Summary
Annabeth Chase refuses to believe that she imagined that young sea-green eyed boy. Though you could easily believe that it was all a dream she stands her ground. Years passed and he sees this sea-green eyed boy again. He doesn't remember her however but she recognizes him easily. As they become friends Annabeth's life begins to turn 360 degree. Everything looks that same-on the outside. She is determined to find out what is going on and she gets more than she bargained for. What will happen to Annabeth? Will the sea-green eyed boy remember her? And lastly, What the heck is going on?
I was playing in the water by myself when a suddenly feel shivers run down my spine. A certain sixth sense told me to turn very slowly. I gasped as I saw a single eyed monster eye me hungrily and I was prepared to scream when a voice in my head said,
"Annabeth, don't! Don't scream!"
This is the voice that always saved me so I stood very still. I hand fell on my shoulder and I almost fainted because of fear.
"When I tell you to run, run and don't look back." A voice whispered in my ear. If I weren't so scared I would have swooned at the sound of his voice. This was a boy for sure.
"1…2…3…RUN!" I willed myself to run despite my stupid feeling to just faint right then and there. I felt a sense of triumph that I escaped that evil beast but my hopes were crushed as swiftly as it rose. I heard the boy scream behind me. I turned around and watched in horror as the beast was towering over the boy that was lying down on the river bed.
I looked around frantically to find something, ANYTHING that I could use as a weapon. I felt the current move faster and I looked at the boy 6 feet away from me and I saw two columns of water right beside his elbow. It aimed straight at the eye of the monster. The monster bellowed and I thought for sure someone would come to help but to my utter surprise, the people on the sidewalk just walked on as if nothing happened. I saw the water rear up as it aimed for the monsters stomach. I screamed as I saw it pierce through his abdomen. The monster stood still and it slowly disintegrated to dust. I ran to the boy's side and asked, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah… I'm fine." He whispered. I stared at him in awe and said, "How did you do that?" He looked at me with big, scared/shocked sea-green eyes and stuttered in a low voice, "I… I don't know…" Tears welled up in my eyes because I was scared. I wasn't just scared for myself… I was scared for the boy I didn't even know. He stood up quickly and said, "Shhh… Shh… Don't cry. You're safe now. Look, if you need any help just come to me. I live right next door. You see that blue house over there? That's my house." He smiled warmly which instantly made me feel better. I watched his back as he ran towards his home. I headed home as I thought, 'He wasn't wet.' I hurried home and told my father everything. My dad paled and said, "Annabeth, tomorrow… We HAVE to move." He hurried to his study and told me to go to my room and start packing.
I quietly packed my things and when I was done I ate dinner and got ready for bed. I was lying down and I started to cry. Was I sad? Yes. Was I sad to be the new girl again? No. Was I sad because I would miss my friends? No. Then why was I sad? I didn't have to ask because I knew why I was sad. I was sad because I was afraid I won't ever get to see my savior again. The next day I hurried to the house next door and rang the bell. I kept ringing it for the next 20 minutes and waited. An old man asked me, "Little girl, what are you doing here?" "I'm looking for the family that lives here." The man's face turned grave and he looked as though he aged 10 years. "There are two possible answers… They moved… or they don't exist." Before I could ask him what he meant he was already two blocks away. I had no choice but to go home.
RING! RING! RING!
"Ugh…shut up…" I said against the pillow. RING! RING! RING! My alarm clock shouted shrilly as if daring me to hit it and so I did. I slapped my alarm clock across the room and heard a satisfying crash but in the end I guess it still won because I got up and faced the mirror I stood there for a few minutes and sighed. I am Annabeth Chase I have blonde curly hair but smoky gray eyes. My father is a professor and I don't really know my mother. My father kept telling me that my mother was the Goddess of Wisdom but I took it as an exaggeration. My father remarried so now I have a stepmom. I was having that dream ever since I was 5. 6 years has passed. I am now 11 year old and a sixth grader in Goode High School. I got ready for school and I got my bag and grabbed a piece of toast from the table. "Bye Dad." I shouted. "Bye Honey! Take care!" My dad screamed back. I grabbed my hoodie and jumped in my car. Yeah yeah… It's not really my car. My stepmother is driving me to school in a silver porche. I listened to my iPod on my way there and I played "Ridin' Solo". When we reached school my stepmom wished me luck just as she always does and I got out of the car and headed for the classroom.
When I reached the classroom you could I say I was pretty annoyed. Heck, who wouldn't get annoyed when all you hear in the corridors where girls squealing and gossiping about this new guy. When I got to my chair I was way past annoyed. I was PISSED because even inside the four walls of the classroom all I could hear was "Hott new guy" here and "Hott new guy" there! I groaned and sat on my chair. I looked at the window just at it started to rain. I felt a person tap my back and I turned around and I saw my best friend Thalia. "Hey Thals." I said. "Hey Annie. Guess what? There is this new guy and rumor has it he is hot. No… he is super hot! His body is built like a gladiator, he has jet black hair, creamy white skin…" I sighed and I "listened" to Thalia describe the boy. I gave occational "whoa"s, "cool"s and "really?"s when needed. I was drifting off to a daydream when one thing that Thalia said caught my attention, "… he has dreamy sea-green eyes and when I mean sea-green I mean SEA-green. It is like you could see the ocean through them and another guess what? He is THE best of the best swimmer!" She practically screamed in my ear when she said that but… swimmer huh? That has something to do with water… The bell rang just as Thalia was about to say his name and we scurried back to our seats. Mr. Brunner walked in the classroom or should I say rolled in or drive in? You see Mr. Brunner doesn't really walk. He sits in a wheel chair (you get the point!). Anyway, he came in the classroom (yeah… that's it!) and he said, "Class, we will have 2 new students for today. First student is Mr. Grover Underwood. Grover, please come in."
An African-American guy walked in. I stared surprised because if I heard correctly this guy was supposed to be good at soccer and football if he was so good at those sports then… WHY THE HECK DOES HE HAVE CRUTCHES? Mr. Brunner cleared his throat as murmurs began to grow louder and louder. "And your second transfer…" I didn't hear anything else because I was too busy staring at the African-American guy, Grover. "… Perseus Jackson. Perseus, please come in." I could sense the excitement in the air as the door opened and in came a tall boy. I couldn't tell if he was handsome or not because a hoodie was over his head and he was looking down so that his hoodie and his bangs were covering his face. "Perseus, would you mind if the class takes a good look at you?" Mr. Brunner asked. I could hear the smile in his voice as though he was very fond of the boy. I saw the boy sigh and he looked at the window and almost instantly the rain began to subside and then completely vanish. The sun rose up into the sky as if it hadn't rained at all. I saw Mr. Brunner's grin grow wider. The boy, Perseus, took off his hoodie still looking down. Then he sighed again before doing a hair flip and looking directly towards the class. I gasped and I must've attracted his attention because he turned to look at me. I felt my heart do a somersault. It was him. He was the one who saved me from that monster, from the Cyclops. "My name is Perseus Jackson but please call me…" he paused for a moment, looked at the whole class before going back to me and looking directly into my eyes, "…Percy."