Man...okay, i just whipped this one right up for all you patient (not) readers out there; hope you guys like it.
meeeethegr8: um..well, actually...i mean, i don't know...but that's a good tip; i'll definitely use that.
Skywriter5: Yeah..i've always loved fanfics that show Annabeth and Percy in a close relationship, but then the authors always make Annabeth a wimp. Hopefully, I don't make her seem that way. Do i? But yea, i just wanted to do something different and i though about what would make them mature faster, and get closer at the same time. Abusement came up, bcuz all Annabeth and Percy have had their most of their lives was each other, and that would definitely make them grow closer.
filmyfurry: Haha, yep! Annabeth always was the stubborn one. :)
demigod-wannabe-love: well, hey; u know what they say. Practice makes perfect! And-oh wow. O.o You really are hyper.
123Ctv123: well; here's the next chappie. sorry it took the whole month! :P
Riley Coyote: Hmm...then i guess i need some Canadian bacon! wait...wow, what the heck...that guy is like...idk. whoa, that is a good word! My favorite word is: . Yep; Mary Poppins right there. The haumn mnid aezmas me steommies..if you could read that, then you're smart. Good for you! WHOO! Awesome! 1000 character review! i love waffles (call me a carnivore, but they're bomb) and hashbrowns too. Ooo, how was the brunch? you SHOULD make 1! i would so read that! yea! 1000 characters! :D
C-Nuggets N.L: Lol, Annabeth's always jealous. Yep! UNDYING love! Not just love, but UNDYING love! And don't worry; Aphrofite will have her fair share of surprises. ;) o.O you just put an extremely terrifying image into my head. *moans, holding head, and hits keyboard*
LeoV44: Thanks! Yea, well, i make myself laugh smetimes! lol. Well its an honour to make LeoV44 laugh. (i love the way i spell honour)
BreeTanner308: I give myself a mini heart attack whe I update. It's not fun. Oh crud! Are you okay? DX i'm sorry! i'll update sooner! *cry cry sob sob*
JayJay-Lynn: Yea...Percy can be so adorably oblivious sometimes...i want a Seaweed Brain! *pouts*
Regina de Morte: Thanks! I try to, uh...keep it 'fresh.' Thank you! u can read Skywriter5's review up above (the 2nd review) and how i felt that i should do smething different. :)
Perserverance: Yea, unlike my other story: Goode High School. In that, she's a total slutty bitch. But i plan on making her good in the end. Lol, i guess you hate my othr story then! haha. yep, i try to keep it nice and original like this. i know! i've never seen someone do a fanfic like this, but it doesn't take much to think this up!
piper: i know how you feel, bud. i'm really frustrated with 1 author, how she hasn't updated since like, december. i'm glad you like this! :D
xxxAirplanesInTheNightSkyxxx: Like I've said to others, i wanted to try something different, something that nobody else had yet thought up. i'm REALLY glad you like it so much! :D
lily-vanilla1166: Lol, I'm gonna hav fun writing about what'll happen next. XD
Cherry Louise: really? hmm...oh crudle, sorry! DX i'll try an update soonr. 4 this, i had to get off my butt and ignoring my hand cramps...
Ahc Hannah: i...KNEW IT! I saw it and i was like 'hey..that looks famil-oh crayola!' i just read 'Ahc' backwards, and i was like WHOA! So yea, back 2 the subject of my incredibly awesome story (some other reviewer's words, not mine)...it IS purty hilarious, eh? Yep, stupid girl shoes...*sigh* i really don't understand how my sister can run in six inch pumps...
ENJOY PEEPS!
"Mm'kay…so, do you want me to pay for the texting and calls or other—"
"No, no, no; we'll pay for that, don't worry," Percy assured her as we sat on the edge of her humungous bed.
Clothes littered the floor, even bras here and there (Percy, being a gentleman, looked up at the ceiling as if it was the most intriguing thing in the room until we sat down) and the sheets of the bed were strewn across the end of the bed, hanging off and twisted up. She had this large window that made up one wall, with three solid walls around it, not including the ceiling and floor. A large bathroom was connected to the room, and a huge wardrobe. Percy took my hand into his and I set my head onto his shoulder, forgetting about how half an hour ago I was too busy glaring to notice anything.
I sighed tiredly and closed my eyes, hearing Percy joke, "Don't fall asleep, Wise Girl. I almost broke my back last time I carried you."
"Do you want to get killed?" I told him, annoyed. "I'm sure Rachel wouldn't mind getting a little blood on the carpet, right?"
Rachel laughed and Percy muttered, "Shut up, you dumb blonde."
"And when I say a little blood," I added, "I mean a lot of blood."
It was silent.
I smirked; eyes still closed, I said, "I'm glad we understand each other."
He coughed nervously and said, "Um, sorry, Annabeth. We all know you're the complete opposite of dumb."
"Yeah, yeah; that's what all Seaweed Brains say," I told him, getting comfortable.
"Right, so…" Rachel said awkwardly, amusement plainly in her voice, "Uh…yeah…"
A laugh escaped my lips and I stiffened it. "Um, so, yeah; Rachel, you said you were going to tell us why we're going to New York."
I open my eyes to see the red head nodding as she gave us our phones, "Yeah, I am. So, uh…first of all, you get to find out the whereabouts relating to your parents."
"They're dead," Percy and I said in sync, glaring at her tiredly. Couldn't this girl get a hint?
"On the contrary, Percy; your biological dad is still alive. The same goes for Annabeth's mom."
"And I would want to see her, because…" I shrugged sarcastically, "Why?"
"Um…okay…Basically, there's a camp nearby Manhattan. It's filled with kids who are just like you."
We both said, "Running away and abused?"
She rolled her eyes like she couldn't believe we were being so obtuse, "No. They all grow up either being raised by one parent or none at all. At first, they all think that their parent—whether it's the mom or the dad—left them because they hated them. But then they start to grow up and a satyr comes along to protect them and—"
"Whoa, hold on; satyr? Like, from Greek mythology?"
"As in half-man-half-goat?" I added, equally confused.
"Oh crap," she muttered. "Yeah, that's it. What d'you know about Greek myths?"
"There are gods and goddesses; the major the gods, and the minor gods. The major gods are the twelve Olympians. Greek city states like Athens chose a patron god to worship. Athens chose Athena, goddess of wisdom, hence the name Athens. The ancient Greeks prayed and burnt offerings to the god of the sea, Poseidon, before they sailed their goods to places like Crete or Mesopotamia or Egypt.
"Then there are mythical monsters like the Minotaur. Poseidon created the Minotaur by cursing a girl, Pasiphae, King Minos' wife, to fall in love with the white bull that Poseidon had sent for Minos, because Minos thought that the bull was beautiful and did not sacrifice it to Poseidon. The legend says that Pasiphae had Daedalus create a wooden cow for her to hide in and lure the bull. She had the Minotaur and nursed it in its infancy, but it grew and became ferocious. Theseus, a man of Athens, defeated the Minotaur with the help of the mortal girl, Ariadne. There are hundreds of Greek mythological monsters, all in the legends," he finished.
I looked at Percy in amazement, "Whoa. Has my smartness at last rubbed off on you?"
He smiled and put his arm around me, "Don't get used to it. I hold in my smartness for random moments like these."
I laughed, "Obviously."
Rachel had gotten up, moving towards the window, saying nervously, "Um, Perce? You really shouldn't sprout off names like that."
I rolled my eyes, "Why? It's not like the Minotaur's going to suddenly pop up out of nowhere and—"
ROOAAAARRRR!
Percy and I looked at each other.
THUMP! THUMP! THUMP! ROOOAAARRR!
We scrambled up and ran towards the window, but Rachel pulled us back just as the window shattered into a million pieces.
Percy pushed us down onto the floor and covered us with his jacket. When the shower of cut glass ended, we all got up; I got a couple of cuts on my hands, but I ignored the stinging and faced the monster.
It was huge. Like, as in, fifteen feet or more huge. The head was a bull and it had a bull tail; the body was a man…Ew, a disgustingly buff man. I mean, Percy's pretty hot, with his perfectly tanned, muscular arms and that sexy six pack, but this guy—
ROOOAAAARRRRR!
Oh shiz.
Percy grabbed my upper arm and dragged me towards the window. He sat me down right by the frame of it and yelled over the monster's roars, "Stay here!"
Oh yes, because I'm so going to listen to you.
I tried getting up but he pushed me back down and gave me a determined, immovably decided look that sent the message like a flare in my head.
I'm not going anywhere.
I glared at him murderously as I curled up away from the broken glass. He nodded and jumped onto the Minotaur's arm. I watched, worried and in awe, as he pulled himself up onto the thing's shoulder. Bracing himself, Percy gripped the horns like a lifeline as the bull-man stepped back and fell onto his back, trying to get Percy off. (Recreational part from the lightning thief.)
Percy was ripped off of it, but it also took its horn (hehe, don't get horny). It got up—rather slowly, might I add—and charged at Percy. At the last second, he dove out of the way and at the same time drove the horn into its side.
With a mighty roar of pain, it dissolved into dust.
Yeah, golden dust.
I spotted the tree branch next to me (where the heck did that come from?) and climbed down this highly useful tree.
I ran all the way to Percy, who had started walking tiredly to me.
I hugged him fiercely and yelled right in his ear, "Why the hell do you have to be so freakin' brave?"
He recoiled and hissed, "Ouch! Don't do tha—" He stopped, apparently seeing something. "Holy…sh-cow."
"You mean holy bull, right?" I joked nervously, hoping it wasn't bad.
"I highly suggest you don't turn around, Wise Girl."
I turned anyways, and gasped when I saw this absolutely hideous old bat like lady with leathery bat like wings and razor sharp teeth. And it was flying towards us with a hiss. Oh my shiz.
He grabbed me by the wrist and we ran as fast as we could away from it, towards the gate.
"Oh crap, oh crap, oh crap, oh crap," I muttered as we ran, looking around for any ways to distract it. I mean, c'mon, I'm smart. I always have a back up plan. I'm always prepared for any and every scenario Percy and I are in.
But I so was not prepared for Greek mythology to come attacking us.
We ran through the gate and kept running and running and—oh hey! Is that a car?
I dragged him towards it and pushed the driver out of the way (sorry, bud, but you gotta do what you gotta do). Percy pushed me into the back and closed the door hurriedly.
"Hurry, Percy! It's getting closer!" I rushed him.
"Okay, okay! Just give me a second!" He bent down under the wheel, above the pedals and did something I couldn't see. Probably start the car with the wires under there, since he'd learned to do that.
Indeed, it started and he turned the car around and gunned it. I sat there, gripping his jacket and hyperventilating.
"I'll take us back to the truck, 'kay, Annabeth?" I just nodded, looking at him through the mirror.
I had been bored in the limo before and had memorized the turns and streets in case we left unexpectedly. I gave him directions and we got there in ten minutes thanks to his crazy driving.
He parked the car in front of the truck and we hopped out and into our previous car.
Percy sighed in relief after we looked round for that old hag of a bat.
I pulled Percy's arm around me and cried into his chest. I was seriously overwhelmed by all that had happened, and the fact that we almost died, Percy even more so.
Then I remembered that Percy had golden dust all over him and sneezed. He opened the door and brushed it all off; I just watched him, dead tired. When he got back in and started the car, I curled back up into his side, not caring about seatbelts. Percy hugged me close and whispered to me, as I listened to his steady heartbeat, "You're cute when you sneeze."
"How can anyone be cute when they sneeze?"
He just chuckled and kissed the top of my head, taking hold of the wheel, "Right now, we're getting out of this state. After that, we're headed straight towards the nearest library to figure out what the hell is going on."