The house Of Hades

10 - Percy

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10 - Percy

Percy was still rather dazed from all of his injuries and all. On top of that he wasn't exactly too sure what had happened.

Iris had popped into Tartarus, given Annabeth her stuff back as well as some nectar and ambrosia and had told them how to find the doors of death. Well sort of.

"Seek the Ice princess confined in chains, for she is the one who holds key to the giants bane" ad been echoing through his mind ever since Iris had told them that. Even better she had told Annabeth that he knew what she had been talking about. You just don't go and tell a daughter of Athena that they won't be able to put a puzzle together. It was just plain logic.

Annabeth had stalked off after hearing that. Percy wanted to go after her but he knew it was best to give her some time to cool down.

The more Percy thought about what Iris the more it made sense. "Seek the ice princess confined in chains". Percy realized that meant Khione.

Khione wasn't literally locked in chains, but she may as well be because of the fact she can't leave the woods. Come to think about it Percy did remember Khione mentioning something about trials and switching places with her. It had all began to click together and Percy knew where to start.

Percy hadn't regained all of his strength back but at least he was able to walk. He got up slowly and starting walking over to where Annabeth was, on the other side of the beach sitting by herself, curled up in a ball.

Percy knew better than to walk in the water as it had almost killed him previously. How it didn't affect Annabeth or Iris he didn't know.

Percy walked right around the beach and eventually reached Annabeth. It was obvious she had been crying as she had red tear streaks running down her face. When she realized Percy was sitting down next to her she said "What do you want?" in a fierce and hostile voice. Abruptly she then took it back and said "I'm sorry, Percy. I just miss everyone. Our last hope of getting out was the doors of death then Iris drops that bomb shell on us and I have no idea what she meant. I mean, who is this Ice Princess any?" Annabeth said, trying to hold back tears. Annabeth turned her head and looked at Percy. "You know something don't you? Iris said you did" Annabeth said with a sniff and wiped her eyes and stood up. Percy told Annabeth everything he knew.

"Well lets go and find this Ice Princess then shall we, Seaweed brain?" Annabeth said with a hint of hope in her voice, smiling for the first time in Tartarus.

The journey was rough back to the icy woods off of the sinister plains where they had landed in Tartarus.

As they got to the icy woods, the scenery began shifting. One minute they had been standing in the plains and the next they were in the icy forest.

"Percy, are you sure this is the right place?" Annabeth asked looking surprised that such a place existed in Tartarus. "Yes, positive" Percy muttered.

As they walked further in the trees began to thin out making a clearing. From the clearing the green moon in the sky was visible, casting a nasty sinister glow on everything.

Percy walked further into the clearing expecting to see Khione waiting for them, but there was no sign of her. "She should be here" Percy exclaimed to Annabeth, only to get no reply.

Percy thought Annabeth was next to him, well at least she was a few seconds ago. Where she was now, Percy had no idea.

The wind had begun to kick up, sending chills down Percy's spine. Gods where was she? Percy thought to himself beginning to worry.

Percy had only just noticed that he had strayed from the forest clearing. He could no longer see the sky because of the tree canopy hanging overhead. Percy tried remembering which way he came in but everything looked the same to him.

Percy then heard Annabeth calling his name out loud. Obviously she had also realized that they had gotten separated. Percy began walking towards where Annabeth's voice was coming from. As the sound was getting closer he heard Annabeth scream. At first he thought it was a monster but quickly realized it wasn't. Annabeth had screamed because they had run into each other and had both fallen over.

Percy swore that he hadn't seen Annabeth moments ago. He was walking through the forest trying to find her and the he had bumped into her.

Percy grabbed Annabeth's hand and pulled her up and hugged her. "Thank the gods, I thought you were in trouble" Percy said to Annabeth.

Just then Percy realized that Annabeth was whimpering. "Are you alright?" Percy asked Annabeth. "No, I'm scared Percy. Something doesn't feel right. Can we get out of here? I thought you said she would be here, didn't you Percy?"

"She should be. This is where I found her before. She also said that she couldn't leave this forest because she was cursed to be locked in here for eternity by Gaea. She should be in here" Percy exclaimed.

"How big exactly is this forest, Percy?" Annabeth asked sounding scared. He could see that Annabeth wanted to run right away, but they couldn't. They had to face their fears if they were to ever shut the doors of death. These were the trials that Iris had been talking about. Iris's words echoed through his head "The consequences of failure will be worse than death, itself". Percy wasn't exactly sure about this but he had a feeling that if they left the woods before they had faced the trial within them they would never be able to find the doors of death.

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