AN: My poll will end on Friday, Sept. 7, and then the vote for a rating will start. So far, the results are:
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Perthena-0
Vote so we can get started on a new story! Hope you like this new chapter. BTW, I got the cabin scene is from PaleRider365's "Prince of the Night" I couldn't resist. It's not exactly the same, but still, very similar. You guys should check it out. Its also a Perlia story and a Tartarus themed one. I got my inspiration from them.
Disclaimer: PJO isn't mine
Percy POV:
Well, I thought happily, time to show my face. As I neared the ampitheatre(that's how you spell it), I started to hear Her tell part of a story. My story to be exact. " -looked through his suitcase and found plans. Plans to destroy Olympus." Everyone gasped in shock as I gritted my teeth in anger. " After telling the gods about his horrendous plan, He took me to the Parthenon, specifically, Athena's statue. Before he could reach his goal, the gods teleported him to the throne room to pay for his crimes." I was shaking now as I heard screams of " How could he?" and " We should've killed him!" I had a plan. And it involved scaring some campers. I extended my chain to a length of 7 feet, so it could drag on the floor, and conjured up a leather jacket to hide my wounds. I peered in and saw the immortal campers glaring at Annabeth, who to my anger, was wearing my rings. " For his crimes he was sent to Tartarus for eternity. And that's how I sabotaged a traitor." The applause was loud, but I was gonna change that.
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As everyone was applauding, the door slammed shut, silencing everybody. Slow clapping resonated around the encasement, accompanied by the clanking of chains being dragged across the floor. "Beautifully told story Annabeth, but where is the truth in any of that?" a voice asked venomously. Almost every camper was about to protest, but they were slammed back in their seats by an invisible force. It was almost as if their blood stopped moving. " SILENCE!" the voice roared. The immortal campers were pale, but Annabeth was sickly so, trembling on the spot. "What happened about you blaming me about 'taking you from your people', or my ring your wearing?" the voice added bitterly. "P-Percy?" Annabeth replied shakily. Everybody's eyes widened at that name. All of a sudden, he emerged with his mouth in a tight frown.
Percy POV:
"Excellent guess, Annabeth. I see you still have the nerve to say my name after what you did." I stated frowning slightly, "I guess you are an idiotic child of Athena." A boy stood up and yelled at me, "I'll kill you, you traitor!" as he charged with his dagger raised. I sidestepped the pitiful boy, making him lose balance and fall over "Stop it, John!" I heard Annabeth scream. 'So that's his name' I thought as John stood up and walked over to Annabeth. I released the campers from my water powers and the ampitheatre was still deathly quiet. "Anyways, I came here to tell you all the plans you told were phoney. I was innocent, and you still believed her? I thought better of you. I was released from my torture, due to the fact that they needed me to fight for you all." I spoke with a condescending tone. "Torture?" a camper asked incredulously, "There's not a scratch on you other than your face!" I sighed and took off my jacket, showing the camp my scars, making them gasp. "That's where your wrong," I sighed. "I personally got tortured by Kronos himself. He cursed me," I said, pointing at my right arm, " he poured Greek fire over my wrist," I held up my left arm, "and he bleached my eyes." I said firmly, as everyone was eying my injuries. " So, you are very wrong with your assumption. I have felt things more horrible than you could ever imagine. Now," I said, changing my tone from menacing to happy, while turning to my ex, "can I have my ring back?"
She looked nervous and said "What ring?" she asked innocently. "The sea green one on your left hand that I gave you, and the silver one on your right." I said angrily. "Well, you gave me no such thing." she persisted indignantly. My self restraint snapped and held her in place by the blood in her body. As a walked up to her, John walked up to me and said "It ain't yours dude, so back off." I was pissed now and said menacingly "Then you grab the rings and look on the inside. Read what they say. They were my proposal rings. But now I never want to see them again." He stared at me for a second before going to get those damned rings. When he took off the green one he read, "Wise Girl, be mine forever."
Then, he took off the silver one and read, "I'll be yours, Seaweed Brain." He shrugged and gave me my rings, to which I smiled my thanks, and set my hand on fire, melting the rings, while mumbled to the bewildered campers, "Blessings." I released Annabeth and she started to cry. " I'm so sorry Percy. Forgive me!" she wailed, tears streaming down her face. "You should have thought about that before forging my signature on that paper." I strolled out of the ampitheatre, retracting my chain, and walked to the Zeus cabin, laying down next to my Thals. As I lay there, thoughts were swirling through my head. 'I thought I could trust them, but I guess I was wrong. The die has been cast, so we'll see if I made the right choice.' And for the first time in five years, I slept peacefully all through the night.
Thalia POV:
I woke up, and looked around. I was in my cabin, not at Percy's house. 'So yesterday was a dream.' I thought wallowing in my misery. I began to cry, not hearing the scuffling of feet in the cabin. As I was pulled into a hug, I looked up and saw Percy. I began to cry even harder and sobbed, "I thought you were a dream." He held me even tighter and said defiantly, "I'll never leave you on my own will. Ever. I'll make a promise to you. If you stay with me, be my girl I'll stay with you until you wake, no matter how early I do." he proclaimed. "Pinky promise?" I asked childishly. "Pinky promise." he chuckled.
Then I took in his appearance then muttered the only word that could describe what I was seeing, "Damn." He was wearing a black wife beater that showed off some of his scars , but hid the scythe on his chest, while still frame hugging and showed a lot of his muscle. Along with his now signature pants and combat boots, he wore black, fingerless gloves. I loved his new color. When I uttered that word, he looked scared. "What did I do?" he asked nervously. I rolled my eyes and said, "I said 'damn' as in, 'you look hot damn.' Now if you'll excuse me, I need to take a shower."
As I walked to the closet to get some clothes, Percy made himself comfortable on my bed. I finished my shower and morning rituals in about 10 minutes. When I stepped out of the bathroom, his jaw dropped and he began to stare. I smirked "Like what you see?" I asked as he regained his senses. I was wearing a tight black shirt that stopped at my stomach, but clinged to me. Like him, I loved the color black, so I put on some black skinny jeans and some black converse. After regaining whatever intelligence he lost, he held my hand and said playfully, "It's not nice to tease." I smirked and walked my fingers up his chest as I gazed at his ice blue orbs. "I should say the same." I tossed back at him before I gave him a passionate kiss.
Soon, we heard the conch shell sound, so we pulled away from each other, but he had a pout on his face. I giggled a bit at his antics and reminded him, "We need to get to breakfast." He sighed but grabbed my hand, and lead me outside. While we were walking towards the pavilion, he said to me with a bitter voice, "Don't be surprised if they seem scared or Annabeth tries to take me back. I showed up at the ampitheatre when they were praising her for 'catching the traitor of Olympus.' Remind me to call a meeting about her traitorous actions." I squeezed his hand tightly, to show I understood, and by then we were in front of our destination. Percy squared his shoulders, and walked in.
Percy POV:
When I stepped in to the dining pavilion, it got deathly quiet. I gave them all a critical eye, but I stopped at Annabeth, who was glaring at our intertwined hands with jealousy. "It's not polite to stare." Nico's voice boomed. Everyone turned back to their respective tables, but I knew they were talking about me. I once again scanned the room, but this time I was wondering where to sit. I didn't want all of my friends to sit at one table, for that may anger the gods into rivalry, so I decided upon Hestia. 'She is the goddess of family, so she's neutral territory. Plus, they pretty much are my family' With that thought, I beckoned to I friends, and gently pulled Thalia to my selected table after getting our food. She looked at me confused and asked bewildered, "Why are we going to this table?" I smirked and said proudly, "Well Pinecone Face, I want to sit next to all of my friends, so instead of sitting at one table of a god of different domains, I decided to choose Hestia since her powers are different from all of us. Also, since she is the goddess of family, and we're all like a big family, I chose her. Plus, she has no kids, and she needs recognition."
Thalia's jaw dropped, to which I just smiled and closed it for her. When she finally gained her senses, she looked at me in a new light and asked amused, "So Kelp Head, when did you decide to get some brains?" I laughed and playfully punched her shoulder. "5 years of alone time helps. I'm also more aware, and have a good 6th sense to when bad things will happen. I've learned to trust my gut." Just then, my good friends joined us. "Why Hestia's?" Nico asked as confused much like Thalia. So much, in fact, I started laughing. "You-sound-so much- like- Thals!" I managed to get out in between peals of laughter.
Thalia laughed at my antics, but answered Nico's question. "It seems Kelp Head grew some brains." As I calmed down, Thalia was explaining why exactly we were sitting here. For a while, we just sat there, eating and talking as if nothing had ever happened. I soon saw Annabeth trying to approach the table, but was cut off by the Hermes cabin, who pranked her as she went by. This was my chance to get revenge. I summoned an Iris message to Zeus. When he was about to talk, I cut him off and quickly informed him, "You might get evidence on who framed me, so quickly send an Iris message to watch Annabeth Chase, but make it behind her. Please do not talk, so you are not found out. Here she comes." As I swished my hands through the message, I saw a new one appear behind her. With Zeus watching attentively. "What do you want?" I asked, no emotion showing through my voice. She sighed apprehensively, but answered, "I want to apologize." "For?" I asked wanting her to say it out loud. She looked around the table, turned around and said, "Follow me."
I got up from the table, and told my friends to stay, but said sternly, "Make sure you make a sacrifice to Lady Hestia for letting us sit at her table." With that said, I followed her into the woods, where I will soon get my evidence. My 6th sense was going wild, so I knew something would happen, something bad. Really bad. When she finally stopped, I followed her example, but kept my distance. She looked like she had an internal battle, but finally squared her shoulders and started to speak. " I'm sorry, Percy, that I framed you for trying to overthrow Olympus, but I needed you out of the picture. My people were calling, and my master had commanded it."
My senses were off the charts and I started to hear us being surrounded, but when they all finally stopped, I froze them. " Who is your master?" I asked, trying to get some information for Zeus to go on. "Why, who do you think? Who controls the world? Who will give me power, attention, fame? Gaea." She spoke, as if she had said said this many times before. I looked her strait in the eye for any sign of doubt, but found none. " And I'm also sorry for what I'm going to do." I laughed maniacally making her look at me in confusion. As I calmed down, I answered her unasked question, " You mean the monsters that surrounded us who are now frozen, or are you going to attack me? If you wanted to get me, you needed to do a better job." Before she could run away, I quickly extended my chain, swung it, and it wrapped around her, making her fall.
While she was trying to figure out how to get herself out of the chains, I looked at the message behind her and asked Zeus, " Can you please call an emergency meeting?" He nodded and cut the connection. I used my vapor travel to teleport Annabeth and me to the meeting. But all I could think was, ' Revenge is a bitch.'
AN: I think this isn't as good as the others, but I've had company that hogged the laptop so I had to rush it a bit. Hope you enjoyed, and don't forget to review and vote.