Annabeth's POV:
Gods, I held my head in my hands. I feel so useless. I can't plan. I can't think straight. I can't speak. I can barely breathe. Loosing Hestia did something to me.
I ran a shaking hand through the rat's nest you could barely call my hair. Think of something else Annie, you're good at thinking I told myself. Percy … PERCY! He's taking his time. Too much time. Where is he?
Just like if he could read my mind –which I am sure he probably can, cue the eye rolling- the door creaked open. The room fell silent and we all looked at him expectantly.
"So, were gonna stay the night." He seemed a bit odd about it. Casually, he walked over to me and sat down. I raised an eyebrow.
"A little vague, don't you think Seaweed Brain?" He laughs a little … and my heart does a little summersault. Now if fell like even more of an idiot. I'm probably grinning right now.
"Trust me." He whispered in my ear. Every hair on my body stands on end. Electricity courses through my veins. Stupid love.
Nico's POV:
Percy and Annabeth's lovey-dovey thing is disgusting. I mean, seriously? Get a room or something.
I find my eyebrows knit closely together and I only notice now I'm thinking hard about something. Why are we staying the night? Every second Hestia's gone, the Hearth Fire dies more and more. Percy better have a plan.
Chiron trotted into the room and walked over to Percy, because everyone knows he's the favorite. They had a little chit chat probably about what the plan was – if we even had one. He didn't seem particularly happy but nodded.
He turned to face us and said "Off to your cabins. Go train or freshen up. You will need it for what lays ahead." No one stood up. Chiron gave us a meaningful look. "I wasn't asking. Now go." People shuffled out the door. Just as Nina was walking out, Chiron put a hand on her shoulder. He gestured to a door across the room. Fabian tried to stay behind, but he was ordered to leave. What was going on?
I tried taking a nap and ended up looking at the ceiling for thirty minutes. I tried riding pegasi, but it seems that is not my strong point and ended up with magic pony saliva in my hair. I tried taking a shower and that seemed to be the only thing going right that day.
When I was walking to the woods to have a chat with Bianca, a group of fangirls ambushed me. I had to have the ground swallow me to get rid of them. I had to travel underground or the rest of the way. When I go to the usual meeting place, guess who was there? A Minotaur, dirty underwear and all.
I won't bother you with my heroic and totally amazing battle with the Minotaur. Let me just say, if you notice something odd about the way I walk, you can blame the half man, half bull, all trouble monster that attacked me. And I thought fangirls were bad.
I took a seat on a tree stump and ran my fingers though my hair. I just had to wait for a while and hope nothing else goes wrong. My sister had a good sense of when I needed to talk to her. She would usually appear in this spot and we would talk. It wasn't the same, but better than not seeing her at all. One day, I will bring her back, so I can finally tell her in person all the things I never got to.
Minutes seemed to pass like seconds and still my sister was nowhere to be found. I was time for lunch but I didn't budge. She was going to come, I just needed to wait. But she never did.
I walked back, talking the longest way possible. The grass under my feet wilted as I walked, leaving a trail of death behind me. I had a tendency of doing that when I was in a bad mood and if you haven't guessed it yet, that day wasn't exactly my best.
I was by the cabins, ready to collapse onto my bed until I heard a scream. Two screams at the same time really. One came from my right, the other my left. The Zeus cabin and the Poseidon cabin, meaning Percy and Jason. This could not be good.