Percy Jackson, the New Olympian

The Truth is Revealed and Realised

Time Break: 1 Week

My tired legs collapsed as I crested Half-Blood Hill, looking over my home. I could see the Armory, the Big House, the Cabins, everything. Tears streamed down my cheeks as I smiled, relaxing as I thought of the future me and Annabeth could have now. No more wars, no more psychopathic titans or primordials threatening the ones I love, no more crazy quests to be sent on. I looked to the sky as tears stream down my cheeks faster. Finally, the one constant thing I have wanted since seeing this place for the very first time. Peace.

I wiped my cheeks, stood painfully, and began my walk to my wise girl to finally propose to her. I began imagining our future together on my way to her cabin. Where we would live, what our house would look like, what our kids would look like and what their names would be. I liked Jackson and Jillian, Jack and Jill for short, though I'd have to see what Annabeth thought first. I'd be bringing Mrs. O'leary and Blackjack of course, so we'd need somewhere a little secluded from the mortal world. Maybe we could go back to Alaska? That way the gods would have an agent there in case someone else tried to overthrow the gods from there again.

I was so absorbed with my thoughts that I didn't notice all the stares and wide eyes I was receiving. All the whispers behind hands and tears I was attracting. I reached Athena cabin and knocked on the front door, then turned around to face the way I came, only now noticing the crowd that was watching me.

"What? Do I have something on my face?" I tried to rub my face to get whatever it was off, and when I looked up, everyone was going back to their business, though I still saw a few tear soaked faces pointed my way. I was about to ask someone what was wrong when the door opened behind me.

"What?!" Someone snarled. Gods I missed that voice. I turned around to hug my Wise Girl, a smile on my face. "HEY!" She shouted, elbowing me in the shoulder to try to get me to put her down, though I barely felt it. I did notice, however, when she kneed me in the stomach, a little to close to my giblets for comfort. I hurriedly put her down and laughed. "What the hell was th-" She cut off as she saw my face, her hand jumping to cover her mouth. "Percy?"

"What's going on babe?" a voice behind her said. A hand sneaked around her waist and a head appeared on her shoulder. "Hey Percy. When did you get back?"

Rachel Elizabeh FUCKING Dare. What the hell happened while I was gone?!

"J-Just a few minutes ago. Um, what the hell is going on?" I asked, my brain still trying to play catch up.

"Percy, I wanted to tell you that I'm gay sooner but you disappeared to the Roman camp and no one knew where you went and I was depressed and Rachel helped keep me sane and we started getting closer and closer until we realized we loved each other and when you came back I was going to tell you but then we fell into Tartarus and I knew I wouldn't survive if you left so I decided to tell you when we go back to camp but then we got caught up in helping the Romans rebuild camp Jupiter and then you disappeared again and-" Annabeth said, trying to get everything out in one breath, but I stopped her.

"Hold up, time out, freeze," I said, hold up my hands so they made a 'T', then started counting off on my fingers. "You mean to tell me that I dated a lesbian, got yelled at by that lesbian for merely LOOKING at her crush, fell into hell for that girl, fought tooth and nail against some of the most powerful monsters known for the girl I loved, challenged Ladon the Unconquered for the right to propose to that girl, and raced across the country to propose to that girl, all the while getting lied to, cheated on, hit, kicked, scratched, cut, and yelled at by the same girl, all in a little less than fourteen months? Did I get that right?"

She didn't even have the courage to say anything. She just nodded. I looked at her as if she was fucking insane. Now that I wasn't so distracted, I started seeing the signs. Her frizzy hair, the hickeys on her neck and chest, the lipstick around her mouth, her hesitation when doing something romantic with me. I am the biggest dumbass on the planet. I turned around, and just started walking back towards the hill.

"Where are you going?!" She yelled, running after me. I didn't bother to answer. I just kept walking. Eventually, she reached me and put a hand on my chest trying to push me back. All she managed to do was knock herself off balance. I still continued to walk. She regained her footing and put her hand on my arm to pull me back. "Stop! Where are you going?"

"What's it matter? You don't seem to care about my feelings. Why should you care where I'm going?" I said, finally answering her, though I still continued to walk. My face was expressionless, even when people started to stop and stare at the two of us. She tried to pull me back, but I just dragged her along. I forgot to mention this, but I shot up during the time that I've been gone. I was now 7 feet tall and weighed 300 lbs. of pure muscle. She might as well as have been trying to move an elephant. Hell, she'd probably have better luck with an elephant.

"I may be gay, but I still care for you," She said, still trying to pull me back. "And I want to make sure you don't do anything you'll regret." I stopped suddenly beside the still glowing embers of the fire from the night before, causing her stop pulling, walk around me, and look into my eyes. She gasped at the pain she saw in them.

"I regret many things Annabeth. Most of all, I regret falling for your lies. This, however, I do not regret," I said as I pulled out the ring I was going to give her. It was beautiful, with two intricate, symmetrical olive trees carved into a silver band, one on each side of the main design which was a diamond owl. It's eyes were two sea-green emeralds. On the inside of the ring was the words, 'You are the order to the chaos I call life.'

"I used to think this was true," I said, staring at the ring. "I used to think that you were my anchor, my raft in this sea of madness. Now at least, I know the truth."

She also stared at the ring. "What truth?"

I looked back up at her, then said, "You're the one who threw me overboard into the madness in the first place."

I took one last look at the ring, then tossed it into the burning embers. "To the gods." Then, I continued walking.