Sorry again. My dad keeps closing the laptop without saving. I keep retyping and retyping. Chapter 14! READ!!!!
Annabeth's POV
"See you tomorrow," I said, opening the door of my gray cabin, watching Percy run to his cabin by the lake. Everyone was bustling around. Jenny was at the bookshelves, looking at a scroll about Daedalus. Violet was on her bed, looking at a blueprint that Winston made, as Winston looked at Violet, anxious. Malcolm was at his desk building a model of the Parthenon. Ah, home.
I accidentally slammed the door, ruining my chance of them not noticing me. They turned to me, distracted. "Annabeth!" Malcolm rose from his desk and gave me a big bear hug. "What are you doing here before summer?"
"Um, Chiron told me to." Violet delicately put down Winston's blueprint and skipped over to my bed, where I was.
"Uhhh, Annabeth? We've been hearing rumors about you and a certain son of a certain god. Is it true?" she asked me nervously.
"Annabeth!" I turned around but no one was there. I shrugged it off but when I turned to face Violet, I saw a flash of light behind me. I turned back around, scared. "I'm guessing you were going to say yes to Violet's question." There, right in front of me, was my mom, Athena, towering over me. I bit my lip in nervousness. I completely forgot about how Athena and Poseidon hated each other.
"Just tell me one thing. Why him? There are plenty of other males out there. Plenty of other males who want to be architects! But you choose the slimy sea spawn who can't do anything with his life except swim. So why?"
"I don't know. It just sort of . . . happened."
"You know, Annabeth. Don't think I don't know my own child." I took a deep breath to build up my courage.
"Fine. You want to know the reason why? It's because I like him. And I'm not judgemental like you. Just because you hate Poseidon, it doesn't mean I should hate his son. Or Poseidon. And neither should you," I scolded my mother. I stormed out of the cabin and threw the door back behind me. I ran all the way to the lake before stopping at the edge of the water. I was feeling a rush. I just told my mother, the goddess of wisdom, how to feel.
I slipped off my converse and dived. It was beautiful underwater. I could see the light shimmering from the moon above. The trees on land looked like ripples when I saw it. I turned in circles, amazed at how beautiful it looked in here, especially at night. My hair swirled around me.
Then I felt something close around my neck. I couldn't breathe. I tried to get to the surface but something was pulling me down. I managed to splash my hand along the top of the water, but I couldn't raise my head up. It yanked me down. I tried whacking it away, but it wasn't solid. My hand probably passed right through it. I writhed around the water . . . then gave up. I was going to die.
I saw nothing but darkness. The Underworld doesn't look like this. Then I hacked something up and my eyes flew open. It was still dark, but not as much. I could see the light of the torches, stars, and the moon. I blinked to get used to the light. I saw someone looking down on me, then he gave me a hug.
"Thank gods!" Percy breathed, relieved. My eyes cleared up and saw that we were on the sandy shore and it was still but it felt like hours passed. I sat up when Percy let me go.
"What happened?" I asked, my voice cracked. He shook his
"I don't know. I'm not so sure about that. I was just in my cabin when Tyson woke me up, saying the waves were out of control. I came outside and got in the water to find out what was making the waves so wild. Then I found you, drowning, and pulled you to shore." He turned around so that he was sitting next to me. "But I still don't know the reason." There was a long silence while we both thought. I didn't really notice until he asked, "Are you sure you're okay?" I nodded, partly lying.
I was scared, frankly. What pulled me down? Who would hate me enough to kill me? And not just anyone could control the water. I looked at Percy. I mentally smacked my brain. What is WRONG WITH ME!!!!!?? Percy is my boyfriend! He wouldn't kill me.
Then . . . what?
There was a familiar bright flash coming from Percy's cabin. It was like a sun was in the cabin. Almost blinding. Percy's eyebrows furrowed.
"I'll be back," he said, heading back to his cabin.
Percy's POV
Opening the door, I glanced back at Annabeth, who was staring at the shimmering surface of the water. "Hello, Perseus." I jerked my head around and saw my dad in a teal toga with his trident at his side. I wasn't scared . . . . until now. He didn't wear his formal clothes unless he did or will do something big. Whether it is good or bad. Plus the trident wasn't helping.
"Hello father. What are you doing here?" I didn't really like the sound of 'father', but I had to be polite.
"Well, I was trying to make sure a certain brainiac," he leaned a little to the right, looking through the window. I turned around to see through the window. I didn't see anything but Annabeth, still sitting on the sand. "didn't interfere with my son's life and future." Then it hit me.
"You were the one who made those waves. And that means you were the one who was drowning Annabeth!" My anger fired up inside of me. He was going to let my girlfriend die, and he's standing here like it was nothing. "Why would you do that?"
"I told you. I'm not going to let her ruin your life," he said, as calm as ever.
"So you were willing to kill her to get your way?!" He just nodded. "Well, it's my choice if I date her or not! I can screw up my life if I want to! And right now, you're the one wrecking my life! So just leave me and Annabeth alone!!!" I turned hard on my heels and slammed the door behind me. I stormed to Annabeth as she stood up to see what was wrong. I took her hand and pulled her farther away from the cabin and into the forest. "Come on."
Annabeth's POV
I had to jog to keep up with Percy. I kept looking back at his cabin. Then I saw. Through the window, I saw a glimpse of a tall man in a teal toga. I wasn't really sure who it was . . . until I saw the shining trident. Poseidon.
"Percy, tell me what happened." He stopped, dead in his tracks, and took a deep breath, clearly trying to calm down.
"My dad," He sat down leaning against a tree. He held his head in his hands. "tried to drown you." He paused. "I'm sorry. I understand if you don't want to go out anymore and---"
"What?" I interuppted him. "Why wouldn't I want to go out?"
"Why would you?"
"Because I like you." I sat down next to him.
"But my dad--"
"Who cares what he did? So he tried to drown me. That doesn't change how I feel about you." He looked at me and smiled.
"You're the best." I gave him a cheeky smile.
"I know." And he kissed me.
I'm not going to promise you I'll update sooner, b/c that didn't work out last time. But I am going to promise you that I'll work ten times harder to get another chapter up. Don't worry. I'm not going to abandon this story until I'm done. Comment!