Great job with the reviews guys, keep that up.

Chapter two stays in Annabeth's POV if you didn't know that already. The sequel is going to switch POVs every two chapters, so Percy will be chapters 3 and 4.

Finally, one last thing before the chapter. I had one absolutely phenomenal review for chapter one by raisa864, so I'm going to dedicate this chapter to her. This is the first time I've ever dedicated a chapter to someone, so congratulations.

Anyways, on with the story. Here's Chapter Two of The Prince, The Girl and The World.

Disclaimer: Still not Riordan.

Chapter Two: Annabeth POV

"Annabeth!" Abby rushed over to me. "Annabeth, what's wrong?"

I couldn't answer her. I was too busy crying. Eventually she noticed the letter. Abby was quiet for a minute or two while she read it. You could tell when she was getting close to the end.

Abby tried to keep it together, but eventually she couldn't help it. Tears flowed down her face just like they did mine. Abby held her arms out for a hug and I accepted. We shared that hug for a long time, awkwardly sitting on the floor, hugging and crying.

"I'm-I'm going to get Rayne," Abby eventually said. She stood up and wiped her eyes clear of tears. She made her way out of the room. Thirty seconds later, another person came running in. Long, lithe arms wrapped around my shoulders.

Rayne was able to hold it together, unlike Abby and I. When I turned to look at Rayne, I noticed Ashton standing awkwardly in the doorframe. Lord Ares and Lady Allyson joined him before I looked down at Rayne.

"What happened?" She asked me.

I couldn't answer her. I just motioned towards the letter and luckily Abby knew what I meant. She handed Rayne the letter, which she read and then passed back to Lady Allyson.

I had gotten my crying somewhat under control. Rayne did the right thing. She didn't say anything to me. I didn't need comfort at a time like this. I never liked having people comfort me. I was really independent.

Now that made me feel worse. That thought triggered a memory of what Percy had written in the letter: '…because you are your own person.' I broke down crying again. Three more people came walking into the room. One of them was my mother. I walked over to her and she embraced me in a hug. I buried my head in her shoulder.

"Shh, it's ok Annabeth. It's ok."

Despite how independent I was, my mother was the only person that could comfort me with something like this. We had that connection, just like Abby had with her brother.

Someone placed their hands on my shoulders and I immediately knew it was my dad. He's done it so many times, I've memorized what it feels like. I took a huge sniffle and turned to Isabel, who had arrived with my parents.

"Oh, Annabeth," she said. I walked into her arms. The now nine of us remained in Percy's room for about an hour. I was pretty under control, but I was sure that when the first reference of Percy came up I would break down again.

A messenger came walking briskly into the room. He approached my dad, who was talking with Lord Ares.

"Excuse me, my lord, but the ambassador is going to be arriving shortly," he said. That's right, the ambassador. My dad looked over at me.

He had reminded me of this yesterday. I would have to be there when the ambassador (he was from Denmark) arrived, but then he told me I could go off with Percy for the rest of the day. The thought of Percy made me start to tear up.

No, I wasn't about to start crying. I held myself together. I gave my dad a small nod, saying I was good enough to be there for the ambassador's arrival. He turned back to the messenger.

"Very well. We will be down there in twenty minutes. Thank you for the notice." With that, the messenger bowed and left the room. My dad came over to me and gave me a kiss on the forehead. "Go and change. We'll see you down there." I slowly walked out of Percy's room, Isabel walking next to me. I ignored all of the looks I got on my way to my room. Surely the news had spread by now. Isabel helped me change into a more exquisite dress and she helped me down to the throne room, where we would be meeting the ambassador.

Isabel left when my parents showed up, so it was just the three of us sitting on our thrones. Within three minutes the ambassador was being led through the door. He looked to be in his late-forties, early-fifties. He looked to be pretty fit for a man his age. His salt-and-pepper hair was trimmed and combed and his blue eyes looked like they meant business. A younger man walked behind him. He looked to be around twenty-four or twenty-five and very well could be the ambassador's son. He was athletic-looking and he had quite the build. He was pretty tall and had sandy-blonde hair and blue eyes. Overall, he was very attractive, except for one thing. He had a pretty long scar along the side of his face. He sent a smile at me, which I ignored. I recognized him of course. My dad stood up.

"Ambassador Castellan. It's quite the pleasure," my dad said, extending his hand to the older guy.

"The pleasure is all mine, your highness," the ambassador returned, while shaking my dad's hand. "Thank you for allowing us into your kingdom." He turned towards my mom and I. "My lady, princess, looking beautiful as always." Out of courtesy, both my mom and I bowed our heads in appreciation.

"We give you our hospitality, Mr. Ambassador," my dad said. "Now to business. You said you wanted to talk about a possible alliance?"

"Yes, my lord. We would like-"

"Not here. Please, come into the council room. We would have more privacy." My dad looked over at me as if to offer an invitation. I rose from my seat and followed the ambassador and my dad towards the war council room. Someone came up next to me as I was walking.

"Hey, do you want to hang out later?" I looked up at the guy who spoke. It was Mr. I'm-so-attractive, the Ambassador's son.

"I don't think so Luke," I replied harshly. "I promised my friends I would hang with them." We were almost at the council room. I started walking faster.

"Oh, playing hard to get, are we?" He said. "Hey, I heard that your boyfriend broke up with you this morning. I'm just giving you a chance to rebound. So, what do you say?" I immediately stopped walking. I turned around to face him.

"What did you say?"

"Hey, I get it," he replied. "Some little prince thought he could date the highest princess in the land and it didn't work out. Now here I am, the son of an ambassador and the defending champion of the World Championships, willing to offer my services. Now what do you say? I'll meet you at your room after dinner, just you and me?"

My anger immediately flared.

"What?" I basically yelled. "Who told you my boyfriend broke up with me?" When he didn't answer right away, I balled my fists and yelled louder, "Who told you? WHO?"

"Whoa," he replied. "Someone's a little temperamental."

"What?" I yelled again.

"Annabeth? What's going on?" My dad said from behind me. I turned and saw him standing in the doorframe of the council room. I gave Luke a glare and took off towards the council room.

"Your son's an ignorant jerk," I said to the ambassador when I passed him. His head shot up in surprise.

"Annabeth! What was that for?" My dad said. "Now apologize."

"Apologize?" I said. "Why should I apologize? If anything, he should be the one apologizing. He can't just come into our country and assume something about me that isn't true. I could have him killed right now for spreading lies about the royal family." I turned towards my dad. "I'm not going to be doing any negotiating when he's acting like this." I pointed at Luke, who surprisingly still had a humorous look on his face.

"Now Annabeth-" My dad started.

"No, don't 'Now Annabeth' me." I turned full on Luke. "I don't care whether you won a stupid tournament. I am heir to the throne here and I can do anything I want to you. And right now, you're on the brink of getting killed. So if I were you, I'd watch what I said." I turned back to take a seat when I remembered something. I turned back around. "Oh, and my boyfriend did not break up with me. In fact, if he were here right now, he probably would punch you in your face."

I looked over at my dad and the ambassador. Luckily, they were smart and decided to let it go.

"So, ambassador, please tell me. What exactly would the United Kingdom get out of this alliance with Denmark?" My dad asked.

"Increased trade relations," the ambassador replied, "would be the main component of the pact. We would promise lower prices and more quantity, among other things."

"Ok, and what would we provide you in return?"

"Naval support and protection," the ambassador said. "We have already reached an agreement with Russia in order to take advantage of their military ability. Having Russia's army and your navy would make us unstoppable."

My dad seemed to think about it for a while. Personally, I thought it was a lopsided deal. Full naval protection just for some lower prices? That didn't seem fair.

"Now hold on," I said. The ambassador's head snapped over to me, as if he was surprised that I spoke. "Let me get this straight. You want the full extent of our naval ability, which is the best in the world, and all we get in return is lower prices? Seems a little skewed to me." I turned towards my dad. "Don't you think dad? If we're protecting them fully, and as best as we can, shouldn't you think that we should get more out of this deal?"

"I believe that you are misinterpreting, princess," the ambassador said. "The United Kingdom would receive lower prices on all of our goods as well as no tariffs-"

"Whoa, now you never said no tariffs before," I replied.

"I included that in the 'among other things' section of our deal."

"Ok, fine. Now, what 'other things' are included? Like I said, we are giving you full protection by our navy. You might as well be smart and input some more on our side of the deal. If we're not satisfied, we could easily call off the ships and leave you to rot. If you're smart, you'll give us some good details on this deal."

"Very well princess. You are quite the debater."

"I better be," I replied swiftly. "I'm going to be the one running the country after my dad."

"Very well," said the ambassador. "Like I said earlier, in return for your naval protection, we would give you lowered prices on all of our exports; 25% on food and drink, 10% on textiles and 7% on raw goods and materials. In return, you would provide us with manufactured goods at 15% higher selling price and no import tariffs. Also included would be 30% off our wood and lumber, which you could use to build more ships and increase the power of your navy. We would also include a lump sum of £200,000, paid to you in full by the end of this year. This deal would last as long as needed, but no longer than five years without new talks and a renewed deal."

I looked up at my dad and shrugged. It seemed like a good enough deal. Only one question remained though. My dad nodded back at me and turned towards the ambassador.

"Very well," he said. "The deal sounds good enough, but we still have one more question."

"Ask away," the ambassador replied.

"Who would we be protecting you from?"

"Oh, that's easy enough. Their country is in shambles and you don't have any connection with them, so this should be easy."

"Ok, and? Who is it?"

"Germany."

A/N:

Uh, oh. Another cliffy? Will the UK take the deal? The first reaction is always 'No,' but you might be surprised.

I have to say this: I had an awesome time writing the part where Annabeth was mad at Luke; probably some of the most fun I've had writing ever. And to go along with that statement, when did Luke come into the picture? Obviously right now. He'll play a larger roll as the story goes along.

Now for the Question of the Chapter: What are some of your favorite stories on Fanfiction (and don't say all of mine just to suck up, be serious)?

Now that doesn't mean you can't say one of my stories (i.e. The Princess and the Peasant), but give me something more than that please.

My two absolutely all-time favorite stories are Artificial Engagement by Akatsuki Child and Different Coasts by Avatard1234. If you haven't read those yet, I seriously recommend them. They are very good.

Anyway, make sure to review!

Thanks!

-PSON