Sorry I haven't updated in so long!
I woke up, looked to my bedside table, and expected the worst. There it was. The note that signified the end of camp.
I really hope Annabeth has a plan to fix this.
I got dressed and after breakfast managed to catch up with her; she on her way to help Chiron teach Greek Mythology.
"Annabeth! Do. You. Have. A. Plan." I pleaded.
Holding back snickers at my accent, she replied, "I'm really sorry Percy. I do…but I'm afraid it won't work until the winter solstice. I don't know what else to say. I've tried everything. I'm really sorry."
Depression hitting me like the weight of the world, (I still have scars from holding that up) I could only manage an "Ok."
"I'll tell you what it is after Mythology. I promise." She kissed me on the cheek and left.
I trudged along to the beach and stuck my toes in the sand. What was I going to do? If I didn't have the accent or the glasses, I could make it up by hiding the scar. Maybe I could go without the glasses and have my vision blurry? I could practice an American accent. Even if I managed to do both of those, it probably wouldn't work. People would notice eventually.
I lifted up sand and let it run through my fingers. A shell got caught in them though. It was a pretty shell, with lines of red, tan, and white from erosion (Yes, I paid attention that day in science when we learned about that. I surprise even myself sometimes).
If only I could be like that shell; laying on the beach all day without a care in the world... I would give anything to be in that position.
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Right before lunch time, just as she promised, Annabeth met me at the beach to tell me the plans.
"Well, like I said earlier Hecate has the only magic that's real right?" She started. I nodded. "Then maybe she can fix this!"
I immediately brightened, but then a thought hit me. "But, how can we find her? Wait 'till December?"
"Maybe that's the only thing we can do. We could try…" Her eyebrows knitted up in frustration. She looked super-cute. I laughed softly. "We could Iris message her…if she responds…maybe that could work."
"Yes!" I fist pumped the air and did a victory dance. Now Annabeth was laughing. I took her hands in mine and forced her to dance with me. We were both in fits of laughter now, tied up in our own little world.
After we couldn't take it anymore, each of us set off to find a drachma. I had used up the ones my dad gave me with the fountain a while ago, and there was no way in Hades I was going to search my room for one. I would be there all day and then the harpies would come for me…the harpies! We only have until noon! I hope mom knows it's the last day of camp…
Annabeth found one before I did. "Umm…wise girl? It's almost noon." She looked at her watch.
"Vilecras." She muttered-she was calling herself an idiot in Ancient Greek. "Let's go up to the pine."
So we said goodbye to our friends until next summer, and packed our bags. Of course Annabeth had already packed, and well…she basically packed mine for me.
We had reached the top of the hill just as the harpies came out. I breathed a sigh of relief. "Let's do this thing!" Apparently that sounded really funny with an English accent, because Annabeth had tears in her eyes because she was barely holding back laughter.
I made a rainbow (with my awesome water powers) "O Iris, accept our offering. Show us Hecate, Olympus." After a moment, we saw her temple.
"Wow, Annabeth, that looks really good!" I told her. She muttered a thanks.
"Where's Hecate?" She asked to nobody in particular. "She must not be on Olympus." My girlfriend answered her own question.
"Well, where is she then?"
"Seaweed brain, I am a daughter of Athena, not an Oracle." This started an argument. We were bickering back and forth when suddenly somebody came within view of the rainbow. "Mom." Annabeth said with awe. I understand why- Athena really was stunning. I would never say that out loud though…
Annabeth must've still had tears in her eyes from laughing, and our faces must've been red from laughing. Athena got the wrong impression of that.
"Annabeth Chase. Are you ok? What did you do Percy? Did you hurt her?" Each question she raised her voice more and I got more and more frightened.
"Mom, no. He didn't." She said, exasperated. "We had a question to Hecate, but…she's not here."
"No, daughter, she is not. I am sorry. What did you need?"
Annabeth gestured for me to explain, and I hesitantly did. "Well, Conner, Travis, and a bunch of other kids played a prank on me. They made me look exactly like Harry Potter. Even talk like him, need glasses, and have a scar. They even gave me a real working wand they got somehow. No matter what we do, the charm won't come off. We've tried everything."
Athena nodded, thinking. "I might be able to fix this."
So Athena's in the picture. :)
What do you think she'll do?
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