A/N~ Hey guys! This is the first chapter to my new story! It's a PJO FanFic, and its about soul mates! I hope you like it!
Ch. 1- Colors
Annabeth
I didn't want to have a soul mate.
I suppose that's not the right way to start narrating my life story, so let me rephrase that.
My name is Annabeth Chase. I'm a 17 year old girl living in Manhattan, New York. I hate it here. When we moved, we left all my friends behind. We left my whole life behind. My 'family' and I used to live in San Francisco, but my dad moved us here because of his new job.
Currently, I live with my father, my two younger twin step-brothers, and a witch. Sorry, ahem, my 'step-monster'… Mother… Witch of a woman. Sometimes I feel like I'm living in a Cinderella story. I'm forced to clean, cook, I'm forgotten, my 'dad' doesn't care…
Life at home sucks.
Well, we'll get to that part later.
Anyways, I don't, and never did want a soul mate.
Let me tell you how this whole soul mate thing works.
I can't see colors. No one can. Until they meet they're soul mate. Sure, we've heard of colors. I can tell you all the colors of the rainbow. I've just… never seen them.
There can be different circumstances. For instance, my mom and dad. They met in high school, and were together ever since. I wish I got to see her in color. I remember what she looks like. She had curly hair, that looked black through my eyes. She was really pretty, and smart. Her fantasies as a kid was to be an architect. That's where I get that from, I guess. Athena Chase built an empire out of nothing. She was a world renowned CEO of her company, Athena Associates.
I wanted to be just like her.
I wanted to work at her company, under her wings. When she was ready to retire, I would take her position.
I wanted to amaze her.
I guess that dream died with her.
She died when I was seven. It was horrible. I don't want to talk about it.
Now, my dad never stopped seeing in color. Once you meet your soul mate, you never do. Helen, the step-witch, walked into the office one day and met my dad. Her world became colorful. I'll always remember this story…. Helen spilled coffee on herself… Then dad brought her home and well… It wasn't him and me against the world anymore.
Enough about them. This is my story.
Let me tell you a bit about San Francisco.
Back there I had a couple of close friends, but my best friend was Thalia. Thalia was like me. She never wanted a soul mate. There was also someone else.
Luke Castellan.
Thalia, Luke, and I were inseparable as kids… until third grade. We were eating lunch outside, and Thalia and I were sitting under our favorite pine tree. All the sudden, Luke ran up to us. He made this big confession to me. I still remember what he said.
Luke panted. "Annabeth! I need to tell you something!"
Thalia and I were in the middle of an intense game of Chinese checkers. "Luke, can it wait? Thalia and I are in the middle of something!" My brow furrowed as I moved my pieces.
"Yeah, Luke. I need to beat Annabeth at this game at least once today!"
"Bethhhhh!" Luke pulled on my arm. "Pleaseeeeeee! Pretty please with cherries on top?"
I slapped his arm away. "Fine! But don't call me that."
Luke pulled me over behind the tree. "Annabeth, I really regret telling you this sooner." He ran his hands through his hair. "But, when I first met you… I saw colors. For the first time. I was so scared, and, and I didn't want to tell you because I knew you didn't want to have a soul mate. Then I figured, if I see the colors, you must see them too! So I finally gathered the guts to do this… and I think I'm going to regret it."
"Luke…. I-I don't see… I don't see the colors..." I stared at him, frightened.
"Don't mess with me Annabeth." He glared at me. "This isn't funny. I know we're both soul mates."
"Luke, I-I'm serious…" He grabbed my arms.
He kissed me.
"LUKE!" I screeched, shoving him off of me. "THALIA! HELP! HELP!"
Thalia came running. "Annabeth? What? Oh My Gods! Get off of her, you idiot!" Thalia yanked his hands off my arms and held him against the tree. "I swear to the Gods if you ever come close to us again I will rip your head off!" We walked away, leaving a dazed Luke limp against a tree. "Are you alright?"
Well… that was that. Luke was a jerk to me from that point on.
What time is it? I flipped over onto my side so I could look at my alarm clock. 5:32AM. I've been sitting here telling you my life story for over an hour. If I want to get out of the house before the witch wakes up, I have to get ready now. You see, my father was on a business trip. He's on those a lot. The twins wake up after Helen, and then I start getting pushed around. So, if I want to get to school on time… well… lets get up.
Quickly, I threw on a tank-top and some ripped skinny jeans. I think there's a sweater I can wear downstairs. My converse are down there too. My curls didn't look too messy, so I may as well not spend time on my hair. I quietly swept downstairs and grabbed my bag. Perfect. There was an over-sized crotched sweater that hung down to my knees.
I closed the door behind me, and started my walk to school.
Line Break
Goode High. Wow.
First day of Junior year. Yippee. I should find the office…
"Um.. Excuse me?" I tapped a girl on the shoulder. "Can you help me?"
"Anything you need, doll." She turned, drawling on in a southern accent. "I'm Katie. Oh! You must be new. I've never seen ya' 'round here?"
"Yeah. I moved here a couple of weeks ago. Could you show me where the office is?" I hefted my bag over my shoulder.
"No problem!" She turned and kissed a boy on his cheek. "Be right back, babe." He waved her off. "That's my soul mate, Travis."
"Cool. You really don't have to do this, Katie." I shied away from her.
"Nonsense! It's no problem." She turned us down a corner. "Plus, now I get to tell you who to stay away from. There are two popular groups in this school. Stay away from both of them."
"Who are they?"
"Well, there the girls… they're complete devils. Don't get in their way. Oh, look you get to meet them now!" She sighed. "The leader is Drew Tanaka. She's super rude, and basically controls them all like Barbie dolls. She's the one with the hair extensions…"
By the time we were at the office, I knew who every single 'popular' kid was. I hadn't yet seen the guys and their friends, but by the sound of it, I didn't want too. I didn't want to get involved with Drew and her posse.
"Hi Mrs…" I looked at the name plate on the secretary's desk. "Brown? I'm new here. My name is Annabeth Chase."
"Oh yes. Here's your schedule, your locker combo, and a map of the school. Did you have a guide to get here?" She handed me a bundle of objects.
"Yes, I had a girl named Katie Gardener direct me here."
"Perfect. Go find Miss. Gardener again, she'll show you around the school. After that, you should be good to go!" Mrs. Brown smiled tiredly at me. "Have a Goode day, Miss. Chase."
"Uh.. You too… I guess." Wow. Such a great pun Mrs. Brown.
As if I was actually going to find Katie again. Pfft. I'll be fine on my own. I went and found my locker, grabbed my stuff for first period, and headed out.
First Period:
8:30-9:45
Chemistry, Mr. Chacowske, Room 1011
Second Period:
9:50-10:00
Math, Mrs. Dodds, Room 1045
Third Period:
10:05-10:55
ELA, Mrs. Greene, Room 2012
Fourth Period:
10:00-11:45
Physical Edu. Coach Hedge, Gym
11:50- 12:15-
Shower
Fifth Period:
12:20-1:00
Lunch
Sixth Period:
1:10-2:00
Art, Mr. Longs, Art Room
2:00-2:45
Greek Culture, Mr. Brunner, Room 1015
Seventh Period:
2:50-3:30
Study Hall, Library
Alright…. Not too bad of a schedule.
My first period class is on the first floor, and according to my map, just four left turns away. Crap. Someone pushed into me, jostling my Chem. Textbook to the floor.
They called out, "Sorry!"
Ugh. People these days. Always rushing. Slowly, I pushed myself up from the grey tiled floor.
Grey, grey, white, grey, black.
Everything in this world is so... bland. I suppose you get used to it after a while. It all starts to all mesh together, and eventually you just.. don't see things for what they really are. I guess, I like it… if it means I don't have a soul mate.
I looked around at the grey lockers again as I started walking. Left. Grey. Left. Darker grey. Right. Green. Sea green.
"Huh?" I dropped my books in surprise. Up. Look up. There was a boy. With green eyes. Black hair. And gold. There was gold, swirling around him. It threaded around people, seeming invisible, and dragging color in it's wake.
There was more colors. I could name them all. Slowly, I turned around, watching the last of they greyness of my former life leech out of the hallway. The lockers were a brilliant red, my chemistry books were light green.
People were wearing colors I couldn't name, colors I've never learned about. The boy pointed at me. Percy. His name is Percy. He pointed at me, causing his friends to look with him. They walked towards me.
And I ran.
A/N~ How'd you like it? I'm really, really into this story so far. Comment what you think! Maybe we can get this story to be big? I have realized that i wasn't actually posting my chapters on my other story, My Life, and the Path it Takes. I posted a couple just now! Also- my short story for February might be a little late! Sorry guys! Life is just super busy right now!
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