Heroes of Olympus: Life at Camp Half-Blood (DISCONTINUED)

Chapter 57: Into Olympus

          After Percy had been awakened from his disturbing dream, he had tried to fight the growing tiredness inside of him, but he failed and drifted into a deep sleep for the rest of the night. One visited by a lot of dreams. 

          Hours passed, silence was the only sound heard through the Labyrinth's walls. Percy could hear a voice coming from far, yet close. "Wake up you oversized fish! We don't have all day!" Percy's eyes fluttered open, focusing their vision to find Leo looming over him. 

        "About damn time, don't you think?" Leo grinned and walked away. Percy responded with a yawn and steadily rose. 

          "How long did we sleep?" Percy asked the group of demigods that were getting ready to leave. 

          "I don't know. I forgot to keep glancing at my watch when I was on night watch, I drifted away, sorry."  Jason said. 

          "It's okay, we have a more important thing to worry about." Piper said, she slung her backpack's strap over her shoulders. "We need to get to the middle of the Labyrinth as soon as possible and sneak into Olympus and make sure to not be seen by anyone." 

          "We have one more problem actually." Percy explained. He briefly summarized his dream, focusing mostly on what the Olympians intended to do to both camps. 

          Annabeth ran her fingers through her tangled hair. "What are we going to do?! They'll never have time to find us by sunset, they don't even know where to start." 

          "Simple. We contact Reyna, Connor, Travis and Nico. And we turn ourselves in. I won't allow the camps to be reduced into ashes." Percy stated. 

          "Percy are you out of your mind? Turning ourselves in will get us killed!" Leo said.

          "Not turning ourselves in will burn the two camps down and cause harm to come in the way of the ones we love. I won't be surprised if Calypso is already on the list of who will be hurt by the gods." Percy seemed frustrated. He had a feeling his mom would be targeted too.

          "Percy turning ourselves in won't change anything, it won't fulfill the prophecy." Jason explained, the others nodding in response. 

          Percy's eyes burned with anger and disappointment. "Is fulfilling the prophecy all you lot suddenly care about? Is becoming the new king or queen what you want right now? Well let me tell you the first thing a king or queen should not posses. You know what that is?" 

          None of them replied.

          "It's called selfishness. And who is being selfish at this point? All of you! Only caring for the throne. A king or queen should be loyal to their people, they should put them first! And the people, protect the king or queen. You know who are the people? The two camps, not one of them confessed about us. These people did their part. You as the future kings and queens, didn't. Your putting yourself first." Percy's heart rate was racing. 

          Seeing the silence and astonishment that came from the others, he continued. "We should put our people first and surrender ourselves for their well being. A leader without an army dominates nothing. We are about to lose our army, the ones who never betrayed us. Jason and Annabeth?" Percy said glancing towards them. 

          "Did Thalia ever betray you Annabeth, did she not try to protect you when you were a kid Jason. Didn't she sacrifice herself for you Annabeth and died and became a tree for half of her life? Did she hesitate that day or put herself first? I think not. Isn't Nico the best brother to you Hazel, did he ever turn his back on you? Didn't he bring you back to life? What about Reyna, Jason? Piper what about your dad and friends at camp? Annabeth what about your dad? Frank ever thought what would happen right now to the kids in Camp Jupiter?" His eyes darted between them, shame shaped their faces.