So this is the first fic I've written that will actually have more then 1 or 2 chapters. Feel free to say what you think, though hopefully they aren't bad things! XD Anyway, hope you like it! :)

01:45pm, June 21st 2018.

He would've been 24 in 2 months.

Key world. Would've.

He would've if the Fates hadn't been as cruel as they were to let him die. Yeah. He died. Why they would kill a great, loyal hero at such a young age is beyond my understanding. Ask them why. Ask the cruel fates who decided to kill my husband after only 5 months of a very happy marriage. I remember that night very well. Better then I want to be able to remember.

Flashback

I woke up and rubbed my eyes, yawning in the process.

"Perce? Seaweed Brain!" I shook him but being the heavy sleeper that he was, didn't wake up.

"PERSEUS JACKSON, WAKE UP!" I yelled.

"Hmmm?" He groaned and rolled onto his side.

"Did you hear that?"

"Mphhhh."

So I did the only thing that I could to wake him up. I brought my hand to the small of his back and pressed down with my cold fingers.

"Ahh! Annabeth? Why in the world would you do that?" it was a pretty funny sight. I mean, he was still half asleep and his hair was unbelievably messier then usual.

"Well you wouldn't wake up, what else was I supposed to do?" I chuckled.

"Well you could've… Oh! You could've…" he paused, not knowing what to say. "Never mind." He said quietly, clearly embarrassed. I laughed then remember why I woke him up.

"Did you hear that? There was a loud noise coming from downstairs."

He grabbed riptide an uncapped it, the celestial bronze sword glowing in the dark room. I took my dagger from the table next to our bed. We walked to the door and quietly opened it, walking barefoot on the cold marble.

Steppind down the stairs we quietly walked to the living room. There it was. The monster that made the loud noise. It was a fully grown manticore. It's spikes weren't normal though. The spikes were glowing a dull green. I walked a bit cloer but accidentally kicked on of the boxes we haven't unpacked yet. We just moved into this house from our old apartment so there were boxes lying around everywhere which I really regret leaving. The manticore directly turned around to see us. He squinted his yes and growled. He suddenly shot one of his spikes from his tail at us, but after years of fighting monsters we expertly dodged it. This infuriated the monster who then shot more spikes. We dodged and tried to get close so we could kill him. I then realized something. I forgot my Yankees cap that made me invisible. I brushed it off and continued fighting, hoping it wouldn't be needed like every other time. Boy was I wrong.

CLIFF-HANGER! Haha, so how'd you like it? Good? Bad? Okay? Please review! :]