Chapter 7

Forgotten

"Annabeth, are you ready now?" Kaylee asked, growing impatient. I decided to dress a little fancy today since I would be seeing my long lost friend. Well, okay, I had spent about almost an hour on everything. The Aphrodite kids did it since I made friends with lots of them. "Chill, Kaylee! She's just trying to look good for her boyfriend." Luke said, making sure to put much emphasis on the word 'boyfriend'. "Yeah! I'm comin', I'm comin'." I said as I rushed out. I was wearing a baby blue dress with a mix of purple, my blonde hair was curled and flowing down my back, there were pearls on my hair, they did the feline technique on my eyes to make it pop out, my lipstick was pink, they added faint blush on and I was wearing matching heels. Kaylee was wearing lavender dress with a mix of baby pink, her brown hair was tied up into a curly bun and she had diamonds on her hair, she had purple eye shadow, sort of orange lipstick and purple heels. Juniper was wearing a light green dress, her hair was naturally wavy and flowing down, she had flowers on her hair; she had violet eye shadow, green lipstick and light green flats. Luke and Grover were pretty much wearing the same thing. They both had black tux but Luke had a red necktie while Grover had blue and Luke had a red handkerchief on his breast pocket while again, Grover had blue.

"You look great, Annabeth." Juniper crooned. "Thanks. It's all thanks to Triccia, Samantha, Noelle and Kristy." I said as I pointed over to the Aphrodite girls who helped us all dress up. "So, is everyone ready?" Chiron asked. He was also wearing a tux with green necktie and handkerchief minus the pants and shoes. "Yes." We said together. A few second later we heard neighing and we looked up to see a burning chariot come down from the sky.

"Well well, I see your all dressed and ready to go." Said Apollo. He was smiling at us. "It's not really the ride I was expecting." Kaylee muttered. Apollo laughed and said, "Don't worry, Miss Kaylee. You are going to get the ride you are expecting." He got off and waved his hand. We had the common sense to look away the chariot flashed and as the light dimmed we looked back to see a black limo.

"Sweet ride!" mused Triccia. I grinned at her and mouthed, 'I know right.' The rest of them giggled as I winked and mouthed, 'Wish me luck.' We hopped and in a flash we were there. I was looking down on a place with gold, silver, marble everything! I looked at my friends and I knew we were all thinking the same thing, "Whoa…" We landed on what looked like a silver parking lot. A man went up to the car and opened to door for us. "Welcome to Mount Olympus." He smiled warmly at us. He led us up to the white and gold door. He opened it and a he announced, "Welcoming Annabeth Chase and Kaylee Porter, daughter of Athena, Luke Stoll, son of Hermes, Grover Underwood, Satyr and Juniper, Tree nymph." I admit it was embarrassing. The people clapped politely. We were greeted by our respective parents. "Annabeth, glad you could make it." She said as she wrapped me in a warm embrace. "This is the only chance we are allowed to have physical contact with our sons and daughters." She said, sounding in the verge of tears. "Mom, mom, remember. This is a ceremony for Percy. This day is about him." I said, smiling at her. I feel as though we were never apart. "Right." She said.

"Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen." Poseidon said. We all turned to look at him. He was standing in the middle of the room on a small round stage. "As you all know. We are here to celebrate Percy Jackson's Coming of Age Ceremony. Let us all welcome, Perseus Jackson." We all clapped. Percy emerged from behind Poseidon. He was wearing a silver armor that when hit by the light it glinted as though it were gold. I was too busy staring at him to hear the things they were saying. They were saying a bunch of stuff and Percy kneeled down in front of Poseidon. Poseidon then draped a red cape over his shoulders and Zeus then said a few other things then he patted a Celestial bronze sword on both his shoulders then handed it to him. We clapped and he stood up with a smile on his face. He held the sword up high and as soon as it glinted in the moonlight, I recognized it. It was Anaklusmos. Riptide, but an improvised version. He slowly lowered it and Hera draped her hand over Percy's shoulders.

He closed his eyes as Hera started to speak, "Today, we will witness as Perseus Jackson, son of Poseidon, will now unlock the gift all the gods have given him." With that Percy opened his eyes and they turned a dark shade of lavender. He pumped his sword in the air and it turned lavender too. It then turned into other different colors along with Percy's eyes. I recognized each of them. They were powers… They gifted him their power. Hestia, Hera, Zeus, Aphrodite, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Hermes, Ares, Hades, Hephaestus and lastly… Poseidon. He smiled and he returned back to normal and his sword turned back to the color of silver-ish bronze. We all clapped but Luke's face was like he shit bricks and Kaylee's was like, 'What the hell?', Grover face was too shocked for words and Juniper looked like she was about to pass out. I'm pretty sure my face looked like I just saw a ghost. At least that's what it feels like. I was sweating like crazy (good enough Triccia used water-proof make-up) and my palms were clammy.

I was suddenly in another place. I was underwater… I was also crying. A bubble was around my head allowing me to breath and someone was hugging me. I looked up and saw Percy. My body moved on its own accord and I cried on his shoulder. We swam somewhere and we reached a place where there was a big boat. I hugged my knees and continued to cry. A few moments later I looked at Percy and said, "Safe." Then I was back in Mount Olympus. I looked around and we were on our way to congratulate Percy. I shook my head. That was just my imagination... weird imagination I have… "Percy! Congrats man!" Grover said, giving him a manly hug. "Hey Luke, Juniper, Chiron and…You are?" Percy asked, gesturing to Grover and I. Juniper and Luke looked at Percy as though he was crazy. Chiron seemed unaffected. Grover and I looked at each other clearly bewildered. Grover bleated while I sweated bullets. I laughed uncomfortably, "Percy," I started. "That's not a very nice joke to say at a time like this. I mean, we haven't seen each other for one year and you're gonna welcome me with this awkward joke?" I laugh again, without any humor. Percy looked at me questioningly and then at Chiron. Chiron sighed loudly and turned to me. "Annabeth, um… how do I say this… 2 centuries back, there were 5 heroes that saved Mount Olympus from being crushed and forgotten. The day the last of them died, the Gods promised them one thing. They will die BUT they will be reborn again. They are Welcomed Heroes but only 1 of them was given the Sacred Blessing. It was the hero who was in the Great Prophecy. The hero who really saved Mount Olympus." There was a long pause. I stared at him and said, "And that has something to do with me…. Because?" The Chiron turned to look at the gods and goddesses and they nodded. Okay… what is going on? "Annabeth, the 5 heroes given the blessing of rebirth were Nico, Thalia," wait… THALIA? Did I hear right? "Grover, Percy and Annabeth." My breath stopped short. Nico de Angelo was the most known son of Hades, Grover is the best Satyr, Percy… obviously has the Sacred Blessing, Thalia is… back home…

"I'm not 'back home', Annabeth." I whirled around looking for the origin of the oh-so-familiar voice. Then I saw her. The girl with the long black curled hair flowing freely, dark purple gown and black heels, to elaborate, Thalia is here. Zeus had his arm around her shoulder… Wait a sec… "Thalia… YOU'RE Lord Zeus' DAUGHTER?" I blurted out. Thalia gave and embarrassed smile. "Yeah. Sorry about the tantrum at school. I went on squealing about Percy like that to make you interested in him only to realize I didn't have to do that since you already met him 11 years ago." When she said the last part she visibly glared at her father. Zeus gave a sheepish grin. "Well you see, Thalia, even in your past life you have always been the… um… tomboyish kind soooo… I wanted to see how you would look as a girl." Zeus said. Wow. The gods and goddesses are acting more like parents now. It made me smile to think that. But then… "HEY WAIT! That still doesn't explain why Percy doesn't remember me and Grover." I demanded.

"Annabeth, we erased his memory of you and the other 4 heroes." My mother, Athena, said. My eyes filled with tears. "Why?" They looked sadly at me and said, "to start it all over again." She reached out for my head as I saw Chiron do the same thing for Grover from my peripheral vision. "We will do the same to you… I'm sorry." Athena said. That was the last thing I heard before blacking out and, as they said, start all over again.