I guess all the mountains that I moved just weren't enough

and all those nights I walked you home from crowded bars when you were drunk

well they meant nothing 'cus you up and walked away

and I just wonder what it'd take to make you stay

Tears dripped down from my eyes and down my cheeks. My clothes hung off me and scars littered my arms and legs. A gash about as long as my forearm went from my right temple and down to the tip of my cheek.

'cus when you said jump I said how high

but when I jumped you said goodbye

In my arms was the broken, bloodied body of Annabeth Chase. Blood was in a pool around us, and bruises covered us from head to toe. I could tell Nico and Hazel felt the life drain out of her, their own bodies scratched and bloodied.

I would've walked through hell

to find another way

I would've laid me down

if I knew that you would stay

I would've crossed the stars

to keep you in my life

but now I'm falling hard

without you here tonight

without you here tonight

I felt numb, sadness over taking my mind. I couldn't feel, couldn't think. Out of the corner of my eyes I could see Will envelope a startled Nico in a hug, and Hazel do the same with Frank. Tears ran everyone's face as Chiron announce the end of the war.

what did you do with all that love you couldn't give

and do you need someone to help you tell you what to do with it

it must be nice to love someone who puts you first

then walk away when they expect it in return

Will let Nico go, grabbing ambrosia and nector. He approached me timidly as if I was a frightened animal. His voice was sad when he spoke, even then only requesting me to eat some ambrosia. When I declined he sat it down.

'cus when you said jump I said how high

but when I jumped you said goodbye

I felt Riptide reappear in my pocket. But it was too late. I had failed her when she needed me most. Piper gently came up to me and laid her hand on my shoulder. "Percy, you need to eat."

I would've walked through hell

to find another way

I would've laid me down

if I knew that you would stay

I would've crossed the stars

to keep you in my life

but now I'm falling hard

without you here tonight

The ambrosia tasted bitter. Like dust. I no longer felt needed. I had failed. Memories flooded me. Her feeding me nectar when we were just twelve. Her saying she would fight by my side in the van because I was her friend. Her kissing my cheek when we were thirteen.

you don't want me

nothing I can do'

cus you don't wanna try

Her falling off the cliff when we met Nico and Bianca. The countless dreams and endless worrying. When she took the knife for me when I would have surely died. Me trying a failing to pull her up, then falling into the darkness.

I would've walked through hell

to find another way

I would've laid me down

if I knew that you would stay

I would've crossed the stars

to keep you in my life

but now I'm falling hard

without you here tonight

"I failed her," I whispered, watching the final wisps of smoke left the air.

"You didn't, Percy. You did what you could." Grover looked sad. I looked at him, tears falling past my cheeks. "Can you undo the empathy link?" Grover seemed to understand. He smiled one final time, looking up at the sky, and left.

"Good bye, Wise Girl. Rest well."


The song is Walked Through Hell by Anson Seabra, which I do not own.