How Far would you go to Protect her Heart?
Chapter 4
We ran effortlessly and I knew that she was everything that I wanted. Life with her would be a dream that almost no one could have.
"Percy, slow down!" She yelled to me.
Just as I was about to stop and let her catch up, I fell into a deep hole and cursed out loud.
This hole was the entrance to something I wish I had never seen the first time I laid my eyes on it.
It was none other than the entrance to the Labyrinth.
The scary thing was that the ground was closing up and the hole was too deep to climb out. Soon I would be trapped inside all alone.
Annabeth came to the hole and was careful of her standing.
"Percy, are you down there?" She asked.
It was probably too dark for her to see.
"Yeah I'm here! Go get help! The hole is closing up, hurry!" I screamed.
"No! You'll be stuck down there! The hole is a quarter shut Percy you're going to be alone if I go get help!" She said worried.
She was right; the hole was almost closed halfway.
"Annabeth this is the entrance to the Labyrinth, go get help! I can't let you fall down here! Just go get Chiron!" I told her.
The next thing I knew I had Annabeth jumping down. I tried to catch her and was successful.
"What are you doing Annabeth? Now were both stuck down here!" I said angry.
I wanted her to be safe but now we were both in danger.
"Percy the hole is already closed, if I went to get help I might have not found the hole again. I couldn't leave you all by yourself. The only thing that matters is that were together." She stated.
"Yeah I guess your right. Why did this have to happen?" I asked.
"I don't know Percy, but at least were together. Let's just try to find our way out. I hated this the first time!" She proclaimed.
"Yeah, I have to agree with you there…" I said.
I pulled out riptide and uncapped it away from Annabeth and me so it wouldn't stab us. I used the green light from it to my advantage.
With my other hand I grabbed Annabeth's hand and squeezed it. She squeezed my hand back to inform me to go.
My first step forward was cut short because of a gate that blocked my way. All who enter must know that they will not be coming back out.
Well that's reassuring to know Mr. Gate, thanks ever so much. I saw that there was a lock on it.
Chiron must have put a lock on it to keep monsters out.
I tried the combination that all Demigod children were given to unlock the locks at the Big House when it was nighttime.
Surprisingly, it worked.
I unlocked the gate and got through with Annabeth.
She asked me how I knew the combination and I told her it was because of the same one Chiron told us.
I locked it so no monster could get into the camp. No going back right?
I suppose not.
There were three pathways in front of my angel and me. One led to the right, another led to the left.
I chose the one that led forward. It led to water so I could be safe there right? It was the same direction that I was running to get to the beach. Why did this have to happen? I didn't want to be back in the Labyrinth. It wasn't fair! I hated dark spaces.
I mean if I had to go through them I would but this was the last place I wanted to be right now.
Annabeth stuck so close to me that I almost tripped. I could tell that she was scared.
I pushed a door open and we came to a small room with one light bulb in it. This light bulb was no ordinary light bulb.
It was blinding my eyes with a light that was indescribable. Weird…
I thought of something funny and let it loose.
"Hey Annabeth wanna hear a joke?" I asked her.
"Umm… Uh, okay, sure?" She said confused.
"Okay, how many Wisegirls does it take to change a light bulb?" I started laughing hysterically.
It sounded awkward due to the fact that we were in a small room and it echoed.
"Oh shut up Seaweed Brain! This is no time for jokes!" She snapped.
"Sorry. I didn't mean too." I put on a hurt face although I wasn't at all.
"Percy, don't look at me like that!" She caught herself looking into my green eyes and she couldn't turn away.
"Percy, you're such a suck up!" She yelled.
"Yeah, but I'm your suck up!" I told her.
She smiled.
I kissed her on the cheek.
"No! I'm the one that kisses you! Don't be kissing me Percy!" She said trying to be in control.
I laughed and went along with it.
I heard a noise and turned my head in the direction of it.
Annabeth was shot away from me.
"Wisegirl!" I shouted.
I ran in her direction and found that Annabeth was holding her arms out to me. I hugged her but quickly retreated when I saw what I did.
I saw Annabeth next to…
Annabeth?
There were two of them?
What was going on?
I saw two of them.
No, I really wasn't going insane.
Was I?
I couldn't have been because they were right there.
The Annabeth on the left, the one I didn't hug looked as confused as I was.
I didn't keep my eyes on the real Annabeth because I had heard a sound somewhere and my attention was elsewhere but now there really was no way of knowing who was the real one.
What was I to do? They were the exact same!
"Wisegirl, where are you?" I asked scared.
"Right here Percy!" They both answered at the same time.
For the next ten minutes I heard them blabber on about how they were the real Annabeth and which one was the fake.
I checked everything.
Her knife was the same, her blonde hair, her gray eyes, her clothes. What else?
I could easily be sending a monster that looks like Annabeth back into camp!
I couldn't leave either one here because I could mistake the fake Annabeth for the real one…
I decided to bring them both with me.
"Percy, I'm the real one! Believe me!" The Annabeth I had hugged told me.
"NO PERCY! I'm the real Annabeth! Don't let this get to you Seaweed Brain!" She told me with symphony.
I made up a lie to get the both of them to follow me.
"Well I suppose both you girls will have to follow me closely to where I'm going and then I can tell you who I love for real…" I proclaimed.
Now I know that I would not do this but there was no other choice. I had to get back to Chiron and get help.
I opened the next door that led out of the room and could hear the whisperings of my two crushes.
"He likes me, because I'm real unlike you!" She whispered.
"Never!" The other whispered.
Light.
I saw it!
To our right and down a bit was a small light that I knew was daylight.
It had to be daylight!
There was no other explanation!
"Follow me girls if you want me to like you!" I whispered softly.
I ran ahead and heard them coming after me at full speed.
Only one of them would be the real Annabeth, and I hadn't a clue who it was.
Again, for the second time today, I had to find a way to protect my true Annabeth's heart…
This would not be an easy task.
Luckily it was a hole in the lake that was just outside of the Camp borders.
I made an air bubble and floated us up all the way to the top of the lake.
I took both of their hands and walked along the Camp border until we go to Halfblood Hill.
We were about to cross the border when I stopped them.
"Ok, one of you is a monster and one is not. The real Annabeth will make it. Go ahead and try." I told them.
They both walked at the same time.
I was shocked to find out that they both had made it in perfectly.
"I don't get it! She should've been denied access! Percy this is all wrong! I know who I am and I know who you are! You're my Seaweed Brain and I'm your Wisegirl, not some clone! Please believe me!" She yelled.
The girls fought in conversation for over an hour it seemed like.
"I wish I could… Were going to Chiron for help." I assured the Annabeth.
I held each of their hands as we came to the Big House.
Chiron looked at me as if I was in sexy blonde heaven.
In a way I loved this. I mean two dream girls? What I was saying was that I had two girls that were totally beautiful.
I was happy yes, but the thing was, no one could replace my Annabeth.
Even a clone that looks just like her.
I don't know where that clone came from, but I wanted her gone. It didn't matter to me if I had ten Annabeths. I only wanted one.
The real one.
We approached Chiron and he was already confused.
"Well I can tell it's not a monster since it passed our borders but which one is it?" Chiron asked.
"That's the problem, I'm not sure. Maybe it would be better if I just told you the whole story instead." I said while he nodded quickly with long eyes.
I told him everything. Every detail and every piece of information I could remember.
"Chiron, I'm the real Annabeth! Please believe me!" The Annabeth on my left said.
After this was said, they both started fighting like cats and dogs.
Chiron interrupted them.
"So the entrance to the labyrinth was opened? It is good that the Gate was still locked. I'm sorry that happened Percy. It seems we have a huge problem on our hands now. You run along with them and keep an eye on them. I'll have to really think this one through…" Chiron said while he stared off into deep thought.
"Okay Chiron, tell me about it in the morning or sooner." I had my hopes up.
He nodded and galloped into the Big House.
I took both of their hands and walked to the cabins.
Halfway there they both kissed me on my cheek and whispered, "Believe me Percy…" I was too nervous and I blushed hard...
We soon walked to my cabin. "Ok, the real Annabeth, show the fake one to the Athena cabin. Im tired real Annabeth and im off to bed." I explained. They pushed me into my cabin and came in and shut the door.
"So who is the real Annabeth now Percy? Hehe..." I stared in horror as they came at me.
This was either a dream that was awesome, or a nightmare.
Uh oh...
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