Annabeth stifled a yawn as she walked out from the building behind her, it was now late into the afternoon and work had just ended for her. She worked for an independent company designing and crafting plans for architectural floor plans and homes; she never knew why, but being in architecture has always interested her, it called to her, and she happily took its hand.

Once home, she found Thalia was nowhere in sight, only a simple note left on the table signified something was amiss. It led along the lines of her going out with a few friends, but Annabeth didn't mind, she enjoyed being alone, sometimes it was the best company. The sun was softly lying down past the horizon, golden and orange hues being cast around the landscape. The blonde smiled softly as her feet danced in the sand, the wind dancing around her once again, welcoming her back to her second home.

She walked deeper into the sand and the closer she got to the water the happier she felt, her soul lifting up with harmonies of glee. Her silver coated eyes closed in content and her blonde hair picked up in the wind, a glorious symphony echoing around within the measures of the world. Opening them again, she was greeted with the same scene, except something seemed amiss. The seagulls were off being a pest, the waves were rising and falling like normal, and the wind seemed to be as joyous as it always is, so what was it?

At that exact moment, Annabeth's eyes wandered over space of rocks pillowing into the ocean and at first, she saw nothing, which is until she spotted something from the corner of her eye. Her first thought was it wasn't real, just a figment of her overly exhausted brain, but no matter how much she blinked, there was something there.

It was a man with shaggy black hair.

His body was clinging onto one of the corner of the rocks; his head hung low, and his frame being easily pushed around by the waves crashing around him. She tried calling out to him, but from what it looked like, he seemed to be unconscious. Without even thinking Annabeth charged over to him, throwing off her jacket and jumping into the water. She came by his side and was quickly assessing what happened, it was then that she noticed the pool of blood in the water, all emanating from the man's side. Her eyes opening in fear, she quickly draped his arms over her shoulder and she kicked off the rocks, praying that this man would be alright.

A slippery like feeling brushed against Annabeth's legs, and she jumped a bit at first, thinking it was a shark, and she quickly pressed on to the shore. Once there, she laid the man out and quickly assed his current state. His left side had teeth marks scattered in unique patterns and skin was torn off in varies places, deep crimson red blood spilling from the wounds. Thinking on her feet, she grabbed her jacket and tightly wound it around his abdomen, trying to stop the bleeding. Her jacket wasn't the right thing to use, but for now it was working, and it gave her enough time to figure out he wasn't breathing. She quickly gave him CPR, the toxic dense smell of blood filling the air and spiraling deep into her lungs. Panic filled her as she saw he still wasn't breathing, but she kept trying to revive the strange man, he wasn't dying on her watch.

No matter what she did nothing was working, and Annabeth began to panic. She contemplated on running back to her home and calling 911, but she couldn't leave him here by himself! Why wasn't the CPR working!? At that moment her hands pushed down one more time and water shot out from his lungs, his eyes sparking open and his gasp echoing in the air.

His coughs spun in the air, and Annabeth quickly got behind him and leaned up his back with her hand, lightly rubbing it back and forth. A few minutes later and his breathing turned calm, ragged, but calm. His eyes caught hers, and she had to keep herself from gasping; they were deepest shade of green she had ever seen, it was the exact color of the ocean! His black hair was mopped over his head in a shaggy fashion, and his toned chest heaved in and out air.

"T-thank you…" He whispered.

"Don't thank me just yet, there's still your sid-…" Annabeth trailed off, looking at his side but now fully seeing the lower half of him. At first she thought she was going crazy, but as a wave rolled up and touched it, curling it around it's touch, she couldn't deny it. Her conspicuous were confirmed as she looked down and found what had touched her leg back in the water, it wasn't a shark, it was a tail, his tail. It was deep sea blue in color, and it looked limp as the waves came and brushed past the fins at the end. The scales on him looked so intricate, so individually crafted, almost like a snowflake, what the heck was going on!

'Wha-Oh…yeah um…don't freak out!" He tried to say.

"F-freak out!? W-what the heck are you!?" Annabeth nearly screamed as she slowly kicked backwards on the sand.

The boy tried reaching a hand out to her but that only made her flinch more, and he knew he just couldn't get up and walk over to her, he had a fish tail after all.

"What are you...?" She asked barley above a whisper.

"I'm a Merman."

Now here they were, back in Annabeth's home, the sun now long gone, and the moons gracious gaze taking its turn to watch over the earth. Despite her shock she knew full well she couldn't leave him unattended on the beach, so she ran home and grabbed the wheelchair she had used when she broke her leg a few years ago, pulling his body into it and wheeling him back up the beach and into her home. Now they were sitting in her bathroom, the man resting in the bath, and Annabeth sitting in the corner by the door, shock and bewilderment written all along her face.

"Can you explain that again please?"

The boy sighed. "I was attacked by a shark and ended up washing on shore unconscious."

Something didn't add up to Annabeth though.

"But you're a mermai-"

The man's glare told her to rephrase what she just said.

"Mer…man, you're half fish, how come you were practically drowning when I found you?"

"For you humans I guess it would be the same as choking on air, the same can happen to us but it can be with water or air."

"How do you exist? Merpeople are just legends, they aren't real!"

As she was saying this, the man just pointed to his tail sticking out of the tub, trying to enunciate the fact that here he was, in the flesh, with a giant fish tail sticking out of her bathtub. She just curled more into herself, and her head lightly lowered into her hands.

"This makes no sense…I…I need time to think about this." She said.

The boy just nodded to her, but winced as his left side lit up in flames. Hearing his pain, Annabeth looked up and quickly stood and walked over to him.

"Don't touch it, it's pretty bad. I'm going to unwrap it, don't move okay?"

The boy nodded and slowly let the girl go to work, wincing as the fabric of her jacket brushed against his wounds. Once in view, Annabeth looked at the wounds and she seemed to be calculating problems in her mind. The boy just sat there and waited whilst she got up and walked over to the sink, her hands pulling open the latch of the mirror and then pulling out a few bottles and cotton swabs.

"We have to clean it…this is going to hurt okay?"

The boy just nodded and closed his eyes as Annabeth got to work, his eyebrows scrunching in pain as she got to work, his teeth latching onto his bottom lip as he tried not to hallow out. The hard part over, Annabeth began stitching back the wounds, and wrapping medical tape around his torso.

"So…what's your name?" He asked.

Annabeth stopped wrapping his wounds for a moment and looked up to meet his deep see green eyes, the eyes that seemed to tell a million stories at once. She felt herself losing herself in them and quickly pulled her composure back together, her eyes turning into determination and vigilance as she continued to wrap his body.

"Annabeth Chase. What about you?"

His face seemed to light up when she spoke, and now he had his own smile adorning his features.

"Percy, Percy Jackson."

There you go, Percy makes his appearance! Nothing much to write here except for that fact that you guys are all awesome! It's only a couple days after the first chapter and I already have a few reviews. That just- my mind blew. You guys are so awesome and you all rock! :D

Besides that I'm just stressing a lot, I've got so much to do since I'm now a senior in high school and have to do so many things. -.- aghhh...I still have to apply for college's, take placement tests, etc. etc. Growing up sucks...it really does sometimes. -.-

Anyways, I hoped you guys liked it!

As Always,

R&R