The War Of the Gods Part 2
I awoke around 5:00, earlier then anyone else. I slipped out of bed and put on jeans and a T-shirt. Because no one else was up, I went out, and sat on the edge of the lake. I layed down, and looked at the sky. The clouds were still purple, designating the coming sunrise. I took a few deep breaths, and started to think.
This war would tear us apart, I might be half god, but I'm half human as well. I couldn't survive a war of the gods, I knew that deep down. And what about Annabeth? I knew that I couldn't bare to lose her, not again. And that's when it hit me, like a tidal wave. Annabeth was Anthena's daugther, and she has sided with Zues. We were going to be fighting against each other.
There was no way I was going to fight against Annabeth, she is my best friend! And I couldn't ask her to choose between me and her mother. Right then and there I decied, I'm not going to fight. Not against Annabeth, not in this war, it was to much for any demigod to handle, even me.
My train of thought was derailed by cold water being splashed at my face. "Hey!" I yelled "What the heck?" My exasperated yelling was interuputed by laughing.
"Whats the matter Seaweed brain? I thought you liked water." Replied the voice I knew so well, it was Annabeth. She layed down next to me, hands behind her head. "So, thinking about the war?" She asked, getting straight to the point
"Yeah, I'm not going to fight in it" I said. At this, I could tell she was surprised.
"What? Mr.I-Am-The-Son-of-Posiden isnt going to fight for his daddy?" She said jokingly, watching the clouds roll by.
I sat up and turned to her, looking her striaght in the eyes, like when we are fighting. "To be honest Annabeth, I don't want to fight against you." I replied seriously.
"You won't have to Perce, I am going to fight for Posiden also" she said. I jolted upward, and almost shouted at her.
"No! I won't let you leave you mother just for me!" I said sternly. This caused her to sit up as well, chuckling.
"You think I would choose my mom over my friends? What kind of teenage do you take me for? She left me, with the plan of never seeing me again, but you Percy! You and Grover stayed by my side all the time, no matter what." She said, with a caring tone. I couldn't belive my ears, she was going to dump her mom for me.
"Well Annabeth Chase, this war will be the end of most everything we know and love. We will likely die, along with all our demigod friends. But I'm going down fighting, and I wouldn't want to die next to anyone but you." I said with all the seriousness in the world. I looked over at her, and I saw something I thought I would never see in Annabeth's eyes. Tears. I leaned over, and wrapped my arms around her body. "It'll be alright, don't worry" I whispered in her ear. She looked up at me, and buried her head in my chest. I felt the warm tears against my T-shirt.
It was an amazing moment, until Chiron cantered in, and said. "I hope I'm not interupting, but I need to speak with you Percy, you as well Miss Chase."
I helped Annabeth up, and we followed Chiron into the dining hall. It was completely empty, expect for us. Chiron beckoned us toward the table at the front of the room. On the table was a blanket covering some rather large items.
"I have a few gifts to give you two, just a little something to help keep you alive in this oncoming battle." He said, sweeping the cloth off the table. Under it was a sword, a ring, and a two sheilds. "For you Annabeth, a sword." He said, handing her the sword. It had a black hilt, with a ruby embedded in the middle. The blade was green, with a tint of blue. "This blade will light aflame whenever you call its name." He said, giving her the blade. "Now, say 'Starfire'" He said. Annabeth held it at arms length and called out "Starfire!" Immediately the blade ignited, illumanating the room.
"Now say it again to put the fire out" Chiron said. So she did, and the blade went back to a normal blade. "Moving along, Percy, this ring" He said, passing me the ring "Has an infinite supply of water in it. All you have to do is say 'Malestrom' and feel the water inside the ring." I gave it a shot, calling out "Malestrom!" And I could almost immediatley feel the water corsing through the ring, so I thought I'd push my luck a bit more.
I called upon the water, making it into a ball in my mind. Slowly but surely, the water left the ring, and became a floating ball of water. "Woah" was all I could think of saying. This was amazing, I had a source of water whenever I needed.
"And lastly for both of you, a shield" he said handing us both a shield. "Call this sheild's name, and it will form a barrier around you, keeping anything outside, out." He said, and began to canter out of the hall.
"Wait! What's its name?" I asked, causing him to stop, and turn around. I could see the smile on his face when he said "It's your best friend's name." He replied smugly "Oh and one more thing, the barrier only lasts for 10 minutes, and then you have to wait three hours to use it again." I looked over at Annabeth, and she looked at me. There was a moment of silence, and then we both smiled, and started to laugh.