-Chapter 1: Prologue-
-Percy's POV-
After the big award ceremony where Zeus congratulated everyone on winning the war, I head back home. I had declined immortality, and instead wished for the minor gods to be respected at camp. I also asked them to send up a plume of blue smoke, which confused everyone. I just smiled and asked them again.
Instead of having the entire camp walk back, the gods took mercy on us and teleported us home.
I walked up to my cabin, wondering about a few things.
Is my mom and Paul okay?
How many of my friends are still alive?
How did I even survive this war?
Will the gods even stick to their promise?
I didn't want to go to sleep, but the battles had really worn me out. If only I had known what was going to happen, and that there was one specific god looking over me.
~Line Break~
I was walking back to my cabin after Capture the Flag, only to be stopped by Annabeth.
"Oh! Hey wise girl! What's wrong?" I got worried and automatically pulled her into a hug. That seemed to make everything worse, and she started crying.
"Annabeth? Seriously, are you okay? What's wrong? Are you hurt? Is someone else hurt? Do you need some-" I was cut off by her.
"C-c-ca-can we t-t-talk in your cabin?" She stuttered out. This was something else that worried me. Annabeth never stutters.
"Uh...yea sure. Are you sure you're okay?" She didn't say anything, just started to walk to my cabin. I followed, still wondering what was going on.
When we finally got to the cabin, I shut the door behind us. I went and sat on my bed, and patted it for her to sit next to me. Again, this brought a new round of tears. I didn't know what to do, so I just stood up and hugged her.
This time she hugged me back, and I could feel the wetness begin to dampen my shirt. I didn't care though.
We just stood there for a few minutes before she calmed down, so I lead her to my bed.
"I- Percy please, you have to understand I need time. I just-. I need time after what happened with him. And well, you are more of a brother to me..." She seemed sad about this, but I understood why she broke up with me. Honestly, she had been more like a sister to me too, and I hope we can still be friends after this.
I gave another hug, knowing that she needed comfort.
"I understand Wise-Girl. It's okay. I understand." I softly started whispering things to her to try to comfort her. She soon fell asleep against my shoulder, which kind of made me nervous. How am I supposed to get her back to her cabin?
I finally decided to pick her up and carry her to the Athena's cabin. At least I know she'll probably get a good sleep.
After getting a few weird stares, I finally got back to my cabin. There were some things that I needed to get done, but I should wait until tomorrow. I once again, fell into a fitful sleep.