Chapter 1
Percy's POV
There are 3 things I don't want to encounter while taking a stroll in the forest. First, yeah well this gets the number 1 spot on my, I'd-rather-chain-myself-and-willingly-jump-to-Tartarus-than-witness-this-horrifying-events list. Pretty good name for a list right! (Ok I got side tracked a little, anyway going back). As I was taking a midnight stroll in the forest that is beautifully illuminated by the light of the full moon, I heard voices. I tensed and quickly jumped behind the giant boulder that was several yards away from me. How I managed to do it, I don't know maybe because of the rush of adrenaline and the fear of getting caught by curfew patrol/harpies. I know I fought lots of kinds of monsters in the Titan and Giant war, but seriously I can't bring myself to harm this harpies. Sometimes they look like chicken sometimes they look like terribly hideous lady/chickens. (I'm the only one who agrees on the former though). I listened to the voices again, I breathed a sigh of relief as I realized they are not harpies nor campers on patrol. Now a normal person would come out of hiding and continue whatever he was doing before hiding, sadly I'm not normal. I stayed in my very uncomfortable hiding spot and managed a peek at them. Which after a few minutes I totally regretted my decision. Why? Because it's quite awkward listening to two of your friends exchanging super cheesy romantic lines with each other. I mean imagine my half-brother Greg saying 'I'll lasso the moon for you!' in front of a red faced Annabeth and Annabeth will reply 'Ah that's sweet, but I don't want you to incur the wrath of Lady Artemis. I don't want anything bad to happen to you.'
No need to imagine guys, because that is exactly what is happening. I would have been laughing non-stop or recording their conversation so I can blackmail them. But no, I can't laugh nor can I bring myself to look at it again. Pretty much everyone would feel what I'm feeling when they witnessed their girlfriends getting all chummy with their brother. I listened and watched more intently thinking that maybe this is just an elaborate prank and they will surprise me, that after saying romantic cheesy lines they will laugh and Annabeth will say how dumb those things are. But they didn't do any of those things, in fact Annabeth leaned and placed her lips firmly on Greg's. Greg closed his eyes – well I don't want to describe in detail what happened to the kiss of my brother and my girlfriend, let's just say it was a really long kiss.
I could have jumped in front of them and rant at them or maybe release a colossal wave that will drown them. But I'm not in the mood for any of that, instead I quietly retraced my steps back to the Poseidon cabin. After all I'm not enraged by the recent events, I'm disappointed.
When I reached my cabin I plumped down to my bed and put on my headphones, soon I drifted to sleep – which means, YEY! More demigod dreams, I already had one hades of a day and now this!
In my dream, I was standing in the middle of a deserted town. Shards of glass from the windows of the shops scattered on the road. 30-storey high buildings which I assumed where apartments stood in odd angles. The windows were blocked with wood, and ivy grew on the side of buildings, graffiti covered some part of the walls and paint flakes are starting to fall off. Overall it was a horribly eerie look and the dangerous red light emanating from the cracks of the building and in the doors and windows added more to the This-building-has-some-freaking-dangerous-thing-going-on look. I don't need a "wise girl" to tell me that something is going to happen, something very dangerous. A deep booming voice resonated across the whole town, 'WHO DARES AWAKEN ME FROM MY SLEEP!' The voice is so powerful that it caused the ground to tremble and shatter some more windows. Dark clouds began forming in the sky and roars of thunders added more to the trembling of the ground, I fell on the road when the ground shook more violently which is weird when you're the son of the earth-shaker. 'HAHAHAHA!' he laughed evilly. I felt like the voice sensed my presence, 'PERSEUS JACKSON, SON OF POSEIDON! WE WILL MEET SOON!' His voice alone was enough to make me shiver, enough to make me realize how powerful he is. I'm pretty sure I don't want to ever meet this guy.
I felt someone shaking my shoulders, calling my name, and soon I was back in my cabin at Camp Half-Blood fully awake. I sat up and faced the person sitting beside my bed. I would have pulled her into a tight embrace or kissed her overjoyed to see her after one heck of a nightmare, but soon memories of the night I saw her kissing my brother came flooding back in. I noticed another figure behind Annabeth, my heart clenched. Seeing the two of them still together even though dawn is attempting to break. Greg, my brother who I treasured as much as I treasure my life, my brother who I always tell my problems to and in return offers a solution. My brother, who is kind-hearted and brave, my brother who I trusted with all my heart, made the betrayal a whole lot worse.
The fates might be playing with me now, as if my brother's betrayal wasn't enough. They might have thought 'Oh his brother betrayed him, let's toss in the girl he dearly loves for the sake of FUN'. If that's really what happened then I have someone to blame for this events rather than Greg and Annabeth. But they clearly chose that path without the influence of any gods or goddesses or titans or giants or satyrs or nymphs or harpies or Cyclopes or Minotaur - I should probably stop, trying my humour while upset is really not something I advise. So for short Greg and Annabeth betrayed me out of their own volition, free-will as the Christians call it.
I was pulled out from my thoughts when Annabeth shook my shoulders once more. Annabeth the girl who is the reason I fell to Tartarus, the girl I believed was the sole reason of my existence, the girl I planned my future with. The girl who betrayed me using my brother.
'Percy!' she called out my name. But I just stared at her, searching for remnants of the girl I love. But I found none, I don't know this girl in front of me. The girl I love is not a traitor, she will not cheat on me, and she is smart enough to know that.
Rage started to control me, my eyes flashed with a dangerous glint, Annabeth backed away from me, and Greg stood beside her protectively. She tried to touch me but her hands retracted halfway, she's afraid of me. 'P-percy what's wrong?' she asked stuttering, I just stared at them amusement painted on my face. They're kissing behind my back and now they're asking what's wrong, I tried hard not to laugh. A smile found its way to my lips, 'Did you two have a fun night?' I asked still smiling. They exchanged nervous looks with each other, wisely they didn't answer. 'I SAID DID YOU HAVE FUN EXCHANGING CHEESY ROMANTIC LINES AND KISSING BEHIND MY BACK!' the ground trembled and Annabeth and Greg was knocked off their feet. I thought it was the voice in my dream, but I realized that I was the one causing it. Picture frames started falling, a picture of me and Annabeth holding hands in the lake fell and shattered. Annabeth and Greg started shouting at me to stop it, but I can't hear them anymore. I threw off the sheets and raced towards the door, where I'm going – I don't know.
Beads of sweat trickled down my face as I panted heavily, desperate for air. I'm pretty sure I've run for a couple of miles now – but I believe that the forests of camp can't be that big. My throat feels like sandpaper and my vision started going blurry. The whole world swirled around me as if they're getting sucked by a giant vacuum. Then everything went black.