AN: This lovely chapter was written by: Cupcake girl282 and TheColorsOfTheRainbow. Enjoy!

Piper's pov

A selected few of us were allowed to hear the story; Athena, Poseidon, Mom (not sure who invited her) Nico, Hazel, Jason, Frank, Leo, and Me all sat down in the courtyard.

We were giving Thalia a few minutes to recover after what she has seen just moments ago. None of us dared to look at the body of our savior.

I walked over to Mom, who was sitting there quietly with her hands folded over her lap.

"Mom? No offense, but why did they invite you here to hear the story?" I asked

"Well sweetheart, I'm here because this story is about love. tragic or not. Percabeth was my favorite couple alongside Pharis and Jasper." Mom said.

"Jasper?" I asked.

"Why, yes. Jason and You. You know, combine your names and you've got-" She said, but I cut her off.

"I know, I know. But that's not important right now. What's important is finding out what really happened." I said.

I looked around the room at everyone. Athena and Poseidon were glaring at each other. (This was not going to help their rivalry.) Jason was staring of into space, while Hazel and Nico were having a deep conversation about the dead. Leo and Frank were looking at each other; they seemed to be having a staring contest?

I walked over and sat next to Jason who snapped out of his thoughts and turned to look at her. I stared into his electric blue eyes, wondering what had him so deep in thought. I sighed, and put my head into the crook of Jason's neck. He was so hard to understand sometimes, but that's what I like about him. He kissed my forehead, and put his arm around me.

"Piper?" He asked.

"Yes?" I said, barely moving my head.

"Do you think he really wanted to kill Annabeth?" Jason said, risking a glance at Percy.

"I don't know. I don't think he wanted to, but he might've had to." I answered.

"Yeah, I don't think that's something Percy had very high up on his To Do list." He said.

I smiled a little bit and kissed Jason's cheek. "I love you." I said.

He smiled also and gave me a quick peck on the lips. "I love you too." He said. Then we sat in silence, staring at the beautiful sunset.

Just then, Thalia looked up from Percy's broken body. "Piper..." Her face contorted into an expression of unimaginable sadness. I knelt down to comfort my friend.

"It's going to be okay." I whispered, careful not to look at the dead body of Percy Jackson. I didn't want to see him like this. I did, however, want to hear what happened. The entire story. "Thalia, what happened? Why did he die? Why did he kill Annabeth?" I asked.

Thalia took a deep breath. "He killed Annabeth because... she was in pain. She wasn't going to make it. She told Percy to kill her; she didn't want anything or anyone else to. Just him. So he did." Thalia held up Riptide. "With this. It caused him so much sadness. He and Annabeth were in love... He couldn't take it. He had shouldered the grief for too long... It was too much." Thalia was sobbing now, great heaves shaking her body, and fat tears cascading down her face. "He told me to tell you all that...that he's sorry."

I rushed forward to hug Thalia. She sobbed into my shoulder. "It's going to be okay." I whispered. So that's what happened, he killed Annabeth because he loved her. Realization dawned on everyone's face.

"He really did love her." Athena said.

"Yes, and she really loved him." Poseidon said.

Thalia stopped hugging me and looked at Percy's body. "I'm really going to miss you, Kelp Head."

There were murmurs of agreement coming from everyone. I stood up, brushing myself off.

"Well?" I said, looking at everyone. "Let's go burry a hero."