What was I thinking? I thought to himself as he packed a backpack of the essentials; a clean-ish change of clothes, a bag of nectar and ambrosia, and all the drachmas and mortal money I had. How could I be so stupid not to notice? I ran out of his cabin as fast as he could and over to Half-Blood Hill in the pick blackness of the night. I only brought the one backpack and my sword Riptide with me- everything else all had too many memories they trigger or too bulky to carry.
I took one last look at Camp Half-Blood, my home for the past 5 years that used to be filled with fun memories that are now painful for him. I turned back and ran down the hill and broke out into an all-out sprint into the woods. Preparing to leave the past behind me.
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It has been 2 weeks and 3 days since I left Camp Half-Blood. I feel guilty that all my friends are probably worried sick about me, not leaving a note of any source. But I just had to get out of that places with all the memories of the good times with Annabeth and I. After she broke up with me for another guys saying she just used me for the attention. Once I started fading into the background she moved on because after all- her fatal flaw is pride. She did however, hope we could be friends, which, of course, I said okay to but really I couldn't stand being near her without knowing I can't have her. It still frustrates me she only used me. I thought maybe we would work out in the end, I was even going to suggest getting an apartment together in the mortal world and propose soon. I left the engagement ring I had bought her a week or so before she broke up with my on my bed so she knew she was the one causing me to leave.
So far I have managed. Living off animal meat and sleeping in the woods, taking out all my anger on passer-by monsters. Thankfully I have yet to cross paths with anybody if they are even searching for me. Right now I am in Yellowstone National Park battling the pesky Minotaur which I have killed how many times already? 3 times? 4 times? I've lost count. I caught the big bulls attention, and like I planed, it charged me only to side-step out of the way and stab him in the side with Riptide, and have him dissolve to dust. I shook my self off and continued on my way to nowhere. Since I have left camp, I have made sure to keep out of contact with anyone what-so-ever-even the gods. I just needed time to rethink about my life. Yes, I am the Almighty Percy Jackson who saved Olympus/the world countless times, and went on so many quest yadda, yadda, yadda. (I of course always say I had help and my friends really helped a lot because honestly, I don't really like the attention all that much. But I still dont feel like a real hero and the person who did all those things anyways. having Annabeth tell me she just used me (not as a friend but as a boyfriend) literally shattered my heart. I couldn't deal with being in a place filled with memories that are now really fake.
I was mindlessly walking and thinking like I did this whole trip-not really thinking about my surroundings (I walked into a couple trees here and there-no big deal)- when I stumbled into a camp of sorts. Being curious and hungry, as it was about dinner time but the look of the sin going down, I approached the camp.
