Okay, everyone, so incase you didn't read the author's note at the end of "You Belong with Me," I wasn't ready for this story to end, so here's the sequel! In this one, Shelby shows up at camp (apparently she's actually a half-blood) and wants revenge on Annabeth, so there will be a bit of a prank war. Who knows what will happen now? Oh, and don't worry, I know that Annabeth is nothing like the girl in the song, but I just figured the title should be a Taylor Swift song and this one sounded like it fit the story, so no OOC Annabeth!
So this is the prologue written in Shelby's POV. Most of the story will be in Annabeth's POV, but I might need to have a few parts in Shelby's POV to make it more interesting.
Disclaimer: I don't own PJO or either Taylor Swift song.
"I hate her," Shelby muttered as she drew an "x" through Annabeth's yearbook picture. She had wanted so badly to transfer schools after that little thief had stolen Percy from her, unable to show her face there without feeling completely humiliated, but with only one week left until graduation, her dad had told her to just get over it. That last week of high school was absolutely the worst of her life. Word of the karaoke night had spread throughout the school like wild fire and everyone thought she was just a joke. The worst part was that she had lost to someone like Annabeth of all people- just a normal girl who would never be like her. Shelby had had Percy right where she wanted him and would have kept him there until he realized that he loved her, but Annabeth had come along and just snatched him away before she had a chance to do anything about it.
"How could he like someone like her? She's not even pretty!" she yelled as she stabbed her pen down on the picture multiple times.
"Shelby," her stepmom called as she knocked on her bedroom door. "Someone is here to see you."
Shelby set down her yearbook and jumped off of her bed, curious as to whom it could be. After the incident only a few weeks ago, no one had even called, much less come to see her. In the living room, a guy about her age with brown, curly hair and a baseball cap on top sat down on their sofa looking around the room. Shelby thought he looked slightly familiar, but she wasn't sure where she had seen him.
"What do you want?" she asked, making the guy's head pop up. His mouthed opened slightly and his eyes looked as if they were about to pop out. He rubbed them and blinked a few times like he couldn't believe what he was seeing.
"What?" she asked. "Shocked by how gorgeous I am?"
He closed his mouth and shook his head. "You're Shelby Armstrong?"
"That's me. Do I know you?"
"But you can't be!" he started freaking out. "You're- you're you! We finally got rid of you and now…" he slapped himself in the face and shook his head.
"Hey!" Shelby protested. "Why on Earth would someone want to get rid of me?"
"But you can't see through the mist! At the hospital, and then at karaoke night… you didn't see anything weird, right?"
"Wait a second," she said as it dawned on her. "You're one of Annabeth's friends, aren't you? That girl ruined my life! What are you doing here? Did she send you?"
"The name's Grover," he said. "I will not apologize for Annabeth's behavior towards you, so don't expect that. No, she didn't send me- Chiron did. I didn't even know it was you. 'Just another half-blood for you to pick up," he'd said. "Trust me, if we'd known it was you, I never would have come to get you. I probably would have just left you to die."
"What?" Shelby exclaimed. "You-"
"Anyways, you haven't answered my question. Did you see anything out of the ordinary either of those times?"
"You mean besides your little freak show?" Shelby snorted. "I don't- oh, wait, are you referring to that vampire thing that took Percy?"
Grover's eyes widened. "Oh my gods, you saw the empousa? But you blamed Annabeth for doing that!"
"Of course I did," Shelby said as if it should be the most obvious thing in the world. "Who would have believed that a vampire kidnapped my boyfriend? I thought it was just my imagination going wild."
"What about karaoke night? Did you see any centaurs?"
"Centaurs?" Shelby asked curiously.
"You know- half horse, half human. They were dancing with that guy in the wheelchair. Ring a bell?"
"Oh, those guys. I thought those were just costumes. Why do you want to know?"
"Oh, gods, help me," Grover muttered. "I wonder if they'll get mad if she gets 'accidentally' eaten by a monster."
Shelby's jaw dropped open. "Are you talking about me?"
"Of course not," Grover said before taking a deep breath. "Shelby, you're going to have to come with me."
"I don't even know you," Shelby said as she crossed her arms over her chest. "Why would I go with you?"
"Because as much as it pains me to say this, you're a half-blood, and you need to come to camp."
"Huh?" Shelby asked.
"Just come with me, I'll explain when we get there."
"Okay," she smiled evilly as an idea popped into her head. "Is Annabeth going to be there? And Percy, too."
"As much as they're going to want to leave as soon as they find out, yes, they'll be there."
"Ah," Shelby's smile grew. Grover rolled his eyes at how oblivious he was to what he obviously had just implied. "Okay, I'll come with you, Geoffrey."
"It's Grover," he corrected her.
"Whatever. I'm going to go pack. Have you talked to my parents?"
"Yep," he said, then muttered, "didn't seem too sad about getting rid of you."
She walked back to her room and picked up a huge duffel bag out from under her bed. After miraculously stuffing nearly all of the contents of her closet inside, she went into her bathroom to get her makeup, hairbrush, and a few other essentials. Something caught her eye and she picked it up, feeling the grin spread across her face as she realized how she could use it against that boyfriend stealer.
"This could come in handy," she muttered as she put it in her bag. This was going to be a fun summer.
I know it was short, but that's only the introduction so we can see a bit of what Shelby has been up to. She can be a bit of an idiot, though, so I don't think we want to see too much into her mind. Oh, yeah, and I know that in "You Belong with Me" I mentioned Shelby's mom a few times, but just pretend it was talking about her step mom. At the moment, I'm pretty sure that her mom is going to be her godly parent.
Let me know if you have any ideas for pranks or anything that could happen in the plot. Review! Please and thanks! :D
