Ok, we're back! Sorry for the long wait, I wanted to give everyone a chance to vote. Warning: I haven't got any idea of what will happen next. Well, not true. I have an idea, thanks to allen r. Ok, enough babbling!

Having Percy back was like a dream. A dream that I hoped I would never wake from. Unless the past three years were a dream and Percy had never left.

We sat together at campfire, cuddled against the cold. Almost the whole camp had come up and apologized for treating Percy so badly. I could tell he was uncomfortable, because he kept insisting that they were under a spell, that they couldn't help it, but everyone said that still, they should have acted better. Then Percy would shift in his seat and they would leave.

"Percy," said a voice. We turned and saw Clarisse. "Um, I just… thought I'd say….-"

"Gah!" Percy burst out. "Clarisse. No apologizing. It feels even weirder."

"How'd you know I was gonna… you know."

"Because you were so uncomfortable. You just shouldn't. And it doesn't help the fact that Ares is— Oops."

"Ares is what, Percy?" I asked him.

"Uh. He's sort of… I dunno, sending me a migraine."

"A what?" Clarisse interjected.

"It's a really bad headache."

"Why didn't you say that, then. Humph." She stormed off.

"How do you know it's him?'' I asked, concerned.

"Because I keep hearing a bunch of evil laughter, and it just feels like him."

I shivered. "Percy, Ares is a ! #$%^&*. Do you want to ask Chiron if he could help?"

"No, I'll just get some sleep, I guess. Can't wait to be back in Poseidon's cabin," he said with a yawn.

"Alright," I said, but I didn't want to let him go. Ever. He saw me looking anxiously at him and smiled.

"Annabeth, it's just for one night. I'll be fine." He turned to go.

"Wait! One more thing!"
"Hmm?" I could tell he was ready to go to bed, but I had to have one more kiss.

"Mmm, strawberries," he said when we surfaced. "Night. Don't let the monsters bite…" I watched him slowly walk away.

[…]

The next morning, I woke to chaos. Everyone was running around, yelling. I stopped one of my cabin mates and asked what was wrong.

"It's the ocean!" she yelled and ran off. A horrible feeling settled in the pit of my stomach. Last time, when Percy disappeared, the ocean raged for almost a month. I ran to the Poseidon cabin, unable to stop the tears from falling. If he was gone… What would I do? I burst into the cabin and immediately saw Percy standing like he was about to leave.

"Annabeth! What's the matter?"

I buried my face in his chest, and he wrapped his arms around me, rocking me back and forth.

"I thought you had gone again," I whispered.

"Never. Never again, I swear by all the gods, I will never leave you again," he replied. I opened my mouth to tell him that he shouldn't swear like that—at least it wasn't the Styx—but a camper burst in.

"Percy, Annabeth, you've got to see this."

We made our way to the beach. I wouldn't let go of his hand, even though I was probably cutting off his circulation.

"Oh…my…gods," I said. I had never seen anything like it. Two chariots, one blue and gold, the other black and red, circled each other, apparently fighting. But they were skimming along the surface if the water. Flashes erupted from both—it was mesmerizing.

"Ares," Percy spat.

"What? Where?" I said, gripping Percy's hand tighter, which I hadn't thought possible. Then I gasped. "You mean that's Ares?" Percy nodded.

"Things are gonna get rough," he said grimly.

Alright, definitely one of my longer ones! Though not by much. It might take me a while to post again, as I have only the vaguest idea of what will happen next, but if you have any ideas, feel free to review them! Also, thanks again to allen r for giving me the idea that you all just started reading!