! IMPORTANT A/N ALERT !
So! Previously I decided to end The Price here, but I like this story (and its fame!) too much to do that. What I did was use this chapter as a backdoor pilot to this story's sort-of sequel, Thanks for the Memories. Go check that out! But I may continue adding chapters to this, so stay tuned!
Anyway, a huge thank you to everyone who's ever favorited, followed and reviewed The Price. Even to anyone who's so much as read a single chapter, and the people who may read it much later; I write because of you guys!
Thank you also to mojoman420 for giving me this idea. Let's roll!
THE FATES
The Fates were, for the most part, satisfied.
Atropos, the sister who cut each person's thread of life and decided the manner in which they died, had done well with Perseus Jackson and Annabeth Chase. Their deaths had not been quick, or painless, or merciful, but they had been great heroes, and they had died as such. And Clotho, the sister who spun the threads of life, had decided that they would die together.
Clotho was probably the most compassionate, out of the three sisters.
However, Lachesis, the one who measured the lengths of each thread of life, was the most logical of the Fates, and it was she who was unsatisfied. She thought that Atropos had cut Perseus' and Annabeth's threads too early, and Lachesis, having measured some other threads, pointed out that Atropos' lapse in judgment had caused several threads to inexplicably lengthen, which in the long run could affect the very destiny of the universe. Lachesis had taken it upon herself to convince Atropos and Clotho to return Perseus and Annabeth to the land of the living, thus rectifying Atropos' mistake.
At first Atropos had argued hotly against her sister, not wanting to either admit she had made a mistake or attempt to correct said mistake, but eventually Clotho, and then Atropos, had given in. With one oh-so-minor condition, however. Lachesis had argued against that, but Clotho and Atropos had stayed firm. So Lachesis had reluctantly acquiesced, and the three Fates set about their work: Clotho to spin back to life two long-frayed threads, Lachesis to measure these new, gleaming threads, and Atropos to wait, and grumble, because she was being denied her job.
But eventually Lachesis' original wish was fulfilled, and though no one knew of it for quite a while, two certain people had blinked into existence.
You'll see what Atropos' and Clothos' 'oh-so-minor' condition is in the sequel, though I doubt you'll think it's very minor ;)