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Chapter One

Phoenix

"Annabeth are you sure about this?" I ask my best friend.

"Of course." She replies as she turns her swirling grey eyes on me. "Why? Is something the matter?"

I twist my long black hair around my fingers. "I just feel weird today. Maybe I should stay home."

Annabeth laughs. "You're just nervous because you're so used to hiding in the shadows all the time."

I stare at the pale skin on my fingers to avoid her gaze. "I could help you with some of your architect designs instead."

She pats my back. "Phoenix, I know you're nervous but you and I both know that you know next to nothing about my architect designs."

I smile slightly next to her. Annabeth may always be invested in one project or another but she always found time for me. She was really out there when it came to activity.

But she was right about me. I didn't go out too much, and I much preferred looking up at the stars at night. However, I couldn't help it. Unlike most kids, I was always more comfortable in the dark than in the light.

"Besides." Annabeth jolts me out of my thoughts. "Don't you want to meet Percy?"

I give her a slight smile. Nothing had ever coaxed a full smile out of me yet. "He's your date. I don't see why I have to come."

She gives me a huge grin. "Because it's a carnival, and I want you to come with me! It's almost summer and I want to spend my last few days with my best friend!"

"You going to that camp again?" I ask her.

She nods her head. "Yep."

I sigh. She'd been going to that camp for a long time now. I missed her every summer that she went. She told me that more and more people were starting to come, but she never told me how I could sign up. It's not like I want to go to camp though. I just want to hang around my only friend a little more.

"I'm really not feeling well though." I tell her.

"What do you mean? Does your stomach hurt?" Her face is covered with concern.

"No, I just feel like something bad is going to happen today. Really bad." I lift my head and look straight into her eyes. "And it'll happen at the carnival."

Annabeth rolls her eyes. "You're coming, whether you like it or not."

I sigh gently and stand. My dark blue jeans half cover my black sneakers. I had on a black tank top and my hair was up in a black ponytail. Without looking I knew that my eyes were showing a cold darkness that reflected my outfit.

Suddenly I get a chill and I shiver. My eyes close for a second and when they open Annabeth is looking at me with her mouth open in amazement.

"What?" I ask automatically.

She points above my head and I look up. There was a weird wispy form of a crescent moon above my head. I wave my hand through the image and it disappears at my touch.

"What was that?" I ask Annabeth.

"I'm…not sure." She gives me a puzzled look. "But one thing's for sure."

"What's that?"

"We're not going to that carnival."