The Afterlife

I stared down at her. I held Riptide in my hand, which stuck with me, even when I died. Annabeth was sleeping on the be in our... cabin? I really don't know what to call it. I guess it's a cabin. She looked so peaceful. Memories started to flood my mind. Meeting her when we were twelve, all our quests, defeating Kronos, the new prophecy, all the heroes of Olympus, and falling into Tartarus. I shuttered when I thought of Tartarus. I was being beckoned. In the back of my mind I heard a voice, telling me to jump in Tartarus again. The voice tried to say I would be happy with Annabeth there.

I didn't want to tell Annabeth this, but in the middle of the night I had a nightmare. I had jumped into Tartarus, thinking it would be better. In the nightmare I was killed by Tartarus (how that happened when I'm already dead, I'm not sure.) But this time, I had to go to the Fields of Punishment. I thought I would get some sort of brutal monster attack, but it was worse. Much worse. I very realistic Annabeth (I think it was some type of hologram.) Stood in front of me crying. I tried rushing toward her but a force held me back. I kept trying but it prevented me from getting less than a foot closer to her.

But the nightmare didn't end there. I saw images. Annabeth in trouble. Being attacked by monsters and facing one of her worst fears, Anarche. She was getting many wounds. I tried to run and help her but it was like invisible chains were holding me back. Then I watched her fall into Tartarus, but this time, I wasn't there to fall with her.

I woke up in a cold sweat that night. I had ran outside where nobody could see me, and I cried. I don't see what Annabeth sees. She thinks I'm a brave heroic person, but all I see is someone who is insecure with himself. I've never liked people seeing me cry. After about an hour, I had headed back to where we were sleeping. Annabeth was very tired, that's why she was sleeping now. She interrupted my thoughts when she started shaking. I sat down next to her and put my arms around her. It must have been another demigod dream. After about 5 minutes Annabeth woke up. She was about to tell me something, but I stopped her with a kiss.

ll Leo's POV ll

All the counselors sat around the ping pong table. Nobody was talking. I wanted to cheer them up, but even I couldn't do it. Jason, Piper, Hazel, Frank, Rachel and Chiron were all there too.

"Alright Rachel, say the prophecy," Chiron said.

"Okay Chiron," she replied. Then, she started spewing green mist. This oracle stuff still freaks me out.

Fire, Death, War and Storm,
Shall figure out, how to make life reform.
Although they experienced a painful death,
They might not have taken their last breath.

Oh great. First word is fire. This is just gonna be

"Fire, death, war and storm?" The Aphrodite counselor repeated.

"Well fire is me," I say "And guess war is the big guy Frank."

Frank rolled his eyes and said, "Well, Jason is storm, and I guess....Hazel could be death?"

Hazel nods and replies saying, "Life reform? Could... That really be Percy and Annabeth? I doubt Hades would let anyone cheat death."

"Well true, but what about the peophecy?" Will Solace asks. "Prophecies don't lie.

"Well I guess Leo, Frank, Hazel and I need to find answers," Jason says. "Maybe we should ask Ella the harpy about it, she might know something."

"Good Idea Jason," Chiron answers. "You should go now."

We we all get up and Jason, Hazel, Frank and I go to see Ella.

"Come on guys!" I said. "Let's go find the know it all harpy!"

Notes

Yay! New chapter! Did any of you cry when reading Percy's POV? I did when writing it! Soooo sad. Anyways a new chapter will be Tuesday or Wednesday. Remember to vote, comment, and subscribe!

~Ashley~