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Third and forth Dutch word: Ja (yah) and nee (nay). They mean yes and no.

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After the AN, here's the one shot! It's set after Annabeth runs from Mount St. Helens (is that the one?) in TBOTL

Disclaimer: I had an air hockey battle, but Rick won (again… I really seriously need to beat him at something). He just got lucky. But anyway, he still has all the rights and the characters and everything recognizable from PJO and HoO

Annabeth IV

Annabeth couldn't believe it. After a whole year of liking Percy, after they came back with the Fleece, she finally had the guts to kiss him. She shouldn't really like it, because they are friends (even though she wished they were more), but she did. She really did.

And then, after she finally did it, he just had to die. She couldn't believe any of it. The guy who had saved her from her own death, over and over and over again, was just dead. Maybe he isn't. She thought. He could have survived. But she was just trying to convince herself. The rational part of her brain thought, He couldn't have survived that explosion, he couldn't. Even though she wanted him to live so badly. He was, after all, Percy Jackson. The one that had found and gave the master bolt back to Zeus himself, had fought and defeated Ares, had retrieved the Golden Fleece, had battled Atlas, had fought the Nemean Lion, had held up the sky, had wandered through the Labyrinth, and so much more. He just couldn't die. He just couldn't. Annabeth would be crushed if that happened. First Luke, and now Percy. Did all of her crushes (yes, she admitted, she had a crush on Percy) have to just be gone? Leave her behind?

She ran all the way back to Hephaestus' workshop, tears streaming down her face.

She finally arrived, thanks to the spider that she had gotten a bit used to, but still found creepy.

"So, you're back. Where's the boy?" Hephaestus asked, not noticing Annabeth's facial expression.

"H-he di-didn't make i-it out!"

Hephaestus grunted. "Too bad. Can you give me that wrench?" He said, clearly not caring.

"What? Percy Jackson, possibly the savior of Olympus, is gone, and you don't care?" Annabeth shouted, shocked. She was just really panicked and didn't know what had happened to Percy. She didn't care if she had insulted a god. She was too worried about Percy.

"Demigod, I don't know what happened, but we can hope. He might come back. Maybe. Possibly. " Hephaestus said. "I will flash you back to Camp then, so that you can be with your friends."

And so he did.

Annabeth popped up in the middle of the Athena cabin, startling everyone. After a second or so, Malcolm asked Annabeth carefully, "Annabeth, what happened?"

The daughter of Athena burst into tears.

Two weeks later, they had Percy's funeral. Annabeth was crying the whole time. They had prayed and prayed and prayed, but in vain. Nothing had happened.

"He was probably the bravest friend I've ever had." She managed to say "He… " Then she saw Percy. Her heart did a little race and probably set a new world record.

"He's right there!" she said, so relieved and so happy.

Everybody turned to look at him, also really happy to see him.

Chiron cantered towards him. "Well, I don't believe I've ever been happier to see a camper return. But you must tell me-"

"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? Annabeth shouted, pushing trough other campers to make her way to Percy. She hugged him, so relieved to see him again- in one piece and alive. But then she remembered that they were just friends, and pulled away.

"I-we thought you were dead, Seaweed brain!

"I'm sorry." Percy said. "I got lost."

"LOST?" Annabeth yelled. "Two weeks, Percy? Where in the world-"

"Annabeth," Chiron said. "Perhaps we should discuss this somewhere more private, shall we? The rest of you, back to your normal activities!"

He just slung Annabeth and Percy on his back and galloped off towards the Big House. Please, put your arms around my waist, Annabeth thought, sitting in the front. No such luck.

Percy told Chiron and Annabeth the whole story, from the eruption to leaving the island. But Annabeth had a sneaking suspicion where Percy was, and she didn't like it.

You've been gone two weeks." Annabeth said, shaken. "When I heard the explosion, I thought-"

"I know." Percy said. "I'm sorry. But I figured out how to get trough the Labyrinth. I talked to Hephaestus."

"He told you the answer?"

"Well, he sort of told me that I already knew. And I do. I understand now."

He told them about Rachel, and Annabeth did NOT like it. She was a bit stunned that Percy thought about this. She didn't want to go on a quest with a mortal, and especially not with mortals that steal somebody else's crushes, or were trying to at least. Not naming any names, of course, or talking about anybody in particular.

Her jaw dropped after Percy told them the whole plan. "Percy, that's crazy!" she said. But it was a good idea; it just wasn't one that Annabeth liked.

"There is precedent, however," Chiron said. "Theseus had the help of a Ariadne. Harriet Tubman, daughter of Hermes, used many mortals on her Underground Railroad for just this reason."

"But it is my quest!" Annabeth said, looking for any kind of reason that this stupid mortal couldn't go on the quest.

Chiron said, "My dear, it is your quest. But you need help."

Annabeth could not believe it. "And this is supposed to help? Please! It's wrong. It's cowardly. It's –"

"Hard to admit we need a mortal's help." Percy interrupted her. "But it's true."

Annabeth glared at him. She couldn't believe that after their moment, he wanted to run off with some mortal. "You are the single most annoying person I have ever met!" And she stormed out, desperate not to cry in front of Percy.

She ran all the way to the Athena cabin, flung herself on her bed, and cried a million tears.

There, chapter IV! Sorry if Hephaestus and Annabeth were a bit OOC in their dialogue, but I had no idea what to let them say.

Anyway, my summer vacation started today! I do have to go back next week Friday to pick up my report, but for the rest, I am officially not a 7th grader anymore! But, I will also be able to update faster, because I have absolutely nothing to do. But in about 2 weeks my grandparents are coming, then we are going to France, and when we come back, my cousins will be here, so then I will have little time to update and write.

That's it for today!

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