Percy smiled, "I know all the pretty girls names," the girl blushed but Percy was too busy looking around to notice, "where is everyone else?"
"Th-they are at the party."
"Party?"
Nancy nodded, "ah huh, the victory party. You know, for you guys."
"So it's just us then," Percy commented as he went to the medical shelf containing the medical potion Percy provided Michael with.
"Ah, us?" Nancy asked, "who is she by the way?"
Percy took out a low grade potion and walked back to Thalia, "you wouldn't believe me if I told you."
"She looks sick," Nancy commented touching her forehead.
"She's just tired," Percy commented as he raised Thalia's head lowering the liquid down her throat to swallow. The girl instinctively swallowed down the potion restoring her health to half full.
"How do you know?"
Percy pressed his hand up against Thalia's chest, "I just do," he then activated his blood control taking out little of his own blood and drawing a healing rune around Thalia's forehead. Percy hen spent 720 HP and 200 MP to raise Thalia's health back to full.
Soon Thalia's skin returned back to normal and Percy smiled.
Nancy placed a hand on Thalia and used some of her powers to diagnose the girl. "I-it's amazing," she whispered out, "she's back to full health now. I would say she's about to wake up any moment."
Percy nodded, "good, that's good," Percy looked aside and towards the windows going into a deep thought. He was wondering what he should do now. Percy took a chair and sat it down next to Thalia's bed.
"How did you do that?" Nancy asked looking at Percy.
Percy looked confused "what?"
"How did, you know, heal her?"
"It's a rune," Percy pointed at the blood rune on Thalia's head, "it transforms my health into her."
"Isn't that dangerous?"
PErcy shook his head, "not for me. I have a lot of energy when compared to her. I probably just gave her...around 7% of my total health."
Nancy looked at Percy in shock, "woah, you must have a lot of health then huh?"
Percy nodded and looked down at Thalia, "yeah I do." Percy looked at Thalia for a while before sighing, "look she'll probably be asleep for sometime. I don't actually know her, but Annabeth does. Why don't you call her, I'm sure she'll want to see her friend again."
"But if I don't stay next to her-"
"-Relax, I got this," Percy said giving the girl a relaxed smile, "I'll make sure nothing happens to her. You just go get Annabeth, she needs to see this."
Nancy looked like she wanted to say something but her shyness won out as she nodded and walked out to go and call Annabeth.
Percy sighed and looked down at Thalia's unconscious form. "Guess it's just you and me cousin," Percy said as he leaned back on his chair. He waited for some time, he mostly spent it thinking about whether this was a blessing or a curse. With Thalia here he didn't have to be the chosen one, but she wasn't strong like him, she wasn't ready to fight them.
The entire world had just changed. Thalia wasn't suppose to be alive, but now that she was this changed the prophecy. Thalia was 15, if you don't include the time she spent as a tree, meaning she was the closest one to filling the prophecy, not him. Kronos now had a way to control the prophecy again, he could use Luke to get to Thalia.
Percy was happy at first, if Thalia was the child of the prophecy that means he didn't have to die. But after some time Percy's mind started working over time and he realised something, Thaila would probably die to moment she even tries to face Kronos.
Percy sighed, he realised that she didn't stand a chance. Percy didn't know Thalia personally, heck he didn't even know her fighting style, but he knew one thing, he was stronger than her. He was their best chance at winning, with Thalia now being the child of prophecy…. Things didn't look so good.
Percy shook his head, things just got complicated, again. Looks like his trip to his mom's just got postponed for the foreseeable future.
Soon several feet were heard coming up the stairs and Percy turned to see Nancy and Annabeth walking up the stairs.
The daughter of Athena had red eyes from crying, it hurt Percy to see that. "Percy why did you-" she stopped midsentence gasping the moment her eyes fell onto Thalia, "-is-is that..."
"Thalia," Percy said, "for some reason the tree opened up and spat her out. I brought her here to be healed, she's alive Annabeth."
The daughter of Wisdom walked towards the bed and slowly touched Thalia's check afraid she would shatter she with a mere touch. She traced her finger along her face and finally when it seemed she wasn't going to crack like a mirror Annabeth fell to her knees in joy.
Percy got up as Annabeth started to cry tears of joy. He walked to the stairs leaving her alone with her old friend.
"Where are you going?" Nancy asked.
"I need some air," Percy said as he walked away.
He left the Big House and walked to the beach. Percy walked along the sand and the water, he had just spent days out there in the seas and though he felt like he should have been sick and tired of all the water he wasn't. The water was part of his domain, it was what made him, him.
Percy sat down on the sandy shores and laid back. It was all moving so fast, the prophecy, his friends not telling him, Thalia…..Kronos.
Percy looked at the sea, the calm waves soothed his anger and his confusion. Just then a flash of light exploded in front of him breaking the sense of tranquility Percy was surrounded in.
Percy blinked away the temporary blindness, he really needed to learn how to protect himself from that, and looked up to see Artemis standing before him. The Goddess looked the same as always as she turned to Percy and smiled.
"Artemis?" Percy asked slowly getting up, "what are you doing here?"
"Hello Percy, I heard you were back. Just wanted to drop in and see how you were."
Percy blinked, "ah, I'm good I guess. I just came back this morning."
Artemis smiled as she sat down next to him, "so how did the quest go?"
"Well, it went well I suppose. I took care of Argo and the base, I had help but we pulled down the entire structure on top of him killing them all."
Artemis nodded, "very good Percy. I'm impressed, not many people could have done what you did."
"Thanks, I guess," Percy sighed.
Artemis raised an eyebrow, "why are you so glum? Did something happen?"
"No, nothing happened," Percy said closing himself emotionally.
"Really? Cause it looks like someone kicked your dog and then spat on it," Artemis said in a teasing tone.
"Artemis I would kick my dog and spit on it," Percy said with a chuckle, "don't forget that mutt and I hate each other."
Artemis shrugged, "I see it more as a work in progress. But I digress, tell me what's bothering you Percy, and don't tell me it's nothing. I can see depression written clearly on your face."
Percy sighed, he shouldn't have even tried to fight it, "it's nothing really. Earlier today I found out my friend was keeping something from me, something important. We had a fight and…..here I am."
"Sounds like there's more to this story," Artemis said, "but you don't have to share if you don't want to."
"Thanks," Percy said as he once again remained silent. The two sat there for a long time in comfortable silence before Percy broke it again, "it's about the Prophecy."
"What prophecy?"
"The one involving a demigod of the Eldest Gods and Kronos," Percy said.
Artemis nodded, her face was empty of all emotion but understanding, "so you found out."
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