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Ok, so the memo and Thalico, I was up all night last night looking at the reasons you guys gave me and I came to my solution. If you're reading this story you're reading it for PERCABETH, not Thalico.

Percy's POV

I jumped out of the pool laughing. Annabeth was under the water looking for me.

I laughed to myself.

I waited for her to surface. I could see her silhouette in the water. She was pretty deep down. I watched her figure move around in one area.

I looked at the clock on the wall. She'd been under for 30 seconds.

She had to surface soon.

I looked down again. Her figure stopped moving as fast.

I watched curiously as she stopped.

I checked the time again.

1 minute.

She'd been under for a full minute. She had to surface.

I watched as her body stopped moving completely. I realized what was happening.

I dove in the water. As soon as the water engulfed me I felt and urge of strength wash through me. I could see clearly now.

Annabeth's little ankle thingy was stuck on a hook.

She was entirely unconscious.

I swam over and wrapped an arm around her waist. I shot upward with a powerful kick and the string broke.

Annabeth and I surfaced. I pulled her up out of the pool and onto the cement. I rolled her onto her back.

"Annabeth" I said.

I brushed her hair from her face and put my ear to her mouth. She was barely breathing.

I was panicking now.

I brought my hand to her wrist to check her pulse. Her hand caught my wrist. She shot up in sitting position with a gasp.

"Annabeth" I said, attempting to calm her.

She shivered and panted uncontrollably as she looked around the room. I grabbed a towel off a nearby chair and put it over her shoulders.

"Annabeth." I rubbed her arm," You're fine"

She finally looked into my eyes. They were filled with horror and….

Wait.

Was that a wince?

"Annabeth, are you in pain?" I asked her seriously.

She shook her head. I wasn't convinced.

"Come on," I said standing up, "Let's get you back to your cabin."

She didn't refuse.

I slipped on my shirt that was left on the chair then helped Annabeth up. I kept one arm around her shoulders as we walked out the building. I lead her down the sidewalks in silence.

When we got to her cabin I lead her to the front door.

"Are you sure you're ok?" I asked her with concern in my voice.

"I'm fine" she assured me in a shaky voice.

"I'm fine" she repeated.

"Ok" I said.

"Come back to class when you feel better." I told her.

I turned around to walk away when she stopped me.

"Percy?"

"Yes?"

She walked up and hugged me around my waist. I was momentarily stunned, then returned the hug.

She stepped away.

"Thank you." She said, looking into my eye.

"No problem." I said.

We stood there for a moment or two. She finally smiled as she turned around and went inside.

"Let me get this straight," Nico said as we walked to Combat for last period," You let Annabeth Chase almost drown!"

"I saved her!" I defended myself, "And don't refer to her as Annabeth Chase. She doesn't like all the attention she gets by being popular."

Grover raised his eyebrows at me.

"Oh, and did she tell you that?" he mocked.

"She did." I answered matter-of-factly.

Nico threw his arm over my shoulder.

"Well if you're going to be best friends with Miss Popular you might want to introduce us to her."

I ignored him as I opened the door to the Combat building.

"So Grover, we never hear you talk about your time with Juniper. How is it?" I asked.

"She's cool." he answered.

"Cool huh?" Nico teased.

"Yeah," Grover answered, "Cool."

I opened the door to the Combat room and walked in. Annabeth was sitting around with everyone, laughing and chatting as if nothing had ever happened.

Nico gave me a confused look.

"You sure she almost drowned?" he asked me.

I glared at him.

"Just making sure." He said.

I walked over to the group. Annabeth jumped as I sat down next to her. She looked at me and smiled. But her eyes gave a whole different message.

Please don't tell was written all over them.

I nodded at her.

Her eyes filled with thanks.

Our eye contact broke as Chiron walked in the room. He carried a large wooden chest to the front of the room. He dropped it on the ground with a large THUMP. He undid the locks on the front. The whole class anxiously watched. He opened the chest and pulled something out. The scrape of metal on metal was heard as he pulled a sword out of the chest and held it up.

"What is this?" he asked us.

"A sword." Will answered.

"A sword." He agreed,"And what do we use it for?"

"Defense"

"Offense"

"Killing"

"Maiming"

"Protection"

"Correct Miss Chase, protection. You use a sword to protect yourself and others," he swung the sword around like a pro," Everyone except for Percy I know has had minimal experience with swords."

He walked around as he talked.

"You might think the sword is a very ancient way of protecting yourself, but here at Goode we believe it is very essential. We will go back and forth between combat and sword fighting for now on. The first thing you need to do is find the sword that fits you."

He pointed at the chest.

"Find one that fits right."

Everyone got up and swarmed around the chest. Everyone seemed to pick the right one for them out of the chest.

I took out one at a time, but none of the ones I got worked. I finally decided to ask for help.

"Annabeth." I whispered in her ear.

She jumped and swung around, her knife at my throat.

"Geez, it's just me!" I exclaimed.

She huffed at me and took her knife away. I rubbed my throat cautiously.

"Don't sneak up on me." She warned.

"Where did you get the knife?" I asked.

"I can fight with both." she explained" Chiron said it would be good if I practiced with both."

"At once?" I asked.

"Yeah" she said sarcastically," At once."

"Sorry" I held my hands up in surrender," I just wanted to ask how to find the right sword."

Her eyebrows scrunched up.

"You can't find one?" she asked disbelievingly.

"No" I answered.

She stepped back and studied me. I just stared at her awkwardly. She twisted around.

"Chiron?" she asked.

"Yes Annabeth?" he answered.

She pointed to a closet on the far side of the room.

"Can I?" she asked.

He nodded.

I followed her to the other side of the room. She opened the door and opened it. Inside it was dark. Annabeth walked in and I followed.

I heard Annabeth jump as the door closed and everything went pitch black.

"Why did you close the door?" Annabeth hissed.

"I-"

"We're locked in now!" she exclaimed.

"Oops." I said innocently.

"Oops! Percy! You locked us in a weapons closet." Annabeth hissed at me.

"Then don't knock anything over." I suggested.

Annabeth sighed.

I heard her slump against a wall and slide to the floor. I felt for the wall and sat down next to her.

"What did we come in here for?" I asked.

I felt Annabeth reach around me. She hovered over my lap for a moment as she grabbed something. She went back and placed something long and heavy in my hands.

"A sword?" I asked.

"Very good. It's a special sword. Named and everything, like mine. Does it feel right?" she asked.

I twisted it around in my hand and weighed it. It felt like an extension to my arm.

"Yeah." I answered.

"It's name in Riptide" Annabeth put on her serious voice," I will warn you beforehand Percy"

"Yes?" I urged.

"It's had a long and tragic life." She answered.

"What does that mean?" I asked.

"Supposedly Riptide was owned by Daedalus." she said.

"Ok."

"Ok? You're fine with that?" she asked unbelievably.

"Yeah"

She laughed.

"Ok!" she said.

We both snapped our heads to the door as it opened. Travis was standing there smirking at us.

"Needed some alone time huh?"

Travis found them...

So anyway, guys, I probably won't be updating as often for the next 3 months. I always use the laptops at school to type with because we only have an Ipad at home and I swear I can't write 1 SENTENCE on that thing. But school is ending and summer is approaching and I have to use it! But it sucks! So I hope I'll be able to update maybe once more before the end of the school. Maybe. Exams are soooo close! I hope to update in the summer, but bear with me!

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