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Not a lot of action in this but hopefully it'll progress faster. Now I'm wondering do you guys want this to be a camp fic or a school fic?

Meaning either this whole Percy/Annabeth conundrum takes place at school or camp.

DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN ANY PART OF PERCY JACKSON. THOSE CREDITS GO TO RICK RIORDAN WHO IS THE GOD OF TROLLING

(Because seriously, falling into Tartarus?) Ideas are mine but characters are his


Chapter Two:

"Just how many people did you bring back to life?" Thalia stormed back into Aphrodite's temple. "Annabeth, her parents, her half- brothers. Holy Zeus, you should've brought back the whole Athena cabin from Hades."

Aphrodite frowned. This girl had a lot of spunk, talking to her like that. "We haven't even brought back the most crucial player this game," she said.

Thalia rolled her eyes. "Gee, I wonder who that could be, seeing as you've brought back like half the people during my time at Camp Half-Blood."

"Once Percy gets off his butt and stops moping, we can add Annabeth to the equation."

"And have you not thought about how he will react to her?" Thalia's voice was cold and dangerous.

"Percy is hurt. He is also in love. But he is stuck in a state of self-pity and despair. Seeing her will be his wakeup call and bring him back to reality." Aphrodite's voice held no qualms about what she believed was to be the

right thing to do. "He needs to be able to do anything for love and we're going to make life hell of a lot more interesting for him."

Thalia nodded slowly, catching on. "So you want him to take a risk and give everything up." She frowned, going still. "You want him to-"

"Be willing to give up his immortality." Aphrodite spoke the words calmly. "Now it's time to go find Percy." The goddess grabbed Thalia's arm and they were gone.

Annabeth sat at her desk, frowning. The room she was sitting in didn't feel quite right. The pictures and papers spread across the desk felt like they were from a different time, when a different girl had been sitting there.

Everything was fine with her, but there was just something on her mind that she couldn't remember. She glanced out the window at the Empire State Building. Just looking at it gave her a strange feeling, like there was

something associated with that place. Down on the street below, people bustled around and taxis honked at that one car that wouldn't move. An eerie feeling settled over her as a dark shadow disappeared into the

alleyway between a diner and a supermarket. That was the second time it had happened today. Her gaze dropped to the Greek mythology book that had been on her bed earlier that day. Well, she thought to herself,

Why not get some reading done?

The dreams were back. Percy was jolted back in time, to his conversation with Annabeth after the war.

Percy met Annabeth by the elevator of Olympus. Minor gods and nymphs scurried around, each one minding their own business. The world was fine, for now.

"So," Annabeth said, not quite meeting his eyes, "A god huh?"

Percy's happiness did not seem to be contagious. "Yeah," he ran a hand through his hair excitedly. "I figured that this meant I could be closer to my dad, since the prophecy's over and all. Maybe I could get a chance to have a father for once."

Annabeth frowned. "But what about your mom? And Paul? Isn't he technically your dad too? And what about Grover? Or Thalia? Or your friends at camp? Me?" She said the last part so quietly that Percy didn't hear her.

Percy felt a bit annoyed. "Yeah, Paul's great and everything, but I can't always be there for my mom. I'm going to be on quests throughout the year. She and Paul should get some time to themselves. Plus Grover's on the

Council now, he probably won't have any time to hang out. Thalia's part of the Hunters, she won't be around much. Plus she's also immortal, we'll have time to chat."

Annabeth shifted awkwardly. "Yeah, I guess so."

Percy's eyebrows knit together. "Jeez, Annabeth, I thought you'd be happy for me. This is like a one in a lifetime chance. Why are you acting so weird? Are you jealous or something?" As soon as the words left his lips, he

instantly regretted it. Annabeth's stormy grey eyes sparked like lighting in a storm above the ocean.

"Well, Percy," she spat viciously, "Have fun. Enjoy your time under the ocean. Visit camp if you even want to see your friends anymore." With that, she walked into the elevator.

Percy knew he should've gone after her. He should've asked what was wrong, tried to do anything to calm her down. The last thing that he saw were her eyes, beautiful, grey, and contained a thousand emotions within.

He wished that the last thing she felt that day wasn't an urge to punch his lights out.

They were back in Poseidon's palace. Thalia still couldn't get over the fact that she was here, down in this realm. Watching a school of fish pass above her, she turned to find Aphrodite several yards ahead of her,

determinedly walking towards the palace. Catching up to her, Thalia said, "So what's the plan?"

Aphrodite glanced at her. "I do the planning, you carry everything out. No questions asked. Got it?"

"Geez," Thalia muttered, "Who peed on your shrine? What's with all this secrecy?"

Aphrodite's fingers twitched. She wanted to turn Thalia into something, preferably a ferret. Banishing the thought, she stepped into Percy's quarters.

"Percy?" Thalia called out.

"Go away," Came the muffled response. Thalia crossed the room to the couch and pulled off the covers he had been hiding under. "What are- Oh Hades."

Percy looked like living hell. Dark circles were under his eyes, his hair messier than usual. Thalia shot a look at Aphrodite. A look that said clearly, you fix this. The goddess stepped in. "Percy, look at me." As soon as he did,

he passed out into a deep sleep. The goddess stepped over him, frowning. "This was much more worse than I expected. We'll have to get the plan started as soon as possible."

Thalia looked down at Percy with a mixture of pity, sadness and disgust. Percy was going to waste away down here, without Annabeth. Yet she couldn't help but think that he was becoming pathetic, moping around, doing

nothing. She hoped that Aphrodite knew what she was doing and that Luke was mistaken about the failures.

She really hoped so.

Percy woke up in a bright room. He groaned, passing a hand over his eyes. He couldn't recall how he got here. First, Aphrodite showed up with Thalia and then he'd passed out.

"Oh great, you're up." Thalia hovered over him.

"My eyes… They burn. Can you shut off that light?" He squinted at her. Thankfully, her figure blocked out most of the light. Thalia rolled his eyes, apparently not feeling very merciful. Percy swung his legs out of the bed and

stood up. "Whoa." The world suddenly jolted and he nearly did a faceplant onto the floor.

Thalia frowned down at him. "I know you probably haven't set foot on land in about six months but is kissing the floor really necessary?" She laughed and stuck out her hand to help him up.

"Where are we?" Percy said, following her out the door.

"Camp, the Big House." Thalia passed through the rec room as she walked down the hallway. "And you, are going to stay here." She threw open the door and a blast of hot air hit Percy in the face. The familiar

campgrounds of Camp Half-Blood brought back a sense of nostalgia for him. The volleyball/ basketball courts, the woods where he won his first capture the flag game, and the familiar yet strange layout of the cabins. The

strawberry fields where Grover would play his pipes (honestly he was pretty awful.)

Grover… Just the name brought a lump in his throat. The old satyr was probably gone now, turned into a laurel tree or something. How many of his friends had he neglected and forgotten about?

Staring at his cabin, number three, he remembered the herd of hippocampi on the ceiling, the familiar salty sea breeze that blew through the room.

"Percy?" Thalia snapped her fingers. "Um.. hello? Anyone home?"

He snapped back to reality. "What am I doing here?"

"You're going to train."

"For what? I'm perfectly fine. Hell, I'm a god; I don't think I need any more training than the Stolls needing encouragement to steal my underwear in the dead of night."

Thalia snorted. "Those were your boxers hanging in my old tree? Man who wears boxers with bacon on them? Anyways, you're pretty weak right now. I could take you on weaponless and still win." And to prove her point,

she tackled him down the stairs and pinned him there until he stopped struggling.

"Alright, fine you got me there." Percy dusted himself off and stood up. "What are we doing today?"

"Actually, more of you, not Thalia. She has to get back to leading the Hunters" The old centaur trotted up to them. "Welcome back." Chiron, Percy's old mentor hadn't changed a bit in the past decades.

"Chiron!" Percy started forward. Thalia blocked his way and muttered something under her breath that sounded like "Him too? Aphrodite is going to die."

"Er.. So is Mr. D still around?" Percy asked as they made their way down to the archery range.

"His sentence was over a few years back. He's on Olympus half the time and spends the other half getting drunk and trying to manage a wine business." Chiron galloped, carrying Thalia and Percy on his back.

On their way to the archery range, several campers stopped and stared, mouths open as they watched the group pass by. First off, Chiron was somehow here, carrying two kids on his back. Second, it was Percy Jackson

and Thalia Grace. The kids of the Big Three, the immortal ones; they were legends. Passing by a group of Aphrodite kids, one girl dropped her pocket mirror. Staring in awe, she stuttered. "Is that Percy Jackson?"

"Oh my god! No way! The movie producers definitely chose the wrong guy. Percy is soo much hotter." Her friend giggled.

A third butted in, "Logan Lerman is like, hot, what are you talking about?"

"Um," Percy whispered, "What the hell are they talking about?"

"Some guy at camp grew up to be a movie producer and made your story into a movie." Thalia muttered.

Thalia smiled grimly to herself as she heard this. It seemed that the news of Percy was traveling faster than Grover at the lunch line for enchiladas. At the archery range, a small group of kids were in the corner, watching

them shoot at the targets. Percy's failure at archery didn't faze anyone.

By dinnertime there were several rumours Thalia wanted to crush.

1) Percy's hair was insured for $10,000. Who the hell insures hair?

2) Percy met Logan Lerman on an airplane and was told that Logan wanted to be him. Percy hadn't been aboveground in a while, if he did, it was only to visit Olympus. Plus the whole Zeus-will-blast-him-out-of-the-sky thing was a problem.

3) Percy had a fight with Thalia and she had conceded to her defeat as a way of admitting Percy's superiority. There were so many things wrong with that sentence that Thalia wanted to punch a brick wall.

She couldn't wait for this all to be over before she put an arrow through someone.

Aphrodite twirled a lock of her hair in her fingers. She had to plot out each move carefully. Thalia was keeping an eye on Percy for her and she had another person tailing Annabeth. If things didn't go well, she could risk

losing both Annabeth and Percy. She remembered her past failures with so many other couples. No, it had- it would work this time. Their love was too strong to sever, Percy would persevere and everyone would get a

happy ending. All she needed now was to get them together. She looked at her other accomplice, one that Thalia didn't know about. "Are you willing to help me and do what you have to?"

The figure in the shadows bowed his head before speaking. "I am at your command, goddess."

She smiled grimly. In the next few weeks, everyone's lives were about to get intense.

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AGAIN= Do you guys want this to be a camp fic or a school fic?

Meaning either this whole Percy/Annabeth conundrum takes place at school or camp.

I'll try to update like every week or so?