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Through The Eyes of Solace
Chapter 3
The final battle between the gods, their demigod children and the forces of the Titan Kronos came the following summer. The entire summer session of Camp Half Blood was more challenging than Will had ever experienced. Michael Yew had become the new counselor of the Apollo cabin after Lee Fletcher's untimely death, and Will was pretty good friends with his half brother. Will spent most of the time during that summer in the infirmary due to the constant demand for medical care after raids were made on the forces of Luke Castellan who now hosted the Titan Kronos. Will knew that as bad as things were, they were soon to get much worse.
One day Will joined his siblings on a raid with the Ares cabin in Philadelphia. There they found some of Luke's demigods, some even former campers of Camp Half Blood. The Ares cabin with Clarisse at the helm led the direct assault and Will with his brothers and sisters fanned out to try and catch any stragglers as they moved through the warehouse. Will and his sister Kayla turned down one halfway, armed with bows and arrows notched and ready to fly if the need came. He pushed the door open and Kayla went first.
"All clear," she said a moment later and Will followed her in the room. He turned the corner and went in a different direction than his sister went and he gasped at what he saw. It was a chariot, a really nice chariot. One that could probably even fly with some pegasi attached.
He heard the sound of footsteps behind him and turned to see Kayla and Michael.
Michael grinned, "Dad would be so proud right now."
Unfortunately Will's discovery of the flying chariot turned into a point of contention between the Apollo cabin and the Ares cabin. The day of the raid when Clarisse had seen the chariot she demanded it as Ares property since they had led the raid. But it was Will who found it, Apollo's cabin that seized it so they felt that it was their property. Michael refused to surrender their property and then he and Clarisse ended up in a massive fight. And now days later it was still a huge problem, and then Percy Jackson returned to Camp with news that Charles Beckendorf had died in their attempt to destroy the Princess Andromeda.
Though Will hadn't known Beckendorf well, he always had admired the strong and steady son of Hephaestus. His loss was an incredibly huge blow to everyone in the camp, especially his girlfriend Silena Beauregard whose grief could be heard through the camp. Percy also looked pretty devastated about the entire situation, and when they burned Beckendorf's shroud at the campfire everyone mourned. Still there wasn't much time for grief because they were still in the midst of a war, and soon the real fight would begin.
It started when Annabeth passed on the word that Percy had called on Camp Half Blood to defend Mount Olympus and before Will knew it he and most of the campers were riding in vans heading towards Manhattan and specifically the Empire State Building. Before leaving Will witnessed Clarisse's tantrum that she and her cabin would not be helping due to their slight over not getting the flying chariot. Michael was so disgusted that he just surrendered the chariot but it didn't help. None of them felt good knowing that the Ares cabin wouldn't be helping, but there was nothing they could do.
When they finally arrived, Will followed everyone up the elevator to the 600th floor of the Empire State Building straight to Mount Olympus. Will had heard stories, but he'd never had the chance to visit the palace of the gods. Everything was incredible and just as he imagined it would be, it was surreal to think that just below the magical city was the mortal New York City. He saw a statue of Apollo and thought about what his father must be doing at that very moment. Will knew the gods were fighting Typhon as the Titan ravaged across the country and since they weren't here, he knew the battle must not be going well.
As they walked in the direction of the massive palace, Will looked up when he saw something out of the corner of his eye. Blue lights were streaking up and then vanishing. He knew without even listening to the discussions around them that it had to be the enemy at work. It wouldn't be long until Kronos' forces would be coming to Mount Olympus and this was the calm before the storm. They all rushed then to the palace, and entered the massive throne room. Will was blown away at just how huge those thrones were, he was absolutely in awe.
To think that he was related to such powerful creatures that the gods were, and as he looked around he also recognized the throne that had to be his dad's. In some small way standing in this impressive and intimidating throne room he could imagine what it would be like to be here when the Olympian Council was in session. The gods were definitely not human and yet they had so many children, Will knew his father definitely got around considering just how many campers were in cabin 7.
"Hello again, Percy Jackson. You and your friends are welcome," said a young girl crouched by the hearth in the middle of the room.
She looked unassuming and Will knew that looks could be deceiving so he wasn't surprised when Percy bowed to her. "Lady Hestia," he said.
"I see you went through with your plan. You bear the curse of Achilles," she said to Percy.
Will started. The curse of Achilles? He knew the story. Achilles was dipped in the River Styx by his mother as a baby and it made him invulnerable except for one small spot on his heel. Could Percy have taken a dip in the Styx? That was definitely not something Will ever intended to do.
Still he didn't have time to dwell on that thought because the god Hermes showed up a short time later and he wasn't happy. He said in no uncertain terms that the gods were unable to help and that the demigods were on their own. He slipped out of the throne room and walked towards a park where there were binoculars where they could look down at the city.
He noticed how quiet it was, how they couldn't hear the dull roar of the noises of the city, he noticed how utterly and completely silent it was. And for New York City, the city that never sleeps that was highly unusual. Will walked up to one of the binoculars and looked down and what he saw was shocking. Everyone below appeared to be sleeping or dead, there were fires springing up here and there, but there was nobody moving. And Will felt terror well up from the pit of his stomach. He knew Kronos had to be coming and he had sent his advance guard.
After Percy showed up he said exactly what Will had been thinking. "Morpheus has put the entire island of Manhattan to sleep. The invasion has started."
Not long after Will and his siblings were headed to the Williamsburg Bridge. They had to defend Olympus against the invaders or die trying. He whispered a silent prayer to his father. Will was not a fighter in the same ways some of his brothers and sisters were, and he was certainly no soldier. But Will knew his duty, he would fight Kronos' army and if it took his life in the process then so be it.
AN: Hello all! Thanks to everyone who has read this little story of mine. I was trying to include all of The Last Olympian from Will's POV in this chapter but I just reread the book and there is honestly so much more I can add then I originally thought. I definitely can't squeeze it all in so it will be 2 parts, maybe 3. I hope to have the next chapter up within a week, maybe sooner.
