Hazel POV
(When Annabeth just pushed Percy off)
When Hazel saw Percy disappear into Tartarus, vowing revenge, she finally broke her mental barriers and her tears fell freely. She felt Frank hugged her to comfort her, but she noticed he was also shaking with rage and sadness. Through her tear covered eyes, she saw Piper was sobbing as hard as her as Jason was trying to comfort her while Poseidon and Annabeth were trying to comfort each other. Ares was calmly wiping his spear with a rag, cleaning Percy's blood from his sword. He was wearing a smirk, but she can see a bit of sadness in his eyes as he eyed the pit.
"He's not dead. Or at least not yet." Everybody looked up at her, faces grim, but they nodded. She remembered when the gods summoned the 6 of them to discuss about Percy.
*Flashback*
6 of the 7 were summoned to Mt. Olympus. When they entered, all of the conversations stopped and they felt all of the gods and goddesses were looking at them, which they probably were. Zeus started;
"Welcome heroes. We have something grave to discuss. It's about Perseus Jackson. He is getting too strong, so we are deciding to get rid of him by pushing into Tartarus. That way he wouldn't die, but we don't have to worry about him." The heroes were shocked, especially Annabeth. Jason looked up at his dad and asked, "Why would you want to do that to Percy, father? He did nothing wrong. He is like us, living his life until he is needed for a quest or something."
It was obvious to Hazel that he was angry at the gods for saying something so terrible. It was about Percy after all. He treated all of them like his family after his mother's apartment got burned down and Annabeth broke up with him. 'Didn't he suffer enough' Hazel found herself wondering when she looked at Poseidon. He looked like he was about to cry, scream, or both. Hazel stepped up and looked Zeus into the eyes.
"Percy deserve his old life back. His mother, his step-father, his home, Camp Half-Blood, and his ex-girlfriend." The last part was directly towards Annabeth who was looking down at the ground, her face red. Ever since the team heard that she broke up with Percy, they were shocked. This was the inseparable couple. He even went to hell for her, and how does she repay him? She broke up with him, leaving him heartbroken, his life over. Jason created hurricanes so large, they rivaled Hurricane Katrina. Leo made a couple of forest fires at National Park. Wrangell St. Elias, the largest national park in America. Frank was stuck in his bulldog form for a week. Piper was so angry that she used charm speak without her noticing. Hazel found herself getting attacked by precious stones every minute for a week. Nobody talked to Annabeth for weeks after a week of "accidents."
Annabeth looked up at her mom, she said, "I agree with Lord Zeus. If Percy gets too powerful, he may be a threat to us. We must eliminate this threat immediately before it is too late." Zeus was nodding thoughtfully while Athena was smiling at her daughter, for whatever reason Hazel did not know.
The other 5 were shocked, but the first to recover was Jason. "WHAT?! After everything, he did to you Annabeth! He fell with into Tartarus because he loves you. Notice how I said loves and not loved?! He still loves you! And how do you repay his effort for saving your sorry life for more times then you saved his? First, you broke up with him when he needed you more than ever. Now, you are planning to doom him! You may be the daughter of Athena, but you act like a person who doesn't have any education! You are the cruelest person in the world! I can't see you as a friend anymore! You act like the monsters you kill every day! You're SICK!"
Everybody stared at the son of Jupiter with shock. He was the role model for all demigods, the calmest person in the 7. He was even cool-headed when he got his memories back, in an enemy camp. But here he was, screaming and ranting at Annabeth, his cool, gone. Annabeth's face was almost as pale as Nico's when Jason was screaming at her, but she still stand tall, even though she looks like she was about to run away from the throne room.
The other four were also yelling at Annabeth, ignoring all of the gods, who were trying to calm the heroes down. Finally, Zeus took out his master bolt and threw it towards the ground, making the room smell like an ozone, the air was electric and thunder boomed from far away. Everybody quickly quieted, peace finally restored.
"Heroes. Lord Zeus is correct. Perseus Jackson must be stopped before he learns about his power. He must be taken care of, or there might be consequences." Athena stated matter-of-factly. The gods nodded, even though some of them had tears in their eyes. Jason and the crew (except Annabeth) looked shocked, but then they nodded. The son of Poseidon was unpredictable, like the waves of his father domains. One day he is cheerful and happy, the next, his mood rivaled Nico's. But, if they pushed Percy down Tartarus, there was a small chance he might get back up, even if he hated them for it. They were all counting on this chance. Piper went up and said, "We will help you get rid of him, we'll only do this on a few terms you must promise us." The gods nodded to her statement and asked them what did they want. This time, Hazel went to the front of the group and stated the following things:
"We want:
That we get to shun Annabeth
Poseidon doesn't get another child to replace Percy
If another war breaks out, we get to choose which side we want to join
You must all swear that we get all of those things on the River of Styx"
The gods were quiet as they thought about the statement, seeing if there were some things for them to oppose. Athena was seething mad that they wanted to hurt her daughter, but if she doesn't agree, the heroes of Olympus might not agree and might rebel. Poseidon agreed that he wouldn't get another child but he was worried they might find out about her. Zeus knows that the chances for another war slim, so slim that there was 0.01% that there would be another war (Athena calculated it,) so he wasn't worried. The gods quickly agreed and the heroes promised that they would help. Poseidon and the 6 teleported back to Camp to talk with Chiron. The old hero trainer had tears in his eyes but knew better than to argue with the gods. He quickly told a random camper to get Percy, and they waited for him to arrive.
*Present*
Hazel came back to the present when she realized Frank was shaking her, his eyes full of concern. "Are you ok?" he asked. She nodded, and he looked at her and asked, "You're thinking about the meeting aren't you?" Hazel groaned. He knew her too much. Frank studied her for a second then turn his attention back to the pit of Tartarus, and calmly said, 'He'll come back. Don't worry about him. Worry about us when he come back." Hazel gulped and nodded. Percy, please forgive us, she silently pleads. Then Poseidon shuffled over to the heroes, and in a familiar flash, they flashed away, away from the hero's wrath.
