"Wait! What is your weapon?" I asked.

"You saw me fight with the dummy. You know it is a sword." He said. I sighed.

"No, I mean where it is?" I asked. He pulled out a pen and showed it to me. I just looked at it and then looked at him like he was crazy.

"Some nice pen. Now, where is the weapon? We can't go hunting until you have one out. You never know what you are going to come up against." I said. Percy smirked.

"Don't you remember who you are talking to? Savior of Olympus." Percy said with a grin. I rolled my eyes. "Anyway, that is my weapon." He said. I shook my head.

"No, it is a pen. Come on, Percy stop playing games. If you want to come with me so badly, show me the sword." I said. Percy smiled.

"Why don't you uncap the pen and show yourself." He said. I looked at him weirdly, but did as I was told. When I uncapped it, a beautiful bronze sword showed up before me. I stared, wide eyed.

"Wow." I said. Percy smirked.

"Ya." He said. "So can we go?" he asked. I nodded.

"Sure." I said.

As we were walking Percy started to ask questions.

"So what are we planning to find?" he asked.

"I don't know. There are three demigods of the big-three. There should be something." I said. He nodded.

"How long have you been in the hunt?" he asked.

"Long enough." I said. Percy waited for me to go on, but I never did.

"Long enough for what?" he asked.

"To know that we should be quiet when we are hunting." I said, trying to give him a sign.

"That is a weird thing to notice." He said to himself.

"Percy! Shush!" I said.

"Sorry." He said, but he was grinning. We were walking and soon besides us we heard some rustling in the leaves and branches. Percy and I looked at each other and then hit behind a tree. I had my bow ready, and he had his sword out. We locked eyes and I nodded. It amazes me that he knew what that meant.

At the exact same time we launched out behind the trees and found that we were facing a huge scorpion. Percy and I fought like we were meant to. We made sure that we had each other's backs. If someone was in a bad situation then we would come to the rescue. We fought like this until the monster was dead.

We were panting and had our hands on our knees. Percy looked at me, still trying to catch his breath, and smiled.

"Good job. Didn't know you could shoot that good. Do you fight with any other weapons?" he asked. I shrugged.

"A knife. But Lady Artemis prefers us to use a bow and arrow." I said. He nodded.

"We should get back. I don't want to get caught with you…..and it's getting late." I said. We started to walk away.

"So do you always go hunting when something is bothering you?" Percy asked. I nodded.

"Most of the time." I said.

"And was the Luke story bothering you?" he asked. I nodded.

"Why? You didn't even know him." Percy said. I nodded again.

"I know….but…I don't know actually. It shouldn't be bothering me. Your right. I don't know him. And he is dead." I said. Percy looked at me weirdly.

"Alright." He said. By this time we were back at the tent. Before we got inside I turned to Percy.

"You should probably go clean that up." I said, referring to the monster blood on his sword. He nodded and went to the stream, not that far away from here. I went into the tent and lay down. Soon Percy came in. He lay down too.

"Goodnight, Annabeth." He said.

"Night." I said. That night I didn't have any bad dreams. Nothing about Kronos or me dying. When I woke up in the morning, Thalia and Bianca were gone. Percy sat up and he looked tired.

"Where is Thalia and Bianca?" I asked.

"Um…Artemis wanted to talk to everyone. She said that you already knew the information, so that you didn't need to come to the meeting." He explained. I was confused. Artemis hasn't wanted me to come to any meetings lately. She usually wants me there to back her up. But if I already know everything, then I guess I don't need to come.

ARTEMIS'S POV

I called a meeting for the girls. I wanted to see if Annabeth was starting to get close to Percy.

I told Percy to tell her that she already knew the information so that she didn't come. I was debating whether I should tell Percy that Annabeth would fall in love with him. But I decided against it. He would just screw it up.

Most boys do. (A/N: Sorry boys! I'm just writing what Artemis would think! :D)
Poor guy doesn't even know that when Annabeth insults him, or he grins at her, and tries to talk to her, that he is facing the girl of his dreams. And Annabeth is facing the boy of her dreams. The girls were all talking and I couldn't get their attention. Thalia noticed how annoyed I look.

"Hey! Artemis is trying to talk, ladies!" she screamed. I smiled at Thalia.

"Ya….so I was just wondering about progress with Annabeth and Percy. Anyone have any updates?" I asked. Most of the girls shook their heads.

"Oh come on. Nothing?" I asked. More no's. "Thalia, Bianca?" I asked.

"No. Every time that I look at the two they are fighting. I really don't know how they are ever going to fall in love. They can't be together for five second without getting into a fight." Thalia said.

"But yesterday when Percy was telling Annabeth about…..ah." Bianca gave a nervous look at Thalia. "Luke, and they actually had a decent conversation." Bianca finished.

"And yesterday the two went hunting. They killed a scorpion." Apollo came in and sat down next to his sister.

"Really?" Artemis asked. Apollo nodded.

"Really." He said. "They fight really well together. I was like I was watching one person." He said.

"Maybe we weren't wrong. We just need to give them time." Said Bianca. Everyone nodded.

"Well, okay. That's it for the meeting." Artemis said. Then everyone left.

ANNABETH'S POV

The whole time they were having the meeting, I was at the shooting range. Percy came along. It seems that he has started to hang out with me more than usual. I mean, I sort of enjoyed his company. He was a nice guy. But that doesn't mean that I liked him. I couldn't. It wasn't possible.

Percy told me that he wanted to learn how to shoot a bow and arrow, but he always sucked at it.

I found an extra bow and some arrows and handed it to him.

"Ok….shoot." I said. Percy shook his head.

"Annabeth, I need to know how." He said.

"Ok….you put the arrow through here. Put your hand here. No, not there! Are you trying to kill yourself?" I asked. Percy looked confused. I sighed and walked over to him so he could get a closer look. I placed my hand were it was supposed to go.

"Here." I said. Percy still didn't get it. I sighed in frustration. I turned around and guided his hand so the correct spot. After I let go of his hand he looked dazed. I smiled inside, but on the outside I rolled my eyes.

"Okay….and then you bring the string to your cheek and then release. But you have to make sure you have a target." I said. Percy nodded and did as I said. When he shoot, the arrow went flying into a tree.

"Sorry." He said. I shook my head.

"Nothing to be sorry about. Here," I said. I walked over to him again. "Show me how you did it. Don't release the arrow though." I said. He nodded. As soon as he brought the string up I saw the problem.

"You're too tense. Relax a bit." I said. Percy still seemed to be a little tense.

"Think of a happy place." I said. That did the trick. Percy smiled and released the arrow. Bull's eye. He smiled.

"You know, out of all the people who have tried to teach me how to shoot and arrow, you are the first one that actually succeeded." He said. I sat down. He sat down next to me.

"That's just because I'm awesome." I said. Percy smiled.

"So just out of curiosity, where is your happy place?" I asked. Percy shook his head.

"I can't tell you." He said. I scrunched my eyebrows.

"Why not?" I asked.

"It's personal. If Thalia found out, then she would humiliate me." he said.

"I can keep a secret." I said. Percy still shook his head.

"Come on. We're…friends? Right?" I asked. I honestly didn't know. He wasn't acting like an ass. He was easy to talk to. He was like Thalia in every way. But we couldn't be friends. Well I guess we could. I'm just too stubborn. Percy looked at me weirdly.

"Are we? Well, that's nice." He laughed.

"So tell me. I won't tell Thalia." I said. Percy looked at me and sighed.

"At Montauk beach. In a cabin. I'm there with my mom my dad and…" he looked at me. "Um, my dog." He said.

"Do you miss your dad?" I asked. Percy shrugged.

"I guess. I mean, I see him about once a year. But he is the god of the sea, so you know. He is kind of busy. I just wish there could be a time were him, my mom and I could be together, as a family." He said. He looked sad.

"Does your mom know who he is?" I said. Percy nodded.

"Ya, they were madly in love. He wouldn't keep that from her." He said.

"How did your mom take it when he left?" I asked. Percy shrugged.

"I don't know. I wasn't even born yet. But my mom had to marry this one, horrible guy. His name was Gabe." He said. I raised an eyebrow.

"Was?" I asked. Percy smiled slightly.

"Ya….we took care of him. It was horrible to watch my mom go through what she was going through, just to deal with Gabe. He hit here once. When I found out I wanted to kill him." Percy said. I smiled.

"You really love her, don't you?" I asked. Percy nodded.
"Ya, I'm a real mama's boy. Most people would be embarrassed, but I embrace it." He said. I laughed.

"Why did your mom put up with him if he was so horrible?" I asked.

"Well, it was before I knew that he was a demi-god. My mom wanted to protect me, so to hide my smell from the monsters, she married Gabe. Gabe had his horrible stench that would clear anyone out of a building. Mom just wanted to protect me. So she sacrificed her own happiness." He said. He looked sad.

"Maybe if you were safe, then she was happy." I suggested. Percy nodded.
"Maybe." He said. I realized that all I've been doing for the past few minutes was ask questions.

I also realized that this was the first time that we had a conversation, before I got mad and stomped away. Maybe this could work out. Maybe we can become friends.

PERCY'S POV

I had a conversation with Annabeth for the first time. An actual conversation. After the dream we shared I started to take interest in Annabeth. After I told her about Luke, and I saw another side to her, I thought she wasn't all that bad. After we fought together, I started to like her. Now….and I know that we barely know each other, but I want her to be mine. After that last thing she said, I realized that she actually cared. She said something that I never thought to be true. She said something to make me feel better. She didn't make fun of me when I said I was a mama's boy. She smiled. She also called me her friend. Maybe one day she can call me something more.

No…I wouldn't want to ruin the hunt for her. She really seemed to enjoy it. I didn't want to take something that she had such a passion for away from her. That would be a horrible thing to do. I'm just going to have to deal with it.

We were sitting down talking and every once in a while I would take a look at the beauty sitting next to me. With her golden, curly, blonde hair. Her startling grey eyes. Her cool personality. Fierce, yet friendly. Smart, funny. Everything about her was beautiful.

I told her that my happy place was at the beach with my dad, mom and my dog. I didn't have a dog. Unless you count a huge hellhound bigger than a tank, which no one does seems to count it. Well I was going to say that my happy place was at the beach with my dad, mom and Annabeth...as my girlfriend. But I knew that she would freak out and never talk to me again.

Artemis told me that my job to see if one of the younger girls take in interest to me. I don't think I'm doing a very good job. I'm spending all my time with Annabeth, Thalia, and Bianca. I hope she is not angry. I hope she won't take me out of the hunt. I'm finally getting to know Annabeth. And I like what I'm seeing.