*next update might take a year, just sayin. Btw TOA never happened in this story.*
*also yes ik it sucks ill come back and edit (maybe) if i ever git gud. Ok imma not bore you guys.*
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Chapter 1: Beginning of The End
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I had just finished training and was ready to go to my cabin take a shower and sleep. Summer was on the horizon and the air was getting hotter and hotter everyday. It was getting dark and horn will be probably be blown soon. So I had to get going. If it was still daytime I would have probably just went to the lake and sit by it, or just take a swim. It kept my mind off things, just like how training did it. Water always helped me clear and calm my mind.
So here I am, on my way to Cabin 3. I was very sweaty from all the training that I did. I was craving for shower and I wanted to sleep and get some rest. Physical rest that is. I have nightmares every night I go to sleep. Be it Tartarus or the momen-
"You could have saved her!" Malcolm yelled at me behind my back.
Twisting my head to the side i could see him clearly. He was at the door of Cabin 6. We never had a talk since the accident. It's more like he didn't talk to me since the accident. He just ignored me or walked away at my every attempt at making a conversation with him. I don't think he ever forgave me. It was my fault though. I wasn't good enough.
"You know, if you just paid attention." Tears were starting to form up at the corner of my eyes.
I couldn't argue back anything since he was actually right.
"You never cared anyways, did you?" Malcolm started to walk towards me now.
I was starting to get angry. He acted like i didn't give a shit about her. Like i didn't care. And that wasn't true. I cared deeply for her. I just couldn't get to her. There were so many of them.
"I couldn't get to her" I said angrily, my voice getting louder as i was getting angrier and angrier by the moment. It wasn't my fault Fates were trying to have a giggle or two. My life is comedy to them.
"If you paid attention at the start, you guys wouldn't have been seperated, but you were so fucking stupid that you didn't even realize you guys were split up. It was their plan all along." He exclaimed right into my face. He was fuming at this point.
Malcolm was right. If I paid attention and if we never got separated it wouldn't have happened.
She could have been here.
"You're right" I said as I tilted my head slightly downwards.
"What?" Malcolm expressed expecting me to fight back.
"No, you're right. It wouldn't have happened if I paid more attention and if we didn't get separated." I sadly said.
"You- You're not going to fight back?" He was confused now. Clearly expecting me to fight back. But there is no point in fighting back when i knew that he was right.
"Nah, you're right. I guess i gotta live with my mistakes now. You know, i- i have nightmares of that day and you know, that place we fell into every single fucking day. I don- i don't even know anymore. The moment i go to that bed and i sleep, i am going to have fucking nightmares. Worst part is, you don't even get used to it." I laughed like i was crazy while saying the last part.
At this point i probably am crazy. My life was never easy. I got thrust into world of gods, monsters, titans and much more at the age of 12. I was just a little kid. She was there for me from the beginning. But now, she was gone.
Then Malcolm did something which i didn't expect him to do. I was expecting many thing, a punch or a kick or whatever but i never expected a hug.
"I'm sorry" He whispered.
I just stood there, confused and shocked. my arms sitting at my side. But after a moment i decided to hug him back.
"It's okay" i replied back.
"No, no it isn't. I acted like shit towards you. I didn't know you were going through that." Malcolm said after breaking the hug.
"You didn't know plus it was my fault." I sighed.
Malcolm was going to say something but i beat him to it.
"Look, man, i don't want there to be bad blood between us. Can we, you know, stop fighting?"
"Yeah, it's just tha-" Malcolm tried to say but i cut him with "I know. I'm as sad as you are."
Then the horn blew in the distance. It was time to go to sleep.
"I guess that's it. See you later." I said.
"Yeah, okay" Malcolm replied back sniffing.
Okay so that was a good thing. It's nice that we won't be fighting. I was still tired so i just turned back and continued to go back to Cabin 3. I opened the door, went in. I took off my dirty clothes and threw them into the ground then had a quick little shower. After that I wore a new pair of boxers and plopped down on the bed, feeling very tired. I closed my eyes and drifted off, knowing well that I was going to have nightmares the moment i go to sleep.
*this chapter was kinda short ik. But it was more of an introduction chapter. Not much going on in here. And yeah Annabeth do be ded. Also gib feedback. I really need it. Ok bye.*