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Percy
Percy was cold, most likely from the cold sweat on him and the night wind blowing past him, but he wasn't really paying attention to that at the moment, he was more interested in the startling, electric blue eyes looking into his with a mixture of worry and relief. "What are you doing out here Percy?" she asked him, Percy looked around, it was still night, he had only been asleep for a few minutes before he had been awoken, "I couldn't sleep." he stated flatly, she stared at him for a minute, "I couldn't sleep either" she admitted looking away, toward the ocean, she turned a few shades paler, "Why did you decide to sleep so close to the edge?" she questioned, "I wasn't planning on falling asleep, i was just thinking and I drifted off" he told her before getting up, "lets go over there" he pointed to some trees off to the side of the clearing, where they could see out but not be close to the edge, "Yeah, that sounds good" was her only response.
When Percy got to the tree he realized how exhausted he was, he went to the biggest tree that face the ocean and sat down, leaning up against the tree, Thalia sat down beside him him, her eyes drooping slightly, "Why are you out here Thalia?" Percy asked her, "I couldn't sleep, same as you" came her quick response, "same as me huh? I don't think so, ive got some nightmare problems that don't seem to want to go away" he said to her, trying to gage her reaction, she tensed a little bit before relaxing, "Yeah I had some nightmares, I thought I was done with them but apparently not" she laughed out bitterly, Percy wrapped his arm around her shoulders, and said "You look tired. why don't you get some sleep? I'll try to sleep too" Thalia's eyelids had already drifted mostly closed but she was able to respond "Thanks" was all she said before falling asleep soundly into his embrace. Percy sighed contentedly, he was getting pretty tired but he didn't want to fall asleep, they were pretty vulnerable out there. As much as Percy didn't want to fall asleep he couldn't hold on to his consciousness, the comfortable feeling of being with Thalia, the sound of her steady breathing, and the sound of waves crashing against the cliff were too much for him to handle and he drifted off into a dreamless sleep that was very nice.
Percy woke up blinking rapidly trying to adjust his eyes to the light that was working its way into his retinas. Percy could hear Thalia's steady breathing before he could see her, she was sleeping in the crook of his neck, their body's were intertwined comfortably. 'Why does this always happen when I fall asleep next to her?' he questioned to himself silently, confused as he had never really moved around much in his sleep unless he was having a nightmare or was really hot.
Percy didn't risk moving, he didn't want her to wake up, and besides he was really comfortable the way he was. Percy absently twirled his fingers in Thalia's elbow length jet black hair, much like his but longer and softer. Percy tried to think about things, but he couldn't stop staring at Thalia, the way she looked, so peaceful and comfortable, Percy couldn't look away from her for a few minutes but he was eventually able to look away and focus on some other things for a while. Percy wanted to wait for Thalia to wake up of her own accord so he drifted in and out of a light sleep until About thirty minutes later a horn blew in the distance, signaling what Percy assumed was now lunch, his stomach rumbled but he ignored it. Fortunately or unfortunately for him that horn had awoken Thalia her, she snuggled into him for a second, trying to get warmer, then she suddenly stopped and lifted her head up and looked in his eyes. "Every time" she muttered after she looked away. Percy thought she was going to get up but instead she just rested her head on his chest, he wrapped his arms around her cause it felt like that was the thing to do. It was awkward but still comfortable, Percy decided to break the silence, "How did you sleep?" he asked her, curious to if she had slept as well as he had. "Good, the same as the last few times this had happened, how about you?" she questioned after answering him, "Great, these last few days of sleeping have been the best i have had in a long time." he told her, and it was true, he couldn't remember sleeping this well in a long time. Nightmares had always plagued Percy since his mother was killed, all he could think about was his mother, Sally. He was torn from his thoughts as Thalia yawned, stretching only her upper body, seeing as their lower bodies were intertwined. Her yawn caused Percy to yawn, also stretching only his upper body so he didn't lose contact with Thalia.
Thalia laid back down on Percy's chest with her eyes closed, as if to go back to sleep. Percy could practically feel Thalia's blush when her stomach rumbled, "We should probably go, people might think when missing or something, and I'm pretty hungry myself" Percy told her, after a couple of seconds she sighed "yeah, I'm hungry too" she said, getting up from the ground. Percy got up right after she did, stretching his legs.
They walked back to camp in silence. They reached the dining pavilion in a couple of minutes, they weren't late to lunch so they didn't really seem out of place. "See ya" Thalia said, "Later", Percy finished without even thinking about it before they went to their respective tables. Percy sat next to Connor at the hermes table, "Hey Percy, this is Travis. He's my twin" Conner said, gesturing to the kid next to him, they looked really similar to Percy. "Hey, aren't you the kid that tried to steal my Ipod last night?" he asked, he didn't really care but he liked knowing things, Travis tensed a little bit. "Nope, definitely not, no way it was me, I was sleeping all night." he said nervously looking everywhere except Percy's direction. Connor slapped Travis on the back of the head, "Dude! What did i tell you about stealing from our cabin mates? Remember, only steal from other cabins, especially the Ares cabin." he scolded his brother. Travis rubbed the back of his sheepishly, "Sorry man, i just saw your Ipod and there isn't a lot of those around here" he apologized to Percy directly, "Don't worry about it man, just don't try again, it's kind of important to me" Percy told him, and it was true, Percy didn't know what he would do without his Ipod, the thought of losing it almost made him cry or rip the doors of their hinges and put holes in walls, no more Panic at the Disco, no more Green Da-, he stopped himself from thinking about it, he didn't want to ruin his day with horrible nightmarish thoughts. "K cool, I won't" Travis told him, easing his soul "But how did you see me?" Travis asked him, confused as it was pretty late when it had happened. Percy shrugged "I can see at almost any level of darkness besides artificial darkness, It has its uses but its more of a curse to me" Percy told him, Travis nodded, but still looked slightly confused but whatever was bothering him he kept it to himself.
Percy was almost finished when Chiron banged his hoof on the front table, "The quest group lead by Clarisse into the city has come back, they have brought back a demi-god who has succumb to madness, our camp director, Dionysus, is going to cure him later and find out what he was doing. It is currently believed that the enemy forces have found a way inside of our camp, we hope to be able to get this information from the demi-god, hopefully by the end of the day we will know where this weakness is so we can prevent it." as Chiron finished everyone went back to eating.
Percy left the pavilion feeling better now that he wasn't starving, he started walking toward the big house, kinda wanting to see the crazy kid. About half way to the big house Thalia caught up with him, "Hey, you wanted to go to the big house too?" Percy asked her, she shrugged, "I was looking for Annabeth, I heard she was up here" she told him, he nodded.
When they reached the door it was already open, they just shrugged and walked in. Inside they saw Annabeth looking like she has seen a ghost and was talking with chiron, when Annabeth saw she ran over to her and hugged her really hard and started to cry a little bit. "Hey, what wrong?" Thalia asked Annabeth softly, "I'll answer that" Chiron said, "While I was talking to everyone in the pavilion earlier she snuck into the attic and the oracle gave her a profecie to lead, and it doesn't sound good" he told them, "Well don't leave us hanging, what does it say?" Percy asked getting a little anxious, Chiron's eyes darkened, "I wouldn't be so fast if I were you Percy, this prophecy involves the Great Prophecy" he said seriously, Percy tensed, "You know?" he asked Chiron, Chiron nodded, "Of course I know" he told Percy, Thalia cut in "What? Whats this great prophecy?" Chiron turned to Thalia, "It's a prophecy that was issued a very long time ago and is now coming to pass, the prophecy says that a child of one of the big three will make a very important decision, I am sorry but everyone who knows is forbidden by the gods to tell you, because we believe that you are the prophecy child" Chiron told her, Percy was slightly impressed he explained it very well without giving anything away. "Wait what?" Thalia asked, Chiron took a breath to explain it again but Percy stopped him, "Somethings gonna happen that your gunna be the center of" he said quickly, she nodded slowly "Why do you know this?" she asked him, "My mom told me about it when she saved me" he lied to her, he felt bad but he knew that it was necessary, "Now we have gotten off topic, Chiron what was the prophecy Annabeth got?" Percy asked Chiron, Chiron nodded but before he could start Annabeth spoke up, "I'll tell them Chiron, i'm feeling better now" she told the centaur, Chiron nodded, Annabeth took a breath, "
You shall delve in the endless darkness of the endless maze,
A child of the sky and the shield shall help you to achieve your mission,
The traitor shall help you find your goal along with two others of your choosing,
You shall rise or fall by your eldest kin's hand.
A child of Athena's final stand.
Destroy with a hero's final breath,
And one shall lose a love worse than death
" When she finished Thalia hugged her, "I won't let you die, I swear on the Styx" she told Annabeth, "We won't let you die is what she meant" Percy added, Thalia looked up at percy and smiled a little bit, thankful for his help, Percy couldn't help but return the smile.
"Thank you, Thalia, Percy, Thank you for helping me on this quest" she told them both. "So where and when do we start?" Percy asked, A voice from down the hallway answered him lazily, "you four and two others shall leave tomorrow morning, the entrance to this "Endless maze" is actually in the forest near the formation of rocks you campers like to call my father's fist" as he told them he pushed forward a kid with dark brown eyes that could be easily mistaken for black, "This is the kid Clarisse found in New York, he told us everything he knew and now he is apparently a part of this quest." Dionysus told them. The kid give them a nod of acknowledgment, "Hey, my name is Ethan, my mother is Nemesis" he stated, Percy nodded back, "yo" was all he said, Thalia and Annabeth told him their names.
"Well Annabeth, you better pick the two others that are to go with you on this quest" Chiron told Annabeth, "Wait, two? it mention something about a shield, who is that?" she asked, Chiron pointed to Percy, "That would be him" he told her, she didn't respond just scowled slightly and left to go ask people to go with her. "She doesn't like me" Percy stated, "She doesn't know you" Thalia told him, Percy shrugged "What now?" he asked her, "I don't know, regular camp activities i guess" she said, "Ah, well that sounds incredibly boring, i'm glad were going on a quest tomorrow" he told her, "Yeah, me too" she responded before they walked out of the big house in the sun that now seemed much brighter than it did before, "Well see ya" Percy said, walking away, "Later" she finished walking the other direction.
Sorry i have updated in a while and for any mistakes I make, I just have so many Ideas about what to do, trying to start another story that I can't seem to get past the first 1000 words before deleting it all. And that panic at the disco and shinedown and the summer set and-, i could go on forever with things that are awesome. You should all read "The Boy Who Proved Her Wrong"-by prehistoric-huntress. That is probably one of the best, if not the best, fanfic I have read, Probably because it's an amazing perlia written awesomely. sorry for shorter chapter too