Annabeth's P.O.V
I woke up feeling groggy. I looked at my clock it read: 6:47 a.m. I looked around the cabin and found everyone else asleep. I slowly made my way of my bed and into the cabin's bathroom. I looked in the mirror. I had a bed head and my eyes had bags and my throaty was scratchy. I freshened up and sat back on my bed. I sat there and just stared. Where? I don't know. Why? I don't know. I felt depressed. Why wouldn't I? One of my friends had just been killed. I thought about all the good times me and Piper had. But, I felt worse for Jason and Leo. Jason and Leo were Piper's closest friends. Jason and Piper both liked each other, now they could never be together, I thougth numbly. Before I could continue having more sad thoughts, I heard a knock at the door. Normally, I would go answer it. But...what if it was Piper's killer ou to get me for ruining his perfectly horrid plan! I shook my head sadly.
"C'mon Annabeth. Don't get hysterical. " I scolded myself. Just to be on the safe side I took my knife with me. There was no peep hole, so I was forced to open it. I slowly pulled open the door, my knife ready in my other hand. Who was at the door? Rachel. Her eyes widened in alarm as she saw mne with the knife.
"Ananbeth!" she yelped.
"Oh, it's just you." I sighed.
"I came as soon as possible! I'm so sorry." she exclaimed. I nodded, numbly.
"Wanna come on a walk with me?" she asked me, her eyes pleading.
"Alright." I said grabbing my light sweater and I followed her out of the cabin.
" I just can't believe that something so bad could happen at camp." she sighed.
"Yeah." I agreed, we headed to the beach.
"Who could do something so horrible?" she wondered. I just stared ahead. We walked in silence. Rachel gestured for me to sit down. I slowly tyook a seat on the soft sand. I looked up. The sky was especially dull. And the water seemed dark, too. I looked at the water.
"Anyway...what time is the burial?" asked Rachel, almost casually yet concerened. I got up and sat closer to the water. I looked at the water. It was so dark and murky, I coudn't see past the thick top. The waved kept crashing at my feet. Everything was calm. A sad kind of calm.
"Annabeth?" called Rachel, beside me now. I didn't respond. I stared at the horizon. Rachel pulled me back.
"You go ahead, I come along soon." I responded. Eventually she let go and I stared. Suddenly, something shot out of the water. A hand! It couldn't have been a naid because the hand was the hand of a male. I screamed! The area of water surrounding the hand got darker. I leaped back. Rachel ran by my side.
"Annabeth? What's wro~" she was cut off when she saw the hand. I choked dwon a sob. I fell to the ground, my eyes wide. With a sudden wave something landed on the beach. A body. The face was in the sand, but it was familliar. I cried out when I saw a gash in the victim's back. Blood leaked out of the wound. Rachel knelt down and gasped. She carefully turned the head over. I shrieked, tears were falling down my face. Why? I looked over the body of one of my friends. I sat there weeping. Luckily, rachel had a cell phone. She called Percy.
"Hello? Percy?" She waited.
"Come to the beach, NOW! And bring Chiron and some healers. " she commanded. In a matter of minutes, Percy was hugging me and I was crying. The rest of my friends came aswell and Piper's burial was postponed so both could be buried together. Soon Choron asked to talk to me and Rachel in the Big House. We walked over slowly.
"Annabeth, just tell him what happened. Okay?" said Percy, comfortingly. I nodded and Rachel and I walked in and took a seat.
"Annabeth..Rachel. Tell me how this happened." Rachel and I hesitated.
"Tell me what happened at the beach when you found Leo Valdez's body."