The Other Side of Me

Guess what? I came back a few days ago! Most of you couldn't guess how old am I, but I'm only THIRTEEN! Now would you cut me some slack? I'm in eighth grade but I have two high school classes, and that's saying a lot… Tons of homework and tests awaited me for catching up… Well, miss a week of school and you'll know NOTHING that had happened around!

PS: I don't own PJO, + the fact that I'm going to do Annabeth's POV as well Percy's POV cuz it's easier for me… I'm a GIRL!

Ch. 7-And all the things went wrong

Annabeth's POV:

I left after the Olympian Council's lunch feast; I just couldn't stand being in the presence of Perseus anymore. Yes, Perseus, he's no longer my Seaweed Brain. Wanna know why?

It all started when I decided to go for a walk—far from the throne room. Lucky for me, I spotted a garden, with plants like the ones on Percy's window in his apartment, his old apartment. I believed it was called moonlace or something like that.

The smell and the color of the flowers drew upon me, and the clear fluid sound of the blue sparkling water under daylight… Percy and I would've enjoyed it together.

Perseus. Percy. Perce. Seaweed Brain. My Seaweed Brain. What have he became? Oh yes, I remembered. One of the Olympians, the most powerful of all the Olympians. How could he? I thought his fatal flaw was not leaving his friends, but this… I couldn't believe it, as if I was still in a trance. Maybe he didn't choose to be like that… A thought came to me, but why wouldn't he tell me? Why did he hide it from me?

Now we couldn't be together another. At least not when he's immortal while I'm not. Growing old myself when being with someone that never ages never work, and being a god, I'm sure there are more maiden goddesses that he likes more.

Birds chirped and leaves swayed, a cool breeze blew by, but all these good things shouldn't happen, not when I just lost my… Loved one. There, I admitted it, happy?

Flowers bloomed and bees flew by, I wondered who this garden belonged to, no matter who that person is, he or she must had taken good care of the garden. Just then, I saw the owner, talking to Perseus, and my heart was shattered into even more pieces. It was Calypso, whom Percy met a year and a half ago on the island of Ogygia.

Calypso fell in love with every man that landed on Ogygia 'accidentally' and I don't think Percy is an exception. Looking at them, I felt so… Sad. I'm not jealous, but, that feeling…

This is too much for a day, I couldn't stand it, I desperately needed a place to stay and clear my head. I did the simplest thing, I ran.

Percy's POV

"Annabeth! Don't run! What's the matter? I promise I'll explain everything!" But she was already out of ear shot and couldn't hear me. I turned back to Calypso, who looked really sad, shame in her eyes, "This is all my fault, she must thought we—"

"It' okay." I said bluntly. Calypso was completely over me, and she helped me a lot with my duties and stuff, like an assistant."

"Well Percy, then if you're going to Camp Half-Blood today and you want to ride the bus there you better get prepared now." I allowed all my previous friends that know my little 'secret' call me Percy, because Perseus sounds really weird. Not that I'm complaining that people don't call me Lord Perseus instead of Lord Percy, because Lord Fred doesn't sound better than Lord Apollo either.

Anyways, I'm going to camp today because I wanted to clear things up, and I don't want the whole camp to be furious of me keeping this 'little' secret. I'm just going to stay for a day or two and besides, I'm in charge of the heroes for a great amount of time, if things goes well, I might be the God of Heroes too!

I went down the elevator from the 600th floor and I was going to get to the camp with the campers. I know I could've just teleport there, but the fact that I was no longer a camper made me want to experience being a camper again. Although it's impossible and would never happen.

I hop into the bus that drove all the year-round demigods and other temporary visiting demigods such as Annabeth back to camp, although I didn't see her on it. Again, when I stepped on the bus, everyone made space for me and did a real awkward bow and I just told them not to. They stared at me with that weird stare again and some pretended not to look at me while they glanced and peeked from the corners of their eyes. That was the case of new campers. For my old friends, they were so flabbergasted they all looked like those dumb sacred cows of Apollo. Not funny, not funny at all.

I almost regretted the decision, almost. Seeing them after several months is good, but the fact that my identity changed marked that they would never treat me the same before the secret was revealed. All I could do then was to give them strict orders not to tell any other campers that didn't find out.

"Are you guys going to stop starting at me?" Some of the new campers blushed and looked away.

"Look," I addressed to my old friends, no, scratch that, they ARE my friends. "I didn't mean to hide it, nor did I decide it, but can you please do me a favor, please don't tell anyone else of my 'little' secret." It looked like they all lose their ability to speak, but all of them nodded, as if they didn't dare to defy what I said, they probably didn't dare to.

The rest of the trip ended up in complete silence, and I couldn't wait to get down of it and find a hole to bury myself. Even Argus' spare eyes, which were at least a hundred of them were staring at me both intently and nervously. I was glad Chiron wasn't in the Olympian Council, he's been to too many meetings to even bother to attend this one. As long as no one says, other campers and people in camp would never know.

As I got down from the bus in the camp border, Chiron trotted up and greeted us. As he spot me, he said, "Ah, Percy my boy, I see that you come to visit camp as well. Is everything going well? Why isn't Annabeth with you, is she on another bus?"

Good, Chiron didn't know. Other campers that attended the meeting shifted uncomfortably, but didn't say anything. I'm pretty sure no one knew where Annabeth was.

"Where is Annabeth? She said she would be here for the winter break! I hope she didn't ditch us!" Came Thalia's voice, because the hunters stayed in camp during Artemis' visit on Olympus for the meeting.

I froze for the briefest second. Pincone Face was right, Annabeth, she isn't here, she haven't returned to camp yet!

"Hey Kelp Head, you there?" She continued, the campers from the meeting gasped, and left Thalia very confused, but I couldn't care less, I'm going to get Annabeth back.

Finally finished! Spend me a good two hours. Well, it's one in the morning so Guten nacht!

PS: Please let me know if ya like it or not, because good comments make my day and boasted me to update faster. I believe people who write fanfics as well know that feeling, right?