PERCY POV

"Am I dead or not ? " is the million dollar question on my mind right now. I was in a white room with no door or windows or even a floor. Wait! Should I even call this a room? It was more like I was in a separate dimension of sort. My hands automatically went to my chest but there was no injury. I could feel my heart beating. I half expected Hades to pop in anytime,smirking at me and say its a prank. Well he wasn't exactly a sort of prank person. So is this Elysium? Nope doesn't seem like. Just what in Hades was happening here. I wish wise girl was here. Shit! Rule broken.

The familiar pain which comes whenever I think about her did not come. So again I thought that I must be dead. Then why am I in this blank white space? Is this Fate playing jokes on me again? Okay I should relax. No use panicking,there must be some sort of explanation for this.

As I was in deep thought a dark space opened like a door in the room(Yes I will be calling it a room for my sanity) through which a girl entered. To call her beautiful would be a understatement. She was more beautiful than Aphrodite with long silver hair and deep blue eyes with pale white skin. She had a sort of mischievous aura around her with that glint in her eyes and was wearing casual white shirt and jeans. She looked like a 16 year old girl.

"Who are you ?" I was a bit alert and cautious. Well you cant blame me for being on my nerves stuck in this unreal situation. The girl's lips curved a bit while she looked at me and then she suddenly pouted "Oh you do not remember me? The damsel whom you saved in the forest. Am I so ugly you forgot about me so soon?"

"Huh" I was momentarily stumped by her sudden change. I remembered her voice. The mesmerising voice which calmed my heart. That was the last thing I had heard when I lost consciousness in the forest. She was muttering something about him being an idiot and the chosen one or something.

"Y-You are that girl I saved. How are you here ? Did you die ? " I started speaking fast. Did I fail to save her? No wait. This situation is too strange. Looking at my apparently confused appearance the girl gave a amused chuckle. I wanted to get angry at her for laughing at me but hearing her laugh was soothing and it calmed my heart.

"Were you the one who saved me ? " I asked with a calmer tone looking at her in the eyes. She smiled at me and said "What do you think ? " And suddenly we were in a beautiful garden. I was dazed by the sudden change in surrounding. "Follow me" said the girl as she walked to a nearby tree and sat down.

"Now I know you have many questions all of which shall be answered by my mother" she said while resting her head against the tree as if to take a nap. "What is your name ? " I asked hoping I can at least get one straight answer from this brat.

"Lily" she replied with amused eyes as if she knew what I wanted. Lily? I did not know of any goddess with that name or any titan or giant. Then who is she? Her every reply gave only more questions to me. Forget it. I was annoyed and did not ask anything more.

"What? No more questions? Did you not like my name? First you forget me,then you find my name also so bad that you do not even say anything. Why are you bullying me?" she asked making a sad appearance. I got shocked and started stammering"N-No I didn't mean it like that..."

Seeing my face she suddenly started laughing. Dam! Again I got caught in her pace but her laughter was seriously like the most calming and soothing music ever. Shacking my head I just started laughing with her. Its been a while since I have laughed I realised. A lone tear slides down my cheek as I remembered my old life with my friends.

A soft hand suddenly came and before I could react wiped off the tear on my cheek. I froze. She was so close and smelled like the roses in the garden. Her blue eyes looked at me with a lot of curiosity as she said "You have suffered so much for others yet they leave you in your time of need. Yet you do not hate them and just wish them happiness. Are you an idiot ? Just what are you ?"

"Oh come on. I am not some noble guy or something. Who does not want his friends to be happy? As for my case it was a strange one in which no one could help me. I had to depend on myself. " I had already come to terms with my choices. No use thinking about the past. After all I became a psycho who had almost murdered one of his own. I turned my face away as I whispered "Who will want to stick to a monster like me ?"

Maybe it was her mysterious powers with supernatural hearing or my mutterings must have been a bit louder,Lily heard me and suddenly she did something which surprised me to my core. She hugged me.

"My-My What a romantic scene going on here" came an amused voice from behind us.

AN

HEY GUYS. PHEW! WRITING THIS CHAPTER WAS HARDER THAN I THOUGHT. WELL THE NEXT CHAPTER SOME QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED AND HOPEFULLY THE PLOT WILL ALSO SET IN. ILL UPDATE SOON THIS WEEK.