Hello lovelies. Now before you start throwing forks and knives, just know there is a reason behind my absence. Now I stated in my last chapter testing season started. Well once summer started I got very busy. But all is not lost, we shall now find out what happened to Annabeth. P.S if you think Luke should be trained to be guard who tries to break her out.

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Annabeth's POV:

When Annabeth woke up this morning she didn't expect to be kidnapped and shoved into the back of a carriage. Nor did she expect other girls who were in the carriage with her to be laughing and smiling. The inside of the carriage was a rich red velvet. The outside was plated with gold. Once she managed to calm down she took in her surroundings. There were about ten to fifteen girls in the carriage with her. None of them she knew. When Annabeth looked out the window she saw why they were all so excited. They were headed toward the castle. Immediately Annabeth felt self- conscience. All the girls around her were wearing their most expensive dress and she was in her plain white dress. She just wanted to sink back into the seat and disappear.

After what seemed like hours they finally arrived at the castle. Once they got out of the carriage, Annabeth realized that there were three other carriages identical to hers. Finally she noticed someone she knew.

"Thalia!" Annabeth said with relief. She thought she was the only one here. Even in her plain dress Thalia managed to outshine her. With her spikey her, blood red lipstick and electric blue eyes most people were scared to death of her. It didn't help that she wore all black either. But Annabeth new she could be extremely sweet if she wanted to. She'd just never tell that to her face though.

"Annabeth! What are you doing here," Thalia asked

"Personally, I have no idea. I was reading the decree that the Queen sent out when I was shoved into a carriage and bought here." Annabeth answered.

All of a sudden Thalia's eyes turned dark. She grabbed Annabeth and looked at her. "They should not have been able to do that. They have to get permission from your parents first. Annie were you guys having money problems or anything?"

"Yes but Father said he had everything worked out, and I had nothing to worry about."

"Oh sweetie," Thalia pulled Annabeth into a hug, "Your dad sold you here. Unlike all of the other girls, who came here by choice, you can't leave. If you do they'll take away all the money they paid your dad. And if he spent it they'll take away your home."

Annabeth dissolved into tears. A small part of her thought how embarrassing it is to cry in front of all these people. The bigger part of her didn't care. She spent what felt like an hour crying.

"What are we going to do?" Annabeth asked

"We're going to stick this through until the Prince chooses you for his bride."

So what did you think? Should Luke make an appearance? Please review I would love to hear you thoughts on the chapter. P.s Guys, I am working on updating better and longer. The one thing I can promise is that the next update will be less than a month. Soon I'll work out an Updating schedule. P. P. S Tell me what characters do you want to make an appearance? Just know that a certain green eyed boy is coming back in the next chapter. Pictures on profile.