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Percy POV
I watched as Bella fell from the cliff. I was frozen beside Nico; everything just seemed to stop; only Bella's screams filled my ears.
"PERCY!" Nico yelled at me, "DO SOMETHING!" I realized I was just about the only one who could help. I ran into the water.
"Sea Prince!" some of the fish said in my head.
I just pushed then off, I had to find Bella. I looked around; she was nowhere to be seen. After about five more minutes of searching I saw here. Her face was disoriented with pain, her shoulder look out of place and she was limp.
I carefully picked her up; I didn't want to hurt her anymore. As I touched her she became dry. (When Bella found out about her real heritage she lost her power over water.) I put an air bubble around us, and she began to cough up water. I brought us up to the surface. Nico, Thalia, Annabeth and Edward were all waiting.
I still wasn't sure about Edward, he broke her heart and he comes back and she a Hunter. A Hunter! And she takes him back. Then again when I thought back to a conversation I had with Annabeth, when everyone else was asleep.
~Flashback~
"Percy!" Annabeth hissed at me, "You still up?"
"Well I am now," I said groggily.
"I need to talk about the Cullens," she said slowly.
"Ok," I said confused.
"Well, when they first came, before I pretended to be hurt," she began, "I saw them. Edward I instantly recognized. He looked like crap, I'm serious. His look was hopeless, like he was always waiting for something that would never come." She paused, unsure how to continue.
"So, what you're trying to say is that some vampire looked like crap," I said annoyed.
She shot me an angry glare. "Why did I chose you of all people to talk to!" she huffed.
That made me smile, "I am just awesome like that."
She muttered something about me being a Seaweed Brain but she continued anyway. "I was about to say that once he spotted Bella, his eyes lit up. He looked so… hopeful. And then when he found out Bella was a Hunter, it was just like he had lost the hope."
I had caught on, "So what you're trying to say is that the vampire is in love with Bella."
She nodded, "There was a real reason for him leaving her, but I can still see what she sees. He said he didn't love her…" she trailed off and started muttering to herself.
"Wisegirl, you now I just love talking about people who want to be with my sister, but us normal people need this thing called sleep. It is vital to our health." I said, falling back into my pillow.
She smiled, "Yeah, last time I checked you weren't normal, but go ahead." I smiled, and then I fell into a deep sleep.
~End Flashback~
Before I was even out of the water everyone came running.
"Thals," Bella whispered. I didn't even notice that she was awake. "Luke he-he loved you."
That was the last thing she said before her breathing got slow and ragged.
Nico turned to Edward. "SAVE HER!" he screamed at him, "I have already lost one sister, I can't lose another."
I gave Bella to Edward and he ran off. Annabeth had explained that process of becoming a vampire, it was painful.
I saw that Thalia had tears in her eyes. "Come on, we had some Titan butt to kick." Her voice was quiet, weak, she was upset.
I heard an angry cry. I looked up to see Kronos and the red headed vampire looking at us. We all drew our weapons.
"For Bella!" Annabeth yelled. We whooped in response. We began to advance on them, but instead they came to us. Instead of his scythe Kronos had Luke's sword, Backbiter. For one split second I saw Luke, blue eyes, and grin, but then he was Kronos again. I stepped forward, this was my prophecy and no one was going to get hurt because of me.
"You guys stay back," I commanded, but they didn't listen. Soon the vampire had Annabeth and Thalia by the neck, and Kronos had Nico. They both had evil smirks.
The vampire laughed, and sniffed the girls, "Mmmmm, you smell almost as appetizing as the little human that killed my James."
I started to move forward, but Kronos said, "One move and they get."
"NO!" a voice cried behind me. I whipped around to see Bella, breathing heavily. She wasn't a vampire, but she looked healed.
BPOV
I had a strange dream after I fell. I remember not being able to breath, then Percy came, and I saw Thalia. I gave her Luke's message, and then I was out.
I could feel the wind in my face, and then we stopped. I heard voices arguing, "Give her here!" One said.
"No! She is dyeing, I-I have to save her," a velvety voice said.
"This isn't her time to die, nor is it her time to become a vampire." I knew that voice, Hades.
"H-had-des" I stuttered.
"Shhh," he whispered. "Bella, I can save you."
"But-"
"Bella, listen to your father," Edward murmured to me.
I felt myself being shifted. Another pair of arms took me, I could feel power surge though my veins and breathing came more easily. I opened my eyes, and sat up slowly.
I was looking into a pair of black eyes, Hades.
"Bella, I have spoke to the fates, you have to go help your friends. And Nico, let him live, please." I turned my head as took his godly form. I looked up at Edward and he nodded.
"Stay as back-up. And I call if we need help." I got up and shadow-traveled away. I came out to a horrible scene, Percy was tensed and ready for attack, Kronos had Nico, and Victoria had Annabeth and Thalia.
"One move and they get it," Kronos said as Percy tried to attack.
"NO!" I screamed. Everyone shifted their gaze to where I stood, proud and tall. Relief flooded over Luke's face as his eyes switched from gold to blue. His muscles relaxed, and he let go of Nico, who scrambled to Percy's side.
"Let. Go. Of. Them." I said deadly calm.
"No," she sneered. I looked back over to Luke, who seemed to be having an internal conflict.
"Let them go," Luke said his eyes still blue. I smiled, everyone else look surprised, but she did.
I came to meet the others, Nico looked deathly tired.
"Luke," I said, "You need to keep control. Don't let Kronos control you."
"There is only one way, I-I have to die." He said quietly.
I took a deep breath, and held my hand, "Annabeth?" she looked confused. "Your knife."
She understood. She walked forward and stated to hand Luke her knife, and it was going well.
But that didn't last long.
Luke's eyes flashed gold. He reached out his hand and smacked Annabeth across the face, hard. She fell to the ground, as did her knife. "Foolish girl!"
I looked at Annabeth's face, it was tear streaked and she was bleeding. Percy rushed to her side. Nico, Thalia and I tried to move but we were stuck. While Percy was worrying about Annabeth, he had dropped Riptide. Shock crossed Luke's face, his eyes were blue again.
"Why?" was Annabeth's only word. Percy got up, grabbed Annabeth's knife and slashed. He missed.
"Percy, trust him, look him in the eye." I said. Percy looked Luke strait in the eye; they seemed to have a mental conversation. Percy handed the knife over. I watched as took the knife, and stabbed a small point, just under his arm.
He fell to his knees, withering in pain. We all rushed to him, "Good-bye," He said.
"Luke," Thalia said, "I love you."
Luke Castellan, son of Hermes, died with a smile on his face.
Another chapter! I know Hades is OOC but I had this great idea for a sequel. And if you're wondering about Victoria, she is really pissed.
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