Author's note: I do not own any of the Percy Jackson or Heroes of Olympus books. This storyline is based off of The Son of Neptune book but is actually just the Campers at Camp Half-Blood reacting to what Percy went through When he was at Camp Jupiter. Unlike the other people who have used this storyline, i'm going to finish it all the way through, but only through Percy's point of view chapter and a couple from Frank and Hazel but not all. This is my first fanfiction so i'm sorry if I mess up, so please kindly give me advice on what to change if you have any. Thank you, I hope you enjoy.
Annabeth was in her bed like she always was when she couldn't do anything to help find Percy. It was around 5 in the afternoon so everybody from her Cabin was studying outside in the grass. Jason told her that Percy's probably at the Roman camp, Camp Jupiter. She wants to believe him, but she's afraid to get her hopes up and have them drained in a split second. She can tell her friends know she has her guard up, but can they blame her? She hasn't seen her boyfriend in 8 months. She will always hold on to the hope that he's okay, she just won't let that hope get so high, that it hurts her when she finds out that it's false. Gods, she hopes he's okay…
She was completely in a trance in her own thoughts, so she didn't hear her two siblings enter the cabin. " Annabeth! Hey, Earth to Annabeth!" When she didn't respond as she was staring up at the bunk above her, Malcolm got a cup of water and slashed her face.
"HEY! What was that for?" Annabeth asked angrily." You were doing it again, we called your name like five times. You need to get out more often." Maya advised. Annabeth knew they meant well, but it was hard to do anything without getting too depressed and ending up crying her heart out in front of the whole camp. Annabeth wasn't one to cry often, heck she was one of the bravest campers there, but she has known Percy for four years. How could things just go back to normal without him? It felt like a part of herself left with him. Right then she realized something. She had to step up and put on a brave face, no matter what she felt. She was the Head Counselor of the Athena cabin, and not only was she letting her siblings down, but she was letting her Mother down. Things had to change, and quick.
"Of course!" Annabeth shouted with a fake but real sounding happiness, which startled the living daylights out of Malcolm and Maya. Maya nearly fell to the floor when Malcolm caught her and steadied her." I'm going to see Chiron and see what I can do for the camp. How about you guys hang out with the others until dinner starts." She suggested, a little too happily. Malcolm and Maya, with their brains from their mom immediately knew what Annabeth was doing. "Annabeth-" Malcolm started when Annabeth cut him off by walking out of the door. Malcolm and Maya looked at each other with a look that perfectly said, 'Oh no, this is not going to turn out well'.
When Annabeth was seen skipping outside toward the Big House with a huge grin stretched across her face, it took all of the campers a second, but most were skeptical or knew what was up with her new profound attitude. Even the younger campers seemed to notice that something wasn't right. It was almost believable too, except for the fact that her gray, stormy eyes didn't match the expression on her face. All of the Athena campers all felt a dose of guilt and sympathy for Annabeth, knowing she was putting on a brave face for them.
When she got into the Big House, Jason, Thalia, Leo, Piper sat on the couches while Chiron was lowered into his wheelchair. You couldn't even tell he had a gigantic horse body from his torso down when he was in it. They all looked up at her with a look of sadness, apparently being able to read her facial expression with recognition of her tactic." Gods, since when did everybody become so observant?" She exclaimed as she plopped down onto the couch.
Ignoring her question, Piper, who Annabeth had become very fond of in the last few months said, "Annabeth, don't try to be brave for everybody else, we all know you're brave. If it we're Jason who were missing, I don't know how I could wake up in the morning. But you are doing so much better than any of us could."
Everyone else nodded in agreement though Leo, who was trying to lighten up the sappy mood, but ended up just sounding like an overconfident jerk, like always said, " Well, maybe not me. I'm the bravest person in this camp."
" Dude," Jason said stifling a laugh, " earlier there was a spider on the floor, and you got up onto the chair pleading for Piper to kill it. You would think with the amount of monsters we fight on an everyday basis, you wouldn't be so scared of one little spider."
With everyone already holding back a laugh, Annabeth said, " Well if it was me i would probably run out of the room screaming, then would pass out on the grass." Everybody laughed knowing about the children of Athena's fear of spiders. She laughed extremely hard having to grip her sides, feeling a strong emotion of relief as this was the first time in a few weeks that she truly laughed.
Everyone was so happy to see her laugh, that they laughed a little too long to be comfortable, but they didn't care. They finally stopped laughing when Chiron help up his hand for silence and said " I don't wish to ruin the mood, but there is something I have to tell you." Annabeth looked around and saw a look of recognition on the others' faces as they composed themselves, a little too quickly, looking from Annabeth, to Chiron, than back to Chiron. They seemed to be studying her face ready for her reaction to whatever it was Chiron was going to tell her.
" Okay, what is it?" Annabeth asked with a hint of curiosity and fear in her voice. She didn't have any idea what he was going to say to her that everybody else knew, but she picked up on the vibe in the room that it was serious. She did her best to hide her frightened curiosity from them but she knew it wasn't working.
" Apollo has personally sent the camp a book to read at the campfire tonight. It's called 'The Son of Neptune'... it's about Percy."
Hey guys, I'm going to upload frequently and not leave you hanging for long like other authors. I have all summer to write for you so you don't need to worry. Like I said earlier in the Authors Note, please give me tips and advice in the nicest way possible. This is my first story, and I'm excited to write so many more. This chapter was not funny, but the other chapters will be a lot funnier. Thank you so much!
P.S : This is going to be a pretty long story since we are going through parts of the whole Son of Neptune book, so be prepared for that.
