The Darkness Is Coming

Percy or Percie?

Percy POV

I woke up somewhere that I recognized.

"What in Hades..." When did I get to my mom's cabin in Montuak?

"Hello, Percy. How are you feeling?"

"Huh?" There was no one in the room.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot." A girl materialized in front of me. I sat up slowly, noticing I was in my old kids bed.

"Who're you?" I frowned. The mystery girl had black hair that went a few inches past her shoulders. She was wearing sunglasses, so I couldn't see her eyes, but she was tanned.

She actually looked a lot like me.

"I'm not important."

"You are to me."

"How are you feeling?"

I blinked, thrown off by the change of topic. "Uh...rested, I guess."

The girl laughed. "Yes, that would make sense."

"Why?"

"Well, you've been asleep."

I stared at her. "Really? I didn't notice. Seriously, who are you?"

"Oh, Percy, you're so naive."

I stood. "I'm naive? That's a perfectly valid question!"

"I'm you."

"Huh?"

The girl laughed, pulling her sunglasses off. "Such a Seaweed Brain."

I growled. "Only Annabeth can call me that."

"She won't be for a while. None of your friends are going to call you any nicknames any time soon."

"What do you mean? Why are we here? And seriously, who are you?"

"I'm you." She smirked, suddenly looking a lot more dangerous. "The more deadly you."

I was starting to get a bad feeling about this. "None of this is real, is it?"

"It's in you head. But that doesn't mean it's not real."

"Did you just quote Harry Potter?"

"Yes. Now, Percy, you've been asleep for a very long time. Several weeks actually. What's the last thing you remember?"

I thought hard for a few moments. "Um...finding Annabeth and that Apollo kid."

The girl's smile widened to the point where she looked like a Cheshire Cat. "Well then I'll fill you in. That boy died. Several others have died since then."

"What?! How?"

"You."

I practically staggered back. "What?"

"Well, actually it was me. Let me explain, Percy. I'm you. The scary part, the part of you where you have all your anger and violence locked away."

"You're a girl though!" I was extremely confused. "How can my alter ego be a girl?"

"Honey, girls are much more dangerous than boys."

I was getting very nervous about some of her previous comments now. "What were you saying about the deaths?"

"Once you attacked that poor boy, you gave me enough room to take over. You see, I'd be considered a parasite. And I'm in charge now. Want to know who you killed?"

"I killed people?"

"I did the mental work, but yes, you did the actual deed. Let's start the list. Marielle Schulz, Emily Daneiro, Sam Daneiro, Alex Dorli, Thalia Grace, Hazel Levesque, Travis Stoll and through 'your' actions, Jason Grace. Annabeth Chase may add herself to that list as well, I did stab her with a dagger."

Tears sprang to my eyes. "You made me kill my family? Why?"

Female me laughed. "Because it's fun!"

I lunged at her.

Stormy sea-green eyes narrowed and suddenly I couldn't move.

"You see, Percy, I'm you. I know how you work, how you think. I'm in charge now, and this is what's going to happen. I'm going to lock you up, but keep you awake." She circled me slowly. "You're going to watch me kill all of your friends. Every single one of them. And then I'll go to your family. Then," She stopped in front of my face, smirking. "Oh, this is the best part! I'm going to destroy the world."

"Why? If you destroy the world, there's nothing for you to rule or whatever." I tried to reason with the person I was starting to recognize.

She was me. The me I tried to bury, the me that I hated. The me that was a monster.

"Oh darling, I don't want to rule. I want to destroy. As much as I can, where I can, when I can. I thrive off of destruction. It's actually what let me out in the first place, your desire for that boy, Alex, to be destroyed. The more destruction your body causes, the tighter my hold is. You're never going to get away from me, Percy."

I tried to jump forward again. Female me cackled.

"Oh please, I know you, remember? I know how you think. And I can shut. You. Down."

In an instant, she was behind me. Her elbow made contact with my spine, dropping me easily to the ground. One combat boot planted itself on the back of my neck while the other stopped just in front of my face.

"My name's Percie, by the way. P-E-R-C-I-E. Thought you should know, we're going to be spending a lot of time together."

I didn't look up as she walked off, not even responding to the sound of the door closing or the room going dark.

[A/N dang, demigodgrounder you were close! "Possessed!" "Possessed!" It was great. Hope you guys enjoyed the reveal!]