Author's Note: If you follow me, you know that I've been writing a lot of Undertale stuff lately. I'm currently working on about half a dozen Undertale stories, but this little idea came to me, and I decided that it's been too long since I've written anything for Percy Jackson, so here you go.

For those who are seeing this because you're following me, don't worry. I have other stories coming, including some Undertale and hopefully more Gravity Falls.

Musical Memories

A Percy Jackson/Heroes of Olympus fic

Chapter 1: Sail

Annabeth had never really cared too much about music. She enjoyed it, naturally, but she never put too much thought into it. She hardly ever really payed attention to the lyrics of a song, and when she did, it was mainly to analyze the song.

It had been about half a year since the world had nearly ended. Everything was going fairly well, it seemed. The two camps were getting along nicely, the gods were more or less behaving themselves, Leo had recently come back from traipsing around the world with Calypso while leaving his friends to assume him dead, and everything was more normal than things usually were for demigods. Now, Annabeth was relaxing at her house with Thalia, who had basically showed up earlier in the afternoon and asked if she could chill for a little while. "Lady Artemis is taking care of something up on Olympus, and the other Hunters and I agreed that we would allow ourselves to relax for a day, provided that we all stayed fairly close together in case something happened. Since we were in the area, I wanted to come see you," she had explained, and Annabeth had invited her right on inside.

Annabeth and Thalia lounged in Annabeth's room, with Thalia laying back on Annabeth's bed and Annabeth sitting in her desk chair, reading a book while her laptop played some music that Thalia had picked out. Annabeth was vaguely aware that the song changed, but she didn't pay too much attention. Somewhere in the back of her mind, she recognized the song from either the radio or last time she and Thalia had hung out, but she didn't think about it until the lyrics started.

Sail

This is how I show my love

I made it in my mind because

I blame it on my A. D. D., baby

Annabeth put down the book for a moment to listen, smirking at yet another casual pop-culture reference to A. D. D. or A. D. H. D. She kept listening as the song continued.

This is how an angel dies

I blame it on my own sick pride

Blame it on my A. D. D., baby

The smirk came off of her face. Something nagged in the back of her mind-a memory that was begging for attention, yet wouldn't come to the surface. Something about someone who admitted that his pride was about to be his downfall… who admitted that he was no angel anymore, if he ever had been.

Sail, sail, sail, sail, sail

Maybe I should cry for help

Maybe I should kill myself

Blame it on my A. D. D., baby

"I can't go through with this," Luke's voice whispered from Annabeth's memory. She remembered the day when she found him again for the first time in a while and he begged her to run with him and to help him. "It would be better if I died, but I'm too much of a coward for that. Annabeth, please… I need your help." As the memories plagued her, Annabeth felt tempted to turn off the song, but she left it on as it continued.

Maybe I'm a different breed

Maybe I'm not listening

So blame it on my A. D. D., baby

"Stay with me, then," Annabeth had told Luke, all those years ago. "Come back to us! We'll help you. I'm sure that the others will forgive you." She had paused as she looked down at where her hands and his were touching. "I know I have."

Sail, sail, sail, sail, sail

"I can't go back," Luke had said. "Even if they did forgive me, that doesn't change why I left in the first place. I can't stand the gods and the camp and everything else. I need to be free from it all-everything."

La, la, la, la, la… la, la, la, la, la, oh…

"Come with me," he had begged, pleading. "We can take my ship and sail away. Please."

La, la, la, la, la… La, la, la, la, la, oh…

Sail, sail, sail, sail, sail

"We can go anywhere you want, just as long we get away. Just you and me… it'll be like old times."

Sail with me into the dark

"What about Thalia?" Annabeth had asked.

Sail

Luke's face had darkened a little. "She's made her choice. She's a Hunter now, and she wouldn't risk her life to run off with me again. But you aren't bound by an obligation like that. Please."

Sail with me into the dark

"Come with me. You're the only one who can save me now."

Sail

"Otherwise… Kronos… his plan is terrible. I don't want to do it. I don't, I don't…" Luke had started to cry, and Annabeth had pulled him close.

Sail with me into the dark

"Luke… I can't," she had replied. "I'm finally… happy. My family is doing alright, Thalia is back, and I get to see her sometimes, and I have Percy now, too. I only need you, and my life will be complete. Just stay with me, please."

Sail

"I can't stay, and if you won't come… I'll just have to face this alone." He had looked over at Annabeth one more time, pleading with her.

Sail with me

"I'll… I'll consider it," she had replied, trying to offer him a smile.

Sail with me

She had watched the flicker of emotion in his eyes as he said, "Goodbye for now, then, Annabeth. Please, let me know when you've decided." She had tried to reply, but her voice wouldn't work, and by the time it did, it was too late.

Sail

The song faded out, and Annabeth became vaguely aware of tear tracks on her cheeks. The next song started up, but she wasn't listening as she thought of the boy whose life she hadn't tried hard enough to save.

The music suddenly stopped completely, and a warm, strong set of arms wrapped around Annabeth. She looked to see that Thalia had come over to give her a hug. "What's wrong?" Thalia asked.

Annabeth took a shaky breath before describing how the song made her think of Luke. All throughout Annabeth's explanation, Thalia stood in silence, though not judgingly so. When Annabeth finished, Thalia hugged her again, letting Annabeth's tears soak through the fabric of her shirt at her shoulder.

Thalia waited until her sobs stopped and she had calmed down before asking, "Did you love him?"

Annabeth contemplated this for a while before she said, "Yes, in a way… I didn't love him the same way I love Percy now, but I certainly cared for him. Seeing him in pain like that was just… too much to bear."

Thalia let out a shaky breath that might have been a laugh. "Yeah, I know what you mean. Being on the run with him for so long, I couldn't help but to feel… something for him. After I came back from… tree-hood or whatever you want to call it… it was shocking to see how much he'd changed."

The two of them stayed there for a while, mourning the change and death of one whom they had cared about, before both silently agreed to brush themselves off and move on.

And not listen to Sail again.

A/N: I hope that you enjoyed. Please let me know how I did in a review. I may add other songs as I think of ones that would fit Percy Jackson characters/situations. If you have a suggestion, feel free to submit it.

Also, if you have any suggestion for a picture I could use for this story, please go ahead and suggest it. I'd like to use one for this, but I don't really know what to use/what I can use.