Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson and the 12 Olympians, Rick Riordan does
WARNING: contains spoilers up the fourth book, Battle of the Labyrinth
Chapter 1
The worst thing about being a half-blood is that your nightmares are mostly real. That's what worried me the most. It started with Annabeth, Thalia, Artemis (god of the hunt) and some other girl running up Mount Tam. I knew it was bad, so I followed. "Annabeth!" I yelled, but she couldn't hear me. My voice never worked in a dream. So, they kept running, and I followed. I was able to pass them up. I stopped. Annabeth ran right through me but immediately stopped. She looked through me and then continued to run.
Once they reached the top of the mountain, I could see why they where in such a hurry. Atlas wasn't holding up the sky! A few years ago, Atlas made Luke hold it up (Luke is this guy that tried to kill me and for some reason Annabeth has feeling for). Annabeth then held it up. After that Artemis. I was stupid enough to hold it up and I have never felt anything that heavy.
Anyways, a new person was holding it up. He looked about 13. He had brown hair and green eyes. He looked strong for his age, but the sky was heavy enough to make him tremble on his knees. Atlas looked down at the four ladies and said "I have out smarted you once again!" He slapped Artemis like it was nothing. Artemis flew across the room and slammed into a boulder. I shivered because it was the same boulder that once killed a skilled hunter of Artemis, Zoë Nightshade.
"I have become stronger. Soon my Uncle, Kronos, will have more then enough power to take down all of the Olympians and Mount Olympus!" the Titan growled. He then looked at Annabeth "Long time no see, daughter of Athena. The offer is still open! You can still join Luke!" Atlas laughed. "NEVER!" Annabeth yelled. I grinned to myself. That was a good sign. She didn't hesitate.
"Suit yourself" Atlas spoke. "Prepare to die!" I looked at the girls, and realized that Thalia was not with them. She was aiding Artemis. "Brother…" she said blankly. I looked back at Annabeth and the other girl. Annabeth was invisible. She had gotten a hat a long while ago that turned her invisible. It was a gift from he mother, Athena. The other girl was amazing! She has long brown hair and baby blue eyes. She fought like she could be a hunter. I could easily compare her to Thalia. Atlas was getting beat pretty bad. I could see a floating knife behind Atlas. But all of the sudden, the girl was thrown away and Atlas spun around. He punched Annabeth! Her hat came off and she flew the other way. She was looked the worse out of Artemis and the other girl. Then, I started to get really hot. Even in the dream, it was burning up! Then I saw a familiar face, the sun god, Apollo. He was driving his Red Convertible Maserati Spyder. He stepped out smiling, but it melted when he saw his sister, Artemis.
"Woa, Woah, Woah! What's going on!?" He then looked at Atlas. He quickly drew his bow an began to attack. Atlas swatted some of them away. Others hit him in the arms. Two even hit him in the chest. He didn't look at all hurt. Artemis stood for a second and then was tackled to the ground! Atlas got up and laughed. He was then stabbed in the back by Thalia! I cheered "YEAH!" I then turned to Annabeth. She didn't look like she was breathing. I then heard my name. "Percy Jackson!" I turned and Atlas was staring down at me. He kicked me in the stomach and I woke up with a pain in my stomach. "Ouch" I said. Then when I got to my scenes, I jumped up yelling "MOM!"
When I found my Mom, she was sitting in the kitchen making eggs. Her boyfriend, Paul Blofis, was helping her. She said "Good morning, Percy." She smiled but when she saw how sweaty I and they my face looked like I had seen a ghost, she put the egg stuff down and said "Uhm, Paul, I will be right back." Paul smiled and said "Okay".
We walked into my room. The first thing my Mom said was "Is Annabeth okay?" She knew that San Francisco isn't the best place for a half-blood and… well she basically knows everything about everything. I gowned and looked at my stomach. I had a huge bruise where I got kicked. She said "Oh dear! What happened!?" I told her every little detail about my dream. She looked at her feet. Then the looked at the ceiling. "Are you sure this all happened?" I showed her the bruise again. "I didn't have this last night." I told her. She said "Well, we just moved to Ohio yesterday. It is close enough to Camp Half-Blood. If you want to, you can go. It's just, we never get to spend time together anymore." I thought about that. We moved to Ohio because Paul got a better job. He offered to move us with him so that my Mom and him could stay together. My mom kissed my forehead and said "Think about it" and she went back to the kitchen.
I wasn't about change my mind, but I did feel bad. She was right, I barely ever see my Mom anymore. Family and friends are equal to me. Especially Annabeth! I really hoped it wasn't true. My eyes started to water. I got a hold of myself. Then I heard a whisper in my ear. It said "PERCY!" I turned around and an Iris message was behind me. If you don't know, an Iris message is like a video chat only you look into a misty like thing. Kind of like a rainbow. Thalia looked sad. I said "Please, don't tell me…"
"What?" She asked
"Why are you sending this?"
"Well…"
She hesitated and then said almost everything that happened in my dream. I fell to my knees. I looked up and I could see Thalia had tears in her eyes, too. I got up and asked "Who was holding up the sky?" "Well…" she said "I'm not sure. He wasn't talking. I wasn't able to get everyone out of the mountain, though. That's why I sent this. I need help! Where are you!?" I explained to her that I was in Ohio and that it would be a long while before I got there. "Uhm, that's a problem. If Atlas is this strong, who knows how all the other Titans are! Atlas took down Artemis and Apollo! He was able to just swat Annabeth, Rebecca, and I away with no effort!" I thought about that for a second. "Who's Rebecca?" I asked.
"We don't know. Her father or mother hasn't claimed her. We are thinking Ares." "Why did you pick her to come with you?"
"Well, Artemis sent me to San Diego to try and get her with the Hunters. She is good, really good."
I sighed. Then I asked "Where are you? Who are you with?"
"Vegas. Apollo wasn't as hurt as what we thought. He took Artemis to Olympus. I am with Rebecca. She is hurt."
"WHAT ABOUT ANNABETH!?" I yelled.
I guess my Mom herded me. She rushed to me. Right as she did, the Iris message faded. "What's wrong?" She asked. I tried to keep cool. It was really hard. How could she just abandon Annabeth!? There's a small chance she is still alive.
I told my Mom that Thalia just sent me an Iris message. She said "Oh yeah! Before I forget! You got a package from Chiron. It sounds like money. It-" I cut her off and raced to the kitchen. I grabbed the box and ran into my room. I looked at it. "From Chiron" it read. I ripped it open. A sack lay in it. I opened it up and I counted 30 drachma. I smiled and went outside.
Note: This is my FIRST chapter of the story. If you like it, I will make the second!