Hey, well I'm alive. From what I've gathered Percy and Annabeth were good story watchers? I'm thinking about bring a few other people in To talk with. You know, like the Stolls, or Clarisse, or Grover. That kind of thing.
Disclaimer- no matter how much I would like to I do not own the Percy Jackson series. It all belong to Rick Rierdan.
Annabeth's P.O.V.
Annabeth slammed her cabin door shut. She was full out hyperventilating for what had just happened.
"Did that really just happen?" Annabeth asked the empty room infornt of her. Unfortunately, an answer came.
"Yes dear, it did," a sing-song voice chimed. Annabeth jumped so high her feet nearly cleared the top of a chair she was near by. She spun to find the speaker but saw no one.
"Who's there?" Annabeth asked. She pulled out her knife, just to be safe.
"Oh put that thing away," the voice chided. "I just want to talk." A woman materialized on Annabeth's bed. She patted the seat next to her and smiled warmly.
That was the one thing that didn't change about her, the smile. Her hair changed from a dark mahogany, to a shimmering golden blond, to a shocking electric blue and so on. Along with the differing colors it changed length and style. Curls, spikes, a pixie cut, a bob, braided, and any other style you can think of. Her eyes where every color at once. Her make up shifted. Cherry red lips, and a smoky eye changed to lightly purple tinted cheeks, naturally colored lips, and long dark eyelashes, it didn't stop there.
Just when you got use to one look it changed. No wonder she was known for holding attention. Yeah, Annabeth knew who this was now.
"Lady Aphrodite," Annabeth said with a respectful bow. "What brings you here."
"Oh a lot of things," Aphrodite said with a flourish of her hand. "My job, your mother, a life or death warning, project Percabeth..."
"What?" Annabeth asked urgently.
"Project Percabeth?" Aphrodite asked, drawing the wrong conclusion as to what Annabeth was asking. "Well see, its your name mashed up with Percy's and..."
"No before that," Annabeth said impatiently.
"Oh the warning?" Aphrodite asked. "I was hoping to have a little more girl talk time before jumping onto all the dread and gloom." Aphrodite read the look on Annabeth's face and sighed. "Oh well, maybe next time. Okay, here's the thing. Now that you've kissed Percy, good on you for that," Annabeth blushed deep red "your feelings for him are going to get much stronger. Like, instantly." (Annabeth- sure, just when things look like they are going to be alright, I get to go psycho. JM- Percy don't say a thing. Percy- I wasn't. JM- sure. But Annabeth, really, what kind of writer would I be if I just let off on the insanity?)
"Why?" Annabeth asked slowly, knowing she wouldn't like the answer.
"That's how the potion works," Aphrodite said. "Now that the kiss has taken place everything is going to get stronger."
"What potion?" Annabeth asked accusingly.
"Now don't worry, all of the feelings that you have been feeling are real. The potion only gave you the courage to express them," Aphrodite promised.
"You had Percy potion me, didn't you? Or he asked you for a potion," Annabeth gasped. She felt betrayed, and like she had been used.
"Oh no dear. He didn't," Aphrodite said soothingly. "I'll atmit I tried to get him to but he refused stating, and these are his words, if you were going to love him, he wanted it to at least be real. So he refused. Right now he is unaware of of the potion, I put on him. It makes all young women, who have had romantic feelings for him, fall head over heals for him."
"Is it reversible?" Annabeth asked urgently. Yes she loved Percy but she wanted to love him as herself. Not this cream puff (Annabeth- would you stop with the cream puff thing? JM- No. It's your thing now) that Aphrodite's potion had turned her into.
"Oh yes," Aphrodite chimed. "In fact, you cured about twenty five young women of the effects of the potion."
"How?"
"When Percy kissed you back, it broke their hearts," Aphrodite explained. "They had no idea that was coming. Those that did know it was coming, or are more... Stubborn, they were not cured because their heart where not broken."
"If their hearts were broken, why did they all seem so happy?" Annabeth asked.
"Put yourself in their shoes. They have suddenly fallen in love with a boy they may have not even liked for years. Now they don't feel anything for him. Wouldn't you be excited?"
"Alright point taken," Annabeth said. "So does that mean Percy will have to break my heart? Or will I just have to stay like this forever?"
"Oh there is another way," Aphrodite said. "It's dangerous and hard to do, but not impossible."
"What?" Annabeth asked.
"Oh we'll talk about that later," Aphrodite said with a wave of dismissal.
"Then I have to go tell Percy," Annabeth stated.
"Now?" Aphrodite asked sounding like a whiny kid. "I have more to talk to you about."
"Thanks, but no thanks Lady Aphrodite," Annabeth said bolting out of her cabin. Once she did she rushed toward cabin three only to find it surrounded by other girls.
That filled her with rage to see all of those girls surrounding her boyfriend. Even if he was inside. She stopped at the back of the crowd, unable to puff to the front.
Percy stepped out whistling tunelessly. The whistle slowly stopped as he noticed the crowd around him.
"He is so hot," a girl next to Annabeth whispered.
"Hot doesn't even cover it," another said.
"Incase weren't at breakfast, he's also taken," Annabeth growled at them before forcing her way to Percy's steps.
"Um... Hey girls, what's up?" he asked sounding half confused half scared.
"Hey Percy," Annabeth said when reached him. Her hair was a little messed up from her trek through the other girls. She smirked at the other girls before she kissed him. He seemed confused but kissed her back.
He pulled away sooner than Annabeth would have liked but she didn't say anything.
"What's going on?" he whispered nodding toward the crowd of now slightly upset girls.
"Oh it's nothing," Annabeth said. "Their just happy for us."
"She means happy for us," Drew said stomping up to them throwing Annabeth back and crushing her lips to Percy's. Percy pushed her away startled. That's when all Hades broke lose.
Everyone was calming Percy as their own and Annabeth was not happy about it. She flat out slapped Drew accros the face, and she did not hesitate to return the favor. Poor Percy was caught in the middle of everything.
"Okay break it up!" Percy yelled. "I don't belong to any of you."
"So you're single?" a girl asked. Annabeth looked at him expectantly, and he did not disappoint.
"No. I'm not single, but I don't belong to anyone," Percy said.
"Then he's up for grabs," a younger girl called to the rest. As one everyone swarmed Percy.
Percy's P.O.V.
Percy slammed the door to the Big House(Percy- Wait. How did I get to the Big House? JM- I decided to skip the part where you get tore apart. I tried to write it like five times and none of them would have worked. It's better this way, trust me).
He was in luck. All the other councilors-other than the ones who had been tearing him apart, that is- were there for a meeting. Chiron had his head down as he studied a map of some sort.
"Ah, Percy," he said not even glancing up. "There you are. Have you seen Annabeth? I need her opinion."
"Dude what happened to you?" Nico asked. Nico, along with everyone there, was serving Percy's ragged appearance.
His shirt was all but ripped off, hanging in shreds. His hair was messed up- more than normal- and he had kiss marks and lipstick all over his face and neck.
"Trust me," he gasped making sure the door was locked. "You do not want to know."
Chiron finally looked up at Percy and frowned. "Why don't you tell us what has happened."
"Do I have to?" Percy asked. He didn't really want to relive the past three days.
"It would help us help you," Chiron reasoned.
"Fine," Percy said. He slumped into a chair around the ping-pong table. "Well I talked with Aphrodite. She tried to get me to...um...potion Annabeth. I refused. Then when I got back, every girl seemed to suddenly have a crush on me or something." Percy gave Clarisse a quick 'please no' look.
"Not even in your worst nightmares," Clarisse growled.
"Okay," Percy said relived. "Anyway, everything just got weird. Girl flirted with me hard. Girls tried to kiss me. Annabeth did kiss me. Then they got into a huge fight over me ten minutes ago, they eventually turned on me and... Well you can guess what happened after that," Percy said holding up a piece of the shreds once known as his shirt.
"What exactly happened when you spoke with the love goddess?" Chiron asked.
"Um... She found the four or five 'best' potions," Percy said using air quotes to get his point across. "She explained what each did, and how they worked. I refused to use any of them."
"Alright," Chiron mused. "Anything else?"
"Uh... I, accidentally, broke a bottle of perfume, but I don't see how that..." Percy face pailed slightly. "It was a potion wasn't it?"
"That is very likely," Chiron said. A calm nock on the door behind them was followed by a piece of lined paper.
Cautiously Percy walked over to pick it up. It was folded in half, with the inside covered in a quick scrawl.
Percy, I am so sorry for going insane like that. But look, Aphrodite just came and talked to me. You don't know it but you have a potion on you. It does nothing to you but causes the girls around you to fall for you. It's only going to get stronger as time go's by but I know how to reverse it. Could you please open the door so that I could explain it? All the other girls have left so you wont be swarmed.
Annabeth
Percy took a deep breath before he turned to open the back door of the big house.
Just like Annabeth had said, she was the only one out there. She stood with her back facing him. He was about to say something when she spoke up.
"Who ever you are don't say anything," Annabeth said. "If you're Percy, even the sound of your voice could set off the effects."
Percy nodded even though she couldn't see it. Annabeth turned, eyes closed and walked forward into the house. Percy stood behind her as she spoke.
"Aphrodite came to my cabin to...um...congratulate me," Annabeth said. Percy could see her blushing even from where he stood, it almost made him smile. Until he remembered why she was blushing. "She told me how to reverse it."
"So how?" Connor Stoll asked.
"Percy has to break the effected girls hearts," Annabeth said sadly. "If he doesn't everything is just going to get crazier. And it's not limited to demigod girls. It's and girl who has had romantic feelings for him... Or that he's had feelings for."
"Break their heart?" Percy mouthed to Chiron. He repeated it for him.
"Yes," Annabeth said. "There is another way but Aphrodite wouldn't tell me what is was. All she said was that it was dangerous."
"I see," Chiron said stroking his beard. "Percy could you please describe the bottle the potion was in?" Annabeth covered her ears with her hands and gave a small nod.
"It was small, about the size of a fancy perfume bottle, I guess. Light pink, with a white, glass cork in the top," Percy said. Clarisse gave Annabeth a thumbs up to show she could uncover her ears.
"Ah," Chiron said as if everything made sence now. "One of Aphrodite's favorites. It's toppled kingdoms in a day. Ended lives in a second."
Percy's eyes shot wide open as he heard that. Of course. A week after he defeated Kronos his own friends whould try to kill him. (Percy- Why is it always me? JM- why wouldnt it be you? You were the main charecter of the whole series. Percy- touché)
"Well that's all fine and dandy, but how do we fix it?" Annabeth asked indifferently. (Percy- Really? You weren't even fazed? Annabeth- Why were you? You've been given worse news)
"Well," Chiron said. "That is is the hard part. This has not happened for over a millennia. I'm not sure where you look."
"Look for what?" Annabeth asked, voicing Percy's thoughts.
"A flower called the Verum amor," Chiron said. "A sacred flower of Aphrodite's. You would have to give one flower, as a burnt offering, to her. Then you cover yourself in the ashes. But the flower only grows in one place. It was once at the base of Mt. Olympus, then under one of her temples in Rome. But now I have no idea."
"You know, once in a while, I think I would just be easier to kill Percy," nico said throwing his head back.
"It that an option?" Travis asked. Everyone gave him a dirty look. "What? You were all thinking it."
"No. We are not killing Percy," Annabeth growled. "We just need to find this flower."
"That will be fun," Percy mumbled sarcasticly. Annabeth smiled, turned, and tackled him to the ground with a hug. "Very fun."
Annabeth- was that last one sarcastic too?
Percy- No comment.
Annabeth- JM?
JM- I don't know. I'm leaving that for the readers to decide. Any way I hope you liked it more is coming but test season is upon me so it will most likely be a while before I can. My brain is fried.
Percy- Tests are evil. Period.
Annabeth- there not that bad if you've studied. Wow I just sounded like a total nerd right there.
JM- what's wrong with being a nerd? Nerds are cool, but geeks are awsome. And it is true, if you've studied tests are easy. And I'm ADHD and dythlexic. Anyway, we got off topic I'll have more up but it may be a while. So if I disappear for a while, I AM NOT DEAD. Review please(unsert puppy dog face here). I love reviews.
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