Short, I know. I've got some work to do right now, but tomorrow's chapter will be longer.


Annabeth POV

Water and Wind

The sun is hot. In fact it's burning. My skin feels like it's on fire. I feel as if I'm the manifestation of hell itself.

I'm currently waiting in Percy's room for him. (I don't think I mentioned this before but this is a year-round school, meaning they have dorms.)
I've been waiting for an hour after I pick locked his door. Five minutes. Ten minutes. Then footsteps started getting nearer. I get up and wait at the door for him, and when he opened it I gave him a hug.
"It's been so long since I've done this," I whisper in his ear. He embraced me back.
"Sorry, but can you explain why you're in Percy's room and hugging me?" That voice wasn't Percy's. It was deeper.
I look up and notice it was a big guy in a suit. He looked about in his mid forties with a bald head and black glasses. I try getting out of his embrace but he held on me tighter.
"Well, a prize is still a prize. Come with me miss."
"H-Hey! Get off of me!"
"It's no use resisting. I've already taken precautions."
"Let go... of me!" My palms faced forward on his stomach and my gut tightened. He flew across the hall with so much force there was a crack in the wall and the man was unconscious.
His suit had a hole in it where my palms were. My hands feel fine, but my energy feels a little bit drained. What happened? Coming through the hall was Percy with a serious look on his face.
"We need to talk."

Sitting on his bed he explained everything to me. He showed me his coin and it looked different. There was an extruded part around the "P" that looked like a water drop. Looking at mine there was something new about my "A" side too. Now there's a spiral starting from the bottom going to the top like a tornado. Does this mean I'm a wind-type thing like Percy said in his dream and he's a water? Things are getting more complicated.

"I've told Mr.D and that you have a coin as well, but for now, we should figure out what to do with him." He looked over at the still unconscious man now tied up tight with rope that we stole from the gym.
"Maybe we should let them handle him." We came to an agreement and dragged him over to the office and put him in Mr.D's room with a note.

This guy is someone trying to kill us.
We decided to let you guys handle him.

-P, A

This morning we got a new student. It was a girl that seemed to know Percy. Her name was Piper McLean.