Hey guys! I just started so-writing this with Psirena, Daughter of Poseidon, and this was written by her. So I know it's a different writing style, but I hope you enjoy it! We're toying with ideas for the future of the story now.
I put the book in my cabin and headed to the beach, odds were, Percy would
be there. I didn't say a word as I came up behind him. He spun around to face
me and pointed Riptide at my chest, I took a cautious step back from his sharp
blade. I could completely understand him being angry with me. After all, it
WAS all my fault but it hurt to see him so angry at me. I hated the way he
looked at me, or didn't look at me, or anything for that matter. His
Brilliantly green eyes had a white fog over the pupil. They were clouded in a
white mist.
"Clarisse, if you came back to tease me again, I swear I'll kill you!" he
said. I mentally sighed with relief that it wasn't me he wanted to kill. I'd
have to punch Clarisse in the face later.
"Percy, it's just me, Annabeth."
He gasped and immediately withdrew his blade. "I'm sorry! Hey, you're all
better now, right?"
"I'm fine." I said in a quiet voice, I was examining the fog over his eyes.
It was so weird seeing him like that. His eyes had always been his best
feature but now they were dull. I shook my head trying to focus on our
conversation. He eminated relief at the news that I was all right.
"I'm so glad," he said. He turned and stuck Riptide in the sand beside him.
Strange, he usually capped it. To his other side I noticed a book of Braille.
The title read, Beginning Braille With The Gods!
"Cool book," I said, "Can I see it?"
"Uh, sure." he mumbled, embarrassed. I picked it up and shook the sand from
its pages. "It's a fascinating book. Information on he gods at a 1st grade
reading vocabulary."
"Don't you already know enough about the gods?" I asked.
"Well the only other Learn To Read Braille book was a cookbook for fish, you
know, to learn Braille numbers and stuff? But I figured the Hippocampi
wouldn't appreciate that choice in literature."
I giggled.
"No wise cracks from the Wise Girl? Did you hit your head too?" he laughed.
"I'm sorry." I apologized, "So your just going to leave Riptide in the sand
like that?" I asked trying to sound nonchalant.
"Well, I tried capping it yesterday and..." He held out his bandaged hand to
show me. I took his hand in both of mine, "Seaweed Brain...!" I sighed.
"I know, my head is full of kelp! Not one of my better ideas!" he laughed.
His laugh never reached his eyes. I capped Riptide and slipped it in his
pocket.
"Thanks." he said simply.
How dare the gods let this happen to him! He was going to fight Kronos to
protect their throne when they never even spoke to us like a good parent would
do. They just had their fun and left us to grow up in the monster infested
world and didn't really care. We had to go through such hardships when we
didn't even ask for this kind of life and yet we had to endure being so
different in the mortal world. Percy especially, deserved better. That's it!
That's how I could fix this! I would go to Mount Olympus and demand Percy's
sight back! It would either work or Zeus would blast me to bits! But he
couldn't he owed it to Percy! This could work! I said bye to Percy and ran to
the Big House to tell Chiron. He would tell me not to go, so would Percy but I
was going to do it anyway! This had to work!