Annabeth Saves the Day

Percy POV

When Gaia arose, she brought fear to all of us. She was truly terrifying. Some of the demigods began cowering in fear shutting their eyes trying to look away from her. Even the monsters had trouble looking at her. Some even exploded into showers of dust. Her words repeated over and over in my head, ringing the sounds of "I will destroy you all!" I seemed to believe her words, it made my head ache. She was way too powerful, it brought fear to everyone around the area. Then she opened her pure, green eyes. The eyes showed true destruction and the terrors that will come to those against her and the ones standing in her way.

The area was drowning in the powers of Gaia. Fear is a powerful weapon that is hard to defeat. I feat my heart beating with uneven paces, my head swarmed and I also felt several shivers down my spine.

"You," she shouted towards me, "will see the extent of my full power." The other four demigods from the prophecy walked and stood next to me. "Don't worry Percy, we got your back," Piper whispered to me. "And I to you," I replied back to her, and gave her what I thought was a reassuring smile. The fear subsided in my head, I reached for the courage I needed.

"Greeks, Romans, here before you is the Primordial Goddess Gaia! Together as one, we will destroy her! Together we will defeat the enemy and live to see another day! Together we will unite into the biggest group of demigods that have ever lived." I shouted with so much confidence towards the huge group of demigods. I knew there was fear in me, but I couldn't let it conquer me.

Shouts and cheers were sounded by the big group of demigods, I raised my sword along with the rest of the demigods. I felt great how words can melt the fear and bring courage. We were ready to charge towards Gaia when the earth began shaking wildly with rage. Almost everyone fell and collapsed, or had trouble staying stable and walking. Gaia stood firm as if everything was fine.

"Have you forgotten, demigods, that I am the goddess of Earth! I can control it to my will!" Gaia laughed manically at us, her voice echoed and boomed and the earth continued shaking.

It continued to shake for a while, we struggled against our wills. Until a figure from above shifted our attention.

Up in the bright sky, a small and majestic figure was seen flying across and approaching us quickly. Everyone turned towards it with curiosity. Within a few moments, a large owl-like figure was visible, as it came closer and closer, I saw a beautiful marvelous figure. It was a gigantic owl coloured in the beauty of ivory and gold, it wings flapped wildly to maintain itself in the sky. The owl was as big as the Athena Parthenos and it flash and glittered in the sky.

"Who are you," Gaia shouted with her raspy hoarse voice. "What are you doing here?"

A small hatch opened on the top of the owl's head, a person stepped out. A person I cannot imagine standing up there, a person whom I thought was gone, a person who I thought have left me, Annabeth.

I was tempted to rub my eyes, but I could tell the way she moved and the way she held herself. She stood firm on top of the gigantic owl's head, she was so marvelous. Her eyes shone and glowed. "I am here to destroy you and help my friends!" She shouted loudly, her face showed determination with no trace of smile at all. Her long blonde hair flashed in the bright sun.

"Ha, ha, ha! A puny girl like you, think that you can defeat me? Defeat a Primordial goddess? As if!" Gaia laughed loudly with her raspy voice, it shook the trees and everything surrounding the area. Annabeth went back inside her owl while Gaia laughed and laughed. The owl suddenly swooped down and I saw Gaia looking surprised when the owl flew down scraping her eyes with its claws. "Urgh," Gaia cried while trying to slap the owl. The owls flew majestically and dodged every coming blow.

"Charge," I shouted, together as an army, we ran towards Gaia with our weapons. We surrounded her, stabbing, slashing and poking wildly at her. She didn't seem to concentrate on us as her eyes were locked tight onto Annabeth.

When she finally realized what we were doing, she started laughing again. "Do you not understand that I'm the Earth goddess? It doesn't matter what you do as I will be healed as long as I am touching the ground." Apparently that was the wrong thing to say as Annabeth swooped down again grabbing her back and flying towards space. "Yes wise girl," I said softly to myself. We all cheered her on but we became nervous when Gaia grasped her right hand onto the owl.

"No," I cried, "Let her go!" I didn't want to see her get hurt. I sucked and a deep breath and forced myself to look towards her. She was our saviour. She was the only person who can defeat Gaia, while I, could only watch her fight against Gaia.

A figure ran past me while dropping a note into my hand. He wore gold, Roman armor. The golden helmet on his head concealed his identity. I couldn't tell who he was from the way he ran. He pulled out an arrow and aimed it towards Gaia. He fired the arrow and hit Gaia on her left foot. The figure then started climbing on what seemed like an invisible rope. I rubbed my eyes and saw that it wasn't an arrow but a grappling hook buried in the flesh of Gaia, with a rope running towards the ground, trailing towards the person. The person was climbing as hard as he could reaching towards Gaia lifted in the sky.