A MESSAGE FROM THE AUTHOR: Sorry for the delay.

To answer a question. No three reviews does not equal three chapters. I used to run on that system but people would stop reading my stories because they didn't like one of my chapters and I would still be writing a story no one was reading because there were more old reviews then chapters. It made me feel shitty. So now one review will lead to an update and more reviews put the story higher on my update priority list. This way I know if people are actually reading the story and I'm not wasting my time.

Here is the next chapter.

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Chapter 2: Sparks of Wisdom

POV: Percy

Annabeth sat with us through out lunch. She was a weird kid. She had a habit of staring at people and frowning, as if analyzing every thing they did. She's also jumpy.

My coke can was next to hers on the table when I went to get a drink. She absent-mindedly reached for her's as well but accidently grabbed mine at the same time as I grabbed it. This should be an awkward moment at worst but her eyes bugged out of her head as our fingers touched the can. Our hands weren't even touching but she looked like some one had just jolted her with a cattle prod.

"You ok?" I asked her.

She just stared at me for a minute.

"Annabeth?" I asked more cautiously when she continued to stare at me in shock.

She seamed to slowly come back to herself but she seamed on guard.

"Can you grab my back pack for me?" She asked in an odd tone.

What the fuck? I thought to my self. What is wrong with this girl?

I glanced around to find her backpack and realized it was leaning up agents the back of her chair.

"It's right in back of you." I told her in a suspicious tone.

"Can you hand it to me?" She asked again.

Why? I thought as I cautiously reached for the bag.

I could see the curios looks Nico and Thalia were giving us and I couldn't help but agree with them. I didn't understand.

Right as my hand was abut to grab the back Annabeth grabbed my wrist and pulled it away.

"Can you hand me my bag?" She asked yet again as she gripped my wrist.

What the fuck?! My mind screamed at me. This girl is nuts!

"Sure." I responded, slowly. "Can you let go of my wrist?"

"No." She responded simply.

"Why?" I asked her, getting impatient.

"Because I know you can still get it." She responded.

I frowned at her before reaching out with my other arm to get the bag.

She grabbed that wrist with her other hand.

"No." She chastised.

"Then how do you want me to get it?" I demanded.

I could just reach out with my power and fling it into her face but that would mean breaking my promise to my mom twice in one day.

"You know how." She said in a dark tone. "The thought is crossing your head right now."

I couldn't stop my eyebrows from going up in surprise.

"What?" Thalia asked in disbelief.

Nico was shifting uncomfortably in his seat.

"Percy?" He began in a worried tone.

I just locked eyes with the gray-eyed girl and picked my words carefully.

"Who the fuck are you?" I demanded.

"I all ready told you my name is Annabeth." She stated. "But as to your real question, yes, I know about your 'power'."

I stared in shock as she let go of my wrists. If she knew about me then others might as well. If need be I could use my powers to fling her off against a wall and make a break for the door.

"Calm down." She told me. "I'm not going to hurt you."

"What makes you think you can?" I asked, annoyed now.

She calmly reached out one hand and brushed my wrist lightly.

In that moment my mind went completely blank. I couldn't think, I couldn't remember, I couldn't even breath.

After a second it passed and my whole body ached.

"Percy!" I herd thalia call out from across the table.

"What the hell?" Nico demanded.

It was at this point that it passed and I stared up at the grey-eyed girl.

"What the hell was that?" I demanded.

She just looked at me with an apologetic smile.

"I disrupted all the electricity firing between the neurons in your brain." She said. "In other words I shut your brain down for a millisecond so the rest of your body had no commands and there for stopped functioning until the signal from your brain returned."

"It sounds like you killed him." Nico cut in.

"No." Annabeth said. "More like I rebooted his brain."

She then turned back to me.

"That's how I knew about your power." She said. "When our hands touched the can the electricity firing between your neurons did what all electricity does and went to the nearest consultant which is the can. I then registered it and there fore was sharing your thoughts in a sense."

"You read my mind?" I asked in disbelief.

"Not quite." She said cocking her head to the side. "Thoughts are just electricity passing between neurons. My brain can conduct the electricity of other people's neurons so it's like I am having their thoughts but I know they are not my thoughts because my brain knows I did not think of this stuff."

"So what am I thinking right now?" Thalia demanded.

"I have to be making contact with the person or we both neat to be touching an object that conducts electricity." Annabeth stated mater of fact-ly. "So if you want me to know what your thinking then I'll need to hold your hand or something."

And that's how lunch went by, Annabeth explaining her power to us. I would have explained mine to her but she already knew from the time she spent holding my wrists.

Next we had history.

When we got to the class Annabeth introduced herself to the teacher and shook his hand before finding a seat next to mine.

"Today we will be going over the Normandy landings of World War II." The teacher began.

I saw a smirk cross Annabeth's face as he began the lecture.

"What?" I whispered to her. "What's so funny?"

She didn't respond but she didn't have to. As the lesson went on she volunteered for every question and gave excessive detail on every answer.

When the class let out I stopped her in the hall way.

"How do you know all that stuff?" I asked her.

She just smirked.

"I shook Mr. B's hand before the class began." She answered. "The whole lesson plan for the year was in there."

My jaw dropped.

"The hole year?" I asked in disbelief.

She nodded.

"And before you ask, No." She said.

"What?" I asked.

"Don't play dumb." She warned. "I've been in your head, remember. I'm not going to give you the answers for all the tests for the whole year."

"Why not?" I demanded.

"Because that's cheating." She said as if talking to a little kid. "And cheating is bad."

"And you're not cheating when you do it?" I asked.

"I can't help that my brain absorbs other's thoughts." She said darkly. "Believe me I wish I had your power. The one I have drives me nuts."

When the final bell rang I collected my things and headed for home. I wasn't sure if I should tell my mom about this or not. I had found another person with a power. This was huge. But I wasn't sure how my mom would react.

Either way, I couldn't wait to get home. My mom doesn't like when I do it but it's faster then walking and I wanted to talk to her now. I imagined myself being wrapped by the invisible thing and then used my mind to make it fly up into the sky.

The wind whipped through my hair as I flew superman style. I felt free and alive! There was no feeling like flying.

It normally takes me a half hour to ride the bus home or an hour's walk. But when I fly I'm home in two minutes.

So I landed outside the apartment and ran inside.

"Mom!" I screamed as I burst into the apartment. "Mom! We need to talk! Now!"

My mom was sitting on the couch, watching Maury.

"You are the father!" The TV screamed as my mom turned around.

"What are you doing home so early?" She asked me. "You didn't cut did you?"

"No!" I blurted out. "I just hurried home because…"

She cut me off before I could finish.

"You flew didn't you!" My mom said with a horrified tone.

"Yes, but I.." I began.

"I thought you promised me you wouldn't do that any more." She cut me off. "This is exactly why we keep having to move! Some one sees you and then the threats start!"

"No one saw me, mom." I assured her.

"How do you know?" She demanded. "You said the same thing down south!"

"This is different," I began.

"They tried to light you on fire, Percy!" She cut me off again. "I already lost your father, I am not going to let you get your self killed!"

This was going nowhere and I needed her to know.

"I met some one like me today!" I blurted out.

She froze in shock.

"What?" She asked in a soft voice.

I gave her a hopeful smile and laughed a little as I sat down next to her on the couch.

"I'm not alone." I said. "There's a new girl at school who's like me."

My mom continued to stare at me.

"She has your power?" She asked me.

"No." I began. "But she does have a power."

My mom frowned at me.

"What is it then?" She finally asked.

And so I told her about my day, minus the messing with my physics teacher thing.

When I finished my mom had a small smile on her face.

"…That's why I flew home!" I finished. "I wanted to tell you. I finally found some one like me."

My mom gave me a smile.

"That's great, Percy." She said. "But I'm still mad. If some one saw you…"

I nodded, not wanting to think about getting caught again.

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