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Percy and Annabeth in Tartarus

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On high above all,
then you fall,
                      fall,
                              fall,
Down into the cold abyss,
frozen,
but burned in scornful remarks.

Over head and heel you tumble,
                                                 tumble,
                                                               tumble,
watching the darkness grasp at your hair with silken fingers,
whispering promises to kill you,
                                                 rip you
                                                                   tear y
                                                                           o
                                                                             u.
a foot bound,
and a hand being held,
by one who does not desert those he loves.

with a rush of air,
falling down,
                  down,
                          down,
you say good bye to sunlight,
happiness,
but hold to hope.

landing days later,
freezing in a river built of bones,
and flowing with despair,
hope shows herself flying on high in the form of sea-green eyes.

Two lost to the world around them,
make their own sun,
of blonde hair,
and bronze swords.

on their own,
and hearts beating with fear,
attacked every second by one who they had never held dear,
the one who dragged them down,
                                                  down,
                                                          down,
into the pit.

but even the worst places,
are bound in light,
with beams of friendship,
and loyalty piercing the hearts of the beast.

one cursed forever, his curser, and the cause of their plights make a strange company,
but all too soon the loyalties they built up were tested,
 and one is faced by his curses,
set upon him by the pain he caused,
                                                wrought,
                                                           created by a cursed blade.
and a second one,
cursed his by own folly,
creates a tender thread of friendship to them.

but he leaves the three to go,
and find the way back to light on their own.

soon they come to a woman,
who deals in death,
                           lies,
                                and secrets.

The three becomes two,
and a ghost replaces their forms.
the trick turns on the one who attempted it,
but they soon meet another.

This one is a night,
of dark and endless despair,
that offers them death gilded with pain,
                                                           suffering,
                                                                        and plague.
but the two trick her,
and leave to where no mortal has ever dared pass,
and live.

the path takes them into the palace of hate,
and the beginning of a pandora's box.

The two meets the third,
and they are awash with an eire light,
of pulsing, deathly red.

the flesh and veins of the ground beat,
with a dark energy that spoke of an evil,
too old for time to remember.

Then the three looked at the doors,
that were being used for a purpose so dastardly,
their very souls begged for release.

The three cautiously step their way up,
 past the demons
                       devils,
                              and murderers.

To the possessed dais where the doors sit,
                                                        unwilling,
                                                                   unbidden.
past the dark forces,
breathing in the foul,
tainted air.

one sees one he was blessed to forget,
but was cursed to remember,
and the plot begins.

to free those doors,
that long for the open air,
and unbound freedom.

One chain broken,
and the plan fails.
One sees one and they begin a tale,
of long and etherial nature,
to protect those they know,
and those they are yet to meet.

but the fight brings brother against brother,
and chaos begins to cloud the air,
to promise the sky's defenders,
they will always fail.

then the pit himself joins the fight,
to hew and destroy those in his path.
and the prospects looked bleak for the messengers of life.

a roar sounds then,
startling those in the arena,
to look at one shrouded in pain,
riding on a beast jewel bright in name.

The pit fights his son,
and a deadly battle ensues.
but to save the two, one is left behind.
vowing to protect their assent,
they begin their way up,
leaving behind sparkling diamonds of tear,
to remember bob by.

the heroes tumble out into a war zone
but to drained to fight,
their friends become the heroes,
vowing to save their life.

now the two joins the five,
to make the seven of half unearthly nature,
fighting a war,
against the earth itself.

now as the two ride away,
in a ship floating on air,
they look back at the stars they had left,
and delivered a message.
"B
   o
      b

          s
            a                        O. 
              y                 L
 
                s,         L
   
                        E       
                   H

This is a poem i wrote about the story of percy and annabeth when they fall into tartarus, starting with the end of mark of athena, and ending with house of hades. I didn't use any of the characters names but bob, because i felt it was a bit of a tribute to the titan left behind.  :'( 
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Em845's avatar
That is so true and I love the way you have written it. I think this is even better then the books other then the fact there is no Leo. But still it is so touching and true ;(