A/N Incase any of you care, the song I am listening to "The Fighter" by Gym Class Heroes.
Maybe Gym Class Heroes are demigods, since they are heroes. Just kidding. Haha. Well, anyways, this is chapter ten. So, I'm hoping that I can make this chapter my longest one yet. I am going to be doing a lot of details about the Argo ll, so yeah. Annabeth's chapter.
By the way, if I posted one of my stories I have been writing would anyone read it? I mean, like not just a continuation to a book series I can not wait for, but one that I made up on my own. Please let me know if you would read it. I would appreciate it. So I'm still new at this whole fan fiction commenting and everything, but I am enjoying reading all the stories out there. (: Yay!
Sammy (Guest) reviewed for Chapter Two - haha! When I read your review I was like it is two in the morning here! And I did the same thing a couple of nights ago when I was reading another version and I was trying to make no noise at all and I was like about to laugh, and I woke my mom up. She was not very happy, but when I explained that I was reading she just sighed and told me to quiet down (true story haha) So I can relate. I'm glad you liked! Thank you for reviewing and reading (:
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Chapter Ten (Annabeth)
Annabeth followed Percy towards the Argo ll. She was not yet ready to leave behind the sight of a safe camp, well, as safe as a camp with a bunch of your sworn enemies who would like to kill you, could be. Still, they had not killed anyone yet. Except for Alexandrus. But, Percy did come back alive. Annabeth still wasn't convinced he was dead in the first place. The whole idea of someone returning back from the dead gave her a headache, which didn't happen much. Annabeth had learned to accept the crazed demigod world they lived in when she came to camp at seven years old.
The Romans were watching as everyone boarded on. "Percy!" a voice behind them called. Percy turned and as did Annabeth. She realized it was Hylla, Queen of the Amazons. Also, the person that had given her a complete make over at the spa, but Annabeth was willing to look past that, considering she didn't kill Percy while he was at the Roman camp. "I come to wish you good luck. And, if you stop by the Sea of Monsters, please try to find Circe's spa. I want to see what happened to it," Reyna admitted. "And if you do find it, please, feel free to destroy it again."
"Well, I dunno where the Sea of Monsters is, but we will try to make a stop!" Leo said, and he stared at Hylla like she dropped out of space. Then, Annabeth realized he was not thinking about Hylla, but thinking on how to impress her sister. Annabeth had learned how to read emotions over the past few years. She realized Leo must want to impress Reyna's sister to impress Reyna. And to do so, Annabeth had a feeling they would have to make an unwanted stop to the Sea of Monsters.
"Do you know where the Bermuda Triangle is?" Annabeth asked Leo, who shook his head. "Well, have you heard of the Rumors?" This time, Leo nodded. Annabeth found it strange that he was being this quiet. "Well, the Bermuda Triangle is also the Sea of Monsters; the mortals just call it the Bermuda Triangle. Anyways, it is just off the coast of Florida, filled with the worst monsters imaginable."
"Sounds fun," Annabeth could've sworn she heard fear in his voice, "We will make sure to stop there. I'm guessing Annabeth and Percy knows where it is, so we will check on with this Cami of yours," Leo assured. Annabeth was kind of impressed that there was someone else in the world other than Percy, who was so bad at getting names correct.
"Circe," Percy corrected. "And yes, I do remember the coordinates to Circe's island," Percy said, reciting coordinates. Percy must've noticed the confused looks on everyone else's faces for knowing that, and Percy explained, "Since it is on the ocean, and I have full senses when it comes to the ocean, I can remember and know where we are on the ocean. I also can know how fast we are traveling, and when we will arrive."
Annabeth was not looking forward to going to the Sea of Monsters. Although Leo didn't come out and say they were defiantly going there, it was implied. Annabeth was also concerned that Circe's spa would be back and business, and somehow lure them in. Then, they would probably turn everyone into a guinea pig, and they had no Hermes's multivitamins to anyone this then a thought crossed Annabeth's mind. "Leo, you know how your tool belt summons anything. Do you know if they can summon Hermes's multivitamins?"
"I don't even know what they are. But, let me see," Leo said, pulling out a can of breath mints, and everyone laughed. "You didn't see that!" Leo said, trying to recover from his embarrassment. Then, Leo pulled out a package, and opened it. "Are these them?" Annabeth nodded. "Well, there is only about ten of them. Why do you need them? And cool! This one is shaped like a Fury, and is this the Minotaur?"
"Ten is plenty. And incase something happens and someone needs to get back to his true self," Annabeth said, directing that towards Percy. "Just hold onto them. They could save you from a whole lot of problems. Especially if you are not yourself. And trust me. We will need those if we go into Circe's spa, and something goes wrong," Annabeth assured them.
Hylla nodded. "Please let me know, somehow if you find it? I don't know how, maybe a message, or a hologram, or something," Annabeth realized that the Romans must not know about Iris messaging. Annabeth decided it would be good if she explained that to Hylla, so they could stay in communication. Annabeth didn't know why they were even considering going back there, but Annabeth felt she owed Hylla and Reyna. She explained the concept of Iris messaging.
"It must be some magic the Graecus have composed of! We must not trust it! We must not! We should just attack now, it would save us a lot of trouble. They obviously created this 'Iris Message' to spy on us at Camp, and find our weak spots!" Annabeth scanned the crowd and saw that a couple of Romans were nodding in agreement. She realized that Octavian must've been the owner of that outburst.
Reyna stepped forward, "It is not a form of Greek magic, it is simply just a way to communicate through rainbow. Percy and Hazel explained the concept of it over and Iris Message. Iris originally did it for the gods, but Percy said she would do it for demigods if she had time," the Romans all agreed with Reyna their praetor. Annabeth was glad Reyna stepped in.
"Um, guys?" Leo interrupted the agreement, "we really should leave. We have no time to waste. Hey, we might even find some helpful information at this Ocean of Triangles!" Annabeth shook her head, and Leo realized the correct name. "I mean the Sea of Monsters," Leo blushed, embarrassed once again. "And, with this extra stop we will need to hurry. Gaea is not going to wait to attack just because we are busy!"
"Then, you must be on your way," Reyna said. "I send you off with my best wishes, and in hope, you will all return alive. Good luck, we will need you for the war that is coming up. In the meantime, us Romans will prepare for war once again. Against Gaea and her army. This quest is going to take a long time I presume, and in less than three months, Gaea will either be back asleep, or wide awake." (A/N I am listening to "Wide Awake" by Katy Perry so instead of saying fully awakened, I said 'wide awake'. Lol)
With that, they pulled up the ladder and walked aboard the Argo ll. Annabeth couldn't believe all the work and effort the Hephaestus's cabin. Of course, a couple of other demigods helped, or tried to help, including Annabeth, but Cabin Nine had done most of the work. It was a wood ship, with celestial bronze and a steel hull. (A/N I just made that up because I really wasn't sure what it looked like.) Leo had put in more rooms than probably needed, not that Annabeth was complaining.
"Annabeth, show Percy around, Piper and Jason show Hazel and Frank around. I, am going to go take a nap," he saw Annabeth's glare and then said, "I mean, uh, go steer the ship away from the Roman camp and I am planning to go straight across the United States, hopefully not destroying anything like last time," Annabeth remembered last time when they accidentally crashed into a mountain. The boat was fine, but the mountain would take a lot of explaining to how it got that way if they stuck around long enough for people to notice. "And then we will go off the coast of Florida, take a short vay-cay to The Sea of Monsters, and then go to Camp Half-Blood, then to Rome. If we survive that long, after Rome is Greece. I dunno what we are going to do in Greece, but I know in Rome we have to rescue Nico at the Doors of Death."
Annabeth sighed. "Leo, we are going to Greece and Rome to stop the Giants from destroying the Gods, starting at their roots. Mount Olympus. Not the new Mount Olympus, but the one that was actually in Greece and Rome. We need to stop the giants so the gods don't dissolve forever, and if they do destroy it, then we are all doomed and Gaea has already won.
"Mount Olympus is on the empire state building?" Frank asked, confused. Frank had been so quiet, along with Hazel, were very quiet, so when they spoke, Annabeth was surprised. She had almost forgotten they were there. Jason and Piper were also very quiet. They must've been quiet because they didn't know what the Sea of Monsters was. Hazel shared the same look of confusing.
"Yes, it is on the six hundredth floor," Percy explained. Then, he saw they were still confused and laughed. Not many people knew about the six hundredth floor. You only know about it if you are a demigod, or the person at the front desk. "It is a magical floor where the gods and goddess live. They put it high up above New York on the Empire State Building. Along with everything else, they move to the east-for the Romans the west. But, we should probably leave," Percy started, and Leo bolted out of the room and into another room. The ship started, lurched forward, and then made this annoying beep. beep. beep. Like a truck backing up. "Let's get started with the tours."
"Yes, sir, Caption!" Jason looked at Percy while saying 'Caption'. Looks of confusing must've been going around, because now it was Percy's turn to be confused. Jason laughed. "Leo made you and me Captions because we will also be controlling the boat. Me when it's in the air, and you when it is on sea. Leo is the Commander or Repair Boy," he said directing the 'Repair Boy' part to Piper, "and Leo drives when we aren't very high in the sky. Like right now."
"Sweet! I'm a caption! This is so cool! Watch out Gaea, the captions of the Argo ll is coming after you by sea and air!" Percy yelled, sarcastically, and everyone else started cracking up laughing. "Okay, Wise Girl, show me around. That's what you were assigned, right?" Annabeth nodded, and Hazel went with Piper off to the right, Jason went off with Frank towards the left.
"Let's start at the top deck?" Annabeth asked, but it was more of a statement than a question, leading him towards a flight of stairs. The Argo ll had four flights, the engine room at the bottom, and a deck above all the floors. Annabeth led Percy up all of the stairs. The stairs were very long, and they were walking for at least five minutes.
"Couldn't Leo put in an elevator or something? These stairs are steep!" Percy complained. Annabeth missed him being such a Seaweed Brain. She continued to lead to the top of the deck. It was a stunning view. There really wasn't much up there except for a wheel. It had railings, so anyone wouldn't accidentally fall off, and the floor was wooden. "This is all that is up here?" Percy asked. Although it had a very good view, it was still very plain.
"Yes, almost no one comes up here," Annabeth explained. "There is only a wheel because when Leo's view is blocked, he moves floors. He has a wheel on every floor. I don't think he has been up here once. Okay, come on. There's a lot more to see," Annabeth said, leading him down to the fourth floor. The fourth floor had many rooms. The first room on the right was an entertainment area. It was all televisions and couches, and a popcorn machine. No computers though. That also sent a signal out to monsters. The only computer on bored was Annabeth's laptop she got from Daedalus.
The whole floor had a bunch of other activities. There was a game system, that was mostly for Leo when he got bored. This whole floor Leo had insisted be put in, even though it had taken a lot of debate with the Hephaestus's cabin. The only section Leo didn't like on the fourth floor was the library. Annabeth had insisted Leo put a library, where Annabeth put in a bunch of books that no one knew were even in camp. There were shelves and shelves of books. Annabeth was surprised to see that Ella had made a nest out of books.
"'You are okay?' he asked. 'Not eaten by monsters?' 'Not even a little bit.' I showed him that I still had both arms and both legs," Ella recited. (A/N Know where that is from. Hint, hint. It is in one of the PJO books. Haha.) Ella moved onto another quote. "A halfblood of the most eldest gods shall reach sixteen against all odds," Percy scowled at the mention of that prophecy. Neither them wanted to hear that ever again.
"How does she know all of these quotes?" Annabeth asked, impressed. She had read a lot, but she never heard of a reading harpy that could recite all different types of words and prophecies from different books. Annabeth wondered where she learned all of this. Finally, Annabeth didn't know an answer to something that Percy knew the answer too.
"She reads and memorizes everything she reads. She memorized some of the books before they had been burned, and now recites prophecies. We had to take her along with us, because if Octavian found out she had the books he needed memorized, he would be in total power. And if Octavian was in power, the camps would be destroyed-both Greek and Roman," Annabeth nodded and Ella recited some more prophecies.
C'mom there is more to see, Annabeth said, grabbing Percy by the hand and dragging him out of the library. Annabeth never expected she would be the one dragging him out of a library. If anything, it should be the other way around. Percy hated reading and learning, and Annabeth could read all day. Give her a book and there's no stopping her.
Annabeth took Percy down to the third floor. The third floor was a whole practice arena. Percy looked excited. He smiled. "Oh my gods-is that a fighting dummy? No way! Practice arena!" Percy looked like the happiest teenager in the world. Give him a bunch of different weapons and some practice targets, and he's good to go. Leo had outdone himself in this area. He had every kind of weapon imaginable-spears, bow and arrows, javelins, you name it, Leo's got it. There was the sword arena where you could practice against each other or against a target. There were archery targets.
Percy picked up an arrow and bow and aimed for a target. Percy was the worst archer Annabeth had ever met. It's a good thing he was amazing with his sword, because if he had a bow, we would all be doomed. He shot the target, and it landed in the ceiling way too high to reach. It wouldn't come down either. "Nice job, Seaweed Brain," Annabeth said, and lightly kissed him. She used to kiss him all the time when he did anything stupid at camp.
After they were done examining the third floor, Annabeth took him down to the second floor. The second floor was like their meeting headquarters. They could talk strategy. There was even one of those smart boards you see in classrooms for battle planning. It was hooked up to Annabeth's laptop mostly, so whatever she put on her computer could show up there. It was more of a relaxing room too. There was a radio, which Leo cranked up every time they came into this room. There were seven different reclining, vibrating chairs that surrounded one big table. There was a bunch of supplies for drawing maps and everything they needed. Then there was four large sofas in the middle of the room, because Leo wanted something comfortable.
Annabeth explained everything, and Percy was speechless most of the time. His ADHD made him not able to stand still, so he kept walking around and trying everything in the room. Finally, Annabeth took him down to the first floor, which were the bedrooms. The first bedroom you saw when you walked down was right in front of you. And it was Percy's bedroom. On the door it said "Percy Jackson."
"C'mon in. I'll show you the room. I helped with this room," Annabeth announced, "so you better like it, or I will take you up to the practice arena and totally kick your butt at fighting!" Annabeth opened the door. Inside was a king bed, sea green walls with decorations, and a window that led out to the ocean. On the walls were all different adventures. Like the shield Tyson once made him, it had all different sorts of adventures. There was Rachel hitting Kronos in the eye. There was every memory Percy loved. Their was also a desk, and a television. In his closet was a bunch of Camp Half-Blood t-shirts, and some other clothes. "Leo wanted to put that in every room," Annabeth muttered. "So do you like it?"
"I love it," Percy said, speechless. "I mean-I don't even know what to say!" Annabeth smiled and Percy hugged her. "Thank you," Percy broke apart, and kissed Annabeth once again. Annabeth felt a spark as Percy's lips met hers. She had felt like this every single time they were at Camp Half-Blood. Annabeth couldn't believe that he was finally here. After eight months, she finally could see Percy again. Percy assured them that he would catch her up later, but it was like they never left.
Annabeth broke apart. "Okay, ready to see the other rooms?" They had not known who the other two demigods were that were going on the quest, but they all agreed Percy was one of the seven. When Leo met Hazel and Frank, they had told Leo what to decorate their rooms like. Leo insisted they needed to make this boat as much like home as possible.
Hazel's room was plain. There different types of gems on the wall. Annabeth had heard about Hazel's curse. Why Hazel wanted to put it as a decoration on her room? Annabeth would never know. There was a chandelier on the ceiling with different types of gems, so when she turned on the light, different colors sprouted everywhere. It was like a mini disco ball. Hazel's closet was plain. Just a bunch of Camp Jupiter shirts and jean.s
Next, Annabeth showed Jason's room. It was diagonal from Percy's. In Jason's room, there were storm clouds on the ceiling. Like actual storm clouds. There was sounds of lightning all over, just like Zeus's cabin at Camp Half-Blood, minus the big angry Zeus statue. The walls were painted electric blue, the same color as Jason's eyes. there was the television like every other room, that Annabeth still thought was unnecessary. It had ever station including Netflix and On Demand. There was a picture on the wall of Thalia. Annabeth saw Percy staring at it questionably. "I can't tell you, you will have to ask Jason. I swore on the Styx that I would not mention it without his permission."
Next, they went to Frank's room. Frank's room was pretty simple. Just a bed, and a desk, and a television. On the walls there were shapes of different animals. Annabeth didn't get why, but Percy seemed to know. She didn't pressure Percy into telling her. She would just wait until Frank told her, if he did tell her. There was also a piece of firewood. Annabeth was also unsure, but Percy's face darkened when he saw it. His expression was sad. Does Frank like fires or something? Annabeth wondered, but she was as far off as she could get.
Next, was Piper's room. Annabeth explained how the Aphrodite cabin had decorated it for her. Percy stifled a laugh when he saw it. The room was not like Piper at all. There was a closet with a bunch of dresses and expensive clothes, as well as some comfortable ones Piper must've put in. There was a whole wall full of shoes. High heels, sneakers, high tops; every type of shoe you could imagine. There was a big light up mirror, a gucci suitcase full of make-up. Annabeth knew Piper hated the room. She was not like most of the Aphrodite girls.
Leo's room was next to Piper's room. Leo's room was the most engineered. His bed slid out of the wall. Annabeth knew there was also a trapdoor that led to a place Leo called the Leo Cave. There were tools all over the walls, work shelves, and his magic tool belt hanging proudly on the wall. There were probably lots of other trapdoors. Leo liked his room to be mechanical and very engineering.
Last, Annabeth showed Percy her room. The rooms went in a way so it was Percy's then Annabeth's, then Frank's on one wall. On the other wall it went Piper, then Jason, then Leo. Annabeth went in no particular order when she showed Percy the rooms. Annabeth's room, was a room with Owls all over the walls. She had a desk, that was already covered in papers, as well as her bed. Her laptop was sitting running in the middle of her bed. She was at work trying to read all of the plans Daedalus had. Percy nodded at the owls. "Yes, you know owls are my mom's sacred animal? Well, they have been my favorite animal ever sense. You should know that! I told you like a million times!"
"I know. It's just why is there many small owls other than big owls?" Percy asked. His ADHD side of his brain must've been acting up. He continued to ask a bunch of other questions when they heard Leo shout to get to the Planning Room, as Leo called it. "Let's go see what he wants," Percy mumbled, taking Annabeth's hand and walking up to the second floor.
When they walked in, they saw Leo relaxing in one of the sofas. His legs were at the top of the sofa, and his head was nearly touching the ground. He was sitting upside down, gods know why. He turned upright and sat correctly. Annabeth and Percy sat down on a sofa across from him. "So what's this about?" Percy asked as Piper and Hazel walked into the room, as did Frank and Jason. Frank sat down next to Hazel, and Piper next to Jason and Leo.
"Well, I was thinking we could get familiar with each other's stories. The whole truth. And nothing but the truth. Coming out on all our secrets. If we are going to work together, than we shouldn't hide anything from anyone, so we know each other's strengths and weaknesses," Leo explained. Annabeth had to admit it sounded like a smart idea.
"Wow, Leo. That was actually smart," Piper said, and made a face that implied she was shocked. Leo was known for a person joking around, and not taking anything serious. Everyone else nodded in agreement that this was a smart idea. "So, who starts?" Piper asked looking around at everyone. No one was willing to put themselves out their, so Piper said, "I guess I will."
Piper explained everything. How she had just become a demigod this year. She explained Aphrodite's claiming. She explained how her father had been captured, and the whole quest with Jason and Leo to save Hera who had been imprisoned. (A/N I am not going to explain in full detail everything that happened because that would take forever, so I am just going to explain briefly. Like the big surprises.) She told how she had the gift of charmspeask, and she had overrun Drew for the job as head councilor.
Leo explained how he was a fire user, and Hera used to her babysitter named Tìa. He explained (with his voice cracking a little bit) how he had lost his mother to the fire caused by Gaea. He talked about Bunker Nine and how he found Festus's wings, and rode off on Happy the dragon, that was originally Beckendorf's dragon that had gone haywire.
Jason explained everything from the quest Leo and Piper had missed. Like meeting Midas. Percy tensed at the mention of his name. "Like the Midas who could turn people and anything into gold?" Percy asked. Leo, Piper, and Jason nodded, and Percy exchanged glances with Annabeth that clearly said: This is bad. Jason didn't know why, Percy said he would explain when he got to his story.
Frank told about how when he was little, and how his mother died in war. He didn't have much to say, since this was his first year at camp. He didn't explain how he had saved Death, just say they unchained him. He seemed to be holding back. That was okay with Annabeth. She understood that some secrets were better off as secrets. Besides, they just met. Annabeth was surprised Leo had explained he was a fire user.
Hazel explained her story. She also, was new to camp. She said that all she had to say about life as a demigod was from the quest that her, Frank, and Percy went on. Annabeth also had a feeling she was holding back. Of course, Annabeth didn't expect everyone to spill all their deep, dark secrets. Annabeth wasn't even sure if she was holding back. Hazel could be telling the whole truth for all Annabeth knew.
Annabeth and Percy decided to tell their stories together, since they were in almost every memory with each other. Percy and Annabeth took a deep breath. Ready to start for the beginning. Where it had all started. Where Percy had become from a middle school reject to a Hero, savior of Olympus. They began to tell the story of how it all started.
Sorry if this chapter was bad. I got a little carried away with the rooms, but I felt like that would be something Leo would put in. The televisions and all. This boat is also magical, so maybe they are watching Hephaestus tv or something. haha. By the way, there is a reason that I decided to put in Circe's spa. I have plans for what's going to happen there. It is 3:11 in the morning, and I really have a bad case of writers block on what is going to happen in the time it takes to travel to the Sea of Triangles (Just pulled a wrong name like Percy. I also gave that trait to Leo.) Anyways, I am probably going to have a surprise monster attack coming soon. I also have a plan for who is Sammy. If you think hard enough, I kind of hinted with death and all that. You'll see why in the next chapters. I am also going to have Gaea try to mess up the seven as much as possible, starting with their glue, or lose cannon. Just some people he has not seen for a very long time...I just had to bring them back into the story (: (HINT HINT) haha. Well, again, I feel like this chapter was pretty boring but I wanted to explain what the Argo ll was like. By the way, I did not explain the whole stories, because it would take forever to write and if you read The Lost Hero and The Son of Neptune, you already know the stories. Next chapter is going to be Hazel's POV I think. But it might be Jason's or Leo's. Who knows? Anyways, I just wanted this chapter to be more of a fun chapter. Like totally decorations and arrows in ceilings and all that!
Before I leave, I ask the same question. Do you think anyone would read my story if I posted one of my own? Because I don't want to post it and have no one see it! Haha. Okay. WTYL (Write to you later) or (Walrus tentacles you love...uh awkward...)
BYE!