A/N: I will put a longer author's note, with more information at the end of the chapter. For now… I'll just get on with the story. Enjoy chapter 5!

Percy's POV:

"Percy!" she laughed. "Tell me what is so funny!"

"Oh my gods! Annabeth!" I said. "She even scolds me like you do." I laughed. "A "normal" person would have said, "Just so you know, it's pretty rude not to look at someone when they're talking to you." without all the extra 'Vocabulary Words of the Week'."

"Haha," she laughed sarcastically, "Very funny Seaweed Brain!"

"Oh come'on Wise Girl," I said. "You have to admit, she's a lot like you."

She raised an eyebrow at me. "Oh, she's not nearly as beautiful as you though!" I said quickly, saving myself from getting a major butt whoopin' from my girlfriend.

"Mm… that's what I thought Seaweed Brain." Annabeth said, a smile on her face. "Fine. You do have a point though, we have a lot in common. And, she does have quite the extensive vocabulary."

"See what I mean Wise Girl." I said.

Chapter 5:

Annabeth's POV:

"Ugh," I said aloud. This "Annie" was seriously starting to annoy me. After the war with Gaea and the Giants, I thought Percy and I might finally get a break from all this. I had hoped Percy and I could attend college in New Rome, like we had planned. I remember when he had first told me his plans.

We had fallen into Tartarus together; Percy could've saved himself. He could have let me go like I told him to, and pulled himself up over the edge of the huge sinkhole in the center of the vast cavern. But of course; loyalty being his fatal flaw, he chose to fall into Tartarus, with me. After the long, dark, gruesome fall into the pit, we'd landed in the River Cocytus- the River of Lamentation.

I remembered the moment so clearly: The impact from landing in the river hadn't killed me. Although it should have, considering the fact that landing in water after falling from a high velocity is like landing on concrete; but the cold nearly did. Freezing water shocked they air right out of my lungs. My limbs turned rigid, and I'd lost my grip on Percy. I'd began to sink. Strange wailing sounds filled my ears, millions of heartbroken voices, as if the river were made of just distilled sadness. The voices had been worse than the cold. They'd weighed me down and made me numb. "What's the point of struggling?" they told me. "You're dead anyway. You'll never leave this place." I could sink down to the bottom and drown, let the river carry my withered body away. That would've been easier. I could just close my eyes, and listen to the voices, so full of sorrow and remorse. Telling me to just give up, that it would be so much easier to just die right here, and drown in the river. And they were right… it would have been easier than what Percy and I had to endure. I could've let the current of the river carry away my broken, withered, mess of a body, and become one with these voices. Through the chaos of all the voices in the river, Percy'd somehow managed to grab hold of my hand. Suddenly, I didn't want to die. Together we'd kicked upward and broke the surface. I'd gasped grateful for the air, no matter how sulfurous. The water'd swirled around us, then I'd realized Percy was creating a whirlpool to lift us up.

"Life is despair," the voices said. "Everything is pointless, and then you die."

"Pointless," Percy'd murmured. His teeth chattered from the cold. He'd stopped swimming, and begun to sink.

"No!" I yelled. "No! Percy!" I shrieked. "The river is messing with your mind. It's the Cocytus, the River of Lamentation. It's made of pure misery!"

"Misery," he agreed.

"Fight it Percy!" I'd screamed, tears running down my face. "Percy! You have to fight it!"

I'd kicked and struggled, trying to keep both Percy and I afloat. Another cosmic joke for Gaea to laugh at: Annabeth dies trying to keep her boyfriend, the son of Poseidon, from drowning.

Not going to happen you hag, I'd thought. I hugged Percy tighter and kissed him. "Tell me about New Rome," I'd demanded. "What were your plans for us?"

"New Rome… for us…," he'd muttered

"Yeah Seaweed Brain." I said. "You said we could have a future there! Tell me!"

"Architecture," Percy'd murmured. The fog started to clear from his eyes. "Thought you'd like the houses, the parks, and the nice, fancy buildings," he'd told me. "There's this one street with all these cool fountains."

"College," I'd gasped, "Could we go there together?!" I'd asked excitedly.

"Y-yeah," he'd agreed, a little more confidently.

I'd asked him what he would study. He admitted he hadn't thought about it much. I'd suggested marine science, or oceanography. And then he'd said something only my Seaweed Brain would even think to say…

"Surfing?" he'd asked.

Only my Seaweed Brain would ask something so ridiculous.

Right then and there, I'd laughed at his ridiculous response… I mean surfing, seriously. The sound of my joyful laughter sent a shockwave through the water. The wailing voices then faded into background noise. I'd wondered if anyone had ever laughed in Tartarus before; just a pure, simple laugh of pleasure. I'd seriously doubted it.

Just the simple fact that I could remember every detail in that moment scared me… that's how much of an impact the whole "falling into to Tartarus" experience had on me. Gods, if Percy hadn't chosen to fall into Tartarus with me, I would have never made it out of there alive. I would have never gotten to see my friends on the Argo ll again. Or even get the chance to go to college with Percy; or hear about his plans for us in New Rome, where we could be safe, happy, and live a monster free life. You know, just be normal for once.

Hopefully we'd be able to live long enough to even make it to college. When you're a demigod, literally every minute you're still alive is a freakin miracle! You never know whether or whether not you are going to make it through the day alive. If you're going to make it through tomorrow, or the day after that, alive. That is way you have to live each day to the fullest. Ok… ok now I know that sounds super corny but, well… it's the truth. There's being a demigod for you… yay.

"Hey", Percy said pulling me out of my thoughts, once again. "Wise Girl you wanna go somewhere else?" he asked. "I have a bad feeling about all this…"

"Hmm, yeah umm I guess so..." I said, still having creepy thoughts about Tartarus.

"What's the matter Annabeth?" Percy asked. His sea green eyes seemed to pierce right through my soul.

He looks so adorable when he's concerned about me. With his big sea green puppy, eyes that just made me melt inside, with one glance.

"Nothing," I said. "It's just, that I was thinking about Tartarus again… The images in my head, they, they just won't go away Percy."

"It's okay Annabeth. We're never going to have to go back there, you don't have to worry about it. I have the images and dreams about Tartarus too, I don't know if they will ever go away completely… but I know we can get through this. We have to…

A/N: Okay… so you guys are probably pissed that I took so long to update. I am so sorry I couldn't post this earlier, it was done, but needed to be edited. But... I have great news! I was able to work out a schedule for fan fiction! It is down below. Chapter 6 should be up Wednesday night though. I was originally going to put, what is going to be Chapter 6 in Chapter 5, but I decided that I wanted to post this because I haven't updated in like… forever! Anyway… it is good to be back! Please review! And feel free to PM me if you have any suggestions! Love, Percabeth418

Percabeth418 Writing Schedule

Sunday: All Hail Lord Percy

Monday: Happy New Years Wise Girl

Tuesday: What if Finnick Didn't Die

Wednesday: -Tumbling-

Thursday: All Hail Lord Percy

Friday: Happy New Years Wise Girl

Saturday: What If Finnick Didn't Die

A/N: So… I will try my best to follow the given schedule, Thursdays I have an after school class, but the sessions will be ending soon, so I will have more time to write on Thursdays. I am sometimes busy on Saturdays doing other things, so if I miss a Saturday update, that means I most likely had plans… or I slept in. Anyway I hope this new schedule helped, and will see you all later, Bye.

xoxoxo -Percabeth418