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~GoGreen52

"You never really leave a place or person you love, part of them you take with you, leaving a part of yourself behind."

Secrets

Chapter 16- Last Words

-Bella POV-

I looked at Chiron, nodding. "I'll let you know when I have them all together… you can give them a speck if you want, then." I told him, having to stifle a little chuckle. He loves to give long winded speeches, so if you ever get caught with Chiron, watch out.

"Don't worry. I won't get my big speeches out until this new war comes to an end," Chiron said, smiling. I smiled back and walked away… rather an awkward meeting I do suppose.

"Hey Bella!" I heard someone call my name from behind me. You know, being the human/god I am, I turned around to acknowledge them. When I turned around I was met with the faces of Rosalie, Emmet, Alice, and Jasper. I'm guessing Emmet was the one who called me over.

I smiled and waved at them, really wanting to go find Percy. "What's up?" I asked, just to be polite.

"WELL, now that you asked, we were wondering if you would go to the beach with us?" Alice asked, more demanding than an average question, though.

I gave her a apologetic look and shook my head. "I have to go to my cabin. You know… brother issues." They all nodded, looking a little hesitant to let me go. I knew exactly how they felt.

"Okay… well maybe another time," Alice said, looking at me with expectant eyes, "right?" I nodded and smiled. She smiled, happy, and walked away with her family. I just watched, trying to get their faces into my memory. I hope I don't forget about them in the underworld…

I shook myself out of the reverie I was in and snapped out of it. Thousands of people are depending on you. Straighten up a bit.

I walked to cabin #3, my cabin, and opened the door to see all of the people I wanted on my quest. Percy, Annabeth, Grover, Thalia, and Nico. "What's Thalia doing here?" I asked, and smiled at her letting her know I wasn't bothered one bit.

"Bella!" she exclaimed, and pulled me into a hug, "The huntresses need some more girls in their ranks… do you-"

I cut her off, "I'm still having some boy troubles Thals. But don't worry… maybe one day I can bring myself to go with you." She hugged me again and stepped back.

"Well, as you can see, from the upcoming war Artemis decided to talk with Chiron, bringing us here," Thalia explained, and I gave her a knowing look.

"Now… since we're all here, do you all want to go on a quest with me?" I asked, and they all started to get a smile on their faces. We all looked at each other. It was going to be like old times.

"Heck yeah!" Nico exclaimed. He jumped up on the chair, "I'M GOING ON A FREAKING QUEST!"

"Looks like someone had too much candy," Thalia mumbled, watching the 13 year old jump all over on the bunk beds. She spoke up, "Yeah, I'm in too, but I just need to go tell Artemis."

She disappeared out the door into the outdoors, where I swear I did not see her walk to the big house. Or Artemis's cabin. But I knew that she was trained to be like that, so it didn't bother me.

"Oh, you know I'm in." Annabeth grinned wickedly. I smiled at her, and she turned to Percy who still looked like he was debating. "Percy, you know you want to come too."

He took a deep breath and turned to me, "When do we leave?" I smiled at him and pat the top of his head.

"Tomorrow 7am. Don't be late." I warned them, and they nodded. But Grover still didn't give me an answer. I turned to Grover who looked like he was really deep in thought.

"Uh… Grover?" I asked.

"Wha-Yeah-uh… hi."

"What do you say?"

"I say I'm in, baby."

"Good, meet us all at Half Blood Hill at 7am tomorrow." I looked at Grover, seeing his eyes widen in shock.

"That early?" he asked in disbelief.

"Yeah, baby."

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A t T h e A r e n a

I was battling Percy, getting ready for the quest coming up. Later, Chiron would be announcing us at dinner. Fun, right?

All of the sudden, Percy dropped his sword and stared at me. "What is it?" I asked, looking down to see if I had anything on me.

"Nothing really… I was just thinking of that prophecy," Percy explained. I looked at him sadly. This was going to cause a void between us. I knew that there was an ending to everything… well, not immortals really, but I knew I would have to die one day.

I just hope it's not going to be so soon.

"Percy… if it's my time… don't worry about me, okay? I've been prepared for this for a long time. Just pray to Hades that I get into the Elysium." I said, making Percy give me a sad smile.

"If you die… I have a good feeling you'll make it to the Elysium for sure," Percy told me. He walked towards me and pulled me in for a hug that I really needed.

"Thanks Perce." I whispered, closing my eyes trying to memorize his scent… I wasn't going to be hugging him anytime soon. I love my little brother by three minutes.

"No problem." He told me.

-Edward POV- (italics are thoughts)

Sitting in the Hestia Cabin, I thought about how this all came to be. Bella wasn't the helpless human I once new. After I saw that battle that she was in… it changed my complete view over things.

Who knew I would be a son of Hestia? I surely didn't know that. Rosalie was obviously a daughter of Aphrodite. Alice and Carlisle… I knew they would be children of Apollo when I first heard that we were demigods. It made sense. As for Jasper being a son of Athena… it explained the blonde hair and passion for WWII.

I looked around the cabin. It was placed in the second wing of cabins, a part of the cabins Annabeth designed. There was a hearth in the middle with the walls painted more of a burnt orange. There were some seats carved from an oak tree, but then the bunk beds were just like a regular bunk cavern.

All together… it was pretty cool.

"Edwardo!" Emmet exclaimed, walking into my cabin. I was just sitting and reading a book… I really need to get a piano in here. I should talk to the Apollo kids… oh Alice… never mind.

"What do you want?" I snapped as Alice and Rosalie stepped in. "And where's Jasper?"

"We were wondering if you wanted to go train, and Jasper is working on battle plans with the rest of the Athena cabin. Apparently there's going to be a big war." Emmet explained, looking excited for the war part.

"Yeah Emmet… that's the reason why we came here. The war," I explained, and he just shrugged it off.

"Look, Edward, we need to talk to you about something." Alice told me, It's about Bella.

I sighed and put the book down, following them out of my cabin. Rays of sunshine struck my eyes, making me squint. It sure has been awhile since I saw daylight.

I walked up to Alice, "What do you need to tell me?" I asked, and Alice looked at Rose and Emmet. She nodded to them, making them walk away.

"We overheard her talking to her brother and Nico. I don't think you'll like it… but here's my flashback." Alice told me, and I heard Bella talking in Alice's memories.

"Percy… what would you say if I was going to pulled on a dangerous quest that only the best of the best can escape out of?" Bella's voice asked really fast… it took awhile for her brother to understand it.

"I would tell you to come back alive or I'd beat you to life in the underworld." I heard Percy say, while someone got off of something and walked around."What's going on, Bella?" he asked.

"Please don't be mad when I tell you this… the prophecy I received states that either Edward or I will die." Bella's failing voice spoke.

I choked on my breath. The prophecy said that?

"Bella, remember the great prophecy? I mean, I was told I was supposed to die. But now, I know that I wasn't the one. Luke was the hero in the end. But at the same time, I was in the prophecy too." Percy said, "This could be the same thing, right?"

"So you're telling me to make sure Edward dies? No. I can't do that." Bella stated.

"Bella, you're not getting what I'm trying to say. I don't want Eddie to die either. It's too much fun messing around with him and Emmet. But at the same time… I would rather have time gone than you…" Percy went off… I can see Bella glare at him now.

That was nice of Percy to take care of her like that… but why did he call me Eddie? Oh yeah… Emmet.

"But I wasn't suggesting that. What happens if you two weren't the people who die in the prophecy? From my experience I now know that multiple people can be involved in one single prophecy… I was in the first part, but Luke was the one who died. He wasn't even mentioned before it, and it was unexpected." Percy explained.

"I get it, but what happens if that isn't the case? I mean, it doesn't happen all the time," Bella explained. Percy let out a soft nervous laugh.

"Well… if that's not the case… sister dear, you're screwed." Percy said, and there was a silence. Well that was nice.

I agree with Alice. Way to make it worse, why don't you?

"Percy, are you freaking kidding me? You're putting my life on the table, and all you can tell me is I'm SCREWED?" Bella yelled, and I could see the top of her head so I assumed she stood up. Percy started to laugh at her.

"Relax. I was just kidding. But seriously, there's no stopping the prophecy… all I can give you is advice. I won't let you lose Edward. He's your Annabeth." I saw Bella look down at him in shock.

"Look, I never want to hear you say that again. Annabeth didn't leave you. I still am wary about him. Scared." Bella admitted, looking down at her hands, "I don't want that to happen to you and Annabeth too."

I stopped breathing all together. I really affected her deeply, didn't I?

"I don't either." Percy whispered. He carefully sat down next to Bella who was sitting down now, and I just noticed how dramatically Bella's hands were shaking. I

Percy put his arm around Bella's shoulder and she laid her head on his chest.

I felt a pang of jealously flow through my dead veins. I wanted to be the one who made her feel better.

"Percy, don't let me make a bad choice." Bella whispered, and Percy nodded.

"I won't Bells. I'm going to make sure you and Edward have the best chance of survival ever." Percy told her, and she smiled.

I didn't understand how I could've left her like that. Seeing her feel so alone like she just was made my insides turn numb. I wished I never had broken up with her. Maybe we'd still be here, together.

But that prophecy scared the living daylights out of me. Bella or I was supposed to die. Bella was going to make sure it was going to be her who dies, not me. Now, I can't let that happen, can I?

"Edward… make sure I don't lose my best friend." Alice whispered, and I nodded and gave her my crooked smile.

"I won't… Bella will be safe with me."

-Bella POV-

It was time to announce to the camp that we were leaving. I would have to bring up the rest of the gang up and announce them too, so it was a pretty big job.

"Bella, it is time," Chiron urged me onto the stage overlooking everyone eating. "WE HAVE A NEW QUEST!" Chiron announced, and everyone became quiet and looked up at the stage and saw Chiron, Me, and Mr. D. Well, let's just say he was asleep at the moment…

"Oh… um… hi!" I said, and a lot of the campers laughed. Well, everyone besides the Ares cabin. I could hear Emmet's loud honking laugh. It drowned everyone else out.

"Well, as you know, I have received a quest… all that leaves is who is coming with me. So… Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase, Grover Underwood, Thalia Grace, and Nico Di'Angelo please come up here."

They all stood up, and everyone cheered. "PERCY!" some of the new Aphrodite campers called. He didn't even glance at them. It was quite a wild… moment.

"Well… these campers will be accompanying me on my quest. So… speaking of the quest, we're leaving bright and early which means I better go pack. Bye!" I exclaimed, then ran out of the dining pavilion.

I quickly got packed, shoving all the clothes I would need for a time of two weeks, and my toiletries in a waterproof duffle bag.

A few minutes after letting tears lose and packing, I found myself in a dreamless sleep whether I liked it or not.