On the inside I felt like flipping over myself again and again, but on the outside I was glowering at every one of my men that walked by. For the first time in my life I was glad that Percy Jackson was alive, him and his idiocy. My dear Thalia would finally be purged from the accursed tree that she had lived in and she would join me once again.
I would not let myself think of what would happen if she didn't come and join me. I had lost her once and that time it was inescapable, but this…… No I didn't think the next thought because she wouldn't betray me; she will come back to me…. We love each other.
Even when she had been a tree, I knew she could hear my words, feel my touch, and try to return my feelings. I swear when I was near her, she moved, without the help of any forces. Soon I would be reunited with her.
I would be able to stare into those shockingly blue eyes, touch her soft black hair, and kiss those beautiful pale red lips. Her bitter sense of humor would make me laugh, I would hear the enchanting sound of her laughter, and we would talk for hours, and never be separated. The last time I had heard or seen any of those things was the last time I had ever seen her as a human.
"Luke, go! I can hold them back!" Thalia screamed and I was wrenched with indecision. Annabeth was pulling at my armor, her watery gray eyes pleading with me.
"Thalia let me! I can do it!" I begged and she let out a quick laugh.
"You could never beat me, Luke, and it's me they're after! Go, get to Camp, and keep Annabeth safe. Promise me!" she growled and she looked over her shoulder again, the monsters were getting closer.
"I promise!" I replied, "Thalia, I lo-"
"Go!" she screamed.
I picked up Annabeth and I began running towards the border with her. I heard growls, roars, and all of the variety of sounds that monsters make and I knew Thalia was holding them off, for now. I reached the border and threw Annabeth into the centaur's arms and turned around, intending to go help Thalia, but someone had looped an arm around my chest and was holding me back.
I looked around and it was Chiron holding me back, he looked into my eyes and shook his head. I turned around desperately to shout for Thalia, but she had been overwhelmed by monsters and I could just barely see a glint of celestial bronze sticking through the horde of monsters.
"Thalia, Thalia!" I screamed, tears streaming down my face.
I wrenched myself from Chiron's arms and began to sprint down the hill, trying to reach Thalia, when a giant lightning bolt hit the ground where she was. A great blue flash and all of the monsters flew backwards, and a great pine tree grew out of the ground, from where Thalia had took her last breath.
"THALIA!"I I screamed, falling to the ground sobbing.
The supposed "blessing" that Zeus had sent her was a fraud, if he truly wanted to save her then he would have let her live, as a human. No one had truly cared about Thalia, only wondered about their precious prophecy; I had been the only one to truly love her. We would have been one of the great Greek loves like Paris and Helen, Cupid and Psyche, and Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. Even Chiron had cared nothing for her, but when Percy Jackson shows up he actually goes to protect him at his school! Chiron would pay for the disrespect that he had shown Thalia. They would all pay.
"Sir!" one of my guards saluted, shaking me out of my memories, "Our spies report that Thalia has successfully been purged from the tree."
"Back to work!" I snapped, and I smiled, soon Thalia and I would be together again. It was just a matter of time before those blue eyes met mine, those pale red lips met mine, and her heart met mine. Our souls were hopelessly intertwined with no chance of it unraveling.
A/N: HEY! I decided to turn it into a series of one shots, they won't be all Thalia and Luke, but they were the ones that inspired me the most, I think next chapter might be a Thalia point of view. Thanks to my TWO reviewers: WolfDReamer11 and believeinthegods!