Chapter 4

Chiron's POV

In all his years of teaching, Chiron has never seen somebody as broken, scarred, and terrified as Annabeth Chase had been that morning.

He woke up early as usual, before going outside to practice his archery. As he was passing the Athena Cabin, he saw a lump of mud near the door. Normally, he wouldn't care, since the campers would just scrape it away, but what nearly gave him a heart attack was the fact that it moved.

He galloped towards it as fast as he could. What in Zeus' name? A body, but what is it doing in the mud? he asked himself. All that time, his eyesight never moved away from the body.

As he got closer, he trotted to a stop. "What are you doing here, child?" he asked in the most normal voice he could. "Come on, let's get you- you… A-Annabeth?" he stuttered.

True enough, the daughter of Athena, was curled up in a fetal position in the mud, eyes wide open, grinning like a maniac, and muttering something about a 'second time'.

"Medic! I need A medic over here!" Chiron shouted. Usually, he could bring a camper over to the infirmary himself, being a medic and all, but seeing Annabeth, someone whom he treated and loved like a daughter, like this was too much for him to bear. After a few minutes, Will Solace, along with a few of his younger brothers, came running straight to him.

"Sorry we're late, Chiron. We were cleaning up our cabin, and-"

Chiron held up his hand. "Not now, Will. Help me bring Miss Chase over to the infirmary."

For the first time, Will noticed Annabeth lying in the mud, nearly out of her mind.

He picked her up effortlessly. For a few moments she kicked and screamed at his touch, but once she saw Chiron, she laid still in Will's arms. "What happened to her, Chiron?" he asked, using his hand to wipe off some of the mud that was covering her face.

"I don't know. I just saw her here myself." Chiron answered.

"Second time… please, no more, HELP ME!" she screamed, grabbing a fistful of Will's shirt and hiding her face in his chest.

Will looked at Chiron, clueless.

"Just bring her to the infirmary." He said.

Will's POV

Will laid her down on a bed. The infirmary was empty, mostly due to the fact that Percy just stayed cooped up in his cabin all day long, a fact that some of the campers, including himself, were fully aware of.

He grabbed a towel neatly folded on a table nearby, filled a small basin with water, then proceeded to clean Annabeth of mud.

Wow she's filthy, he mused.

After a few minutes, most of her arms and legs were completely free of mud. Will didn't dare touch any other part of her body, though. She might already be crazy, but that doesn't mean she won't hesitate to kill me, he said to himself. He put the dirty items back on the table.

As he turned to leave, he felt a hand grad his wrist tightly.

Annabeth's POV

"No, don't leave me alone. She might come back." Annabeth said, fear eminent in her stormy gray eyes.

"Don't worry, Annabeth," Will reassured her. "you'll be safe here." He muttered a prayer to his father, and immediately, Annabeth felt her eyes starting to close.

Her grip on his wrist faltered, her hand now dangling on the side of the bed. "No, don't…please…no…no…"

As she drifted to sleep, she was unceremoniously dumped out of bed.

"Hello, my little plaything." A familiar voice said.

Annabeth's sleepy eyes widened. She was still a little drowsy, but her fear was overcoming her sleepiness.

The figure clapped her hands once. "This time, we're gonna have so much fun."

Annabeth struggled to get up. Then she noticed that the figure's hood was down. Through drowsy eyes, she strained to see the figures face.

"You want to know who I am, do you?" the figure mused. She knelt down and came face to face with Annabeth.

Annabeth almost fainted. Staring her at the face was the last person she ever expected; the pale, ghostly face of Bianca di Angelo.

I'm sorry this Chapter was so short, I'll make it longer next time! You could say that this is a filler for what Bianca is about to do next chapter!

Also, submit ideas of what you want Bianca to do to Annabeth, and I might add it on the story!