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ANNABETH POV

I was used to it now. Rick owns me, and my friends.

Wait.

That's slavery.

Which is illegal.

An evil grin appeared on my face.

Da Real Story:

ANNABETH POV

I froze.

How could she know?

Mrs. Abnire's voice snapped me out of my thoughts.

"I know what you are thinking," she said. "How could I know? Well I know because I am one."

"Who's your parent?" I asked, still in shock.

"Hermes," she answered.

"And how exactly do you know that I'm one?"

She rolled her eyes. "Because you're famous. Duh."

I took a moment to process this.

Suddenly, Percy, who I had forgotten was there, asked, "Why exactly are we famous?"

I chuckled. My Seaweed Brain really does have seaweed in his head.

"Perhaps it's because you saved the world, I dunno, countless times?"

"I have?"

I slapped my forehead.

"What?" a clueless Percy defended.

All of a sudden, a growl began to erupt from behind me. Mrs. Abnire, who told me to call her Alexis, as well as Percy and I, grabbed our weapons. An army of 15 hellhounds jumped out at us. Percy instinctively ran to me to fight back-to-back, as we had so many times before. Alexis pulled out a celestial bronze spear that glimmered in the light. Percy uncapped Riptide. I pulled out my replacement dagger that Chiron gave to me after I lost it in Tartarus.

Tartarus.

The memories came flooding back. I thought of all the terrible things that happened in that ghastly place. Bob came to my mind. He is suffering in Tartarus right now, and he did it to save us. Bob, Damien, the ones who could cheer me up in that wretched pit of oblivion.

PERCY POV

As the hellhounds attacked, I uncapped Riptide and ran to Annabeth's side. I slashed one, turning it into a pile of yellow dust. That's when I noticed something was wrong.

"Annabeth!" I called. She was just standing there, still as one of Medusa's statues, staring blankly into space.

"Annabeth!" I shouted again. She had to hear me. She had too.

I momentarily forgot we were being attacked. Annabeth came first. She would live, even if I died protecting her. I desperately called to her, attempting to get her to snap out of her trance.

"Wake up, please wake up," I muttered. "Do this. For me."

She stirred. A beacon of hope shone on me.

"Percy!" Mrs. Abnire called.

Crap. I had to fight. I guarded Annabeth, slashing any hellhound that came close.

Little did I know what was happening ten feet away with Alexis. A hellhound, bigger than all of the rest, had made Mrs. Abnire a target. It jumped, launched it's claws towards her face. I had to make a decision. Fast. I ran to her, and jumped in front of the study hall teacher, and felt a rush of pain as the sharp claws penetrated my flesh.

I whispered some last words before I blacked out. "Protect... Annabeth."

L_I_N_E_B_R_E_A_K

ANNABETH POV

I sobbed, tears of sadness, as I sat in the Camp-Half-Blood infirmary. Percy is on that bed, dying because of me. Because of me. I killed Percy. As a tear left my cheek, it touched Percys heart, almost like a goodbye ritual.

Chiron marched in, looking down.

"Annabeth," he said. "I'm deeply sorry."

He checked his pulse.

"Percy is...is..." he choked, "dead."

Anger struck me. I ran outside, sobbing, tears of grief. I punched the wall of the Athena cabin. Everything that means anything to me was gone. Dead. Never to be seen again.

All of a sudden, Athena appeared.

"What have we here? Is it more evidence that you are a disgrace to my kind. Crying over a sea spawn? You truly do not deserve to live. You bring shame, disgrace, humiliation even, to your family. I hope you rot in Tartarus. I have already contacted Hades, in fact. I disown you. I wish to never see you again, opprobrium."

Rage consumed me. I furiously grabbed my knife, and ran towards the goddess. I jumped in the air, my fiery eyes glaring so hard that it could make Ares cry to mommy. I raised my knife and stabbed.

Athena was too fast. She sidestepped, and flashed away to Olympus, most likely to announce my 'cowardice' to the gods.

I sprinted to the beach, leaving oceans of tears in my wake.

When the people there saw me, they ran away, knowing that getting in my way would be their end. I sat on a cliff overlooking the water. I noticed Poseidon was also very unhappy. Massive tsunamis, somewhere between thirty and forty feet tall were crashing to the shore. The camp was even being flooded. The Hecate cabin had already been washed away, and others would be soon to follow.

I didn't care.

Everything that matters to me is gone. I vaguely remember trying to kill Butch, the son of Iris, the grief was so immense.

Does he love you? Does he really care?

I wanted to make that voice rot in Tartarus for eternity.

I see. Well, unfortunately for me that is already happening.

"Good," I thought. "You deserve it."

I managed to get the voice out of my head.

A gloomy Poseidon appeared next to me.

"I am suffering as much as you are," he said.

I didn't try to deny it.

Chiron came.

"Annabeth, we are doing the funeral rituals."

I got up, and looked down in sadness on the way to the fire. When I reached the amphitheater, a surprise greeted me. Evidently, the gods of Olympus were also mourning Percy, in is sea-green shroud.

Chiron led the ceremony. You could notice deep sorrow in his voice. More grief was present than for any other hero's death.

"Today," he announced. "We mourn the death of the great Perseus Jackson. Without him, the world would not be the way it is. In fact, it would have been taken over by the evils of society. Percy has touched so many lives, saved so many lives. Unfortunately, the days of the hero have ceased. An eternal sinkhole in all of our hearts have opened up, never to be restored. Our love towards the boy is never-ending, and his love to us, is even greater. His caring, compassionate, loyal personality is what has allowed him to live life to the fullest. However, that same part of his character, is what ended him, in such an unfortunate way. We will never recover from the sorrow that his death has brought upon us. But may we celebrate his life, that ended too soon. His pure soul, is now in elysium, enjoying himself, and to that we are joyful. Anybody who wishes to speak about the great hero may now do so."

By this point, everyone in the amphitheater was crying, even those who didn't know him.

Thalia came to the stage first, and spoke to Percy. "I just want you to know, when you rest in Elysium, that you are a kelp head. You are the stupidest person I have ever met, to jump in front a giant hellhound like that. You brains truly are full of kelp."

She sat back down.

Nico went next. "Percy was a wonderful person. For a long time, I had hated him, blaming him for the death of my sister. As you may know, I even used to like him. As in, like him. I have gotten over that by now, but he still has touched me, and everyone he meets. Goodbye, Percy."

Poseidon stood up. "Percy is truly loyal. He sacrificed himself for someone he barely knew for a matter of minutes. He is by far my favorite son."

Next, Piper came. "Percy is everything that Nico, Chiron, and Lord Poseidon has said. But I feel the need to share one more thing. Percy had planned on proposing to Annabeth after school that day."

I was startled. I could have been married to him. If it weren't for that hellhound, my dreams would come true. I angrily stood up from my seat to make my speech.

"My Seaweed Brain, I truly love you. You were the gateway to my happiness. But you came to an unfortunate end, saving someone else's life. Perseus Jackson, Son of Poseidon, Retriever of the Master Bolt and The Helm Of Darkness, Slayer of Ares, Sailor of the Sea of Darkness, Retriever of the Golden Fleece, Savior of Artemis and I, Bearer of the Sky, Defeater of the Minotaur and a lot of Other Monsters, Survivor of the Labyrinth, Defeater of Pasiphae, Slayer of Kronos, Hyperion, Iapteus, and Atlas, Bearer of the Curse of Achilles, Defeater of Thanatos, Praetor of Camp Jupiter, Survivor of Tartarus, Friend of Bob, Slayer of Gaea, Savior of Olympus, and Seaweed Brain, I put you to rest in Elysium. Goodbye."

Before burning his body, I let rivers of tears seep to him. I gave him one last kiss, and picked him up. I got ready to place him in the fire, when something extraordinary happened.

His eyes snapped open.

Cliffhanger... Yet Again.

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