Abby became more and more distant from everyone with each day. In order to avoid Percy, she slept in the Hermes cabin by Maddie, who was becoming a good friend of hers. She would refuse to spare with Russell and talk to Nathan and Hank. Her world was falling apart, no... It already fell apart.

Abby sat at the far end of the Poseidon table during dinner that day. Percy wasn't at dinner and Abby decided that he was probably with Ice. She had also asked Jason, before, where Annabeth and Piper were, but he just shrugged and said on a quest. Now, Abby sat alone at the Poseidon table. All alone. She exhaled and pushed her mashed potatoes around with her shining, silver fork. Her plate was a mess of her own food; she wasn't very hungry.
She heard someone plop down right across from her and looked up to see non other than Nathan. Abby rolled her eyes and gave him a cold expression, "What are you doing?" She asked at him a bit harshly.
"Sitting here. You looked a bit lonely." He replied and looked at Abby, a grin showing on his face. Abby guessed that Nathan had been given some Nectar and Ambrosia (the food of the gods) and must have been feeling better, which was a good thing. She exhaled and looked down, before getting up.
"I appreciate the gesture, but I really want to be alone." Abby said and didn't give Nathan a second look before leaving the Dining Pavilion. When she was far enough away, Abby turned her head back to see Nathan getting up and heading back to the Hermes table. She shook her head and looked forward again.

Instead of going to the cabins, Abby decided to go to Long Island Sound and relax on the beach. To her surprise, she found Percy and Ice sitting there on the sand. Ice seemed more quite and shy and Percy was smiling and laughing. Abby smiled a bit because she had remembered when her, Ice, and Percy would just sit here on this beach at night. Her happy memories were let go when Percy turned his head to see Abby standing a few feet away from them.
"What are you doing here?" He asked with a harsh tone as he stood up.
"Well, I was going to try and talk to my dad if that's okay..." Abby said looking down, not wanting to see the son of Poseidon's sea green eyes. He walked toward her and she could sense him coming closer and tensed up.
"No, leave." Percy said a bit harsher than before, pointing toward camp, "Go back to New Rome." He said.
"No..." Abby said quietly and Percy grabbed her shoulder too tight. Why was he being so mean? He was never mean, not to her, not anyone.
"What did you say?" He said at a whisper and Ice came running over, her dark hair whipping behind her.
"Percy, stop..." She said quietly to him, and then looked at Abby. Abby had her eyes shut tightly, so she didn't know. Ice tried pulling Percy away from Abby, but he didn't let go. For once in her life, Abby was scared of Percy.
"I-I... I said no." Abby said hesitating. Her right hand slowly reaching toward Maelstrom, in pen form, in her back pocket of her jeans. Percy pushed down and Abby fell, hitting the sand hard. Abby was convinced that this was a bad dream. That she would awaken and everything would be okay, that everyone would be alright. Too bad that was not the case.
Percy uncapped Riptide and stabbed downward toward Abby's head. She rolled back just in time to avoid the devastating blow of her brother's sword. She wanted to give up, but was what keeping her from giving up? Abby remembered the words Jason said to her after she said that she gave up. The words flashed in the back of her head, Don't ever give up. Not here, not now. Percy slashed to Abby's low right and she jumped up and over the blade. The hilt of the sword just brushing the rubber of the bottom of her Vans.
She had a solid stance and looked at Percy before uncapping her sword. Maelstrom grew to life, shining in the light of dusk, "Why do you want to kill me?" She yelled and dodged another attack from Percy.
He snarled, "As if you didn't know." He didn't even sound like the normal Percy.
"Well. If you haven't guessed by now, no I really don't know..." She said and looked at Percy, waiting for an explanation. Percy stopped and looked at her.
"You are the reason why Ice lost her memories. I care about her like a sister and this is your fault!" He yelled and brought his sword down and Abby met Riptide's blade with Maelstrom's.
"I didn't! Who would say such a thing!" Abby yelled. She couldn't believe this at all. She would never do that to Ice, never ever.
"I don't think..." Ice said, but Percy ignored it and looked at Abby in the eyes.
"You little demon of Gaea..." He said, and Abby knew that something was wrong. She was determined to set things right.
"Stop it!" Ice yelled and Percy looked at her and than Abby before with drawing and capping Riptide back to pen form, "Don't make such accusations! How do you know-..." Percy cut off Ice's words and pointed at Abby, who was capping her own weapon.
"Her eyes turned gold and I saw it!" Percy said looking at Ice, but Ice looked unconvinced. Abby looked at them and sighed.
"It's a curse. Something I was born with. My fate. Okay?" Abby shook her head before walking off toward the cabin area in hopes to find Hank or Maddie. Before she got to far, she stopped walking and turned her head to see Percy and Ice. Ice sighed and looked at Percy a bit annoyed when Abby said, "And you knew that..." Her voice was small and she ran.