Another Year

Yup that time of year had come around once again. You've probably guessed it, it's my seventeenth birthday and I was spending it at camp half blood as my mum and Paul had gone on their honey moon. I woke up to find that people were already gathered in the dining pavilion eating breakfast, so I strolled over to Poseidon's table and sat down cereal appearing in front of me. I wasn't really hungry and it didn't look to appetizing considering it was turning to mush in the milk. I got up and decided to wander down to the beach the one place I always feel relaxed and calm.

The beach was golden and the waves calm and soothing I was so entranced by the waves rolling onto the beach that I didn't hear Annabeth approach, she sat down beside me on the soft sand and stared out onto the ocean. After what seemed like an age she turned her head towards me and I turned mine and swam in her stormy grey eyes. She spoke and said "Happy Birthday Seaweed brain". I smiled and she started laughing "didn't think I was gonna forget you did you" she laughed. Out of her pocket in her denim shorts she brought out a small ocean blue bad addressed to me, she handed it me gently and I curiously opened it to find a shark tooth on a leather cord, engraved on it was Annabeth and I. I smiled hysterically at her and said "it's perfect" to which she smiled back and explained "That's not all it is, watch". She attached it around my neck and then pulled on it suddenly in her hand was a celestial bronze dagger "just I case you are in need of a weapon" she explained. My awe level just increased and I was lost for words as I stammered out "th-thank you". She smiled dreamily and kissed me. Afterwards she rested her head on my shoulder and I put my arm around her and we both stared out onto the ocean at the setting sun.

The Chosen...?

Soon it was the prom at Goode Academy, I wasn't thinking of going until my invite arrived saying that I could bring a +1. Cleary I knew who to invite, Annabeth. I decided I would ask her after canoeing down by the lake.

As I approached the lake I could see Annabeth gliding along the top of the water in her bright orange canoe, I decided that I would surprise her. I slowly sneaked into the cool water and swam slowly underwater towards Annabeth's canoe. I positioned myself directly underneath her canoe and grabbed the underneath and gently started rocking it, unfortunately I was underwater so I couldn't see the shocked look on Annabeth's face I gradually started rocking it more viciously until Annabeth capsized. I laughed so hard at Annabeth's face as she fell in, and then she saw me and glared at me. She hurtled herself threw the water at me but I made the water in front of me denser so she crashed into it. I created an air bubble around the two of us and Annabeth caught her breath, threw gasps she threatened "you... are... so... dead." I laughed and chuckled "I can always pop the air bubble and she frowned at me but thought it best not to punch me, to make up for it I kissed her drying her off as I touched her.

Afterwards –still in the bubble- Annabeth had calmed down enough for me to ask her, I took a deep breath and blurted out "do-you-want-to-go-to-my-prom-with-me?" She looked at me and said "of course Seaweed brain and hugged me, to be honest I was so relieved that I thought I was gonna burst. I drove the bubble up towards the shore where we sat for awhile and talked.

The next thing I know is that we'd fallen asleep and Grover was poking us trying to get us to wake up. Time for breakfast sleepy heads. I sat bolt upright and helped Grover awake Annabeth. The three of us headed down to the dining Pavilion where Mr. D scowled at us and told us to hurry up. I sat down at the Poseidon table and ate toast. Once I'd finished Chiron trotted up to me and told me I'd have a whole day of sword fighting, this news seriously made me ecstatic, then I remembered that it was my prom tonight as well I wasn't sure that this day could get any better.

I headed down to the sword fighting arena to see Mrs. O'Leary chewing on a life size pink squeaky yak, as soon as she saw me she bounded over to me and licked me until I was coated I in dog drool. I heard laughing and looked up to see Malcolm Annabeth's brother laughing at me. "She coated me too" he explained I laughed with him and asked "so I'm training with you all day then?" he replied "yup. So where d'you want to start"

"I recon we should just straight onto full on combat"

"Okay "

We got in to our stance and the engaged in a full on fight he would slash and I would parry, after hours of solid combat I disarmed him and knocked him to the floor, where I then sat down and breathed heavily both of us smiling "drink?" I asked "drink defiantly" Malcolm replied. We headed over to the cabin areas and drenched ourselves in water cooling us off. I dried myself off and ask Malcolm what the time was "5:50pm". Oh my gods I'm picking Annabeth up at 6! I rushed off to my cabin to put on my outfit: I wore a white shirt with a black tie and jacket also black trousers, I checked the time, phew 5:57 still had time to run over to the Athena cabin and Pick up Annabeth on time.

I hurried over to the Athena cabin knocked on the door which Annabeth answered. I took one look at her and was gob smacked, she was beautiful wearing a silver dress that came down to just below her knees with a darker silver bow round her middle tied to one side, her hair was brushed and golden all I could squeeze out of myself was "h-hi" she laughed and said "come on Seaweed brain are we going or not?" "Y-yeah".

We walked down to Thaila's pine and stood there waiting for Argus to take us into Manhattan, he walked up the hill and as soon as he saw Annabeth all 100 of his eyes enlarged at the same time which is rather unnerving to look at, anyway he drew his gaze from Annabeth and walked down the hill to the car, Annabeth and I following.

When we arrived at the prom Paul was waiting for us dressed in his suit, we stepped out of the car, Paul looked at Annabeth and blurted out "Annabeth...you look ... WOW! She smiled and said "come on lets head inside".

When we got inside I saw the food table all laid out with punch and other party food my school mates all dressed up dancing. A few of the boys came up to Annabeth and wolf whistled she glared at them and they backed off. We headed over to the punch, on the way one boy asked me "this your girl, wow she needs someone better than you" refers to Annabeth "would you like to dance with me" I told him to "back off" and we decided to dance.

I looked deep into Annabeth's grey eyes she stared back into my green ones. I had just about drawn enough courage up to tell her how beautiful she was when there was an excruciating pain in my stomach I clenched it and fell to my knees. Annabeth looked horrified she shot one look at Paul and motioned outside. Annabeth helped me outside the pain in my stomach was agonising, luckily the hall was jam packed so no one noticed Annabeth helping me outside. She sat me on a bench in the gardens Paul came over and said my mum was arriving soon in a deadly serious tone. Another wave of pain hit me and I cried out, Annabeth was rubbing my back trying too sooth me. My mum arrived in a blue dress and ran over as best as she could in high heels just as a wave of excruciating pain hit me Annabeth held me onto the bench as I cried out once again. My mum soothed me and also shocked me by saying "It's okay your father will be here soon" I yelled out once again as my father Poseidon appeared and gaped at my mother entranced by her appearance, I broke the trance by gasping out " Dad.*painful breath* what's *painful breath* happening *painful breath* to me"

"Be calm Percy you'll be fine. We need to get him to a lake"

After that I don't remember what happened but here is what my mum told me

Apparently, they drove me to the nearest lake all the while letting out cries of pain, we got to the lake where my eyes turn completely sea blue and an aura of blue light irradiated from me as I walked out onto the lake, once I reached the middle of the lake I let out a cry and created an earthquake, I formed a hurricane around me the sky clouded over whirlpools and tornadoes of water span around the lake all the boats going mental on the surface of the lake, the waves growing bigger as I let out another cry. After that I collapse and fell into the lake where Poseidon came and brought me to the shore where he transported us into camp half blood allowing my mum and Paul past the magical boundaries.

The next thing I remembered after the pain at the school was waking up to see the faces of Annabeth, Paul, Poseidon, Chiron and my mother. I was propped up against a tree in camp half blood; Chiron spoke to my father saying "he will need to here this from you" and offered my mum and Paul a tour of the camp. My father told Annabeth to get some sleep and she kneeled and said farewell and went off to get some sleep.

My father sat down next to me in his Hawaiian shirt and Bermuda shorts with a proud look on his face. I asked him "what happened to me?" He replied "what happened to you today son is what happens to all demigods of the big three shortly before or after their seventeenth birthday".

"Why didn't you tell me this was going to happen?"

"If I did then it wouldn't have happened I'm sorry son it's just the way it is. Anyway how are you feeling?"

"Exhausted. But hold on so all children of the big three glow and use their powers to the extreme?"

"No most just feel excruciating pain. But you my son are chosen Percy, only very few ever get chosen. Percy this means that you have the same amount of power as I do over the sea, the only thing that is different is that I'm immortal and can vanish into the breeze. Most gods will now fear you"

"Wait so I'm just as powerful as you. I don't feel any different"

"You won't but try summoning water out of thin air"

"But that take a lot of energy and I don't have energy at the moment"

"Just try Percy"

I tried and sure enough a ball of water appeared floating above my hand just as Chiron, Paul, my mother and Annabeth (who couldn't sleep) returned. I got rid of the water Annabeth, Paul, my mother and even Chiron stared at me in disbelief.

Poseidon got up and said "I'll be off then" he nodded to Paul and Chiron; my mother gave him a hug he told Annabeth to watch me tonight showing that he accepted are relationship and he disappeared in an ocean breeze.

Chiron stared at me and said astonished "so it's true then" he hoisted me onto his back and took me to the Poseidon cabin and told Annabeth to stay in there tonight. He then rode off with my mum and Paul to find them a room in the big house. Within seconds I was asleep.