Just a small note, when I was younger (even though it's only really been a year since I started this so I wasn't really "younger" but you know what I mean.) I didn't know how to explain things all that well and I'm still working on explaining things better but I just wanted to say that in the fanfic when people say stuff like give back whichever parents power, transferring powers and so on they sort of mean to get rid of the curse. Because the "Transfer Curse" the way it works is sort of just a copy curse. And now I'm rambling. Enjoy! ^^
Percy Jackson- SECRETS- Chap. 9
Annabeth:
"Ah! Silena!" I squealed as I ran to give her a bear hug.
"Anna- beth- you're- squishing- me-" She said, while I kept her in grip tighter than a anaconda. "Please- let- go-" I let her go.
"Ohmygods! You're okay!" I yelled.
"It's good to see you to." She said, taking deep breaths.
"Looks like our Smart Blonde is back." A deep voice said, chuckling. I looked past Silena to see Beckendorf. He got off the couch, and gave me a hug.
"Hey Beckendorf, seems like you're alive to." I said.
"Yeah, glad to still be breathing." He said.
"Hey Fender Bender, don't steal my name for Annabeth." Clarisse said, walking up to us.
"I didn't steal it." Beckendorf said, punching Clarisse on the arm lightly.
"Yes, you did." She said.
"No, I didn't."
"Yes, you did."
"No, I didn't." They started to get into each other's personal space, and I thought a fight was going to start, but then...
"Shut it, the both of you! Do you want a repeat of last time?" Silena said, slapping them both on the head.
"Whatever." Clarisse said, and sat down next to Pollux.
"So, how did this happen, and how are you guys here, and- and- " I tried to stay, stumbling over my words.
"Calm down," Silena said. "I'll explain how I got here, but I can't stand another second of looking at you in those tattered clothes. Come on, let's go upstairs."
"Of course, she just has to make everyone stylish." Zoe said, rolling her eyes. Silena took my hand, and as we were walking away she spoke up.
"I do not make people stylish! I put them in comfortable clothes, but still stylish!" I rolled my eyes. Like that was possible, I thought.
Silena took me through many hallways, and we finally came to the front room probably. It held a giant diamond chandelier, and a grand staircase. There were tables set here and there, and the colors all co-existed in perfect harmony. Damn! This place is huge! Silena pulled me toward the grand staircase (which was huge, just like the foyer).
"Do we have to climb that?" I asked.
"Yes." She answered, and so we started to climb. Fifty steps later (Uh.) the staircase ended and a hallway started. Ok, so this hallway wasn't like the others. This hallway was like ginormous. I was at the top of the staircase, and the hallway was going horizontal, not vertical. So, I didn't look straight, I had to look right or left to see how long it was, and I'm telling you. Whoa.
"Fancy, isn't it?" Silena asked. I couldn't speak, so my head bobbed a little for that's all I could manage, but Silena understood. I tried my hardest to form a sentence, but finally I did it.
"Which room...is mine? Wait, are these even rooms?" I asked, staring at the 30 feet tall, mahogany doors. Silena saw my face, and laughed. I was completely baffled.
"Look a little closer, maybe you'll see it." She said. I did as she said, and I noticed something. In the middle of the door right in front of us was a giant thunderbolt. The one next to it had a trident, and on the other side had Cerberus, the middle head holding a skull.
"So that's. . . ." I tried to say.
"Yes, now look for your room." She commanded. I did. I looked down the hallway a little, and right next to Percy's room was mine. Yay!
"Yay!" I said. I bolted to my room, and flung the door open. Shut up! No way! Ok, imagine a ball room, but except it looked like a room. Yea, that's all I have to say.
"You like?" Silena said, closing the door behind her.
"Are you kidding me? I love!" I said. My bed (mine!) was against the back wall, in the center. On both of sides of it were doors that led out to a balcony, if I saw correctly. I ran to one set of double-doors and opened them up. I walked out, and was once again stunned. I looked to the left and right to see a bunch of other balconies, and they all had perfect views of the ocean, like mine. But there was one difference; all the balconies seemed to have their own special something. Mine had beautiful white roses growing everywhere. They started at the edge, and grew all the way to the wall creeping up like vines.
"Cool, huh." Silena said from behind me. I did nothing but nod. She would understand. "Umm, Annabeth, help." I turned around, and as I took in the scene before me a thin layer of ice was creeping around my heart.
Silena was caught in a headlock, but her chin was raised so the arm that had enclosed her throat didn't get in the way of the knife that was touching her neck. I looked at the person that the knife belonged to, and all hope I had of winning were gone. I recognized her easily, she was one of my older sisters. Like the ones that got immortality. I didn't know her name, but I knew that she was a lot smarter than me.
"Now," My sister said. "Give back Mothers knowledge and I won't hurt your friend here."
"But I don't know how t-" I began, but was rudely cut off.
"Now." My sister commanded. What am I going to do? I was about to start panicking, but then something popped up in my head. It was a. .spell? I don't know, but I raised my hand anyway, and I spoke two words.
"Να φύγει." Somewhere in the back of my head, I knew those two word meant: Be gone. When I said this my sister was blown back, but Silena remained unharmed. How? I have no idea. Just when my sister was about to recover, Pollux and Lee burst into the room with Percy, Thalia, and Clarisse behind them. My sister looked at them, and gave them both a glare.
"You guys aren't going to..." She trailed off, and looked them both in the eye. They both looked her and spoke in unison.
"Να θυμάστε πια." I translated that into: Remember no longer. And just like that she was gone.
"What? No! She knows where we are. She'll tell the gods!" I said, panicking.
"No, she won't. That little bunch of words Pollux and I just said, yea. She won't remember anything. It's like she never even found us." Lee explained.
"Okay." I said.
"Dinner in five!" Kate screamed from downstairs like nothing had even happened. Everyone filed out to get ready for dinner. I thought Silena was going to help me like she said, but instead she left and in her place was Thalia.
"Come on, let's get you ready." She said.
Olympian Throne Room:
The Olympians had continued to argue. Naturally.
"Well, we have to do something!" Demeter said.
"No shit, Demeter." Apollo said.
"Don't use that language with me." She said.
"Oh shut up!" Hermes interrupted.
"We did do something, we sent our children to look for them." Athena broke in. Just then someone walked into the throne room. It was Athena's daughter. "Did you find them?" Athena asked.
"Uhhh . . ." Her daughter said.
"Uhhh, what?" Hera asked.
"I don't know."
"What do you mean you don't know?" Ares questioned.
"I can't remember." She said.
"You what?" Apollo and Dionysus said in unison.
"I. cannot. remember."
"There a lot smarter than we thought." Athena said.
"I can't believe they did that." Dionysus said, stunned.
"Well, we're screwed." Apollo said, receiving a few slaps to the arm.