I may not have said it earlier but I do not own any books written by Rick Riordan.

Chapter 2: Paradox

Annabeth's P.O.V:

I woke up the next morning with a slight headache. When I looked around it looked like I was in the Big House, but how?

"So you are finally awake? Took thee long enough." said an irritated looking Zoë in the bed next to mine.

"What happened?" I asked

"I don't know, some beast sprang from the water and attacked us." she replied

Just then a boy walked in. He looked about eighteen or so, he sort of reminded me of Percy, but more mature like Poseidon. He even had the same unruly black hair and sea green eyes.

"I was patrolling the beach when you guys appeared from nowhere so I thought you were a threat. I didn't mean to hurt you, it was a misunderstanding… are you okay?" he asked

"Y-Yes" I replied looking away. For some reason talking to him made me blush.

I heard a small grunt come from Zoë, "So it was a beast after all"

I was getting ready to scold her when the boy just chuckled and said, "It's nice to see you again too, Zoë."

She looked at him confused and was about to say something when someone called from the hall way, "Perce, where are you? Chiron wants you."

WAIT, Perce as in Percy. Before I could ask he called back, " I'm coming just give me a minute." He turned to us and said, "I have to go, I'll explain later. You're still injured so get some rest and it will all be resolved soon." then he dashed out the room, leaving me with a thousand questions like how did we get here? what's going on? Who was this guy? and does it mean that there is another child of Poseidon? and most importantly where was everyone else? All the thinking made my head hurt even worse, so slowly but surly I fell right back into unconsciousness..

Percy's P.O.V:

I was having a weird dream. The guy I saw after the light, he was sitting there on a throne in the middle of a dark room. He was holding something, an orb, looking at it as if it a pot of drachmas. The strange thing was…he was laughing. He looked at me with his mesmerizing eyes and grinned.

I started moving towards him, I asked Who are you? but he didn't reply. Without noticing it, I realized I was running towards him. I screamed at him Tell me who you are! Suddenly I felt someone shaking me, asking for me to awake, while I fought the oncoming consciousness to presume my pursuit.

Just before I fully awoke I heard his laughter once more and then before I opened my eyes his monotone voice came in a whisper the name is Paradox, the real lord of time.

"Percy! Percy wake up!" Grover kept saying

" I'm fine Grover, chill man, I'm okay" I said climbing out of the bed. Apparently, Grover wasn't the only one in the room. Standing on the other side of the bed was Chiron, the Hunter girl with the silver timeless eyes, and a woman who looked so much like Annabeth that it scared me. It must have been one of her older half sisters.

"What happened you kept lashing out in your sleep, and then you started screaming out who are you?"

Hiding my embarrassment, I recited the story to my audience excluding the hunter girl who showed barely any interest.

"So his name is Paradox you say" asked Chiron. I nodded. "And he said he was the real lord of time?" I nodded again.

He then turned back to the Hunter girl and asked "Lady Artemis, have you heard of this Paradox?

"Not in my many years hav-"

"Hold on" I interrupted. "Did you just say Lady Artemis, as in the Goddess of the Hunt and Moon, Artemis?!"

"Yes" Chiron replied, " This girl that stands before you is Lady Artemis, and it would be wise to hold your tongue while she is speaking."

Artemis continued as if she weren't interrupted in the first place, "As I was saying, not in my many years have I heard of this Paradox."

Chiron looked as if deep in thought then said, "Is that so, well this Paradox character is suspicious but what I'm more concerned with what he called himself."

"Yeah" Grover said, "Isn't Kronos the Lord of Time?"

"He is, but until we can figure all this out I ask of you to stay in the Big House until you are called upon." replied Chiron in a stern voice.

Before Chiron could leave I said, "Wait!"

He looked back "Yes, Percy"

"Do you know what happened to Annabeth and the others?"

"Your Annabeth is in the infirmary upstairs, and Thalia has been sent to her cabin. The Di Angelos are in my care, you don't have to worry." He said before leaving, Artemis right behind him.

"Grover do you have any idea what is going on?" I asked

"No, I'm just as clueless as you and that's saying something"

"Says the guy who was trapped in a cave about to marry a Cyclops last summer."

Grover blushed from embarrassment, and blurted "Hey! That situation was completely unintentional and out of my control."

"Of course it was" I said "And so was your planned honeymoon to Fiji."

Before Grover could reply, a giggle came from the corner. That Athena girl was still there laughing at our antics. Grover coughed as a hint that we were having a private discussion.

"Um,…sorry for the intrusion" she said with slight sarcasm, seeming to get the picture.

When she got up to leave she stopped at the door and said "See ya, Seaweed Brain.",

then left.

Did she just call me Seaweed Brain, only Annabeth calls me that. As I pondered the fact I realized I had no problem with it. I got up and headed for the stairs when a fact just ran across my mind. Did Chiron say YOUR Annabeth, but the thought was gone as soon as it came.