Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson or the Heroes of Olympus.
IMPORTANT: I do not know if I will update as often as I used to but I promise that I will try to update at least once everyday. I will NOT ever drop this story well I am in the middle of it, so don't believe that for a second. If there is a reason I can not update I will say in an author's note at the beginning. I will not stop righting this until it is finished, I do not like my favorite stories dropped and I promise I will not do something to you that I would not do to myself, alright, onto Percy.
Annabeth's POV
Arriving in Ikaria was amazing. The water was bluer that the sky, the whole island was made of cliffs with green everywhere. I could understand why demigods would want to live here, I myself would not mind living and dying here, it was that beautiful.
"Where do we go from here? I mean great we figured out that we have to come to Ikaria but what do we do now? Go see some creepy old smart dude that lives in a cave and will only answer are questions in mind imploding riddles?" Leo asks well taking in are surroundings.
"They should have a library, we could start there. Others can talk to civilians that are demigods and find out if they know anything." I tell them as I search the island's map, looking for the library.
"What do we ask them? Do we just be like "Hey were demigods like you and were on this crazy quest, which is one of the things you people were trying to avoid by living here, and was wondering if you know some creepy guy that can give us the answers?" Leo asks.
"No, just ask them if they know of anybody that has some knowledge of prophecies, politely." I tell him with a roll of my eyes.
"Alright so this means we have to split up, Frank, Leo, Jason and Hazel you guys ask around see if you can figure out why the prophecy led us here. Me, Annabeth, Grover and Nico will go to the library and find anything we can." Percy says taking command and shocking me by sending himself to the library, he hates books. Something is up.
Percy's POV
I make sure everybody knows that we are meeting up at the small restaurant across the street at five. Me, Nico and Grover follow Annabeth towards a large very old looking, building.
Once we are inside Annabeth starts digging around for books that talk about prophecies and Gaia. There were plenty. I try to ignore the other pile of books Annabeth had grabbed that talked about the strongest demigod. There was no way in Hades I was going any where near them, it would just be too freaky reading about me or thing people assumed I would be able to do.
I plead to Aphrodite that my plan will work and I can get Annabeth alone at some point. Grover puts back books after we had flipped through them sense he kept trying to resist the urge to eat them. Nico goes through the pile about Gaia, I did through the prophecy pile and Annabeth looks though the 'me' pile. It was bugging me because it felt like she was taking way to long with each book. Was she doing some reading on me? Trying to find weakness that I didn't even know about? I shake the thought off. Annabeth more than likely had nothing to do with what happened to me, I have to stop thinking like that.
After a while Nico wonders off to find the source of that munching noise, or really the sounds of pages being ripped then chewed. Now was my chance.
"Annabeth, you didn't tell Malcolm or Connor about me did you? It's just that you were the only one that knew of anything and they suddenly just found out….I-I don't know I just want an answer." I say quickly not meeting her eyes.
"Percy, I would never do that to you. Please tell me that isn't why you broke up with me. What would make you even believe I would do that to you?" I hear her voice crack and look up, tears run down her cheeks; there is desperation in those grey eyes.
"I didn't want to believe it but after everything that happened it didn't seem unlikely a-and…he said he asked you and you just spilled everything…he rubbed it in my face, said that are whole relationship was an act. I-I didn't know what to believe. It added up with Malcolm being you deputy counselor and you saw Connor a whole lot more than I did, why wouldn't you tell them?" I ask aloud tears now filling my eyes as the pain that I had carefully locked away started seeping out of the cracks.
"I wouldn't tell them Percy; because I cared…I care too much about you. It may have been your secret but it felt like my secret to." She says her eyes on the book in front of her as more tears fell from her eyes.
"I'm sorry I didn't talk to you first before just cutting all things off."
"That is the reason you didn't come back to camp isn't it? To avoid me."
"Sort of, I also didn't go to camp though because I felt like everybody was out to get me. Like at any moment the entire camp would turn against me and start shooting poison darts into me, cutting me, digging their knives into me and laugh while I bleed. Taunt me; tell me nobody really cares, not the gods, not my friends, nobody, that they are only using me. They would go on then telling me very detailed ways they would very slowly kill anybody that did still care for me….." I cut off when I feel her warm hand in mine.
"Did they really do that stuff to you?" shocking me and her, I laugh.
"Oh Annabeth, that wasn't all because afterwards they cut me to the point a normal person would have died, they would give me nectar and do it again and again." I press my lips together, trying to stop my self from crying out. I have not had a breakdown like this in months.
Shocking me Annabeth lets go of my hand and moves closer. I stare at her lips, knowing what I wanted, missing it so badly, just to feel her lips against mine one more time…
Are lips meet, which made the first move I couldn't tell you. But this kiss was so different from all of our other kisses; this kiss was filled with so much emotion. It was like feeling every emotion at once; this kiss was filled with passion.
A guy dying of what sounds like choking and another cracking up, is all that stops us. I mentally groan when I realize it is just Grover and Nico.
Jason's POV
Walking around the island was interesting. You could tell that almost everybody were decedents of gods. It shocked me to see both Roman and Greek demigods socializing peacefully. Aphrodite descendents, talking happily to Athena descendants and even Ares children and Aphrodite children married pushing strollers.
Everybody we ask, ignore us or yell at us for even bringing up such horrid things in front of their children or in one case their mother.
"Guys its four-thirty. Nobody is going to say anything. This island is too jacked up on the drug of to much peace, to EVEN HELP THEIR OWN KIND!" Leo says loud enough to have almost the entire block to look at us.
"Let's get out of here before one of them decides to come out of peace land and remember their training." Frank says looking around at all the people that were still just looking at us, or really glaring at us. What was wrong with these people?
We start to walk away, when a middle aged guy pulls us aside.
"You looking for the man that knows of the prophecies?"
"Yes…" Hazel hesitates afraid he will start beating one of us with his shoe or something.
"You won't find him down here. The others hate him. He reminds them to much of their past, of what they tried to leave behind. But everybody knows you can't avoid the fates forever. You will only find him, up in the mountains, he and his brother control everything that goes on here so I suggest you be careful what you say to him. He will only let you in if he thinks you are worth the time and only if you arrive just after twilight. He has always hated Apollo. Oh and be sure to avoid his brother, he isn't right in the head and make sure you bring some duct tape for that ones mouth, he isn't right in the head either!" He points at Leo before wondering off.
"I told you guys', creepy old guys!" Leo grumbles before shooting a glare at our umm guide?
We ignore the civilians and take off to tell the others. I couldn't help but feel that there were eyes on us all the time.
Alright I just wanted to give you guys a fair warning that I might not be able to update tomorrow because I will not be at a computer for most of the day. But I will try. Please review guys! I love hearing from you guys! Your comments are what make me update!