Chapter Twenty-One:

Percy:

All the way into Aphrodite's dumb old mirror I was thinking one thing...

ANNABETH!

and the fact the second I was out of this mirror I was going to rip all the blonde hair straight out of Aphrodite's head.

Yeah, I know, it wasn't a nice thought. But would you of been nice to goddess who trapped you in a mirror? No. Ok that's what I thought!

"Ow!" I landed with a thump.
"Percy?" A voice asked.

I looked up, Poseidon was standing over me.

"Hi dad." I said standing up and as soon as I was standing I was attacked by Athena.
"Where's my daughter? What did you do to Annabeth? Why did you let her come up here when you KNEW it was unsafe! Are you brain dead Son of Poseidon?"

"Annabeth should be back at camp. I didn't do anything to her. Annabeth actually was the one who dragged me up here. And no I am not brain dead." I said.

"Athena clam yourself." Poseidon said.

I nodded.

"WHOAH!" A voice cried, I looked up to see two figures falling towards me.

I jumped out of the way, just as Harry and Hermione landed.

"That was not a nice landing." Harry said.

Hermione turned to him and then SLAPPED HIM.

"Hermione? What was that for?" Harry cried rubbing his cheek.

"You have a bloody GIRLFRIEND! HARRY! A GIRLFRIEND! AND YOU JUST GO WALKING INTO THE MIRROR!"

"Hermione! Calm down!" I cried grabbing her arms before she could slap Harry again.

Harry backed up.

"Aphrodite's charm is strong, even on me." I said.

Harry nodded, "He's right. When you yelled at me, I remembered Ginny for a second. But then Aphrodite got me again."

Hermione shook her arms free, "Ok sorry." She said turning to the Gods.

Athena smiled at her.

"Is there anyway to get out of this thing?" Hermione asked.

Athena frowned and shook her head. "No my dear, no."

"Someone from the outside has to free us." Poseidon said.

"Were doomed." I moaned.

Hermione glanced at me, "What about Ron and Annabeth?"
"Yeah, Annabeth is smart." Harry said.

"Yeah, but I'm worried about her." I said.

Hermione stepped to my side. "Percy, Annabeth is a strong girl."
"I know that." I said.

Hermione looked up, "GAH!" She screamed.

I glanced up and almost had a heart attack. The evil smiling Aphrodite was looking down on us.

"Hello." She smirked.

Lets just say, the next words that Hermione said weren't nice words.

"Hermione!" Harry cried.

"Sorry. She's evil." Hermione said.

Aphrodite laughed, and the whole mirror shook, I tumbled over.
"So Percy, Annabeth is going to come back? Aw, how brave." Aphrodite said,

"You will never hurt my Annabeth!" I cried.

"You will never hurt my Annabeth," Aphrodite mocked in a baby voice, "Aw, well guess what lover boy, I will hurt her."

"NO YOU WOUN'T LAY A HAND ON MY DAUGHTER!" Athena screamed.

"Aw Athena are you going to stop me? Oh wait you can't!"

"Aphrodite, you are a coward!" Poseidon yelled.

"A coward? How?" Aphrodite asked.

"You trapped us in a mirror and put Zeus under a charm, if you aren't afraid of us then we be free and Zeus wouldn't be in a charm." I said.

Aphrodite laughed, "Son of Poseidon I don't fall for those tricks."

"COWARD!" Hermione screamed.

Aphrodite rolled her eyes, "Try to trick me all you want but I'm brighter then that."

"Yeah right, about as bright as her lipstick." Athena muttered under her breathe.

Aphrodite sighed, and glanced at her fingernails, "Well I've got things to do. Talk to you losers later. And by the way, I'm re-charming Zeus now and handing him the mirror."

And with that the ugly face of Aphrodite was gone.

"Here Zeus." I could hear her saying from outside the mirror.

I slid down to the ground, "Doomed, doomed, doomed." I muttered.

And this time no one augured with me. Because for once it seemed we had no chance, no chance at all.

Yeah.. I was never going to Annabeth again.

Author's note: Gosh, this is a depressing chapter. Sorry, there has to be sad chapters! Maybe, just maybe, while we were listening to Percy rant, Annabeth and Rachel came up with a plan. Maybe. ;)

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-Lidi999