Percy's POV

I immediately grabbed Riptide, and ran outside. That's where I saw the Minotaur. Again. He was holding Annabeth, who was bleeding badly from a wound in her leg. 

"Let her go!" I screamed, running towards them. Then Annabeth smiled weakly.

"No Percy. This is the only way. It's either me or everyone. Remember that I love you." She said. The Minotaur slashed at her face, and she crumpled to the ground. That's when I broke. I felt something inside me snap, and I fell to the ground, my shoulders shaking, sobs bursting from my mouth. Nico silently walked up behind the Minotaur, slashing through it with his Stygian Iron sword, reducing it to dust, which settled on top of Annabeth's limp body. My vision went red at the edges, and the world began to sound like it was underwater. I felt someone sit down next to me, and saw Nico.

"T-t-t-t-thanks f-f-f-or k-killing t-the M-M-Minotaur." I managed to get out.

"No problem. You should get up. Chiron just called a full camp meeting at the amphitheater." Nico said, and I nodded. He helped me stand, and I shakily walked to the amphitheater, where Jason and Thalia were already waiting for us. So there we sat, the four most powerful demigods of our generation, reduced to tears. Just then Chiron spoke.

"As you all know, today we had an attack, by the Minotaur. We lost one of our best campers, Annabeth Chase, who has been here for 9 years. Annabeth was smart, brave, kind, and loyal. We will always miss her. Would Percy please come up to burn her shroud?" I stumbled to the stage, where I lightly set her shroud in the flames, not caring that I was burning my hands. I looked out at the camp, my camp, my home, and began to speak.

"I've known Annabeth since we were 12. We've been through so much, that I can't imagine living life without her. She was what kept me going when I wanted to stop. She was the warmth, and the light in my life." I looked over at the flames. "Annabeth, I will never forget you, and I can't wait to see you later on, in Elysium. Because if you go anywhere else, there is no justice in the world. Goodbye, Annabeth Chase, Daughter of Athena, my sunshine." I walked off the stage, and back to my friends, where I began to cry softly. 

Then the last thing I expected happened. Rachel, who was standing next to Chiron, on the stage, collapsed, and green smoke billowed out of her mouth.

"The half-bloods,

Now the broken four,

Will soon become,

Much, much more.

One by one,

They each shall break,

But this time,

Much more is at stake.

For, through the pain, 

Never to cease,

Their great powers,

Are soon to release."

That's when all Hades broke loose, people yelling, and screaming, and jumping up, and running, and yelling,

"The broken four? Who are the broken four?"

But I knew.

Me, Nico, Jason, and Thalia.