HEYYYY I'm baaaack!

I saw that in the HOUR after chapter one had been posted, FOURTEEN WHOLE PEOPLE had already looked at it! I was so excited I decided to start on chapter two right away:)

UPDATE: I've also updated this chapter. This one's only been slightly tweaked.

Annabeth was falling. She'd never been the type to be afraid of heights, but this was pretty damn scary. She felt the wind whistling in her ears. Subconsciously she wrapped her arms around the boy falling beside her. She wasn't sure how she knew he was there or why she did it, but she felt a little better. She forced back tears as she put her lips to his ear.

"I love you."

Annabeth woke up presented by the filtering light of the morning sun. She was exhausted because she came back home late from the library and she was sure that her late night studying didn't help. In a few moments, she was out of the building. After yesterday's encounter, Annabeth was a little more wary. She didn't let herself get distracted as she normally was, but instead walked as fast as she could to the library. She found herself breath a sigh of relief as she stepped through the doors. The smell of books greeted her just as well as the librarian who stood before her.

"Hello Annabeth," Ms. Atina welcomed her warmly. "How are you?"

"I'm doing great, thank you," Annabeth reassured her. She grabbed an interesting book from the shelves and sat down to read.

Annabeth was headed home from school when she saw her. She was speeding at her with no clear intention to stop, her wild red hair flying in all directions. Annabeth moved out of the way right when she approached her, but the girl stopped right next to Annabeth. She stopped to catch her breath and then proceeded to stretch her back.

"Woah. I didn't know the Oracle could take over my body. But why'd I stop here?" She looked up, her green eyes meeting Annabeth's gray ones.

Her mouth moved into the shape of Oh, but then green smoke poured out of her mouth and her head went slack. At this point Annabeth wasn't sure if she should be disgusted or fascinated.

The Lost will be found, a lifetime replaced,

A hero, the Lost, and a hundred faced,

Find the cure, let love reunite,

Or join the turned to banish the light,

For Love let loose is a curse upon all,

And bide to Atlantis' final call.

The red-haired girl seemed to be back in control. She looked at Annabeth's shocked face and asked, "What did I say?"

Annabeth stuttered out what had been said to the best of her ability. The girl thought for a second and then said, "I guess I should let Chiron know."

"Chiron?" Annabeth had always been the curious type.

She shook her head. "Nothing. You just go on with your day." With that final comment, she walked away. Annabeth was sure she had to be hallucinating. She knew she shouldn't have done that late night studying.

She shook her head clear of all thoughts and once again headed home.

Later that evening, Tracey texted her:

hey

u know that high school in front of that movie theater downtown? well me and u r going to a school dance there

a boy invited me and i want u 2 come. be there at 7

The first thing Annabeth did was text her back and complain about her grammar. Tracey chose to ignore her.

Then, Annabeth told her that there was no way that she was coming. Let's just say Tracey can't take no for an answer.

A few blackmail attempts later, Annabeth finally relented. Annabeth changed out of her PJs and slipped into a pair of jeans and a t-shirt. She brushed through her curly hair as well as she could and dashed out the door. She grabbed her bike and started riding towards Goode High School.

Annabeth shouldn't have let Tracey talk her into this. She was standing by herself at the snacks table, while Tracey had gone off with some boy named Dylan. Just as Annabeth had decided to leave, she saw a familiar face.

"I'll just be over by the snack table," the boy named Percy called to someone. He hadn't seen her yet, so she decided to say something first.

"Hey. Remember me?" Percy turned around when he heard her and his eyes widened. "You go here?"

Annabeth laughed and corrected, "No. My friend was invited to this dance and she dragged me along."

Percy seemed nervous for a moment and then sighed. He smiled and retorted, "Are you sure? Or did you come just to see my gorgeous face again?"

Annabeth grinned, "Eh. Only an added bonus. What about you? Blackmailed into coming too?"

He sighed, "Yeah. By my mother of all people. She thinks I should be more social."

"Well, is she right?" Annabeth raised an eyebrow.

"Let's put it this way. I don't order pizza often because I'd have to talk to the pizza delivery guy."

The two joked around for the rest of the dance and Annabeth was quite disappointed when it was time to leave. As she was leaving the high school with Tracey, she realized she had to go to the restroom. She told Tracey to go home because she would go back herself when she was done using the restroom. Once Tracey agreed, she went back in the school and tried to find the restroom.

Annabeth got directions from a janitor and quickly used the restroom. She tried to recall the way she had come from, but she couldn't remember. After wandering around the school for a while, she finally heard a conversation coming from the next hall and decided to ask them how to leave.

"Do you think it means her?" A familiar voice wondered. "I mean the Oracle hasn't taken over since..." The voice had faded off.

Annabeth was confused. Oracle? She was a bit hesitant, but walked through the hall to try to find them. Then came a voice that Annabeth recognized for sure.

"Who else could it be? I mean how big of a coincidence is it that I conveniently meet Annabeth now?" Annabeth gasped. Why was Percy talking about her with someone else? Heck, she barely knew the guy.

"And you!" he said angrily. "You just had to bring her here!"

"What?" Tracey spoke up defensively. "It was time for her to come back. We both know that!"

Tracey too! Annabeth had had enough of them talking behind her back. She was about to turn the corner to confront them, but then she bumped into something.

A girl? It looked like she too had been eavesdropping.

Why did she have a metal leg? And―HISSSS! Did she just hiss in Annabeth's face? Why is the world spinning? Annabeth tried to yell help, but nothing came out. The last thing she felt was her head hitting the cold tile floor.

Oh. My gosh. I literally can't believe that this story has 6 followers! That is the greatest birthday present EVER! Yep you heard right;) TODAY'S MY BIRTHDAY! I feel wiser already.

I'll admit that I had no idea how this chapter was going to turn out when I started writing it, but I know it's not very well written. If you see any mistakes, feel free to correct me. I always appreciate criticism.

Can you guys guess what her dreams are about. I feel like they're kind of obvious, but if it doesn't seem that way when you read it for the first time, I'd like to know. Just because. So yeah.

So enough of my rants:) I'm SOOO happy! (I'm high on cake)