Prologue
Breathe. If you keep worrying yourself to death, you won't ever get out of here. "Oh thanks, brain! Don't I already know that?" The girl presses her head against the cold stone bars, knowing she could never break them. Use that smart brain of yours, I know you can do it. "I know, your right." She mumbles. "Great, I'm starting to talk to myself now." Her gray eyes scan her surroundings for the hundredth time. She's in a cell of some sort, three of the walls are made of very dark stone as black as the night sky. The front of the cell is made of earthen and stone material formed into a prison cell door. "There's not a single imperfection I can see. It's not possible... unless." She curses under her breath and falls to the floor holding her head. Everything starts to come back at her at once, and she screams as the pain overtakes her and she falls into a flashback.
The doors of death stood right behind them- their exit from this nightmarish world. But they couldn't use the doors without someone manning the controls for twelve long minutes. If they stepped inside and let the doors close without someone holding the button, Annabeth didn't think the results would be healthy. And if they stepped away from the Doors for any reason, she imagined the elevator would close and disappear without them. The situation was so pathetically sad, it was almost funny. The crowd of monsters inched forward, snarling and gathering their courage. "Percy get in the elevator" I whispered harshly. "What? I am NOT leaving you!" He looked at her with despair in his eyes. "You... we promised". She knew what she had to do. "I'll be right behind you, I.. will always love you." Tears were brimming her eyes now. Percy didn't budge an inch knowing that she was lying.
So, she pushed him into the elevator. As the doors shut, she saw Percy's eyes full of emotion. She turned away quickly, knowing if she watched any longer neither of them would make it back to the world alive. "Oh, how heroic!" Tartarus boomed. "I thought it would be the other way around, eh? Nevertheless, you won't last 12 minutes anyway, puny mortal" He chuckled. She felt rage burning inside of her, she wouldn't die, at least not until Percy made it to the surface. "I won't let you die, Seaweed Brain, I swear on the River Styx." Was the last thing she heard before her vision tunneled.
The girl gasped for breath on the cold cell floor. "No! No... no. No!" She had to know more. All she knew was that she had lived... somehow. And what about Percy? Did he make it? Large thumping noises shifted her out of her thoughts. They were getting closer, she had no clue who or what it was but it didn't sound good. She slowly backed the far left corner of her cell, she reached for her Drakon Bone sword instinctively. But of course, it had been taken. The large shadow passed by her cell, and she realized this wasn't a battle she could fight. "Hello, Annabeth Chase. Took you long enough to wake up from your slumber!" he chuckled. "I expected you to die but, you're a resilient one. But don't worry my dear, I'll break you soon enough" he said looking at her with malice.
"What do you want with me Tartarus?"
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Hello! If your reading this, thank you for choosing my story to read. It means a lot. I am a new writer on fanfiction, but I've been reading stories on here for years. I've been sitting on this idea for a few years now, and finally got around to starting it. So please be patient with me as I work through my writing style and such.
This is just the prologue, so my chapters after this one will be much longer. I /should/ have the first chapter out by later tonight/tomorrow, so stay tuned for that.
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Until next time ~