Hey guys! I hope all of you Percabeth fans liked the last chapter! Warning: Dakota haters are not going to like this chapter very much! Here's chapter nine! I hope all of you enjoy! This chapter was supposed to be in Gwen's POV but I had to change it, the next chapter will be in Gwen's POV.
HUGE thanks to Thalia Marie Grace and Forbidden Black Rose.
Disclaimer: Go back and look at Chapter One.
Chapter Nine: Annabeth IX
When the boat docked all of us climbed off of the boat and started walking towards the dining pavilion while Butch and Blackjack walked towards the stables.
"Gods, it feels so good to be back here." Percy said from beside me, our hands were intertwined and we were walking close together.
"I know. I can't wait to play Capture the Flag." I told him as we neared the dining pavilion. Everybody was starting to fill out of the pavilion and head towards the woods.
"Hey, wait! You can't start Capture the Flag without us!" Leo shouted making everybody turn towards us.
"Hey, you guys are back! Percy, it's great to see you, man, we've missed you." Jake Mason said as he ran forward and gave Percy a man hug and ruffled Leo's hair.
"It's great to be back, so who's side am I on?" Percy asked.
"I guess you're on the red team with Hephaestus, Athena, Ares, Demeter, and Hermes. Blue has everybody else." Jake said and that made sense, since Jake paired up with the biggest cabins in camp.
"Attention campers," Chiron shouted. "We have some demigods from the Roman camp with us. I'll let them introduce themselves."
Reyna stepped forward and said, "I'm Reyna Sellan, a Daughter of Ceres/Demeter."
Then Gwen stepped forward and said, "I am Gwen Vadenci, Daughter of Vesta/Hestia."
"I'm Hazel LaVerda, a Daughter of Minerva/Athena." My sister said while stepping forward.
Bobby stepped up next. "I'm Bobby Triven, Son of Pluto/Hades".
"I'm Dakota Varnett, a Son of Vulcan/Hephaestus," Dakota was the last person to introduce themselves.
"Campers, now that the introduction is out of the way…..It's time for Capture the Flag!" Chiron shouted. Everybody cheered, me being one of them, and headed off towards the woods. Good thing we all but our armor on before we left the boat. I pulled Percy over to the side with the red team.
"What's the plan?" I asked Jake when we started walking towards the woods.
"Half of the Hermes and Hephaestus campers are going to go around and distract them from all sides. While Percy goes in and grabs the flag with your invisibility cap." Jake summed up.
"Good, plan." I told him. "Here you go Seaweed Brain, and don't you dare lose it!" I threatened as I handed my invisibility cap to him. He put it on and instantly disappeared but I knew he was still standing there because I still felt his warm hand in mine.
"You all know the rules. The creek is the boundary line. No killing or maiming is allowed. All magical items allowed." Chiron shouted. After that we all started to spread out in the forest. In the distance the conch horn blew signaling the start of the game. I started walking towards the direction that Jake told me the flag was in when it happened. I had just crossed the creek headed into enemy territory when all of a sudden I felt an arm snake its way around my waist and a hand cover my mouth before I could scream. They started to pull me away, deeper into the forest were no one would go. When the person finally let me go I spun around to see, Dakota standing in front of me. I was too shocked to scream at him, so all I said was, "What the Hades are you doing!"
"I needed to talk to you," Dakota replied calmly as if everything was normal, which it wasn't.
"Then why couldn't you do it without you having to kidnap me!" I screamed at him.
"Why are you going out with Percy? I told you he's not interested in you. Take my word for it." Dakota said ignoring my statement.
"First of all, I was going out with Percy before this whole thing with Gaea and I love him. Second of all, how do you know he's not interested in me? And why should I take your word for it? Why should I beli—," I started furiously but I got cut off by him kissing me for the second time, and hopefully the final time. I was too shocked to push him off of me, but I finally came to my senses and tried to push him off me but he only tightened his grip on me. The next thing I know, Dakota's laying on the ground clutching his nose, and Percy's standing in between us.
"Percy, I—," I tried to explain to him but he wasn't listening to me.
"What part of keep your hands off my girlfriend don't you understand?" Percy snarled at Dakota.
Dakota just rolled his eyes and said, "Did you really think that was going to stop me?"
Before, Percy could punch him again I put a hand on his arm.
"Percy, don't, he's not worth it." I told him. He didn't respond he just turned around and walked away.
"Percy I swear I tried to push him away! But he just tightened his grip on me every time I tried to push him away! Please believe me! I love you," I said while following him.
"I saw the whole thing, Annabeth. I believe you." Percy said while pulling me into a hug.
"Thank gods, Percy I am so sorry." I said into his chest.
"Don't be, you didn't nothing wrong. I love you," Percy said as he his arms tightened around my waist.
"Did you get the flag?" I asked him suddenly remembering that we were still playing Capture the Flag.
"Yeah, but I gave it to Jake when I couldn't find you," he replied burying his head in my hair. As if on cue the conch horn blew signaling the end of the game.
"Red team wins," we heard Chiron shout in the distance. I looked up at Percy and said, "Let's go and can we please forget that this ever happened?"
"Of course," Percy said and then he lowered his lips to mine. I brought my hands up to his neck while his hands stayed wrapped around my waist. We stayed like that for who knows how long but during that time I forgot about everything. We finally pulled apart and started walking out of the forest holding hands. We saw that everybody was sitting at the campfire enjoying themselves, including Bobby, Reyna, Hazel, and Gwen. We decided to go ahead and skip the campfire and head to the beach. When we got to the beach Percy took his armor and shirt off and said, "I'm going for a swim. Come with me?"
"Nope, I'm staying right here, I like the view of the stars." I replied as I took my armor off and plopped down on the sand. Percy sighed and sat down behind me and wrapping his arms around my waist and pulling me into his chest.
"Please!"Percy begged and buried his face in my hair
"Gods, Percy you sound like a 5-year old." I said while laughing.
"Hey, I do no—," Percy started to object but got cut off by a growl. Both of us jumped up and turned around to see a hellhound with a couple of earthborn behind him.
"Percy, the earthborn are hard to kill, but I think you would have the best chance to fight them from in the water." I told him. Percy turned and ran towards the water stopping when the water was up to his waist. As soon as Percy moved the hellhound attacked me. But, I had already crouched down and pulled out my dagger. The hellhound lunged for at me but I dodged out the way and drove my dagger into his furry side when I dodged him. When the hellhound disintegrated I noticed how many monsters there were on the beach. We didn't notice them before because we were too preoccupied with the group monsters we had in front of us. All of a sudden the entire camp was on the beach trying to fighting off the monsters. Percy was still in the water sending icicles at the earthborn which was working efficiently. We finally managed to kill all of the monsters, when Chiron made sure everybody was alright he called an emergency counselor meeting. I took Percy's hand after he put his shirt back on and we started walking towards the Big House. When we got to the Big House we when straight to the poll table and sat down next to Chiron.
After a minute of silence Chiron said, "Counselors, this wasn't an ordinary attack. Gaea purposely sent those monsters to destroy the Argo II, to delay the journey to Greece. But as long as we keep the Argo II in the water she can't destroy it."
There was a minute of silence as we all processed the information.
"Do the seven of us that are going to Greece need to leave earlier planned?" Jason asked him skeptically.
"I'm afraid so. The seven of you will have to leave the day after tomorrow." Chiron said while looking at the seven of us individually. The seven of us nodded and Chiron started to get up. "Go back to your cabins. Counselors if one of our guests are one of your siblings take them back to your cabins."
Everybody nodded and started to get up. Before, Percy and I could follow them out Chiron said, "Percy, Annabeth, I need to talk to you, Thalia could you show Hazel and Gwen to their cabins?"
"Yes, Chiron," Thalia said before she walked outside to catch up with Hazel and Gwen.
Percy and I sat back down next to Chiron and looked at him expectantly.
"Since you, will have to leave after tomorrow, if you're still going to go see Percy's mother, you're going to have to go tomorrow. Since the attack happened you can't bring the people that you planned to bring, you can only bring the seven of you that's going to Greece." Chiron told us.
"Ok, we'll tell them." Percy agreed.
"Chiron, I think we should take another look at Mount Pelion. I mean Gaea created a full on army of monsters and from what Jason, Leo, and Piper have told me from when they were on their quest, she was only strong enough to pull things into the earth." I said.
Chiron pondered my request before he said, "We'll, check it in the morning, come to the Big House at 7:30 am. Get to bed you two it's almost 11:00 at night."
"We'll see you in the morning. Goodnight, Chiron." Percy said before standing up.
"Goodnight, Chiron." I said before standing up and slipping my hand in Percy's before we walked out the door.
"Well, that went well." I said as we headed towards the cabin area.
"I could say the same." Percy said while glancing at me.
"So, you excited to see your mom?" I asked him turning my head to look at him.
"You bet! Even if I am going over there to tell her that the mother of Earth is awakening and trying to kill the gods, and not to mention we could die in a matter of months."
I just shook my head and laughed. By that time we were in front of my cabin. I turned towards Percy and gave him a kiss before I said, "Try not to disappear on me again. I don't think I could handle it if it happened again.
"Trust me, Wise Girl, if I go somewhere I'll make sure that I'm dragging you along with me." Percy replied before giving me a goodnight kiss. The entire time it felt like someone was watching us and when we broke apart I looked over his shoulder to see Dakota watching us out of a window from the Hephaestus cabin; he caught my eye before he walked out of the view of the window.
"Goodnight, Wise Girl," Percy said before he gave me a peck on the cheek.
"Sweet dreams, Seaweed Brain." I said before I walked into my cabin.
As soon as my head hit my pillow I fell into a dreamless sleep, which for a demi-god, was great.
When I woke up the next morning I saw that it was 7:00 am and half of my siblings, including Malcom, were up. I got out of bed and changed into one of my Camp-Half Blood t-shirts and a pair of shorts.
"Malcom, if I'm not back before breakfast you're in charge." I said while grabbing Benkendorf's shield, which Malcom had grabbed before we got off the ship. I walked out of my cabin and headed over to the Poseidon cabin knowing that Percy wouldn't be up.
"Seaweed Brain! WAKE UP!" I yelled as I barged into the cabin.
"Gods, Annabeth, there's no need to scream. I'm surprised China can't hear you! OWW!" Percy said. The 'OWW' part coming from me hitting him upside the head with Benkendorf's shield.
"Ohhh, shut up you big baby, you didn't even feel that." I said as I sat at the end of Percy's bed. As Percy got up I noticed he was only were a pair of sweats.
"Hey Wise Girl, could you stop staring and hand me my shirt?" Percy said while turning around giving me a full view of his abs.
"Ohhh, shut up! Don't make me hit you again and this time I won't miss your weak spot." I said while picking up his shirt off of the floor and throwing it at him. Percy just stuck his tongue out at me and walked into the bathroom. Two minutes later, Percy came out in his Camp-Half Blood shirt and a pair of basketball shorts. When he finished putting on his shoes I stood up and walked towards the door but Percy blocked me.
"What Percy?" I asked exasperated.
"You didn't give me my good morning kiss, after all you woke me up at 7:00 and we don't have to meet Chiron until 7:30." Percy complained as we walked out of the cabin.
"I wanted to get a fight in before we met him." I told him while rolling my eyes.
"Well, do I get my good morning kiss or not?" Percy asked me and he kept bugging me. By that time we were walking into the arena.
"Fine," I caved in so he could shut-up. He smiled as he pulled me in by my waist and pulled me into a kiss. A few seconds later we were interrupted by someone clearing their throat. We turned around to see Bobby, Reyna, Hazel, Nico, Thalia, Gwen, and unfortunately, Dakota, sitting on the first bleacher.
"Hey, guys. Who wants to spar?" Percy said while taking out his sword.
"Not me. Now, what I'd like to know is when did this happen?" Bobby asked pointing in between me and Percy.
"Hey, Annabeth you want to spar?" Percy asked me ignoring Bobby.
I rolled my eyes and said, "Yeah."
I pulled out my dagger and then we started circling each other. After five minutes of fighting Percy had Riptide at my throat.
"Well, Seaweed Brain, it looks like you win." I told Percy as I sat next to Thalia and asked her, "What time is it? We have to meet Chiron at 7:30."
She looked at her watch and said, "7:20. And when are we leaving to go see Percy's mom?"
"About that, Chiron just wants me, Annabeth, Jason, Piper, Bobby, Gwen, and Leo to go since the attack occurred." Percy answered.
"Ohhh…..tell Sally I said hi." Thalia replied.
"Me too," Nico spoke up.
"Will do. Come on Annabeth we have to go meet Chiron." Percy said walking out the arena.
"Bye, guys." I called as I followed Percy out of the arena. He took my hand and we made our way to the Big House in silence.
"Hello, Peter, Annabelle, so nice to see you." a voice said from behind us. We turned around and saw Mr. D sitting with Chiron playing pinochle like it was a casually day at Camp-Half Blood.
"Hello, Percy, Annabeth, take a seat." Chiron said gesturing towards the two empty chairs next to them.
"Hey, Mr. D, Chiron, it's great to see you. I would have thought that Zeus would have called you back by now." I said as Percy and I sat down.
"Zeus finally came to his sense and agreed that in order for us to defeat the Giants we all have to work together and, unfortunately for me, released us to our duties." Mr. D told us.
"Well, it's great to have you back." Percy said speaking for the first time since we got to the Big House.
"So, children did you bring Benkendorf's shield?" Chiron asked us as he beat Mr. D in pinochle.
"Yes, sir," Percy said as I sat the shield in the sunlight and turned it on.
"Mount Pelion." I said and watched it find its target. When it found its target I found the spot where the Giants were resting and zoomed in on the middle.
"Gods, how is that possible?" Percy asked when he saw Gaea. Because in the middle was Gaea just like she looked yesterday but instead of just her head sticking out of the sand, the sand was down to her chest.
"I'm afraid this is worse than we thought it was. Chiron, I think the seven should leave tonight." Mr. D said while looking at the screen. We must be in a much more dangerous situation than we thought if a god thinks we should leave earlier than planned.
"I hate to agree with you on this Mr. D, but you're absolutely right." Chiron agreed.
"Gods, this is much worse than we thought it was." Percy said while putting his head in his hands.
"For once, Percy you are right." Dionysus said and you could tell he was serious because he actually got Percy's name right.
I'm starting to think we were in way over our heads.
Okay, there's chapter nine! This chapter felt like a filler chapter but the next chapter will have Sally and Paul. Sadly, we're getting closer to the end and I really need you guys to vote for the next story! I hope you liked the chapter! I'll try to update soon! Special thanks to: C-Nuggets N.L, Thalia Marie Grace, Forbidden Black Rose, NiniC, LoganxLermanxIsxMyxBoyfriend,and percylover11111. Thanks to all of them they're the best fans I could ever ask for, all of you are! Thanks again, I couldn't have gotten here if it wasn't for all of you guys!
Until Next Time,
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