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Disclaimer- until I can afford some good lawers I do not own anything Percy Jackson related. All credit go's to that great man known as Rick Riorden.
Annabeth P.O.V.
Annabeth watched from a far as Percy and Grover argued over gods know what. Judging by the way Grover looked ready to full out kill Percy Annabeth decided to intervene.
They were just welling back and forth. "Yes." "No." "Yes." "No." Percy was the negative one, Gover positive.
"What are the two of you talking about?" Annabeth asked.
"I am trying to get Percy to grow a backbone and ask y..." Grover began only to have Percy clam his hand over his mouth.
"Dude, I don't want this all over the camp," Percy said nodding to some Aphrodites not far off.
"Fine," Grover said after Percy released him.
"Am I missing something?" Annabeth asked confused.
"Grover is trying to get me to ask this one girl out," Percy whispered. Annabeth felt her heart sink. How could Grover do that to her? She had been sure that he knew how she felt with his weird saytr emotion feeling thing. Never the less she faked a teasing smile.
"Oh," she purred. "Does little Percy have a crush?" She pinched one of his blushing cheeks. "That's so cute."
"Shut up," Percy said brushing away the hand.
"So who is she," Annabeth asked. She didn't WANT to know who was stealing Percy but she just had to know. "You can trust me, I won't tell anyone."
"No," Percy said. "I do not have a crush, and I am not asking her out Grover. It would just be awkward."
"You'll never know until you try," Grover prompted. "I know you like her. Empathy link remember?" Grover tapped his temples to empathize his point.
"Well you must have another empathy link with someone who has a crush because you're wrong," Percy said defiantly.
"I really wish I knew what was going here," Annabeth said. As if to make matters even more confusing Percy began to glow. A light pinkish light surrounded him and began to grow brightly. Annabeth understood what was happening after a moment. "Look away," she yelled.
Once she averted her eyes the glow grew then disappeared. When she looked back she nearly had a heart attack. Percy was gone and all that was left was a scorch mark and a piece of hot pink paper.
"Where did Percy go?" Grover yelled.
Annabeth picked up the paper and read aloud what was written on it.
"Dear whoever finds this,
Please do not worry about young Percy Jackson. He is perfectly fine. I will not be hurting him, I only wish to speak with him for a time. Chiron should know by now and if not please explain this to him or just show him this. Anyway, Percy should be back in about an hour so don't freak.
With love,
Aphrodite."
"Aphrodite?" Grover asked. "Oh poor Percy." Thunder clapped. "And I say that with the up most respect."
"Why is Aphrodite talking with Percy exactly?" Annabeth asked. "I have a feeling that you know."
"Sorry I have been sworn not to reveal her name," Grover said holding up his hands as if to surrender.
"I didnt say anything about a girl," Annabeth said pursing her made a sign as if he were locking his lips and throughong away twe key. "Great. Well I guess I'll go talk to Chiron then and make sure he knows what's going on," Annabeth said before she hurried off toward the Big House. She had a sinking feeling that the rest of the day would be going south very fast.
Percy P.O.V.
Percy suddenly found himself in a room with plush red couches, pure white walls and red-pink, floor length curtains. His first thought was 'Run and run fast.' Then he remembered that he had no idea were he was.
Well he had an idea but it was not pleasant.
"Ah there you are," a voice sang. "It's about time you got here."
"Where am I?" Percy asked. A woman, so stunning and beautiful that Percy's jaw dropped, appeared in front of him. "Lady Aphrodite."
"Hello to you as well," Aphrodite said pleasantly. "Shall we sit?" she gestured to one of the scarlet couches.
After they were seated Aphrodite crossed her legs and looked at Percy expectantly.
"Well," Aphrodite said making the word sound like three syllables.
"Well what?" Percy asked.
"Do you know why here Percy?" Aphrodite asked.
"No... Well... Please tell me that this doesn't have anything to do with Annabeth," Percy plead. "Grover already been hounding me about..."
"Oh calm down," Aphrodite said with a wave of her hand. "Of course this will have something to do with your love life. It's what I do as the goddess do love after all."
"Great," Percy groaned.
"Well I've been watching you as you've grown. As well as Miss Chase. You two are..."
"Please don't say that we are perfect together or anything like that," Percy plead.
"Well it's the truth, and do not interrupt me," Aphrodite said. "Now I'll cut to the chase." She waved her hand in front of her. A table covered in brightly colored bottles and boxes.
"What are those?" Percy asked knowing he wouldn't like the answer.
"Love potions," Aphrodite said. Her eyes suddenly narrowed. "And perfume apparently." She lifted a small, pale pink vial and studied it. "Yes this the perfume I got for that little boutique yesterday. Be a dear and hold this so I don't mix it up with my potions again, will you Percy?" She handed him the vial and preceded to check the rest of them.
Suddenly everything clicked. Percy jumped to his feet almost dropping the vial.
"You want me to give Annabeth a potion to make her fall in with me?" Percy yelled/asked.
"Well if you would just ask her out yourself I wouldn't have to stoop to these levels. Now sit down and listen," Aphrodite said. Percy obeyed immediately not really knowing why.
"Alright where do we begin," Aphrodite mused to her self as she picked up one bottle after another. "No not that one. That would kill her in the wrong dose. No that would drive her insane eventually. No that one only works for an hour. Oh no, way to concentrated for teenagers." She kept going like this until she had eliminated all but four potions.
The first bottle looked like a flower vase. Long and sleek.
"This one," Aphrodite said holding it up as if selling it. "Will make your girl of choice fall head over heals for you. Nothing in her world will matter more than you. You'll alwayshe on her mind, and she's be at your side ever second she can be. She may get a little protective but completely lovey-dovey. It will only work if you put it in water-nothing else-and she willingly drinks it. Unreversible."
"No way am I..." Percy began only to be interrupted.
"Quite right. We don't want her to be to smother you to death, now do we," Aphrodite said. She held up the next bottle which looked like a sixth-grade girls art project. It was coverd in hears stickers and smile faces. "This will give the girl a more of a school girl crush. Love notes, shy smiles, stealing small kisses whenever she can get them. A movie romance. Unlike the other one it can be revered."
"Definetly not," Percy said. That did not sound like Annabeth so there was no way her was changing her into the ever if it could be changed.
"No?" aphrodite asked before she shrugged and picked up the next bottle. This one had a small circular base. It widened as it went up. "Well with this one, the love starts small then, as time go's on, gets stronger. By the time your about... Oh about twenty the girl won't be able to get alone without you. All you have to do with this one is dip a little of it on bare skin, like on her hand, then touch the spot. This one can be reversed but it's not easy."
"These just keep getting worst," Percy grumbled to himself.
"Fine there is one more," Aphrodite said annoyed. The last bottle looked like a glass ball with a cork in it. "This one is tricky. You give it the girl in anyway, any amount. But you have to be the first person she sees then she's yours. She would act completely normal just... Think a little more of you. She will be permanently in love with you."
"No," Percy said again.
"Well that's all there is unless you want to hear about the more risky ones," Aphrodite said folding her arms.
"No as in I am not going to use any of them," Percy said standing up. "I am not going to drug Annabeth to something she doesn't want to do. Not to mention that Athena would killed me for even trying. Plus none of that love was real, it was all fake and fabricated. If Annabeth is going to love me I want it to at least be real." Percy didn't realize how hard be was squeezing the purfume bottle he still held until it broke and splashed all down his shirt.
"Oh no," Aphrodite said, looking disappointed, other than her eyes. They had an excited look to them. "I liked that one. Oh well, no use crying over spilt tea." She waved her hand and the purfume on Percy's shirt dried, but the smell remained. It smelt like a thousand gallons of rose insence was burning in a room the size of a coat closet. With the Cures of Acilles Percy had no cut so he just brushed the glass shards off his hands.
"Sorry about that," Percy said. "But I still won't use one of you potions."
"Very well," Aphrodite sighed. "I guess I can't say I'm surprised. If you change your mind I.M. me, alright?"
"Sure," Percy said even though he was sure he would never change his mind.
"Great," Aphrodite squeaked. "I'll send you back to Camp Half-Blood now."
She snapped and the next the Percy knew he was back in cabin three.
Aphrodite P.O.V.
Aphrodite laughed once Percy was gone. He had no idea that the little bottle of 'perfume' was one of the strongest and most complicated kind of potions there was.
This potion was unlike any other. The way it worked was not to give it to the one that was suppose to fall in love, but the one they would fall in love with. So by putting it on Percy not only would Annabeth fall MADLY in love with him but also any girl who has ever had romantic feelings for him. If a girl had ever even though "Oh he's cute" they would fall for him. Or they would be given the courage and confidence to express their feelings for him.
The potion would have no effect on a girl who has never had feelings for whatever boy it was, unless he had feelings for her. In other words, who ever Percy was in love with would be effected the most.
The only way to break the spell was to break every girls heart. Afterward they would be returned to there normal state. When the boy is not around there is no effect, but when the boy is close a girl everything else in their world is gone. All that would matter was him. It takes effect slowly, simply increasing flirting levels. But it gets stronger as time go's. Once a kiss takes place, it's like pouring gasoline on a fire, it gets bigger and strongeto for that girl, then slowly effects the other girls.
Aphrodite smiled at her handy work and settled in to watch the chaos about to unfold.
Who is ready for everything to go insane?
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