I was going crazy. And it happened again the next day.

I was training in the arena and the kid who I attacked was all healed up. It made me feel better, the kid had turned out okay. I walked over to him to apologize and explain.

"Hey, what's your name? Listen I'm really sorry I can explain," I said to the kind. He was a couple inches shorter than me but just taller than Annabeth.

"Hi, I'm Shane. And no need to explain, I already heard," the kid said smiling gently. I sighed a huge sigh of relief. A huge weight seemed to lift off my shoulders.

"Thank the gods, because I was so worried-" I started but the kid looked me dead in the eye and said something.

"Go take a silver sword and run it through that girl's chest. Forget this ever happened," he said quietly but I understood every word. My mind got foggy and I knew what I had to do. I jogged over to a silver sword and picked it up. I slowly advanced on the girl and all attention was turned to me. The girl was chatting with her friends, she looked about twelve years old. She didn't see me advancing until the last second.

"Um, what-" she started. Before she could finish her sentence she and some other campers screamed. I ran through her chest with the sword, hitting the perfect mark. Her heart. Every camper was staring at me and some were crying and screaming and fleeing. Suddenly my mind cleared, the fog was gone. And I...I couldn't remember how I had gotten here.

It was like I had magically teleported from one area of the arena to the other. Then I looked down at the bloody sword in my hand, and then I saw the dead girls body on the ground. I stumbled back and dropped the sword. It made a clattering sound and blood splattered on my sneakers and onto the ground.

I fell back onto my butt and sat there shocked and confused. I hadn't realized tears were streaming down my cheeks now. Everyone was crowding around now, panicking. Some of the seven looked horrified. Annabeth was among them, looking confused instead of scared. She started to rush forward but Piper and Nico pulled her back.

"Wait a minute," they whispered to her but she ignored them. She rushed forward and put a hand on my shoulder but almost in a daze I shook her off and scrambled to my feet away from her. I was aware that most of the camp was crowded around us now. I needed them gone, what if it happened again? I looked around and the dead girl had been taken away.

"Get away. I can't hurt you too," I said backing away with her, but every step I took back she stepped forwards.

"Percy, it's okay. This isn't you," she said soothingly, but it did everything but soothe me. How could she be so calm? I had killed an innocent girl!

"Wise Girl get away!" I screamed at her. She didn't even flinch. She kept coming and I kept backing away. The crowd had now become a half circle around Annabeth, farther away from me. Good, I thought.

"Percy please calm down, you just need someone to talk to. We can figure this out together," she said. I shook my head over and over.

"No. No no no," I said. I was backing into the woods and pushed myself up against a tree. Annabeth stopped and looked at me. Suddenly I heard a voice behind the tree whispering.

"Kill her. Kill her and forget," the voice said. Then it was gone. My thoughts became cloudy again. My vision turned a tinted shade of red. And I ran towards Annabeth. Kill. Kill her and forget. That was all I knew now. I uncapped Riptide. Somewhere in the back of my mind I knew one deep enough cut was deadly enough to kill her. This wasn't a silver sword. She stared and me and stood her ground. Then she saw my sword. She backed up and some campers rushed forwards to her aid.

I raised my sword and struck downwards. She dodged and spun around and ran into the crowd. Who dispersed and ran, screaming and some crying. Something in the back of my mind told me stop, this is not who you are, but I pushed it away, letting the two things fill my mind. Kill and forget. I ran through chasing after her.

"Come fight me you coward!" I screamed. Images of Tartarus really did flash through my mind.

"Percy this isn't you! Fight it!" She yelled still running ahead of me. Then I stopped. Everyone was silent. Annabeth stopped as well and looked back at me. She slowly walked towards me. I lowered my sword and let tears roll down my cheeks.

She was close enough to touch my arm, and she did. I looked up at her and she embraced me tightly.

"I love you Seaweed Brain," she whispered in my ear. I wrapped my free arm around her. That's when Chiron realized it before it was too late. My thoughts were still clouded and foggy.

"Kill her. Kill and forget," I muttered into her ear. I raised my sword and brought it down onto Annabeth Chase.

Muahaha

-Amber❤️