Thank you guys so much for your WONDERFUL reviews! We broke 800! YESSSSS! I have a feeling we are gonna break 1000 pretty soon…

Anyway, school volleyball ended (sadly) but I just had my killer try-outs for club volleyball and started basketball today! I'll be a busy girl for now on! But don't worry, I'll always find the time to update :)

Moi LIKE A BOSS said: Hey is annabeths ability see- in -the -dark or something? Can u plz reply i wanna know the answer. Or or or is her ability to know things a min b4 they happen or something,?! NO, no seeing in the dark. As for the second one, not really… getting hotter though.

Guest said: How about she doesn't have a pulse...like she will live forever? Oh that's a cool one! But, sadly, no.

Katypjo said: I've never read the maximum ride series but i hear alot about them .. do you recommend i buy them yeah? YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!

Posiden300 said: is her abilaty to be able to distract someone by kissing them Hahahaha no… it would be funny if it was though!

Livelaugh said: is annabeths abbility to control people with mind power Nope!

Go percabeth said: Is annabeth's ability astral projection? What is junipers power? Well I have no idea what that is so I'm just gonna say no… Juniper's power is comin! Don't worry!

Megaplayer49 said: Is annabeth's power able to predict future or stop time Nope nope nope

"Good morning Percy." Chiron greeted.

"Good morning." I replied.

I walked into the Combat room during my break, following Mr. Sedel's orders. Apparently for the next hour Chiron would somehow help me learn to "control" my water ability. It was late afternoon and downright cold outside. I was happy to be in the heated building.

"How are you feeling today?" Chiron asked, not looking up from his desk.

His question was kind of odd; not many people ask me how I'm feeling. I looked his way. He looked up from his desk, waiting for an answer. He was dead serious.

"Good…" I answered slowly.

"Nothing bad happened?" Chiron questioned "Nothing confusing you? Troubling you?"

I paused to think. "Not that I know of…"

"Good," he answered, standing," Then we should have a pretty easy time."

"Why would we have a hard time?" I asked.

Chiron grabbed a jacket off his chair and motion for me to follow him out the door.

"How did you find out about your second ability?" Chiron asked, ignoring my question entirely.

I had to speed walk next to him to keep up with his pace as he walked through the halls.

"I was mad and the water created a giant wave." I replied simply. I didn't really want to talk to Chiron about my friendship issues with Annabeth.

"And you don't remember how you did it do you?"

"No."

He opened the front door and walked out into the frigid winter air.

"You don't remember because your mind was clouded with anger," Chiron explained," If you weren't caught up in your personal issues, you would have been thinking about what you were doing so you could do it again."

I thought about it for a second.

"How are you going to make me remember?" I asked.

Chiron smiled.

"Whatever it takes." he answered simply.

I swallowed. An image of Chiron picking me up and smashing me on the ground ran through my head.

"Why is my second ability important anyway?" I asked "I mean like, it's just a second ability."

Chiron looked over at me.

"Just a second ability?" Chiron exclaimed "Percy, I don't think you understand the importance of your abilities. Your first ability is reflexes, which is great just by itself. Most people don't get an ability as useful as that, and it has no side effect, which is extremely lucky. But to add to all of that, you have two abilities, which has only been found once before. And to add to all of that, the second ability is an element ability, which is also extremely rare. Percy, you have no idea how extremely important you are."

I looked down at the path, embarrassed. Everyone had been telling me how important I was, how lucky I was, and I every time it just made me feel bad. Apparently I was so lucky, but I didn't feel lucky. I just felt like me.

"Ok," I answered," I get it now, but where are we going?"

"I believe you've been there before," Chiron answered, looking ahead, "The beach."

My eyes widened, shocked.

"How did you know I've been there?!"

"Percy, Goode has many eyes. We know more than you think." he replied solemnly.

I looked down at the ground. Sure enough we were on the pathway to the beach.

I wondered what else Goode knew about my life. Could they know about the files? Or our trip to the island? Or even our trip to Mr. Sedel's office last night?

I smiled as I thought about last night. Annabeth and I had had a lot of fun watching Miss Congeniality, but I only lasted halfway through the movie. Annabeth was gone when I woke up in the morning.

We arrived at the beach quicker than when I was with Annabeth thanks to Chiron's quick pace. The smell of freshwater was overpowering. It was cold though, not the ideal day to go swimming. I promised myself to do my hardest not to get myself wet.

Chiron motioned me to the surf. I walked over quickly.

"You were here weren't you?" Chiron asked me.

"What do you mean?"

"When you first discovered your ability." Chiron explained.

I nodded. I had no idea how much he knew, and I didn't want to lie.

"How were you standing?"

I turned and faced away from the water.

"Now revisit your emotions," he instructed.

I closed my eyes, doing as I was told. I ran through the events of the day in my mind. First, seeing how Mr. Jones treated Annabeth. Afterward I felt extremely angry at Mr. Jones, and also confused at why he would do something like that. Then Annabeth and I went to the beach and talked. My anger was dying down as we continued talking. But when Annabeth mentioned how lucky I was with my ability it just completely set me off. I was sick and tired of people telling me how lucky I was. I mean like, it doesn't feel like something to be lucky about. It just feels like a curse! Everyone telling me how lucky I am, how I should feel so lucky, well I don't feel lucky at all. All the attention just feels like a curse and-

"Percy! STOP!"

I heard a giant splash behind me. I turned to see sopping wet Chiron standing by the surf.

"What happened?" I asked, confused.

"Your ability," Chiron answered, growling through his teeth. He clearly holding back his anger.

"Next time I'm bringing towels."

Whispering.

That's all I could hear when I walked down the halls after my 'lesson' with Chiron. People were huddled in groups at the lockers, whispering and pointing at me. No one dared to speak in their regular voice.

At first I thought it was weird, but I dismissed it at the first hall. I thought it was probably just a few people being a little weird. Then I turned the corner to the second hall. It had more people in it, all huddling and whispering. I knew something was wrong. No one said anything to me. When I looked at someone they would just look away quickly. At the third hall I started feeling uncomfortable. Here at the sixth I was starting to get seriously ticked.

"Percy! Percy!"

I turned around toward my name. Annabeth came running down the hall after me, starting up more whispers from our peers. She did not have a happy look on her face.

She grabbed my arm and yanked me forward toward the door. Annabeth roughly pushed the door open and dragged me behind her. Everyone in the courtyard saw us and scattered. In less than 10 seconds the entire courtyard was empty.

"Percy," Annabeth hissed, turning to face me,"Do you know what's happening?"

"No!" I answered "Why is everyone whispering around me?!"

"Percy," Annabeth looked seriously into my eyes ,"Everyone. Knows."

"Everyone knows what?" I insisted.

Annabeth looked around cautiously. She leaned in.

"Your ability Percy. Everyone knows you have two."

"How did this happen?!"I exclaimed as I paced on the beach.

Annabeth sat in the sand a few feet away, watching me, trying her best to calm me down.

"Someone must have told." Annabeth replied in a soothing voice. It didn't work.

I stopped and faced her. "Did you tell?" I asked harshly.

Her face showed a hurt expression. "Of course not! Why would I do that?"

I just kept pacing angrily.

"I- I don't know!" I stormed.

I never remembered feeling this angry.

Ever.

Even when I watched kids being bullied in my other schools. Even when my mom's old boyfriend yelled at me. Heck, even when my mom told me my dad left on purpose. But of course I never had real friends to betray me either.

"Percy, did you tell anyone else?" Annabeth asked.

"No!" I exclaimed "It was just between you, me, Thalia, Nico, Juniper, and Grover! One of them must have told!"

Annabeth sighed.

"Maybe none of them told." she suggested.

I stopped pacing.

"How!?" I demanded.

"You had you first lesson with Chiron today, right? Maybe someone saw and told everyone."

"Who the heck would see?!" I yelled "We were at the beach! No one else goes here!"

Annabeth looked down a bit uncomfortably, obviously startled by my behavior. Honestly, I didn't care right then.

"It was just a theory," she replied quietly.

I huffed.

"Well then maybe you should stop stating your theories, because obviously, they're wrong." I suggested harshly.

I hadn't realized what I had said until the words left my mouth. Even in my angry state I regretted them immediately.

Annabeth jumped to her feet.

"Well then maybe you should think about coming up with ideas by yourself!" she yelled at me "I'm tired of trying to be a friend to a self-centered jerk!" she turned to walk away.

Deep down, that stung. But my mind was clouded with anger and I pushed my feelings aside.

"You're calling me the self-centered one?" I retorted "I think you're forgetting who's too caught up in their own little past to even trust their friends!"

Annabeth stopped and turned on her heel. She stormed back over to me.

"If you were trustworthy, you wouldn't even have to know!" she shouted in my face "But you're a coward! You run from things you can't change!"

"Oh, and what can I not change?" I snapped.

"Me!" she exclaimed. Angry tears were forming in the corners of her eyes.

"Well you wouldn't have to change if you'd just tell me your damn ability!"

"You have no idea!" she yelled, her tears falling "You have no idea why I can't tell you! You have no idea what I go through every day for that stupid ability! All you ever do is push me and push me and push me! Did you even get the memo that maybe I have a reason I don't want to tell you?!"

We stood there, staring at each other in silence. The tears streaming down her face made my heart ache, but it hurt even more because I knew they were because of me. I'd never thought she'd have a reason. I always thought she was just being hard-headed.

My anger was decreasing rapidly. I no longer wanted to fight with Annabeth. It just felt as though all my energy had been drained, like after an intense work-out.

"Well did you?!" she repeated harshly, looking me in the eyes.

"No." I whispered. It was the truth.

She shook her head at me and harshly wiped the tears from her eyes with her sleeve. With one last glare she turned and walked away. Neither of us wanted to fight anymore.

I watched her as she walked down the beach away from me. Her silhouette stood out on the colorful sunset. It was beautiful; defiantly picture worthy. But my heart ached too much to care.

"Annabeth," I whispered' "please come back."

I had taken my time walking back, so it was dark outside. I shut the door to my cabin and leaned back against it. I had pretty much just made the love of my life hate me in one afternoon. I was crushed.

I sauntered over to my bed and collapsed on it.

"Why did you have to snap?" I grumbled into my pillow.

I needed something intricate to get my mind off of things.

Slowly forcing myself into a stance, I walked over to my desk. I fell into my chair heavily, not really caring anymore. I opened the drawer and was shocked.

Every single one of the files was gone, except for one. I picked it up and read the front. My eyes grew to the size of saucers.

CONFIDENTIAL

Personal File of:

ANNABETH CHASE

AHHHHHHH IT HAS HER ABILITY AND PAST AND EVERYTHING AHHHHHHHHH! Is he gonna open it? You'll just have to find out… I'm so evil :)

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