AN: Everybody says that Annabeth was the cabin leader. Well, someone had to be the leader before her. Since the story was not told at all in the books, I'll have fun with this.

By the way, I love Annabeth. I'm just wondering how she really became cabin leader.

How Annabeth became Cabin Leader

Annabeth sat there running her hand over the bark of her best friend. I know that might have sounded weird but it is true. The tree used to be a half-blood named Thalia Grace who had died to save Annabeth and her friend, Luke Castellan. Annabeth watched with her innocent eyes, her best friend die in front of her eyes. A single tear escaped the seven year olds face when she felt the warmth of the tree. Thalia was still alive inside the tree, just barely. Not enough to survive. She protected the camp from danger. She was the reason that everyone in the camp was alive at this very moment.

"Annabeth!" She spun around to come face to chest with her half-brother and cabin leader of the Athena cabin, Lyle Jennings. He had short cropped blonde hair and bold grey eyes. He was fifteen and was about five feet tall with a tremendous amount of muscle on his body. He was the smartest of all of her siblings and he was her mother's favorite son. Lyle had taken a liking to Annabeth for she was a smart girl and had potential. He taught her everything he knew.

Days went by and Annabeth showed a lot of strength, pride, courage and ,of course, wisdom. After seven months of being at camp, Annabeth was sitting on her bunk when Lyle storms in angrily. "What's wrong Lyle?" Annabeth asked innocently.

"I have a quest."

Annabeth didn't know the wrong in that. She had heard of people on quests and she had always thought it would be cool to go on one. They always came back a hero and people loved them. "What's wrong with that"

Lyle looked at Annabeth's young naïve face and sighed, "Nothing."

"Then can I come too. I've gotten a lot better with my sword fighting. I can help." Annabeth said excitedly. She thought she was about to go on her first quest.

Lyle was struck with worry. He didn't like the idea of her with him on a dangerous quest like this. He squatted down to her level and said, "I don't think that would be a good-"

"I'll ask Chiron then." Annabeth was determined to go on this quest with him.

"Annabeth-" But Annabeth was already sprinting toward the big house. She was fast. She made it there in seconds. By the time Lyle got there, she was already asking Chiron.

"Chiron, can I go on the quest with Lyle? Please? Please? Preetttyyy Pleeeeaaaasssseee?" She begged. She used her adorable face that she knew that no one could resist.

"No." Came Chiron's reply. 'except for Chiron,' Lyle thought. "You are too young. Do will not put you in that kind of danger. Even if Lyle is there. I don't want you hurt." Seeing Annabeth's face fall into a pout he added, "You'll get your chance, Annie."

"Annabeth." She said sourly.

"Annabeth." He repeated. "Now go back to your cabin with Lyle and help him pack."

Annabeth and Lyle walked back to the cabins in silence. She ran ahead because she didn't want him to see the tears in her eyes. When she got into the cabin, she went right to his bunk and pulled out a small bag from under his bed. He always kept that bag for travels and stuff like that. She started packing his belongings into the duffel bag. She was already done with his toiletries and his shirts when he walked into the cabin. Lyle noticed that she was feeling a little down and she hadn't noticed that he came in. He crept up behind and tried to scoop her up into his arms but failed miserably as she turned around because of reflexes. Instead, he ended up on the floor with a bruised eye, groaning in pain.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, Lyle! Don't scare me like that!"

Lyle chuckled, "At least I know you'll be able to fend for yourself until I get back." He touched his eye and winced as a pain shot through him. Wow, she punched hard. He smiled at her when he noticed he worried look. "I'm fine. Let's finish packing so we can have a little fun."

Annabeth nodded and they packed the rest of the clothes into the duffel bag. They headed to the arena to practice. On the way there, Annabeth saw her friend Luke walking towards them. He stopped in front of them. She started to actually look at him the first time since they met so many months ago. He was tall and muscular like most guys at camp are. He had short blonde hair and sparkling blue eyes and his smile was the whitest, straightest thing Annabeth has ever seen. He had on a Volcolm shirt, jeans, and Vans. Annabeth smiled at him. "Hey, Luke. What's up?"

"Annabeth I just haven't talked to you in a while. I thought maybe we could hang out."

"Actually, I'm going to the arena with Lyle. Its his last day before the quest and we're spending it together."

"Oh, ok. Have fun. Maybe another time." He smiled and walked away. Lyle and Annabeth continued their journey to the arena without anymore interruptions. Lyle took out his sword balanced perfectly in his hand and Annabeth took out the knife that Luke gave her. Lyle took his position and started the fight.

The thing about fighting with Lyle is that he never goes easy on you. It doesn't matter if you're his friend or even his sister, he still goes hard. He says that it teaches Annabeth how to react in real life situations. A monster will never go easy on her if she gets in a fight. He slashed at her feet and she jumped while she swiped at his head with her knife. He jumped back and pressed her harder and harder until he nicked her on her arm. That meant that it was time to stop. They were both glistening with sweat as they sipped from they're water bottles. They both walked to the showers to get ready for bed.

The next morning, Annabeth woke up to Lyle kissing her forehead and saying goodbye. She quickly got up and hugged the dear life out of him. He smiled down at her and said goodbye one last time before leaving.

Little did Annabeth know that he would not be coming back.