Percy's Point of View

I wasn't sure what to do anymore, Annabeth and I had been together for nearly six years, but Apparently, she got tired of me and basically threw away all the plans we'd made for a life together.  I'd been starting to think about proposing to her, but there's no point now since I saw her with another guy and it seems she's more interested in him than me these days.

She'd seemed a bit distant lately, but I hadn't even considered that she might be cheating on me, after all as far as I knew she still loved me just as much as I love her. Like we had planned we'd been going to the university in New Rome, but it seems like every time we get some peace when we can just be happy it eventually comes to an end sooner or later.

Obviously, I found out that she no longer wanted to be with me, but I almost couldn't believe it. I hadn't been able to bring myself to stay in New Rome after that, and I'd decided to leave despite my friends' protests. Camp Half-Blood wouldn't be any better, so I just left. It had been a few days since that day, and I had encountered quite a few monsters. Honestly, after Annabeth betrayed me I sometimes thought that it might just be easier to let one of the monsters kill me. I couldn't bring myself to do it though, and I just continued to kill them whenever they would find me.

I'd loved Annabeth so much, and now my heart was shattered. Since my fatal flaw was loyalty that just made it worse and I doubted that I'd get over her any time soon. Even if I did eventually move on, I didn't think I would be able to trust someone enough to have a long-term romantic relationship with them after Annabeth betrayed me.

Over the next few days, I just traveled trying to decide what to do with my life now that I wasn't returning to either of the camps. Although I considered returning to New York to stay with my mom and Paul. I quickly tossed that idea though since I would just put them in danger by returning. I hadn't even contacted them to tell them what had happened. I knew I should, but technically they probably wouldn't even be that concerned about me since she probably thought I was still in New Rome. For that reason, I put contacting them off for a little longer partially to avoid worrying them. I knew mom could always tell when something was bothering me so if I contacted her I would just have to explain what had happened and I wasn't ready to do that.

Over the next few days, I continued to travel defeating any monsters I encountered, but when there weren't monsters to fight I would usually end up thinking about Annabeth and how much she had hurt me. Dwelling on her betrayal certainly wasn't helping me but I just couldn't stop. After a while, though that led to me doing something that you might consider cowardly, but at the time it seemed easier than living with the pain.

I tried to kill myself, but it seems that it wasn't my time to die since before I passed out I heard a voice in my head, a voice that was annoyingly familiar. The voice said that it wasn't my time to die. After that, I passed out and the next time I woke up I was somewhere else entirely.  I could tell it wasn't the underworld, so I was sure I wasn't dead, but I still couldn't really figure it out. The room I was in looked like an infirmary, but I was sure it wasn't the one at Camp Half-Blood.

I'd guessed that I'd been sent here by the same person who I'd heard in my head since I could tell that my wounds were bandaged and if I hadn't been sent here I probably would have bled out and died. I finally figured out where I was when someone walked into the room. I quickly recognized that someone as Apollo. Great, I thought since I knew he would probably want me to explain what had happened, and I didn't really want to.

Apollo said, "what happened to you cuz, I came in here and found you lying there unconscious and bleeding,"

Forgetting that Apollo is the god of truth I came up with a lie to try and hide the fact that I'd inflicted the wound on myself. I replied, "I ran into a large group of monsters, one of them managed to get the better of me. I'm pretty sure the fates sent me here since I heard one of them speak in my head saying that it wasn't my time to die," Technically part of that was the truth since I was pretty sure it was one of the fates who spoke in my head and they must have sent me here for Apollo to heal me.

After I finished talking Apollo said, "Percy I'm the god of truth I know that the first part of that was a lie, what really happened?"

Great, I thought sarcastically, I didn't have much choice but to tell him even though I didn't want to. After all, there was no point in trying to lie to him again.  Kind of annoyed I replied, "I tried to kill myself, are you happy now Apollo,"

The shock was obvious on his face after I finished answering and he seemed to be speechless at first. Once he finally found his voice again though, he asked a question that I'd hoped to avoid.  He asked, "Why did you do that? I thought your life has been going well since the last war,"

Still pretty annoyed I replied, "walking in on your girlfriend having sex with someone else when you were thinking about proposing to her doesn't exactly make you happy,"

I was pretty sure I saw Apollo wince slightly at the thought of what had happened to me

Even though he couldn't relate to what had happened to me even he was smart enough to realise that having the woman you love betray you would hurt like Hades. 

Apollo spoke again saying, "I know she hurt you but that's no reason to kill yourself, it might be hard right now but give it time you can move on,"

I think he realised that I hadn't really paid attention to what he'd just said, I didn't think I could continue to live without Annabeth she was who I'd wanted to spend the rest of my life with, I'd hoped we'd get married, start a family, have a life together, but instead I'd found her with another guy clearly enjoying what they were doing. 

I didn't just feel hurt though along with all the pain I was also kind of pissed at Annabeth mainly because I'd stayed loyal to her and saved her life multiple times, not to mention that I'd fallen into Tartarus to protect her. That wasn't the only reason for my anger though, the second reason was that the one time I'd asked about when she thought she'd be ready to have sex she'd immediately said she wanted to wait until after marriage. I'd agreed to wait and dropped the subject but the day I saw her with that guy she seemed like she wasn't too concerned about waiting until after marriage.

That last reason was one fact I planned to keep to myself though no one else needed to know that particular detail. Instead of dwelling on that fact I asked Apollo, "What now? I don't suppose you're just going to let me leave once I'm healed,"

  Honestly, the gods would be idiots if they did just let me go since I'd most likely just try to kill myself again and something told me they wouldn't want me to do that.

Apollo replied, "I guess I'll have to discuss that with the council since it seems we can't trust you not to harm yourself again,"

I just nodded, whatever happens, I would deal with it and I suspected that the other gods would like to keep me around except maybe the ones who didn't like me. not long after that Apollo left once he'd told me not to do anything stupid while he was gone. Obviously, I hadn't made any promises and considered what to do next, I suspected I probably wouldn't like whatever decision the gods would make so I considered just trying to avoid whatever it would be before Apollo came looking for me.

Despite that, something stopped me, and I waited to see what would happen next. Maybe there was a part of me that still wanted to live and made me hesitate about making another attempt to end it all. Whatever it was I stayed there until Apollo eventually returned. I asked him, "So what did you decide?"

Apollo replied, "You'll find out when we get there, I think you are healed enough to get up now,"

It did still hurt a little to get up but once I was on my feet I managed to walk to the gods' throne room. Apollo didn't just leave me on my own though, he walked with me just to be sure I could make it. Apparently, he didn't want to teleport me using his powers since I still wasn't fully healed. Once we got to the throne room we went in and I tried my best to bow to the gods but since I wasn't fully healed it hurt.

Apollo went and sat on his throne before Zeus spoke, he said, "Apollo has informed us that you attempted to end your own life and that he doesn't believe that you can be trusted not to make another attempt. He believes that you feel like you no longer have a reason to continue living. Due to this, we have decided to make an offer that if you accept you would have a new purpose. Perseus we are once again offering you immortality,"

Even though I had planned on declining after I heard what he'd said I actually considered their offer before I answered them.  Even though part of me still felt miserable and wanted to decline, I think the fact that I was also angry at Annabeth stopped me. I thought that Apollo kind of had a point earlier, If I continued on with my life might be able to move on and start over I wasn't sure if I could, but something made me accept their offer. I wasn't sure if I was making the best decision, and maybe the fates were messing with me, but either way, I said, "I would be honoured to accept your offer, Lord Zeus,"

After the words left my mouth I wasn't sure if I had made the right decision, but I couldn't back out now, so I would just have to live with my choice. Moments after the words left my mouth the gods began to turn me into a god. If you're wondering if it hurt, it definitely did. The pain reminded me of when I'd bathed in the Styx, but I grit my teeth and made it through without screaming.

After the process had apparently finished the fates appeared and announced what I was the god of. I was the Olympian god of heroes, swordsmanship, tides, and courage. My sacred animals also ended up being a lion and a pegasus. I had to admit that I was stunned I was pretty sure Zeus and the other gods hadn't planned on making me an Olympian, but apparently that's what the fates wanted and even Zeus wasn't stupid enough to go against their wishes.

I had to admit that my domains sounded pretty cool, but I knew that I still wasn't sure if I'd made the right choice. regardless there was no taking it back now, so I would just have to get used to this new life and only time would reveal if I would be happy with my choice. I simply waited as the gods discussed my training and said that a  symbol of power would be made for me since Riptide was a demigod weapon so I could no longer use it.

While they were talking a new throne rose up which I knew had to be mine. I headed over to it, it had a sea-green wave pattern on the legs and an image of a roaring lion on the back. Based on what the fates had said it was obvious that unlike the other gods I would be able to help demigods and I Would kind of be another mentor to them in addition to Chiron. Apparently, if I ever had demigod children of my own I would be allowed to see them and help them, but I wouldn't be able to let them know what I am until they are at least twelve, so they wouldn't have to worry about monsters too early.

I doubted I ever would have demigod children, but it was kind of nice to know that I wouldn't have to completely abandon my children if I did eventually have some. As you might have guessed Zeus wasn't happy about most of this and I got the feeling that if the fates weren't behind all this he probably wouldn't have gone along with it so easily.

I was informed that Apollo would be training me, and I was okay with that since I figured that was better than some of the alternatives. For one if I had ended up with Athena she would probably try and make my lessons as difficult as possible, either that or make the lessons extremely boring.  Apollo was certainly one of the better options considering that he actually likes me. The only problem would be if he decides to make fun of me when I screw up or if he starts making haikus during a lesson, it could be a lot worse.

After the meeting ended Apollo and I left for my first lesson and since that lesson wouldn't involve weapons I wouldn't have to worry about not having a symbol of power yet. I'd decided that maybe this wouldn't be so bad, at least it would give me something to do and that would at least help me take my mind off Annabeth and that would be better than when I have nothing to do since when I'm bored my mind tends to go to her.