Prologue: Enter Annabeth Chase and Percy Jackson


Unlike most teenage girls would be, Annabeth Chase was excited for the move from San Francisco to tiny Shady Grove. A new home, a new life, a new experience, a new face, Annabeth Chase was expecting all of them but the last. Sure, she planned on making new friends, and Sabrina was due to have the twins in a month now. She wasn't expecting a pale, dark haired boy to glare at her every night as she fell asleep.

But here she was, staring right back at that boy for the fifth night in a row. She wasn't scared: she somehow knew he wouldn't hurt her. Since the first night in Shady Grove Manor, a rickety yet elegant, huge old house, they had looked at each other until she fell asleep, but that fifth night was when everything changed

"Get out," the boy commanded. He took a step toward her. Annabeth was taken aback with his sudden outburst. "Did you hear me?" he shouted. "Get out!"

She steeled her nerves. "No," she said, "and who are you to tell me to leave?" She was fishing for a name and praying that he took the bait.

"My name is Percy, and if you and your family don't leave, you'll all get hurt."

Annabeth allowed herself a small smile at her victory. "I don't believe you'll hurt me or my family, Percy," she told him softly. She rose from her bed and matched his move to her.

For a second, a flash of desperation filled his beautiful—Annabeth couldn't help but notice—sea green eyes. Just as quickly as it came, though, the desperation was replaced by anger. "You think I'm the only creature in this house?" Percy asked. His voice was low—dangerous. He grabbed her arms and pulled her closer. "Where one exists, others may too."

With that he vanished, leaving Annabeth alone and wondering if her father and step-mother had heard the exchange, or if it had really happened at all. All of a sudden, she was terrified of what had just happened. Her hands shook, and her brain started swirling. Before she could stop it, a tear slid down her cheek.


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