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Well from my own brain I've decided on Percy AND Annabeth, and in this chapter there'll be a key link in Percy's amnesia and Annabeth/Grover.
I DO NOT OWN THE PERCY J SERIES. ALL RIGHTS TO RICK RIORDAN.
Percy's POV.
"Percy," Calypso called. You wouldn't recognise her, it's been just under a fortnight and the colour had returned to her ever-paling skin, she was laughing, joking, eating. It was amazing.
So why wasn't I happy?
"Hi," I called back, turning away from some moonflowers I'd just planted. She kissed my cheek and handed me some blue cookies, I had a feeling I was supposed to blush, but I was more creeped out than anything. Someone wasn't right.
I took a cookie happily and begun to chew, but Calypso's face fell.
"Something's troubling you," She said worriedly.
"No, nothing's troubling me." I lied
"Well what's wrong then?" I was so tempted to give in, but I doubt I'd get answers from Calypso. It was those people she'd mentioned, they meant nothing to me, but somehow something's telling me they're important. That they're a key factor in my life. That I should know who they are.
So why don't I?
Especially after dreaming of the girl and Satyr on a Ducati – talking about me and the third person I never knew. If Calypso's island is impenetrable, why are they out on such a quest at all?
"Tell me," Calypso asked, those great blue eyes looking straight into mine.
"You say no one can come to this island unless the God's decide to let them on..." I begin
"Yes," She nods
"Well...I had a dream. Two people were travelling to your island, they were called Annabeth and Grover, Grover was a satyr. They were talking about me...Rescuing me..." Fear crossed Calypso's face when I told her.
"They can't get on Percy," She told me firmly
"Why? I thought you didn't know them." I narrowed my eyes
"I don't. If they're talking about you, and you don't know them then they must be planning to kidnap you," Calypso said this in a rush, so I didn't quite believe her, but what else was there to believe.
"Right. I'm going to the ocean," it's the one place I can think. Calypso panicked as she always does when I say that, she fears I'll go through the barrier and be unable to return. She even marked out posts in the ocean, if she went any further she'd be pushed back, if I went any further I could never return.
"Don't go past the posts," She made me promise before kissing me on the cheek. I ran out to the ocean, jumping straight into the tidal waves. I instantly felt a sense of home, the currents working their way around me as I relaxed. All of a sudden I heard a wild scream, a female voice. I looked around the ocean to see the same girl from my dream, bobbing a mile or so away from me, unconscious underwater. The satyr who was also there looked on his way too – I panicked. They were here to kill me?
But they were passing out underwater, the intake would become too much if they stayed submerged. Without thinking I swam as far as I could to the posts and begun to move the currents.
The satyr breathed instantly like he was above water – and Annabelle? Beth? The girl was still unconscious, but breathing easier and calmer. I urged the currents to push them far away, where, I'm not sure. I just kept moving them till they were out of sight, even a little further till the currents would no longer move as I was too far.
I swam deeper, trying to clear all thoughts from my brain. I hadn't felt truly at peace or worry free since the sirens. What was with these people and their constant appearances?
A/N. NOW FOR ANNABETH :D...?...?...?...Yay...
Annabeth's POV.
I felt an instant swirling sensation as I was blacked out, as if I was moving around, flying through the air. This kept on changing, one minute I was breezing along, next unconscious. I never dared open my eyes until I heard a begging;
"Annabeth! Annabeth please wake up!" At first I thought it was Percy, but as the blurry image came into focus it was just Grover, dripping wet with a worried expression on his face. He breathed a sigh of relief as I begun to cough up water.
"I thought it was too late!" He breathed as he rung out his cap.
"What do you mean?" I squeaked
"Well, we were under water, escaping from SandSpirits, when you fell unconscious. I was on my way, till a current begun to push us somewhere, I was breathing too! So were you, you looked less uncomfortable as your chest rose and fell." So that's what the swirling sensation I was experiencing was.
"How?" I asked, worried.
"No idea. Good job hey?" I nodded absentmindedly as I looked around the island, biting my lip. Where were we? The place was thankfully rocky and grassy, I don't think I could take much more sand. It was cold, not freezing, but I wished for a jacket the more I thought about the climate. Everywhere was wet too, tree leaves garnished with raindrops and rocks gleaming with beads of water.
"Pretty little island, isn't it?" A soft voice asked from behind us. We turned around to see a woman with beautiful brown, wavy hair and a crown of flowers, she wore a white toga and pink slippers. She was the first God or Goddess to actually look like a God or Goddess that I've ever met, well, apart from when they're on mount Olympus.
"Demeter," I say, shocked.
"Goddess of the Harvest, mother of Persephone and sister to Hera. Also Goddess of nature and the seasons," I quote to her. She rolled her bright green eyes and sighs;
"That's how every Demigod addresses me. Gets rather boring, you know. I know what I'm Goddess of, you know what I'm Goddess of, just ask me if I'm Demeter and get it done with." I was surprised by her harsh tone, then stories say that she did get a little more spiteful when Persephone was forced to spend half the year in the Underworld for eternity.
"So...Nice island" Grover said, Demeter smiled at this. She was almost like the female Pan in satyr's eyes.
"Thank-You Grover." She waved her hand and we were both dry. I stood up, looking at our surroundings.
"How'd we get here?" I ask Demeter, she laughs.
"Perseus Jackson doesn't know who you are. But you must've made some sort of impression, if he saved you." My eyes widened at this
"Percy saved us!?" I asked her
"Yes. About a mile from Ogygia you were, he doesn't remember you, so either he's got a kind heart or his subconscious memory does...Or both." My heart was racing at this, on one hand, Percy had saved us, on the other, we were SO close Ogygia – and we've been blown off our track!
"Right. So how do we get there," we didn't get round to making a boat, being chased by SandSpirits and all.
"Of course. Your Quest." Demeter had a devious look in her I, causing me to shiver.
"I have that effect don't I? Unlucky for you I'm in a bitter mood." Of course, it being October, Persephone's with Hades in the Underworld.
"Please help us Demeter. We need to reach Percy! We-" Demeter lifted her hand, stopping us dead.
"I'll help. For a price." So she's just trying to get something, like Ares was. Great, what now? Throwing ourselves into a bunch of giant cannibals so we can retrieve her spare crown or something?
"No not Giant Cannibals. Or spare crowns," Demeter said, shocking me.
"Wait what? You have mind-reading powers?" Since when?!
"Apollo owed me. So he gave me the gift of mindreading I think it was...A year or fifty-nine back?" I shrugged, beyond caring.
"So what price?" I asked her, knowing our luck it's going to have something to do with the Underworld.
"Nope. Well, sort of." Demeter told me
"Wait, what?" I asked her - Confused.
"Hades wants me to stay with them in the Underworld during the war. Only because of Persephone I agreed, but because of new relegations thanks to the war I can't get in directly. You lot used Persephone's pearls a few years back..." She glared darkly for a second at each of us before continuing.
"And I can't get through the Los Angles entrance for reasons that are none of your business. So there is only one option left..."
"And that would be...?"
A/N. Guess what!? I'm making more stuff up! :D
"Oyster shells."
What?
"Oyster shells?" I repeat, confused.
"Yes, ones that contain pearls. I don't need the pearls, but if I can enchant the shells, I can go below easily. Thing is, they're rare. I've located a near source, but they're in an...Infested area."
"Infested area?"
A/N – K, these are real. Google 'em!
"Kraken and Hippocampi," I almost burst out laughing.
"Hippocampi?" I repeat, ok, Kraken are frightening to say the least – like extra, extra giant squid – but Hippocampi?
"Yes Hippocampi!" Her eyes flare a vivid green, making me stop laughing immediately.
"Not all Hippocampi are the nice ones you read and see about you know, they're vicious when they're guarding something, and I have a feeling these shells are on their turf."
I saw where she was getting at.
"So let me guess. We get them, we get materials to build a raft?" She laughed
"Forget a raft, I'll get you a boat that'll go where you tell it, that can overcome all kinds of winds and storms. Speedy too, get you to Ogygia in a day or two, providing you can get past the Gods that guard the barrier." I sighed, this is the closest we could get. I stared at Grover, thinking 'why couldn't you have just had another week on the bike?' before looking back to Demeter.
"OK then," I sigh
"Great." She grinned, before her eyes glowed a vivid green once more, she began chanting in Ancient Greek.
"From now till you return to me, you have the ability to breathe underwater. Oh, and don't try to swim off, if you don't return soon enough I can take away these powers." She grinned evilly, which made my heart skip a beat.
"Bye," She said darkly, before pushing us into the water.
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