Chapter 25: he was a true hero of rome

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Annabeth

Percy's heart stopped beating. No it I couldn't be. I was crying so hard I was shaking. "Annabeth" I heard my mother say "I'm so sorry. I never approved of this boy but I see how wrong I was. I am sorry" I never thought I would hear this from her.

"He was a true hero of Rome, but mostly a true hero of Greece! Who will help me carry him?" All the demigods walked over. We all lifted him up above us and walked passed the gods.

Percy's POV

I am dead. I am a ghost in the underworld and this time, I can't come out. I was standing in line for judgement when a man turned around and said "hey. How'd you die? I was stabbed. Hey. I smell something alive in you." He grabbed my arm and dragged me through the crowd of people saying "'accuse me" and "pardon me" the sports weren't very happy because they would scream back "hey buddy!" "I've been waiting for centuries"

"Good. You can stay there longer." He replied.

"I never caught your name" I said

"Oh. Sorry the names Cody. Your Percy Jackson aren't you?" I nodded

"Oh." Cody said "my boss told me and my co-workers when ever you got here to bring them strait to them."

"Um. Ok" I said we followed a familiar path past the river Styx and Cerberus and ended up in Hades Palace. We're i saw Persephone.

"Hello Perseus" she said

"Hi Lady Persephone." I said

"I smell something alive in him m'Lady" Cody said

"Ah. Yes. Because his time on earth is not done yet. He is still needed there. He is tied to his life on earth." Persephone said

"So what should we do?"Cody asked

"Send him back." Persephone said

"But next time you eat a pomegranate or you pick a flower out of a garden, lets just say. Think of it as my one act of kindness for my many years of life."

"So when do I go back" I asked wanting to see Annabeth again

"Um. When the seven reach your camp and are a bout to burn your shroud." I nodded and Cody took me to his office and we chilled for a while watching the Walking Dead and actually watching the dead walk aimlessly around Hades. I checked in on Esylum and saw Beckendorf and Selena.

My afterlife was pretty short because I was zapped out in a puff of smoke.

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