Chapter 3

Percy's POV

Annabeth hadn't come to camp, and I was so disappointed. I had wanted to see my best friend, but she had obviously decided to spend the summer with her family, instead of at Camp Half-Blood. Chiron had been expecting her to come, which worried me, but I didn't want to stress too much. Annabeth has been going to camp for longer than me, I reminded myself. She'll be okay.

I had spent the first week at camp enjoying myself, and teaching a few campers. Rachel had been persistent on inviting me to visit her new cave, but I thought that it would be awkward. I had kept telling her that I wasn't lonely, and would be fine when Annabeth arrived. Me and Rachel had went out a few times last year, but nothing happened. I started to think about Annabeth and remembered it was Rachel and I, not me and Rachel. I didn't call her wisegirl for nothing. Last year at the end of the war, I thought we had some special connection. She had taking a knife headed for my Achilles heel. If she hadn't done that I would have died. I owed my life to Annabeth, and I knew, that I would do the same for her any day.

After waiting one day for Annabeth to arrive, I finally accepted Rachel on her offer. Chiron was getting worried about me, and agreed with him that I had become a loner. I walked up to Rachel's cave, it was creepy in a cool way. There were purple draperies hanging everywhere, and in the entrance way, there were tarot cards, and a fortune ball.

Not sure what to do, Rachel offered to read my palms, and muttered all this nonsense about lines. There are 4 lines, your head, heart, life, and fate (not everyone has a fate line). I wasn't listening to her, but I heard something about how my lines were complicated. Well at least that made sense, being a demigod did give me a complicated life, heavily controlled by fate.

Next Rachel and I did tarot cards; I pulled 3 from the deck they read, The Chariot, Temperance, and Strength. Rachel didn't know what these cards meant, as they were hardly ever pulled, and went to find out. While she was looking up her answers I inspected the artwork around her house, Rachel is a pretty good artist, but there was a disturbing picture of Annabeth looking vicious. I decided not to ask Rachel about the painting, and she told me what my cards meant. It was something about my temper, water, and mental ability, then she put them away.

Curious about the fortune telling ball, Rachel led me towards it. She said some weird Latin words, and then a fuzzy image began to appear. It was showing me what/who I was thinking about. Annabeth! The way her blonde princess curls fell down her back, and how her eyes showed wisdom beyond her years. I then saw Annabeth growing up, until she left her house, to come to camp this year. The picture was a bit blurry, but I still saw Rachel walking up behind Annabeth and knocking her out. She dragged her behind a bush, then covered her with camouflage, put her on a stretcher and pushed her towards Rachel's cave. Annabeth was thrown off the stretcher into a room at the back of the cave, only accessible outdoors. I saw Rachel post a note through a dispenser in the side of the wall signed Red.

I ran towards the exit of the cave just as an iron cage fell on me. I was then tied up and taken to the back of the cave. Rachel pressed a button, and they started to kiss me, I tried pushing her away then turned around and looked at the wall to see Annabeth unconscious on the floor with knives surrounding her. I tried to get one last look at her face, but then I was blindfolded, and kicked to the floor.

Annabeth POV

I dreamt realistically of the good old days travelling with Thalia, and Luke. That was the perfect life, but I also loved time at camp. Chiron was like a father to me, and it had been my home since I was 7. Stop talking in past tense Annabeth, it's not like you're dead! I didn't want my dream to end, these memories were my favorite, and made me feel happiness. I opened my eyes to see another room, at least this one looked more comfortable. I was lying down on a bed with sea green blanket, my favorite color.

In the center of the room, there was a table with a fortune-teller ball on it. In the corner of the room there was a couch and coffee table with a kitchen next to it. This time my living area wasn't as bad. I decided to make something to eat then sit down on the couch and think. I grabbed a blue pancake and some blue cherry coke and sat down. Maybe I had Percy on my mind, which explains the food, but it's not like he betrayed me. Percy and I weren't even going out, but why was I so hurt?

After thinking about what I should do, I looked up and saw a picture of Percy on the table, it helped me feel better. I walked up to the fortune telling ball, and looked through the glass. An image began to appear on the glass. As I saw the image, I was filled with a deep pain. I was watching Luke die. A new scene appeared and it was me at Percy's funeral. I then watched Ethan stab Percy's weak spot, Thalia die, Chiron being murdered. These were all my most painful memories, or worst nightmares. I wanted to look away, but something was forcing me to keep watching.

After watching tragic things like the world ending, my family dying, the camp going up in flames, attacked by hydras, and giants, there was one more thing. I had been watching the ball, for a few hours, but it felt like I had watched my life fly by before my eyes. In the last scene, I was laying down, blood trickling from my head, and multiple wounds on my chest. Percy was above me, staring straight past my grey eyes. I pleaded with him for help, but he walked away with another girl, the one that had brought so much pain to me. The two of them walked underwater, just as I was blown up and thrown into the air by an explosion. He caught my gaze for one last time and then I saw a bright flash.

These visions were making me go crazy, I was thinking about the last one. Would Percy really do that? Would he leave me to die? Percy had told me that his greatest flaw was loyalty to his friends and the people he loved. Was she right? Had Red been telling me the truth?

During the night, I had many nightmares about what I had seen. I woke myself up spontaneously screaming. Percy's face kept turning evil, like Luke's had. I opened my eyes to see someone standing over me, and felt something being injected into me.

Rachel's POV

I finally have the 2 lovebirds captured. Annabeth took longer to figure out who I was than I thought, but she's putting up a fierce resistance. Percy has been blindfolded for a day, and in that time I have moved Annabeth to a different location. Most people would have gone insane watching all the pain she did, but her reaction wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I have concluded that Annabeth is in love with Percy, and that what hurts her most is seeing him with me.

The potions are coming soon, and I can't wait to give them to Percy. The first one is a forgetful potion, which will make him forget what he saw in the fortune ball, and all the events following it. I will tell him he was so tired he camped at my place, and saw a future for us in the ball. Afterwards I will describe a romantic date that he 'supposedly' took me on to him. The second potion is a love potion, courtesy of Cupid. I will put that in his drink, causing him to fall in love with me. By the end of the summer, he will still think Annabeth is with her family. When I ship Annabeth away, and she never comes back to camp he will forget all about her, and spend lots of time with me. We will grow up and live happily ever after. The joy and happiness we will endure, and have together!

Sorry about the bad ending!

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