PERCY
No one really thinks about how one choice can change everything. Well, in my case it did. It was October 31st only this year my friends and I weren’t dressing up in witch, vampire, and zombie costumes to go trick-or-treating with. This year we were fighting in a war. We were fighting against Gaea and her giants.
So many people had died during this war, Dakota, Gwen, Conner Stoll, and Miranda Gardiner to name a few. My friends and family had died. They and many others were left dead on the battle field as everyone else fought for their lives. Luckily, Zeus had finally come to senses, if he ever had any, and reopened Olympus so the gods were fighting with us. Though, the seven from the prophecy were doing the most fighting.
Jason Grace, Piper McLean, Frank Zhang, Hazel Levesque, Leo Valdez, Annabeth Chase, and I, Percy Jackson, were doing the hardest part. We were trying to destroy Gaea. Jason and I, being the best fighters, were attacking Gaea head on. Piper was trying to charmspeak her into falling asleep. Leo was shooting her with fire balls. Frank had turned into a Python and was shooting poison at her. Hazel was fighting with Jason and me. And Annabeth, my fiancé, had used her invisibility cab to turn invisible and sneak attack Gaea.
Everything was working as planned, we were winning. Unfortunately, that changed in a matter of seconds. Gaea created the largest earthquake possible. My friends had fallen to their feet, doing their best to hang on. I on the other hand, Poseidon being god of earthquakes and all, can withstand it. I felt a tug in my gut and I could feel the earth responding to me. The earthquake was smaller but still dangerous.
I ran over to Gaea and started to fight her. I wouldn’t let her hurt anymore of my friends. As everyone was still on the ground I ran over to Gaea and fought her by myself. After a while I had given her a few good cuts but she had given twice as many as me.
If this kept up I would die fighting her. There is one thing I can do that will destroy her, I’m positive it’ll kill her, but it may kill me as well. I didn’t want to die, but I could let my friends die either. What I’m about to do will not put Gaea to sleep forever. Actually, it may only keep her at bay for a year or two. But it’s better than nothing and it’d give my friends some time to figure out how to kill her for good.
I backed up so Gaea couldn’t attack me while I tried to concentrate.
“Giving up, pawn? You can still join me it’s not too late,” Gaea cooed.
“Not exactly,” I told her.
“Percy, what are you doing?” Annabeth asked over the noise of the earth’s rumble.
I tried to prepare myself for what I was about to do. If my plan worked then I would most likely never see Annabeth again.
I turned my head toward her and said, “I’m sorry.” After I said that, I turned my head back to Gaea. I took a deep breath and recited the lines, “I Perseus Jackson, son of Poseidon, Praetor of the Twelfth Legion, Returner of the Master bolt, Helm of Darkness, and Golden Fleece, Savior of Artemis, Holder of the Sky, Explorer of the Labyrinth, Beholder and surrenderer of the Mark of Achilles, Hero and Defender of Olympus, and Defeater of Kronos, Hyperion, Atlas, Iapetus, and Polybotes hereby call upon all of my powers to defeat Gaea, Titan of the earth.”
“Percy! Don’t!” I heard Annabeth yell, but it was too late the lines were said.
I could feel my powers leaving my body; I could feel myself draining and losing energy. I collapsed onto my knees in pain. There was a bright gold glow around me and I could see the ball that holds my energy start to form. Once all of my powers were together I used the last bit of energy I had to move it towards Gaea. I watched as the ball of power hit her head and she began to lose power.
She began to sink back into the earth but before she was gone she said, “You will be mine forever, Perseus Jackson.”
I looked at the ground and saw that the earth was swallowing me. I was too weak to move. My friends were running towards me wanting to help but they wouldn’t make it in time. I kept sinking deeper and deeper into Gaea’s domain. Before I was all the way under I heard Annabeth’s voice scream “Percy! No!” then I blacked out, not knowing when I’d awake again.
No one really thinks about how one choice can change everything. Well, in my case it did. It was October 31st only this year my friends and I weren’t dressing up in witch, vampire, and zombie costumes to go trick-or-treating with. This year we were fighting in a war. We were fighting against Gaea and her giants.
So many people had died during this war, Dakota, Gwen, Conner Stoll, and Miranda Gardiner to name a few. My friends and family had died. They and many others were left dead on the battle field as everyone else fought for their lives. Luckily, Zeus had finally come to senses, if he ever had any, and reopened Olympus so the gods were fighting with us. Though, the seven from the prophecy were doing the most fighting.
Jason Grace, Piper McLean, Frank Zhang, Hazel Levesque, Leo Valdez, Annabeth Chase, and I, Percy Jackson, were doing the hardest part. We were trying to destroy Gaea. Jason and I, being the best fighters, were attacking Gaea head on. Piper was trying to charmspeak her into falling asleep. Leo was shooting her with fire balls. Frank had turned into a Python and was shooting poison at her. Hazel was fighting with Jason and me. And Annabeth, my fiancé, had used her invisibility cab to turn invisible and sneak attack Gaea.
Everything was working as planned, we were winning. Unfortunately, that changed in a matter of seconds. Gaea created the largest earthquake possible. My friends had fallen to their feet, doing their best to hang on. I on the other hand, Poseidon being god of earthquakes and all, can withstand it. I felt a tug in my gut and I could feel the earth responding to me. The earthquake was smaller but still dangerous.
I ran over to Gaea and started to fight her. I wouldn’t let her hurt anymore of my friends. As everyone was still on the ground I ran over to Gaea and fought her by myself. After a while I had given her a few good cuts but she had given twice as many as me.
If this kept up I would die fighting her. There is one thing I can do that will destroy her, I’m positive it’ll kill her, but it may kill me as well. I didn’t want to die, but I could let my friends die either. What I’m about to do will not put Gaea to sleep forever. Actually, it may only keep her at bay for a year or two. But it’s better than nothing and it’d give my friends some time to figure out how to kill her for good.
I backed up so Gaea couldn’t attack me while I tried to concentrate.
“Giving up, pawn? You can still join me it’s not too late,” Gaea cooed.
“Not exactly,” I told her.
“Percy, what are you doing?” Annabeth asked over the noise of the earth’s rumble.
I tried to prepare myself for what I was about to do. If my plan worked then I would most likely never see Annabeth again.
I turned my head toward her and said, “I’m sorry.” After I said that, I turned my head back to Gaea. I took a deep breath and recited the lines, “I Perseus Jackson, son of Poseidon, Praetor of the Twelfth Legion, Returner of the Master bolt, Helm of Darkness, and Golden Fleece, Savior of Artemis, Holder of the Sky, Explorer of the Labyrinth, Beholder and surrenderer of the Mark of Achilles, Hero and Defender of Olympus, and Defeater of Kronos, Hyperion, Atlas, Iapetus, and Polybotes hereby call upon all of my powers to defeat Gaea, Titan of the earth.”
“Percy! Don’t!” I heard Annabeth yell, but it was too late the lines were said.
I could feel my powers leaving my body; I could feel myself draining and losing energy. I collapsed onto my knees in pain. There was a bright gold glow around me and I could see the ball that holds my energy start to form. Once all of my powers were together I used the last bit of energy I had to move it towards Gaea. I watched as the ball of power hit her head and she began to lose power.
She began to sink back into the earth but before she was gone she said, “You will be mine forever, Perseus Jackson.”
I looked at the ground and saw that the earth was swallowing me. I was too weak to move. My friends were running towards me wanting to help but they wouldn’t make it in time. I kept sinking deeper and deeper into Gaea’s domain. Before I was all the way under I heard Annabeth’s voice scream “Percy! No!” then I blacked out, not knowing when I’d awake again.
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