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So I know I said that chapter 13 was half way finished, but actually all I had to do was add some small details and it's finished. I don't think it will be as long as the previous chapter but it should surpass 2000 words for sure. I will say how long it is in the end.

Now, prepare for some surprises and OOC-ness. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ABOUT THE OOC-NESS! I believe there is some, but it's my opinion. To some people, what I'm going to make the characters do might not be OOC.

Sorry about the rambling!

ON WITH THE STORY!

Chapter 13 – The Secret which gives a Goal

~Helen's POV~

Oh no. The last time she screamed like that was when she dreamt about…no…it can't be. It can't happen again. They said she forgot about it.

I stood still, not moving, not breathing as Annabeth let out another blood-curling scream. One that woke Percy up.

And he didn't like what he saw or heard.

Wait till he figures out why she's acting like this.

After all that happened, why is this happened?

Why couldn't they get what they deserved!

~Percy's POV~

I was sleeping happily with the girl of my dreams in my arms. I was dreaming that we were in a field full of flowers and she was sitting in my lap, kissing me. Yes I know it's like that Twilight movie. Bianca made me and Nico watch it and thanks to my great memory, I remembered the most mushy part. I hated it in the movie. But I'm loving it now. The flowers weren't simple flowers. They where a mixture of grey flowers and blue-green flowers. The flowers of our eyes. I know, it's stupid…but hey, it's my dream!

But all of a sudden, Annabeth pulls away and runs away. When I finally catch up to her, she opens her mouth as if to scream, but no sound came out. I looked at her, confused. She was really afraid. I turned around to see if there was something that was frightening her but nothing was around. Only us and the flowers.

Then she opens her mouth again. I thought she wasn't going to scream.

But boy was I wrong.

Annabeth let out a scream that I never heard anyone scream. I swear I peed in my pants.

I sat up, sweating, breathing heavily. Then I noticed some people in the room. When I figured out who they where, my heart stopped.

Helen was with a camera, close to the bed. My mother, Nico, Thalia, Malcolm and Bianca where a bit behind her, near the door. But something was different. Something was wrong.

They all had shocked expressions, wide eyes and looked like they've seen a ghost. Thalia had a tear sliding down her face.

But Helen's expression was the worst. She had a 'this can't be happening' look on her face, her mouth was wide open and tears where cascading down her face.

I was going to ask what was wrong when I found…heard…the answer.

Annabeth screamed again.

You know I said my heart stopped when I saw all these people before right? Well now, my heart packed up and left my body to avoid more pain. I felt blood drain from my face as I turned around so see Annabeth in a very pained expression, tears sliding down her face. Her face was all sweaty.

It was extremely clear that she was having one of those super nightmares. And I didn't have to wait long to figure out about who they were.

"Luke….it hurts…please…stop!" she said, her face filled with pain. Tears where now flowing out her eyes like waterfalls.

"Luke…please…stop it! I can't take the pain!" she pleaded. The she started to push something off her. What was he doing to her?

"Luke…" she said before screaming again " Luke…I'm bleeding….PLEASE!" she pleaded, her voice filled with pain. By now tears where flowing out of my eyes. Her voice sounded extremely hurt and the way the pleaded only made my heart ache more.

I couldn't take it. I wanted to crawl into a hole and die. But I couldn't let her suffer like this. So I started to shake her violently and yelled "Annabeth! Wake up!"

She didn't respond but instead she continued to plead with Luke to stop what he was doing to her. What could I do? How can I wake her up?

I looked around frantically for something to wake her up and I spotted something which could work perfectly on the nightstand.

A glass of water.

I know it wasn't much, but I was a son of Poseidon. I grabbed the glass and focused on the water to make it very cold. Then I threw it in her face.

She immediately sat up, breathing deeply, looking around in surprise. I sat on the bed, glad that she was awake. She looked at everyone and was very confused at their facial expressions. But then she noticed her mother's and she knew what she was dreaming about.

Then she turned to me and looked into my eyes. She saw my pain and I saw her pain as well.

I saw tears flowing down her eyes as she jumped into my lap and cried. Cried like she never did before. And I held her. Held her as if this is the last time I'd see her. Held her as if I was holding the most precious object in the world.

And in my world she was.

I cried silently with her as I stroked her hair and muttered "Shh..." in her hair repeatedly.

After what seemed like an eternity, I heard Annabeth's crying stop and her breathing calm down a bit. Obviously she wasn't 100% calm but she was enough calm to speak a bit. I, on the other hand, was a wreck. What made her scream like that? What did that low life do to her?

Then I heard her voice. And it was nothing like her usual soft, kind voice. It probably mirrored my voice.

"Percy?" she asked.

"Yes?" I said. My voice showed all the emotions I was feeling. Pain. Anger. Guilt. Worry. Sadness. A cocktail of bad emotions.

"Please stay with me Percy. Please don't leave me. Please," she pleaded.

I gently stoked her hair. "Never Annabeth. I will never leave you," I whispered. I loved her very much. And I would never hurt her. But why did I feel like this promise will kill both of us? Probably because someday I will leave her because I'm a demigod.

I heard her sigh slightly at my words. Then…silence.

We stayed in silence for a few minutes before she yawned.

Even though I was an emotional wreck right now, I couldn't help but smile at how cute she was.

I gently lay her down on her bed. She smiled at me sleepily and patted on the spot next to her. I smiled back at her and lied down next to her. I put an arm around her shoulder and she put her head on my arm. She put an arm around me and snuggled closer to me. I put my other arm around her waist and pulled her slightly towards me. The dream, even though I didn't know what it was, made me more protective of her and I wanted to keep her safe.

After a few minutes, she closed her eyes and went to sleep. Apparently, the dream took a lot of energy.

Note to self: Ask her or her parents about it.

When I closed my eyes, I heard some movement from behind me. I opened my eyes quickly and turned around slightly. I saw the others moving slowly to the door backwards.

Oh shit! I forgot about them. I was about to sit up when a hand stopped me. I looked up and saw Helen smiling at me, her hand on my shoulder. And she was crying.

"Sleep," she said, voice cracking.

I turned and looked at my mother. I immediately blushed when I saw her. I bet anything she'll give me the sex talk tomorrow.

I half expected her to be angry at me for sleeping with my girlfriend so early in our relationship. But she simply smiled at me and nodded.

I looked at my friends.

Nico and Bianca winked at me, smiling. I blushed at that. Oh man…they're going to destroy me with questions tomorrow at school. Nico might leave me alone if he saw that what I was doing was very personal, but Bianca HAS to know everything. I loved her but sometimes she can be a super pain in the butt.

Malcolm and Thalia had a smile on their face, eyes shining. Thalia mouthed a quick 'Thank you' and I nodded and smiled. Then she sort of shooed me away, telling me to turn back to Annabeth and sleep. I looked at Malcolm and he mouthed 'later' which meant that he'll talk to me later about this. But at least he was smiling and not angry at me for sleeping with his best friend.

I smiled and turned back to Annabeth. She was sleeping, snoring slightly. And she was smiling. Thank goodness.

I kissed her forehead before closing my eyes to sleep. I heard movement behind me then a door open and close.

Then I slept, knowing that the girl that I loved was safe in my arms.

~Helen's POV~

I closed the door quietly and turned to face the others. They hadn't said a thing. Nico had a hand around Thalia and Malcolm had his arm on Bianca also. Both girls looked like they were crying. Sally stood there but she was half-smiling. I guess it's about her son.

I took a deep breath and said to Annabeth's friends "I don't think they'll be able to come today. You can talk to them tomorrow ok?"

They nodded and went down the stairs quietly. I heard the door open and close. Then I turned to Sally. "Shall we go downstairs and get a cup of coffee. I have to talk to you," I said shakily.

She nodded and put a hand around my shoulder to hold me. I was very weak from what just happened. When we got downstairs, the door opened and in came Fredrick with my twins, half-asleep.

They saw me, smiled, gave me a hug and started going upstairs slowly. Then Fredrick saw my face and said "I'm going upstairs to change and put the boys in bed. I'll be right back."

He had taken the boys to their friend's birthday party. I didn't go because I had to make dinner for Annabeth. But she didn't eat because she spent all her time with Percy. And I didn't want to interrupt them.

I nodded and he went upstairs. Sally and I made our way to the kitchen. As I was making some coffee for the 3 of us, I checked the time.

It was 8:30pm.

Sally and I sat down.

After some silence, Sally said "Are you OK?"

I smiled "Thanks to Percy, I am now." She smiled at me and I continued. "He's so much different from other boys Annabeth dated. After Luke, she tried to forget and she accepted almost every invitation she received. But none of the boys caught her attention. When they used to come for her, they would always try to impress us. But Percy didn't do that. All he cared about was Annabeth. She said that there's something different in him that there wasn't in other boys. And I can't help but feel something different too."

When I said this, Sally's eyes widened.

"Is there something wrong?" I asked, noticing her wide eyes.

She shook her head "No, no. It's just…Percy takes a lot after his father. He just came back from spending 5 years with him. He told me his father tried to set him up with many girls, but Percy told me that he always accepted to go out with them and he told me that he acted like a gentleman and if he didn't like them, he told them that it wouldn't work. But Annabeth changed him somehow. I mean, this morning he actually woke up an hour earlier to go and help her with her swimming. He never woke up earlier than 7!"

I smiled "So, what was his father's name?" I said.

At that moment, Fredrick came in and sat next to me, picking up his coffee cup and drinking some.

"I know you may think I'm crazy but his name was Poseidon," she said.

Fredrick choked on his coffee. After some coughing he finally said "Poseidon?" I was surprised too. Could she possibly be referring to the Sea God?

Sally nodded "I know it's a strange name…but-" Fredrick cut her off and said "The gods always used their first name."

Sally's eyes widened. Then she sort of understood what he said because she asked "Which child?"

"Annabeth," he said. Sally gasped and asked "Mother?"

"Athena," he said plainly.

Sally smiled. "You have no idea how much Percy will be happy when he finds out about this. I know this may sound harsh and bad, but he was planning on leaving Annabeth when school ends because of the fact that he is a son of the Big 3. Monsters attack him often and he didn't want Annabeth to be in danger. But now that he'll know that she can defend herself, he won't leave her. She can fight…right?"

I nodded. "We've been sending her to Camp Half-Blood since she was 8. That's when she discovered she was a demigod when she killed a baby hellhound with a knife by accident. When we found her, she was covered in monster dust, so we took her to camp. Did Percy go there?"

Sally shook her head. "No, he didn't. He discovered he was a demigod after he was attacked by some snake woman when he was 8 also. But he didn't want to go to camp. I hid him well until he was 10. That's when the monster attacks became more frequent. Then one day, Poseidon came and told me that he could take Percy to his Palace and train him there. I didn't want to have him leave at first, but it was for Percy's safety, so he went. He visited me a few times a year, so at least he didn't leave me completely. Last summer, during the Summer Solace, he met Nico who had spent the same amount as Percy in the Underworld with Hades. Apparently, both of them wanted to come to the mortal world, so they came back."

I nodded. But then Sally's eyes widened and her smile disappeared.

"Oh no," she said.

"What?" Fredrick and I said at once.

"Athena and Poseidon are arch-enemies. Do you think they'll let Percy and Annabeth be together?" she said.

I began to worry. What if Percy goes away? Annabeth would die…literally. But Fredrick said "I know Athena. And she loves her daughter." Then he went outside from the back door and said "And she would never hurt her daughter. Right Athena?"

2 bright lights flashed outside. Then we heard grumbling and a few cuss words. Fredrick came to sit next to me. He was followed by a woman with grey eyes. Athena. Next to her was a man with a trident. Poseidon. When Sally saw him, she went to him. 1st she hugged him…then she slapped him.

"That's for setting Percy on dates with those awful sea nymphs. You know he hates dating mythological creatures," she said.

Poseidon sighed. "I only wanted what's best for him," he said, then flashed her a smile.

Sally sighed and came to sit again.

"But I don't think that being with the daughter of Big Brain over here is such a good idea," he said again, pointing to Athena.

She glared at him and said "For once the Kelps from Brains over here said something correct. I will not have my daughter be with the sea spawn."

Poseidon rolled his eyes and said "What shall we do then?"

"I say we separate them," said Athena plainly.

I looked at Fredrick horrified and he had the same look.

"I agree," said Poseidon seriously.

"What are…" Sally started but was cut off by Poseidon.

"I don't want my son being with her children," he said, pointing towards Athena.

"And I don't want my daughter being with his children," said Athena, pointing at Poseidon.

"But-" all 3 of us started but once again, we were cut off by Poseidon.

"No. This decision is final. I will take Percy to my palace now. Goodbye Sally," he said before vanishing.

Athena nodded. "Goodbye Fredrick," she said before vanishing as well.

All 3 of us looked at each other, mortified.

This will not end well.

~Percy's POV~

I was dreaming something weird, something about a hippo and a donkey, when I felt a cold current wash over me. I opened my eyes to find myself in a familiar room. I turned around and I didn't see Annabeth. So I was definitely not in her room anymore. I looked around.

Coral formations where everywhere replacing furniture. Bubbles went from the floor to the ceiling and fish swam outside the window. My eyes widened.

I was in Poseidon's Palace.

I quickly got up and went to the court yard, the place my father usually spars with Triton.

When I opened the door that lead to it, I found both of them sparring, Poseidon clearly winning. Triton saw me and smiled at me. Poseidon saw this, turned and saw me. But he didn't smile. I saw Amphitrite a few meters away from them. Her face looked sad when she saw me.

I went to them and said "What am I doing here? Where's Annabeth?"

"You are no longer allowed to see her. She is a daughter of my enemy and I will not have my son date the daughter of the enemy. So I brought you here," he said plainly.

My eyes filled with tears "What? Why?"

He sighed "I already said that she is the-" but I cut him off by my yelling.

"I know what you said! But I was happy with her! She needed me and you took me away from her. How could you?" I yelled.

Poseidon came closer, towering slightly above me. "If she needs someone to comfort her, she'll find someone else. Anyone but you," he said.

I felt angry, hurt, pissed….everything. How could he?

"And besides, what do you want from her? Her virginity isn't yours to take anymore. Luke took it when he raped her 2 years ago," he said as if it was nothing.

At that moment, my heart stopped.

"?" I asked. No one responded me. No one even looked at me. Triton and Amphitrite looked away because they already knew I guess. Poseidon looked like he didn't give a shit.

"HE WHAT?" I yelled at Poseidon. I already felt water swirling around me, forming a hurricane. And that power intensified when Poseidon said "He. Raped. Her."

He raped her. That motherfucker raped my Annabeth. Oh gods…I'll kill him. I'm going to kill him and NO ONE is going to stand in my way.

My anger only rose as I thought about that. After a few seconds, I could feel someone trying to sub do me but to no avail. Poseidon was probably trying to control my hurricane. But he didn't have my anger and pain to fuel him.

I heard my father yell something at Triton but I couldn't understand it. Nor could I care less.

He took me away from her right when she needed me the most. How could he?

Then I felt many hands grabbing me and I finally gave in, crying.

I thought he loved me. I thought he wanted what was best for me. How could he do this to me?

When the hurricane subsided, I fainted.

~Annabeth's POV~

I woke up to someone crying. I opened my eyes and looked to my side, expecting Percy to be snuggled next to me. But he wasn't. I felt a small pain in my heart. He promised me he wouldn't leave me. But then I remembered that we had school, so he probably went home to get ready.

Silly me. He would never leave me.

But then I heard someone sniffle from the balcony. So I got up and went over.

What I found was Helen crying.

"Mom?" I asked.

She jumped because I probably scared her and then she turned to me "Oh. Good morning dear. How are you feeling?"

"Fine," I said happily. "Listen, has Percy gone home?"

That's when she started crying again. "Oh Annabeth. I'm so sorry. Percy had to leave against his will. His true father came and he wanted Percy to come with him. You won't see him again. Ever."

Do you know in the cartoons when a character gets terrible news, windows shatter behind him? That's how I imagined myself. All the windows in my world shattered because of that piece of horrible news.

"What?" was all I could say before tears started to form.

She nodded. "His father said that Percy had to return home. They left last night. Percy didn't want to wake you up because it was too painful for him," she said crying.

The tears turned to waterfalls. He left. He left me. After he promised he wouldn't leave me, he did.

I went to my bed and cried.

Helen left a few minutes after when the doorbell rang. After a few minutes I heard 4 loud 'what?'s, then running up the stairs. My door burst open and in came Thalia and Bianca followed by Nico and Malcolm.

Thalia and Bianca came next to me and held me as I cried.

"It's so unfair," I said crying.

"I know," they said in unison, crying, sharing my pain.

"Malcolm can I talk to you?" I heard Nico say angrily. Malcolm nodded. Then Nico turned to us. "Bianca, I'm going to Sally. I think this has something to do with Uncle P," he said.

Bianca's eyes widened and nodded.

"Who's Uncle P?" I asked.

"No one. Don't worry. If things work out OK we'll tell you when Percy comes," said Bianca.

I nodded as Nico and Malcolm left. I didn't have energy to think straight.

I tried to sleep as I remembered those 2 marvelous days with Percy. Bianca said he would be back. So I relaxed a bit.

I wondered how he was right now.

~Nico's POV~

I bet Poseidon has something to do with this. Percy wouldn't just leave Annabeth like that.

Malcolm and I went downstairs and went to talk to Helen. I bet she knew about Poseidon. Plus I didn't have the heart to go talk to Sally after she lost her son again after getting him back.

"Helen?" I said as we found her in the kitchen.

Helen looked at us, crying.

"Helen, who took Percy?" I asked.

"Po...I mean his uncle," she said correcting herself. She was going to say Poseidon.

"You were going to say Poseidon right?" I said. Both of them gasped. I knew it.

I turned to Malcolm, who was still in shock. "Malcolm I know this might sound weird but I am a-" he cut me off by saying "demigod?"

I smiled and nodded. Am I good or am I good?

I turned back to Helen and said "How do you know about Poseidon? Was he your husband?"

"No, my other husband was mortal. But Fredrick was married to Athena and Annabeth is their daughter. Since Athena and Poseidon are enemies, they didn't want their children to be together. So Poseidon took Percy to his palace," said Helen.

I let it all sink. It all made sense. Then Malcolm asked "Hey Nico, who's son are you?"

"Hades," I said smiling. "And so is Bianca."

They gasped but then Malcolm smiled and said "I'm Athena. I feel relieved that Bianca's a demigod. It's ironic that a child of the Lord of the Dead would be so happy and romantic."

I smiled "It's ironic yes. But it's more ironic that her brother can make her current boyfriend say bye-bye to Elysium if he ever hurts her," I said faking a threat.

He gulped and nodded. I laughed. "Kidding man. She would kill me if I messed with your afterlife. Are there any other demigods I should know about?" I asked.

He grinned. "Let's say this. If your hurt Thalia, lightning will be your killer," he said.

Lightning…what the hell…oh no…OH GODS!

"Thalia is a daughter of Zeus?" I asked, gulping.

He smiled and nodded. I gulped again.

"Oh great. My girlfriend is the daughter of the king of the gods. He'll probably blast me if I touch her in the wrong place," I said blushing a bit.

Helen and Malcolm laughed, shaking their heads.

Then Malcolm said "Should we tell them the truth?"

"No," I said. "I want Percy to be here. I can't Shadow Travel to him because he's in Poseidon's turf. Plus I can't breathe underwater and the pressure would crush me. Percy probably can't leave because of Poseidon. And I'm sure he won't Percy talk to us because we can pass messages from Annabeth to him. So all we can do is wait."

Both of them nodded. Malcolm and I went to the girls to tell them that we have to leave for school or else we'll be late. Annabeth decided to stay home because she wasn't feeling well. We couldn't blame her.

We bid Annabeth goodbye. I told her that Percy will make sure he returns to her. She smiled and hugged me. I didn't tell Bianca that Malcolm, Thalia and Annabeth are demigods because I knew my sister and she could never keep a secret this big.

As we were walking to school, I held Thalia's hand. She smiled at me and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I was lucky her father or mine didn't ruin this for her.

But, knowing Percy, I'm sure he won't let anyone, be it mortals or gods, stand in his way to find Annabeth again.

~Percy's POV~

I woke up in my room again but this time Triton and Amphitrite were by my side watching me patiently. They both hated me very much when I arrived here 5 years ago but when I was going to leave in the beginning of the summer, they cried. A lot. I loved them very much and I knew that the loved me back.

When I sat up, they came to me. Amphitrite hugged me and Triton put a hand on my shoulder, squeezing it slightly. They looked slightly happy that I woke up. But they were also sad because of what happened. They must've known because Triton said "I'm sorry you had to go through all that Percy."

Amphitrite nodded "Even though her mother is Athena, our sworn enemy, our feuds with her shouldn't mess with your love life," she said calmly.

I sighed "But they did. Now I'll never see her again," I said. I was being negative I know, but that's how I felt.

But not everyone wanted me to feel like this because when I said that, Triton grabbed both my shoulders and shook me violently.

"Dude! Wake up! If you truly love her, you won't give up on her like this. And if you truly love her you wouldn't give a shit what dad says!" he yelled in my face. Amphitrite scolded him about his language but he was 100% right.

"You're right!" I said, confidence rising.

"Good," he said smiling "In the mean time, let's train. I'm tired of dad kicking my ass. Plus I haven't kicked your ass in a while."

I smiled "You're on!" I said.

With that, I got up, grabbed Riptide and went to train with him.

Hold on Annabeth. I'll come back to you. I promise. And I am going to keep this one.

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Ok so to tell you guys the truth, I had a different plot planned, but when I got to the bit where Poseidon and Athena appear, a good twist popped in my head. I hoped you like it :D!

My previous plot was to have Percy go downstairs with the glass in his hand, he talks to the grownups. Then Athena says that Luke raped her and Percy breaks the glass in his hands…bla bla bla. Then Percy faints and when he wakes up, Athena is ok with him etc etc. it would be slightly boring and plain. So I added this evil twist XD!

I know this is a bit shorter than the previous chapter but I wrote this under an hour so that I could update before I leave for the cruise. I will start chapter 14 tonight and continue it tomorrow. But I doubt I will update again before I leave for the cruise :P

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I hope no one found any OOC-ness but if you did, please tell me ;D

Daniel James Black : I know. I prefer Harry Potter over Twilight too because Twilight is just…too much romance :P I hope you liked this chapter :D

David Jonson : Ok personally, I loved Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. It was awesome :D! The PJO movie…crap, crap and pure bull crap! Now..about the stalker…go to the police immediately! Don't think twice :D!

JordanMathias : Uhh…no, the prophecy is totally forgotten. This is in a AU so no prophecy is issued.

xx Annabella Princess xx : Calm down girl :D! I know the reason for Annabeth's screaming isn't something nice…but I hope you liked it XP!

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