I want to thank everyone reading this, this is my first story, so I am kinda new at this. Please bare with me. Also I am doing this on an iPod, so it is really difficult, even on desktop mode, and it doesn't offer all the options a computer does. I am talking (writing) when there is bold italics.

Disclaimer: I do not own the Percy Jackson series. That's all Uncle Rick "Troll" Riordan (sorry I had to).

Chapter 1.

The day my life turned upside down part 1.

I woke up to a peaceful world, the waves of the sea hitting the beach outside my home, the air smelling of sea salt, the sun casting a beautiful shadow of the tree house I played in as a kid, were I go to think now, towards the other side of the room so it wouldn't bother me when I am trying to sleep, but had enough light so I could see everything perfectly. I love it here, in the palace. I hear a barely audible turn of a doorknob and one of my personal servants, no, I don't like calling him that, my friend walked in.

"Jason!" I said sitting up and smiling at him. He was carrying in a box but when he heard my voice he jumped, I heard the contents in the box crash into each other and he hid it from my view.

"Wh-what are you doing up!" He asked nervously, I rested my head back on my pillow and happily breathed in the sent of sea salt from outside.

"I just woke up actually, like 30 seconds before you came in," I turned my head and eyed the hidden box in his hands curiously. "Whatcha got there?" "Oh, nothing," he said walking back to the door.

"Wait!" I called to him. He paused, still facing the door, back to me, as I jumped out of my bed and walked over to him. Before I could see what he had, he turned around and held the box behind him. I gave him a look that said "Really Jason, I just woke up, does it look like I want to play a game?" Before I could say anything though, Jason said "Your father wanted me to put this in your room and hide it from you so when lunch came around, I could tell you where to look." Then he pierced his lips. "Don't tell your father I told you!" He pleaded.

Why couldn't I just have it now, it couldn't be that big of a deal, but I went along with him. "Fine. Go ahead, hide it I guess, I'm going to take a shower, and don't worry I won't peek."

With that I left Jason by the door and walked into my private bathroom, closing the door behind me.

I quickly took a shower and wrapped my towel around my waist. I knocked on the door and when Jason didn't answer, I walked back into my room. I found a note and clothes in a pile on my bed, I pulled on the clothes and read the note obviously written by Jason, he had neat hand writing, but when he was rushing, it was horrific. His sloppy hand writing was almost unable to read which didn't help my situation. "Stupid dyslexia!" I though to myself, but at least I was getting better with it.

The note read my schedule; first, breakfast at 9:00, then into the town to the public library at 10:00 to read to the children that lived in my kingdom, Atlantis, which is why I was getting better at reading, although I never had trouble reading in my second language, Greek. At 11:00, I would go wherever I wanted for an hour, until I had to come home at noon for lunch. Then after lunch I had to visit my father in his chambers, the same size as mine, only separated by two huge library right next to each other and discuss some things going on in Atlantis, to ready me for kingship. At 2:00, I would have another private lesson with my trainer, Chiron, the best self defense and weapon trainer in the whole land, although he was reduced to a wheelchair from an accident he didn't like to talk about. After my 2 hours of training, I would return to my room, for free time for another hour, to freshen up, change, etc. At 5:00, I would have school lessons taught to me, like a normal kid, but at a higher level than kids my age, because it is year round, and I caught on quickly to the subjects now that I was older. At 7:00, I go down for dinner and dessert before " retiring," as my father would say it, back up to my room at 8:00. Then free rain the rest of the night.

I read the last thing on the note, way at the bottom, but in his good handwriting, it read, "Happy Birthday Percy!" I smiled at his last comment and I placed the note on the side table and headed to the door of my room. I didn't bother to look for the box Jason had brought in earlier, I honestly, no longer had interest in it.

Before opening the door, I took a deep breath and closed my eyes, I was going to be watched today. Everybody knew my it was my birthday, and if they didn't, they would soon. I could now hear the soft chatter of people gathering outside in the streets, soon I would leave for the town to read to the children, and I would be surrounded by the people of my kingdom, who adored me of course (no I'm not being sassy, they really do), Atlantis was the only kingdom that was fair to its people, and everybody knew that. All the other kingdoms were selfish or just didn't really think about the people as much. I opened the door and my eyes, let out a breath, and stepped into the hallway.

I finished my breakfast of eggs, hash browns, bacon, sausage, pancakes, which were blue, my favorite color, and orange juice. It was only 9:30 but I decided to clean my face up and wash my hands so I wasn't sticking to any book pages or citizens hands. I went to the kitchen to grab 5 apples, one for me, Jason, my father, the coachmen that would be giving us a ride and lastly the little commoner boy that I read to who had the same birthday as me. As I was leaving, the head chef turned and called to the rest of his helpers and together began singing me happy birthday. I smiled, thanked them, and left.

As I was heading to the open topped carriage, I saw only 2 people. My father and Jason.

"Well now that everyone is here we shall go to the library. Jason if you will." My father said excitedly and gestured to the coachmen's seat. We both looked at my father surprised. Normally, a coachmen would escort us to town, and not a 15 year old, but Jason hurriedly climbed into the seat and waited for my father and I to get on. At least he knew how to drive a carriage, that's all I cared about.

My heart began to thump faster and faster and I felt sick as we got closer to the town, I could see people in the distance and heard them chanting my name. When we finally got to the town, people made a path for the carriage but still kept as close to it as possible. The men and women were clapping and nodding, thanking us for the care they have been given, the young girls were screaming my name, hoping for me to sneak a glimpse at them, and when I did, they would melt (emotionally) and some even fainted. Ugh, girls. It was probably just because I was prince, although I had been told hundreds of times that I was the most handsome young man, but I honestly don't care, I don't want people falling in love with me for my looks, I want an authentic, true love.

Then I saw her, well her and a group of people engaged in a conversation. She had golden wisps of hair that bounced on her shoulders and for a second our eyes met, the most beautiful gray eyes I have ever seen, they were a cloudy, stormy gray, that made her look like a real fighter, strong, and never giving up. I smiled but she just gave me a look of worry, or maybe fear? Not 5 seconds later, we passed her and the group up but I looked back at her, I saw the little kids I read to in the library run after the carriage, but looked to her, she stuck her head up and met my gaze again, but it was soon broken as really tall people blocked her from my view. Why did she have that look on her face when I smiled? Did I scare her? Did I have food on my face, or in my teeth? Was I drooling like I do in my sleep? No, no food or drool, so what was it? Then I realized something, I have never seen her before. I was supposed to know all or at least most of the people in Atlantis, and I defiantly would have remembered her, unless she had just arrived a few days ago with more foreigners from other lands seeking a better life, but I was there to welcome them to Atlantis. I was snapped out of my thoughts as I was almost thrown off the back of the carriage from starting up the small but steep hill to the library, we were almost there.

I was sitting down in a rocking chair as the kids gathered around, my father sat in the back, watching me, interested, this was the first time he had come with Jason and I when we came to read books to the children of Atlantis. Jason was looking for a good book to read and finally, he came back and sat next to my father in the back. I cleared my throat before reading the title.

"Hercules." I announced. I read it at a slower pace so I wouldn't mess up and it worked, at least until I got distracted. I heard the bell of the library ring and the door opened. I looked up and there she was, the girl from the crowd with those beautiful, swirly, stormy, gray eyes. Her hair was up in a messy, loosely, curled ponytail, but it was beautiful all the same. She wore a dark green V-line shirt that stopped just before it was risky, and black pants. Wow, she was wearing pants! Normally girls wore dresses, even if they had to work, they never wore pants. She didn't notice me or the group of little kids so I continued reading, she didn't think much of it, she just rummaged around obviously looking for a book. The group I saw with her then came in out of breath, not noticing me either, then surrounded the beautiful girl who had entered minutes before.

"He then jumped into the river where Meg was and started losing his strength, getting weaker and weaker!" I exclaimed hoping to catch her attention, and I did. She turned so fast I was surprised she didn't get whiplash, and there was a bunch of thumps, indicating that she knocked over a pile of books from the shelf. She pushed past her followers and followed the sound of my voice as I continued reading. "He grabbed her and started coming out of the river, to Hades surprise." She stood a few feet away from my father, he didn't even notice her, he was looking at the book in my hands with a confused look that had been on there since I said that Hercules was the son of Zeus and Hera. I didn't know why, I just hoped he had nothing bad to say about me reading to the kids, I loved to do this, it was nice to be a normal person (or as normal as I could be) and I liked to see the kids reactions when they hear the plot twist in stories.

I looked back to the girl who was now intrigued in the story, and our eyes met. She finally noticed it was me. Her face had no emotion and I quickly broke the connection to look down and finish the story. "When he finally got back from the underworld, Hercules put Meg's ghost back into her body and she awoke. Then, they were both carried up to Olympus by a cloud were Hercules was offered immorality. He looked at Meg and grabbed her hand, then turned back to the Olympians and turned down the offer for immorality. He said it was because Greece still needed a hero, but really," I looked up for the last part. The girl was still watching me. I gazed into her eyes for a few seconds before finishing. "he gave up immorality for her." I said the last line looking straight into her eyes, she turned her head and blushed, I mentally gave myself a high five for that one. Why I said this looking straight at her was a mystery to me, we haven't even talked, but I knew she was special, she was different from the girls in Atlantis, she had me under her spell (of love of course). I stood up and closed the book signaling that it was over. The kids clapped and jumped around excitedly. I was attacked by a group hug and fell to the ground, my father got up quickly, but I told him it was alright, it was a friendly, thank you hug that I had gotten used to. When I was back on my feet, the kids began singing happy birthday and then began going back home, with the new story fresh in their minds, and having to wait another week to hear another.

I saw the little kid that had the same birthday as me and called out to him before he left. "Hey, Jayden! Come here." Jayden walked over and stood in front of me. I kneeled down and said "Happy birthday bud." Then I brought out the apple I had gotten for him from the kitchen. He looked at it in disbelief. Apples were rare to commoners, that and pineapple, (Mmm...pineapple). He looked at it and took it in his small hands. He then looked at me and held it out for me to take. I shook my head and said "It's your Jayden." "What about you?" He asked in a quiet voice. I took out another apple and showed it to him. "How about we both eat together?" I asked him. "I'll count to 3 and we will take a bite at the same time." He nodded, but still unsure. I lifted my apple to my mouth and he did the same. " 1...2...4" he was pulling it to his mouth but then looked at me like I was crazy. I laughed and said "Just kidding Jayden. 3." Together we took a bite out of our apples and he looked like he was the happiest boy in the world. He excitedly yelled "Thank you!" then gave me a hug. Then he said something that surprised me. "I'm going to go home and share the rest with my family, good bye prince Perseus!" and he sped out of the library. How could a kid so young be so thoughtful, first asking about me when I gave him the apple, then running home so he could share it with his family. I wonder how he became so thoughtful.

I stood up and looked at the girl from the corner of my eye. She stood there watching me not saying anything. I started walking away hoping she would do something to make me stop and talk to her, and she did. "Hey, wait!" She called to me. I stopped, turned around, and smiled, as if it she was a citizen that I talked to everyday. "Yes?" I asked she walked closer to me and I smiled bigger, trying to prevent a blush from coming onto my face. "It was nice of you to read those children, and give that boy an apple." She told me. "Oh um...thanks." I replied sheepishly and I rubbed the back of my neck. Why was I getting so nervous around her? I literally just started talking to her, I didn't even know her. "I guess I just thought a prince like you would be more, well you know..." "Stubborn, snotty, and not wanting anything to do with commoners?" She looked at me surprised, probably not expecting me to answer, or at least not with that answer. "Yeah, many people outside of Atlantis think that, but Atlantis has a royal family that cares for it's people you know. I'm probably the only prince in the world that actually has a heart!" She gave me a small smile and a giggle. A small, cute, but real giggle that made my stomach fill up with butterflies. "Um...do you by chance mind if I see that book?" I looked down and saw I was still holding the book, I lifted it up to my chest and she grabbed for it, but I pulled it away. She gave me a scowl, but saw the smirk on my face and let out another giggle before trying to grab it again. "Hey, I thought you only wanted to look at it? Now you want to hold it?" I said jokingly, producing yet another laugh from the girl. I handed it to her and we just stood there awkwardly for another minute before she said "Well I should go check this out. Thank you, prince Perseus." She said my name so perfectly, emphasizing it jokingly, but it still made my stomach fill with butterflies again. She started to walk to the desk but I stopped her with a question. "Hey, um...I didn't catch your name." I took out the extra apple I had in the pocket of my formal suit and threw it to her, and she caught it in one hand, the other over her chest holding the book. She looked at me for a second, then at the apple, deep in thought, then back to me again, she bit her lip before saying "Annie." Then she bit into the apple, smiled, and turned around to walked to the desk around the corner. It then dawned in me what I had just done. In Greece, if a man threw an apple to a woman, he was proposing to her. She would have said something wouldn't she? Hopefully she didn't know what it meant.

Suddenly, a guard came rushing through the door the second she left, startling me, as well as my father and Jason who were looking through the stacks of book for some that weren't at the palace and probably eves dropping. "King Poseidon, there has...been a...threat placed... against the...kingdom sir." He said breathlessly. "We tried to...catch them but...lost them...in the crowd...thought they...would have killed...you or...Perseus. They left a note...saying they will do...whatever it takes...to bring down...Atlantis."

Hope the panting guard gave you a suspenseful ending/cliffhanger. This is my first story, so tips are helpful. I'm also a girl writing in a boy's point of view, so if there are guys out there reading this and have some suggestions for Percy, they are welcome. Also I don't know if I am going to switch pov's between Percy and Annabeth (Annie if that was confusing) so if you want me to write it with both of them switching off, write it in the review. I will count the results and go with the majority. I'll try to update every week, it should be up on the weekends although I might have time do get a chapter in early, I already have ideas for the next one soooo, yeah. I wrote this in one day but I didn't really have anything else to distract me. I also want to do this thing were I ask the readers a question, and if you get it right, I PM you a summary of the next chapter.

So tips, guys comments about Percy (girls are welcome as well), switch pov's with Percy and Annabeth, review, favorite and follow both me and the story, please?

By the way, I just want to say thank you to Hiddeninshadows2 for following me before I wrote this and helping me get this up, and helping with the name of the story, as I said, this is my first story and I only got an account a month ago.

The question is...well for right now, I'll just ask, will you review? Will you favorite and follow, me and the story? Just a reminder that only people who get the answer right will get the summary. *winks, coughs, gives glare* Also, if you do say yes to those questions, please actually do it. Otherwise, no summaries for you...wait I just said the answer, opps. Well, it should have been obvious, not that anyone is still reading this. If you did read this far, thank you! Extra bonus question for you (meaning I'll PM you the summary for the next chapter and I will allow you to ask me 1 question and will answer it unless it would reveal too much, if so, I will let you ask another question to be fair) and review that you did read this far. Code word so I know you did: Percabeth! (With the exclamation point please). Put it after the first sentence, in just a sentence of its own, just because I'm weird and so I really know you read this far and people aren't just writing it in because everyone else is.

Bye! ~VictoryD