Percy's POV

I hope you all noticed my evasion in the last chapter. Did you realize I never said stuff like "I'm going to kill Harry"? Instead, I say stuff like "I'm going to kill the traitor." Did you get that?

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Delian, Ellie, Annabeth, Grover, Hermione and Ron were all chained to one wall overlooking the battle ground. Ron, Annabeth, Grover, Hermione and Ellie were shouting, but Delian looked solemn.

"Percy, you've got to stop!"

"Snap out of it, Perce!"

"Please!"

Fierra stood above them on the wall's top. She smiled at me and said, "Perseus Jackson, son of Poseidon, prince of the seas, ruler of waters, a man of destiny."

I inhaled deeply and took on a ready stance. I looked intently at the spot across the field, where Harry would be emerging.

The air was thick. It seemed as if all the stress of the universe gathered at this spot. It seemed as if this was where the worlds would collide; where everything would end, once and for all.

Harry emerged behind the trees. He looked straight at me, giving me a tiny smile and bow. Then he looked at Fierra and glared at her. His eyes finally landed on the captives. He gave them a desperate look, a look that said, "I'm sorry I got you into this. I'll get you out, I promise."

He took on a stance similar to mine, and inhaled sharply.

"Harry Potter, hero of the Wizarding World, master of energy, true Gryffindor, a man of destiny."

Fierra's lip curled. "Begin."

I stomped the ground, and a strong pillar of water burst out from underground, smashing everything in its way. Harry brought his hands upward and a silver light that looked like a blade sliced through my wall of water. It flew straight at me, and I dodged it, sending a flurry of ice knives at him.

With a wave of his hands, the ice knives evaporated just as they were about to pierce Harry's skin. I sent a blast of icy water at him, and he blocked it with a green shield of energy.

"Fight back!" I yelled at him. "Fight back, you coward, fight back!"

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Harry's POV

"Fight back! Fight back, you coward, fight back!"

Weren't those the exact words I yelled at Snape, say, two years ago?

Well, I admit I said I wouldn't fight back. But dying is harder than it looks, especially if you're me. My brain is hardwired to defend myself whenever I need to, or when I'm attacked. So yes. I am being attacked.

I wasn't going to attack, though. Offensive is very different from defensive.

He punched the air and the moisture in the air condensed around his arm, forming an ice gauntlet with spikes, kind of like Wolverine's claws. He did the same with his other arm and looked straight at me.

"Well?"

I smirked at him. He snarled.

He ran towards me and slashed at my face, but I leaned slightly to the right. The spikes cut right through my left shoulder, the exact spot where I was hit by Delian long ago. The pain was numbed by the cold, but somehow that made it quite a bit worse.

I saw a look of horror flicker in Percy's countenance, as though he remembered the fight. As though he still cared about morality and all that which is codswallop to him now.

I closed my eyes and let the icy pain engulf me. I let a soft chuckle escape my lips, feeling the tingle through my body as I did. It was definitely a terrifying and painful sensation, but... I actually liked it. I was probably off my rocker. Had all the stress finally caught up to me?

Well, I didn't care. I was going to die anyway. So, Stress, I'd like you to meet my good friend Death.

But then something totally unexpected occurred. Percy raised his spiky gauntlet to the skies, and brought it down hard... on his very own gut.

My vision went blurry. Blood poured out from him as my own trickled down my arm. My brain went numb. Stunned. Scared. Disbelieving. Shaky. He raised the gauntlet again.

"STOP!"

I raised both my hands and focused all my energy on his icy hands. His arms froze (no pun intended) in the air, and he couldn't resist the influence I had over him. I didn't need this. Not right now.

But then something awfully terrible happened; it was something I thought I'd never have to deal with again.

My scar seared with pain, and I doubled over, clutching my forehead. The force of the pain forced me down on my knees, gasping for breath and trying to figure out what just happened.

In my momentary confusion, Percy stabbed himself again. I didn't know what to do. The panic spread and quickly washed over me. Voldemort was gone. What was with my scar? Percy's trying to do himself in. I should stop him. He'd kill me. My scar.

MY SCAR.

Suddenly, the pain was too much. My vision went completely black, an only one thing existed in the world... The vicious, venomous, poisonous voice of Fierra.

"Flaming Eye isn't the only thing I know how to do, Harry. I can make you go back to the worst, most painful moments in your life. Those moments that the brain seems to stop, and the only thing you can make out is the pain."

"What are you doing to Percy?" I demanded from her, my voice echoing in the darkness.

"Nothing," she answered nonchalantly. "He's doing that to himself. I've known it all along. His plan was to kill himself during the battle, knowing I needed him to become Ultima, knowing you were capable of resistance.

"But I've got a back-up plan. Put you into as much pain as possible. Remember what old Voldie did to you? That's exactly what I'm going to do."

And then, like she said, all I could make out was the pain.

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Percy's POV

Blood was pouring out my gut. I could feel the pain, but then I saw... Harry was in even more pain. What was happening? He was kneeling on the moist earth, clutching the back of his head, screaming...

"HEAL YOURSELF, PERCY."

It was Fierra's voice. I whirled around to look at her, but she was nowhere. Then I realized... the voice came from Harry.

"No," I answered weakly. "Get out of his head."

"HEAL YOURSELF," she continued through Harry. "OR I'LL MAKE IT WORSE FOR HIM."

I didn't know what to do. I couldn't... I didn't... I just...

"I MEAN IT. I'LL PROVE IT."

The pain through Harry was intensified. He was trembling, yelling even louder. Everyone chained to the walls was screaming, trying to snap him out of it. Ellie was trying to use her energy to suck Fierra's spirit out, but the magical chains severely weakened her strength.

Reluctantly, I forced water through the earth and placed it over my ribs, healing every bit of teared flesh. Fierra-Harry (Fierry?) laughed then screeched, forcing Harry to yell out in pain and fall over.

"NO!" I yelled. "Get out of him! Right now!"

"KILL HIM."

Wait, what? Did she honestly believe I would do that?

"KILL HIM. OR I'LL MAKE IT WORSE FOR HIM. I'LL MAKE IT MORE PAINFUL AND LONGER... BESIDES, I'M INSIDE HIS HEAD. YOU KILL HIM MEANS YOU KILL ME."

"Yeah right," I spat. "Like you'd ever do that to yourself, you stuck-up little bi-"

"I MEAN IT. KILL ME. I'M FINE WITH THAT. JUST PROVE TO ME YOU HAVE IT IN YOU."

"No way," I yelled back. "I'm not stupid, Fierra. You know what's going to happen if I kill him. He dies. I become Ultima, trapped in that terrible position of power. You'd escape the moment before my attack hits, you'd wreck the worlds."

"WISE, PERSEUS. VERY WISE," Fierra-Harry said. "BUT YOU KNOW IT MAKES SENSE."

Suddenly, Harry shot up from the ground. He was looking up at the sky, screaming in pain. His eyes were pure white. No brilliant green emerald irises. He was trembling so bad, it looked like he was on one of those massage chairs. He dug his nails into his scalp.

"No!" I yelled. I ran over and grabbed his shoulders, trying to shake Fierra out of him. I didn't know what to do. There was no way out. The best option was just to kill myself and get it over with. That way, both contenders for Ultima would die, and Fierra could be defeated by Delian, Ellie, Annabeth, Grover, Hermione and Ron. I just had to release them first.

How?

Well, it turns out I didn't need to.

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Harry's POV

Pain, Pain, Pain, Pain PAIN.

That was all in my brain. I wanted it to end. But I could still get traces of words from the outside... And it seemed to me Fierra was at a tiny advantage. She had us trapped In a one-way-out plan.

The only way out was death.

And then something incredibly strange occurred. I heard Percy. IN HIS HEAD. Thinking to himself.

"I have to release the others. Then kill myself. But how do I break the ropes? Gah, this is awful."

I sent a message to him telepathically, hoping against hope that it would work.

"Leave that to me, Percy. You ready for this?"

I could tell he was confused by how I was able to do that. But he also knew there was no time to explain (Not that I could explain at all, I had no idea what was actually going on).

"All right. Let's do this."

"You sure?"

"Yeah, I'm sure. You?"

"Hey, I'm supposed to be the Boy Who Finally Died, remember?"

"Hahaha. Go!"

I focused all my energy on the chains' energy cores and thought of a quick made up nonverbal spell to break them.

"KALA YA AN!"

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Percy's POV

BAM.

The chains blew off and the captives all scattered from the explosion. They quickly shook themselves off and ran over. I knew they would try to convince me not to kill myself…

…But I knew there was no other way.

Before they could reach me, I made a small ice dagger and launched it straight through my heart… And then I let the pain wash over me.

There were shrieks of terror from the group, but none as devastating as the one from Fierra… Harry. Whatever.

"NOOO! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?"

But at that moment, I drifted off. The last thing I saw was Harry becoming limp, falling to the ground in sync with me, and then it was all black.

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"Is this heaven?"

"No, man, you mean Elysium."

"What?"

"Never mind, Harry."

"I can't see anything. Percy, where are you?"

"I… I don't know. I can't feel anything. I feel like…"

"Nothing?"

"Exactly."

"Wait… There's a light over there."

"Dude, I don't want to go there, I… I'm scared."

"Of what? We're already dead."

"Good point."

But at that moment, the light flickered off. The Two of Destiny were drenched in complete darkness, and a voice rang out from everywhere and nowhere.

"Hey Percy! It's Nico. Dad wants me to send you a message."

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