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Annabeth Gets Kidnapped by a Pack of Hounds.
It was breakfast, and I was sitting in my chair backwards. I was scorfing down a blue berry waffle, and waving at a smiling Annabeth at the same time. I was feeling pretty multi-talented until Audria told me to turn around because I looked stupid.
Almost immediately after breakfast, Annabeth and I met right outside. I was WAY over confident in myself, because I finally realized something.
Annabeth Chase was the perfect person to make me whole. She was wearing a very pretty little owl necklace, that matched her eyes nicely
"Hey, Annabeth?" I asked as casually as I could. It felt like I was asking her to marry me if anything.
She looked at me. "Yeah?"
"D-do you w-w-want to marry me?" I smiled finally getting the words out. Once I opened my eyes, Annabeth's jaw might have been touching the ground. All of the sudden, the wires connected.
"I MEAN!! Not marry me...yet… erm… I mean.. .do you like graham crackers, I like them…" I was growing red…
"HAHA!! Seaweed brain! Are you trying to ask me out?" I was relived she was smiling.
"Yes…" I admitted. She leaped at me in a ferocious hug.
"FINALLY!" She yowled. "I've been waiting for this since I first saw you!" I was at a loss of words. I could swear I heard Athena yelling already. The waves off the nearby ocean crashed furiously. There goes the confidence.
"Seaweed brain! You have no idea how much I loved you!"
"Yes… I love you to… but li..."
"And your beautiful eyes…"
"Thanks, but there's a lit-"
"And your hair…"
ANNABETH!" I yelled. She was surprised at my malicious reaction. "We have to go!" I pointed up at the sky. A beam of light was shining through the clouds at us. Athena was on her way.
Annabeth must have understood, because her eyes widened. I took her hand right as Cade walked out the door.
"Whoa! What'd I miss?!" He asked.
"No time! Bye us a little running room!" Yelled Annabeth as I started sprinting.
He looked a little confused for a second, until Athena appeared. My heart skipped a beat. Thank gods Annabeth had my hand, or I would have stopped dead, but we leaped behind a bush. Before Athena turned her head and found us, Cade piped up.
"Mommy you're home!" and leaped at her. I was also glad Athena was too angry to think straight, or she would have found us.
"Come on!" I whispered, as I led her deeper into the forest. I could feel it was a bad idea right from the start. Boy was I right…
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The day seemed as dark as night, and sleet was pouring out of th e sky by the buckets. I finally halted our mad-dash to catch some breath.
"H-How… PANT, PANT… far do you thi-think we got?" Asked Annabeth. I turned around to see nothing but pitch black trees. The ocean was out of hearing range, which made thing that much more uncomfortorable for me, and to top the cake of disaster, the wind was picking up.
"I don't know…" I said sheepishly. Annabeth perked her ears, and put a finger in front of her mouth, telling me to shut-up. I obeyed like a dog to a master. Her eyes widened, so I started to listen in.
Footsteps were coming rapidly out of the direction we just came… or at least I THINK that's where we just came from. But they were going FAST. I gulped, and started racing away.
Annabeth was much faster than me, so as the snowy drizzle formed into a blizzard, I let go of her hand, and I figured she stopped to. I couldn't see two feet in front of me.
"Do you think we lost her Annabeth?" I asked. All I heard was the wind sweeping through the valleys. Wait… Valleys? Where was Annabeth??
"ANNABTH!?" I called. My heart was starting to do somersaults. "ANNABETH!!" I yelled at the top of my lungs. No response. I was breathing faster, and going around in circles. "ANNABETH!!" I knew I wasn't getting a response. Suddenly, I heard a scuffle of footsteps behind me. I flicked my head around.
"Annabeth?" I asked hopingly. A flash o yellow dabbed the corner of my eyes. I spun around. "Annabeth… this isn't funny…" I could swear I heard growling… followed by a bundle of steps. Before I knew it, I was wandering around in rapid circles. Steps racing all around me… a distinct pair of yellow eyes popping up every now and then. Then it just… stopped. I gathered my thoughts as fast as possible. Sprinting into the dark snow, I looked at the ground. I was on the verge of tears.
That's when IT appeared.
I lurched to a stop, my eyes un able to blink. A bear print was slapped in the snow. It looked like… a dog step… but sixty times bigger. I flicked my eyes up ahead. Another one was JUST being swept way in the snow. I sprinted forward every ounce of energy. "ANNABETH!!" Before I knew it, I tripped on a rock, and slid forward. Dizzily, I opened my eyes.
Annabeth bloody, owl necklace lay half covered in snow… right by a demon print.
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