PJO IS NOT MINE!

Dragon POV

I knew I shouldn't, but when I climbed down the tree, I hid behind a bush because, well, that whole fight last week, I just didn't trust her. They were perfect together. When Wolf laid his head on her lap, I was shocked. He had never been so gentle, loving, or even emotional before.

When Wolf asked Annabeth if she loved him, I held my breath. I didn't know where Wolf got the idea, but she must have because she blushed.

When they both fell asleep, they were so cute, but I left to go find Heartless. I quickly walked back to the cave, and ran into Clarisse, literally. I stood up again and held out a hand to help her. She took it, though reluctantly, and I pulled her up off the floor.

"Have you seen Heartless?" I asked her. "Yes, I was just with her a second ago. She's a mess, and I was trying to help. I was on my way to Wolf." She replied.

"Wolf just fell asleep. Can you tell me where Heartless is?" I asked again. "Sure" she said with a smile. "And Clarisse?" I said. She turned back to me, so I continued. "Thank you for siding with us."

She smiled back at me, and then walked to a room. "Heartless?" she called, opening the door.

When we walked in, I saw Heartless on the other side of the room. She was sitting on a tear-stained bed, her hair a mess, and her eyes were swollen and puffy.

Me and Clarisse walked over to her and sat on the bed. "Heartless, what's wrong?" I asked. "I-I called Wolf a monster, said he was a liar…all because I was hurt." Now he probably hates me." She sobbed.

"No, he doesn't hate you; he hates himself for not telling you before. He knows it hurt you, and he's beating himself up, not hating you." I comforted.

She slowly looked up, hope flooding her face. "You mean he doesn't hate me?" she asked. "No. He hasn't moved, he hasn't even slept, because he knows how bad it hurt you and he can't fix it." I explained.

"Can I go see him? Apologize?" she asked. "Of course." I replied, helping her off the bed.

Heartless POV

Dragon walked me through the cave, and everyone stared as we walked by. I must really look terrible for the Ares kids to give me pitying looks. I ducked my head and kept walking outside. When I entered the fresh morning air, my senses cleared, and I realized what a fool I have been over the past few days. Wolf would have called me soft, and I'm surprised that Dragon wasn't picking on me.

Quickly, I scanned the area until saw black in the branches of a tree. When I climbed to the top, Wolf was in his wolf form, an Annabeth was next to him. She was lying against his side, and his head was resting on her lap.

They were sleeping for the first time in days, so I sat there, no having the heart (Get it? Heartless has no heart?) to wake them.

Suddenly, Wolf lifted his head off Annabeth's lap and yawned, his tongue curling out like a dog's.

When he saw me, he turned his head away and put a paw over his muzzle…hiding from me. "Wolf, I came to apologize." I said. His head flung around and woke Annabeth.

When she looked down, she jumped in surprise and lost her balance. She plummeted down towards the ground, when Wolf jerked his head down and grabbed her shirt in his jaws. He hauled her up and gently placed her on the branch with him.

"Thank…you…" she panted, but Wolf looked amused. "I want to apologize for a few days ago. I only said that because I was hurt that you never told me, I never meant it. Can-" I was cut off by Wolf. Wait. Then he sniffed the air and growled.

"What is it?" Annabeth asked. Hellhound, and they're- "Wolf, Heartless, Annabeth" I heard a scream from below. We looked down and saw Travis run out of the bushes. "Hellhounds…attacking cave…150 maybe…" he panted

Annabeth stood up quickly, but she slipped. She stared to fall again, until Wolf grabbed her shirt. Instead of hauling her up, he stood and jumped from branch to branch, slowly making his way to the ground.

I jumped from the branch I was on and joined them at the bottom.

I need to teach you how to stop falling out of trees. Wolf laughed, making Annabeth turn red.

Annabeth POV

We quickly ran back to the cave and found everyone in armor and weapons. There was a group of hellhounds, maybe 200, in the entrance of the cave, claws bared. Stand down! Wolf commanded. His voice was so powerful, even the hellhounds took a few steps back.

He took a few steps forward, when I cried "Wolf, what are you doing?" I haven't had any exercise over the past few days, plus, I haven't had this good training for a while. But DO NOT interfere. He stressed and disappeared into the monsters.

All I saw over the next few minutes was claws and the golden dust of disintegrated monsters. All the hellhounds were hissing and growling at something, then I would see claws or fangs, and they would turn to dust.

A few minutes later, all the hellhounds were in dust on the floor. Wolf was standing in the center, facing… Luke. Backbiter gleamed in the summer sunlight that was filtering in through the cave opening.

"How…" I trailed off. Luke turned to me. "When Kronos took his true form, he released me. Now I'm his first in command." He laughed darkly.

Wolf growled, and Luke turned to face his opponent. "You cannot defeat me. I'm the best fighter over the last 300 years, and I'm invincible." Luke boasted. Wolf growled again. Annabeth, tell me how he reacts to situations. He rumbled. Luke raised an eyebrow in confusion, but attacked anyways. "He hated Hermes because he left him with his crazy mother!" I called over Luke's sword and Wolf's claws and fangs clashing together. "He was mad at the gods because they gave him a quest Heracles already completed! He hated the gods for not paying attention to their children!" Then I went blank.

I watched the fight in silence. They were amazing, but Wolf seemed distracted. Luke would swing, but Wolf would swat the sword away with his claws and lunge only to be pressed back by Luke's shield.

Then Wolf's face showed understanding, and he started to actually focus on the fight. He did a fake swipe for Luke's face, and while Luke blocked, tore at the armor on his side.

Luke screamed a terrible, blood-curdling scream that made us all freeze, and fell to the ground. "I…will haunt you…for the rest of your days!" Luke panted. I'm immortal Wolf countered easily. Luke growled and closed his eyes, slowly fading away into a black dust.

I knew I shouldn't, but tears sprang to my cheeks. Luke. He was my best friend, besides Percy. He helped me when we were running away. We were family, and Wolf killed him! "Murderer! You killed him!" I screamed at Wolf.

Annabeth… he tried to explain, but I stormed off before anyone could stop me.

Luke…