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Please read the a/n at the end it's important

Chapter 7

Percy pov

I was walking around the camp because I was bored and I had nothing better to do. I had breakfast 2 hours ago, and the most productive thing I have done since then is to use my powers to make the shape of a dragon out of water. Yeah, I'm really bored. I wasn't walking in any particular direction, but I found myself at the training grounds, and there were a few dummies already set up. Why not? I wondered, and I pulled out riptide, and started training, slicing and cutting the dummies heads off. Brutal, I know, but that's just how it is. I worked up a nice sweat and then drank some water.

Later I was walking around trying to think of something else to do when Bryan walked up to me.

"Hey bro, you want to spar?" he asked

"Why not?" I asked

"Alright."

He walked to the other side of the arena once we got there, and got into his fighting stance.

"Also, don't go easy on me," he said
I shrugged, "Okay"

We started fighting, block, strike, parry, side-step, it all became a rhythm. We really started to feel it, everything blurring together. My arm ached, but it was worth it, This was one of those great feelings in the world.

Suddenly, I felt something behind me. I heard a sword. I turned and saw Jason.

'Ah screw it, why the hell not?' I thought

I started fighting both of them at the same time. It was hard, and I was losing my stamina. I was about to turn to keep fighting when Bryan put his sword up against my neck, and I knew the fight was over. I closed riptide, and Jason and Bryan put their swords away.

"Wanna go get lunch?" Jason asked

I looked at Bryan, then I said, "Let's call Nico."

We went to a pizza place after letting Chiron know where we were going. He seemed to disagree originally, but caved and let us go. We got a meat-lovers pizza, and we all ate for a bit in silence. Then we started a conversation about how frogs and pigs are similar. How we got there, I have no idea, but I did know that I loved these guys and would do anything for him, and nothing would change that.


The next day I was walking around trying to get rid of the blinding headache I had gotten. This happens to me randomly once a month, and It's been happening since I left for the quest, which was...three months ago? I think so. Anyway, I was just going along just strolling, randomly slamming my head into a tree, you know, completely natural. I heard footsteps behind me. They sounded slow and erratic like someone was following me and trying not to let me hear them, though they were failing miserably. Not to give them any hint that I knew they were there, I kept walking as I was. Then I stopped and leaned against a tree, staring off over the lake. I heard the footsteps stop, and I figured out where this person was hiding. All that was left was to get them out, that's where the fun begins.

Annabeth POv

What? Sure, I've been following Percy, but can you really blame me? I'm a little worried about him. Sure I haven't really seen him act too different then he did before, other than that giant, but I just don't know. It's a gut feeling. I mean, he's slamming his head into a tree. Lost in my thoughts, I lost concentration and stopped walking as quietly as I would have liked. When I realized I quickly returned to walking quietly as I can. Luckily that seaweed brain didn't notice.

After a while, Percy stopped and leaned against a tree, staring out over the water. He seemed to be thinking about something. I felt something behind me, and I turned quietly, but I didn't see anything, so I turned again. I was hiding behind a tree, trying to see what Percy was doing without giving away my location. Then I felt something wet around both my feet and I saw water puddling around both my feet and they pushed me out into the open.

Damn you, Percy! Turns out he did know that someone was following him. Crap, he got me there. He was looking toward me with that smirk on his face. I so wanted to slap it off his face and kiss him right there. Gods, I shouldn't be thinking like this.

"I'm disappointed Annabeth," he said while laughing slightly, "I thought you were better at sneaking up on people. I figured it out like 5 minutes before I stopped walking."

I blushed slightly, but forced it down and mock-glared at him.

"Percy, you aren't funny. Stop trying to be clever," I said, trying to walk toward him, then realizing my feet are being held in place by the water. "Also, let me go please."

He grinned, and the water dropped away.

"So, why are you following me, exactly?" he asked

"Honestly, I really don't know, I just wanted to talk and I thought it would be fun to sneak up on you," I said

He shrugged, then motioned for me to follow him. "Come on then, let's talk."

We walked for a little bit, talking about how the last year was, and we didn't even realize we had walked out of camp boundaries and were just in the forest. We heard a rustling from around us. We both looked around.

"Annabeth, why are we here?" he asked. He didn't need to clarify. We were at least 200 feet away from the entrance of the camp.

"I have no clue, let's get back," I said, and we turned around and headed back toward camp.

As we were half-way there, the rustling continued. I looked to the side, then continued looking forward, and if Percy hadn't been as fast as he is, I would have died. Just as the hellhound jumped behind me and I turned in shock, Percy jumped in front of me, opening Riptide and stabbing the hellhound at the same time. Riptide extended into the hellhounds stomach. It blasted into dust.

I stared at Percy in shock, but as he turned toward me, I noticed something off. He was awfully pale. Then I looked at his hand clutching his chest, his face contorted with pain. I saw blood pouring into that hard, where those Hellhound claws had pierced his chest, and I watched in horror, as Percy Jackson fell to the ground, blood pooling around his body.

Yikes, it's been what, a month? God, I'm so sorry. My next chapter will hopefully be out soon.

So, an important note. First off, hope all yall are safe right now, make sure you are staying clean, wash your hands, yeah. Anyway, since I have like 3-5 chapters left in this story I'm going to start the vote for what I do after this. I have two things I'm leaning towards. Either I rewrite my old story 'sometimes the pain is worth it' which I do want to do, or I make a chaos story. I kinda wanna do the rewrite, but yall decide. Review or PM what you want.

PEACE OUT