Author's Note: So... For those of you who read the other 2nd chapter, sorry! I guess no one read it because it was rated M, so I decided to make it rated T and cut all that stuff out. Please comment! I need to know if I'm any good. :) Also, kinda long, but hopefully you like!
Percy's POV:
I woke up with Annabeth's head lying on my chest. I smiled as her eyes fluttered open when I kissed her head. She smiled at me and I felt the world literally brighten. Sappy, I know, but true. We both had goofy grins on our faces because, last night had been... Well, one of the best nights of my entire life.
Once we had gotten out of bed, Annabeth and I got dressed and ready for a new day. A loud knock came on the door and I yelled, "Come in!"
Chiron came trotting in and looked at Annabeth and then me with a stern look. Our goofy smiles faded as we realized Chiron knew what we had been up to. I felt my face burning but I was still feeling defensive of Annabeth. If Chiron said one thing against her...
He just cleared his throat and flatly stated "Lessons started ten minutes ago." and trotted out the door.
I looked at Annabeth and she looked down at her feet but smiled. "I love you." she whispered. I smiled and kissed her head. "I love you too." and with that, we walked outside hand in hand. We were together now. Forever.
Annabeth's POV:
I walked outside and knew something was going to happen today. There was a certain feeling in the air, like the world was holding its breath.
Percy looked at me worriedly and I gave him my best, 'I'm fine' smile. He nodded and we kept walking through camp.
Campers getting thrown off the flaming lava wall, pegasuses flying overhead, Coner and Travis pelting Clarissee with Jack's deadly marshmallows that were turning into ninja owls while Jack is swinging a double bladed ax at them screaming in rage. Typical camp stuff.
We started with archery, which of corse Percy is hopeless at but I made him try anyway. A few angry nymphs later we headed to the sword fighting arena to find Claire and Rachel talking.
"Rachel!" I exclaimed and ran towards my friend. She smiled and hugged me. "You look good." she laughed, looking me over. "You too!" I said happily. We smiled as Claire and Percy rolled their eyes.
Suddenly she keeled over, her face tight in pain. Percy and I caught her quickly and suddenly she stood strait, and completely still. Green smoke poured out of her mouth and ears and her eyes turned solid white. Then the scary part began.
She started to spew a prophecy:
" The owl and sea to war will go,
And love alone must recive the blow
Or a lover's soul is death's demand
To cease the crumble and death of man
So beware to owl and sea
For the darkness comes and may always be. "
Rachel fell to the ground in cold sweat, and I did the same. Percy rushed to my side and Claire ran to Rachel. "D-does she always do this?" she asked with a terrified look on her face. I could hardly stay awake and my head felt fuzzy while my vision swam.
I kept hearing Percy yell "Stay with me Annabeth! Stay with me!" and cradling me in his arms. I started shaking and felt myself being lifted in Percy's strong arms as he started to run, clutching my limp body close to him. I heard someone yell "Chiron!" and the sound of pounding hoof steps and feet. The last thing I saw was Percy's petrified face above me and a giant clap of thunder. The world disappeared.
Percy's POV:
When I saw Annabeth close her eyes the adrenaline and fear was too much. I collapsed to the ground and suddenly I was standing on the beach.
The sun was just setting, the waves were perfect and there was a warm summer breeze lightly blowing my hair. I looked to my right and dad was there, hands in his pockets and staring at the horizon.
"What did you do to her?" I asked through clenched teeth. I wanted to get to the point because my fists were itching to break his stupid godly nose. He smiled at me and lifted his hands in surrender.
"It wasn't me you know."
"Then who?"
"Athena."
"Why?"
"Athena knocked her out because you knocked her up." Poseidon said angrily. I looked at my feet. "Yeah. So?" I said dismissively.
Poseidon put a hand on my shoulder. "So? So now she wants to put me in tartarus for all eternity! So now she's waging WW3! So, you caused everything to become off balance!" he said, now almost crushing my shoulder.
I winced and twisted away from his grip. "We can't help it if you hate each other!" I yelled and felt the fire start to burn. "Yeah, we cant help it! You know how childish you're being?! How stupid and selfish you both are! You are ruining my life! I thought you cared about me! Does the word son even mean anything to you?" I screamed at him feeling myself growing even angrier with every word. The waves started to churn and the wind was turning violent. Tension kept building as I kept screaming at my dad until finally I yelled "I WISH THE GODS HAD NEVER EXISTED!"
Then Poseidon charged at me with a look of hate on his face and I woke in a cold sweat, screaming.
Annabeth's POV:
When Percy woke up screaming I knew he'd had the same parently pep-talk that mom gave me. I stroked his hair and sushed him. "Calm down. It was only a dream." but both of us knew that wasn't true. It was a prologue to the beginning of a war that we had started.
He calmed down and shakily asked. "Where are we?" and I kept brushing my hand through his hair. "In your cabin." I said calmly. I came down from the infirmary after they dismissed us. I guess you got the same message from your dad?"
He nodded and slowly sat up. "I really ticked him off." he stated wearily. "Yeah, mom nearly exploded when I accidentally mentioned last night." I said casually. He sighed.
"Are we doing the right thing?" he asked the ceiling. "What do you mean by that?" I questioned, worried he was second-guessing loving me.
He looked at my worried face and sat up strait, hugging me to his chest. "I mean are we doing this right? I love you and no god, monster, or anything can change that." he said and kissed my lips softly.
I smiled and leaned into his broad chest, feeling safe in his strong arms. I could feeling his Heart steadily beating and his warmth wrapped me in a feeling of absolute peace.
We stayed like that for a while and finally I sighed. "What now?"
He just laughed. And laughed. And laughed. And finally I joined in, for what reason I was laughing, I had no idea but it felt so good to smile. Finally after we were done crying from laughing so hard he spoke. "We live." he smiled and kissed me softly. I felt something inside me stir and we parted when we could no longer breath.
We smile, we laugh, we live, I thought happily. I felt hope and suddenly, the feeling I had earlier today vanished. I would live.
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