4th chapter! This one will be in Percy POV again. I'm also changing the title.
I do NOT own Percy Jackson and the others. It belongs to Riordon.
I was at a funeral. Thalia, Nico, Grover, Clarisse, Chris, Rachel, and Paul were there.
Luke, Selena, and Beckonderf were there too but they were dead. I was crying.
Everyone was wearing black. Thalia and Nico were comforting me. They kept muttering I'm sorry.
Who died? Before I could find out the scene changed.
It was black. I looked around and saw no one. Then I saw campers. They kept whispering the same word over and over.
"Murderer,"
"Murderer,"
"Murderer,"
They came closer and stared right at me. I backed away and bumped into someone. I turned around and saw more campers. Then I realized something.
They were calling me a murderer. I didn't kill anyone! They all grabbed me and tried to choke me.
I woke up with my hands at my neck. I was sweating and I was confused. What did that dream mean? I looked at the time. It was 5:34 in the morning. I groaned with my head in my hands.
I got dressed and got went out. I went to the beach and sat down on the sand. The wind blew in my face and I closed my eyes. I opened them and stared at the waves.
"What are you doing this early in the morning?" I turned my head and I saw Nico sit down next to me. I shrugged.
"Dream. What are you doing?" I asked.
"I like getting up early. No one could bother me. They would be asleep. So what was your dream about?" I told him everything.
"So why do you think they called me a murderer?" I was curious.
"I'm not sure. You'll have to ask Annabeth." I flinched. I looked away, hoping he doesn't see tears in my eyes. He doesn't, thank the gods. Thunder was heard. I roll my eyes.
"Hey, I'm gonna go back before everyone wakes up. See you at breakfast." Then he left.
I hate you Aphrodite. Why do you make life so difficult? I got up and went to the arena.
When I got there I saw a camper. What was his name? Oh, yeah! His name's Lucas, son of Hermes.
I was about to call his name when he got his sword out and was pointing it at his chest.
My eyes widened and I yelled, "Don't!" But it was too late. He killed himself. I ran to him and when I looked up I saw Annabeth standing there on the other side. Her eyes were wide and her hand over her mouth.
Campers started rushing in. How they woke up I don't know. People gasped and pointed. Girls screamed. Boys were gaping. They all stared at me.
"It wasn't me! He killed himself! I didn't kill him!" I stood up. From the looks on their faces, they didn't believe me. They didn't trust me. My dream was happening right now. I can hear them.
They were whispering to one another. 'Murderer' was heard all around the room. Some glared.
Some had disbelief shown on their faces. Some were crying.
"It wasn't me! Annabeth saw it! Right, Annabeth?" I turned towards her. All eyes were on her.
She didn't say anything. She just stood there frozen, staring at me. Everyone turned back at me.
"Annabeth! Tell them! Tell them it wasn't me!" I pleaded. No answer.
Everyone started shouting now. They were angry. They practically dragged me away.
"Hey! Stop! Why would Percy lie? Huh? He wouldn't kill anyone! It's not him!" Thalia appeared by my side, defending me.
"Yeah! Percy's not a killer! Or a murderer! He's the hero of Olympus! You can't kick him out!"
Nico showed up on my other side, also defending me.
More shouts came as an answer. They threw my luggage at me. "Oof!"They got all my stuff in there. They managed to get Thalia and Nico's too.
Where was Grover when you need him? Right, searching for more half-bloods. Chiron got an iris-message from Zeus to come to Olympus for business. So he's not here.
"Ow." We were thrown out literally. I got up and rubbed my butt. It was sore from being thrown out.
"You guys ok? You didn't have to do that." I mumbled. I looked down. I got them kicked out of the only safe place for us demigods.
"I'm fine and we did it because we knew you wouldn't do that, duh." Thalia said.
Nico nodded in agreement.
"So are we going to your place? I don't have anywhere else to go to besides the Underworld and I don't want to go there for the summer." I nodded.
We got a cab to my apartment. We went inside.
"Mom? Are you home?" I looked around. Then I saw mom and Paul in the kitchen. Her stomach bulged out with the twins and all.
"Percy? What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be at camp? Why are Thalia and Nico doing here?" Mom asked, concerned.
We told her everything that happened. The break-up, the dream, Lucas, and being kicked out.
When we were finished Mom looked mad. No, she was furious.
"What? They kicked you out? They can't do that! Why wasn't your dad helping? This is outrageous! You're the hero of Olympus! And they still kicked you out?"
My eyes went wide. I had never seen mom this mad before.
We tried to calm her down.
"Mom, calm down! You'll hurt yourself and the twins!" I yelled. Mom calmed down but she was still mad. Just not as mad as before.
"Twins?" Nico asked. Oh, I didn't tell him. So I told him.
"Cool!"He beamed. Thalia rolled her eyes.
"So you kids staying here?" Paul asked Thalia and Nico. They nodded. We decided to let Thalia take my bed and Nico and I sleep on the floor.
Thankfully, I had a dreamless night.
1 month later
"Ah! NICO! PERCY! I'm gonna KILL you!" Thalia screamed from the bathroom.
Nico and I were on the floor laughing our head off. I was laughing so hard tears formed in my eyes.
We put pink hair dye in Thalia's shampoo. We were laughing so hard we didn't hear Thalia coming.
We stopped laughing immediately, but the moment we saw her hair we laughed.
"This isn't funny!" She was so mad we could see the steam coming out of her ears. Her hair was neon pink.
"OW!" We yelled. She shocked us with electricity.
"Run, Nico, Run!" I dragged him up and we ran away from a very angry Thalia.
Note to self: Never get on Thalia's bad side.
Unfortunately she caught us and put a storm cloud above our heads. It followed us the whole day.
Thalia was smirking the whole time and we glared daggers at her. She didn't even flinch. She just kept smirking. Thalia managed to get the pink out of her hair.
Later that day
I was pacing around the waiting room. What if something went wrong? What if she doesn't make it?
"Percy, she'll be fine. Stop worrying." Thalia said but it looks like she was telling herself that.
Paul was inside with mom. We could hear her screams. Nico winced at the screams.
Then we heard wails. I stopped pacing. My heart pounded against my chest. I smiled. Thalia and Nico got up. They looked hopeful.
The doctor came out. I looked at him anxiously. He looked grim.
"The twins are fine," He smiled weakly. "But your mother won't make it. She lost too much blood."
My smile faded and I frowned. Mom won't . . . make it? I shook my head.
"No! You're lying! Mom will make it!" I yelled. He looked at me apologetically. I turned to Nico for confirmation.
He looked away. I felt like the world crashed into me.
"Can I see her?" I murmured. He nodded and took us to my mom.
Paul was holding her hand. Mom looked terrible. She was sweating and was breathing very heavily.
She looked weak. She was white as paper. I knelt by her bed and I held her other hand.
I swallowed hard. I blinked back tears.
"Mom, you're going to be fine. The doctors said the twins are ok." I tried really hard to stop my voice from breaking and failed. She shook her head.
"I'm not going to make it." She said weakly.
"Don't say that!" Tears formed in my eyes. How can she say that?
"Mom, I'll make sure you get a free ride to the Underworld." Nico promised. Mom made them call her mom. She smiled and nodded.
"Thank you for everything." Thalia said with tears flowing down her cheeks.
"You're welcome." Mom said
"Love you, mom" I whispered to her.
"I love all you. Take care of the twins for me." Then she closed her eyes. Her grip on my hand slackened. The line on her Heart monitor went flat and beeped.
Tears flooded my eyes. I could hear Thalia crying and Nico comforting her. Now I couldn't think anymore. I could no longer hear them.
Just one thought went through my mind.
Mom's dead.
I'm sorry! I killed Sally. This chapter was the longest chapter I had written. I hope you liked it!
