OH HEY THERE! I'm back again, and with another chapter :D. This is the largest chapter I have ever written so far and I hope you like it! Also I will be answering some questions at the bottom, and make sure to follow!

Please read the previous chapter because you'll probably no clue what's going on.

Here is a summary of the last chapter:

1. Annabeth and Percy go to a hundred hander village

2. There they find Draco, their leader, and the former owner of Pythos...

3. He tells them that Eurynomos is after Percy and will possess Percy,but if he can fight back, he would be able to use all of the demons powers and be basically...A GOD

4. Percy is attacked and saved but is barely surviving

5. Now Percy must get his mind under control, and if he can manage to "tame" Eurynomos, well then I'm afraid the giants are going to have a very very bad time.

AND NOW...

Annabeth VII

Before her boyfriend had gotten possessed, Annabeth was actually enjoying this place. It had been about 3 days. Or was it 4? Annabeth had no clue, after all, she was stuck in Tartarus, ever since Percy had fainted, and he hadn't woken up since.

She had been taking care of him and feeding him every day. He was constantly murmuring: Revenge! You killer! She could see that his eyes were rapidly moving and when she opened them, they were a mix of red and green, but mostly green…

She thought about dropping a brick on his head for a second. Why? She didn't know. She was worried, frustrated, and annoyed at the same time. Couldn't this demon dude leave them alone for a little while longer?

She sighed as she wiped the drool off of Percy's face. She had tried everything to wake him up. She had even tried to yell Coach Hedge's name out to Percy. Anyone would wake up instantly after hearing that name, but not Percy. He was getting a bad fever, and was beginning to talk more and more in his sleep. She knew she didn't have long before Percy would wake up, either as Eurynomos (the demon who possessed him) or as Percy. She wanted her Seaweed brain to wake up, but would he be the same?

Pythos had told her that usually when people are taken over, their spirit burns out or they can take control of the demon that possesses them, and well, if Percy got control of Eurynomos, well then forget about the curse of Achilles, he was invincible!

As for Coach Hedge, he seemed to be taking a more liking to this place than any of the three. As soon as he had been free from the prison the hundred hander's had put him into, he began teaching the people of the village some Rambo moves. He seemed to be like a celebrity to the villagers.

Still lost in her thoughts, she didn't notice Draco walking in to the room.

"He is fighting a terrible battle" said Draco. Annabeth turned with a jump. She must have been looking like someone who had just escaped from a mental ward, because Draco studied her face with concern for a while and then looked over at Percy.

"Oh, hi, I didn't notice you there" said Annabeth, rubbing her temples.

"Most don't last this long, you know?" said Draco, ignoring Annabeth.

"There were others like him?" said Annabeth.

"Were their others? Yes. I…knew them very well, I do not want to tell you this, but they did not make it" said Draco.

Annabeth was getting frustrated again. "Why?" she said. "Why does everyone pick on demigods?"

Draco walked towards the door and turned back to Annabeth. "How do you know which side to fight for, Annabeth? Do me a favour, stay away from the pond will you?" And with that, the leader walked away, whistling a tune that sounded like Twinkle Twinkle little star…however she wasn't sure.

Don't go near the pond? Why? She wasn't going to go near the pond anyway but now she couldn't stop thinking about it. Where their monsters still out there? Was there something in the water? Oh well, she decided to get back to taking care of Percy, and return to her thoughts.

After what felt like hours and hours, she was just about ready to fall asleep and was exhausted when she heard a knock on the door.

She turned around to see a young boy, about 8 years old, staring at her. He looked like a human, that she could tell, but he wasn't a half-blood, he was…something else. He just had this strange aura around him.

He wore ragged clothes and had bruises on his face, like he'd been beat. He just stared at Annabeth as if she were the one who looked like a runaway.

"Um, can I help you?" she said.

The boy just stared at her as if he couldn't understand English.

"Can…I…HELP….YOU?" she said, raising her voice. This guy was creeping her out. That was her job! She was supposed to creep people out…right?

The boy waved his hand and ran off outside, into the village. Annabeth hesitated. She had seen so many traps in the past few days, and didn't want any more trouble, but still, if she could find information about this place and about their quest, then maybe…

Annabeth decided to go ahead and follow the boy, after all, the village was safe right?

She found the boy waiting outside near a wagon that had around fifty handles…perfect for hundred-hander's. Once she had caught up to him, he ran off again, headed straight into a building that looked like an office. It was about eight stories tall and there was smoke coming out of the chimney. All of the houses in the village were built like medieval ones, but this one was a bit different. It was more modern.

She continued to follow the boy until he stopped in front of a large bookshelf that was leaning against the wall. The boy made a pushing motion in front of the bookshelf and looked at Annabeth.

"You want me to push it?" said Annabeth. What was going on here? He wanted her to push the bookshelf away? What was he going to do? Show her the wall? She considered leaving the boy here and just getting back to her room, but something just didn't feel right.

She sighed. "Alright, I'll move it. If that's what you want."

The boy moved away as she struggled to push the bookshelf. After some groans and grumbling, she managed to move it about…a centimeter, but it was still progress. She kept pushing the cabinet away until she could see a yellow knob on a…A DOOR! The boy had led her to a secret door. But why?

Her curiosity gave in as she became eager to know what was behind that door. Could it be another key? But it could still be a trap.

After she had moved the bookshelf away from the door, she turned the knob, but as she predicted, it was locked. Great! All of that work for nothing.

She was going to give the boy a very angry lecture, when he pulled out two, very tiny Allen keys and jammed them into the door knob, and began to twist them around. He was opening the lock! After a few clicks and rotations later, the door finally gave way, as she heard the lock slide open.

The boy opened the door and waited patiently for Annabeth to follow. And once she did, she:

a.) Had to cover her nose from all the stench

b.) Wanted to scream in horror after what she saw.

All around her, the floor was stained in blood and there were skulls lying in gigantic piles around the rectangular room. Picture frames were all over the room and depicted a man killing people.

And then she became even more horrified. She saw a skull under each and every picture. On each of the skull was a printed insignia. The symbol of every god! She saw cows, owls (she hoped she wasn't seeing her long dead brothers and sisters), hawks, and even a rat! There was a skull under each picture that probably depicted how each of the people had died. And then…next to the skull with the owl printed on it, was a blank picture frame, and under it…was a trident. A graveyard for a son of Poseidon. She screamed.

"Do not trust every person you see, Daughter of Athena. Things aren't always what they seem" said the boy. He had spoken for the first time, and his voice was just as scary as the room was. It was the voice of a man! A full grown man inside an 8 year old boy? Annabeth shivered.

Then the boy walked in front of the skull with the owl printed above, looked at her, and faded away, into the skull. The boy was her ancestor.

Annabeth gasped with realization as to what was happening.

Her eyes widened. "Oh gods, PERCY!"

She rushed out of the room and didn't even bother to push the bookshelf back into place. Percy's life was in trouble and she needed to get to him before…

She stopped in her tracks as she heard noise coming from a room off to her left. She walked closer to the locked room and tried to listen to what was going on. She knew that she should have probably gone off to find Percy, but if she could find any clue about what was going on, she would have a better chance at saving Percy.

"They do not suspect a thing, master" said a voice.

"Excellent, the boy is still asleep and my men are ready for the ceremony to begin" said another voice.

"Yes my lord, but what about the girl, the satyr…and Pythos?" said the first voice

"Send them away, make them leave the village so we have enough time, this shall be…interesting" said the second voice.

Then she heard footsteps coming closer to the door. Annabeth quickly hid behind a pedestal that was behind her.

The door clicked open and out came a man, although she couldn't make out who it was, she heard the man whistling…a very familiar tone. It sounded like Twinkle Twinkle Little Star…

This cannot be happening, thought Annabeth as she raced back to her room where she had left Percy. Maybe they just want to honour us or something! They did say "ceremony", she thought, but she had a good idea what was going to happen. She would soon have to make a decision. To either save the world, or Percy. But Percy was her world.

She arrived back at her room to find it a mess and Percy missing. She stomped her foot in frustration. She had been too late, and Percy was probably…NO, it would NOT end like this.

She had a brief flashback of when she had last spoken to Draco. What had the traitor said? Stay away from the pond. What? Where they going to drown the son of the sea god. Well that plan wasn't very good. But it was the only clue she had so she headed off to the pond. The place where Percy had been attacked. Would that also be where she lost him forever?

She dodged through soldiers who seemed to be looking for her. She also caught a brief glimpse of Coach Hedge running off into the woods. Great! When the people need him the most, he runs off! That wasn't like him at all…

Then she saw another heartbreaking sight. She saw Pythos strangled in a net and being held down by a group of soldiers. That all had masks on and where spraying some sort of gas on him, which seemed to tire the dragon very much. He tried to breathe fire but it was useless.

She arrived in front of the pond and froze. What she saw was unbearable. She hoped that this was a nightmare…and that she would wake up. She wanted all of this to end! She wanted no more war. But first, she would have to kill Gaea and save Percy, just like he had saved her.

There was a raised platform over the pond, like a diving board, and on it stood Draco and Percy. Percy hung lifeless on a rope that was attached to a pulley above, and from that pulley, the rope was being held on by none other than, Draco.

Knowing her architecture, Annabeth understood what was going on. If she attacked Draco, or if he fell, Percy would fall down into the pond as well. His life was in the hands of Draco and she could see that he still hadn't regained consciousness. This was the one battle Annabeth was having really bad feelings about. Oh gods, if she lost Percy today, what would she do? She would look at the ocean everyday and think of him. She would never be able to move on.

As Annabeth came into everyone's view, the soldiers rushed towards her as if to restrain her, but Draco raised his hand and they all stopped.

"Annabeth! So kind of you to join us! Have you come here to see your boyfriend's death?" said Draco.

"Oh, someone is going to die, but I'm pretty sure that it won't be Percy" said Annabeth, gaining assurance.

There was a roar of laughter around her, and Draco seemed amused himself. But he had a freakish grin o his face but she could tell, after her years of reading expressions, that there was another emotion to him. He seemed heartbroken, he seemed to be fulfilling a …deed.

"Annabeth, you are a very intelligent girl, I once told you to know who to fight for, look at me, and let me show you" said Draco.

And as he finished his words, she found herself in a flashback. She was seeing Draco's memory.

She could see a family. Two young children, a boy and a girl, and a mother. A single mother who was feeding the boy, and a girl who was playing by herself. They seemed happy. As happy as they had ever been. They were beside a forest, and there was a small house off to the right. Annabeth knew that this must have been a VERY, VERY long time ago. Everything looked ancient.

But then, they heard a rustling in the forest and a small group of…demigods? Tumbled out. They all held weapons, and had evil looks on their faces. There were three men and two women.

They began laughing and surrounded the family. one began to throw rocks at the boy, who then began to scream and cry. The mother pleaded for mercy, but the demigods would not stop.

How did she know they were demigods? She could feel that they had a strong aura around them.

"Please!" the mother said, "Leave us alone, we already gave you everything!"

"We had a deal, you old rag!" said one of the female demigods who kicked the mother in the gut, "And you failed to pay!"

Then the male demigod stepped forward. "And we can't just let that slip by can we?"

He pulled out a small vile of blue liquid and opened the caps.

The mother seemed to know what it was because her eyes widened and she began to plead even more. But the demigods just kicked the mother again.

"This is just the beginning! Consider it a warning. You must know what this is right? My father, Mars made it, one drop and you will burn for eternity! Whoever kills you shall be banished in Tartarus, it is your choice!" said the man.

And then he dropped all of the blue liquid, out of the vile, and onto the mother, then the boy, and then the daughter.

The mother began to shriek in pain and the children began to cry as their skins burned. Annabeth stood in shock. How could these demigods be so cruel? Who would they do something like that? Annabeth wanted to help but she found that she couldn't move.

Then there was a familiar beating of wings, and a giant red dragon landed beside the house. It was their old friend Pythos.

A rider jumped off and ran to the family. It was Draco, tears streaming down his face, which was scar less.

"Mother! What-why did they do this to you! WHY?" he screamed.

The mother looked up at her son in pain.

"Leave us, Draco, please, it will be okay, and soon we will be at rest!"

"No! They have even burned my brothers and sisters!" he said, looking at the two children, "It makes you burn for eternity! It is a curse. And there is only one way to relieve the curse…" said Draco.

The mother seemed to understand what Draco was talking about because she gasped. "No Draco! You will be banished to Tartarus! The demigods…they are cruel! Make them pay!"

Then she took hold of his collar and brought him closer. "And know which side to fight for" she said.

Tears where streaming down like a waterfall, on Draco. He pulled out his sword, and Pythos roared in anger.

"I see the stars, Draco" said the mother, "But they are red…and they are raining pain"

Draco closed his eyes. "I know mah"

"I'm scared, Draco, very, scared" she said, staring into the sky. They were not in Tartarus, but on the mortal world.

Draco brought the sword closer. "I am too"

And he brought down his sword. One. Clean. Stroke. And then he moved on to his brother and sister.

And soon, there was silence.

Draco began sinking into the ground…he was going to Tartarus.

"I WILL make them pay" he said, and his head went into the ground like quicksand, leaving his dead family.

The flashback faded away, revealing reality.

Annabeth didn't realize she was sobbing. What had happened was just too horrible! Draco had been faced with a decision. Either let his family suffer and he could live his life, or kill his own mother and siblings so they wouldn't have to suffer for eternity, but he had then been sent to Tartarus.

Why were the demigods so cruel? What deal were they talking about?

"So you see Annabeth? You are all cruel! You deserve to suffer like my family!" said Draco. She noticed tears coming down his face. He was emotionally weak, and if Annabeth could talk him out of killing Percy, then maybe she would have a chance.

" Annabeth, I would have let you live! But you had to find trouble. Anyway, you see this pond? This is the holy water of Tartarus. One dip in here and you will be annihilated into nothing! Think of it as fading away, like the gods do. No one can save him now!" said Draco.

"Why?" she shrieked. "Why are you doing this?"

He began to release the rope. Slowly, slowly, he began to lower Percy.

"YOU must realize the crimes your kind have committed! I want you to LEARN!" he screamed. "Make your decision! You either bring the map and key to me, that Pythos has told me all about, and you must admit defeat, or Percy dies! Gaea pays a lot for prisoners!"

"TIME IS COMING DOWN ANNABETH CHASE!" he shouted. "MAKE YOUR MOVE!"

"No Draco! Listen, I-I know what happened to you was not right! And I'm sorry, but we aren't like that!" said Annabeth.

"You are all the same! I spent eternity here, my memory has never had rest!" said Draco his chest was heaving, "The innocent are always the one's to suffer!"

"That's not true Draco! Think of what you're doing! You are making innocent people suffer!" said Annabeth, "What would your mother want? Do you think she would want to see you today doing this?"

"You can either kill Percy here right now, or honour your mother by saving a life" said Annabeth, "An eye for an eye would make the whole world blind!"

"N-no!" said Draco, his chest heaving with sweat, "You're wrong! YOU are the cruel person"

"You say that your life has been hard, and I agree with you, but what if you had to wake up every day and thank the gods, that you had actually survived another day? How about when you wake up the next day and find your friends missing? How would you like to live, thinking that, for once, things would stay the same, BUT SOMEONE just has to ruin everything?!" said Annabeth. She knew she was losing it, but she didn't care.

"Y-you go to sleep with memories of the people you've killed, and think, what if that sword was on my throat? What if I didn't dodge that arrow? Well you know what? Things happen for a reason, and it's always for the good" said Annabeth.

Draco looked at the sky, and then looked at Annabeth, however his eyes seemed to be hollow. "No" He said weakly.

In his daze, Draco began to pull Percy back up, who was regaining consciousness. .

"Please." said Annabeth, "This won't get you anywhere"

"I-" said Draco, looking at the pond, he was cut off by Percy, who had taken up, cutting Draco off.

"What the-Annabeth did you sell me to the circus or something?" Said Percy, totally unaware that he had just been that close to death.

"Annabeth," he said, and looked at her. "Am I a bad man?"

Annabeth shook her head. "No, you are a good man, who is doing the wrong thing. Someone who is faced with a bad decision"

Draco pulled on his rope and brought Percy up, then stared into the sky. "Stars, mah, I see them red" he said.

Annabeth realized what Draco was doing.

"NO! Draco, don't do it! It doesn't always have to be like this!" yelled Annabeth but it was no use.

"It's raining, from the stars" he said.

And then Draco jumped over the platform and into the water. Gone. Percy tried to grab Draco but he was too weak.

"Draco, NO!" said Annabeth.

But it was too late. Another innocent man, was gone, forever.

Annabeth felt helpless. She watched the man fall, and fall, and fall into the pond. And then bubbles appeared over the water as Draco sunk, and dissolved into nothing.

But this was a war. And soon, people closest to her would be saying goodbye as well…

Annabeth's mind cleared up when she saw that Percy was okay. Thank goodness! She rushed up to him a and gave him a kiss as he climbed down. He seemed pail and scrawny, and his eyes where a darker shade of green. She thought that she could see, a very small, strand of grey hair on his head. He had won the battle, and she had him back.

"Yeah, I missed you too, but I think I've got this demon stuff under control, and I-" but Percy was interrupted by a wave of soldiers marching towards them. They looked angry, and out for revenge.

"Annabeth Chase, you will play for what you have done!" said one of the soldiers.

But Annabeth was too weak to fight, even though her ankle had healed.

However, Percy was more powerful than he looked because she felt the hairs on the end of her neck rise and then a blast of red energy flew from Percy and to the soldiers, and instantly, they turned into chickens! Literally! That was one power Annabeth would love to have…maybe Leo too.

Annabeth stared at Percy, bewildered. Percy, himself, looked surprised as he stared at his hands.

"Did I just…" said Percy.

But then Annabeth remembered what had happened to Draco and she found herself on the verge of collapse again. She hugged Percy and told him what had happened.

He was quiet for a moment. "Annabeth, you saved my life, I don't know what I would have done if I was you, but thanks. What Draco got was unfair, but what he was doing was unfair too"

Annabeth stared into Percy's eyes. "That's not the problem Percy." she said, "This war is like dirt or rocks. How do you know, which side to fight for?"

WHAAAAAT? So is she going to switch sides? JUST KIDDING, that is never going to happen. Let me just make that clear. It was just something to think about. The demigods aren't always perfect too! :)

So I hope you enjoyed this chapter, if you did, then why not review, follow, or even favorite! :D

Some Q/A

1. My favorite character so far, if Percy, and not just because he is the main character, second is Leo. I think he is also the most developed character and we see a lot of action from his perspective, and since the original series where from Percy's POV, we have a good idea about his personality.

2. I do occasionally take quotes from...other media... I also included some famous quotes in this chapter. Can you tell which ones?

3. If whether or not Leo gets a girlfriend, well I can't say too much :) But I have some ideas... SO SOON.

4. I update every 2 days, if you are wondering.

ALSO ANOTHER BIG NEWS... I have a new Percy Jackson story coming out soon, it should be out over the weekend (hopefully), I'll give another update soon, for more news.

Well that's a lot of writing, and I have nothing else to say, so

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