Summary: Annabeth, the princess of Olympus is tired of her life as royalty. When she turns 18, there is a massive party organized for her, but she wants no part of it. Percy is an orphan and lived in a cave with his friends for his entire life. He and his gang of friends are criminals. What happens when he is offered the job to search for the Golden Fleece by the king of Sparta? What happens when Annabeth and her best friend Thalia pretend to be men and sneak into Thalia's brother's ship that is on the search for the Golden Fleece as well? Which side will Annabeth choose when her world of riches collide with the world of that handsome criminal, Percy? [PERCABETH! and inspired by Pirates of the Caribbean]
Annabeth
"Annabeth! Why have you not changed out of your recreations dress?!" My awful step-mother yells at me.
"I just got back from my violin lessons and we ran a little late!" I explain.
"Well, you have two hours to get ready for your birthday party and you know that it takes at least five hours to make that horrible face of yours look even slightly decent!"
"Yes, mother."
My lord, I hate that woman. Ever since my real mother died of pneumonia when I was nine, my father, the king of Olympus (I hate saying that. It makes me sound like I'm bragging, which I'm really not trying to), has remarried to that witch and she brought her obnoxious twin boys into my family. I am turning eighteen today and all of Olympus is attending my party, except for me. Today is the day where the ships set sail for a land called Ogygia (pronounced oh-GEE-GEE-ah) and I want to go with all the men and knights so that I will never have to be around my ugly stepmother ever again. I'm not going alone, though. My best friend, Thalia, is going with me and her brother, Jason is leading the expedition. Thalia is 22 and has short raven-black hair and Jason is the same age as me and has hair like gold. They both have very beautiful strikingly blue eyes. Jason is the youngest man to ever lead an expedition this large and his family is very proud of him.
At 5 o'clock, the guests start arriving to our ballroom for delivering gifts to me. At 6:30, we all go to the garden (which is HUGE) for dinner and for saying how grateful they are to have me around. At about 9, we are free to do whatever we want and party the night away. This is when Thalia and I sneak out to her quarters, change out of our party dresses and into sailors' clothes and head to the harbor. We had hats and ratty clothes and even false facial hair! If we were going to pretend to be someone else, we were going to both need an alias. Mine is Peter Johnson and Thalia's is John Smith.
There were many people in the harbor. Peasants, sailors and knights, since we wanted to find the Golden Fleece in Ogygia. We saw Jason giving orders to people on his ship. Thalia and I were hidden in barrels of rum. It was uncomfortable, but we didn't have a better way of getting onto the ship. I knew that we were going to be exposed, but hopefully, that won't be until it's too late to turn back.