AGAIN, RANDOM CHARACTER IN THIS CHAPTER FROM A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FANDOM. PLEASE JUST GO WITH IT. IGNORE IT IF YOU DONT LIKE IT I PROMISE HE WONT BE BACK AFTER THIS. low. "Rumplestilskin!" He grinned at her. "W-what are you doing here? Get away from me!" He walked closed to her and touched her face. "Poor Annabeth Chase. Torn from her dream life. Seperated from her one true love. Kidnapped by monsters that are not from your world. That does seem to be your specialty doesn't it?" He giggled. Annabeth smacked his hand away. "What do you want? I owe you nothing." She said with as much strength in her voice as she could muster. "Oh dearie, I'm here to make a deal of course!" Annabeth stared at him. "All the deals I've made with you never end well for me. So thanks, but no thanks." He laughed again. "Actually, they did end well eventually if you think about it. And it looks like you're more desperate now than you ever were before. You may not have accepted it, but you're dying. Slowly. And painfully. I'm the best shot you have! Especially with this...development." Annabeth started to feel sick again. "What are you talking about?" She demanded. He giggled. "And they say you're wisdom's daughter! Haha! Then use it." His eyes went cold for a moment. Annabeth didn't have a clue about what he was talking about. He was just making her feel sick. She shook her head. He laughed. "I'll give you a hint then! How long has it been since you last saw Prince Charming?" Annabeth rolled her eyes. "If you mean Percy, it been a month. I saw him in April and now it's may." Her voice broke on his name. "Yes! Yes, and what were you two up to during that quick but memorable visit?" He had a glint in his eye. Annabeth's stomach lurched. "W-what? How do you know about that?" She demanded. He giggled. "I know everything dearie! Now, lately you've been...a bit under the weather. Two plus two!" He laughed again. Annabeth racked her brain, but nothing came to mind. She saw the amusement in Rumplestilskin's eye. Then suddenly it clicked. The sickness. Percy. Annabeth gasped and grabbed the sink for support. She was...she was..."No!" She rasped. Rumplestilskin laughed. "Well done! Smarter than you look dearie!" Annabeth started crying. "This can't happen to me. Not now!" He looked at her. "Well my specialty is children. Is that deal sounding more appealing to you now?" Annabeth glared at him. "I would never give you my child. I know that's what you always want from people. But you're not getting mine." Rumplestilskin's grin faded. "Fine. Lets bargain. I shall give you a head start escape if you give me...hmmm...some of your blood." Annabeth paled. She was already unhealthy. She had been fed on multiple times. Was her child okay? How had that affected it? How could Annabeth have let this happen? "How much blood?" She asked. "Not much dearie! Just prick your finger here and let it drop into the vial!" He waved his hand and a small glass vial appeared. Rumplestilskin held out a needle. Annabeth swallowed. "If I do this, you'll help me escape?" "That's right! Now let's get on with it, shall we?" Annabeth gave him her hand, and he stabbed her finger. A small drop of blood appeared and he squeezed it and it fell into the vial. He grinned. "Always a pleasure working with you dearie! See you soon!" And he disappeared. Annabeth was so upset. How could she have a child? Now? How could she have let this happen? A rush of determination came through her. She was getting out of here. Damon knocked on her door and came in. Annabeth must have had a strange look on her face because he looked and her and said, "Wow what happened to you?" Annabeth didn't answer. She was still trying to come to grips with her situation. "Anyway," Damon continued, " Klaus wants you to come down and have dinner with us. You've been all isolated and crazy lately he wanted to check in with you. So come downstairs. Besides, you haven't eaten anything in days." Damon took her hand. "I'm sorry Annabeth. This is just how things are." She didn't look at him. If she tried to say anything to him she would scream and rip his eyes out. So instead Annabeth stalked past him and swept dramatically out of the room. When she got downstairs, she was surprised at how much of an effort the vampires had made. The room was lit by candles and there was a nicely decorated table with amazing food surrounding it. Suddenly Annabeth was starving. Elena, Stefan, Caroline, Rebekah, Elijah and Klaus were all seated and dressed like they were dining with the king. Maybe they were. Klaus sat at the head of the table, and gestured for Annabeth to sit on an empty seat to his left. She suddenly felt like she was in a very weird mood. Annabeth imagined herself having dinner with the vampires and having polite chitchat. The whole scene was so absurd that she laughed. "I think I'm underdressed." Klaus smiled at her as she took a seat next to him. There was a silence. Annabeth wasn't sure if she was supposed to be eating the food on the table, but she was so hungry that she just went ahead and hit herself a plate of food. Everyone watched her as she ate, but said nothing. Annabeth found this a bit creepy, but decided to continue to enjoy her meal. Klaus spoke up. "Annabeth, the reason we brought you down here is because you've acted very...distant lately. We were worried." Annabeth almost choked on her food. "Worried? Be careful, you might start getting wrinkles." Damon laughed but was silenced by a look from Klaus. He turned back to Annabeth. "If there's a problem sweetheart, don't hesitate to tell us." Annabeth stopped eating and looked at Klaus. She slammed her fork down and stood up. Never before had she felt so enraged. Fury coursed through her. "A problem? You want to know if there's a problem? Well yes! There is a problem! The problem is that while you are all immortal and have hundreds of more life's to live, I have one. One chance to get it right. One chance to make everything I've done count. One chance to live. But somehow you feel justified in taking it from me? How is that right, or moral? Maybe stealing lives from people doesn't mean anything to you anymore, but it means something to me. I can give you nothing. Yo could give me freedom. But you're too selfish and evil so see beyond your own desires! And you take all your pain out on people like me! If you want any chance at redemption just set. Me. Free. Especially now that-" Annabeth stopped herself. They didn't need to know the gory details. All of the vampires just stared at her with shocked expressions on their faces. Klaus got up and walked slowly towards her, like a predator closing in on its prey. But Annabeth stood her ground. Klaus smiled wickedly at her and leaned into her neck. No. Not anymore. Annabeth threw some vervain in his face and dove under the table. She ran down the halls and into a small closet. Time to play hide and seek. She heard muffled shouts and she could see some of them running right past her through the crack under the door. She let herself breathe. She peeked out of the doorway. The coast was clear. Annabeth ran as fast as she could and burst through the door. She jumped into the black car in the driveway and was about to pull away when she saw something move beside her. Annabeth nearly screamed as Damon smiled at her. "Hey honey. Going somewhere?" SORRY FOR THE RANDOMNESS. PLEASE REVIEW