I DO NOT OWN PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS OR HEROES OF OLYMPUS. RICK RIORDAN DOES.

*******Percy's POV*******

I was scared to death. Tartarus was one of the few things I was afraid of, along with suffocation and other things I'd rather not get into.

As I fell, I thought of all the people I cared for. My mom, dad, step dad, Annabeth,  Thalia,  Nico, Grover, Camp, Leo, Frank, Hazel, Jason, Piper... "That's a lot," I realized.

Just then, I hit the ground, but didn't go splat! I had sunk in half way, and couldn't get out. All of a sudden, I thought, "I'm in Tartarus because of a stroll in the park?! Just a day in the life of a demigod, I suppose..." I was sinking deeper and deeper until just my head was above the ground, but oddly - I wasn't scared. I just stayed there until I was fully submerged underground.

Then, I heard a voice.

A dark, evil, ancient one chanting something that I roughly translated as:

Demigod hero, you are now mine

No one can hear you, so don't start to pine

I now place this curse upon you

So you will serve me and me alone, for eternity too

Your closest friends are now your enemies

And your enemies are now your closest allies

In the darkness, you will reside,

Until cured by your friends, if that they can find.

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My first thought now was, "Kill, kill, kill..."