I'm baaack!
The next morning, I put my blue gown on, and did my face coloring. I went to breakfast humming.
Percy, Luke, and Hatter sat at the table, too. Luke seems to be civil, but Percy still gives him glances now and then to make sure he isn't going to blow.
Breakfast is awkward, with the men to scared to say anything in front of the Queen. After we've eaten, Hatter follows me to the ballroom.
"Princess, would you care for a dance?"
"Hmm? Oh, yes, sir." We dance awkwardly, since there is no music. He grabs me in a gross way, and leans in.
"You are a beautiful girl, Princess."
"Let go of me!" I say. He grins and grips harder. Sighing to myself, I wrench his hands away, then bring my knee up in a very unlady-like way into his stomach. As he gasps for breath, I call the guards. They take him back to his rooms, where he is instructed to pack his things.
Luke has apparently decided that he isn't angry with me anymore, and he invites me on a stroll through the city. We don't actually stroll, we ride a carriage, surrounded by guards. We wave, and smile. For lunch, we go to a small café where the staff and other customers stare with open mouths. Luke leaves without paying, and I start to protest, but he forcefully pulls me back into the carriage.
"So, Luke, what made you change your mind about this whole thing?"
"Well, I thought to myself, and I doubted you would choose Lord Hatter, so then you would be left with that idiot Jackson, and then where would we be?" Luke grins devilishly.
Back at the palace, I take dinner in my room, instruct Likker not to let anyone inside my room, and change into my trousers and hooded tunic. Then I grab my ivory sword and the knife Luke gave me four years ago.
As I climb the vines down to the ground, I hear rustling on the ground, so I drop the last few feet, landing in a crouch. There is a figure on the ground, and they move toward me. Without thinking, I swing my sword at him. A sword appears, glowing bronze in the night, one that I recognize.
"Percy."
"Annabeth. Trying to kill me, are you?"
"You should have said something!"
"Yes, it's obviously my fault you tried to kill me."
"Where are you going?"
"Where do you think? Chiron's."
"Great." Without another word, I sheath my sword and run to the stables, Percy at my heels. I jump on a horse and gallop madly to Chiron's house.
Once there, I let myself in and go to the training room. A few seconds later, Percy comes in. Chiron clops into the room, eating a pastry. He jumps when he sees us.
"Gods! You could have knocked!"
"Sorry," I say.
"Well, Perseaus, I didn't think I'd be seeing you again."
"We're courting," Percy says. Chiron raises an eyebrow.
"I see. Now, tonight we will focus on history."
"History?" Percy groans.
"Not that kind of history. The history that is doubted, that people think isn't real. The history filled with…"
"Monsters." I breath out, earning a grim nod from Chiron.
"Correct. Now, a long time ago, there was nothing but earth and sky, or Gaea and Uranus. Some say that Uranus was actually Gaea's son, but who knows. Anyway, Gaea and Uranus gave birth to the titans, such as Oceanus, Hyperion, Coeus, Cronus, Crius, and Iapetus. Gaea encouraged Cronus to chop up his father, Uranus. Cronus did so, and Uranus died, or receded from this world, which is what some legends say. Cronus was then in charge, and he took Rhea as his mate. He had six children—Demeter, Hera, Hestia, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus." Chiron stops for a moment, watching us, gauging our reactions. We are thoroughly shocked.
"Zeus killed Cronus as Cronus killed Uranus. But some legends say that Cronus still lives, waiting, wishing for revenge. He is coming for the gods, and their offspring.
*Gasp!* Well, that's interesting. So now Percy and Annabeth don't know if their parents are human…or god!(s)! Woah!
So I was researching a little bit, and one thing does say that Uranus might have just left this world instead of dying. So I thought, maybe Uranus will come back and put Gaea back to sleep! But probably not. Riordan probably has something way more epic planned.
So how many people knew Chiron's lecture? Review!