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PERCY
Percy looked around the ruins and whatever else he could see on top of the mountain, looking for the two girls he and Thalia had come to save. Percy knew, as soon as he had seen her, that the girl holding the sky was Artemis. Percy didn't know how he knew, he figured it had something to do with the night.
Percy kept looking until he saw four figures, two of them standing, two of them kneeling with shackles on. One of the people the had shackles on had curly blonde hair. Percy tapped Thalia's shoulder and pointed toward the girl, causing her to gasp.
"Lets go tell the others down there, we can help them" he told her, she shook her head "We can jump in when they start fighting." she told him, "But they might think were enemies" he countered, "They will notice soon enough we're on there side." she said, right as she finished the four in front of them surged forward, the black haired silver girl, and orion went toward the hostages, along with Beckendorf, the other girl in silver went to artemis, who was under the sky.
Percy and Thalia jumped out of there cover and made their way over to the others. "You fools!" a voice bellowed, coming from the taller of the two enemies, "I am a titan, you lowly mortals can not hope to ever defeat me!" as if to prove his point he kicked orion in the chest, making him fly back and sink into unconsciousness, the other two engaged the titan, leaving the other one open to attack them any time. Percy was about to sprint off toward the other one, a kid about his height, five-eleven ish, he had sandy blond hair and a scar on his lip, Percy stopped when Thalia rushed out in front of him, going after the boy with such ferocity behind her attacks that Percy almost felt bad for him. Percy decided that she had that fight, he went toward the titan, he got there just as the titan was about to finish off an unconscious Beckendorf.
Percy formed a sword out of the shadows and surged forward, redirecting the fatal blow away from the boy. "Fools, all of you!" he yelled at Percy, Percy rushed forward, the titan took a swing at his feet, which Percy jumped over, then decked the titan in the face since he couldn't bring his sword around fast enough. As soon as Percy land he raised his sword, instinctively, glancing a sword away from him that would have cleaved him in half. the force of the blow knocked Percy back a few feet, the titan advanced on him while he was stumbling and was about to swing when a couple of arrows sprouted from the exposure that had formed on his shoulder when he had gone for an overly dramatic killing blow. Percy was able to regain his footing and go after the titan again, getting there just as he recovered from the shock of being hit by "mortals" as he would say. They traded a few blows, each hit causing Percy to stumble a little bit, after the fourth trade Percy started to realize there was no way for him to beat this titan, even with the help of the silver girl. He glanced toward where Thalia and the blond guy were fighting. it wasn't a very fair fight. Thalia was crackling with electricity, electrocuting the blond guy every time their weapons met.
Percy realized his mistake too late, watching Thalia kick ass is distracting. He was kicked in the chest, hard, causing him to fly back, skidding across the ground flipping wildly till her stopped. He opened his eyes only to fund silver ones staring back at him, "Run" Artemis breathed out, obviously under a lot of stress. Percy got a crazy idea, he knew he would most likely die, but whatever, he told himself, he didn't have anything to live for anyway, as soon as thought crossed his mind he glanced back over at Thalia, who was now being pushed back by the blonde.
"Give me the sky" Percy begged Artemis, she shook her head, "No, it will crush you" she told him. Percy didn't care about her answer though, he slashed through her shackles, freeing her, then kneeled beside her, bracing himself on one knee and then putting his hands on the sky. Percy's mind went crazy, yelling at him, calling him retarded for doing this. Percy could only watch one thing from his spot under the sky, not because he couldn't turn, but because he didn't wasn't to look away.
Percy knew the blonde was winning, even from that distance. They battled back and forth, parrying, blocking, and slashing. Thalia had been back up to the edge of the mountain face, no longer able to backtrack at all, she lashed out, using the last bit of her power to summon lightning, to Percy it looked like the blonde had read her move completely, dodging it by a mile. Percy started to panic when he saw that Thalia was completely out of energy, they still fought, back and forth, but Percy knew Thalia had lost, and there was nothing he could do about it.
Percy roared, with all the might he could when Thalia had been wounded, it was over. Thalia was panting heavily, unable to even move, thanks to the knew long slash that went across her thigh, Percy and Thalia's eyes connected for an instant, in that instant he knew she had given up, that she was sorry for failing. Percy shook his head furiously, unable to except that Thalia was going to die. Percy's legs shook violently when the blonde had lifted his sword up to finish Thalia off. With one final roar of effort he got his knee a couple of inches off the ground, he smiled, that was all he needed. Percy slammed his knee into the ground, breaking the ground and every bone in his knee, the instant his knee had hit the ground he had focused all his power, he didn't have any intent with the power he released, only one thought had been going through his mind,"Protect her".
After that Percy's mind went blank, he remembered being forced out from under the sky, sent tumbling toward the edge of the cliff. He stopped right before he had fallen off the side, he glanced back over to where Thalia and the blonde had been fighting, expecting her to be gone. What he saw shocked him even more, There was a narrow black scorch mark that went from where he was under the sky to where the blonde had been standing, Thalia looked fine, slightly saddened, but fine. She was peering over the edge of the cliff with a distant expression. Percy heard someone sob to the left of him, he saw one of the girls they had come there to save, Annabeth, Percy remembered.
With a tremendous effort and shaky, burning arms he lifted himself to his knees, only to scream in pain, he had forgotten about his knee. His scream attracted attention of Annabeth, she looked at him with a shocked and slightly awed expression, until it formed into one of loathing. She hated him, Percy didn't know why, but he knew that this girl hated him. "How are you even alive" she asked through gritted teeth, he just smiled tiredly at her, "I have no idea" he said honestly, causing her to huff and look away, toward the cliff, causing tears to come down her face again. "Sorry" Percy said, he didn't know what he was apologizing for. but he didn't want one of Thalia's friends to hate him, Annabeth didn't respond.
Percy got another idea, this time one that would help him. He started to fashion the shadows around him until he was able to form crutches, he smiled triumphantly, and got up slowly, every time he moved his knee pain lanced up and down his entire body. Percy slowly made his way over to Thalia, slowly, by the time he got to her he was tired again, using almost all of his concentration to keep his shadows in the form of the crutches. "Good fight." he told her, she looked over to him and just nodded, "what's wrong?" he asked her, "I will tell you about it later" she told him sadly, he just nodded.
A cry of pain caught his attention, he looked over to one of the collapsed walls to see the hunter with black hair, blood caked her parka and there was a large hole that looked like it went completely through her stomach, leaning over the girl was Artemis, Artemis looked like she was going to cry but couldn't. Percy made his way over there, when he arrived he realized the girl was alive, and were exchanging a few final words. Percy leaned up against the wall to their left, "I'm sorry i wasn't strong enough" he said, unable to explain why he felt such intense guilt, it was eating away at him, like he had chosen for her to die in his place, which wasn't true. Artemis looked up at him and shook her head, "No, her death was foretold by the oracle Delphi before she even came to search for me" she told him, that eased a little bit of his guilt, he looked down at the very brave silver girl, "You are very brave." he stated, Artemis chuckled, "That's what i told her." she said, the girl smiled a little bit and waved him to come closer, in response he hobbled over there and let his crutches dissolve, unable to hold them anymore, causing him to fall on his behind, hard.
"No," she said, "you are brave, and selfless, as is Thalia." she stated, "Traits I never expected to see in my entire life in a man." she told him, he frowned a little bit before smiling, "Thank you. I think" he said feeling humbled that this girl he didn't even know thought that about him. Artemis and the girl shared a glanced and Artemis nodded, the girl dug around in her pocket and produced a pen, holding it out for him to take, "My name is Zoe nightshade, and this" she said gesturing to the pen lightly, "Is anaklusmos." she told him, before she gestured for him to take it, he didn't understand what he would want with a pen, but he knew it was important, his hand closed over the pen, he noted that her hand was cold, and turning colder, "Good luck" she told him softly before her eyes stopped moving and her breathing stopped, Percy felt himself come close to tears, but stopped himself from crying. He reached over and closed her eyes, then looked at Artemis, she looked extremely anguished, "Rest in peace my friend" she whispered softly to Zoe. Artemis then did something that Percy thought he would never see in his life, she touched Zoe's body, causing it to dissolve slowly into a sparkling dust that floated slowly upward, spiraling until it was out of sight, then a cluster of stars that he didn't recognize glowed brightly, causing him to see the figure of a girl with a bow, Percy gasped when he realized what it was and looked over at Artemis, she was staring at the stars proudly.
"I must go to Olympas, the meeting is starting in a few minutes," she told him, "My chariot will arrive to bring you and the others to Olympas soon" Percy nodded, trying to repel the feeling of dread he felt at the thought of going to Olympas, "I will make sure everyone is on it" he told her, she nodded before reaching over and putting her hand on his knee, he winced involuntarily, thinking that it would hurt, but instead all he got was a nice cool feeling throughout his body, like when you drink cold water and you can feel it going through your body. Artemis glowed and he was forced to look away, when the glow was gone, so was she.
A soft thud behind him attracted his attention. Thalia was on the floor in a pool of her own blood, lots of non fatal wounds covered her bodys. Percy was by her side faster than his thoughts could collect after seeing her on the floor, "Damn, she should have healed Thalia, not me." he said bitterly, afraid she was going to die. Percy unconsciously called a massive amount of shadows to himself and Thalia, they swirled around him like a storm. generating no wind or friction but still forming into a tornado like form. Percy looked up at the sky and thought 'damn." he had hoped it would be a little longer before he had been revealed to the olympians, but right now, waiting wasn't an option.
Percy was never really a fan of theatrics but he figured he should make an entrance like no other. He had never been to olympas, but he knew where it was located. Using all of the strength he could muster, he made the shadows implode on them, instantly teleporting him to a part of olympus where someone would hopefully find them and tell them where to go. What actually happened was not what Percy had been expecting, he had pulled them into the middle of the throne room, surprising them all with a brilliant show of his swirling shadows until they died out, leaving him in the middle of the throne room, holding on to a slowly dieing Thalia Grace.
"She needs help!" Percy yelled out at the stunned olympians. "Apollo, heal your sister." Zeus said to his son, Apollo nodded then went over to where Percy and Thalia were and levitated her from his arms, she had been bleeding a lot more than he had thought because his clothes were caked with blood. "Perseus Jackson." Poseidon said from his throne, surprising Percy. "Poseidon, do you know this boy?" Zeus asked his brother vehemently, Poseidon nodded, "Perseus is my grandson." Poseidon said, drawing raised eyebrows from most of the people in the room, they had all seen him appear in the tornado of the shadows, and noticed how much it had affected him. "You are?" Percy asked, surprised more than ever now, who was his father?, he wondered. "I am, i did not expect you to ever know of this world, being a legacy of the gods can sometimes leave demigods completely mortal." he told Percy. "I didn't think it would be necessary but i suppose i should awaken your powers over the sea huh?", Percy just stood there, thinking hard about what he had been told.
Suddenly the room darkened, causing everyone besides Percy, and hades, to lose their vision. "Be Careful, that is my son you have in your presence." Percy heard his mother's voice all around him as if she was in a corner of the shadows. "I believe Apollo's oracle, Delphi, predicted his help in the coming war." she told all of them slowly, as if explaining it to a children. "He is the protector, you need him." the voice stated plainly, the darkness dissipated and everyone could see again, "Well, i wasn't expecting that." Percy stated, out loud, although nobody paid attention to him, they were all staring at Poseidon, who looked just as shocked as everyone else.
Apollo flashed back in and looked around, "What? did i miss something?" he asked, Zeus just waved his hand dismissively, "We will explain later", he told him, then he turned toward Percy, "Are you familiar with the great prophecy Perseus?" he asked him. Percy shook his head, "No" he said, the answer seemed obvious to him. Zeus sighed,
A half-blood of the eldest gods
Shall reach sixteen against all odds
with a shield born of an elder being
And see the world in the endless sleep
The hero's soul, cursed blade shall reap
A single choice shall end Their days
Olympus to preserve or raze
The king recited, tiredly, as if reciting it had gotten boring to him. Percy's mind raced, his first thought was, 'What is a prophecy?' then 'Wait, I'm a part of this?' then he calmed himself down, trying to get a hold of what was going on, "So, you think the child of the prophecy is Thalia?" he asked, Zeus nodded, "Artemis will ask her to join the hunt, a chance for her to escape this fate, but we are not sure if she will join." he said to Percy, just as he finished talking Thalia walked into the room, looking like she did before she got in the fight, "what the hades Apollo? why didn't you just teleport me with you?" she asked/yelled at said god. "Hey" Hades complained, "sorry uncle" she said quickly. Apollo shrugged "I forgot.", Thalia just glared harder, Apollo shrugged again, "My bad" he said. 'Perseus," said the voice of Zeus in his head, 'Thalia does not know of this prophecy, she is not ready for it, she will be told when the time comes' Zeus informed him, he nodded, not knowing if he could talk back with his mind.
"Thalia Grace" Zeus yelled out, stopping her glaring at Apollo, "We have an offer we would like to make." Zeus told her, then gestured toward Artemis, who had gotten off her throne and shrunken to a human sized eleven year old. "Sister, i would once again like to offer you a place in my hunt, as the lieutenant of my hunt." she told Thalia confidently, obviously not expecting the answer she got, Thalia kneeled. "I'm sorry my Lady, but i must decline. I cannot leave behind what i have." she stated, Percy thought he saw her eye flick over to him for a second before going back to the floor where she was kneeling. Artemis looked shocked, she didn't even answer, she just walked back to her throne, growing back into her godly size, before sitting down with a baffled look on her face as if she had never expected the answer in a million years. "yes, i suspected you would." Zeus said, "Now, there is an olympian meeting taking place that mortals cannot attend. You will be sent to camp halfblood immediately." he stated before he started glowing, Percy instinctively closed his eyes.
he felt like his body was peeling apart, while still together, then as suddenly as it had started, the feeling stopped and he opened his eyes to find himself looking down a hill at what looked to him like a summer camp with lava and other cool things, he grinned and turned toward Thalia, "Well that went better than i thought it would" he stated still smiling. Thalia laughed then turned toward him, rushing forward, and crushed him in a hug, Percy hugged her back, when they separated he was about to say something, but he stopped when he saw a horse with the body of a man coming toward them. "Chiron!" Thalia yelled toward the centaur, waving her hands and smiling widely. "Thalia!" he called back, when he got to them he stopped and looked them both over, "Well, your uninjured" he stated, "Yeah, Apollo is a good healer" she said, and chiron nodded in agreement, then he turned toward Percy and stuck his hand out, "It's a pleasure to meet you, my name is Chiron" he said, Percy shook his hand. "My name is Percy Jackson."
Well, theres another chapter down, I think im going to start another story, Post HoH, like seconds after the ending of that book, Thanks for all the reviews and stuff.