..Chapter 9..

The Final Battle For love

TPOV

"Parker," I breathed looking at him in astonishment. Him and Ryan were still standing at the forests' edge. They both had smirks on their faces but Parker had forgiveness in his eyes. As much as this was his plan I knew he'd do anything to not be apart of it.

When I looked at Ryan he had nothing but hate in his eyes. When his electric green eyes locked with mine a sharp pain hit my forehead. I cried out and fell to the ground. I soon heard voices as the pain in my head increased.

Flashback

"Who are you?" Luke shouted shielding Annanbeth and I. I decided I didn't need protecting so I stepped up next to him. I looked behind me to see Annabeth trembling with fear. She peeked from behind Luke and looked at the boy.

He had to be at least three years older than me. Which meant he was probably fifteen. He had jet black hair with streaks of gray running through it and electric green eyes. He had a scowl on his face as he looked at Luke and when he turned to me he smirked. He knew something.

"Why... why are you looking at me like that?" I questioned softly. He smirked at me and stepped closer to me. At that Luke growled but I held my hand up to stop him. There was something special about this boy. When he came over to me he kneeled down a little to my height. He was at least three feet taller than me.

"My name is Ryan," he said putting his hand on my shoulder. The odd thing was I didn't shrug him off like I would to a normal stranger. I put my hand over his and looked into his electric green eyes. "And I know what is going to happen to you when you turn older. Would you like to know?" he asked softly. I was about to say yes when Luke interrupted me.

"Wait stop. Are you a half-blood?" Luke asked cautiously and Ryan nodded slowly. "Who's you parent?" Luke asked slowly. Ryan looked up at him and glared.

"I don't know," he said emphasizing each word, closing the conversation. When he turned back to me he smiled. "So do you want to know or not?" he asked quietly. I just thought long and hard about it. I liked surprises and it would ruin my future by knowing what would happen. I'd know when something was coming and there would be no fun in that.

"No thank you," I said slowly shaking my head. I was getting a little suspicious. Who was this guy and what was he doing here?

"Well if you say so," he said taking his hand away from my shoulder and standing up. He started backing up. Before he stepped into the shadow of the alley he looked at me one last time and smirked. "I'll see you again, Thalia," he whispered before disappearing into the shadow of the alley.

End Flashback

I looked up to find myself gasping on the ground. Violet and Annabeth were standing in front of my protectively and Apollo was kneeling at my side. I looked at him and frowned.

"Thalia," he said in relief and pulled me to his chest. I hugged him for a couple seconds before getting up and stumbling through Annabeth and Violet.

"R-Ryan," I said gasping as my head still hurt. He whipped his head around at the sound of my voice. He frowned as I stood there just looking at him in shock. It was really him. "I-I know you! I've met you b-before. When I was... traveling with L-Luke... and Annabeth... all those years ago," I gasped, grasping at my head as the pain in it grew stronger. I saw Ryan smile and nod.

"Yes, Thalia. I was wondering when you were going to remember," he said smirking at me and taking a step closer. Parker looked between us two in shock. I saw him clench his fists in rage and close his eyes. Ryan hadn't told him about this. I gasped as the pain was to much and collapsed to the ground on my knees holding my head.

"Thalia!" I heard Apollo yell as he rushed forward. I held my hand out to stop him as I stumbled off the ground.

"You knew that this was going to happen! All of this! You knew!" I screamed at him the pain in my head starting to subside. I was angry. I balled my fists up at my side and gritted my teeth.

"You're the one that asked not to know about your future. It's your own fault," he said calmly fighting back a smile at my reaction. I narrowed my eyes and glared at him as I fumed.

"But how? Why didn't you tell Luke who your parent was?" I asked quietly but he caught it. As I asked him about his parent his eyes narrowed and he balled up his fists. He took a deep, calming breathe before he answered me.

"Just as I said many years ago, I don't know!" he yelled at me. I flinched and stepped back. I realized I had walked back into Apollo. He wrapped his arms around me protectively and I leaned into him. I looked over at Parker and saw him glaring at Apollo. I smirked at that. Payback.

"Hey, Parker!" I yelled. When he looked over at me I held up my hand and showed him my engagement ring. It glittered in the moonlight and you could clearly see it from how faraway he was. His mouth fell open and he stumbled back. "Don't like what you see? Oh well!" I yelled at him and turned around in Apollo's arms. I pulled his shirt and his lips crashed onto mine. I felt him smiling and I smiled back. He wrapped his arms around my waist and brought me closer.

When I finally pulled back I whipped my head around and saw Parker huffing and glaring at Apollo. I knew what was about to happen and it brought tears to my eyes. I had to do it.

I looked behind me and saw Percy, Nico, Annabeth, and Violet. I locked eyes with Percy and he knew what to do by my look. He nodded at me and slipped his ballpoint pen, Riptide, out of his back pocket and held it at his side.

"No! It can't happen!" Parker screeched running forward. I saw Ryan yelling at him to stop but Parker either didn't hear him or didn't care.

"Percy! Now!" I yelled and saw Riptide fly through the air. I caught it and uncapped it. The glint of the sword shone in the moonlight and I smirked. I ran forward to meet Parker. Just as he was about to thrust his sword at me I rolled on the ground to the side and stood up straight. I saw him turn around and look at me. I looked behind him to see Apollo looking at me worriedly. I smiled and winked at him.

"Thalia, I don't want to do this," Parker said his voice cracking. I saw tears streaming down his face. I frowned as tears started forming in my eyes. As much as I hated him, he used to be one of my best friends. I hated to admit it but it was the truth. We had gotten to know each other over the holidays and now I was being forced to destroy our friendship and fight him. It wasn't easy.

"If you really loved me you wouldn't have done this!" I sobbed, tears streaming down my face. He shook his head back and forth. When he turned to look at me again he had an anguished expression on his face. It broke my heart.

"You know I don't want to do this-," he said but I interrupted him.

"You wouldn't have done it if you loved me," I said quietly as I started running towards him. Just as I was about to thrust my sword to his side he held out his leg and I tripped. I fell to the ground and winced as I heard Apollo gasp. I groaned as I got up and looked at my hands. They were scrapped up pretty badly but I could take care of them later. I turned to Parker and saw him with his back to me. I ran towards him and jumped on top of him. Once he was pinned on the ground I punched him in the nose and kicked him in the stomach. He groaned and looked up at me. The tears ran down my face as I held my sword an arm length away from his stomach.

I bit my tongue as I moved my arm closer. Just as I was about to strike I tumbled to the ground. I opened my eyes to see Ryan on top of me pinning me to the ground. He had a crazy look in his eyes as he raised his hand to slap me.

"No!" I heard Apollo yell and dart at Ryan. When I looked back up I saw them fighting, kicking, and scratching. "Nobody touches my Thalia," I heard Apollo growl. It gave me butterflies as he called me his. I was Apollo's and nobody could change that. I soon heard a growl and realized it was Parker. I looked over at him to find the same crazed look in his eyes. He had lost all sanity. He wanted nothing but for me to be gone. More tears streamed down my face at that but I walked forward either way.

He thrust his sword at my stomach but I brought Riptide forward to deflect it. The force was so powerful I flew backward on the ground. I got up and ran towards Parker. He was still on the ground so I didn't have to knock him down or anything. I leaned over him and frowned.

"I'm sorry," I whispered before thrusting my sword at his stomach. As soon as it touched his stomach his eyes shot open wide and his mouth flew open. His hands flew to where my sword was lodged in his stomach. I collapsed on the ground next to him and buried my face in my hands.

"Thalia..." I heard Parker whisper. I looked up at him and saw him motion for me to come closer. I crawled over and leaned down to hear him. I heard him chuckle and lean up to touch his lips to my cheek. I half smiled at that. "I'm sorry... about all of... this," he said coughing afterwards. I just shook my head as more tears escaped my eyes. "You were...my... best friend," he gasped and I knew he only had a few more minutes left. I sobbed and nodded at him. He smiled and weakly waved at me. "Goodbye... Thalia," he said before he gasped. As he did I watched as he slowly dissolved into gold dust. Riptide clattered to the ground as I screamed out.

One of my best friends was gone. And it was my fault.

I soon heard a grunt and another sword clatter to the ground. I looked up and found Apollo walking towards me and Ryan nowhere to be found. I sobbed and collapsed in his arms. I soon felt his own tears on my face.

"I love you Thalia so much. Don't ever leave me," he whispered and I nodded as I continued to cry.

"Never," I whispered and looked up at him. He leaned down and kissed me. When he pulled back I collapsed once again in his arms and cried my eyes out. I was emotionally and physically tired. I don't know how I made it through the day.

Today was going to be long.

Well Parker and Ryan are gone forever and Apollo and Thalia are engaged :P

How did you like the chapter? I know it's bad because I suck at writing battle scenes but deal with it xP Haha anyways are you guys glad that Parker is gone? I'm kind of relieved but sad at the same time. I was the one who created Parker and I grew to love him and now he's gone D:

I decided to make Ryan a person from Thalia's past with some help from Harryfan94! Thanks ;)

Anyways this story is almost over! ): I'm sad to say but we only have 2 more chapters left making this story a total of 11 chapters! Much longer than Shine Bright ;)

Anyways time to respond to your reviews! I got many last chapter! ;)

Harryfan94: Hahaha... thanks for helping with the idea for Ryan ;)

alfread: Hahahahaha hope you're okay ;)

ThaliaG: Here's your update! I update every day or every other day

Noell isthedaughterofApollo: Aww thanks! And no he isn't under Krono's control. It's his own influence.

TheEvilSmileyFace: Just like I predicted people to hahahaha xD

RebeccaBaxter: *gasp* I would never ever kill Apollo lol

TOTALinuyashafan101: I know haha.

Sarra Salmalin: I try to make my updates longer but they always want to end in certain spots lol. Hope you like this one it's longer than it usually is.

wisegirlx17: Hahaha I knew the "yes yes yes a thousand times yes" was from somewhere I just didn't know where lol xD

Well that's it for today! I'll update soon!

-Taylor(: