Chp. 6

Annabeth POV:

Note to the readers: I realize that I am deviating from my normal skew but I thought I would try to entertain you with a brand new perspective; Annabeth's. I also apologize for taking so long for writing a new chapter as I have been quite occupied. I need feedback on how you like this type of writing. I am open to all criticisms.

Flashback:

I woke up the next morning feeling rested and joyous. I sat in bed thinking about our kiss last night; it wasn't anything special, but I felt a deeper connection to Percy than I had ever encountered. It was amazing, I felt bonded. I stayed in bed dreaming lazily about weddings, architecture, and the gods in general; the power to build beautiful cities with the wave of a hand; I wanted that power. I didn't need it; the gods didn't have what I had at the current moment, Percy.

"Hey Annabeth, GET UP!" called Mike, one of my half brothers. He was tall, slim, owned the word cool, and was my co-counselor of the Athena cabin. He threw a pillow at me and I grumbled at him. I got up and put on a pair of jeans and a orange "Word to the Wise" t-shirt. After brushing my hair and teeth, I stepped outside to go eat breakfast.

At the pavilion, I sat next my cabin and waited for Percy to wake up and eat. He was going to teach me how to surf; I was actually going to teach him. Ironic, a Son of Poseidon needs help in water. After waiting for an hour, I decided to go over to the Poseidon cabin, and wake up Percy. I walked up to the two story cabin of coastal coral, knocked on the door, and entered.

The room was completely empty. The bed was folded perfectly; on the dresser sat a picture of Tyson, Grover, Percy, Beckendorf, Clarisse (who smiled grudgingly), and myself kissing Percy on the cheek. It was right before the titan war, right before Percy asked me to be his girlfriend. Yet, he wasn't in his cabin.

I went all around camp asking people, "have you seen Percy?" No one had seen since yesterday. It wasn't like Percy to go out without telling someone; he obviously had no problem breaking the rules but he would always tell me about it. The hours continued to pass and I couldn't find myself without words.

At camp Half-blood, when someone goes missing, it either means there on a quest or there dead. I knew Percy wasn't dead, he's kind of invincible and kind of hard to kill.

At dinner, people were talking about Percy being M.I.A. (missing in action.) I stood up at dinner and the entire room was quiet. I silently prayed to Athena to make me look extremely formidable. I walked up to Chiron and asked "WHERE IS MY BOYFIREND?"

The entire Pavilion was uncomfortably shifting in their seats. "I don't know Annabeth" replied Chiron. I pulled out my dagger, and slammed it into the table, where it indented itself 6 inches in.

"What do you mean you don't know?"

"Percy was chosen to take a quest set forth by Queen Hera. I don't know the details."

I stormed out of the pavilion and headed straight to Queen Hera's cabin. I broke down the door and walked into the cabin. At the top of my voice, I yelled "Hera, bring me back my boyfriend NOW!"

"LITTLE HALF-BLOOD, HOW DARE YOU BREAK DOWN MY DOOR". Queen Hera shimmered in front of me.

"Where is Percy."

"If you want him back, then go to the location on the map in my hand. You will find what you seek."

End of flashback.

I miss Percy. I couldn't deny the fact that Seaweed brain made me want to battle monsters. Yet, I simply felt sick. I tried to concentrate on my battle strategies, knife skills, and rebuilding the gods palace, but I couldn't. My mind was set on Percy.

Around camp, people avoided the name Percy Jackson around me. I exploded on one camper earlier in the week, and ever since, no one has mentioned his name. At meals, I ate silently, and walked back to my cabin where I continued to study and build. At night, I would patrol.

One night while patrolling, I walked by the Poseidon cabin. I hadn't been there since three weeks ago and I felt a strong urge to walk inside. I stepped into the cabin and saw the fountain in the middle of the wall. I walked towards Percy's bed and climbed onto it. It felt warm and strong, like Percy.

The gods became angry when you slept in another gods cabin. To them, it is basically a "fuck you." Many campers have been cursed with bad luck by their own godly parent. But, I thought that because I missed Percy, and loved being a daughter of Athena, Poseidon and Athena would accept this peacefully.

A soft warm breeze entered the cabin smelling of the sea; a sign of Poseidon, telling me that he understood. I went to bed calm, and felt closer to Percy than ever before.

I had a dream where I rode upon a hippocampus' back into the palace of Poseidon. It was beautiful: underwater lily's floated everywhere, white marble statues were placed along the gardens, and paintings of warriors, one including Percy, were painted across the walls. The hippocampus dropped me in front of a doorway and I entered, only to see Poseidon reading a book.

"Hello Annabeth."

"Hello Lord Poseidon."

"Your mother and I have discussed your little act of you trading cabins and we've accepted the fact that you miss Percy. As a result, I have decided to give you a little information concerning my son. He is alive and well in a camp similar to camp Half-Blood.

"When can I see him, and where is he?"

Poseidon smiled. "I will let you know when the time is right. Know he is alive and well, and that he misses "Wise Girl."

Poseidon swept his hand across the water and I came back to Poseidon's cabin in camp Half-Blood.

"I'm coming Percy."