Chapter 11
Annabeth's POV
After the meeting, Percy and I went down to the water.
"So how does it feel to be home?" I asked him.
"It's great!" he replied. We saw Hazel run by followed by Frank chasing her. We both laughed. It was nice to just be able to sit next to Percy and enjoy the silence of the moment. I spoke too soon.
'Annabeth, she needs your help!' Poseidon said.
"What?" Percy asked.
"Your dad." I answered, "But I must be wrong."
"Why?" he asked me.
"Because he said, 'she needs your help.'" I explained.
"So?"
"So, most gods only talk about their kids of their favorite demigods."
"I don't have a sister and I have no clue who my dad favors." he said.
'Go into the water! Don't tell Percy, but you must trade places with my daughter.' Poseidon said.
"Your dad again." I said before Percy could ask.
"What did he say." Percy asked me.
"He said to go to the water." with that I got up before Percy could stop me. If he does have a sister, he should be able to know her. I turned around and he was standing right there.
"What?" he asked.
"You know I love you right?" I asked him.
"Yes, and I love you too Annabeth." he replied much to my liking. I leaned in and kissed him knowing it was a good-bye kiss. I turned around and stood there for a while.
"Keep him away and I'll do it." I whispered under my breath. I started walking. I stepped into the water.
'Deal. Just switch with her. Go deeper.' Poseidon commanded. Percy mumbled something about getting stuck in seaweed. I kept going and soon enough, I was deeper than Percy. The water around me started to glow and I saw panic in his face. What made it worse was all of our friends had started gathering on the beach. Up the water went around me and that was the last I saw of them.
Percy's POV
Annabeth was surrounded by water. I realized she had done this on purpose and my dad was helping her. That is why I couldn't move my feet. The water slowly began to drop and my feet were released. A huge wave formed right behind where Annabeth had been. I then noticed a girl standing there. She had long black hair pulled into a ponytail and her back was turned to me. A surfboard appeared in the water and she jumped up on it. I surged myself back to shore just in case.
"Look at this one Zach!" she yelled obviously unaware of where she was. The wave was extremely large. Thalia, Hazel, Piper, Bianca, and Rachel all screamed. Jason, Frank, Leo, and Grover just looked up in amazement. The girl didn't even hear them.
"Percy! Do something!" Thalia yelled. With all my might I stopped the wave right before it crashed. The girl looked stunned and then she looked at me. She had piercing turquoise eyes. He surfboard moved down the wave and towards me. When she was close enough I gently set the wave back into the water leveling the sea.
"Dude, you destroyed my wave! Who do you think you are?" the girl demanded.
"Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon the god of the sea." I responded.
"And who are they?" she asked pointing towards my friends.
"Jason Grace, son of Jupiter." Jason said.
"Thalia Grace, daughter of Zeus and Huntress of Artemis." Thalia added.
"Hazel Levesque, daughter of Pluto." Hazel announced.
"Bianca DiAngelo, daughter of Hades." Bianca responded.
"Frank Zhang, son of Mars." Frank replied.
"Piper McLean, daughter of Aphrodite." Piper said.
"Leo Valdez, son of Hephaestus." Leo added.
"Grover Underwood, satyr and Lord of the Wild." Grover announced.
"Rachel E. Dare, oracle and mortal." Rachel finished.
"How dare you impersonate children of the Big Three!" she sounded very angry.
"How do you know that we are not their kids?" I asked her.
"I'll prove it. You and me." she said. Suddenly a triton appeared by her side.
"Whoa, you're the daughter of Poseidon?" I asked.
"The name is Kaylee, daughter of Poseidon and princess of the ocean, or at least that is what my dad says." Kaylee commented.
"And you're a demigod?" I asked. Kaylee nodded her head obviously annoyed.
"You claim to be his son. I bet you're no better than a child of Athena." she demanded. Everyone's eyes were on me. This girl had just replaced my girlfriend, who was the daughter of Athena. The ground between Kaylee and I began to shake. It slowly split open. I pulled out and uncapped riptide.
"Don't you dare compare me to that of your idea of a child of Athena." I was angry. I had more power over the water than Kaylee did, so the waves started to crash harder and harder into the shore. Kaylee looked surprised.
"Stop right now! Both of you!" someone bellowed. I looked down to see the earth zip back up and the waves return to normal.
"Dad, what are you doing here?" Kaylee asked.
"I can't visit my children?" he questioned back sarcastically.
"Wait, you said children as in we are both your kids?" Kaylee asked confused.
"Yes, now stop behaving so immaturely. Percy Jackson, meet your sister, Kaylee Jackson." dad said.
"Wait, she's my sister-sister, not my half-sister?" I asked him.
"Yes, you're older by almost two years. You were too young to remember her." he said pointing to Kaylee.
"So she is the daughter of Neptune?" I asked referring to Thalia and Jason's situation.
"No, you're both my kids. I don't like being Neptune, but that is why we separated you. I knew you couldn't know about me and you would do great things, but Kaylee on the other hand wouldn't get a chance until now." he explained.
"Well, nice to meet you sis, and next time you want to call me a name, please do not refer to my girlfriend and the girl who saved you if I'm not correct?" I told Kaylee and asked my dad.
"Yes, I asked Annabeth to do this." my dad gave in.
"Wait, how was a referring to your girlfriend?" Kaylee asked.
"Annabeth, my girlfriend, is the daughter of Athena. She is very important to our mission and right now I have no clue where she is!" I stated angrily.
"Oh, sorry." she said awkwardly.
"I must leave, for I'm not supposed to have contact with any of you." he said, and with that he was gone.
"By the way, these are you cousins." I said pointing to the other children of the Big Three.
"Hi, nice to finally meet someone who understands." Kaylee offered. I turned my back to her and started to walk back to the big house so I could inform Chiron what just happened.
"Don't worry about him." I heard Piper say addressing me, "He's just upset he couldn't save Annabeth, his girlfriend. She meant a lot to him. She meant a lot to all of us."
I walked towards the big house. Once inside I told Chiron everything. He listened and nodded his head. I finished and waited for his opinion.
"Well, wherever Annabeth is, your sister knows. That's the idea of trading places." he said. This encouraged me a bit.
"Okay, now what?" I asked.
"Now you must earn your sisters trust. Only then will she tell you where she came from and who she was with."
"Ugh! Why can't she just tell me and I can go get Annabeth?"
"Be patient Percy." he said. He dismissed me and I went to go get Kaylee. I found her in our cabin.
"Hey, listen, I'm really sorry for how I acted at the beach." I apologized.
"It's okay. I acted pretty immaturely back there too." she replied.
"Don't worry about it."
"Can I ask you something Percy?"
"Yeah, go ahead."
"What's mom like?"
"She's sweet and will do anything for us. She's actually getting married soon and I totally approve of this boyfriend. She understands all this and even helped us last summer."
"Wow. I wish I knew her."
"You will, someday. How about dad? What is life with him like?"
"Boring. There are no demigods where I'm from. I only ever talked to this- never mind, you're going to think I'm insane."
"No, go ahead."
"Okay, well, I only ever talked to this Cyclops named Tyson. He left though to go back home to his brother. Crazy right?"
"No, not at all. He came back here to help Annabeth find me."
"Wait, Tyson is here?"
"Yeah, he is our brother, well, half-brother."
"And you said he came back here to find you?"
"Yes, Hera swapped Jason and me. She erased our memories and everything we'd ever known. The only thing I remembered was Annabeth."
"Wow, that sounds... complicated." she added. We both started laughing. The dinner bell rang and I escorted her to our table where Tyson and Ella were waiting for me.
"Kaylee!" Tyson exclaimed with joy.
"Tyson, you knew we were related and you didn't tell us?" I asked him.
"Daddy said not to, so I didn't." he explained.
"Ella, how are you doing?" I asked her.
"Very, very, very good. Tyson take good care of me." she said and then started rambling on.
"Don't be alarmed, she does that a lot." I told Kaylee. She nodded her head letting me know she understood. I enjoyed dinner that night and I knew Kaylee did too.
