could be left by will in Underworld) and went back to judges. I don't know if they were sitting in their chairs non-stop or they just emerge there when we came but all three were sitting there.

''Hey mom, I missed you'' I said. ''I missed you too Percy. But why did you come again?'' she asked. I held Annabeth's hand and turned to face Hades. ''Uncle. We both want to try for the Isles of the Blest''

My mother was shocked, but Hades seemed bored, and Persephone seemed very happy. She said she won the bet actually; I didn't like to be the betting subject for deities but what can I do. ''You two are the worst subjects I have ever dealt with'' Hades said. ''This was already your third chance; you may go to the Isles as you wished'' he added.

I was like what, how, why, what but Persephone cut us short. ''Here, take a glass of Mnemosyne water. You will remember your previous lives and you will go the Isles with all three of your lives' memories.

Both I and Annabeth took the cup, looked at each other and drank it all. I don't know how but I was able to say that I was seeing the same glimpses as Annabeth did.

In our first lives, I was Steve, who was born in 1916, in New York again. She was Lucy, same age, born in San Bernardino. It was impossible that we met, I thought. But I volunteered to enlist to fight in World War II. She wanted to fight too but they gave her a nursing position.

We were assigned to the same battalion. I always liked her but was never able to tell her something about it. It all changed when a bomb wounded me very bad while fighting in Normandy.

I was in the nursery for three months, although unexpected, it was the best three months of my life. We were 28 years old, in love with each other. She nursed me back to health and we promised to find each other after the war when I was sent to fight again in Western Germany, and she was assigned to a new field hospital in Cologne.

I kissed her before leaving and promised her that even if I died, I would find her in the afterlife. We couldn't keep our first promise because she died when the enemy army bombed the field hospital. I learned about the bombing, but I didn't know what happened to her.

However, I felt her death. Then, I decided to keep my second promise. I died during the last stage of the war, in the street battles of Berlin. We met in Elysium and this was the first time we decided rebirth.

I was a man named Abraham and she was Jane. I was a detective, and she was a pain-in-the-ass reporter for New York Times. I hated her because she was always looking for news while I was trying to solve crimes.

We finally found a mutual understanding where she would publish the news in a way so that the criminals would fear from being caught by me. We started to meet to talk about stories, then we met to talk about our previous relationships, for the movies we liked, for the foods we wanted to eat.

We married and had two children, a boy named Nico and a girl named Sylvie. I saw old mortal me looking at Annabeth's (Jane's) eyes when she was dying. ''We will see each other again'' I promised. ''I know'' she responded. I didn't live much after she died, and we saw each other at the Elysium. This was the second time we chose rebirth.

And then I saw my mother giving birth to me while Annabeth was being formed from her mother's head. I knew that this time, she would be the one to outlive me, living the pain I had for the last two lives of mine. The glimpses end right after that.

''Wow'' I said. Even Hades looked like he was about to cry. Then he gathered his stature and said ''Have a happy eternity Percy, Abraham, Steve and Annabeth, Jane, Lucy''

We were carrying the memories of three lives now. Three lives that we spent together, long or short. Three lives that we loved each other. ''I wonder how the life is in the Isles?'' I asked. She squeezed my hand and led me to the door that goes into the Isles.

And there it was, our home. Camp Half-Blood was filled with all the past demigods that ever lived and deserved the Isles. Instead of our cabins, we saw our old house that we lived together for more than 30 years as Abraham and Jane.

We looked at each other, smiled and took our first step towards our new and eternal life together.