Disclaimer: I do not own PJO
Prologue
The fire behind her arises farther and farther. The tears in her eyes bubbled along with the flames. I couldn't tell if she was crying because of the heat or because of me.
"Why couldn't you be here? You promised you'd be here. You lied to me." She screamed at me as if it was my fault the camp was burning.
I can't be the here all the time. Can't somebody else do that job for me? I just want to be normal, and love you, Annabeth. Is that so hard to ask?" I told her. I felt like I was pleading to her, begging her for forgiveness.
"But you lied, and that hurts me in more ways than you can imagine. I loved a man named Percy Jackson, but that man isn't the man that's standing in front of me right now."
I looked towards her not wanting to meet her eyes. I tried to look towards the water, but there was no water to see. Instead, the horizon was engulfed by flames. I tried too looking back at her, but she was gone. That hurt me; I could feel my heart slowly breaking. I ran towards her. She turned around and her hand cupped my cheek, "I love you, Percy, I truly do. But if you are going to act like this, I can't stay with you. If you want to go, then go. I'm going to stay here and fight for what I believe in. And I will do it with or without your help. And if you don't want to be a hero, I'm fines with that just don't come crawling to me when you fail." She leaned into kiss me. One last final kiss before she leaves me for a long time, maybe forever. It was soft, sweet, and gentle. She let go of my cheek, and smiled a sad smile. "Goodbye." Then she ran off to start fighting with the other campers.
I turned around and started walking way. I felt awkward leaving the fire and my friends dying. I was leaving and not going to come back. And there I was leaving my second home; silently praying that whoever did this wouldn't come after me. Boy was I ever so terribly wrong.
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A/N: This is my first fanfic so don't judge. I know Percy sounds a little OC and he will for the next few chapters but there's a reason for that. I also promise it will get a lot happier later on. Thanks for reading, I'll update as soon as possible. And make sure you review XD!