NIGHT TIME.

Percy stepped out of his bathroom to see Annabeth sleeping peacefully.

How could someone like her, who was one of the most powerful and dangerous demigod seem so peaceful and serene while they slept?

He went up to her placed a kiss on her forehead, Annabeth smiled at this gesture probably having a sweet dream. He went to his side of the bed and climbed on.

That night Percy dreamt about Annabeth, her laugh, her smile. Those grey stormy orbs that shined and shimmered, their underwater kiss and many more sweet memories they shared.

"Good Morning." muttered Annabeth sleepishly to the figure that was sleeping next to her. He nuzzled at her neck and then kissed her cherry lips. She smiled and returned the favour.

"Annabeth, do you love me?" asked Percy

"What kind of a question is that? You really have started to ask me this question like a lot. Don't you know me?" replied Annabeth getting up from the bed.

"I'd like to hear this from you one more time."

"I love you. My Seaweed brain." saying this she pecked his lips. Percy smiled.

"I love you too Annabeth." replied Percy.

"Please don't leave me Annabeth." called out Percy when she was standing right at the door.

"I wish that too. But I have to, Chiron will be waiting. We have to get ready Seaweed brain. Bye love." said Annabeth as she closed the door behind her.

'Please don't you ever leave me, Anne it's all the same but it has changed.'

Percy and Annabeth along with a few others demigod heroes were now teaching different skills to their new camp-mates.

Percy stood there transfixed by watching Annabeth, admiring her.

"Percy you are doing it again!" teased the young recruits.

Annabeth blushed at this and then passed Percy a stern look. He shook his head as if breaking out of a trance.

This happened every single day. Percy would watch Annabeth while she was teaching while she was training. He saw the way she moved at while training younger demigods. He gaped at the way she moved her dagger, her blush when they were being teased, her contagious smile and the stern expression she passed him whenever they he was caught.

At the camp they were like any normal couple, normal teenage demigods. They were the Star crossed lovers, everyone their love was visible even to the blind.

The way they looked at each other was the best holding hands, silly His over protectiveness and her jealousy showed it all.

During lunch they sat together. Every demigod at Camp half-blood knew that they were inseparable.

That day during lunch Chiron had called Annabeth so Percy sat on his table alone. He laid his head down on the table.

Annabeth shook him awake

"Seaweed brain!" Percy stirred and opened his eyes to her. He saw her she was standing there smiling at him wearing a white gown touching the ground. Her Blonde locks were cascaded down her shoulders in perfect curls. She even had a halo over her head. She looked just like an angel.

"Wise girl you look like an Angel. My angel."

Annabeth blushed red and that was the moment that Percy captured her to a kiss. Annabeth pushed him away the sight in front of him; broke him.

"NO, NO Annabeth please come back to me."

Annabeth stood there with a hunter in her hand and a blade in another. She approached him striking the hunter in the air. She roared "PERCY JACKSON!" in a horse voice with which he was used to.

Percy felt himself shrink.

"Annabeth you don't have to do this!" stated Percy.

"OH, yes I have to!" Annabeth gave him a sadistic smile and raised a hunter at him.

"PERCY YOU ARE MAKING ME NERVOUS PLEASE WAKE UP!" shouted Annabeth.

Percy shouted "PLEASE DON'T"

But when the hunter didn't hit him, Percy opened his eyes to see a very worried Annabeth looming over him. He was on the ground. He just grabbed her and hugged her tight. Annabeth whispered soothing words in his ears.

Chiron cleared his throat at them.

"It was just a nightmare Percy." Comforted Annabeth.

I wish the same too. But the nights are worse than the trip to Tautarus.

"Tautarus." breathed Percy. Chiron nodded. He gave the both a day off.

Annabeth and Percy walked on the beach with waves greeting their feet every now and then. After dinner the duo walked back to Percy's cabin hand in hand. They were allowed to stay together because of their nightmare of their flashbacks of Tautarus. Percy reached out to stop Annabeth as she tried to reach out for the door handle. He stepped in between them and looked deep into her eyes and hugged her, Annabeth held him and then kissed him. Percy tightened his grip

"Percy lets go in." asked Annabeth. Percy didn't listen instead he broke down to tears and cried in the crook of her neck.

"I love you, Annabeth." he said repeatedly.

"I love you too Seaweed brain." replied Annabeth as she ran her fingers through his dishevelled raven locks. She smiled at him and reached for the door handle and pushed it open.

They stepped inside. Annabeth locked the door after her. They stood there in each other's embrace. Annabeth ran her fingers through his hair, straightening them in the process.

Suddenly out of the blue Annabeth shouted "PERCY!" in a horse voice as she had done before in the nightmare. She clutched his locks and pulled them in different angles. Percy shouted at this. She then pushed him to the ground.

"Annabeth you don't have to do this!" begged Percy as fell.

"YES I DO! YOU LEFT ME PERCY! IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT! YOU LEFT ME FOR 8 MONTHS" shouted Annabeth giving Percy a hard ice cold stare.

"8 FREAKING MONTHS!" she shouted.

She went up to the drawer and removed a hunter out of it. Annabeth gave Percy a sadistic smile.

"Remove your shirt, Jackson." commanded Annabeth in the horse voice. Percy did as he was told. He stood up showing her his bare chest.

"Clean!" remarked Annabeth and gave him her iconic sadistic smile. Percy had grown used to this side of Annabeth.

Percy again tried "Annabeth you don't have to do this."

She replied Percy with a whip.

"THIS!" whip.

"IS" whip.

"ALL" whip.

"YOUR" whip.

"FAULT" whip, whip. Percy clenched his teeth so tightly that he had bit his tongue and the inner sides of his mouth.

Percy fell to his knees; mentally, emotionally and physically exhausted. Another whip made him fall on the ground.

This was hard for him watching Annabeth, his Annabeth turn to something else all because of him. At that time Annabeth saw him no less than a monster.

After a while Percy got up on his knees to face Annabeth with a pleading look on his face but was awarded by a cold hard stare. Annabeth slapped Percy right across his face making him flinch in pain. She slapped him, punched him.

"Percy you make me do this to you. THIS IS YOUR FAULT! You made me suffer..."

Annabeth wasn't able to complete the sentence as she fainted and was about to hit the hard ground but Percy caught her midway.

He held her in his arms while he sat on the floor. Percy looked at her face and caressed her cheeks smiling faintly. He then brushed away the blonde locks of hair that had fallen over her face. Percy kissed her forehead and carried her bridal-style to the bed and tucked her in. He placed the pillow beneath her head gently and then cleaned her hands.

He picked up the whip from the ground and folded it and placed it inside the drawers where he kept it. Percy then went to the washroom to clean and heal himself.

Later he slid into the same bed as Annabeth.

He slid an arm underneath her neck as if inviting her. Annabeth would reciprocate by turning to face Percy and cuddle with him.

Percy that night, contemplated about his life after he had returned from Rome. Everything had changed so suddenly.

The first few days were fine and then started the occasional late night quarrels. Percy didn't notice it then but as the fights became physical and Annabeth started to act violently at night. Every time Percy tried to stop her, hold her, kiss her, touch her. She wouldn't budge rather become more aggressive and fight him. Percy took it as her high self esteem and Ego. Percy playfully accepted this as being normal but then one day Annabeth asked him about his marks on his upper hand.

Percy at first took it as a joke as Annabeth herself had caused those marks last night. He skipped the matter.

Then one day Jason walked up to him

"Hey, Aqua-boy."

"Hey, Superman." And Jason clapped his hand against Percy's shoulder. Percy winced at this.

"Dude what's wrong?" questioned Jason.

"Nothing Jason, just a little sprain that's all."

"Let's go for a walk." ordered Jason as he pulled Percy along him.

"How is it all going? Normal?" questioned Jason adding the first word after a pause.

"Normal. Fighting and teaching." replied Percy but these words hurt like needles.

"Dude, where have you been getting those marks? Annabeth is damn worried. Every time she tries to bring up that topic you chide her off. She says you get new marks every day."

"WHAT? When did she tell you, all this?"

"Two days back. Annabeth Iris messaged me that's why I came here. Even I saw the marks yesterday. Dude what's going on?"

"You came all the way from Rome to see me?" questioned Percy.

"Actually I came because for Annabeth she was damn worried and was about to cry. She said you wouldn't tell her then you might just tell me." replied Jason.

"Crying?" questioned Percy. Jason nodded.

Percy thought about the nights then everything was different. Everything felt so artificial so real yet unreal. Something was up! This wasn't normal.

'N.O.R.M.A.L.Am I normal? The question now is What is normal? I don't even know what normal feels like. During the day, with Annabeth is like the calm before the storm and the nights are harder than the Tautarus itself.

Annabeth was not the same. She wasn't the same after Tautarus. She is different now. She is now finally able to say what she really feels. The pain that she had to bear and it was my fault.

Nothing is normal.'

"I have to go! Thanks Jason" replied Percy as he sprinted to Annabeth.

Percy saw her staring at his direction he was about to go to her but went to his cabin, when he saw that she was following her. Annabeth locked the door after her. Percy removed his shirt and showed her all the marks.

"Percy what happened who did this?" asked Annabeth as she traced her fingers lightly over every wound.

"Annabeth you are kidding right?" asked Percy.

"NO, Percy I really am not. You are making me worried." cried Annabeth as a tear trickled down her cheek. Percy was about to hug her when

"I AM NOT KIDDING PERCY JACKSON! YOU MADE ME SUFFER ALOT! IT'S YOUR ENTIRE FAULT. YOU WILL PAY FOR ALL THIS! I AM ANNABETH, YOUR ANNABETH WILL NEVER TELL YOU THE HARDSHIPS THAT YOU MADE ME SUFFER. I WILL TELL YOU HOW IT FELT!" said Annabeth in a horse voice. It wasn't the Titans, It wasn't Gaea. It was her, his Annabeth. Percy could feel it.

"Who are you?" he questioned as he uncapped his Riptide.

"Percy, What wrong why have you uncapped Riptide?" asked Annabeth in her usual voice.

"Annabeth!" asked Percy as he lowered Riptide and stepped towards her.

"WERE YOU GOING TO KILL ME PERCY. YOU LOVE ME SO LESS AND I WAS HERE THE DAMSEL IN DISTRESS I WAS HERE WAITING FOR YOU TO RETURN. I CRIED FOR YOU PERCY. I CRIED FOR YOU EVERYDAY. I THOUGHT OF YOU EVERY SECOND OF THOSE 8 MONTHS AND THEN YOU JUST POP BACK UP! AND ACT AS NOTHING WAS WRONG. AND DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED WITH THE HORRIFIC DAYS SPENT IN HELL!"

"Annabeth I couldn't remember anything..." started Percy his voice cracked and he couldn't continue, as he had never heard Annabeth talk to him like that. Annabeth stepped towards him Percy couldn't help but step back away from her defeated and then Annabeth raised her hand and hit Percy. Percy flinched after that Annabeth didn't stop she continued to hit him.

She stopped after a while and suddenly fell down on the floor fainted. Percy fell on his knees next to her and picked her up, holding her close. He cried in the nook of her neck.

It was Annabeth he had to face and fight.

That day was just the beginning the next day was even worse. Percy spent time in the library with the Athena kids and borrowed some of their books and even rummaged through the internet about the problem. It was tough for him being an ADHD but still he did it for Annabeth. Percy learnt that it was a different personality that had formed after the hardships of both Tautarus and the 8 month separation.

When Percy tried to question her about anything related to the last nights torture the other personality would take control and find her way through after all it was Annabeth's other Personality.

Every time this happened Percy became numb and was unable to think about anything. This continued for a week after which Annabeth brought a hunter to whip.

That night Percy cried and couldn't sleep for the rest of the week. But the other Annabeth tormented him regularly.

Percy's pillow was wet with his tears. Luckily Annabeth had moved away or else she would have waken up to the sudden wetness.

THIS HAS TO STOP I HAVE HADENOUGH. will restraining her help me. It will! It has to. What can the other Annabeth do while she was restrained?

Percy smiled to himself. Finally he would be able to hold her, touch her without fearing of what the other personality would do. finally he could stand up to the other Annabeth.

Confidence spiked through him.

Little did he know that, Things never turn out the way one thinks that one wishes it to be.

The next morning after Annabeth left him to get ready for the day's chores he cleaned his cabin and made sure to remove any possible item that the other Annabeth could catch hold and harm his Annabeth. Satisfied with his work he took bath and joined the others at the sparing arena.

"You look very happy!" complemented Annabeth when she saw him in a very happy mood. He smiled at her.

"Percy you are humming a song!" said the younger recruits when they caught him humming during lessons.

"Nothing." And Percy called them off.

Not only this he didn't even complain or question or fight or flinch back when Clarisse came right up to him with a sword in her hand poking it at his neck and soon a drop of blood trickled down his neck. It was Annabeth that stepped up to her and saved his ass. The day went well. Soon came the dinner. Percy gobbled up his food.

Percy excused him and Annabeth early than before. He took her by her hand and went with her to his cabin where he tied her right hand to the pole of his bed. Despite Annabeth's continuous questions. After this he stepped away facing her and leaned back at the wall opposite her.

"Percy, what are you doing? Percy why did you just tie me to the bed? Percy what do you think will happen? Did i do something wrong? Percy what happened why are you acting so weird? You were so happy since morning for what?"

Percy just sat there with his back against the wall staring at her. Percy didn't answer any of Annabeth's questions instead just stared at her.

Annabeth was fed up just sitting there on the floor tied to the bed for no reason and Percy being a prick and not answering any of her questions made her loose her calm.

"PERCY JACKSON! WILL YOU TELL ME WHAT IS GOING ON?" she shouted in her normal voice.

"You will see Annabeth" replied Percy.

The night passed by the other Annabeth didn't show her presence.

The dawn followed. Annabeth didn't talk to him that day. Percy begged Annabeth for forgiveness to which she complied. Then the couple with al the matters resolved walked back to Percy's cabin.

"I WILL MAKE YOU PAY FOR IT!" shouted the other Annabeth as she closed the door behind her.

"Annabeth don't." cried Percy as she stepped towards him to grab him. Percy stopped Annabeth by holding her hands.

"ANNABETH STOP!" shouted Percy.

"Stop what? Why are you shouting at me?" cried Annabeth in her usual voice.

Percy dropped his hands suddenly.

"Wise girl! I didn't mean to shout at you!"

"I CLEARLY KNOW WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO DO JACKSON!" said the other Annabeth as she grabbed Percy by his neck choking him. Annabeth lifted Percy by his neck.

"YOU HAVE DESTROYED ME!" shouted Percy but then realize his mistake. His tone softened as he thought about his Annabeth.

"Annabeth I know you are in there just listen to me and stop. I have loved and always will. If I could I would have taken away all your pain. " said Percy.

Percy wasn't able to breathe his vision blackened.

That's it guys! This is my first time with such a dark shade.

Hope you like this.

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Kohinoor~