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Chapter 10

Percy's POV

We knew where she was, but if we went back the way we came, she would've left that spot by then. We needed to act fast.

Something suddenly felt cold in my pocket. I brought my hand to it and I realized what it was. I took it out and played with it in my hands.

I looked up to Thalia and Nico's face and said "The Ice Whistle. We can call Mrs. O'Leary and we can shadow travel to where Annabeth is!"

I brought the whistle to my mouth to blow it, but Nico covered my mouth with his hand, making the mouth piece of the whistle run into the back of hi hand. I broke free of his grip and swatted his hand away.

"What was that for?" I yelled at him.

"Shadow traveling with 3 children, each from one of the Big Three. That's pretty risky. Just like when you and I shadow traveled last year, it knocked out Mrs. O'Leary for 32 hours. Imagine what would happen with the 3 of us!"

I thought about it. He was right. "But," I started, "We can't split and have only one person left in the Underworld by themselves!"

"Who said they have to be alone?" Thalia said. "Percy, you go after Annabeth and Nico and I'll stay here and go back the way we came. Annabeth needs you now more than anyone."

"But-" I started.

"Don't worry! We'll be fine! Once we get out, we'll go straight to Camp. Good luck!" At that, they took off, not letting me follow.

I didn't know what to do but take out my whistle, blow it, then wait. It took about 7 seconds before I heard pounding of paws on the Underworld dirt come near me. I turned around and the friendliest hellhound ever ran up to me and gave me a giant kiss.

I leapt on her back, wiped the slobber off my face, and whispered in her ear, "Come on girl, shadow travel to the meeting spot if the Hudson and East River." I hoped she understood, because she started running to the shadow side of a tree, and we disappeared.

…ooOoo…

I was traveling through the dark shadows then we came out of the shadow of a tree near the meeting point of the two rivers. I felt dizzy but I had to get to Annabeth before she or something else hurt her.

I squinted threw the blinding light and saw a giant serpent in the water giving death glares to a blonde person. Wait, not any blonde person; Annabeth.

Mrs. O'Leary collapsed and immediately fell asleep. I slowly slid off her back and drunkenly stumbled over towards Annabeth, for I still felt incredibly dizzy.

"I'm comin' Anna…beth." I slurred. "I need ta halp ya…" My knees then buckled underneath my weight and I felt like I was having a hang over. I looked up at Annabeth and I slowly but surely started to regain my energy and strength.

"Don't you remember me girly? You've grown since I've last seen you. You were on the run with two other criminals." I heard the serpent hiss.

"I don't know what you're talking about!" Annabeth yelled sounding scared.

"Don't lie you little brat! You remember everything! You're a Daughter of Athena! Children of the Wisdom Goddess never forget anything! I knew that I sensed you here so I could get my revenge on you for destroying my home!" The serpent hissed back.

By this time, I was on my feet and running towards Annabeth and the serpent thingy. I stopped about 20 feet away from them and willed the water to attack the slimy monster. Soon, a giant wave came up from behind the monster and swallowed it up. The serpent was fighting back, but the water won. The monster's body was being pulled farther and deeper into the ocean until it was out of eye sight.

I looked in Annabeth's general direction and I saw her standing still, shocked of what had happened and was on the verge of tears. I ran up to her, but as soon as she saw me, her face turned into anger and fright as she screamed:

"Get away from me and STOP FOLLOWING ME!" At that she started to run away. I, of course, ran after her. I was still slightly faster than her so I caught up in about 20 seconds.

I honestly say that I always dreamt of the way Annabeth and I would (hopefully) share our first kiss. I know, really un-masculine of me, but it's true. But I must say that I never imaged it to be like this. Her with her memory wiped, and me kissing her mainly so that she'll get it back, but that's how the Fate's planned it out for us.

So, incase you didn't read between the lines, the second I caught up with Annabeth, I did the only thing I could to stop all this madness. I kissed her. I really hoped that Aphrodite was right about this "true love's kiss" thing, because it would be mortifying if she slapped me and ran away screaming "Rape! RAPE!", but that might happen if Aphrodite was right or not.

I pulled back and stared at her face. It was blank.

"Annabeth?" I asked carefully. She looked at me and blinked a couple of times. She then said:

"I remember." At that, she collapsed in my arms.