Percy Jackson: The Wolf Curse

Chapter 31: The wolfs outta the bag Part 2

[Percy's POV:]

"So, Truth or Dare Damian?" asked Anna and of course truth! Or wait, maybe I should go with dare as there is no toilet nearby... yeah lets not test what they'll come up with instead.

"Truth meh!" I spoke with more volume than confidence. The expression they gave me was like hyenas that had caught their prey.

"Do you have a crush on anyone? If so who" well I'm fucked! Should I just lie? It's not like Electrum is her-

"Don't bother lying, you suck at it" that is a very good point. Then again I can't be that bad since they still don't know I'm Percy Jackson, then again I don't really know Percy Jackson myself. Kinda sad.

"Fine I.. I ah dammit to Ha-Pluto I have a crush on all of you ok! Have done for a while. And no not you Lamia as hot as you may be" the circle was silent for longer than I wanted.

"SO! Lamia truth or dare?" I asked, desperate to hide my embarrassment from everyone. I picked Lamia being the Only one I hadn't just confessed to, sort of. I'd be lying If I said I wasn't attracted to that tail.

"Oh I'm playing too lover wolf? Do I just pick a thing? This game wasn't a thing back when I was a demigod" I pitied her, she had dedicated so much of her existence to revenge. Medusa came out of her stupor and answered for me.

"J-Just pick truth or Dare. if truth you'll be asked a question you should answer honestly if a dare you'll be given a task usually tricky, embarrassing or-" Medusa checked the Kids to see if they were fully asleep before continuing "- sexual in nature it can be almost anything" her blush still hadn't receded same as the others. Her last part seemed almost inviting.

"Hmm in that case I pick truth since there's not a lot I can do in ice chains." I smiled at her willingness to partake before thinking up a question choosing to ignore her... bound state.

"Hmmm, tricky one.. Ok tell me the happiest memory you have" that oughta raise some spirit. Right?

"Hmm, my happiest moment? I guess I have one.. It was the day I welcomed my triplets into the world.." she teared up at the memory both in joy and sadness. I stood up and encircled her comfortingly. I then spoke words from.. Somewhere else inside.

"I know the pain of losing those you love well, I miss my family I left behind. I miss the family I hurt. I miss the family I was so close to creating. It never fully disperses, the pain, the guilt, the desire to right the wrongs.." Images popped into my head like a slideshow set to max speed. I saw the earth covered in agony as it spewed its magma to lava. I saw beauty. I saw pain. I saw death. I saw a mother. I saw love. I saw children. I couldn't resist the tears.

Before I could speak of my confusing thoughts, some took over my being, not hostile nor even foreign yet not entirely me. It felt like one of those memories you could never be sure happened yet bigger. It pushed my conscience aside as its thoughts and emotions surfaced. I couldn't make them out, but it was clearly not happy.

"I have lived many lives, snake, and if there's one thing I've learned in this long life, it's that it's better to have lost and care than to never have cared at all. I have watched this earth mature from molten rock. Saved it from a family that loves and hates it more times than I care to count and committed evils in regret. What I'm trying to say is; to forgive yourself. for the children cannot sleep happily in the afterlife till you do." I don't know where this all came from. It was like another me yet still me. Percy? No it felt older though I could now feel Percy inside me as well like a twin to my mind. I began radiating power far more than I had done prior.

"Damian, what's going on?" asked Anna in concern. An emotion I was sharing.

"Who are you, and what have you done with Damian!" Shouted Medusa and Reyna simultaneously.