If Leo Had A Girlfriend, Who Would She Be?
Chapter 2
Annabeth Chase, Are You There?
Annabeth had heard the knock on the door, but she was just too drowsy to get up.
"Who's there?" she asked, her voice slightly slurred.
"It's Abyssinia," a quivering voice answered, muffled from the door. Suddenly, Annabeth wasn't sleepy anymore. She rushed to the door and saw Abyssinia standing in the hallway, quietly crying.
"Oh my gods, what's wrong?" Annabeth pulled her inside. Abyssinia stared at Annabeth. It had been so long since she last saw her. She sat down on the bed with Annabeth joining her. Abyssinia slowly remembered what had happened just a few seconds ago. She had seen Leo Valdez and he didn't even recognize her. It was a good thing and a bad thing. A bad thing because they were best friends when they were little! But no matter, she thought. Focus on what's at hand.
"Nothing, I'm fine," Abyssinia whispered as she wiped her tears away. "I just really miss Percy." Annabeth felt sympathy. She felt the same way. Though Annabeth looked at Abyssinia's face and figured out that Percy was not the reason she was crying, she didn't say anything.
"It will be alright. He's downstairs right now. But he's sleeping. I'll tell you what happened later." Annabeth said, searching Abyssinia's expression. It didn't change. Abyssinia suddenly stood up.
"I'll go meet the rest of the crew." Annabeth scoffed.
"It's three in the morning." Abyssinia smiled faintly.
"Exactly." Annabeth grinned as Abyssinia walked out, looked both ways, then went left. Abyssinia roamed the hallway until she finally found a door. She softly knocked and then entered. She gasped in shock when she saw the girl lying in the bed. It can't be! She thought as she approached the bed. She gasped again. It is! Abyssinia moved the hair out of the girl's face and she immediately woke up.
She leaped out of bed, throwing Abyssinia against the wall as she reached for her knife.
"Piper! Piper, stop! It's me, Abyssinia!" Piper stopped. Abyssinia? But that's my…
"Sister?" Piper said, as she turned around to look at the girl. Sure enough, it was Abyssinia. Piper ran up and gave her a hug. "It's so good to see you again!" Abyssinia laughed.
"Same. I've missed you so much." The two sisters hugged for a while, and then a sharp whistle pierced the air. "Ow!" Piper laughed.
"That's Coach Hedge. You'll get used to him after a while." The two girls ventured up the stairs, and Piper noticed her sister's expression change. Abyssinia looked at Hazel with respect and happiness, and then she turned toward Coach Hedge.
"Gleeson? Gleeson Hedge, is that you?" Abyssinia asked, approaching the satyr, or faun, or whatever you call him. Piper watched as they got closer and Coach gave her a hug.
"Abyssinia Jac-" Abyssinia cut him off. What? Abyssinia heard Gleeson's voice in her head. Not now. They can't know now. Later. She replied back. Gleeson nodded his head in agreement. She turned toward Hazel.
"Do you remember me, Hazel?" Abyssinia asked her, searching for any emotion. What? Hazel thought. Who the heck is this girl? "Maybe you remember me better as Abi." Hazel expression changed. This is Abi? Hazel remembered that day in the Underworld, when she was still dead. A young girl had passed through and noticed Hazel was a little different than the other spirits in the Fields of Asphodel.
The girl stopped near Hazel. "Hello." She remembered that's what Abi said. "Good day." Hazel had said. "You're not supposed to be here, are you?" Abi asked. "No, not really." Hazel admitted. "Well, since I'm here, why don't we have a little chat?" Abi suggested. "Absolutely!" Hazel had said, overjoyed. They got to know each other, but eventually Abi had to leave. "I'll be back for you, I promise." Hazel beamed. But Abi never came back. She waited for so long. Then, a paper flew down from above.
On the paper, it said, "Addressed to Hazel."Hazel grabbed it and read its contents.
"Dear Hazel, I know I made a promise to you, and I wish to keep that promise. Unfortunately, I had to flee in matters of trouble. I will come back as soon as I can. You are a very good person, and I do not know why they didn't put you in Elysium. I wish you the best of luck. Signed, Abi. " Hazel spent the rest of the day crying.
They all sat down at the table. Abyssinia refused to look at Leo.
"So," Annabeth said. "Percy's down below deck." Abyssinia started bursting out in tears. Frank was onto her. She'd been acting shady for way too long, and it needed to stop.
"Why do care about Percy so much anyway?" Frank questioned her. Abyssinia sucked in her tears and slapped Frank.
"Don't you know? Percy is my brother."
To Be Continued…
Esperanza Valdez, Leo Valdez, Annabeth Chase, Perseus Jackson, Piper McLean, Frank Zhang and any other characters I might've mentioned (besides Abyssinia) all belong to Rick Riordan. I do not own any of them. I also want to thank Rick Riordan for making such an amazing series. On behalf of Percy Jackson/Heroes of Olympus fans everywhere, THANK YOU!
