Hello people of earth. If you have ever my brother , he must have tried to convince you that I am an alien. I am not. If you have met me, you must also have been convinced I am an alien. I am not. (P.S. don't spread the word. If the Illuminati finds out about me, I'll be dead meat.) Anyway, it was my initial plan to update every Friday. Then I realized, that "Friday" does not mean "day" for you humans-er, people. Forget I said that. But now that I have learned the day system of Earth...well, 'Murica, I will be posting every single Friday.

(LOL, I'm not an alien. I know the days quite well, that was just my entertaining way of telling you that from now on I will try to post something every Friday. Except, I'm enjoying summer break, and have lost track of the days. Like, on Wednesday, I thought it was Tuesday. Oops. Yeah, and this morning I thought it was Saturday. *facepalm* [And also, as a proud American {no matter what my profile may say} writing, 'Murica, killed me. *cringes so hard I break my spine and have to go to hospital JK* I don't like that word! Just stop being lazy about this and say America! Not 'Murica. *vomits*])


After a couple of days, Grover stopped badgering Percy about the mystery girl. Coincidentally, that was also the day Queen Sally started writing letters to a mysterious stranger.

"Who are you writing to?" Percy asked.

"You'll find out," Sally replied. King Poseidon growled.

"Dad, are you angry?" Percy asked.

"Yes."

"Why?"

"Sally you're making a big mistake! That woman is devil-spawn who's headstrong and untrustable!" King Poseidon yelled.

"Like you?" Queen Sally said with a small smile. Percy decided that this was not the best time to be in the room, and quickly left for town.

He went to the blacksmith's where his friend Leo worked. "Hello, your highness. What brings you here?" Leo asked, bowing.

"My father is angry at my mother for writing to someone," Percy said. "I thought it was best not to be in the castle at the time."

"Was this person the queen was writing to male?" Leo asked.

"I don't think so. Dad said that 'that woman' is evil, headstrong, and untrustable," Percy said.

Leo banged on a sword. "Interesting."

"I know. Who's the sword for? I mean, I'm just curious," Percy asked.

"It's for the new doctor/swords play master," Leo said.

"What's his name?"

"Chiron," Leo replied.

"Hello, Leo," a man in a wheelchair said, coming in.

"Hi, Chiron! This is the prince," Leo said. "Percy, this is Chiron."

"Nice to meet you Chiron," Percy said. Chiron bowed and Percy bowed back, to be polite.

"So, Chiron, you're early! I wasn't expecting you until later, otherwise I'd have your sword ready," Leo said.

"Oh, no, I just wanted to watch you work. I like to see the care that goes into the craftsmanship of my weapons," Chiron said. Leo paused hesitantly, and then began working again.

Chiron and Percy talked a while. Chiron told Percy that he was going to be working for the king. Percy told about his life for the past few days and realized that his tone was a bit admiring as he talked about the mysterious girl, Annabeth, when Leo wolf-whistled. Percy hoped he wasn't red as he demanded to know why Leo had wolf-whistled.

"Dude, you've got a crush on this foreign lady, don't you?" Leo asked, widening his impossibly wide smile.

"What makes you think that?" Percy demanded.

"Oh, just the way you're describing her like she's a goddess," Leo said.

Percy went back home.


Meanwhile, in the eastern kingdom, the next day, King Frederick received a letter. Annabeth saw it was from someone in the western kingdom, but her father wouldn't tell her whom.

It went on like this for a couple of weeks. Neither Percy nor Annabeth knew who their parents were writing to, but all they knew it was making their father (in Percy's case) and mother (in Annabeth's case) extremely irritated.

Finally, Queen Sally was able to convince the King and King Fredrick was able to convince the Queen to get along with each other for two days while they examined the effects of the war in each other's kingdom.

Finally, after weeks of asking, Percy finally found out whom his mother had been writing to. He also understood why his father was quite angry.

His jaw dropped to the floor when he heard this, "So, to possibly create peace between our kingdoms, I have invited the royal family over: Queen Athena, King Frederick, and their daughter, Annabeth." No, not because the royal family was coming, but because Annabeth was a PRINCESS!

Likewise, King Frederick was telling this to Annabeth as her mother sulked off to the side. "And to create peace, we are going over to the warring kingdom for a ball, and then they are going to do the same here. The royal family is King Poseidon—"

Queen Athena growled at the name.

"—Queen Sally—"

Queen Athena growled louder, strangely.

"—and their son, Perseus," King Frederick finished.

Why does that name sound familiar? Annabeth thought. "Sounds incredibly fun…can Piper come?"

"Er, Princess, I don't—" Piper began.

"If you insist. Besides, she is handy with a knife and I don't trust Poseidon or his stupid family," Athena interrupted. Annabeth snickered silently, remembering what Athena had screeched a few weeks prior, probably when her father had suggested an arranged marriage to Perseus. Ew.

"Really?! I can come?!" Piper asked.

"Yes," Athena said.

Frederick sighed. "Yes, I guess you can come. We are to leave tomorrow," he said.


Percy watched as the carriage arrived, a feeling of nervousness, excitement, and dread settling in his stomach.

A servant, Jason, knocked at his door, notifying him that it was time to go to the great hall to greet his guests.

Percy had forgotten about getting dressed and so he was buttoning his coat and tying his tie on the way down to the great hall. Queen Sally shot him a scolding look as the other royal family approached.

Percy smiled at them, smiling from amusement as Annabeth's eyes grew wide.

"You—Ow!" she complained as the girl Percy remembered was named Piper elbowed her hard.

Piper saw Jason, who seemed a little red himself, and blushed. Meanwhile, the monarchs were introducing themselves and their children.

Annabeth mouthed at Percy, You're a prince?

Percy smirked and mouthed back, Likewise.

A little while later, it was time for the ball. Annabeth was feeling discluded. She was glad she had planned for this, remembering that if she could find the stables, she could take the dress off, button up her thin coat and ride around for fun. She was wearing a thin coat and riding pants under her poofy dress.

Down on the dance floor, Percy was waiting for Annabeth to come over so he could dance with her without their parents screaming at them.

Finally when Annabeth did get up, she disappeared through the door. Percy realized she was going to try to run away, so he followed her, all the way (though Annabeth did get a little lost) to the stables.

She didn't know he had followed her, otherwise, she probably wouldn't have pulled off her dress, revealing a riding outfit. Thank the gods she didn't completely strip, Percy thought.

Annabeth pulled Buttercup from her stall. Time to make myself known, Percy thought. "I'd be careful if I were you. That one is frisky and likes to run away…like you," Percy said.

Annabeth flinched and scared Buttercup back into her stall. Percy laughed. "What are you doing here?" Annabeth asked.

"What are you doing here? I just came to make sure you didn't get lost," Percy replied.

Annabeth exhaled, probably letting go of her breath. "The ball…was lame," she said.

"You'd say that. You were just sitting off to the side by yourself! I was waiting for you to come onto the dance floor where I could ask you to dance and our parents wouldn't see, nor would they flip out and scream at each other," Percy said.

Annabeth opened her mouth in shock. "R-really?"

"Of course. Now put your dress back on and let's go back before anyone notices we're gone," Percy said.

She made him turn away as she put the dress back on. Percy put his arm out like a gentleman, but Annabeth put it around her.


Meanwhile, back at the dance, someone noticed that Annabeth was gone. Luckily, that someone was Piper. Piper combed the castle for Annabeth, bumping into a man in a black shawl. "Sorry, excuse me!" she said.

She finally found Annabeth….with Percy. And they were about to kiss. Piper gasped, interrupting the moment.

Annabeth and Percy jumped apart, embarrassed.

"What are you two doing?" Piper asked.


Percy cleared his throat. "I caught Annabeth sneaking out and fetched her," he answered. Piper didn't look convinced. Well, that probably didn't sound convincing, considering what she had walked in on.

"Piper, it's the truth!" Annabeth complained.

Piper squinted at Annabeth and sighed. "I believe you. Come on, let's go."

Piper turned around and didn't realize that Percy stopped Annabeth to whisper in her ear, "Meet me by the fountain in the courtyard once everyone's gone to bed."

Annabeth smiled and nodded, then caught up with Piper, to make it seem like nothing was going on.


There, a nice long chapter for you. Enjoy it. *laughs maniaclly* What? Why do you think I switched to updating weekly? Pop-quiz time!

What is the definition of...foreshadowing?

What is the definition of...cliffhanger?

What is the definition of...cruelty? (weekly updating! XD)

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