Thanks for the few of you who reviewed! I'm sorry about the long wait for this chapter, as I lost some inspiration to write this, because I didn't get very many reviews for last chapter. I hope you guys like this chapter better! And please don't forget to review! This is the 'Annabeth goodbye to Percy, as he fights Ares' that we have all been waiting for! Hope you enjoy!

Chapter title: Reconciliation, Athena and Poseidon together.

Time: Takes place in lightening thief, when Percy stands up to fight against Ares. Pages 324- 326)

It was Ares. Everything suddenly made sense. Ares had tricked us; he had set us up to look like the criminals. And I was pretty upright ticked off about that. I looked over at Percy, who was burning red with rage.

Uh oh. 'Percy + Anger+ god = Very, Very bad.'

"Exactly," Ares said. "Now where was I. Oh yeah, Hades will be mad at both Zeus and Poseidon, because he doesn't know who took this. Pretty soon, we got a nice little three-way slugfest going."

How could he say that?! That's when I stepped forward.

"But they're your family!" I protested.

Ares shrugged. "Best kind of was. Always the bloodiest. Nothing like watching your relative's fight, I always say."

"You gave me the backpack in Denver," Percy started comprehending. "The master bolt was in there the whole time.

"Yes and no" Ares went on explaining his stupid, evil plan.

"But why not just keep the master bolt for yourself? Percy said. "Why sent it to Hades?"

Great, thanks for giving him a totally worse idea that could end up killing us all, Seaweed brain!!!

Ares twitched, and it felt like he was listening to a voice deep down in his head. He held his trance for one second… two seconds…

Percy and I exchanged nervous looks.

Ares's face cleared. "I didn't want the trouble. Better to have you caught red-handed, holding the thing."

"You're lying," Percy stepped forward. "Sending the bolt to the underworld wasn't your idea, was it?" Percy accused the god of war.

Ares face turned hot, and Percy and Ares went on arguing.

My heart was hard, and I don't know how Percy managed to look straight into Ares's eyes of flames, and talk back. How could he so calmly avoid Ares's aura.

"I am the god of war! I take orders from no one! I don't have dreams!" Ares bellowed.

Percy hesitated for a moment. "Who said anything about dreams?"

Ares looked agitated, but I noticed that Percy caught how he covered it with a smirk.

"Let's get back to the problem at hand, kid."Ares went on "You're alive. I can't have you taking that bolt to Olympus. You might get those hard headed idiots to listen to you. So I've got to kill you. Nothing personal."

My heart pounded.

Ares snapped his fingers, as a wild boar appeared, waiting to charge at Percy.

I clenched my necklace, completely panicked, but still working out a strategy.

Percy stepped into the surf. "Fight me yourself, Ares"

That's when my mouth dropped open.

No! Percy did not just say that, he's not that stupid! What if Ares took it seriously? Standing up to Ares is one thing… but fighting him. Percy was out of his mind.

Ares laughed, but I knew Percy and I both caught the small edge to his laugher, an uneasiness. "You've only got one talent, kid, running away. You ran away from the chimera. You ran from the Underworld. You don't have what it takes."

My heart got faster, that was the worst thing to tell Percy right now. I could feel Percy's anger rising, but he kept calm.

"Scared?" Percy smirked.

And at this point, I didn't know what to think… about Percy's stupid stubbornness, his courage, or the fact that Percy was literally challenging the god of war.

"In your adolescent dreams." I could see the flames in Ares eyes rise. "No direct involvement. Sorry, kid. You're not at my level."

My heart skipped a beat as I something from the corner of my eye.

"Percy Run!" I screamed, as the wild boar charged at Percy.

But he stood there. A breeze went by, rustling through his dark hair, and he uncapped riptide. My heart raced. He slashed upward, as the boar's horn fell to his feet, and the animal charged into the ocean.

"Wave!" Percy shouted. His voice steady and strong.

And the water wrapped around the boar like a blanket. He turned back to Ares. "Are you going to fight me now?" he pushed on. "Or are you going to hide behind another pet pig?"

By this time I was clenching down on my necklace so hard, my neck hurt.

Ares face purple with rage. "Watch it, kid. I could turn you into-"

"A cockroach" Percy snapped. "Or a tapeworm. Yeah, I'm sure. That'd save you from getting your godly hide whipped, wouldn't it?"

Who was Percy trying to impress? Why was he being so stupid? There was no way he'd even stand a second to Ares. He was stepping into suicide!

Thoughts raced...

But, Did I really have that little confidence in him? Maybe, just maybe… Percy could come up with a plan. And every now and then, Wisdom had to overrule power, Right? Maybe, just maybe, I was starting to find the faintest hope.

Flames went wild in Ares eyes. "Oh, man, you are really asking to be smashed into a grease spot."

"If I lose, turn me into anything you want. Take the bolt. If I win, the helm and the bolt are mine and you have to go away." Percy folded the deal.

Ares sneered, and took out his weapon. "How would you like to get smashed: classic or modern?"

Percy held up riptide.

Silence.

Another breeze playfully walked through Percy hair.

And for the first time, I opened my clenched hands over my necklace. My hand was warm and sweaty. Was Percy really about to this?

This goes beyond just giving him credit for guts… I mean, what was going through his kep head?

"That's cool, dead boy," Ares said. "Classic it is." His weapon changed into a two sided axe.

That was it!

"Percy," I said. "Don't do this. He's a god."

"He's a coward" He told me, with determination.

I swallowed. I knew Percy well enough, after all this, there was absolutely no way- Percy would back down.

And I just had to trust his stupid 'seaweed brained ways'…

"Wear this, at least. For luck."

I took off my necklace, with my five years worth of camp beads and the ring from my father. It was the most important thing I had with me, and I would do anything to protect it.

I tied it around Percy's neck. As red crept up his cheeks.

"Reconciliation," I said. "Athena and Poseidon together."

Percy blushed, but he managed a smile. "Thanks"

Grover stepped forward. "And take this," he gave Percy a flattened tin can; he had been saving for a thousand miles. "The satyrs stand behind you. "

"Grover… I don't know what to say." Percy started.

Great, I thought. Percy knows exactly what combats to use against the god of war, and yet now he's speechless.

"You all done saying good-bye?" Ares came towards Percy. "I've been fighting for eternity, kid. My strength is unlimited and I cannot die. What have you got?"

My hand flew to my neck, but I remembered the necklace I gave Percy. It rest wistfully around his neck.

And I knew, Percy wouldn't stand back. He could do this. I believed in him. He had my trust…

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Okay, I'm going to skip through the whole fight. Basically, Percy manages to stab Ares in the heel of his foot, and Ares curses and disappears. Percy also feels a wave of Kronos during the fight. And then the 'Fates' meet Percy and say "Live well, Percy Jackson. Become a true hero."

Now this takes place, after 'the Fates' leave.

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Percy slowly limped back towards me and Grover, and we were staring at Percy like idiot's in amazement. I mean- he had just injured Ares.

"Percy..." Grover said. "That was so incredibly..."

"Terrifying," I broke in. I mean I had been scared half to death the whole time about Percy, and how this would turn out.

"…cool!" Grover corrected.

I studied Percy hard. He certainly didn't look terrified, or cool... but tired. Drained of energy.

"Did you guys feel that... whatever it was?" Percy asked.

Me and Grover nodded uneasily.

Whatever that feeling was, it was powerful...I had studied this…. it was the feelings of... Kronos.

Percy and I locked eyes, and just stared for the longest time, the third breeze freely walked through his hair, echoing and howling along the coast of the beach. And an understanding passed between us. We knew what was in the pit of Tartarus. It was Kronos, titan lord of time.

"We have to get back to New York," Percy declared. And averted his eyes. "By tonight"

"That's impossible," I said. "Unless we--"

"Fly" Percy agreed.

I stared at him. "Fly, like, in an airplane, which you were warned never to do lest Zeus strike you out of the sky, and carrying a weapon that has more destructive power than a nuclear bomb?" I said.

"Yeah." Percy said steadily. "Pretty much exactly like that. Come on."

(A/N original chapter ends here. The next short paragraphs, are just my small little addition, because I couldn't resist!)

At this point, I didn't know what to think. I could never predict Percy; he was just full of surprises that would always end up scaring me half to death! And everything he had done by now, gave 'guts' a totally new meaning. There wasn't a word strong enough to describe Seaweed brains courage.

I found myself thinking.... Was Percy real? Could there really be someone as, strong... nice, .... Stupid....smart.... brave.... and idiotic as him, all in one?

"Hey wise girl" I snapped to reality. Percy and Grover were already half way down the shore.

I jogged down and joined them.

"Thanks" Percy smiled and threw my camp necklace back to me. "Let's go"

Finished! I hope Annabeth remained in character. Through some of it- I felt like she was too 'over worried' but I wrote her that way, because in the original Percy POV, by rick, she is described as 'worried sick'. So I hope she stayed in character!

The next chapter will be their good bye, and it will be ending the book LT.

And hopefully, I will be starting the next book soon, which is full of hidden percabeth moments, that we never caught, but I'll bring them to you guys!

Please review, I promise they will speed up my update, and then we can move along throughout all the moments in the book series! Thanks for everyone's support! Can't wait for your feedback!