Chapter 10 - The Judgement of Percy
"I choose Annabeth," I declared.
Immediately, the Amphitheatre filled with shouts.
"He only chose her because she's his girlfriend!"
"It should have been Drew!"
"PERCY'S AN IDIOT!"
"SILENCE!" Chiron bellowed. "Let Percy speak."
I smiled at the centaur gratefully, before saying, "I chose Annabeth because she's great at lots of things. She's astoundingly clever, and an amazing architect. She's good at fighting, and she's helped the Camp on many quests. She's saved lives countless times, and she found a way through the Labyrinth. That is why Annabeth is the greatest."
There was no more uproar after that.
I handed the golden apple to Annabeth and looked at her. Her grey eyes shone with surprise and pleasure.
She seemed to be the only one who was happy. Drew glared at me, menacingly, before storming out of the Amphitheatre. But her anger was nothing compared to Hera's.
The Queen of Olympus' face was red like a tomato. "YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS, PERCY JACKSON!" she vowed.
"Close your eyes!" Chiron warned. I shut mine just in time, as Hera exploded into her true Godly form, and then vanished.
"A wise choice, Percy," Chiron said, as he and most of the Campers exited the Amphitheatre.
"Thank you!" Annabeth walked over to stand by me.
"You're welcome," I replied.
I knew that Hera would get her revenge, but with Annabeth smiling beside me, I just didn't care.
I was on my way to the dining hall, when I saw a familiar figure.
A man wearing a leather jacket and sunglasses was standing in the Strawberry Fields, muttering under his breath.
"My plan has worked….The gods are angry with him…..The apple went to the girl…." Ares murmured.
"You did this?" I gasped. "You put the apple on Zeus' fist?"
Ares didn't even flinch when he heard me. Slowly, he turned around to face me, with a mean sneer on his face. "Of course it was me."
"But, why?" I asked, confused.
"Payback," Ares spat. "I've never gotten you back for beating me in that fight over Zeus' Master Bolt. I was thinking of ways I could get revenge in a meeting on Mount Olympus, when I spotted the Golden Apple on Aphrodite's throne. It was perfect! If I placed a golden apple in Camp Half-blood, arguments would erupt. I knew you'd be chosen to judge, as you're Chiron's favourite. Everyone would blame you if you made the wrong decision. So, I went to the Hesperides and got another golden apple. I added a note saying 'to the greatest' and left it on Zeus' fist, where I was sure a camper would come across it. Then, as the competition started, I went and told Hera about it. She was outraged, and entered herself. My plan worked brilliantly. The Queen of Olympus hates you, now."
Ares laughed evilly.
"Goodbye, Jackson," he sneered. "Not so great now, are you?"
I lunged forward, but he dodged and vanished in a burst of light.
I was left standing alone, thinking about what had happened.
I knew that Olympus hated me now. Annabeth was elated, though. I could hear her now, laughing joyfully with her siblings.
And, in the words of Paris, as long as Annabeth was happy, I would never regret choosing her.
A/N:
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Percy chose Annabeth because she is great in many different ways and also because of what Eurydice said. She taught him that love is the most important thing.
Did you guess that he would choose her? Did you guess that Ares put the apple there?
Hera is furious at the end of the story and that is why she makes Percy lose his memory and go to the other camp.
Thank you to everyone who has reviewed/ faved/ alerted. I hope you had as much fun reading this story as I had writing it.
Check out my new story: PERCY JACKSON AND THE ARROWS OF LOVE
This story is set after PERCY JACKSON AND THE GOLDEN APPLE and is briefly related to it.
This is the summary:
Eros has been wreaking havoc at Camp Half-blood by shooting campers with love arrows. Percy and his friends must go on a quest to find Eros, so that he can undo the spells. But why is he doing it? And will Percy be too late?