Ok this is chapter 1 in Here With Me!

Enjoy!

~ BeautifulBeachGodess

Chapter 1: Burning Before Him

Percy's POV

" OK Luke... I'll...I'll go." Annabeth said quietly. I rushed to Annabeth's side. " you don't have to go" I said panting. " Percy..." She said softly " its time to end a war thats been going on for centuries" and with that Luke led a sobbing Annabeth away. Luke put his arm around Annabeth's waist. He turned around and grinned evily.

2 years later

Percy's POV

" I've called this meeting because now it has been exactly two years since we have lost Annabeth Chase daughter of Athena to Luke in order to end the war." Chiron began.

" why'd she volunteer to do that?" asked some stupid new kid from the Hermes cabin. " It was a sacrifice not something she would just do" I said protectivly.

" Anyways, I have decided to delay the trip to rescue Annabeth due to shortage of weapons." " Can't the Hephaestus kids make weapons!" I exploded. " Well they can..." said Chiron gently " But most of the Hephaestus kids are currently on a quest."

I stormed out of the Big House. I didn't need to hear anymore. Chiron would just go on and on about how, a MONTH later we would go and rescue Annabeth. No. No we wouldn't.

I would go. By myself. She needed to be here. Not there were Luke was making her live in that hellhole with him just to end a war. With Riptide and food I could get her back in maybe two days.

Maybe less. Now I just had to figure out how to confiscate enough food to last for maybe a week. I decided to talk to one of the kindest wood nymphs I knew: Juniper.

When I arrived at Juniper's little hut in a small patch of the woods, I found her outside watering a patch of daisys. " Hi Juniper!" I greeted. She looked up. " Oh hello Percy is something wrong?"

" Yes and no." I responded. " Would you like anything Percy?" she asked kindly. " Perhaps some tea or coffe?" she added. " No thank you." I said politely. " So whats the problem?" she asked while offering me a seat.

" Well as you know Annabeth's been with Luke for two years now." I began slowly. " yes, yes go on Percy" she said walking over to the stove to start up some coffe.

" And at the meeting today they said they were putting off Annabeth's rescue again." " AGAIN!" Juniper said incredulously. " Yes and tonight I'm going to get her by myself and I came here to see if you can get me some food."

" Well it is my kitchen time tonight...and its for a really good cause sooo..." I'll do it"! she said happily. " I'll give it to you after dinner" " thank you so much Juniper!" I said thankfully.

" And please don't tell anyone about this" I made her promise. " I won't." she said truthfully. " ok then see you there" I said before running back to my cabin.

Annabeth's POV

Today marks the day that I haven't seen Percy and Thalia and Grover and Juniper and Nico and... " Hey buttercup watcha doin' " Luke said jumping me out of my thoughts.

" Nothing much..." I said. As usual I refused to tell him what I was really doing. He was just to caught up in getting me to actually like him to notice.

" So whats tommorow?" Luke asked me casually. " I don't know" I muttered though I knew exactly what tommorow was.

" You don't?" Luke said acting surprised.

" Why, its are wedding day " he said.

Percy's POV

" Oh and heres some muffins for breakfast..." Juniper said. She had been going on and on giving me bundles of food that could allow me to suvive with or without Annabeth for weeks.

So far she had givin me two loafs of bread, a couple apples, a dozen slabs of meat that could be warmed up with a fire, and six blueberry muffins.

" Well that does it" she said. " You have the perfect amount of food to last for exactly three weeks. " Thanks Juniper" I said while stuffing the food in my backpack along with clothes, and one of my sheilds. As Juniper left I thought: This is my last chance.

Soooo how was that? Please R&R! More chaps to come!

~ BeautifulBeachGodess