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Well okay, so this is kind of a rushed update, sorry! I really wanted to get this chapter out there and update (even though it sucks) but I don't know you guys might like it. I challenged myself to write a chapter in 1 day, AND I DID IT! I'm so proud of myself! It sucks, but hey, I did it!

But now my time is running out because it took me 6 whole hours….

Anyway, I've been at home for an entire week because of the flu. I MISS CIVILIZATION! I'M LITERALLY GOING INSANE! I had a bad case of the flu but I'm slowly beginning to get better :) YAY!

Anyway, here is the chapter, I hope you like it!

"Mr. Jackson?" The teacher asked, "Exoskeletons are made of what?"

I slowly looked up from Annabeth's blonde curls in front of me and stared blankly at the teacher. I was supposed to know this stuff? We learned it today! I hate it when teachers do this. They call it a 'review' of what we learned today in class then ask kids who paid no attention at all the hard questions just to get them to pay attention next time. But it never works, so it's pretty much cruelty.

But anyway, I was put on the spot and had to answer before I publicly humiliated myself in front of people who were just starting to actually not be afraid of me anymore.

Ummmmmm…

Keratin? Chitne? Rock? Bone?

DING!

Saved by the bell.

I grabbed all my stuff off the desk and stood up, following the crowd out the door into the hallway.

"It was chitin genius," I heard someone call out behind me.

I turned as Annabeth went it her locker.

I rolled my eyes and threw my stuff into my locker like I didn't care. Because truthfully, I didn't.

"Shut up know-it-all."

Annabeth laughed, "At least I know something."

Challenge accepted. I closed my locker door and leaned on the lockers beside hers.

"I'm pretty sure I know something," I taunted, "I know everyone's started to stop being deathly afraid of me."

Annabeth closed her locker and looked over at me. She playfully raised an eyebrow, a smile playing on her lips.

"Percy, everyone around your locker is huddled over there in a corner waiting for you to leave."

Sure enough the groups of kids with the lockers around mine were in the corner whispering and talking, eyeing me every so often.

"That's not knowing something, " Annabeth continued, "That's just not being completely oblivious."

I put an arm around her and urged her forward, walking down the hallway.

"You're crazy," I declared.

"Not crazy, genius," she pointed out, "It's commonly mistaken."

I chuckled.

"Where are we for Social and Environmental today?" I asked.

Annabeth placed her head on my shoulder as we turned a corner.

"Thalia wanted to meet in her cabin, but if we couldn't she said we could all talk at lunch."

I kissed the top of her head as we turned a corner," I say we can't."

A body slammed into my shoulder with so much force it almost sent me toppling over. I staggered backwards, letting go of Annabeth.

"Watch were you're going Jackson," I heard someone growl.

Luke.

I straightened up, glaring at him. He was the kind of guy that would get me expelled at my last schools trying to bully me, but I wasn't putting up with him here.

Luke glared at me back, a long scar running down his face. He was a little bulkier than me, but with my reflexes I could take him. Both of our fists were clenched, not a word spoken, tension hanging in the air like the plague. If he wanted a fight, he could have one.

"Percy," Annabeth said sternly, touching my arm.

"I've heard you've got two abilities now, Jackson," Luke spat.

I glared at him, ignoring Annabeth, "You got that right."

"And now I suppose you think you're king of the hill, huh?" he challenged dangerously.

"Luke," Annabeth warned.

"What's wrong sweetheart?" he asked, looking over at her, "You don't think your little boyfriend could take me?"

"Back off," I growled in his face. Anger boiled inside of me.

Luke turned back to me, face filled with amusement.

"Make me," he whispered.

For the second time today I was harshly pushed backwards onto the ground. I hit the ground with a thud and accidentally knocked my head on the hard floor. Never before had I fully appreciated the softness of carpet.

Ignoring the pounding pain in the back of my head, I sat up and looked for the source that caused my fall.

Where Luke and I had once stood was Annabeth, looking between Luke on the ground on the other side and me. Luke looked up at Annabeth, just as confused as I was. Annabeth walked over and took my arm, urging me to stand. I got unsteadily to my feet, trying to understand why my girlfriend just pushed me to the ground.

"Get lost Luke," Annabeth added dangerously before pulling me down the hallway after her.

"What was that for?" I asked after we were out of earshot.

"You were going to hit him," Annabeth hissed.

"Well, yeah," I replied, "He deserved it."

She ignored me and kept walking.

"Annabeth-"

She stopped abruptly and turned to me.

"Percy, you need to learn to keep your cool," she hissed, "I don't know what you ever did to Luke, but he makes it clear he doesn't like you very much. And the last person who crossed Luke, Sam, was taken away by Legacies, " she looked me in the eye, "I can't let that happen to you. Everything I've ever loved in my life has been taken away from me. You are not going to be one of them."

She turned on her heel and stalked down the hallway.

I ran after her and grabbed her arm, spinning her back towards me, and slammed my lips to hers.

I pulled away after a moment, putting my hands on Annabeth's waist. Her breathing slowed and her eyes remained shut. I rested my forehead on hers.

"I promise you Annabeth, "I whispered, "I'm not going anywhere."

I flipped my sword Riptide around in the air before Combat. I hadn't gotten it out in what seemed like a long time, so I came from lunch early to play around with it. I was amazed with how light it seemed to me; it was like an extension to my arm. Waving it around didn't feel awkward anymore. Never before in my life had I ever imagined myself actually knowing how to use a celestial bronze sword, much less being good at it.

"Good afternoon Percy," I heard behind me.

I turned to see Chiron as he walked through the door.

"I see you have gotten out your sword again," he noted, putting all of his belongings on his desk and walking over.

He took the sword from me and into his hands. He weighed it and inspected it.

"I almost forgot you have this sword," he admitted, "Would you like to know something cool about it?"

"What?" I asked, curious.

"You can take this anywhere you go," he answered.

"They don't allow weapons into the school," I pointed out, confused, "And it would be tiring to lug around everywhere."

Chiron laughed, "Well my boy, there's a trick to it!"

He turned Riptide in his hands so he held the hilt. He held it there for a moment, nothing happening. I started to wonder if he was just joking with me and he just wanted me to literally carry it around with me everywhere. It sounded like something Chiron would do. He has a weird sense of humor.

I jumped back in surprise as my long celestial bronze sword instantly shrank into a small ballpoint pen.

I gaped at Chiron.

"W-what?" I stuttered, "How?"

Chiron laughed and clicked the pen. It immediately transformed into a 3 foot sword again. He handed it back to me as some of my classmates came through the door.

"It's just something to think about."

I slammed my locker door shut and walked over to Annabeth's locker, where she was putting her stuff away.

"Can I walk you to your next class?" I asked.

She turned to me and smiled, "Sure. I need to talk to you anyway," she closed her locker, "The Science Building it is."

"Good," I replied, beginning to walk, "The farthest away. I need to tell you something, Annabeth."

She looked over at me, worry etched on her face.

"What is it?" she asked.

I opened the door for her and we walked out into the cold, winter air.

"After we got in a fight and I came back to my cabin, right before you went to Mark's," I said as Annabeth winced," I know," I slipped her hand in mine, "But as you know, I found your file. But the thing is, it was the only file. All of the others were missing."

Annabeth looked up at me, confused.

"Were they back the next day?" she asked.

"Yeah," I answered, "Every single one of them. And I can't find your file anymore. Annabeth, I think someone is placing the files in my desk based on what they want me to know."

I looked down at Annabeth, her eyes once again swirling with confusion, trying to piece the puzzle together.

"Why?" Annabeth asked "Why would someone want those files in your desk?"

"And who," I added, "I always lock my cabin. Someone the only other people who have a key is the school, and they wouldn't want me to have school files."

Annabeth nodded and reached up to rub her temples.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

She shook her head, dismissing it.

"Just trying to put everything together," she explained, "I don't know what all this is Percy, all this Goode secrets and Daedalus and Legacy stuff. It all seems like it should come together as one big picture, but I can't put it together. It's all just scattered, irrelevant stuff that's somehow supposed to answer a big question. Frankly it's giving me a headache."

I smiled down at her and kissed her temple.

"I'm sorry; we'll figure everything out together," I assured her, "You, me, Thalia, Grover, Nico, and Juniper."

She smiled up at me, making my heart flutter.

"Oh!" she exclaimed, "I also told Nico and Grover my ability."

I chuckled," And how did that go over?"

She laughed nervously," It was definitely interesting. You have no idea how many times I had to explain to Nico that it was not like having a period."

I laughed and pulled her closer.

"I think we all have something to discuss," I announced.

Everyone looked up from their dinner. We had all come in my cabin that night to eat dinner and catch up on a few things. But as soon as we got there, an unspoken topic hung over our heads.

"What is it?" Nico asked innocently.

I looked at over Annabeth for backup.

"Guys," Annabeth began, "Someone had to tell our peers about Percy's second ability."

Thalia choked on her food, "And you think one of us did it?"

I looked down at my untouched dinner, "Well, you're the only people I told…"

"Percy!" Grover exclaimed "None of us would ever do that!"

"Then who did?" I asked.

Silence.

I looked over at Annabeth. She shrugged. I wanted to believe these guys; they were the only best friends I'd ever had. But how did everyone know my ability? Someone must have told.

"Maybe someone saw you practicing with Chiron," Juniper suggested.

I stopped. Now that was an idea.

"Yeah!" Annabeth agreed, "Percy, you had practice with Chiron that day! Maybe someone else was there on the beach."

"But who would be spying on Percy?" Nico asked.

A memory popped into my head.

"Mr. Sedel pulled me out of class a while ago," I explained, "He told me to be careful; if the wrong people knew my ability they would use it against me."

"But who is 'the wrong hands'?" Thalia asked.

"Well, everyone keeps talking about Daedalus," Juniper suggested.

"But he's dead," I pointed out, "He-"

"We don't know that."

Everyone stopped dead in their tracks. I looked over incredulously at Annabeth, who had just spoken.

"What?" I asked.

She took in a breath.

"We don't know that," she repeated, "We assume the Legacies killed Daedalus, but we don't know that. All we know is that they 'did away' with him, along with all the other kids they took," she looked at all of us, "I've been thinking a lot lately, about Daedalus and the Legacies, and something crazy came to my mind. And the more I look at, the more evidence I find to prove it."

"Well, what is it?" I asked.

She sighed and looked down, closing her eyes.

"What if… what if the Legacies are bad?"

…. just let that sink in for a moment ….

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