"So, big cuz" Magnus grinned over his felafel. "Bet on"
Annabeth smiled back, biting into her kebab.
"Okay...what if I told you I come from a place like the one you told me about, only you don't have to die to get there?"
Magnus perked up.
"A place like Valhalla..."
"You don't have to die to get to."
"Why..."Magnus croaked weakly "Why couldn't I have gone there?"
Annabeth frowned as if she were mad. "You might have, if Dad had just told me the truth. But...possibly you couldn't stay. You aren't the right kind of demigod, you see."
"The right..."
"The place is called Camp Half-Blood. Ans it's for Greek demigods."
"I'm sorry, I must have felafel in my ear" Magnus said incredulously, furiously wringing wax out of his ear. "I thought you said GREEK demigods"
"I did. My mom is Athena."
"Athena." magnus repeated, his felafel forgotten. "Your mother is the goddess of...weaving?"
Annabeth kicked him under the table. "And wisdom and warfare Mr. Nature!"
"Okay, okay" Magnus laughed. "Fair enough. My dad isn't exactly a catch, inherited power wise. I do however have a talking sword. Beat that!"
"I have a sword made from a drakon in the pit of a primordial god that a giant kills every day and oh yeah, that giant is the god's son."
"Uh...I killed an immortal goat."
Annabeth smirked. "Nice, baby cuz"
It was his turn to kick her under the table.
"Oh, be quite" he smiled. "So what else have you done?"
"Oh, get drafted into an insane ancient prophecy, had my boyfriend disappear assumed dead and return twice, fell into hell and came back and oh yeah...I owe my life to a giant janitor named Bob."
Magnus shook his head. "I think you have me beat, Annabeth. You must have had a crazy life. I mean I can't believe you really ran away. But…." he grinned widely.
"Let's backtrack to the part where you have a boyfriend"
"You rang?"
They turned to see a tall boy with shaggy black hair, a beaded necklace over an orange tshirt just like Annabeth.
"Percy!" Annabeth exclaimed in surprise. She got up and kissed him.
"Wow, um...Magnus, this is Percy, my boyfriend. Percy, this is my cousin Magnus."
"The Red Sox fan" Percy noted with a friendly grin, shaking Magnus's hand.
"Magnus laughed. "Yeah, that's me. Thanks for taking care of my cousin."
Percy blushed "Honestly, she saves my butt more times than I save hers."
"And don't forget it" Annabeth laughed, nudging him. "What are you doing here anyway?"
"Got Nico to shadowtravel me here. Thoght I'd meet your family."
Annabeth frowned. "isn't that dangerous?"
"Will said Nico's okay enough to do simple jumps. But I could tell he didn't want to let him go."
Annabeth grinned. "I bet not."
"Who are Nico and Will?" Magnus asked.
"Nico is a son of Hades" Annabeth said "Will is his boyfriend"
"His...oh!"
"So, you ready to go back to camp, Annabeth? Nico's waiting."
Annabeth looked at Magnus. "You coming? I still have to win a bet."
Magnus smiled slowly "You're on"
To be continued…
a/n: the promised Magnus Chase fic! I love that Annabeth was in it. Part of me wanted more of her, but I realize it's magnus's story-not another PJO story. It was best the book forged its own setting and characters instead of relying too heavily on old ones.
Hope you enjoyed! Thank yo for reading/faving/reviewing/ect!