ONE AND THE SAME

CHAPTER 3

PERCY JACKSON 2

A/N: Okay... so this is Chapter PJ2, or Chapter 3...

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ANNABETH POV:

'This sucks,' I thought. We'd been on this quest for a week now, and this was the fifth monster we'd faced. Don't get me wrong. It used to be fun when I went on quests with Grover, Tyson and… Percy.

Ever since Percy had disappeared, things had been way different. For a week, I hadn't spoken to anyone, and I refused to come to the Mess to eat. Thankfully, my half brother Malcolm always brought back a plate of food for me, because he knew I'd be hungry. Everybody had been so nice about everything, and some of the girls from the Aphrodite Cabin had even tried giving me some guy advice. I snorted. That had been terrible.

I spent weeks looking for him, I even followed Hera's advice, and went to the Grand Canyon. Well, that was a colossal fail, or at least, so I thought. Don't judge me by that. I mean, Leo and Piper were nice, and I pitied Jason because he didn't remember anything, but at the time, I was solely focused on finding Percy.

Anyways, about a week after Jason, Piper ad Leo came back from their quest, we headed off on another one. We were trying to find this Roman Camp. According to Jason, Percy had no chance of surviving there – if he was there at all – unless he didn't remember anything about Camp Halfblood. I wasn't sure if I should hope that he didn't remember or not… I shook my head. I was being stupid. I mean, I wanted him to survive, didn't I? Of course I did, but I guess I was sort of hoping that he remembered all of us - his friends.

We were heading back to Camp Halfblood today. We had been to the Wolf House, but there was nothing else – no other lead for us to go on. I had Iris – messaged Chiron, and he was being all mysterious. He told us to come back as soon as possible. Apparently, he had some bad news. Gee, why am I not surprised?

'Annabeth?' Piper called. She walked into the safe home we'd made, and saw I was sitting on the floor, polishing my knife.

'Yeah?'

'There's someone here, and I think you should talk to her.' Piper looked upset, and I wondered why.

'I don't really feel like talking right now, Piper. Who is it?'

'It's Reyna.'

'Oh.' I suddenly understood why Piper was so upset. Reyna was Jason's girlfriend from the Roman Camp. Just then, realization of this piece of information hit me. I ran out of the cave to see a girl with red hair cropped short. She was buff, and had green eyes. Her ace was a mess, but she was pretty, none the less. She reminded me of Clarisse, and I knew without asking, that she was a daughter of Mars, the Roman aspect of Ares.

'Hello,' I said, walking forward. 'I'm…'

'Annabeth,' she cut me off, her eyes wide. 'It's you.'

'Um… Sorry, do I know you?'

'No,' Reyna said, smiling. 'But I know all about you. Percy has told us o much that it feels like we've been acquainted for ages.'

'Doesn't seem like a daughter of Ares to me,' Leo murmured, but Reyna heard it.

She punched him in the stomach and said 'I'm a daughter of Mars, Genius.'

I laughed. That was my first real laugh in weeks. I laughed because I was Euphoric.

'Does Percy remember us?' I asked.

'Of course he does,' Reyna said, looking surprised. 'He won't shut up about you, and some people called Grover… he's a faun – er, I mean satyr –' she tested the word – ' Tyson, Thalia, Nico… Like I said, it feels like we know you now.'

'Where is he? Can you lead us to him?' I asked eagerly.

Reyna looked confused. 'He left SPQR about a week ago. He should be back at Camp Halfblood by now.'

'Oh,' I frowned. I had just missed him. Drat! But then I smiled. At least we were heading back, so I'd see him soon enough.

'How's Jason?' Reyna asked, her eyes shining.

Now, I was hesitant. I didn't quite know how to break the news to her.

'This boy here told me he was out, but would be back soon?' she nodded at Leo, and made the end of the statement a question.

'Yeah…' Piper said.

'Jason must have told you all about me, an SPQR, and Lupa? When we found out what Juna'd done, we flipped. But I'm sure Jason would have told you a plan. He's super skilled, isn't he He's the only one who can actually beat me t sparring.'

I looked at Piper, and she seemed to e taking the news well. She just looked at Reyna, and said nothing. I looked at Leo, and we locked eyes. We had a silent conversation.

Leo: Piper's taking it well.

Me: Yeah… I know.

Leo: Are you going to tell her about Jason and his amnesia?

Me: Why me?

Leo: a) Because you're the girl, and girls are better at all this sentimental stuff.

b) You're a daughter of Athena, and you'll be wise enough not to get your butt kicked.

Me: and c) Because you're chicken.

Leo: What? ME… Pfft. I'm not chicken.

Me: Save it Chicken Boy.

'Listen, Reyna,' I said. 'I have some bad news for you. When Jason was brought here, Hera – I mean Juno – took away his memory.'

'What?' Reyna demanded. 'But Percy had his memory!'

'One of our stupid ego – centric Queen's mastermind plans, no doubt.'

'Stupid, goat skinned good for nothing…' Reyna muttered darkly.

'Tell me about it,' I agreed.

Just then, the person in question climbed up to the cliff our safe home was made on, and stood up.

'Hey guys,' Jason said. Reyna had her back to him, so he didn't really notice her face, until she turned around at the sound of his voice.

'Reyna?' he asked, stunned.

'Hey, Jason,' she murmured.

There was an awkward silence, which I broke.

'Reyna, we're all heading back to camp now. It's pretty close. Why don't you come with us? I'm sure Chiron would want to meet you.'

She nodded, and Piper, Jason, Leo and I grabbed our packed bags, and together, the four o us made our way to the city part of New York.

On reaching New York, we hailed a cab, and headed straight to Long Island, Sound. I paid the cabbie, and I all but ran up the hill, and all the way to the Poseidon Cabin. I could almost smell Percy's presence, and I ran through the door.

There he was, standing at the sink his dad had gifted him, with his back turned to me. He was talking to Tyson through an Iris – message. When my Cyclops friend spotted me, he broke into a toothy grin and cried 'Annabeth!'

Percy spun around, saw me, and his jaw dropped open, his eyes wide. He didn't talk for some time.

Finally, I smiled and said 'Hey, Seaweed Brain.'

He ran over, hugged me and said 'Hi Annabeth.'

I laughed and hugged him back tightly.

Tyson was tactful – for once – and said 'Daddy call. I go. Bye Annabeth. I come later, and we make things go BOOM.'

I nodded at him, and he disappeared.

Finally, I pushed Percy back, and punched him hard in the stomach.

'Ow,' he complained.

'You stupid piece of kelp!' I yelled at him, punching him with every word. 'Do you have any idea how worried I was? You had your memory, and you didn't IM me? You didn't even let me know you were okay!'

Finally, he caught my hands, and said 'I'm sorry, Annabeth.'

'Oh, you're sorry?' I demanded hysterically. 'You're gone for weeks without telling me – or anyone for that matter – and you come back and say you're sorry? That's supposed to make it okay? I'm just supposed to smile, and hug you, and tell you it's alright?'

'Pretty much…' Percy said with that stupid grin of his.

'wha – ' I just gaped at him, then slapped him hard.

'You will never do that to me ever again, is that clear?'

'Yes ma'am,' he nodded, nursing his cheek.

'Good,' I said, and hugged him.

'I missed you Annabeth,' he whispered.

'I missed you too, Perce,' I said.

Finally, he let me go, but grabbed my hand and said 'Let's go. Chiron wants to tell us something. He was waiting for you to get here.'

I nodded, and walked off, arm in arm with my boyfriend.

A/N: Alright... so there it was. Love it? Hate it? Let me know. BTW, I've put up a poll, so you guys need to tell me if you want The Kanes to be demigods or not. The next Chapter depends on it, so unless you guys vote, I can't update... but no pressure!

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