So… this has probably been done a lot of times… but, I decided to write a fan fiction about mortals meeting the demigods. I guess it have something to do with me relating to all of the possible scenarios if one of my friends happen to meet the Prophecy of Seven. This is my first fan fiction, and I'd appreciate any feedback in the reviews, because I'm not so much of a writer no matter how much I enjoy reading. Hell, even writing this author's note is hard!

Anyway, onwards with the story! :D

Disclaimer: I do not own any characters from the books, as they belong to Rick Riordan. The OCs are mine though.

- anonymousgirl23 -

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-Emilia-

I sighed in frustration, tossing my math book halfway across the library. Under normal circumstances, I would not throw my book away like that, or having an urge to pull out all of my hair because of how freaking hard this topic turned out to be. Unfortunately, this is not under normal circumstances.

The final exams are just a few more days away. I should be able to take this in calmness, as I always do in any other examinations, but the final exams do not only determine whether I would pass the ninth grade or not; they also determine the subject courses I am eligible to take. With my dreams to become an engineer, I have to pass nearly all of my exams in order to take the higher course subjects — specifically, math, science and design.

However, I suck at math. I used to be at the top of my class in the ninth grade — even achieving the highest score among all of my classmates — but as the tenth grade math became increasingly difficult each day, I went from number one to just above the average. It frustrates me to hell whenever I can't seem to understand the concept of… well, everything, when I am sure that I understood it completely before.

I was about to stand up and pick up the cursed math book when somebody tapped on my shoulder. I turned around, looking at a girl with curly blonde hair and the most alarming stormy grey eyes I have ever seen. She wore a t-shirt saying, "Camp Half-Blood," and jeans that reached just above her knee, with something that looks suspiciously like a knife scabbard around her waist.

"Hey, um… I believe this is yours," she said, passing me my math book. It took me a second to realise that the book was no longer lying face-down on the floor next to a pillar. I blushed. She must've seen me threw the book away in frustration.

I grimly took the math book from her arms, knowing that there is no way to escape this hell. "Yeah. I'd take a guess that you saw me threw it away?"

The girl laughed. I wondered if I had ever laughed so wholeheartedly like that after studying like crazy for the past few days. "I did, and to be honest, I am not surprised you did it. From the way you were looking at it fiercely, I am starting to think you would attack it with razor sharp pencils and cutters." I gave her a small smile. "I'm Annabeth, by the way."

"Emilia," I replied. I thought she would walk away, but to my surprise, Annabeth dragged out a chair and sat down beside me, opening one of the pages I had bookmarked.

"I may have just met you," Annabeth said without looking up from the page, "But I think I know well enough that you seem to be struggling with this subject." I nodded. "My boyfriend does too, and sometimes I tutor him before his examinations," she continued. "I believe that you would need my help as well."

I stared at her in shock. I did not know Annabeth — I never saw her around school, so I'm guessing she goes to another school — and here she was now, offering to tutor me in a subject that gave me massive headaches even though she did not know me too.

Annabeth proceeded to tear away a piece of paper from my notebook. "Let's start from here…"

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-3 hours later-

"It isn't that bad, right?" Annabeth asked me as I managed to answer another question correctly.

I smiled at her; after she started to tutor me, I began to understand more and more about the subject — even being able to answer some of the most complicated questions inside the book. I wondered how does she do it. My mom had hired many private tutors to teach me in math, but still, I did not understand a word they were saying — probably because those tutors used professional mathematical terms that I have never heard of. I'm guessing that Annabeth have some kind of special talent for tutoring people.

"Yeah. I seem to understand a lot now. Thanks," I said. A question nagged me at the back of my mind, something that I wanted to ask since she had mentioned her boyfriend, but it feels rude to question her about it. I decided to ask anyway. "Annabeth?"

She looked up from solving a crossword puzzle she had brought with her. "Hmm?"

"I was wondering… Who exactly is your boyfriend?" I blurted out, then closed my mouth shut before she lashed out on me for asking a rude question. Many of my friends would not think of it as a rude question, but I have been told since a child not to ask any personal questions to other people, much less a stranger.

Annabeth must've got the question a lot, because she did not hesitate before answering. "Percy Jackson. He goes to this school too; I think he is a grade above — oh, there he is now." She smiled brightly as a boy with tousled black hair and sea green eyes walked over to her. He gave her a quick peck on her cheek.

"Hey Wise Girl, ready to go?" he asked her, offering Annabeth his hand. She gladly took it.

I watched as she gathered her books and intertwined her fingers with his. Before leaving, she smiled at me. "Good luck in your exam, Emilia. May the gods be with you."

"Thanks," I said. I'm not sure she heard me, because she was already out of the door, laughing at what Percy said to her.

The world is full of surprises today. I would have not thought that I would meet a girl who not only managed to successfully tutored me in math, my worst subject, but is also a girlfriend to Percy Jackson, one of the kindest tenth graders in the school and captain of the swim team, who was the first person to ever smile at me when I set foot in this place.

I guessed that Fate is on my side after all.

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Yay! :D First chapter is done! Phew!

This is set after the Titan War, before Percy got his memory erased by Hera. I would assume that he and Annabeth are in the tenth grade because they are currently 16 at that time, but feel free to correct me if I am wrong.

Have a great day everyone! :)

- anonymousgirl23 -