Chapter 1
BEEP BEEP BEEP
I groaned as my alarm went off. Who the hell thought a horrible noise was a nice way to wake up? I slowly sat up and looked out the window. The city looked so peaceful from my exclusive, but still overpriced, penthouse on the nineteenth floor. I stood up and walked down the hall to the bathroom to shower. My boyfriend, John, who I lived with, was out of town on a business trip. He was the head of a very successful company. He had been gone a lot lately, working on a new project. As I brushed my teeth I wondered why Chiron had called me earlier in the week. Now that I was twenty four he hardly ever called me, let alone asked me too come to camp. I took of my clothes and got in the shower. I was worried about going back to camp. It would bring back to many memories, good memories. Memories of being a teenager and being with… Percy Jackson. I stepped out of the shower and brushed my hair. My life was great right now, I was an executive at an architectural firm and I was dating a successful businessmen. It was the life I had always wanted… before I had met Percy. I had to stop thinking about him. I blow dried my hair an got dressed. I felt odd wearing jeans and a tee-shirt even though I was going to camp. I had gotten so used to business suits and leather handbags. I grabbed a muffin and headed out the door I rode the elevator down to the lobby and walked out the door. I crossed the street to the parking garage where I kept my black Mercedes. I unlocked it and got in, placing my Fossil bag in the passenger seat. As I exited the garage I thought about how urgent Chiron had sounded on the phone. I made my way through the city in a shorter amount of time than usual. Every time i was dreading something it came toward me at the speed of light. I exited on route 25A and drove to the bottom of a familiar hill. I got out of the car and threw my purse over my shoulder. I walked up the hill and saw the place I had spent the majority of my chid in. I headed over to the Big House. I saw no one i knew. Everybody had left to start their own lives. I had always thought that I would be with Percy forever. Our parents had different plans for both of us. Percy's dad had always seen him becoming a professional swimmer but Percy didn't want to desert me to train. My mom wanted me to have… well the life I had now. From what i could guess Percy was living the way his dad wanted him to also. I was extremely happy with John, who was a son of Apollo, but I didn't feel the connection with him that I had with Percy. I entered the Big House to see Chiron and Mr. D arguing about something. They saw me and immediately quieted down.
"Annabeth! It's lovely to see you dear." Chiron said.
"It's good to see you to, I've missed you!"
"I summoned you because I wanted you to meet someone. She might remind you of someone you used to know."