Heyyo guys! So its about the middle of the night now and I just needed to write a small filler chapter a teeny bit essential to the plot to clear things up later. Im sorry the Percabeth reuniting isn't here yet, but i swear, it will be in the next chapter! :)

Chapter 13

It wasn't even dawn, the sun hadn't risen over the kingdom of Olympia yet. But in the tall and proud castle standing at edge of this kingdom, someone was awake. Or at least, waking up.

A groan escaped the princess's lips as she slowly arose from her bed. She sat up on her matress, swinging her legs onto the side of the bed blindly. She rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and examined her surroundings. It was still very dark in her room, yet she felt she didn't want to go back to sleep. But she also didn't want to sneak outside the castle in the middle of the night.

She sighed, turning on the oil lamp on the table by her bed side. The light illuminated the room, just enough for her to see where she was going. After all, her room was quite large.

Annabeth stood up, propping up her semi-loose night gown up on her shoulders. She started to walk towards the doors to her balcony. Dragging back the silvery drapes and opening one of the doors, she stepped outside, filling her lungs with the cold, fresh air. She starred up at the moon, high up in the evening sky. Then suddenly, she gasped. She had forgotten... oh how had she forgotten...

How in all hell could she have forgotten?! Then again, what could she do if she didin't forget? Build a shrine? He's just far away, not dead.

But seriously though, how could she have forgotten Percy's birthday?!

She breifly considered sending him a letter, but she didn't know where he lived nowadays. The letter said nothing about where he lived exactly. All her parents said the letter was shipped from london.

She sighed deeply. "Happy birthday, Seaweed Brain. I miss you..." she whispered silently, half hoping the wind would carry her voice away. She wished the wind could carry her voice all the way to london, all the way to Percy. Just to let him know she didn't forget completely.

"Hey, Percy." The dark haired boy called to his cousin from his bunk bed atop his.

"What?" The boy below answered.

"Happy birthday!" The younger boy greeted, as cheerfully as he could muster, which wasn't much.

"Gee, thanks for greeting me twenty hours later." His cousin muttered sarcastically.

"Hey, what was I supposed to do with you fishing and Aunt Sally dragging me around the market!?"

"I never asked to be a fisherman." The older boy shrugged. " Sure, I enjoy the sea, but that wasn't my dream."

Nico rolled his eyes, knowing Percy couldn't see him. "Then what is your 'dream'?"

"The one all parents fear for their children to submit to."

"Knight?"

"Yep. Hey, you're the one who said you wanted to be a 'knight in shadowy armour'."

"Hey, is finding black armour that hard?!"

"Yes. Is finding blue armour hard?"

"Oh, definetly."

"But really. " Percy said seriously. "Being a soldier in the palace... being a soldier in Olympia. Now that's awesome. It honorable, plus you get lots of good benifits."

"You got a point." Nico murmured thoughtfully. "But you could die..."

Percy shrugged. "It's a risk worth taking."

"Yeah." Nico murmured sleepily in reply. "You're right..." he trailed off, yawing. "I wanna be a knight too..."

"You're drunk with sleepiness."

"..." Snoring. Light snoring.

Percy sighed, vaguely wondering how Annabeth would look right now. What she'd think of him. And if she kept her promise...

He thought of the kingdom, slowly drifting to sleep. After all, he was just fourteen.

Apollogies for the 50% useless chapter. Get it? APOLLOgies?! Hehe... i'll stop now.

Anyway, thanks for reading! I really swear- next chapter, Percy comes back.

~Apollo's Pirate Daughter