Hi, this is my new story. I'm sorry but Percy Jackson and the fandom quiz is on hiatus, due to a massive case of writers block. Meanwhile enjoy this short story.
Prologue
Three years ago:
'Perseus Jackson, we need to talk!' Annabeth yelled into the canoe lake. The water of the lake surged as Percy surfaced, as usual he was dry.
'What's wrong Wise Girl?' he asked.
'What's wrong? Well when you jumped into the lake a wave suddenly appeared and soaked my blueprints for Zeus' temple.'
'I'm sorry, I didn't mean to cause the wave.' said Percy truthfully. He had jumped into the lake to clear his mind after one of the new campers pestered him at training; his annoyance at that camper had caused the wave.
'Save it,' snapped Annabeth, she took a deep breath. 'We're through Percy.'
'What...'started Percy, his sea green eyes widening.
'You heard me Percy; I'm breaking up with you.'
Percy composed his face into a mask, but not before Annabeth saw his look of shock and pain that made her heart leap and gave her an immense feeling of guilt. She brushed the feelings aside.
'I can't stay with you,' she said. 'You do too many stupid things, last time you soaked the blueprint for Apollo's statue.'
Percy's face was still a mask.
'Okay then, Wise Girl, whatever makes you happy. But we'll still be friends, won't we?'
There was no response from Annabeth, Percy sighed and turned to leave.
'Goodbye Annabeth.'
Annabeth added the last lines to the blueprint of Zeus' temple, before sending the paper via Hermes mail to Olympus. She then packed her bags and went to the Big House see Chiron.
'Good afternoon, my dear, what can I do for you?' asked the centaur.
'As you may already know, I broke up with Percy this morning.'
'No, I did not know that but I did suspect it seeing I have not seen Percy since after training.'
A wave of guilt washed over Annabeth, she dismissed the feeling, I'm doing what mother always wanted me to do, she thought stubbornly.
'I want to leave Camp, I've finished redesigning Olympus and I want to go to college.' said Annabeth.
'Very well,' said Chiron solemnly. 'Your mother has seen your last blueprint and is proud of you.' Chiron's voice seemed slightly disapproving.
'She requested that you be allowed to leave Camp, should you want to.'
Annabeth nodded and walked out of the Big House. She was slightly dizzy, her mother was proud of her and she was free to leave Camp and the memory of Percy behind. She grabbed her bags from her cabin and took one last glance of Percy's cabin, no, she thought, I won't say goodbye to him, what I do now does not concern him.
Then she left the camp boundaries without looking back.
I have already written the next chapter, and will post it as soon as possible. The more reviews I get the faster I update. Next chapter is songfic.
~Hunter of Artemis
