Hey guys I'm back. Sorry for the long wait for chapter 2!
Ive been busy but I'll try to add chapters every so often.
I do want to say thank you to Dernbu for your comment! this is the first story Ive made public so I'm hoping to improve my writing on here!
Hope you guys enjoy this chapter, if there is anything you feel like i should fix, feel free to PM me or comment. it may be a while before I see it but once I do I'll definitely look into making the changes.
-lucario718
I wake up early the next morning after another nightmare. I can't get it out of my head. It felt so real. Of course demigod dreams are rarely just dreams. I dreamed that camp was being attacked. I didn't recognize the attackers but I could clearly see the cabins on fire and the bodies of campers lying motionless.
There is no way this is going to happen. Kronos was defeated already. There's no way the monsters would make attack us, at camp no less, right now. I shake it off and get ready to shower.
With hot water running down my back, i let my mind wander. Unfortunately it goes back to my dream from last night. I remind myself it can't be real. It's just a god messing with me again. But it felt so real.
"I'll tell Chiron about it. Just in case." I tell myself. Until I remember "wait, Percy and I are going to visit his mom today. Ill just tell him tomorrow." I think out loud. Hoping the visit will take my mind off it. After a while I get out and get dressed. Seeing how I'/s not yet time for breakfast I sit down to get some blueprints done. I wasn't 100% honest when I said I had nothing to do, but I didn't want to miss the chance to see Sally again.
It wasn't long until the horn for breakfast sounded and I lead my cabin to the pavilion to eat. I notice Percy is not there today. He probably is still asleep. He does tend to sleep in. I laugh a bit remembering his reaction anytime he sleeps through breakfast. Quickly finishing my food I tell my siblings that I'm going to wake Percy so he doesn't miss his precious food, again. They say bye and I'm off to cabin 3.
As I walk I feel something nagging me. Something just feels off. I try to brush it off as nothing but the feeling will not go away. Eventually I make it to Percy's cabin. "Percy! Time to get up, you're missing breakfast again!" I called knocking on his door. After a moment with no answer I slowly open the door and walk in. It's a much of a mess as usual but something's wrong. I look around but I can't find Percy. My first thought is he is hiding under the blankets again, but when I check he is not there. Thinking maybe he's somewhere else in camp I search for a bit, growing more worried every moment I cant find him.
After making sure he is nowhere I run towards the big house. "Chiron!" I called.
"Oh, good morning Annabeth. What's wrong?" He replied noticing the panicked look on my face.
"Its Percy!"
"What happened with Percy?" He asks.
"He's missing!" I say with tears starting to form. "He's not in his cabin and I cant find him anywhere in camp."
"Maybe he left to see sally already? You know he planned to go today, right?"
"Yes i know, but this is Percy, there is no way he would be awake enough to do that this early. Plus I was supposed to go with him."
"Try sending her an iris message. Maybe something happened and he had to leave early. You know the lengths he would go for his mother."
"You're right" I start calming down. "I'll give her a call." I run to the Poseidon cabin to use the fountain there. A rainbow is already formed and I throw a drachma in "Oh goddess of the rainbow, show me Sally Jackson, in New York City."(Probably got this wrong but its close. If needed ill go back and fix it up later) an image of sally slowly appears. "Mrs. Jackson!"
Startled Sally jumps and starts looking around, until her eyes spot me. "Oh, hey Annabeth. You scared me! And for the last time, call me Sally." She said with a small laugh.
I start to smile at this. "Sorry about that Sally. Um, is Percy there?"
"Not yet, I thought you both were going to come by later? Did something happen." She asked. She started to look nervous.
"Something might have. Give me a little bit to figure it out than I'll come by. But if you see Percy, please tell him I'm going to kick his butt when I see him!" I said trying to keep my voice from shaking.
"Wait is Percy not there now?"
"I'll tell you about this when I see you soon." I slash through the message effectively cutting the connection before she could ask more questions. But I just remembered something. I pull out another drachma and toss it into a newly formed rainbow. "Oh goddess of the rainbow, show me Percy Jackson. New york?" I guess, assuming he didn't leave the state.
Instead of seeing him I only heard a voice. "This person is not receiving iris messages at this time." Now I'm really worried. I can only think of one more person who may know where Percy is. I throw in another drachma. "Oh goddess of the rainbow show me lord Poseidon, Olympus." Instead of a message the drachma just flew back out.
Well that was weird. I run out to go tell Chiron what happened. When i got there he looked uneasy. "Chiron is everything ok?"
"No Annabeth. It is not. I just got word that Olympus has closed its doors. No one can get in or even contact the gods. Iris messaging worked for a little while so i could be informed but once the connection was cut no one has been able to send on."
"Oh no. That's what just happened to me. After I contacted Mrs. Jackson, I couldn't get to Percy or lord Poseidon".
"I have a bad feeling Annabeth. We will hold a cabin meeting tomorrow. For now go visit Sally, let her know what is happening and that we will find Percy and bring him home safely."
Tears start to form in my eyes again. "I will." I walk off not being able to say more in fear that I'll start crying. I go to the stables to find blackjack. When I do I tell him what happened, knowing he loves Percy. He begins stomping his hooves in anger.
"Blackjack, it's going to be ok. We will find him. But for now I need you." This seems to calm him down enough to where he seems to be listening. "Can you take me to Mrs. Jackson's house? I need to talk to her." He does a nodding motion and I grab his saddle. We take off. It feels weird riding blackjack without Percy. Definitely is quieter without the arguing between Percy and the Pegasus. After about an hour we land the roof of Sally's apartment building.
"Blackjack you can fly back to camp. I'll be a while. I promise I'll give you some sugar cubes when I get back." He flies off seemingly excited at my offer. Once he's out of sight I start making my way to Sally's apartment. Trying to keep tears from falling I knock on her door. After a moment she opens it, upon seeing me she pulls me into a hug, and the tears fall.
