This was requested by a friend. A Pertemis fanfic where Annabeth is still a nice person since we rarely see any of those and people have begun to hate Annabeth (me included). I'm writing this from what I remember when I read the books two years ago so don't kill me. Also, this is my first attempt at an actual story.

Disclaimer: I don't own Percy Jackson

Chapter 1

"Percy, are you sure you want to do this?" Annabeth asked for the tenth time as we travelled through the cruel and dark Underworld so I could bathe in the river Styx. I get she was worried but that was a little too much.

"Yes, Annabeth, I have to, it's the only way we can beat Lu-Kronos" I replied, hastily trying to cover my slip-up.

"But what if you don't come back... what would I do?" Annabeth said mumbling the last part as she dragged her feet.

"You're going to miss your boyfriend until Kronos takes over and kills us all" Nico responded with a grin. That kid was too dark for his age.

"Shut up, Nico, you aren't helping" Annabeth reprimanded, although it was hardly effective because she was blushing and muttering. The head smack was scary though.

Lately rumors had been spreading around camp that Annabeth and I were dating. Sure, I loved Annabeth but that was in a best friend kind of way and that would just be weird since she was like a sister to me.

"We're here" Nico announced as we paused in front of a black river, the River Styx, polluted with the dreams that people had thrown away.

"Alright, so I just dive in?" I asked, clueless as to how this was meant to be done.

"NO!" Annabeth shouted quickly, "You idiot! If you did that, you would just burn up and die!"

"Alright, alright, so what do I do?"

She took a deep breath before saying "Imagine one spot on your body that would be your weakness and think of someone or something that will keep you tied to the mortal realm, one thing you would keep with you even if the entire world burned down."

My first thought went to my mom; I'd want her to survive the most. I choked at the thought of her not existing. If she hadn't been there in my life and I was stuck with Smelly Gabe, I was sure to have suicide before.

"Percy!" I heard Annabeth shout as I turned to find her right next to my ear.

"Yes?" I asked, confused as to when she got there and why.

"Are you going to jump in or not? You've been staring at it for the past five minutes now, thinking of someone... perhaps Annabeth?" Nico replied cheekily.

Annabeth was the last person on my mind right now but I was surprised to hear that much time had gone by so quickly. "No way" I said before jumping in.

The pain kicked in and believe me, it was one of the most painful experiences ever, similar to getting burning needles and getting stabbed repeatedly. And it felt like I was drowning. I know its lame because I'm a son of Poseidon who is the God of the seas and I can't drown but my biggest fear is actually drowning. I couldn't fight the pain and almost blacked out; I thought I was going to die. I was on the verge of blacking out when I heard a voice. 'Great, hallucinations as well, what a way to go' I thought sarcastically.

"Perseus, grab on to the cord, think of your mortal point, you can't die yet" The voice called urgently. Slowly the pain cleared and I saw an auburn haired woman standing at the edge of the boat and laughing, her silver eyes twinkling with mirth. Artemis. Just looking at her made me feel weird, I felt happy, excited and nervous at the same time. She wore a simple, silver shirt with light blue jeans yet I knew there was no way even Aphrodite could beat Artemis' natural beauty.

"Come on, Percy, grab on" She called worriedly. The cord strengthened.

"How long are you going to stay in the water? Finally decided living your life as a fish would be better?" She asked before she burst out laughing at my expense.

I was still shocked as to what was going on but I climbed out of the water and in to the boat. "Ha ha very funny, comment on how I'm a fish because I'm a son Poseidon, like swimming and can breathe under water, SO original" I grumbled as I used my powers to dry myself. I was still shocked as to what was going on but I decided to go with the flow rather than waste my time with Artemis, it's not like I meet her often anyway. Yeah, so what if I have a crush on her, it's not like you don't have a crush, your just a pure, innocent soul aren't you?

"I-I'm sorry Percy but I... I have to do this." She said as she looked at me nervously before looking down and twiddled her fingers. A golden tint stained her freckled cheeks. "What?" I asked, surprised at the way she was acting. If one didn't know properly, they would have thought she was going to kiss me. She quickly leaned down to where I was sitting and pecked me on the lips before flashing out. I sat there staring at the spot she just vanished from and brought a hand to my lips. 'No way' I thought as I grinned stupidly.

Suddenly, the dream faded and the pain caused by the River Styx erupted through my veins again. I kicked my arms and legs as I aimed towards what I assumed to be the surface of the river.

"Shit," I yelled as I finally reached Nico and Annabeth. I looked up to find them looking back at me with worried expressions.

"Is there something on my face?" I asked as I quickly reached up to wipe off anything there.

"Percy, you're bright red, and it's been 2 hours since you went in there, do you know how worried I was? I thought you had died Percy! Oh my gods, do you know how hard it would be for me to break it to Chiron? Or worse yet, Sally and Poseidon! They would kill me if they knew I was with you and didn't help," Annabeth shouted hysterically before trying to hit me which led to her hand hurting.

I saw that I was slowly going back to my tan colour.

"Well at least it worked, and I'm not harmed" I said nonchalantly as I began to walk back out the way we came.

"One second, Percy," Nico said, causing me to stop, "What did you mean by your comment before you went in?" He questioned darkly.

"What? Oh that, don't worry about that and oh my, look at the time, we best scurry home before it gets dark, no time to stop and talk" I replied before fast walking away from the angry son of Hades.

"Stupid Percy... stupid curse...weak spot...endless torture" Annabeth muttered like a chant throughout the way back to camp. I ignored her as the vision of Artemis replayed itself over and over again. I could still feel her soft lips leaving a permanent imprint on me. I banged my head hard against the window to clear my head. 'There's no way that would happen in real life, it was just a dream, it's probably the stupid Fates were messing with me again' I thought sadly. Great, now I just made myself depressed, well done.

'Speaking of the old hags, I wonder what they planned for me now' I thought as I stepped out the van to find a lovely surprise, the Hunters were at camp.

"You have got to be kidding me, Artemis is here?" I grumbled before heading off to catch some sleep and definitely not to hide from the hunters. The dip really took a lot out of me.

That's the end of the first chapter, what did you think?I know it was short but that's because it's the first chapter, the others will be longer. Look forward to your reviews; it really helps me complete chapters faster. Are the characters OOC? Did the story progress too fast? Anything else seem too out of place? How can I improve it?