Artemis
I stared at Annabeth, mouth wide open. My mask covered the lower of my face. Making my look of shock invisible to her.
"And you are?" She asked again with a small smile.
"You don't recognise me?" I asked, still not comprehending this situation.
"I would but I can't see three thirds of your face. And by saying that, do I know you?" Her friendly smile turned suspicious.
I saw her grip the back of her dagger on her right thigh.
"I am the goddess Artemis." I said and pulled down my mask, revealing my pale face and my eyes reflected the flame in front of us with a silver filter.
Her body slackened, "My lady, I am sorry." she said with a fearful face. "If you don't mind me asking, how did you find me?"
"I am not going to hurt you, in fact I stumbled upon you by accident." I said, not believing in coincidence. The Fates rarely wove coincidences in their works.
How was Annabeth related to my quest? Is she my foe or my friend?
I waved her fearful face away, "Do you have a camp?" I asked, "Or do you want to go back home?"
"Home," Annabeth said, her eyes misty. "I have not used that word in half a decade."
Comparing this Annabeth and the old Annabeth I briefly knew. She was older, her blonde hair was longer, almost to her waist. She was leaner and more muscular and more saddened and wiser.
I did not blame her, living in isolation for five years in the woods without simple conveniences must have been hard. I am a hypocrite but I was a goddess and several companions by my side.
I extended and held out my hand, "Home?"
She looked behind her and shouldered her travelling bag, "Home." She agreed, "I cannot wait to see Seaweed Brain." She sighed hopefully.
She took my extened hand and we flashed.
PercyThe birthday party was great but something felt missing. Meeting the almost Seven felt like a blessing.
I lay on my bed with my hands behind my head thinking.
This was the first time in five years when I had not thought of Annabeth. I have accepted she was gone or dead for all I know. I was ready to move on.
I got up from my bed, packing a bag. I am going to Camp Half-Blood. I have to pay my mentor a visit after all. And since it was the middle of Summer, maybe I can meet the newcomers and old timers. I thought optimistically.
I shouldered my bag and walked out of my room, "Mom! I'm going to Camp!" I yelled to the kitchen and picked up Stella. I heard a vague and distant "Okay".
"Brother will go away for a little bit." I whispered to Stella and kissed her forehead, making her giggle. I carried her out to the living room and kissed my mother's cheek and passed Stella to her.
"I will see you at the end of the summer." I said and opened the oak door and left.
I got out onto the street and did a taxi cab whistle. A minute later I spot Blackjack galloping in the clear blue sky.
Sup boss! Long time no see!I smiled, "Hey Blackjack"
Do you think we have time to get some doughnuts?I patted his mane as he nuzzled me,
Apples?I cupped both the sides of his face and said, "Doughnuts but just this once, okay?" and led him to the nearby Dunkin' Donuts.
Blackjack appearently liked Strawberry Chocolate.
AnnabethI looked out into the ocean, Artemis teleported me to the beach of Camp Half-Blood. I sat on the bigger rocks that overlooked the sea-green ocean.
A wave of emotion swept me as I walked up from Half-Blood hill. I touched the base of Thalia's pine tree. Peleus' long slender neck nuzzled me, recognising the hand that fed it all those years ago.
The Golden Fleece shone under the sunset, reflecting almost all the light.
In a distance the conch horn sounded and I saw campers mile around the Pavilion. From this far I could hear the laughter and chatter that echoed through out the hills.
Chiron was trotting slowly to the pavilion explaining something to a young demigod that held a notebook and pencil in his hands.
I walked down slowly towards the dining hall, I gripped the straps of my travelling bag harder until my knuckles turned white. Chiron was the first to see me walk down the hill.
His clouded face cleared up instantly and he promptly forgot about the young demigod and galloped to me.
"Annabeth." He breathed and picked me up to hug me.
"Its been five years." He said cold and seriously and squeezed me harder until I could no longer breathe. "Come and join us for dinner." He released me and put me on that back of his.
Chiron gave me a tsunami of emotion from that hug, ranging from guilt to love to sadness. He acted like I was his daughter.
A black spot suddenly appeared in the horizon. It silhoutted a man riding a horse with wings. The man looked familiar and so did the pegasus as it came closer.
Percy.
and Blackjack too.
Author's Note - Unedited
Should I feel guilty about not uploading? Nahhh, anyways, sorry for the late update. This is a relatively short chapter. Just to catch up on everybody's POV.
Now we talk about deadlines. My timezone is GMT so yea. I will upload on Tuesday and Fridays every week unless hiatus or I say otherwise.
I will not upload on Weekends because I am a gamer and a student so my weekend is spent on wasting time on the Division, Siege and other games.And uh, please do leave a review, I do read them!
Review Questions:
1) Yes this story is going to evolve, the role of Annabeth not betraying Percy plays a part in the story. Don't worry, English is also not my first language.
2) What fuck is Revan?
3) My mistake for Percy's birthday, it is on the 18th not the 21st. I am lazy so we shall leave it just like that.
PS: This story has no plans, I am writing this because I need practice for one of my original books. But it does have a unique (hopefully) story.
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