He grabbed the paper and unfolded it hastily, desperately hoping that whatever was inside would give some hope and answers to his confused mind. The frail paper felt abnormal in Percy's hands, it felt soggy yet it wasn't wet. The bright pink wasn't neon but it was close. After he unfolded the paper, Percy hesitated a moment before he pick it up with two trembling fingers, afraid of dropping it. It was an amulet. A long series of tiny chains formed an oval above a red ruby the colour of blood which swayed back and forth as Percy's still trembling hand held the chain. After examining it a bit longer, Percy let it rest against the pink paper that he held in his other hand.
"What could this mean?" muttered Percy to himself, forgetting that Grover was standing right in front of him. Then Silena, a daughter of Aphrodite, slowly approached the two boys.
"Where did you get that?" She asked with an unusual amount of surprise in her voice.
"It was found inside Annabeth's pocket after we found her..." Grover didn't dare finish his sentence. He could see the tears in Percy's eyes just waiting to burst out.
"Why'd you ask?"
"It's an amulet of infinity."Silena said quietly as if she didn't want anyone else to hear. Her eyes were completely focused on the amulet in Percy's hands. A bunch of demi-gods then started gathering around Percy and Grover, except, they weren't here to comfort Percy about the death of Annabeth, instead, their eyes, just like Silena's, looked at the amulet hungrily.
"Get back! It's mine!" shouted someone somewhere in the crowd that had surrounded Percy and Grover.
"No! It's mine!" someone else shouted.
"Shut up before I break your neck!" screamed another demi-god. Percy clenched the amulet firmly in his fist as he raised high above his head. All the demi-gods rushed towards Percy's fist. Hands were shoved in faces and some demi-gods were even pushed over and stepped on. Somebody's hand reached centimeters away from the gold chain before Percy swiftly moved it out of reached. He was almost completely devoured by the mob before a freezing blast of wind suddenly smacked his face causing him to immediately close his eyes. After a few seconds the strong gusts of wind stopped but there was still gentle breezes brushing against Percy's ankles. Percy slowing opened his eyes, his fist which held the amulet was still high in the air. He lowered it then a playful laugh came from behind him.
"You really are a seaweed brain," it was Hazel Levesque and she was standing beside her half-brother, Nico Di Angelo.
"I bet you don't even know what you're holding right now." she continued, Nico scoffed a somewhat offending scoff.