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Two days after Annabeth broke up with me, my mom and I drove to Camp Half- Blood, where I would be staying for the next two weeks.

After I hugged my mom good-bye, I walked up Half Blood- Hill and greeted Peleus, the dragon that guards the Golden Fleece and Thalia's tree, with a pet and a scratch behind his ears, which he always loves.

"Hey, Percy!" Malcolm, Annabeth's (favorite) half- brother called out to me, raising his hand in a salute.

"Hey, Malcolm." I replied, turning towards the wing of cabins.

I headed into cabin three and tossed my stuff onto the bunk that I claimed as my own.

After "cleaning" my cabin for a few minutes, I heard the conch horn blow, signaling dinner time.

I headed into the pavilion, and grabbed a pale and food. I scraped a rather large portion of your food into the fire and prayed to my father, Poseidon. Dad, if you're listening. Please tell me, give me clues, to why Annabeth is mad at me. I prayed, Why was she fine one minute, and furious the next?

I sat down at my table and started to eat, waiting until Chiron slammed his hoof down to quiet the cabins.

"Heroes! As you know, tomorrow will be our capture the flag game." He paused as the pavilion erupted in "whoop!"s and "You're going down!"s. "That's all. You may enjoy the rest of your dinner."

I finished my dinner and headed back towards the cabins, but instead of turning into the Poseidon cabin, I made a last minute decision and headed down to the beach.

Once by the shore, with the waves lapping at my bare feat, I tore off my shirt and threw it down into the sand.

I waded into the water, and when the water reached the middle of my chest, I dove down and submerged myself, allowing myself to be wet.

I stayed down there and sat at the bottom of the Sound for about an hour. When I finally came up, the sun had just set, the moon castings shadows along the rim of the beach.


Strapping on my breastplate, I made sure that our plan to win Capture the Flag was still in place. "Okay, Demeter cabin. You got the edge of the forest?" I continued once I saw all of the head nods, "And I got the creek." I threw my hand into the middle and yelled, "On three!" Hands scrambled to reach mine, "One… Two… Three.." Different gods and goddesses' names shot in the air, each cabin wanting their godly parent to be the one held the highest, making sure everyone heard their name the clearest.

"And let the Capture the Flag game begin!" Chiron's voice sounded throughout the forest.

Everyone yelled, swarming forward and rushing into position. I raced to the creek and hid among the bushes, waiting for an enemy soldier to come racing by me.

But no one ever came.

With no one to fight, I was left to thinking about Annabeth. There was nothing I could do except wonder about what I could have that could have caused her to leave me.

I was so deep in thought that I didn't hear the hellhound sneak up on my and slash it's claws across my back.

I screamed in pain, trying to stay awake, trying to fight off the monster. But the pain in my torso was eating away at my consciousness, and eventually, I collapsed to the ground, losing the battle with consciousness before my head even hit the ground.