Annabeth and Percy were holding hands, walking through the forest. It was different for Annabeth, because Percy had grown several inches, so he was about and inch bigger than her, so she had to look up slightly. His eyes were focused straight ahead, staring into the overgrown trees.
"I missed you seaweed brain."
"I missed you." He replies wrapping her up in his arms.
They were about to kiss when Thalia and Nico came bursting through the woods, gasping.
"T-The-There...w-were skeletons." Stuttered Thalia through her desperate gasps for air. "And they won't listen to Nico!"
"Haven't we had enough of skeletons?" Muttered Percy.
The skeletons tore through the forest, their goal obvious. They were after Percy. "Com' on," He shouts. "Run!"
They did, but a skeleton threw it's arms around Thalia and faded into the ground. The other skeletons did the same. Nico whirls around and slams the ground where Thalia disappeared.
"Thalia!" He shouts, desperate. But there is no reply, so he whirls around to face Percy and Annabeth. "We have to save her!" He says, turning to the Big House.
"Nic-" Annabeth starts.
"No! We have to save her!" He shouts, and with that he turns toward the Big House.
Chiron was troubled. He had hoped that the skeleton that Percy had first encountered would've given up his quest. But clearly he had not, making Chiron more worried still. Yet, what worried him most was this skeletons targets.
The child of the Prophecy.
A daughter of Zeus.
And a son of Hades.
What was this skeleton getting at?
He paced happily. This would go exactly as he planned all in due time. All ready Alarious had the girl, and given time he'd soon have the Jackson dead. Although he had forestalled the girls death. What was to guarantee the cooperation of the boy if there was nothing to 'convince' him that his cooperation was vital.
Yes, this was going just as he had planned.
Sorry for the short chapter.
My imagination has run dry.
Although I AM updating.
If you don't like it oh well.
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