Prologue

Percy's POV

I wake up, and see a doctor in front of me. 'Good morning, Mr. Jackson. Woken up from your coma already?' He flashed an amused smile at me. I smiled back, unsure of what to do. Then I sat up straight and the events of what had happened during the accident came flooding to me. Oh, no. Annabeth is going to be so pissed when she sees me.

'Are you feeling bet-' The doctor doubled over, coughing and retching and fell onto the floor. He continued retching until he shuddered to a stop.

'Doctor?' I hesitantly approached the man. 'Doctor, are you alright?'

His body twitched. 'Don't call me doctor.' Huh?

He stood up, and faced me, his eyes dancing like empty sockets. 'I have come for revenge, Percy Jackson, but I wouldn't want to splatter blood all over the hospital room. So I'm just going to do a little trick.' The man's eyes glittered with malice.

'Who exactly are you?' I demanded, but he had hit me square in the face.

'You conquered and vanished me with help, yet you still do not remember me?' He glared at me haughtily. 'It only happened last year and you forgot the events already? I expected much more from you, Percy Jackson. But it amuses me to see that you are merely a worthless whelp without your friends to aid you.'

My heart felt as if it was being closed by a cold fist.

'Kronos...' I spat out the word with anger. My body felt filled with lead. That must explain why I was immobilized during the accident when I tried to save the girl.

'In the flesh, ignorant boy.' Kronos did a bow. 'I apologize for using this - body -' He spat with disgust. 'To confront you, but my current form can only do naught but curse and possess.

I stared at him, trying to stare him down. Then I broke the silence. 'How did you survive? I thought you were dead. No, I saw you disintegrate.'

'You merely saw the destruction of my life form, Luke Castellan. My essence was merely scattered to the wind. Recall what Hermes told you, Jackson.'

I remembered what Hermes had told me while grumbling. 'Not killed. Scattered to the wind. With luck, he has been scattered until he can not join to regain enough consciousness.'

'I see.' I glared at him. 'So why are you here for?'

'Why, my boy, did you hear what I am currently capable of?' He chuckled with menace.

'Capable of boring a seventeen year old to death?' I suggested.

He merely gave me an evil smile. 'Perhaps... But that is not what I am here for.' He let out a little chuckle. 'I'm here to curse you.'

'Wha-?!' Then I was silenced. It was so hard to breathe. Kronos chuckled each time he manipulated a curse.

'It's time I gave the real curse to you. Don't worry, you'll live.' He smirked in the possessed body and with a wave of his hand, caused me to black out.

The last thought in my mind was about Annabeth...

(Two months later)

Annabeth's POV

I nervously walk down the registration booth in Goode High School. I was about five minutes late to the school, but just being here already makes me feel so much more connected to Percy. I'm just so annoyed and worried for Percy, I mean, he is one tough big guy, that doesn't go down easily, but just not being able to do anything for him while he was at the hospital made me feel so weak and insecure. I'm the daughter of Athena, so all the subjects that Percy took would be easy as pie because wisdom came naturally for children of Athena. Maybe I could even design architecture while being in the boring classroom.

'Excuse me, I'm here to register for Goode High School.' I gave a small smile to the woman at the register, who gave everyone a dull once-over. 'Annabeth Chase, is it?' She said while keying in my name in the student file. 'Yes, ma'am.' I confirmed.

She gave me an amused smirk. 'Room 405. You'll be having your first period, Math, there. And don't be late next time, Miss Chase. Here's your timetable.' She handed me a pink colored piece of paper that had a list of my subjects for the week. I thanked her and scrambled of in search of the classroom 405.'

Upon entering the narrow doorway of Room 405, the teacher looked at me, who was out of breath and panting. 'May I have your name, honey?' The female teacher emphasized the last word, making it sound like 'honeyyy'. 'Annabeth Chase, ma'am.'

'Miss Chase, you are aware that you are late, no?' The woman curled her lip. I nodded nervously, aware of the sea of faces looking at me with different expressions, some with sardonic smiles plastered upon their faces, some with mischievous grins on their faces, and some with dull stares on their faces.

'Find a seat. My name is Mrs. Dodds, and I am your math teacher.' That name sounded familiar. She frowned as she looked at the list again. 'There's someone missing...'

'It's Percy, right?' Someone spoke up and I glanced at her. I didn't recognize her.

'Percy who?' Mrs. Dodds asked venomously. Her eyes had transfixed upon the girl, who stammered nervously.

'P-Percy Jackson, sir.' I stiffened. Percy was in my class? But he was still absent, and the doctors just wouldn't let me near him. It was so frustrating. Maybe he was in a coma or something? Two months had passed already.

Mrs. Dodds' lip curled again, like she was remembering something unpleasant. Now where have I seen the hag's face and heard her name before?

The teacher merely nodded and started the lesson. It was about some boring algebraic products and we were supposed to look at our textbooks. Sighing, I flipped open a section of ultimate boredom, algebraic products. What is (x+2)(2x+3)^2? So boring. I took out a piece of paper and started to draft a newer, better Olympus.

The class was noisy before I took out the piece of paper. Mrs. Dodds suddenly barked out a phrase and then suddenly it became silent. 'Annabeth!' I looked around and saw Mrs. Dodds staring pointedly at me. 'Well?'

'Erm... what was the question again?' I scratched my head sheepishly.

'Miss Chase, you appear to be distracted. I asked you, what is the simplified form of (3x+5)(5x+8)^2?' Mrs. Dodds looked at me smugly.

I thought fast. 'The answer is 75x^3+365x^2+592x+320, Mrs. Dodds.'

She curled her lip, unsatisfied by the answer even though it was correct.

'Correct. I would suggest, Miss Chase, that you concentrate throughout my class or I will send you to the principal's office. Or would you prefer detention? No matter how smart you are, it is rude to not pay attention when people are talking.'

'Yes, ma'am.' I nodded, then flipped to the page that the teacher was talking about.

Time passed slowly after that. I went through pages of facts I had learned before. My thoughts drifted off to Percy and I remembered the shock on his face after he had shoved the girl out of harm's way.

Why would he do such a stupid thing like that? After all, he was only mortal after bathing in the waters of the River Styx then the river to cross over to Camp Jupiter. He was only a mortal. Why would he do that?

It really puzzled me how foolish Percy was. I had called him Seaweed Brain many times, but he was actually really quite smart at some times, so I really was puzzled. Then I remembered my dream two months ago. Kronos had visited me in my dreams, with that voice of his, it sounded like knife scraping on rock.

But what had he meant when he said he had a plan in mind for Percy? And what was the curse that he mentioned?

I tried to think of it, and found myself dozing off. Of course, that only brought more dreams.

'Ha. Ha. Ha.' A voice boomed in my head. 'Dreaming in class, are we? Annabeth Chase, haven't you learned anything about school?'

I hissed and gritted my teeth. There was no use listening to this freak. 'Soon, there will be no need for me to talk to you in your own dreams. Soon enough of my essence will merge to create me a new body, one that is immortal. I was foolish to possess the worthless body of Luke Castellan. That boy has only delayed me, and his sacrifice was in vain. It only delayed me another year, and what is one year when I have waited three thousand years?!'

'Luke was a good guy, until you corrupted him, you stupid jerk! Now get lost, because my dreams are my territory!' I screamed at him.

He raised his finger up and shook it. 'It was your territory. Now I have claimed it as mine.'

Shaking my fists in anger, I yelled,'Screw-

'-you!' My eyes flashed open. The whole class was staring at me. Mrs. Dodds was glaring at me. I guess I must have accidentally interrupted her when she was having a speech on oh so boring algebraic products.

'Follow me to the principal's office, honey. Now.' I got up sheepishly, my face flushed. As I got out of the door the whole class elapsed into laughter.

Mrs Dodds led me to a narrow hall down the corridor and turned a sharp left.

'Erm, ma'am? I'm really sorry, ma'am. I had a dream, and-' I started.

'You were sleeping? Oh, that's an even bigger offence. Sit in the principal's office and wait till he gets back. He should be here in about five minutes.' Mrs Dodds left me to go back to the classroom.

Sighing, I cupped my head in my hands. Why does today have to be such a bad day?

I glanced around. There wasn't anything to do. I realized I had left my backpack in the classroom, so I couldn't use the laptop.

Sighing once again, I glared in the mirror and saw my angry reflection, waiting for the principal to arrive. Dang it, why'd he have to be so slow?

'Miss Chase?' The man entered the door, a short and pudgy man with a pug-like face and a crooked smile on his face. 'Are you Miss Annabeth Chase?'

I nodded. 'Yes, I am.'

'I heard you were called to my office because you were sleeping and daydreaming in Mrs Dodds' class, Miss Chase.' The man said in a stern voice.

'Yes, sir.'

'You do know what is the punishment is for doing such things while the teacher is speaking and teaching in the classroom?'

'No, sir.'

'I will enlighten you, Miss Chase, because you are new. The punishments are detention if you don't complete your homework three times in a month or if you interrupt the lesson, suspension if you come to school late more than three times and don't complete your homework and if you get into fights, and expulsion if you injure a teacher or a student. Is that understood, Miss Chase?' The principal looked at me expectantly.

'Yes, sir.'

'Good. Now would you please excuse me, I need to relieve myself in the bathroom for a moment. Stay here for a few more minutes, and familiarize yourself with the schedule you own in your hands.' I studied the paper in my hands as the principal walked out of the air conditioned room, his boots tapping the marble flooring.

I tapped my fingers nervously, unsure of what to do after studying the schedule paper. My nervousness was enhancing my dyslexia, and it was hard to read the English wording.

There was a knock in the door, and I stood up to open it. Was it another kid who was sent to the principal's room for punishment?

I swung open the door and my jaws dropped. His brown hair had grown longer than before, but I could recognize the deep green tint in his eyes, that dazzling gleaming smile...

'Percy!' I gave him a hug. But he looked confused. Maybe he didn't know what I was doing here?

'I'm sorry. Can you please tell me where am I? And... and who are you?' He stared at me blankly.

DANG! Percy lost his memory! How did he lose his memory? Find out in the third chapter!

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