Hey guys, I'm back. That BS persona from before was childish, so a simpler version of it has been adapted. I'm still a son of Hades, just a normal one though, no special mom. Well I think she's great but you know.

Percy: Dude this is dark! I can't believe this! I am not suicidal!

Me: Bro, you don't know what you'd be canon wise if Annabeth broke up with you.

Percy: I have good support!

Me: Again see what happened in the fanfic, if that happened maybe not. Enough delay though! I present an edited version of Chapter 1 of "Hunting Love"!

Disclaimer: I don't own PJO or HoO. I give credit for all canon characters to Rick Riodan.

Percy's POV

I woke up, excited. I couldn't believe it. Today was the day I was going to propose to the love of my life. My grey-eyed beauty. My Wise Girl. My Annabeth.

I got up and took a shower, threw on my orange camp T-shirt and a pair of jeans, and started preparing for this evening. I'm taking her out to dinner in the city. We're going to a real upscale Italian restaurant.

I personally don't care for all the fluff, but I wanted tonight to be perfect, and Piper said that this was a good idea, so I guessed that it wasn't going to be a complete disaster.

After looking over the plans a couple of times, I felt that I was as ready as I was ever going to be. I pulled out the ring an examined it again.

It was a simple silver band with a sea-green tinted diamond with a grey pearl insert shaped like an owl. It was a personal favor from Leo, and even though I hated to admit it, the Latino elf did a really good job.

I heard a knock on the cabin door, so I put it away. I answered the door, and, lo and behold, it was the woman-of-the-hour.

"Hey Perce," she said, looking at me.

"Annabeth, hey. What's up, I was planning on picking you up at 8."

"That's kinda what I wanted to talk about," she said, smiling sadly.

"What's wrong?" I asked, sitting down on my bunk.

"Percy... I'm breaking up with you."

Yeah, really glad I'd sat down. "What!" To say I was schocked (and more than a little livid) would be an understatement.

"I'm sorry Perce, but I feel like this," she said, gesturing to us, "Just isn't working." I felt the wind whipping around me. "Percy, please calm down." She said, putting a hand on my shoulder.

I brushed her hand away. "Don't. Tell me. To calm down. What the Hades Annabeth? Don't you know how much I love you?" I asked, letting my powers run rampant.

"Percy I'm so sor-" she started to say before I cut her off.

"Shut up! You may be a daughter of Athena, but you sure are stupid!"

Her eyes lit up with fury. "Listen here-"

"No you listen! I loved you! I was going to propose tonight during dinner!" I yelled, pulling out the ring for her to see. She gasped, visibly stunned. "Percy... I," she stuttered, grasping for the right the words.

"Hey babe, you tell him?" A masculine voice said. It was Colton Carmichael, a son of Apollo. A few weeks back, he showed up at camp with a hundred hellhounds after him. He was deemed "the next big thing" after he killed one with a stick while me and a few other campers fought the rest of them. Everybody loved him but the older campers, well, apparently not all of the older campers.

"You're dumping me for him?" Now there was a full force mini-hurricane raging inside the Poseidon cabin.

"Well why wouldn't she?" Colton asked, smirking at my anger.

"Percy, me and Colton have been seeing each other for a while now. He saved my life when a stray arrow was coming straight for my head. We started talking, and that lead to kissing and... some other stuff."

"Yeah. Ya know Jackson, your girlfriends not bad in bed." Colton said, pulling Annabeth closer. I uncapped Riptide and held it to his neck.

"You shut your gods-damned mouth," I raged, ready to cut his head off. He pulled out his sword and knocked my blade aside.

"You wanna dance pretty boy? Fine, let's go!" He laughed, slashing with wild abandon. I easily blocked every blow, then decided that he needed to be reminded who the better swordsman was.

I did a quick diagonal slash across his chest, leaving a shallow cut. I brought my sword around and knocked his from his grasp. I capped Riptide and pounced on him, beating the living Hades out of the boy.

When I got up, Colton was a bloody mess. His nose was broken in at least 3 places, his cheeks had split open, and blood was pouring from a spot above his left eyebrow.

What happened next caught me by surprise. Within a second of getting up, Annabeth had her dagger out bashed my temple with the pommel. I was shocked.

I reached up and touched the point of impact with my hand. When I removed it, I saw blood. The last thing I saw as the world went black was the pair having a major make-out session.

"Ugh, my head!" I sat up, taking in my surroundings. I was on a couch in the Big House. Nico was asleep in a chair on my right, while Chiron, in his enchanted wheelchair, was reading a book to my left.

"Percy my boy, I'm glad to see that your awake." He said, leaning over and nudging Nico awake.

"Huh. Oh, Percy, your up! What happened man? We were just walking when all of the sudden we saw heard shouting coming from your cabin. When we walked over to check it out, your cabin was trashed, and you were passed out in a pool of blood." He said, looking extremely concerned.

That's when it all came back to me. I broke down crying.

"Percy, what happened?" Chiron asked, handing me his handkerchief. I politely declined it and started to pull myself back togehter.

"It's Annabeth. She dumped me for that prick Colton." I said, crushed. "Perce..." Nico trailed off, trying to think of how to comfort me.

"I'm fine. Don't worry," I said, a plan for ending the pain already entering my mind. "Hey Chiron, can I borrow a camp van?" I asked.

"Um... Of course my boy, of course." The kind old centaur said, obviously a little shocked at my request. "But I must ask... what do you plan on doing with it?"

"Nothing Chiron, nothing at all. Bye guys, thanks for everything." I said, picking up the keys and leaving. I drove into the city, ready for what I was about to do. I parked outside of the Empire State Building and walked up to the guard at the desk. "600th floor." I said, leaving little room for argument in my voice.

"Sorry kid, ain't no 600th floor," he said, never looking up from his book. I uncapped Riptide and slashed his book in half, not caring about the mortals that were present.

"Woah kid what the Hades do you think you're doing?" He asked

"600th floor. Now," I growled, leveling my blade with his neck. I thought that I heard something from the mortals about a gun, but I ignored it. Besides, if my plan worked, it wouldn't matter anyways.

"Of course, right away," the guard squeaked, handing me the key. I rode up in silence, the only noise was the elevator music.

It was Papa Roach's "Last Resort". Oddly fitting, seeming as I was about to do something dark and drastic. After I arrived, I marched strait to the throne room and threw open the doors.

The council was just finishing a meeting, which is what I'd been hoping.

"Percy? What are you doing here?" My dad asked, surprised to see me.

I walked strait to Zeus and knelt.

"Lord Zeus, I have a request for the council, if you would hear it."

He looked just as surprised as Dad did.

"Of course, Perseus. It's the least we could do for you."

I could feel everyone's eyes burning into me, but when I looked, up, the ones that caught my attention were the silvery eyes of Artemis. I knew that she would find it ironic that for once, a man had his heart broken by a women.

I looked back to Zeus and said, "Lord Zeus, kill me."

I for one feel that this is much more improved from the previous chapter. To anyone whose read it, what do you think? You first time reveiwers drop me a comment to!

Percy: It's still darker than Hades!

Me: Deal with it Fish-Face *smirks*