War Of The Gods (Percy Jackson Fan Fiction)

Memorial

Third Person's POV

They were all gathered in the Mess Hall. Hazel was resting her head on Frank's shoulders. Piper was red eyed, still burying her face on Jason's shoulder. Alex was still sobbing, getting soothes by Nico. Thalia was sitting down, motionless. Grover had just been crying. So was Tyson, who had just processed that his brother really is dead. Leo was sitting cross legged, next to Calypso. Sophie, who heard the news a little later, was crying, and Thomas was teary eyed. Even Reyna, who they all had seen lock up all her emotions, cried when she heard that Percy gave up his life.

Percy's death hit everyone hard.

Aether walked in the Mess hall, and sighed.

"I hate to do this. But I think you guys should know." Aether said. "The spell wasn't finished."

"What?" Jason said.

"What?!" Nico said.

"What?!" The other chorused.

"The spell! It wasn't finished. H-he died, just before the final blow. It was suppose to build a permanent, shield. But it wasn't finished." Aether said. "It's temporary."

"Temporary?!" Sophie yelled.

"My brother, gave up his life, for a temporary shield?!" Alex yelled.

"He bought us some time." Nico said.

"How long?" Thalia said

"12 hours." Aether said.

"What about Annabeth?" Piper asked.

"I put her into a 10 hour, dreamless sleep. She'll need it." Aether said.

"She's not going to fight." Leo said. "She can't."

"This is ridiculous." Reyna said. "He shouldn't've died."

"What do we do now?" Hazel said.

"In 12 hours. The borders will go off." Aether said. "There will be, an army, waiting. We have to fight."

"Why did you give him the spell?" Frank said.

"Look. I regretted it. I found a way, and I had to tell him. I tried to talk him out of it. I did. I tried erasing his memory, but under these conditions, my magic isn't strong." Aether said.

"As much as I hate it, he did the right thing. It's a miracle everyone stayed alive, after fighting each other." Jason said.

Connor and Travis Stoll was silent, as they walked to the mess hall, with Katie who has just been crying.

"We thought we should let you know-" Connor said.

"-that there is a Memorial for Percy." Travis said.

"It's in front of Cabin 3." Katie said, before they left.

"I think we should go." Thomas said.

They walked slowly, out to Cabin 3, where everyone was paying respect to their camp leader. When they arrived, everyone stepped aside, making way.

"Who made this?" Grover asked.

It was, a big collage of Percy's pictures. Stood up straight, resting upon Riptide, with blue flowers, decorated all around it. Along with a plaque, bronze plague, that says, 'Perseus Jackson. Leader, Hero, Cousin, Lover, Brother, Best-friend, Friend, Camper. The almighty savior of Olympus, demigods everywhere.'

"I did." A voice said. They all turned to see Drew, standing nearby. She was extremely casual. Sneakers, T-shirt, shorts. No make up, no hair do.

"How?" Piper said. "Why?"