Percy's POV
What was this feeling I had inside me? My heart was racing and I felt as if someone had shot me with a bullet, the pain too unbearable to think. My back slid down the wall, falling down my cheeks, staining my jeans.
Why was I upset? Was it because that Annabeth could just forget the fight in less than second? Or because it wasn't me making her smile?
I wiped the tears away and got back onto my feet. I might not have known anything about Annabeth's past, but I wasn't letting her get hurt. If she found someone, I would respect that. But that boy with the scar had a smirk like Kronos and was surrounded by the fires of Tartarus.
I walked down the hallway, flicking my messy black hair to cover my eyes as I entered the infirmary. I opened the wooden door and felt the cool wind hit my face, the curtains dancing in the breeze. I walked over to the window and closed the shutters.
I sighed and saw a note on the bed. I picked it up and read the neat cursive writing. After I finished, I through the note in the bin and silently prayed Piper wouldn't beat Jason up in his condition.
I walked out of the infirmary and headed to my locker. I grabbed my bag, slung it over my shoulder and shuffled towards the door.
'Percy, wait!' A voice cried. I ignored the person giving me orders and plugged my earphones in.
Putting the music up loud, I could escape the world. I didn't understand what came over me. I was upset and depressed, but now I felt anger and frustration flowing through my body.
'PERSEUS JACKSON, STOP!'
I stopped dead in my tracks. Even though it was a faint cry, I knew those words could probably be heard around the whole school. I turned around and saw the person I least wanted to.
Annabeth.
Piper's POV
'Piper, I was assigned to kill you.'
Those seven words echoed through my head. By instinct, I grabbed my dagger, Katoptris, and pushed Jason's body to the wall with my dagger to his chest. I glared into his electrical blue eyes, but a wave of laughter filled the room.
In a flash my hands felt weightless and my feet were off the ground. I looked around the room and realised in a blink of an eye that Jason was able to disarm me.
'You actually think I would kill you, Pipes? That's a bit low of you to think that.' He murmured.
'I'm so sorry, Your Majesty!' I replied in a sarcastic tone.
'Look Pipes, my father trusts no one! Not even his own siblings! He wants to be in power forever and makes his children do the work so he's still on top. I can't wait to overrule him one day and hopefully our kingdoms will be united, Pipes!' He cried.
'As much as you flatter me, you need to leave.' I muttered.
'Why?'
'Because I bet you used your powers to get here, when you should have gone through the front door like a normal person!' I whispered.
'Oh right!'
Soon my 'killer' came to view and handed me back my dagger. He gave me a small peck on the lips and left without a trace. I fell onto my bed and sighed.
Why is my life so dangerous?
Nico's POV
After the whole armour dress up, Percy left like a puppy needing his owner. I put my hands in my pockets and walked down the empty halls of Atlantis High. I completely ignored the fact that I should have been in Math.
My very interesting activity of walking around in circle of the campus was ruined by the bell ringing loudly all over the school. As students of royalty and normal life clashed together under the same sky, I headed to a different class. I was too distracted by the passing crowd to realise that I crashed into a tanned, well-built body. I jumped a mile, looked up and my eyes captured a pair of sky blue orbs.
'I'm so sorry! I wasn't looking where I was going!' The boy's husky voice said. I just stared at him, probably making him uncomfortable. I realised I was when he avoided my eyes and hummed under his breath.
'I'm Nico di Angelo.' My eyes widened as I realised what I had just said. I usually introduced myself as 'Noah Erede' ('erede' means 'heir' in Italian), but I had payed no attention to what I was saying. I didn't want to be in the sunlight a second longer, but my body betrayed me and forced me to stay in front of the boy.
'I'm William Solace, or Will for short.' A voice interrupted my thoughts. I was going to reply but the evil monster called the bell defeated me and soon the blonde boy named Will was running down the hallway to his next class.
My stomach was churning and I felt slightly sick. My mind was in a war between the goddess I had seen the night before and the boy who was shining like the god of the sun.
I put my hands back in my pockets and continued to walk around the grounds of Atlantis High.