Percy looked at the note again and checked whether there was anything else to read. He turned the paper and found on the back a small note made by Luke;
Don't panic;
'To late dubmass,'
Ask Chiron or Annabeth
Percy blinked, 'did they know? If they did how could they not tell me?' Percy wondered as anger started to build up inside of him.
'Luke's told me to ask Annabeth or Chiron meaning they knew! They knew and didn't tell me! Why didn't they tell me the the moment Grover and Chiron meet me? They could have told me when I was trying to save my mom, they should have told me!'
Cold fury built up as Percy put on his items and got ready to go out, he needed to talk to a certain demigoddess. Percy walked out of his cabin and looked at his watch. It was 6 already, that meant Annabeth would be in her cabin or in the Mess Hall.
Percy activated his speed perk and zoomed past the Mess Hall. One quick look inside and Percy found Annabeth sitting with her siblings. Percy walked in, his anger was clearly seen. Michael tried to wave Percy over but stopped the moment he saw Percy's face, the only time he had ever seen such a look on Percy was when he was fighting Hyperion who had just destroyed camp.
Percy stopped behind Annabeth. The rest of Athena cabin stopped talking and laughing as Annabeth turned around and looked up at Percy.
"Percy? Can I do something for you?" She asked, "why do you look so pissed?"
"We need to talk, now," Percy growled out the last part putting in a little blood lust.
Annabeth took a gulp and nodded, "s-sure." She got up and the two walked out of the Mess Hall. The rest of the campers watched the leave and the moment they left they began gossiping why Percy looked so pissed and what it had to do with Annabeth.
Percy lead the girl towards the Amphitheater. While going there he didn't say a word. Annabeth kept trying to ask him what happened but Percy said nothing.
When they finally reached the Amphitheater Percy stopped in the center of the stage and turned to face Annabeth.
"Percy will you please tell me what's going on? I haven't even seen you so pissed," Annabeth said with a hint of fear in her voice.
"Remember what you told me when I revealed to you all Luke wanted to come back? Do you remember what you said?"
Annabeth looked surprised but nodded, "I said that it wasn't your decision to make. I told you that you should have told us and that by not doing so it meant that you didn't trust us."
Percy nodded, "right, right. And I responded by saying that it wasn't your decision to make, I said that Luke came to me, it involved me and so it was my decision to make. Do you agree with that?"
Annabeth took a deep breath, "Percy I get that it was your choice and ultimately your decision. But that decision involved the rest of us. We deserved to know, because it affected us."
"Okay, so you're saying that because it affected you, you deserved to know, and that I was in the wrong. Right?"
Annabeth nodded slowly, "not exactly. Percy I understand why you did it but-"
"-Stop talking," Percy snapped as he reached into his pocket and pulled out the prophecy, "Luke gave me this before I left him, he told me this was the reason Kronos was targeting me."
Percy threw the paper at Annabeth as the demigoddess caught it easily. She opened the paper and began to read it. The moment she read the first sentence her eyes widened in surprise. She looked at Percy, "Percy I-"
"Look at the back," Percy said with cold eyes, "read it."
Annabeth did as her hands started shaking.
"Now remember what you said," Percy said walking closer to Annabeth, "you told me I was wrong for keeping something that effected you from you. You said I didn't trust you enough to tell you the truth. So tell me Annabeth, can I say the same about you now?"
Annabeth looked up as fear and regret spread across her face, "Chiron didn't' think you were ready. He didn't want to worry you."
Percy blinked, "not ready? It doesn't matter if I wasn't ready or not, if this prophecy involved me then I needed to know. If I knew from the start that something like this was going to happen I would have trained day in and day out to try and survive the war. I'm going to tell you what you told me Annabeth, I deserved to know!"
"Percy it's not that simple!"
"Okay fine, explain it to me. And please use big complicated words, I may not be a son of Athena but I do have some intelligence."
Annabeth looked down in shame, "prophecies can be impossible to predict. I didn't want you to....I didn't want to be afraid."
"Afraid!? How could I have not been afraid?! And it doesn't matter if I was afraid or not, this is what my future is! Unless I die before that, which would be equally bad! Annabeth you should have told me! I needed to know that my life was in danger!"
"I'm sorry!" Annabeth shouted with tears freely flowing from her eyes, "is that what you wanted to hear? I'm sorry! I know I should have told you, but I didn't because.....because I didn't want it to be you."
"Well it was me Annabeth! When were you going to tell me huh? Were you going to ever tell me?!"
Annabeth didn't respond as she walked to the seats in the Amphitheater and sat down, "you saved my life Percy, you saved everyone's lives. I knew then that you were the one the prophecy spoke about, but I didn't want it to be true. I didn't want you to die! Is that so wrong? I thought that if I didn't mention it maybe it won't come true, maybe you hide, run away, do something! I even thought, hoped, you might even join Odysseus and his crew and be granted partial immortality to escape the prophecy. You would never become 16, you wouldn't have to die!"
Slowly some of the anger inside Percy was chipped away, "Annabeth, you're my friend, and you mean a lot to me. And I get that you wanted to protect me....but I can't run away from this."
Annabeth lowered her head as tears rolled down her face. Percy wanted to comfort his friend, but he was still angry at her. So he did the only thing he could, he walked away.
Percy walked across camp running into people left and right. Most tried talking to him, but Percy wasn't in the mood. He felt betrayed, Chiron, Grover, Luke, Annabeth, Michael, Nina, the Stoll brothers, Clarisse, Peter those were just a few of Percy's friends around here, they were once the reason Percy felt this place to be home.
But now... Percy couldn't take it. The camp just felt so fake, for once Percy saw camp as something other than a safe haven for him. It wasn't a place for the gods to keep their children safe, no, it was a place to raise weapons.
Percy rejected Luke's way of thinking before, he said that the only reason the God's cared for them was because they were nothing more than tools. Percy didn't believe him then, he was to stupid to understand.
Percy felt helpless, before he always had a chance, a chance to get it right, to save the day at the last moment. But now, after finding out that he was always meant to die, it just seemed so useless.
What was the point in leveling up if he would die in the end? What was the point of trying new things if he was going to die before he does anything with that knowledge?
Percy looked at the setting sun, 'maybe....maybe I should have gone with Luke.'
Percy shook his head, 'no, no! That's crazy talk! Just because my life sucks doesn't mean I have to basically become an evil dictators bitch!'
Percy sighed, he needed to talk to his dad. Percy walked to the beach and made a mist with his moisture control. A rainbow was formed with the last rays of the sun as Percy made a call to his dad.
He waited for a few minutes and then for ten before Percy gave up. 'He must still be in that meeting,' Percy said to himself as the sun finally set.
He needed to get out of here, camp just reminded him of his oncoming death. He needed leave, just go away for sometime. Maybe his mom's place....yeah, that sounded right.
Percy zoomed back to his cabin and quickly checked around for anything he might have left behind. He already had everything he needed in his inventory, the only thing he left behind in the cabin were two sets of old cloths and a few books.
Percy quickly write down a note explaining his actions and then quickly left his cabin walking towards Thalia's tree. He didn't even bother to say goodbye to his friends, he was sure they would get the message he left.
As Percy walked to the tree he looked up at the Golden Fleece, or at least this half of it. This was a mark of Percy's failure, if he had only succeeded in stealing the Fleece back maybe Kronos would not have been fully formed. Maybe the prophecy wouldn't have come true.
"Why can't it be someone else?" Percy sighed as he touched the trunk of the tree, "why do I have to die?"
CREAK!
Percy jumped back as the wood in the tree started to move. Percy watched in amazement as slowly the truck split open causing a person to fall out of the tree. Percy grab the person before they hit the ground and slowly pulled them out of the tree before the tree closed up again.
The person who fell out of the tree was a girl. She had spiky shoulder length hair with blue streaks going along the side. She had dark eyeliner around her eyes and freckles around her nose. She was tall, taller than Percy with her long slender legs and muscular build. She wore a black leather jacket on top of a black shirt which featured a band called Green Day. She wore a bracelet around her wrist and several chains along her hands giving off a very punkish look.
Percy looked at the name above the mystery girl's head and was shocked beyond belief;
Thalia Grace, Daughter of Zeus
Lv— 25
Percy blinked, 'you have got to be kidding me.'
"I also wish for a million dollars and a lightsaber," Percy out loud. He waited a few minutes but nothing happened, "huh, guess that only works once."
Percy looked down at his arms at a girl who was thought to be dead. Two of his friends had seen her die first hand, yet here she was. Percy pressed his fingers next to her neck and felt a pulse, it was faint but there.
Percy lifted Thalia up carrying her like a bride. 'What caused this?' Percy wondered looking at the tree when suddenly his eyes were drawn to the Fleece, 'Of course! If that thing could bring Kronos back, who was in a million pieces, then Thalia should be easy.'
Percy walked as fast as he could towards the Big House, he didn't want to hurt her by running to fast. While walking Percy quickly Observed her to get a feel of what she was made off;
Thalia Grace, Protector of camp Half-blood
Lv— 25
HP: 150/1,500
MP: 625/625
Race— Demigod
Str-12
Vit-22
Dex-28
Int-15
Wis-9
Luc-23
The greek demigoddess of Zeus, Thalia had run away from home at a very young age due to a fight with her mom and the disappearance of her baby brother Jason. She traveled with Luke and Annabeth for a long time becoming more and more powerful. She later performed the ultimate sacrifice by giving her life to save Grover, Annabeth and Luke's. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a tree forming a barrier around camp protecting the people she cared for.
Likes: Annabeth, Luke, Jason, Being in charge
Dislikes: Heights, Zeus, her mother, Cyclops
She doesn't know Percy
She is unconcious
Percy was impressed, she had a unique title all for herself, something which Percy has never seen before in a demigod. Usually their titles was always a statement of who they were, like daughter of this or son of that. For somebody to gain a title other than that...it would mean that Thalia sees herself more of the camp's protector than the daughter of Zeus.
He took her into the Big House and quickly up stairs to the Med Bay. "Is anyone here?!" Percy yelled out the moment he entered the room.
"Epp!" Percy heard a soft and surprised voice say.
He turned and saw only one person in the entire room, a girl with bushy brown hair and bright sky blue eyes. Percy looked at the title above her head;
Nancy Verie, Daughter of Apollo
Lv— 19
"Nancy right?" Percy asked as he put Thalia on the closets bed.
"Ah-ah, yeah, how did you know?" The daughter of Apollo stammered out.
Percy smiled, "I know all the pretty girls names," the girl blushed but Percy was too busy looking around to notice, "where is everyone else?"
"Th-they are at the party."
"Party?"
Nancy nodded, "ah huh, the victory party. You know, for you guys."
"So it's just us then," Percy commented as he went to the medical shelf containing the medical potion Percy provided Michael with.
"Ah, us?" Nancy asked, "who is she by the way?"
Percy took out a low grade potion and walked back to Thalia, "you wouldn't believe me if I told you."
"She looks sick," Nancy commented touching her forehead.
"She's just tired," Percy commented as he raised Thalia's head lowering the liquid down her throat to swallow. The girl instinctively swallowed down the potion restoring her health to half full.
"How do you know?"
Percy pressed his hand up against Thalia's chest, "I just do," he then activated his blood control taking out little of his own blood and drawing a healing rune around Thalia's forehead. Percy hen spent 720 HP and 200 MP to raise Thalia's health back to full.
Soon Thalia's skin returned back to normal and Percy smiled.
Nancy placed a hand on Thalia and used some of her powers to diagnose the girl. "I-it's amazing," she whispered out, "she's back to full health now. I would say she's about to wake up any moment."
Percy nodded, "good, that's good," Percy looked aside and towards the windows going into a deep thought. He was wondering what he should do now. Percy took a chair and sat it down next to Thalia's bed.
"How did you do that?" Nancy asked looking at Percy.
Percy looked confused "what?"
"How did, you know, heal her?"
"It's a rune," Percy pointed at the blood rune on Thalia's head, "it transforms my health into her."
"Isn't that dangerous?"
PErcy shook his head, "not for me. I have a lot of energy when compared to her. I probably just gave her...around 7% of my total health."
Nancy looked at Percy in shock, "woah, you must have a lot of health then huh?"
Percy nodded and looked down at Thalia, "yeah I do." Percy looked at Thalia for a while before sighing, "look she'll probably be asleep for sometime. I don't actually know her, but Annabeth does. Why don't you call her, I'm sure she'll want to see her friend again."
"But if I don't stay next to her-"
"-Relax, I got this," Percy said giving the girl a relaxed smile, "I'll make sure nothing happens to her. You just go get Annabeth, she needs to see this."
