Annabeth's POV

I woke up with sun in my face, momentarily blinding me. I sat up and stared out the window, taking in the breathtaking sight of the sunrise. I was on a plane for Atlantis because my only family left was there since… since the accident. But I was now on my way to live with my god sister Thalia.

I stood up to stretch and looked around the plane to see most of the other passengers were stirring as well.

'Good morning, everyone! We are arriving at Atlantis airport in two minutes. I repeat, two minutes. Please put your seat belts back on and turn off any mobile phones or lights. I hope you've had a nice flight and thank you for flying with Half-Blood Airlines!' The pilot's cheery voice jolted the rest of the passengers awake. I sat back down and clicked my seatbelt on.

As I gazed out of the window I looked down to see Atlantis below me. It was beautiful, with rivers flowing through and green patches of rolling hills, just like a painting.

After the plane landed, I grabbed my carry-on-bag and headed out. As soon as I stepped out of, a gush of cold wind hit me in the face. I clutched my bag, which carried a few books and my laptop, and walked down the stairs.

I walked into the airport and searched through the crowd of people until I saw a girl dressed entirely in black with electric blue eyes. I knew only one person in the entire world could have those eyes. I walked up to Thalia, my best friend and god sister, who had already grabbed my luggage.

I'd known Thalia since I was seven, but she had to move to Atlantis because her dad owns Half-Blood Airlines around the world, meaning that she had to move around a lot. I gave her a warm hug.

'Thals! It's so good to see you again!' I grinned at her, using the nickname I had made as a kid. I had to look up at her because she was taller than me, but as I studied her face there was something in her eyes that I couldn't work out. Well, until I got a tight hug, which I wasn't ready for and the air was squeezed out of my lungs.

'Annie! I missed you and your smartass comments!' I rolled my eyes at the nickname because Thalia knew I didn't like anyone calling me 'Annie'. I decided to let it pass this time because I hadn't seen her eight years.

As I finally got my breath back we headed out the revolving doors where a black Audi was waiting for us. I immediately knew it was Thalia's as soon as I saw the license plate which said φωτισμός ('lighting' in Greek).

We treaded over to the car when a group of people with cameras rushed past us and ran to a long black limousine with tinted windows, making it impossible to see who was inside. I could see Thalia rolling her eyes beside me.

'What's the matter, Thals?' I asked her, slowly turning my head towards her, away from the limousine.

'Well, apparently my father said this morning that we were getting a special visitor, and I thought he meant you.' Thalia explained, causing a big smile to spread across my face. 'But I was wrong, these special guests are coming to Atlantis for some birthday. It's supposed to be one of the biggest parties in the world or something, and I sadly have to go, which means I'm dragging your smarty butt with me.' Thalia smiled evilly.

I groaned. Thalia knew I hated parties. They're loud and annoying and I'd rather just sit someplace quiet while reading a book by the fire. I knew there was no arguing with her, but I was still curious. I'd never heard of a party that big.

'When's the party?' I asked as I slid into the passenger seat and waited for Thalia to put my luggage in the boot.

I heard the boot slam shut and the driver's door open, Thalia hopped in, put her seatbelt on and made the car roar to life.

'It's in four weeks, I think, and in three weeks time important people from around the world are coming here, so my dad said his airlines are going to be pretty busy.' Thalia said.

The day went fast, with us arriving at Thalia's mansion and she giving me a tour, but I spent most of the afternoon in the library.

I was on chapter sixteen in 'The Book Thief' until I heard a knock at the door. I put my bookmark in my page and walked downstairs. I opened the door and saw fifty people with cameras that could have blinded me if Thalia hadn't shut the door in time.

'Annabeth!'

'What?! Thalia, I didn't know you were famous!' I exclaimed. I saw Thalia roll her eyes at me.

'Well, duh! My dad owns Half-Blood Airlines! Just make sure you look through the window before you open the door. I only hope they didn't get any pictures of you, they can't know you're here!' Thalia panted.

'Why's that? It's not like I'm a criminal or anything!' I cried.

'No, it's because you're Pr- because I, Thalia Grace, have a reputation at hand as a bad daughter of Zeus, and I cannot be seen with a preppy, blonde girl!'

'Preppy! I'm not a ''preppy girl''!' I said, making my fingers do the quoting sign.

I knew Thalia was only joking, but I could sense she was hiding or covering something up. I was too tired to continue the conversation, since I only had four hours sleep last night, so decided to leave the conversation hanging and head back to the library.

I was soon comfortable in a chair and I had the fire going. Just as I was getting to the best part of the book, the doorbell rang and the sound echoed through the mansion. I was about to get up when pain shot through my leg, so I assume my leg was asleep. Just great.

'Thalia, get the door!' I yelled out. I was answered with dead silence.

I shook my leg, but it was numb with pins and needles, so I limped down the stairs. I was about to open the door when I remembered what Thalia had said. I stumbled over to the window, which gave view to whoever was at the door, opened the white silk curtains and peered out to see a tall blonde boy standing there.

I walked over to the wooden double doors and opened them slowly. I met the boy's eyes and started to notice his features now that he was up close. Clearly he had blonde hair, but it looked white when the sun was shining off it and a little scar above his lip.

But what caught my attention the most were his electric blue eyes. They were exactly like Thalia's. The exact same rare shade and everything.

My gaze was suddenly cut off by a jolt in the rug (Thalia tripping over it) and us both falling to the ground.

The boy bent down next to Thalia and tried to help her up until she lifted a bottle of pepper spray (?) and shot it straight into his eyes. The blonde boy fell back, fall down a couple of steps and cry in pain. I rushed over to him but I was beaten by someone else, who's warm hand brushed against mine.

I looked up and saw a tall, tanned, well-built boy with raven black hair leaning over who I thought was his friend. I couldn't take my eyes off him and I couldn't see his eyes.

That is until a gush of wind came along and blew his hair out of his eyes and they were…

Sea green.