"Prophecy please" I smiled sweetly at the mummy. This thing was giving me the creeps, with the whole way too colorful dress and the leathery skin and the tufts of black hair. The Aphrodite kids really needed to get to her.

"Three young heroes will travel west

Your task can be done, just try your best

One of the three will face a terrible end

A choice will decided the fate of all to come

Keep in mind there is always a price to pay

Choose wisely and remember there is more than one way"

"Um thanks?" I quickly spun on my heel. I'd only been up here two times before this, one for the "Great Prophecy" and for my quest last year. Well neither of those went too well. I realized with a start that Percy and I had now been on the same amount of quest. Ha take that Percy.

I tromped towards the porch where Chiron and Mr. D sat conversing quietly with wild hand motions; the little boy with Dionysus at the funeral yesterday was sitting next to him, nodding his head gravely.

"I'm back" I creaked open the screen door and collapsed in a teak chair, dark with weather. I recited the prophecy to them and I could tell Chiron's mind was whirling, a million miles a second.

"I think it's time we call a meeting of the Cabin heads" Chiron said after some thought. I nodded and he went off to fetch them, Silena, Beckendorf, Connor and Travis, the new Apollo kid, Clarisse, you get the point.

I started talking to the little boy as Chiron galloped off to get the cabin heads.

"Hi Annabeth!" he waved at me.

"How do you know my name?" I cocked a thin eyebrow at him.

"Percy," he nodded his head, a sad expression coming over his face.

"Oh?"

"Yup, we had girl talks" he puffed out his chest as if proud of this. "And we made sand castles together."

"Oh did you?" I nodded, trying to keep my expression light at the mention of Percy. I think I managed because I mean really, the idea of Percy having "girl talks" and building a sandcastle with some four year old was pretty entertaining, yet so like him.

"Yes we did! He's my friend. Why do our friends die?" he pouted.

"I don't know. It doesn't seem fair does it?" I chewed on my bottom lip and I distantly felt my tongue poking out in concentration. It really wasn't fair. I know, I know life's not fair but why can't it be? Why couldn't everything just be black and white, clean and simple, why did things have to be messy and gray? It didn't seem right.

"It isn't fair" he nodded in agreement.

"I miss him."

"Me too."

"He was my best friend, still is."

"I'm Timmy by the way," he grinned, a toothy grin that didn't travel to his big violet eyes.

"Well it's very nice to meet you Timmy" I grinned back at him, though I doubted my grin traveled to my eyes either.

"Annabeth, meeting, Timmy if you want to come your welcome" Chiron tapped me on the shoulder and beckoned me over to the other table, the one where all my friends were sitting.

"So what's up?" the head of the Demeter cabin, clasped her hands together as I slipped into my seat, next to where Percy's empty seat was. I choked up but bit my tongue and somehow disguised it as a cough.

"I'm getting Percy back." I cut straight to the point, no nonsense, no grey, just came right out with it.

"You could say we, it's not like we're going to let you get Percy on your own, you'd mess it up" an all too familiar voice came from behind us.

"Thalia?" my eyes opened wide as I spun around to view the tall, wiry girl with black spiky hair. She was glowing, looking happier than she'd ever been.

"Hey Annabeth" she sauntered over and gave me a quick hug, slipping into an empty seat.

"What are you doing here?" I gaped at her. Her skin was smooth and flawless, not a single blemish on it, her hair, though spiky was shiny and her clothes fit perfectly and her eyes were all…..smiley. Weird.

"We're all here. Big war coming up, you know, once you get Percy back Kronos is going to hit, and he's going to hit hard. You need us" she shrugged.

"I thought you guys were like going all crazy, hunter chick on those monsters" Travis Stoll frowned at her, his already high eyebrows arching up farther.

"Yeah well, we can only do so much. There's not a lot of demigods left and Lady Artemis figured that while she's gone fighting Typhon we should stick with you guys. 'Stick together' she says and something about geese formations." She rolled her eyes.

"Oh" Connor nodded, his hand slowly inching towards Silena's diamond bracelet which she had carelessly left on the table. Just as his finger tips touched it, without even glancing at him, Silena slapped his hand so hard that he cried out in pain.

"Ok so as I was saying we're going to get Percy back. We need him and even if the prophecy is bad and chances are slim we're gonna do it." I nodded me head. We would do it. We'd succeed too.

"I'm coming whether you want me to or not." Thalia crossed her arms, her electric blue eyes daring anyone to challenge her authority. No one did.

"Can we hear the prophecy, princess or are you going to make us go without telling us?"Clarisse ran a hand through her stringy hair. If she just showered she could be so much more attractive. Oh well I don't even think the Ares' Cabin has working bathroom. I do admit she is a mean fighter though. And based on that fact I told her the prophecy, not that I couldn't take her in a fight, because I could but….I'm not really in a suitable mind frame at the moment.

"So who else wants to come?"

"Sorry Annabeth but I've got places to go, people to see, such as my girlfriend Kelly" that new Apollo guy placed the ping pong ball he was juggling back on the table and jumped off the porch, chasing after an Aphrodite blonde who was rather….developed in certain areas. Looks like the Apollo kids are still rhyming and getting the girls.

"Annie, we've got a…uh mission…..yeah mission!" Connor said after some thought, a mischievous look in his eyes. I had a feeling the Stoll brother's "mission" was a little more along the lines of a "prank."

"I'd come but they need me here" Clarisse said, trying to look arrogant but I didn't miss the glance she shot Chris or the smile he made in response as they both, pushed out of their chairs and clattered down the steps. They started off towards the Amphitheater and when they thought they were out of sight their hands linked together. Silena squealed and leaned against Beckendorf's shoulder. He seemed quite happy at this.

"Would if I could but I can't. Mother has me on a special mission. However Annabeth, I really would like to be there when you and Percy reunite and kiss! Just don't forget what happens and I want details when you come back!" she tugged Beckendorf out of his seat, wagging her index finger at me, the other arm locked tightly around Beckendorf's waist. I rolled my eyes.

"Can I come?" Timmy looked up at me, anticipation in his big eyes. I would like to say that I had the willpower to say no.

"Annabeth?"

"Yes Timmy?"

"You know how you were upset about life being not fair?"

"Yes Timmy"

"I know you want things to be black and white because you don't like things grey, but think about it this way. Would you really want things to be blue and yellow when they could be green?"

Okay. I tried my best. I know this was a long wait and I'm sorry I've just been super busy. I'll try to update soon. I want reviews! Haha I know this story already has a lot of reviews so just...keep reviewing. You know you want to. Go ahead clickety clickety on the review button. Ok so anyways I tried, sorry for spelling mistakes and other stuff like that. Just so you know this is like "my last olympian"version, even though Rick's was so much cooler. Hope you enjoyed and review my young ones. Over and out.