A/N: hello! now before we begin;) i just wanted to say that yes, i know this has been done before but i still wanted to try my luck with it. if i do continue with this story there will probably be different reasonings behind everything that happens.

Disclamer:i do not own PJO *sniff sniff*

7years. 84 months. 2555 days. 7 years ago today he disappeared and hasn't been seen or heard from since. It's like he's dropped off the face of the earth. Everyone has tried looking but even the gods weren't able to find him. After a couple months most thought he was dead but the small group of us who still had hope kept looking. Grover looked in all the wild places, Poseidon monitored the waters and Nico, Thalia and I looked everywhere else. Nico told us he wasn't dead but that held very little comfort. Today was August 18, Percy Jackson's birthday and the day he disappeared off the face of the earth.

I was sitting on the beach where Percy always used to take me. Looking out across the water I felt hollow. The stars were reflecting off the water, something Percy loved. I was ripped from my thoughts by Thalia sitting down next to me. A year after Percy disappeared she quit the hunters. None the less she still looked pretty much the same with her black spiky hair, thick black eyeliner around her electric blue eyes and 'death to Barbie' t-shirt. We sat in silence for a while until Thalia broke the silence.

"Annabeth...I know you still think Percy's out there somewhere but-" she took a deep breath "maybe it's time you moved on."

I whipped my head around to glare at her "what?"

She continued to look me in the eyes despite my glare, she was still the only person other than Percy it didn't scare.

"7 years Annabeth...I don't think he's coming back."

I stood up. "I thought you were with me on this! Don't tell me you've given up hope too?! I thought I could trust you Thalia...when he comes back ill prove it to you...because he's coming back." And with that I turned and ran down the beach kicking up sand on my way to my cabin. I burst through the door and collapsed onto my bed, tears streaming down my face. I couldn't believe her. My best friend...

The little voice in the back of my mind told me she was right but I just pushed it to the side and let myself fall asleep picturing myself in Percy's arms.

Three weeks later I was sitting at the Athena table in the dining pavilion. Everyone had already left and I was the last one to finish eating. I hadn't spoken to Thalia since that day on the beach and we had avoided each other. I was trying to be happy but I'm pretty sure my attempts were failing miserably. Then I had a totally ADHD moment and made a decision right then to leave camp. It was the only home I'd ever really had but it reminded me too much of Percy. Plus I was old enough to live on my own now anyways. I went to my cabin and packed my things, writing a note for Chiron and leaving it on my bed before putting on my invisibility cap and slipping out the door and over the hill to start a new life.

Its been 5 days since I left camp and found an apartment to rent. Today I start my first day working at a cafe a few blocks over. My apartment was in a more run down part of the city, near all the abandoned factory's and warehouses. My shift starts at 7 and I wanted to get there early but of course, I woke up late. Rushing out the door I realized the only way I would get to work on time was if I took a shortcut through a warehouse neighbourhood. I sighed and started making my way through the deserted, littered streets. As I was walking past one particularly menacing looking building, I heard noise coming from inside. I know I should have just kept walking but being a daughter of Athena, my curiosity got the better of me and I crept up the side of the building and peered in a broken window. Inside was a group of monsters who all seemed to be fighting something or someone but they were moving so fast all I could see was a blur of black and bronze. I watched in awe as the mystery man made his was through the entire group of monsters, killing every single one. When He stopped, his back was to me and before I could even consider going in to see who he was, he took off running out of the warehouse. I sprinted after him and almost caught up to him but then he turned a corner and disappeared. I swore under my breath before realizing what time it was and running to work.

I slouched in my seat of the diner I was sitting in. I hadn't even started my first day and I'd already been fired. Just my luck. I couldn't help thinking that maybe I was cursed. Because everything seemed to be going terribly. After I finished my burger and threw some bills on the table I got up and left, making my way back home. I stepped out of the diner to see the back of the man I'd seen earlier fighting the monsters and immediately followed him. He wandered around for about 10 minutes before slipping into yet another warehouse. In a split second debate with myself, my curiosity won yet again and I made my way into the building as well. I hadn't even taken two steps in when the man seemed to appear out of the shadows and pinned me against the wall, my arm bent behind my back and his arm on the back of my neck. And just to let you know, the walls of old abandoned warehouses do not smell that nice. I felt his hot breath on my cheek as he leaned in and whispered into my ear.

"Why are you following me?" He growled, pulling my arm up farther behind my back causing pain to shoot up my arm.

"Answer me"

I mentally slapped myself for getting myself into this situation before answering.

"I'm sorry... I saw you take out all those monsters earlier and wanted to know who you were."

My response seemed to catch him off guard.

"You saw me?" He asked, his voice changing slightly.

"Yes, but you had your back to me and I couldn't see your face...please don't hurt me." A tear slipped out and ran down my cheek. I don't scare easily and in that moment I was pretty scared. But after a second he released me and stepped back into the shadows. I turned to see the outline of his figure, arms crossed and his face completely hidden by the shadows.

"Who are you?" He said in a deep voice. "Are you a demigod?"

I nodded "yes I'm a daughter of Athena. Are you?"

"Yes...but who are you? What's your name? No one has ever been able to see me before."

I briefly considered giving him a fake name but then figured, 'what the hell'.

"Annabeth"

As I said my name the man stepped farther into the shadows, one arm falling to his side and the other slipped into his pocket.

"What?" He said rather harshly

"Yes, is there something wrong with my name?"

I thought I heard him mutter something under his breath like 'are you serious?'. It may have also been 'oh shit' but I'm not quite sure.

Suddenly a long gleaming celestial bronze sword appeared In his hand, casting a slight glow although his features were still shadowed.

"Ok you know who I am, now are you going to tell me your name? Who's your parent?" I said, taking a small step forward.

"My father is Poseidon."

I gasped. "Poseidon had another child?!"

"No"

"Well then how..." I was silenced as the man stepped out of the shadows, revealing a mop of messy black hair and the familiar sea green eyes I loved.

"Percy?!"

"Hello Annabeth. It's been a while"

A/N: ok sooooo...what do you think? good? bad?

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