The End

Towards the end of the second giant war.

Gaia has been put to sleep. Most of the giants were defeated and fell into Tartarus. However two remained, one being Polybotes, the bane of Poseidon and the other being Enceladus, Bane of Athena. Of course as you would expect Percy and Poseidon were fighting Polybotes and Annabeth and Athena were fighting Enceladus. Unlike normal circumstances where Percy and Annabeth would've been one of the fastest ones to defeat their enemy, their visit to Tartarus meant that they still haven't gained their full energy back.

The final strike from Percy's Riptide to the heart from the front and Poseidon's trident to the same sport from the back ended the rebellious giant's rampage.

Struggling to not collapse, Percy turned his head side ways to his girlfriend who was probably around 400 meters away. Percy Limped towards Annabeth to assist her and when he was ten meters away from them, the giant Enceladus was defeated. With a huge smile on his face, he walked on.

All Giants have been defeated and Gaia has been put to sleep, he thought. Now I can finally start a new life in Camp Jupiter's New Rome with Annabeth.

But that thought was immediately withdrawn as he saw Annabeth's shoulder being grabbed by Enceladus as he fell into Tartarus.

"IF I AM GONNA DIE, YOU ARE GONNA DIE WITH ME!" Screamed Enceladus, as Annabeth fell into Tartarus after him.

"ANNABETH!!!" Percy cried. He ran to the edge but he knew it was pointless to jump after her this time as he saw Annabeth get stabbed in the chest, mid-air, as she fell into the hell hole.

This was the day Percy lost his love. A love that cannot be replaced. The day he thought was going to be the beginning of his life with Annabeth was actually the end.

***

Two months later- Camp Half-blood

"Hey." Annabeth slid next to me on the bench. "Happy birthday."

She was holding a huge misshapen cupcake with blue icing.

I stared at her. "What?"

"It's August 18th," she said. "Your birthday, right?"

I was stunned. It hadn't even occurred to me, but she was right. I had turned sixteen this morning-the same morning I'd made the choice to give Luke the knife. The prophecy had come true right on schedule, and I hadn't even thought about the fact that it was my birthday.

"Make a wish," she said.

"Did you bake this yourself?" I asked.

"Tyson helped."

"That explains why it looks like a chocolate brick," I said. "With extra blue cement."

Annabeth laughed.

I thought for a second, then blew out the candle.

We cut it in half and shared, eating with our fingers. Annabeth sat next to me, and we watched the ocean. Crickets and monsters were making noise in the woods, but otherwise it was quiet.

"You saved the world," she said.

"We saved the world."

"And Rachel is the new Oracle, which means she won't be dating anybody."

"You don't sound disappointed," I noticed.

Annabeth shrugged. "Oh, I don't care."

"Uh-huh."

She raised an eyebrow. "You got something to say to me, Seaweed Brain?"

"You'd probably kick my butt."

"You know I'd kick your butt."

I brushed the cake off my hands. "When I was at the River Styx, turning invulnerable . . . Nico said I had to concentrate on one thing that kept me anchored to the world, that made me want to stay mortal."

Annabeth kept her eyes on the horizon. "Yeah?"

"Then up on Olympus," I said, "when they wanted to make me a god and stuff, I kept thinking-"

"Oh, you so wanted to."

"Well, maybe a little. But I didn't, because I thought-I didn't want things to stay the same for eternity, because things could always get better. And I was thinking . . ." My throat felt really dry.

"Anyone in particular?" Annabeth asked, her voice soft.

I looked over and saw that she was trying not to smile.

"You're laughing at me," I complained.

"I am not!"

"You are so not making this easy."

Then she laughed for real, and she put her hands around my neck. "I am never, ever going to make things easy for you, Seaweed Brain. Get used to it."

When she kissed me, I had the feeling my brain was melting right through my body.

I could've stayed that way forever, except a voice behind us growled, "Well, it's about time!"

Suddenly the pavilion was filled with torchlight and campers. Clarisse led the way as the eavesdroppers charged and hoisted us both onto their shoulders.

"Oh, come on!" I complained. "Is there no privacy?"

"The lovebirds need to cool off!" Clarisse said with glee.

"The canoe lake!" Connor Stoll shouted.

With a huge cheer, they carried us down the hill, but they kept us close enough to hold hands. Annabeth was laughing, and I couldn't help laughing too, even though my face was completely red.

We held hands right up to the moment they dumped us in the water.

Afterward, I had the last laugh. I made an air bubble at the bottom of the lake. Our friends kept waiting for us to come up, but hey-when you're the son of Poseidon, you don't have to hurry.

And it was pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time.

Percy woke with that happy thought. But that didn't last long as he realized it was a dream. Just a dream. Ever since her death Percy dreamt of her at least once or twice a week. Each time he woke thinking it was real, but it just made him feel even worse about not being able to help Annabeth when she needed him the most.

It's not your fault, he told himself. But there was a part of him that still disagreed.

Trying to get that thought out of his mind, he got out of his bed and got dressed. When he checked the time it was only 4:36 AM, so he decided to take a walk in the forest. On his way to the forest he encountered a few things that reminded him of Annabeth.

One of them was the infirmary; he still remembered seeing Annabeth when he first woke and her saying, "you drool when you sleep."

In the forest, he trained for a little bit before he was surrounded and attacked by five empousai. The same five from Tartarus that Bob, Small bob, Annabeth and I fought in Tartarus. The daughters of Hecate's beauty were nowhere near tempting enough for Percy to be lured into their traps. No one was as beautiful as Annabeth. And with that, Percy sliced through them all.

This Place, these monsters, these demigods (mainly children of Athena) all reminded him of Annabeth way too much. Percy couldn't handle it anymore, so he decided to leave all those behind.

Before anyone woke up, Percy went back to his cabin, wrote a note, packed his bag with couple of important things and he left.

When he exited the border, he felt the ground shake. It wasn't usual like the ones that's made by Poseidon, it felt different. It felt far more powerful.

Then the ground next to him began to change shape and into a woman. A woman none other than Gaia. Before Percy could react, two more people appeared. Two more Primordials to be exact. Before him stood Gaia, Primordial of the Earth; Ouranos Primordial of the Skies; and finally Nyx, Primordial of the Night.

Percy knew it was pointless to fight against three primordial by himself (I mean.. it took seven demigods to defeat one so there was no way he would be able to take one on by himself.) Despite the likely defeat, Percy would never go down without a fight. He uncapped Anaklusmos and got ready to fight.

"Now, now..." said Nyx raising her hands but before she could do anything, Percy swung his sword at her, but it was immediately blocked Ouranos's spear.

"Peace, child." He said in a calm voice.

"We are only here to talk." Added Gaia.

"What makes you think I will listen to you?" screamed Percy. "You are the reason Annabeth is dead!!"

"Ah, about that..." Gaia started, then turned towards the other two and said, "Could you please explain to him what happened?"

"Well basically... We, the Primordials, have two different sides just like having a Greek and a Roman side. Except in our case, its Kalόs(Καλό) and kakόs(Κακό) - good and bad. So earlier this year when you were attacked by Gaia and when you met me in Tartarus, it was our kakόs side. But thanks to you- when you defeated us/ weakened us, our Kalόs side gained control again."

Percy wasn't sure if he should believe them. "Why should I trust you?" He questioned.

"Well, the fact that you are still alive is enough evidence, I hope" was the simple reply.

"Then why are you here, if not to attack the camp?" Percy asked.

"We simply want to talk" said Ouranos, again in a very calm voice that made it very scary.

"About what?" Percy inquired.

"Why don't you come with us? We could take you to the place where you won't remember about Annabeth and feel remorse as much as you feel when you are here." Said Gaia.

"Is that what you wanted to talk about?" asked Percy.

"Well no, but yes" said Nyx.

"What?"

"For now that is all you need to know"

"But I don't know anything."

"Just come already!" and with that the four of them materialized in a white space. Everything around them was white. Percy couldn't tell where the floor ended or the walls started. It was just a white space.

Then suddenly, out of nowhere, a dude with sunglasses appeared, making Percy jump.

"Suppp broooo????" was the first thing he said before turning to the primordials. "So this the kid that's jumps around and saved world twice, huh?"

What the hell? was Percy's thoughts. Who the heck is this guy?

"Percy," said Gaia. "We'd like you to meet Chaos, the creator of the universe, the first Primordial deity."