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The Lost Princess – Chapter 6

Annabeth's POV

My life has changed so much in the past 5 years. I got closer to Thalia and Luke. They're like my family ever since. Luke and I had a brother-sister kind of love and we always spar. He actually gave me my first dagger and taught me how to fight with it. Thalia and I acted like sisters to each other and gave each other advice about boys. Well, I gave the advice to Thalia since I'm not looking for a relationship right now.

Luke and Thalia's feelings towards each other had gotten stronger as time went by. You are probably wondering if Luke and Thalia are dating now but I'm sad to say that they're not. They are too scared to because they didn't want to be rejected and that their relationship wouldn't be the same since they would be awkward towards each other. I don't see the difference since they act awkward towards each other now. They give each other a look and I sometimes wonder if they are hiding something from me.

When I first came, I didn't want to stay her for free after letting me into their house. Luke and Thalia had a business before I came and wasn't that popular before. I've helped them by giving them some ideas and before you knew it, there were more people coming in the store. I told them that I would help out too and they disagreed before. After a lot of persuading and blackmail, I got a job at 7 years old. That store is like my second home and always will be. We got a lot of workers ever since it got popular and all of them are my friends. There is Silena, Katie, Juniper and Piper. We are all like a family in a way. Piper and Silena are sisters and they're the daughters of Aphrodite. They don't work in the store but we are still friends and visit often. Right now, I think that my life was perfect but my heart didn't.

For the past few days my heart has been weird lately not in the 'I'm going to have a heart attack' but there were some feelings that I was feeling. I don't know what feeling it was but it felt like my heart was trying to say something as if my life wasn't perfect. It felt like it was trying to tell me about how there was a person missing in my life and I thought of my mother.

I don't remember much about her but I got a flashback about her putting me in a crib and saying goodnight to me and I was feeling very happy. I always wanted to meet my mother and my father or at least remember how they looked like but there were no memories of them.

Today I got up at 7:00 and went to the bathroom and take a shower. As I got in, I got another feeling that was different. I groaned inwardly and thought angrily 'I'm so tired of these weird feelings. Why can't I understand it?' I got out and changed into a sea green dress with black boots and a brown belt where my waist was. I put my curly hair in a messy ponytail and walked downstairs.

I went in the kitchen when I saw Luke and Thalia's heads in a bowl with cereal and milk. I chuckled and went to wake them up. I accidentally tripped and fell on the table and the table fell down with Luke's and Thalia's head still in the bowl. I started laughing uncontrollably when I saw a few of cheerios stuck on their heads with milk on their faces and glaring at me. They joined in few seconds later and they got their revenge when they threw a cake at me. We cleaned it up and washed our faces before walking to our store.

The rest of the day was a blur and went by quickly. I said goodbye to Silena after arguing about how I should wear makeup. I went to my room after and went to bed early along with Luke and Thalia. I really should've stayed up but I already felt a nightmare coming. I looked around and was surrounded by Arachne's sons and Arachne coming forward. She cackled and gave me a creepy smile. The dream started to fade and another dream came. I was watching a baby that looked a lot like me getting in a crib and watched a young woman that had curly brown hair and intelligent grey eyes like mine. She looked at the baby or me and rocked the younger version of me to sleep. She kissed her forehead and said something to the baby. She went but the baby started smiling and it all went black.

I woke up and thinking who is she? I always got this dream but for some reason, this time it bothered me the most. It's probably because of the dream before that one. I got out of bed and got a glass of water. I saw Thalia coming down and was looking at me worried. 'She might have heard me screaming' I thought to myself.

She went up to me and said in a rare tone "What's wrong?" She already knows about my dreams I get every time and she knows about Arachne. I didn't want to tell her but I didn't want to lie to her so I told her a few days ago. I didn't answer but she got the message that I wanted to be alone and went back upstairs before looking at me worriedly.

I went outside to go for a walk. There were the woods besides us and went to 'my spot'. I found a place in the woods that was so beautiful and I always went to that spot when I wanted to think or just relax. It was on a hill near a pond. There was a rock above the pond that looked kind of like the rock in The Lion King. There were some flowers but I spotted a few black roses and grabbed them. I felt just like those roses, dead and sad. I dropped them besides me and sat cross legged and sat beside where the moon was and was shining on one side of my face.

I started singing and thought about how I can never know how Mother and Father are or ever see them. I felt a few tears but blinked them away and just closed my eyes. I didn't notice anything that was happening around me and just put all of my feelings into the song.

When I stopped singing I opened my eyes to see sea green eyes looking at me. I was shocked and confused why he was listening to me singing. I looked at him to see him better but I couldn't so I squinted at him. He understood and walked out of the dark. I looked at him and he looked sort of cute. I was surprised at my thoughts but analyzed him. He had raven black messy hair that looked like he just woke and beautiful green eyes. He has tan skin and was wearing a black robe with a hood that he took off. I couldn't see any of his clothes because of the robe but saw boots peeking out of the robe.

He looked uncomfortable from my gaze and smirked a little before showing no emotion and saying "Who are you?" I said curiously.

He met my gaze and I could see him panicking inside but he kept his cool and said hesitantly "I'm Percy…Johnson?" He said in a question and I was a little suspicious of his behavior and nodded slowly.

He gave me a look and I understood and said "I'm Annabeth. Annabeth Chase." I said. He nodded and the atmosphere was awkward. I wanted to say something but what do you say to a stranger after he heard you singing with you expressing your emotions without you noticing him. I looked at him and caught him staring but he turned away a second late and blushing and mumbling something. I grinned at his behavior. He sat on the rock beside me and turned towards me and I could tell he wanted to know why I was so sad.

I was getting my answer ready when he asked me "So…. what's your favorite color?" He says and try's to look interested when he puts his hands on his chin and leans in. I laugh at the question and say "Grey" and he mutters 'like your pretty eyes' I think I heard it wrong and I say "what did you say?" He blushes at the question and looks away and mutters a no. I smile at his blushing and say thanks because I know that I heard right.

I say "Well, tell me about you Mr. Johnson." Copying his actions when he said what your favorite color is. He got confused when I said it and panicked for a second and blurted out "I'm an orphan." I got confused at his behavior but I said that I'm also an orphan. He frowns a bit and hugs me. I'm too shocked to return the hug. I didn't know that I would get a hug from a stranger for only knowing each other for 5 minutes. The hug was different from any hug I got. It was special and it felt different. It felt like he was made for hugging me. But I ignored the thought and hugged him for a second before he let go. He looked embarrassed and grumbled I'm sorry.

I grin at him and say "It's okay but why did you hug me? Aren't you an orphan too?" I asked curiously and was a little suspicious of him and his behavior. He looks at me for a second but I could tell that he wasn't telling me something. I didn't press on the matter and didn't want to sound too nosy after just meeting him. He gives me a dazzling smile and I think 'He has a nice smile'. I shook my head at my thoughts and thought 'Why am I thinking about a stranger like this. I've never thought things like this about anyone.'

I was about to scold myself when he started saying "It was a spur of the moment. I'm sorry for making you uncomfortable. I shouldn't have done that after only knowing you for a few minutes" He said and pouted his lips and he reminded me of a lost puppy. I chuckled shaking my head and said again that it's okay. We talked about our lives and I learned that Percy always wants to travel around the world and that he likes blue food. I told him about my life but not Arachne. I didn't trust him enough to tell him everything about me yet. We were talking for about 1 hour and felt… happiness for the first time in my life. I did feel happy when I was around Luke and Thalia but this happiness was something different that I couldn't describe. I felt an urge to go into the pool and I did but I asked if he wanted to and he said yes and that he loves the water. We floated on our backs but I felt water on my face and I scowled at Percy who was smiling mischievously before dunking me in the water. We ended up dunking each other and having a splash fight.

We got out and noticed the sky getting lighter. Percy's eyes widened and he looked at me for a second before saying quickly "I have to go right now. I'm sorry." He said with an apologetic smile. I just smiled back but felt sad that he had to go. "It's fine. I actually have to go too but…." I stopped for a second and he looked at me questioningly. "I don't want you to go." I continued blushing a bit before saying "When will we see each other again?" I said looking in his eyes. I could tell that he felt the same way. "We can meet every day. We'll meet at the same time and same place like tonight, if that's okay with you." He said with a crooked smile.

I just nodded and we said our goodbyes and went in the opposite directions.

Percy's POV

I was kind of sad for leaving her but I smiled at the thought of her. She's special. She doesn't treat me like I'm royalty but like a normal person. It felt nice and I could tell that we were going to be very good friends.

Third Persons POV

Percy and Annabeth went to sleep that day but they thought of each other. They felt an attraction towards each other but they would always deny it. Annabeth didn't have any bad dreams and went to sleep as a certain green –eyed boy popped into her head. Percy didn't have any friends that were girls so he felt sort of weird too. He fell asleep but not before thinking about Annabeth.

I don't think this is my best chapter but at least you see how Annabeth and Percy meet! Review!