AN/ If you guys haven't read my my betas story, 'Fire in the Void' make sure to check it out.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything. Rick Riordan owns Percy Jackson and the Olympians.

Annabeth

I had an extremely peculiar dream the night of my engagement. I'm not sure what had me more tense, the sweat on my brow from the depth of the dream or the smile that I woke up with.

I dreamt of sailing on a beautiful ship across the cerulean ocean turning copper with the setting of the sun. Behind me was my birthplace and home, and in front of me was the horizon, full of hope and sorrow. My sweet city soon fell out of view and now I could only see a vast ocean, with nothing on the horizon. I could have swum back to Athens when it was still in sight. The tide had been in my favour and the sea was calm and not many people know but I'm a very good swimmer.

The only problem was that I was extremely scared of the ocean. It can be calm one second, and the next second, fifty foot waves can tower over fishing boats. I can see why my mother does not like its ruler. Poseidon, God of the seas is temperamental and acts on his emotions. His wisdom is clouded by his emotions and his feelings which is reflected by his dominion, the ever changing temperamental sea.

I felt like crying and so I did. I was surprised, I never cried, not even in my dreams and I couldn't do anything to stop my tears that ran down my cheeks. As if my dream couldn't grow stranger Prince Perseus came up from behind me and engulfed me in a tight embrace. I felt warm and most of all comfortable in his arms. and then he whispered to me, "Don't worry. Everything will be fine."

I woke up with my dream haunting my mind. 'What could it mean' I thought. It was still dark outside, but I couldn't go back to sleep. I swung my legs over the side of my bed and sat up. From my position in the room I could see outside my window and I saw the shadow of a bird. It wasn't an owl so it couldn't be Sonya, but curiosity got the best of me.

I got up from my bed and walked out on to the balcony that over looked the rose gardens. Sitting on the guardrail was a dove. It was the most beautiful one I had ever seen. It was a luminescent white in colour with dazzling sapphire blue eyes. I flew of where it had perched and onto my shoulder, softly cooing in my ear; making me smile.

As the twilight gave way to another bright day with a last playful nip at my ear the dove flew away into the fading twilight towards the mountains. A couple of minutes after the dove left I remembered that I had to meet the prince in the garden. I went to my wardrobe and grabbed the first thing I saw, a blue chiton. I combed my hair and let it flow down my back in natural waves.

Without checking my reflection I ran out the door not wanting to be late. I only had a couple of minutes to get to the garden, and I hate being late. I ran past my wise mentor acknowledging him with a nod and leaving him entirely confused. Once I entered the garden I slowed down and walked the rest of the way to my favourite bench.

To my surprise Perseus was already there, waiting for me. He didn't wear any armor but he still had his sword. He was looking at a statue of Athena, but when he saw me he stood up and bowed politely.

"Good Morning Annabeth. I hope you are well this morning." Perseus greeted.

"Hello, Perseus." I said with politely. "I am good. I hope your fist night in Athens was comfortable?" We were still a little shy around each other, but we had to get over it. After all, our wedding was in a couple days.

"Athens is beautiful, thank you for asking. Would you like to walk with me?" He asked.

He offered his hand and I took it saying, "I would love too." What scared me about those words was that I meant them.

"Why do you like this garden so much, Annabeth?" he asked.

"The garden was a gift to my mother." I replied, being extremely carful with my words.

"It's beautiful." That's all he said in return.

We walked around for about ten minutes when he asked me if I wanted to go for a walk on the beach.

I was slightly taken aback, how could I refuse going to the beach? Not thinking too much about it, I simply nodded and he happily took me by the hand and led me on.

I tried to avoid the beach as much as possible, but I still knew a beautiful place by some cliffs."I know a beautiful spot away from the docks." I loved my people but I didn't want to get that much attention. I held his hand the entire way to the beach. I noticed how Perseus' eyes seemed greener, the color of the ocean.

"You like the ocean, don't you?" I asked him.

"I don't just like it," he said with a dazzling smile," I love it."

He paused for a couple minutes but continued, "The Ocean reminds me of happier times."

"I'm not really a sea person," I admitted to him. "Were almost there," I say, failing miserably to change the subject.

"Why don't you like the ocean?" he asked, it was as if he had taken offence/

"It's too unpredictable," I said."It scares me." Our conversation reminded me of my dream and I wondered if it was a message.

"Well then," he said with a goofy smile, "I'll have to change that."

I smiled back and said, "We're here."

That little place on the beach wasn't much, but it was pretty. To the left there was a tall cliff, at least twenty feet high, and on the right side it had a few sand dunes. The way we came from had trees and, of course, the ocean was in front of us.

He sat down on the sand and motioned for me to sit down too.

"I need to tell you something." he said sounding urgent.

"What's wrong?" I asked with concern quickly filling my voice.

"I need to tell you who my father really is." He said emphasising on the word father.

"What do you mean, Perseus?" I asked him my mind already leaping to inferences.

"You mean it's not king Paul?" I asked clearly confused.

"No, he only adopted me when he married my mother."

"Then who is your father?" I asked my voice in doubt/

He sighed deeply and breathed. As he breathed out he said something I never would have wanted to hear in my life, "Poseidon, God of the Seas, Stormbringer, Earthshaker and Father of Horses."

His words left me in a state of shock. My eyes widened and without delaying another moment I did the only thing I could think of. In a flash I drew my dagger, hidden beneath my clothes and pointed it at his chest.

He grasped his sword, but he didn't pull it out of its sheath.

How could I have been so stupid?

I should have figured it all out a long time back. Sea green eyes, proficiency with a sword and his love for the sea. Was I blind not to pick it up?

With a serious voice, I asked him, "Did he send you! Did he!"

For all I knew Poseidon could have sent him to make my life miserable or even kill me. Just because of who my mother was. The sea turned gray, and the waves that were once calm, hit the shore with fury.

"What does he want?" I yelled at him."I have done nothing to anger him!" That was true. I always tried my best to not anger any of the gods, but especially Poseidon.

"Annabeth, I don't know what you're talking about. Trust me." He was trying to stay calm, but his voice was shaking, like if he was trying hard not to yell.

"You really think a daughter of Athena could trust you!" From the time I was little, my mother's wisdom has guided me, but it has also given me trust issues.

"Wait, you're a daughter of Athena?" He asked, his voice now began to shake.

"Yes, but what do you want?" By the time I said this I had lost my patience.

"Nothing!" To prove what he said he threw his sword on the ground as an act of truce.

I was about to attack him when I heard the sound of hooves, I instantly knew who it was, Chiron. He saw us and then said, "Annabeth, when I saw you running out of the palace I got worried, but I can see what happened. Put your dagger down." I trusted Chiron with my life, so I did what I was told.

"Well, it looks like we have some things to talk about." Chiron's voice was calm, but you could tell he was freaking out. He paused for a while but he soon continued. "So, you both know each other's parents right." We simply nodded.

"Both of your parents threw a fit over this, but you must live with it." Chiron paused to see if there were any objections, but there weren't."If you don't live with it you might anger your countries." Chiron paused again. "Or the gods. I have nothing else to say, but listen to the advice I give you."

After Chiron left, Perseus and I just sat in the sand until I said, "I'm sorry about my outburst, Perseus."

He looked at me for a while with his beautiful green eyes and then said, "It's okay and please, call me Percy."

"Well Percy, let's start over." It was unwise of me to give him my trust so easily, but I was out of options. I had to do what was right.

"Sure," He paused momentarily, obviously trying to think something through. Finally, he said, "I'll like that." Then he did something that completely took me by surprise. He cupped my chin with his hand and gently pressed his lips to my cheek; he kissed me.

I didn't know what to do or say.

"I have to go, but I'll like to see you later." I tried to hide my emotions and tried to get away from there as fast as possible.

"I will wait for you in your mother's garden, at midnight" He said.

Without making a promise to meet him there I got up and started walking down to the castle. As I walked through the rose gardens to my chambers, I saw the dove I had seen earlier in the morning, perched on the shoulder of Aphrodite's statue amidst a wreath of multihued roses.