A/N: Hey guys, remember me?
Percy: No
Me: Shut up. Anyway, this is one of the many short stories mentioned in Return of the Olympians (For those of you who haven't heard of me, read it) anyway; I think you'll like this. I hope this will be finished by Halloween. Enjoy.
Disclaimer: I do not own PJO.
P.S. This is before Return of the Olympians, so there isn't Thalico and no Cody James.
Annabeth POV:
Well, when you're a demigod daughter of Athena, things don't always work your way. Hi, I'm Annabeth Chase. It's been three months since the Titan War ended, and we all are in peace. Monsters haven't showed up in a while, although, I haven't been at camp for a while. At least, since that accident happened at camp. Oh, haven't heard about it? Awesome.
Ok, I guess I should tell you what happened last month. Well, it started like this…
Flashback…
I woke up to a groaning Malcolm. He is groaning because he decided to challenge Percy to a sword fight yesterday, and it didn't go so well. Let me say this, Malcolm needed the whole Apollo cabin to help him out of the tree.
He looked at me with a disgusted face. "Tell me again, why are you dating that sea spawn?" he asked.
I rolled my eyes. "A better question is, why did you challenge him when you and I both know that he is the best swordsman in the last 300 years?" I asked.
He narrowed his eyes at me. "Mom doesn't like it, especially since he embarrassed Zeus," he said.
I shook my head. "Let it go Malcolm. Last thing I need is you trying to disown me or something stupid."
He smirked at me, and walked off to the showers. Let me make a few things clear. I am currently dating the great Perseus 'Percy' Jackson. He is the son of Poseidon, and the only mortal that has ever given up immortality. Better yet, he refused immortality from Zeus, King of the Gods. My mom is the wisdom goddess, and if you're like Seaweed Brain, she is Athena.
She hates his guts, especially since we started dating. When the war ended, Zeus offered him immortality and a chance to become a god. To everyone's surprise, he refused to become a god. To me, that's the first time anyone has ever refused a gift that grand. He did, however, ask that minor gods and goddess be recognized and given their own cabins at camp. Even Hades has a cabin now.
Soon, all my other siblings slowly got up and proceeded to the showers. I wasn't really woken up, so I grabbed a book off the shelf and began to read. Will Solace gave me a prophecy book a few weeks back. It has prophecies from the past three thousand years. From the Trojan War to the prophecy Rachael made after Percy's birthday. It goes something like this:
Seven Half Bloods shall answer the call
To storm or fire, the world must fall.
An oath to keep with a final breath,
And foes bear arms at the Doors of Death.
What worries me is that this prophecy was made directly after the end of the Titan War. I guessed that it won't happen in our lifetime, but I wasn't so sure. What is strange about this prophecy book is that there was one that was made way directly after the Trojan War. It was something like this:
A plot discovered at a final stand,
The world ruled by a single hand.
Trials await the unknown force,
To steer the world back on course.
A beast will rise, a shadow will fall,
A battle to be fought by all.
I never heard that prophecy before. Rachael never knew about that prophecy either, and she's the oracle. Anyway, I was about to finish the prophecy that foretold the end of Rome when there came a knock on the door. Probably Percy. I fixed my hair and put on a fresh camp shirt. I opened the door and there was Lou Ellen, daughter of Hecate. Her black hair and purple eyes were new to the camp. So many new children here.
She wore the finest robes in camp. To me, she looked like she might've been the oracle. Her robes were black and purple with a coat of arms on her tunic. In the middle of the coat, there was a raven spreading its wings. On her belt, there was a stick, which I later found out was a wand. Strange though, because it's a branch from a unicorn's horn.
She rubbed the back of her neck. "Um, Annabeth, you busy?" she asked.
"Not really. What's wrong, the Stolls put more chocolate bunnies on the Demeter cabin?" I asked.
She shook her head. "No, I need help with something."
A few minutes later, I found myself in the Hecate cabin. There were shrunken heads propped on the wall, vials and beakers of bubbling liquids, and a few dream catchers. (Can anyone explain those?) The beds were all in a circle surrounding a bit cauldron. Lou Ellen's sisters were standing there comparing different ingredients. All I saw were rat's tails and bat's eyes. Uh oh.
One of them looked at me, and sighed. "Thank gods. Annabeth, do you have a spell book in the Athena cabin?" she asked.
Insert question mark on my head. You know, in those cartoons, the character, whenever they got confused, there would usually be a question mark over their head or something like that. I don't know, Percy tried to get me to watch a cartoon a few weeks ago. "I thought you have them."
She shook her head. "We are working with a special spell, and we need a new book. I'd figure you came across a special spell book," she said.
I thought about it for a moment. As a matter of fact, we did have spell book in there. I keep forgetting to bring it over to them to use. I nodded and quickly ran off to my cabin to get her spell book. It was a brown leather book with silver pages. I read that thing from front to back 85 times. I know every spell and its required ingredients. It's a good thing I wasn't eating anything when I read page 276.
I grabbed the book from the shelf and leapt over Malcolm, who was grabbing his sword from under his bed. "Hey, where are you going with that book?" he asked.
"Returning it to the Hecate cabin!" I shouted as I ran out the door.
I jogged past Chiron, who was waking up any stragglers. Percy was staggering out of his cabin with a white shirt and shorts. I tried getting him to wear black, but he didn't like going to the mall. I gave up and we left without burning anything to the ground. Strange huh?
Anyway, I slowed down and walked into the Hecate cabin. Lou was fighting with her brother over a beaker of a blue liquid. I raised a concerned eyebrow and held up the book.
At that point, Lou was tugging at her brother's hair. She took one quick look at me, and let go. "Thank gods you have it. Have you read it?"
"No," I lied.
She narrowed her eyes at the book. I smiled sheepishly and handed her the book. She quickly turned to the back of the book, and pulled out a page. Weird, I never noticed that page.
"OK girls, two teaspoons of dragonfly blood," Lou called out.
One of the girls grabbed a vial of a green liquid and dumped it into the cauldron. "Five fly eyes and a scorpion tongue."
Plop, plop, plop, plop, plop, and dunk. I saw the various body parts drop into the waters. It quickly turned green, and it fit the mood perfectly. Next week is Halloween, and they were getting ready for the main event. "Minotaur fur and a teaspoon of Hell Hound drool."
Disgusting, but they poured the ingredients into the pot. "Finally, two vials of Ichor from Kronos, and human blood."
The boy grabbed three vials. Two of them were gold while the other was blue. "Isn't blood red?" I asked.
Lou nodded. "Yeah, why do you ask?" she asked.
I pointed at the blue vial, and Lou's eyes widened. "Since when is blood blue? Chris, put that back and get another vial," she commanded.
The boy, known as Chris looked puzzled. "This is human blood. And our only vial," he said. "Unless someone here wants to donate blood."
Everyone looked at me. Crap. "Annabeth, please?" Lou asked.
I gulped. Seeing blood was never a problem, but to willingly shed blood is another. I sighed and pulled out my dagger. I cut the palm of my hand, and let my blood drop into the cauldron. The color turned from green to black. Everyone's eyes widened, but Chris poured the Ichor to finish the potion. The gold turned the black into blue in an instant.
"Um, Lou, was the potion supposed to turn black?" I asked.
She shook her head. "The only time a potion turns black is when we made it wrong," she said. She turned to her siblings. "We put the fish guts in the potion, right?"
Everyone nodded. "And the shards of Aphrodite's mirror, right?"
Everyone nodded again. Lou smiled, but froze. "And drakon's blood, right?"
Everyone nodded, but Chris' eyes widened. "Dragon or drakon?"
Everyone froze. "Drakon, like the one Clarisse killed during the Titan war," she clarified.
"Uh oh."
Suddenly, all the candles in the cabin went out. Thunder boomed outside, shaking the windows. The got cold, and my blood continued to fall. Something wasn't right. Whenever they performed spells and concocted potions, nothing like this happened. At least, I don't think so.
The room turned from cold to warm, and my blood stopped flowing. My wound sealed itself, and the potion shimmered with the color of the sea. I sighed with relief, and turned to Lou. "Something like this never happened before. You should rest Annabeth, at least until this passes. Girls, and Chris, let's go over the steps again."
I turned and walked out of the cabin. While I walked out of the cabin, I could hear everyone screaming at Chris about adding the wrong blood to the potion.
The minute I left the cabin, I was stopped by Percy. He was wearing an orange tank top and denim jeans. He wore Converse shoes and a headband on his forehead. It was gold, kinda like the Ichor he shed when he fought Kronos. Oh Seaweed Brain.
"Hey Wise Girl, you're late for breakfast," he said.
I smirked. "You don't think I don't know that, Seaweed Brain?"
He smirked, and picked me up. I absolutely hate that because I have no control as to where I am going. "Put me down, Percy Jackson!" I screamed.
I heard Percy chuckle, so I started to pound at his chest. Bad idea. My hand felt like it was about to break because of that Achilles Curse. I even started kicking at his weak spot to get him to let me down. No, not his Achilles Heel, his 'Down under'.
Still, he wouldn't let me go. Suddenly I realized something. We passed his cabin a while back, and the only view Percy has from his cabin is the beach. Son of a Minotaur, he's going to throw me into the water.
Dawning with realization, I started to kick harder. "PERSEUS JACKSON, IF YOU DON'T LET ME GO, I SWEAR ON THE RIVER STYX—"
Before I could finish, I heard a loud screaming coming from the Pavilion. I heard Malcolm scream the loudest. "Spi-spi-pi-i-i-i-SPIDERS!"
Uh oh, and get this, it's Monday. Percy quickly let me down, and I unsheathed my dagger. Percy uncapped Riptide, and we ran to the Pavilion. This was going to be a long day.
A/N: How was that? Let me know in your reviews. The prophecy up there is mine, and may be revealed in my Return of the Olympians sequel. Remember, there is no Cody James, and Thalico is only a dream.
Annabeth: Wait a minute, did Malcolm scream spiders?
Me: Probably. You're going to have to wait and see. Review!
