The son of chaos

The death of a hero

-Annabeth pov-

We were fighting strong against Gaea. We have been fighting for hours and almost every demigod is tired. We had lost many demigods but we were winning. I looked around for my boyfriend Percy when I saw him walking up to Gaea. He can beat her I thought. They talked for a while then they began fighting. Percy was winning and then my whole world stopped. He stabbed her but she slid the sword into his chest before she disappeared into the ground. Gaea was asleep again but Percy was going to die. "PERCY!!" I screamed. He fell to the floor as if in slow motion. I raced to him and carefully pulled out the sword. "We won Annabeth, we won. Gaea's gone." He said in a quick raspy voice. He looked at me and wiped the tears that were forming. "Don't worry wise girl, you will be fine. I did this mostly for you." He then spotted the other four of the seven and Thalia. (Leo died from an arrow through the stomach, Jason died from a chest wound.) "Frank, stay strong and keep the girls safe okay?" Frank sniffled then nodded. I knew Percy was going to die soon because he was speaking in whispers. "Hazel, don't ever believe you don't belong as a part of the seven okay? You are like a sister to me and I'm glad you are. Piper, You are one of the best and bravest Aphrodite daughter I have ever known. and trust me, I have met a good few. Thalia, you are the best cousin but Im going to be with the others now. Don't ever blame yourselves for anyone's deaths okay." Piper and Hazel began sobbing into each other's shoulder. While Thalia was crying. "Annabeth, your the best girlfriend I have ever had and I am sorry but I have to leave now. Your safe but know this, I will always be watching over you and if you are feeling particularly upset just imagine me next to you." I nodded. Thalia snapped out of it still sobbing though. "Don't you dare die on me Percy Jackson." He whispered "I'm sorry "once more, closed his eyes, smiled and took one more breath and then went still.

"Percy?" I shook him but he didn't move. I began crying even louder. Then I heard someone crying behind me. I turned around and saw Poseidon crying. Shockingly my mother Athena was attempting to comfort him. The other gods were consoling their traumatised children, grieving for the loss of their children and, those who knew, for the loss of the best hero. I looked around and saw that many demigods had died all of them had died fighting for their home. All of them innocent. Some were only around six, practically still babies. It was  devastating. I saw the hunters finish off the remaining monsters when Thalia turned round and saw me. She looked at me began crying even more. Her and Percy had gotten quite close recently and Nico had too but I hadn't seen him for ages. That was when I saw him, on the ground with blood dripping from his stomach. I automatically knew he was dead. Beside him was a knife which could have been mistaken to be scarlet dye. It was quite gruesome. There were bodies laying everywhere the injured were being treated but that didn't matter to me because one important person in my life wouldn't or couldn't be treated. That important person was Percy Jackson, saviour of Olympus twice. I gave the body to Poseidon. "I'm sorry Lord Poseidon. It should have been me not him." I said while shaking with grief and tears. "No Annabeth. Percy would not have let that happen he was much to loyal. Hades." Hades came over. He too looked devastated over the deaths of Nico and Percy. "Yes brother?" He asked. "Make sure all these," Poseidon indicated to all of the bodies around him "make it to Esylium please?" Hades nodded. I was led away by my mother. "Annabeth, I know I didn't really like him but I know now that he meant a lot to you. So I'm sorry for your loss." I nodded and said "Thanks mom. Who is going to tell Sally Jackson?" "I think Poseidon is." I looked over at Poseidon being consoled by Hades. Then my thoughts wandered back to the many who had died. So many, my half brother Malcom, Percy, Jason, Leo, Nico, Clarrise, Jake from the Hephaestus cabin, Kaydee from the Aphrodite cabin, Aaron from the Hermes cabin, Phoebe from the Hunters and many more. Tomorrow was the funeral for Percy, Nico, Jason and Leo. The rest were the following days.

****The next day ****

There were beautiful designs on the shrouds. On Jason's there was a blue background with clouds and lightning bolts. Leo's had an orange background with tools and flames positioned all over it. On Nico's there was a black background with skulls and ghosts all over it. Then there was Percy's, with a blue/sea green coloured background with waves, horses and tridents everywhere. I remember Percy saying years ago that my burial shroud was so beautiful it was a shame not to bury me in it. I almost laughed at the memory. Oh Percy, why did you have to die? Over the next few days were a blur. We had plaques made with the names of all the demigods that had perished in the war. Four of those names had statues however. Those four names were Jason Grace, Nico Di'Angelo, Leo Valdez and Percy Jackson. Heroes of Olympus.

--Poseidon POV --

My son is dead. As I held my son's lifeless body I felt like the worst father ever, but then I thought about Hades and Zues so I felt a bit better. But I couldn't get my head around the fact that Percy is really dead.