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"Stand up, Greeks, and introduce yourselves," Lupa said. Percy had gone to sit down, so it was just Jason, Piper, Leo, and I. Jason started.
"Well, as you all know, I'm Jason Grace, son of Jupiter," he said. Some people snickered.
"Hey look, it's Hercule Poirot!" a guy joked. Probably a son of Mercury.
"Thanks for that wonderful input of yours, Dakota," Jason retaliated. He gestured to Piper.
"Hey, I'm Piper McLean, daughter of Aphrodite or Venus, and a charmspeaker," She introduced herself. She gestured to Leo.
"'Sup, I'm Leo Valdez, son of Hephaestus/Vulcan and a fire user." and Leo gestured to me.
"Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena or Minerva," I said.
"Right. Now, do you all know the new Great Prophecy? It goes like this:
7 half bloods shall answer the call,
To storm or fire the world shall fall-"
"An oath to keep with a final breath,
And foes bear arms at the Doors of Death. Yes, we've all heard it from the Sybil, Jason," snapped a girl with black hair and Athena grey eyes.
"Patience, Reyna. Now, Gaea is awakening from her slumber, and bringing with her her children the Giants," Jason announced. Several people gasped.
"We have reason to believe that Porphyrion, king of the Giants, is leading the Giants to Greece to destroy the gods at their roots," piper said. Lupa had become impassive until now, but growled and stood up at this.
"And why are we supposed to help, Greeklings?" Lupa growled.
"As you may have already guessed, Jason was switched and sent to our camp. Hera has admitted to doing this for the Prophecy, and her kidnapping." I answered.
"Switched? Switched with wh- Perseus? He was switched with Perseus!" Reyna exclaimed.
"Exactly. And we need seven demigod heroes, Roman and Greek. Piper, Leo, Annabeth and I, are 4 of the seven," Jason said.
"And we believe that we know of a fifth," piper finished. All the Romans were looking bewildered, except for Lupa, Percy, and the girl named Reyna.
"Perseus Jackson, come forth," I announced, indicating that he should stand beside me. He did so and 'inconspicuously' brushed my hand.
"We have reason to believe that you, Son of Neptune, are the fifth," Jason proclaimed, and Percy shook his head and grinned.
"Sure, why not save the world twice in a year?" he said. I elbowed him and told him to shut up, because now everyone but me looked bewildered.
"Dude, you saved the world?" an awed Leo asked.
"Long story short," I cut in. "Yes. Both of us." I glared at my idiot boyfriend, and he looked down guiltily.
Jason cleared his throat. "As I was saying, we only have 5 demigods. We will need 2 strong Roman fighters to help win the upcoming War with the Giants," he said, and immediately, everyone's eyes turned to Lupa.
"Who volunteers?" she asked. About a dozen demigods raised their hands.
"We will pick tomorrow between Bobby, Frank, and Dakota, and Gwen, Reyna, and Hazel."
And the war council adjourned.
Several hours later, Percy and I were sitting on the beach pier, dangling our feet in the water. He was holding my hand, tracing patterns with his thumb. We sat in comfortable silence for a while, but Seaweed Brain broke it.
"Sooo…. Gaea, huh?" he asked.
"Yes Percy, Gaea. If you're thinking of that girl that has birds that sing and fold her laundry for her, that's Snow White, Seaweed Brain. Gaea is pretty much the Mother of all evil," I explained.
"I met Antaeus, so I can get she's evil." he said, and paused. "But seriously, I really hate her children."
"Like mother, like children," I sighed. I decided a change of subjects were in order. "So, remember anything else, Seaweed Brain?"
"Um… I guess more solid memories, less trivial things… hey, what do you mean, else?" he asked indignantly. With an inward gleeful smirk, I realized he was blushing.
"Well… I think I'm going to have to confess that the first night you got most of your memories back of me… I kinda saw them… all," I said, biting my lip to keep from laughing. He blushed fully this time.
"Umm…well… um-" I saved him from his horror by kissing him full on the mouth. He responded with equal fervor, and twined his hands in my hair. I snaked my arms around his neck and scooted closer when I heard a voice.
"Hey, love birds! Can ya hold it in for a second? We kinda need to talk," Leo smirked as he walked to us with Piper and Jason, who were also trying not to laugh. "You can get back to your make out session later."
My face was burning as I pushed away from Percy. And his was too. Great timing, Leo.
"What is it, Leo?" I hissed. He laughed at me.
"But it is, Annabeth, but it is. And, um, you might want to fix your… um… hair," Leo grinned, and Jason and Piper snickered. Leo turned to them.
"Guys, you do realize that this is basically what you looked like when I, er, interrupted you, right?" he told his buddies, who went pink.
"Leo, if you ever get a girlfriend, I will personally make it my job to interrupt you as much as possible," I said after I fixed my tangled mess of hair, and Jason and Piper nodded in agreement. Percy smirked. Leo gulped.
"So, what was this uber-important thing you had to tell us?" I demanded.
"Whoa. Annabeth said uber. Well, Lupa said we are to stay here overnight, and that we are welcome in our respective cabins." Leo said. "Kay. That's all. Bye." Leo turned to 'manly' skip away. Piper and Jason rolled their eyes, but stayed rooted to the spot. Percy leaned over slightly to whisper in my ear.
"Wanna go underwater? There's a certain memory I'd like to relive," he whispered, and I grinned. Piper raised an eyebrow. "Kay, guys, we're going underwater." I said, and then smirked at them. "Have fuuuun," they both looked at their shoes, embarrassed. I gestured to Percy.
"Kelp Faces first," I mocked him, and he shook his head, fake exasperated.
He stood there. So I pushed him in. Hard enough that he flailed and did a belly flop that probably didn't hurt.
You might want to move back," I warned a chucking Jason and Piper, and they did as I said.
As expected, Percy shot a jet of water at me, soaking me.
Jason and Piper stifled giggles.
"Oh, you are soooo going to get it, Seaweed Brain," I growled. "Get up here and fight me yourself, Fish Face!" Silence.
He shot up on a geyser and landed on the deck, and uncapping Riptide in one fluid motion. I unsheathed my knife and pointed it at Percy. We got into fighting stances, and Jason and Piper, who were still standing there, backed away a few paces.
I stood still for a second, to make Percy think I wouldn't make the first move. All part of my battle plan.
And then I swung.
Percy blocked it easily, pushing it off and jabbing at my side. I defected the blow and ducked his upper cut. I jabbed at his leg, but he stopped it. He swung his sword at my feet, but I jumped and spun, so when I landed, my knife was pressed to the small of his back.
"I win," I said, grinning widely. Percy sagged, and I confiscated Riptide. His scowl looked murderous. Jason and Piper were chortling behind us.
I then saw water rise up and touch Percy's hand. And too late, I saw his trick.
He grabbed me and flipped me around, stealing both Riptide and my knife in the process.
Pointing it at my throat, he chuckled.
"Actually, I believe I win," he corrected, smirking down at me. Piper snickered behind me, because she knew what would come next.
I growled at him.
"Perseus Jackson, I am SO going to murder you!" I snarled furiously.
Percy just laughed.
"Uh oh," Jason muttered behind me.
"I confiscated your knife, and I have both that and Riptide. Plus, we're surrounded. By water. What're you going to do? Bore me to death you're your egghead facts?" he snickered. Piper and Jason stopped laughing.
"No," I said. "But I can do this." and quick as lightning, I punched him in the small of his back and he fell over on his face, groaning.
Jason and Piper were now full on laughing now, clutching their sides and leaning on each other for support. I grinned triumphantly.
"I'll admit, Percy, your sword fighting skills have improved," I said, and offered him a hand up. He took it and stood up gingerly.
"That was unsportsmanlike, Annabeth," he said.
"Yeah, whatever. Wanna go underwater now?" I asked brightly.
He nodded, and together we walked to the edge of the pier.
"Bye, guys!" I called to a grinning Jason and Piper. I smirked back at them.
I took Percy's hand, and we did a backflip into the water. We shot to the bottom of the lake, and Percy created an air bubble for us. He held his arms open, and I jumped at him, tangling one of my hands in his hair, the other around his waist. He mirrored me, and I pressed my lips to his in a fierce and passionate kiss.
It was definitely one of the best underwater kisses ever. That I can be sure of.
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