Destined to die.

Chapter 1

Annabeth chase was not your typical 17 year old teenager. Sure, she tried hard to be, but life always got in the way. Life was always a bitch to her. She was a high school student trying to have a normal high school experience, but there was this one game changing fact that ruined that chance for her: she was destined to die.

She was 10 when she found out, and it's definitely not something a ten year old girl wants to hear. It was her birthday, her mom had come to visit her, and she remembered being excited because her mom never visited; only called for a maximum of five minutes maybe twice a year. Her mom had left them when she was only seven years, leaving her with two three year old twin brothers and a heart broken father, so even at ten she was remarkably independent as she had to take over her mother's role in the family. She resented her mom for leaving her to care for her brothers and her father never seemed to pay attention to them; he was lost in his own sad world after she left, but she was still exited to see her mom after 3 years, after all she was her mom, and she remembered that day like it was yesterday.

~flashback~

She heard the door bell chiming, she raced to the door and flung it open, she was only seven when her mom left, too small to remember what her mom looked like then, she had asked her father before, he gave her the looked he always gave her when talking about her mom; his eyes glaze over as thought remembering better times, and a slow, sad smile appeared on his face, and replied "like a goddess". That was all he would say, and if she ever asked him to elaborate on it he always changed the topic or told her to go play.

Now standing at the door, looking at her mom, she knew exactly what he meant. She was a goddess. She had long gorgeous locks of blond hair hanging in lose curls framing her face; Annabeth had inherited her hair, though even at ten years she could never tame it. Her mother also had a beautiful face, her stormy grey eyes looked striking; like they could see right through your soul, again something Annabeth had inherited but could never pull off looking that intimidating back then, she was taller than most women, she had a perfect body too, her dad was right, she did look like a goddess.

Athena chase, her mother, smiled down at her, she grinned back, and escorted her into the house. Her father took one look at her mom, he knew she was he still had that look he reserved only for hr on his face, but nevertheless he nodded at her, they had a silent exchange for a few seconds then he looked at Annabeth almost guiltily, her mother gently smiled at her and said "Annie, why don't you show me your room?" she remembered being confused, surely her mother remembered what her room looked like? It's only been 3 years, she was remarkably astute for a ten year old, she took her mother into her room and they both sat on her bed, her mother stared the conversation after a few minutes of looking around.

"Do you have friends? That are boys Annie?" her mother inquired.

"Yes mom, just one" she replied,

"Do you love him?" her mother asked,

"He's my best friend forever" she gushed with a fond smile on her face,

"Annabeth, you know how people fall in love? You can't do that okay honey? Ever. This is very important sweetie; will you promise mommy you won't do that? ever?" her mother pleaded with her.

She held her mother's hand and responded "okay mummy, I promise, but why?"

She remembered her mother looking very tired, and replied saying "a bad lady cursed you as you were born so if you ever fell in love you'd…you would.." she faltered,

"I would what mommy? What did the bad lady say?" she asked looking at her mother fearfully,

"She said you would die" a tear slipped out of the Corner of her moms eye,

"But what about _ mummy? Will I die if he's my best friend?" Annabeth asked she was very confused and worried; her mother was always very strong. She never broke down.

"Oh sweetie, stay away from him okay? It'll be easier for you that way; love isn't real anyway honey, it's all a fairytale, maybe this was for the best angel." Her mother told her.

"Is that what happened with you and daddy?" she asked

Her mother just said "I love you sweetie, I have to go now, keep your promise okay honey?" she gave Annabeth one last smile and walked out the door.

The last thing Annabeth remembered was thinking life was unfair.

~end of flashback~