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Percy's POV

I heard her voice calling me. She sounded determined, as I knew she always was, but also a little scared. Hearing her say my name just made the hole in my chest widen. She hated me now, I knew it. That's why I'm here, at the bottom of the lake, where I can't mess everything up again. I sat down on the murky bottom feeling as miserable as ever. Just then in front of me, a tall beautiful woman appeared. It was Athena. In the moon light, she seemed to be almost glowing with a blue aurora. She looked at me with a satisfied grin, like I'd just proved her right about something.

"I don't approve of you relationship with my daughter." she said coldy to me, as she had back on Olympus.

My heart sunk into my stomach. I knew she'd been right, it just took me until now to really see it.

"Percy!" I heard from behind me.

I turned my head and there she stood. Annabeth, with her long golden hair and stormy grey eyes. She looked amazing in the moonlight, but I wasn't about to say that to her. She'd kill me.

"Oh thank the gods I found you." she said, stepping in front of Athena, "You're not going to believe this."

"Annabeth, save your breath." I replied bitterly, "I know what you're going to say."

She cocked an eyebrow at me.

"And what's that?" she challenged.

"You're going to tell me what an ultimate Seaweed Brain I am." I sighed, "You'll tell me you hate me and never want to talk to me again."

Then she did something I wasn't expecting. She laughed, like a really hard laugh. She laughed so hard she had to hold her stomach as she collapsed next to me on the lake bottom.

"Percy, that isn't even close." she said still giggling.

Suddenly, I felt a million times better. The hole in my chest was gone. I straightened my shoulders and gave her a huge smile. The waters around us turned from a murky grey to a vibrant teal. I stood up and reached out my hand. She took it, our eyes never breaking the other's gaze. That was until I looked back at the goddess in front of us. My heart dropped again, and the water turned a deep black. Only Athena gave us light in all the darkness. Annabeth seemed to take notice of her for the first time. Her eyes were wide with shock as her mother repeated the cruel words she said to me before.

Then her face changed. She looked angry, like really angry. She stomped over to the goddess and violently waved her hands around. Athena's pale blue image evaporated into nothingness right before my eyes. I couldn't believe it. I starred at Annabeth in utter confusion. She cocked her head at me and rolled her eyes.

"She's not real Percy." she said, "None of this is."

She walked up right in front of me and took my hands. I felt my cheeks get hot and the lake turned a bright red.

"Percy, this is a dream." she said softly, "Everything you've seen are just memories."

She looked down solemnly.

"I didn't know my mother said that to you. Percy, I sorry. I over reacted, about the kiss and the mind reading thing. I was just so embarrassed."

I thought about explaining myself, but something was telling me she knew I was feeling the same thing as her. I wasn't sure what to think right now, but I knew one thing. All I wanted to do was be close to her. I wrapped my arms around her and held her in a tight embrace. She returned the hug and buried her face in the crook of my neck.

I'm sorry.

Me too.

You were a great kisser.

You too, Seaweed Brain.

Hey Wise Girl?

Yeah.

How are you down here, like underwater?

She broke away from the hug, just so I could see her roll her eyes.

It's your dream, Percy. You tell me.

Before I knew what was happening, the water around us began to shift in a various of colors. The kaleidoscopic display was beautiful and sickening at the same time. A violent current rushed passed us. In the next instant, the lake bottom beneath us opened wide into black nothingness. Annabeth and I tried to swim up, but something was pulling us down. I reached for her hand, but in the blink of an eye she was gone. I was plummeting into this hell alone.

I woke up in a cold sweat. I threw the sheet off of me and bolted up right. I looked over at the clock. It was 6:30 in the morning. I let out a sigh of relief. It really had been a dream, but Annabeth was real. That much I knew. Without taking another second to hesitate, I threw on some clothes and burst out my cabin door and toward the Athena cabin.