Prequel,
Annabeth's POV,
I felt a tear fall across my face as his car drove away. College started in three days. He was going D.C., and I was staying here. It felt wrong, but we knew it wouldn't last forever. We agreed to stay in touch, but we probably won't. I sat down on the damp forest floor. I gently put my head in my hands.
"I'll always love you, Percy."
Real Time,
Annabeth's POV,
"Artemis, are you packed? Camp starts soon," I asked my eleven year old daughter. I put the small earring into my ear before I went to find her in the spacious loft.
"Almost. I have to get something for my friend Annie. Her dad wants to meet you today," my daughter told me as I entered her purple bed room. Her blonde hair was down and reminded me of my own when I was her age.
"Okay, now, did you pack light like I asked?" I asked Art.
"I did. You can stop worrying. I went to camp last year when that monster attacked. I'll be fine," she told me as if I was the child. I smiled. She was practically me when I was her age. She was barely anything like her father, Hephaestus. The only thing that she got from her father was the love to build machines.
"Fine, but hurry up," I told her. I walked into the living room again. I grabbed my phone from its charger. I remembered when I was heading to Camp Half-Blood. Almost every time I ended up seeing Percy, but I knew that those times are over.
"All ready," my daughter came from her room with two duffle bags. I helped her by grabbing one.
"Let's go get a cab," I smiled.
Percy's POV,
"Annie, slow down. I can't keep up. How much longer until we reach the stage where you sleep all day?" I asked trying to keep up. We were running in the forest to Camp Half-Blood. My daughter, Andromeda, was the daughter of Hecate.
"Dad, hurry up! I want you to meet Ms. Chase. She is probably already here. She is going to help Art un-pack," she walked faster.
"Wait, she's a demigod. And her name is Chase," I put the pieces together.
"Artemis, slow down. Mommy can't run this fast anymore," I heard a familiar voice say.
"Artemis?" my daughter asked.
"Andromeda?" a voice asked.
"Art," my daughter ran to the voice. I tried to keep up.
"Annie, I haven't seen you in forever," the blonde woman around my age asked.
"Hello, Ms. Chase," she said. I reached the area they were in.
"I told you. Call me Annabeth," she said. My eyes widened.
"All right, Annabeth. This is my dad," Annie took the woman's hand. She led her to me.
"Hi, I'm…Percy, is that you?" she asked. She looked even more beautiful than I remember.
"Percy Jackson, and you're Annabeth?" I asked.
"That was me. The girl who kept yelling at you since the day you got here," she smiled.
"You know each other?" Artemis asked.
"This is the Percy from all of those crazy stories," Annabeth explained.
"Dad, this is the Annabeth from the stories?" Annie asked.
"This is her," I told my daughter. The two girls looked at us in amazement.
"Come on, Hun. Percy, it has been great seeing you, but I'm afraid we must be going. I hope to see you soon," she smiled. Art and Annie pulled her off. She grabbed her daughter's bags before she was pulled away. I smiled as I grabbed my daughter's bags. I quickly made my way to see the new generation of half-bloods.
"Percy, my boy, great to see you," Chiron told me as I got closer.
"Great to see you. Have you seen my daughter?" I asked.
"She was pulling an old friend of yours. Have you seen that friend lately? I'm not supposed to say, but it's-" Chiron told me.
"Annabeth," I answered, "I just saw her. I didn't know she was a mom," I said.
"She is. I'm surprised you never kept in touch," he said.
"We did until we became parents," I told him. We said our goodbyes. I went to my daughter's cabin. A few other girls I recognized were in there.
"Dad, what took you so long? I dropped Ms. Chase off forever ago," my daughter said. I put her bags down.
Annabeth's POV,
"All right, Hun. Send me an Iris Message," I hugged my daughter before leaving. I gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"Bye, Mom," she let go. I walked into the forest past Thalia's tree. This generation would never quite know the real story to that tree. They would barely know the right stories to any of our stories.
"All right. I'm leaving," I heard Percy say to his daughter, "I'll miss you," he walked into the forest with me.
"So which goddess?" I asked. We walked together.
"Hecate. You?" he asked.
"I'm surprised. You had a daughter with a woman who turned you into a household pet. Hephaestus is Art's dad," I told him.
"Doesn't surprise me," he smiled.
"All right, Mister Hero Dad, I think we are having to spend a summer without our kids. Want to come with me for a drink?" I asked smiling.
"What do you think?" he asked sarcastically.
"Where to?" I asked smiling.
"I know this great place," he smiled.
[I'm not sure if I want to continue this, but I promised a story]