Percy and Annabeth were walking along the beach, talking about the events that will be taking place in a few hours, when Nico came running up towards them.

"Nico!" Thalia screamed, running out of the woods, face bright red.

"Sorry!" Nico said real quickly after bumping into Percy, turning his head enough to look at him.

"It's okay. What happened?" He asked, stepping between the two, and attempting to catch Thalia.

"She found out that I wasn't sleeping or eating..." Nico said, looking away from the group, trying to catch his breath. Now that he looked, Nico did have bags under his eyes and his arms were smaller.

"Neeks, you have to eat and sleep. She is only worried, okay." Percy said, putting a hand on his shoulder. "Now, Thalia, if you know someone who hasn't slept or eaten in the past 48 hours, you don't chase them through the woods."

Thalia huffed, "What ever you say, Kelp Head," and went up to hug Nico.

He walked to his cabin after the evening events were re-announced at lunch. They would be sparring, one person from each cabin, Greek and Roman parents both. He was obviously going to be the representative for Poseidon and Neptune, as Tyson was not at camp today. He sat down on his bed for a few resting, until the shell was blown notifying it was time for everyone to gather. He walked over to where the other representatives stood, soon Chiron greeted them.

"Today we will be doing a sparring competition, now this will be a tournament, meaning if you win the first round you move onto the second and so on. The ones going first are...Pollux and Dakota. Same rules when training, maiming is okay, as long as no one dies." Chiron said then left to go announce the first two to the crowd.

"The first round is Pollux and Dakota."

Everyone erupted into applause. They walked into the arena, and pulled their swords. Dakota charged at Pollux with his gladius. They fought for a good 10 minutes before Pollux got the upper hand and got Dakota on the ground with his and Dakota's sword at his throat. Chiron came out to them as Pollux handed Dakota back his sword.

"Good job Pollux." He said then gestured for him to go wait with others, Dakota left to sit in the stands.

"Next round is... Nico Di Angelo and Thalia Grace!" He announced as they came out.

As soon as Chiron was off to the side they started to spar. The match lasted a good 15 minutes, but experience had to bow to training. Nico went to sit with Dakota and Thalia went to stand next to Percy.

Chiron came back out and announced the next round. "Next is Percy and Annabeth!" He said then went off.

The two walked out, drew their swords and fought. Annabeth seemed to have the upper hand but a series of events led to her loss. Percy swung his sword under her feet, she jumped right as he stood up, and he swung again as she landed catching her off balance, leading to her falling. Annabeth's sword went flying, as he had disarmed her after her fall. When she fell he pointed Riptide at her throat, after Chiron started walking towards them, Percy helped her up.

"Winner!" Chiron yelled then motioned for him to go wait with the others, Annabeth sat down next to Nico.

"Next is...Jason and Hazel!" He announced. The two came out with their weapons and got into a stance. Hazel drew her Spatha, while Jason flipped his coin and got his sword. After a good 10 minutes Jason unarmed Hazel.

Chiron came out to announce the next round when the Olympians flashed into camp, and sat down among the campers. They were in the front row to watch the final 7 rounds.

"Welcome my lords and ladies! The next round is...Clarisse and Pollux!" Chiron left to watch with the others.

They came out and started to spar. Every time Pollux got the upper hand Clarisse stopped him by parring the movement. After about 17 minutes Clarisse won.

"Good job guys, and Clarisse thank you for not sending him to the infirmary...again" Chiron said, as Clarisse went to stand with the others and Pollux sat down next to his brother.

"Next round is...Thalia and Frank." Chiron said then walked off.

The match started and it got pretty violent, pretty fast. It took about 2 minutes until one got cut. About 8 minutes in Thalia finally got his sword from him.

"Next round is Percy and Katie." Chiron said then left to sit down.

Percy got out Riptide and Katie got out her sword. They started the match pretty quickly, Percy swung his sword to try and trip her. Katie jumped up and swung her sword. He dodged it and pushed his sword towards her to try and catch her off balance.

"Really?" She asked laughing.

He shrugged "Sure." He blocked a blow at his chest.

She shook her head then pounced forwards trying to cut him. He side stepped, so she landed on her knees. Percy swung his sword again this time cutting Katie's arm. She looked at him her eyes going bright green. Vines and other various plants started to wrap around his legs, he cut them as they came towards him but that made them grow faster.

Percy noted to himself, 'Never piss off a child of Demeter.' He looked up to see Katie charging at him. Percy got his arms at the ready, he lifted his sword and countered her attack.

He disarmed Katie before taking her sword.

"Can you undo these please?" He asked pointing to the vines halfway up his legs.

She nodded laughing. Chiron came out with a fond smile on his lips.

"The next round will be Piper and Jason, but before that we will be taking a fifteen minute break."

Everyone got up and headed to the bathrooms or the dining pavilion to get snacks and/or drinks.

Once everyone was back and ready to start again, Jason and Piper came out with their weapons. Jason took to the air, and Piper had her dagger out at the ready. Jason charged at Piper as he swung his sword. Piper tried to swing the dagger and tried to make a hit. Jason took advantage of this, and made an attempt to disarm her. After the dagger hit the ground Jason landed, putting his sword to her throat.

Chiron came out and nodded at the two. Jason went to stand next to his sister while Piper sat down next to Annabeth.

"Next round is Clarisse and Percy. Now I would like Annabeth and Chris to sit somewhere where they can get to these two quickly." The two nodded and got up and went to the front step near the floor.

Clarisse and Percy came out, "You ready for a beating, Prissy?" She snarled.

"You wish." He shot back.

Clarisse drew her sword and Percy uncapped his.

"Leave parent rivals, past fights, and grudges out of this please!" Annabeth and Chris yelled at the two.

They nodded and started to spar, Percy blocked most of the blows that Clarisse served him, but the ones aimed for his arm, leg, and cheek, as they were all bleeding. Clarisse's cheek, arm, leg, and hand were also all bleeding. The match lasted a good 20 minutes before he was able to disarm her.

Chris and Annabeth came out, Annabeth gave Percy a bottle of water to use to heal his cuts, while Chris gave Clarisse a first aid kit.

When Clarisse saw everyone watching in aw as Percy healed his cuts, she scoffed, and proceeded to yell, "Oh My Gods! You people see him do this all the time!"

Percy froze and put the water back into the bottle.

"Perce, its okay. Do you want me to do it?" Will asked.

He nodded handing the bottle back to Annabeth. If you looked closely, Clarisse looked worried and guilty as she sat down next to Chris.

"Why did he freeze?" Poseidon asked Chiron.

"Percy has always been very self-conscious about what he can do with his powers. All the big three kids are, they are all scared of what they can do and loosing control is always in the back of their minds." He explained to the God of the Sea.

Poseidon looked at his son sadly.

Will glowed as he put his hand on Percy's cuts. Apollo proudly watched as his son healed his friend. After all of Percy and Clarisse's cuts were healed, Chiron came out and announced the next fight.

"Jason and Thalia, you're up next." The two came out and smirked at each other.

Zeus watched as his two kids draw their swords, pride filled his mind while watching the two. The fight was going back and forth for around 10 minutes. Jason soon got the advantage and disarmed his sister. Thalia's sword hit the ground and Chiron announced Jason the winner. Thalia smiled as she ruffled her brother's hair then went to sit next to Nico. He looked at her surprised knowing she let Jason win that fight.

"Shh. I've missed so many years with him, if one spar makes him happy. Then he can have it." She whispered before shocking him, making him jump.

Chiron then announced that they would have a break for dinner before the last match.

After dinner and everyone settled back into their seats Chiron announced that the last match, and the match to decide the winner of the tournament, would be Jason and Percy. The two came out and got their sword at the ready. Jason flipped his coin and Percy uncapped Riptide. Percy pulled out some seashells, earning a chuckle from the Ares cabin.

"What are you gonna do Prissy throw seashells?" Clarisse taunted.

Poseidon laughed, "Well that's one way."

Percy smirked, everyone watched as the sea shells became puddles. Jason got into the air, and Percy pulled him back down with water. Their swords clashed, fabricating sparks. Jason got into the air again, flipping his sword into a spear. Percy used the water and disarmed him. Jason got onto the ground and used the wind around Percy to knock him over.

Chiron called down Annabeth and Thalia to the front. "Get ready to step in, with them using their powers, I need you to be prepared in case they lose control. Annabeth step in if he starts to seem like he did down there, Thalia step in if you feel it's no longer safe. Okay?" They both nodded, sitting where Annabeth and Chris sat two rounds ago.

Percy felt his gut being pulled, and his eyes went wide. He took a deep breath before pulling more water from the seashells, pulling Jason from the air. His vision started to get blurry, and he felt a familiar tug. He felt a connection he did not want to connect to. He knew Annabeth was nearby so he took a deep breath to calm down. He looked at Jason and stepped forward, but suddenly he wasn't in the arena anymore, he was in the death mist in Tartarus.

In front of him was Akhlys, she was pushing poison towards him, his arm lifted, and the poison redirected. He then took control of her tears and sweat and used that.

He enjoyed using it, 'No I don't!' Percy thought, his breathing quickening to short fast breathes.

Annabeth watched as the water moved towards Jason, and her eyes widened as she watched it go in the same path as the poison did.

"I need to step in, he mentally isn't in the ring." Annabeth told Thalia, whose eye widened realizing he was having an episode.

Thalia went to Poseidon while Annabeth told Jason to move.

Thalia got Poseidon's attention, "You need to be ready to redirect all of the water. Percy has PTSD from being down there and is having an episode. He is mentally back there, and is not in control of his powers, the flashback is."

He nodded getting up, Apollo also got up and followed down to help.

Thalia looked at Mr. D, "He is going to need help when gets out of it. It's bad." Mr. D nodded and watched Percy.

Annabeth looked at Jason, "Move. If you aren't in the path of the water you won't be hurt."

He nodded and moved away, Percy moved the water to where Jason moved from. He was now glad he moved, as the speed the water was going was violent at best. Percy eyes were distant, Annabeth saw his breathing quicken.

"Percy?" Annabeth asked not wanting to make it worse. "Percy what as the promise?"

He seemed to hear her that time. "Not to...not to...not to." He screamed, the violent water that he was controlling now getting rabid.

Poseidon stopped the water, Apollo got behind Percy ready to catch him.

"Percy? Percy? Who do you see?" Annabeth said trying to get his attention again.

"NO! I don't like it! I didn't like it!"

Annabeth took a deep breathe knowing what he was seeing, as they had talked about it in the past.

"Percy, hey. Breathe, will you breathe for me." Apollo said trying to guide him to reality. "Come on. Breathe." He came up behind him, hugging him, and taking exaggerated breathes. "Match mine." Percy's breathing got more calm though his crying got worse.

Mr. D got down from the stands heading towards Percy and Apollo.

"Percy?" He asked.

Percy looked up. All the demigods and satyrs left to leave Percy, Mr. D , Apollo and Poseidon, to their own. The Gods started to leave but Percy suddenly shouted for them to wait.

"Percy?" Artemis asked worriedly.

He looked up, his eyes broken and hurt. "I...I don't trust myself."

Hestia looked at the young hero, slowly walking towards him. "Perseus. It's okay. You had to survive. Would you have done that, outside of that place?"

Percy shook his head no.

"Then you are not evil, or bad, or like the ones you had to fight."

He let out a whimper that broke the hearts of the many gods who knew him.

Apollo looked at him, "What happened down there?"

Percy looked at Zeus, then at his Dad who nodded understandingly. "Zeus, if he says something and you feel threatened, just know you have been down there so you know he had to do it to survive." He nodded, gesturing for Percy to start.

"Annabeth and I were running from Polybotes and his friends. We had to go to Aklys and ask for her help with the death mist. She did, we were covered with the death mist, but she soon betrayed us and started attacking. I tried to control her poison to stop it from getting to me and succeeded. I think Tartarus was affecting me mentally..." Percy stopped trying to catch his breath as more tears started coming down his cheek.

"Percy, what did you do?" Poseidon asked.

"I drowned her. I used her own poison and drowned her. She started crying and panicking, so I used her tears and sweat too." Percy gasped as he remembered the cracking sensation. "I don't know if it was because of the powers I was using or her trying to fight me mentally, but as I used my powers to drown her I felt as if something cracked inside me."

Poseidon gasped, "Did it smooth out after you quit using these powers?"

Percy nodded looking down.

"Zeus we need to talk, I don't like this more than you but..." Poseidon trailed off looking at Percy with sad eyes.

"Percy?" Apollo asked, earning his attention. "Can you look at me." Percy looked at Apollo. "You did what you needed to survive, Tartarus is known to twist morals and make it easier to hurt people. Do you understand?" He nodded.

"Perseus, can you look at me?" Percy looked at Hestia. "You did what you had to, you are not a monster. Now I would like you to breathe, then talk to Dionysus. He can help you. Okay?"

Percy nodded then headed off with Mr. D.

"Zeus, the Curse of Achilles takes part of your soul, so he already had a incomplete soul before he fell. Then unlocking those abilities took even more of it. The cracking he described was the same thing Dionysus described before we turned him. His mortality is burning away." Poseidon told Zeus, and he did the one thing Poseidon didn't want him to do, he nodded.

"We will tell the council tomorrow, then Apollo or Chiron can tell him before we turn him. He will have two weeks after we tell him to say his goodbyes, since it will probably be a good 50 years before he can interact again fully in control." Zeus said then flashed away.

Poseidon watch Percy leave with Mr. D. "I am so sorry that you have been handed this fate, son." He said even though he knew Percy couldn't hear him. Then he flashed to Atlantis.