Welcome to another chapter. Ya de ya de dah. Let's just get on with it.
Disclaimer (wow. Haven't did this in a loong time. I wonder what the rights would say):
There once was a very smart man
His name is Rick Riordan
He once made a series called Percy Jackson
So please don't make me ransom
and so people of fan fiction
have to make a description
of how they aren't a complainer
because they wrote a disclaimer
so every character from Rick Riordan
is like our sacrificial lamb
so I'm already done
so please don't make me do this for fun
-GOA P.S Annabeth Chase 99.99999999% owns Percy. And the other is owned by Rick Riordan.
Annabeth's POV
"Ha! I won!" I literally spat in his face if I weren't in water. I tapped my feet in a beat and hummed a random tune and fist pumped into the air- dang, I meant water. The water really isn't much different from air anyways. Percy looked disapointed and whined, "But you didn't saw when I was ready or not. That's not fair!" He stomped the ground, feigning anger. I chuckled, "Better luck next time, Seaweed Brain." I grabbed the golden knob of the door. The door was made of coral and had its bright pinkish color to it. I twisted the door knob and pulled. I felt Percy helping me open it, too. And with that, the door creaked open. "Phew! Get an easier door to open, Percy!" I said. He held his right arm towards me, which I happily took.
"Next stop, Sword Fighting Arena!" He said, trying to sound like a tour guide man. "Cool," I said as we stepped out. We were standing on a porch. Why would they need a porch? I thought. We walked down the porch stairs and saw why they needed one. "Errrmm.. Percy? Why isn't your Palace completely on the ground?" I asked, nervously looking down. "You seem to have forgotten. We just swim down with our nymph/mermaid tail," he explained. "But I don't have one!" I yelled as I threw my hands into the air. "That's why I'm going to get you a fake one," he said nonchalantly leaning on a railway. He ran back into the palace. I sighed and ran my hands through my hair.
After a few minutes he came back with a silver tail. The scales sparkled under the sun rays digging into the water. "Wow. This is a beautiful tail, Percy," I grinned at me as he done in return. "It was my mother's when she was young. She wasn't a mermaid, she was a nymph. My father is a merman," he explained nonchalantly, "Here try it on." He handed me the tail and I grabbed it without harm. I slipped my legs into it carefully. It felt very weird. I felt as I my legs had been glued together and felt more flexible. I was swimming in my spot and grinned happily. I swirled and took a test. The tail swiftly glided me through the water. I laughed in joy. This was really wonderful.
"I take that you like it, huh?" Percy smiled at me. "Since you're wearing a tail, I'm going to wear one, too. Since it's not fair that I get to use legs." He spun around like a whirlpool and shone brightly as he chanted an enchantment, "Ash kno ish ko nika mona!" (Lol I just made that up.) The bright light disappeared, revealing Percy in a bluish, greenish looking tail. It was amazing, I say. It looked like it came out of a Barbie Doll maker machine. I examined his beautiful tail and trailed my eyes up. He wasn't wearing a shirt!
"Oh my gods, Percy!" I yelled as I fixed my eyes on my chest. All I was wearing was a bikini top! I mean, how da' hell did that get over here! "It's ok, Annie," I glared and he continued, "Luckily I brought a top to cover it up!" Why was he acting all cheery today. Geez. "Are you ready?" he asked while leaning on the railway. I raised an eyebrow, "I know that I'm ready. But I don't know if you're ready." He chuckled and stopped leaning.
"Come on! We will be late for the sword tournament!" Percy whined as he grabbed my wrist. "Oh, look who's talking!" I said sarcastically. We swam through the reef, looking at different types of exotic plants and animals. Different colors of fish passed by, showing of their shiny scales. I saw a bunch of kids holding their hands and spinning around in a circle. Wow. The uniqueness of this amazing paradise. Maybe one day I could live here with Percy and become a Lady or something.
We finally made it to the arena. I really don't know how to describe it, really. It just like those regular arenas you see in your everyday life. This arena looked ancient, as if it had history from the past. "Is this arena ruins?" I asked Percy. "Well," he started, "yes these are ruins. This used to be an arena of the Land Walkers. They are like humans but had powers. History has said that the water nymphs and mer-people fought them in a battle. I don't know how it started. I think because someone betrayed another, but I don't think that's important. So, one day a powerful nymph came by and saw the destruction of Atlantis. His heart tore into two pieces. He wanted revenge. He wanted to overthrow the Land Walker to his feet. And so he did. He used all his might and made the biggest flood known to man. He wiped out the towns, killing every Land Walker of that city. A now it's still here. We just fixed the arena a bit so it didn't look like a pile of garbage."
I smiled at him as a thank you. We swam into the arena and took our seats near Percy's Father's throne. Percy sat on his throne while I sat next to him in the regular guest seat.
DOO DOO DOO DOO DOOOO!
"Welcome everyone to the Sword Fighting Tournament! around five our of twenty five! We still have a long way to go! But never mind that! We are here to see the Seaside Sharks vs Atlantis Snipers!We also welcome the Prince and the fine lady he has brought with him today." A man boomed, holding a kind of microphone-looking-thing. Everyone applauded loudly, the sound of claps echoing through the arena. It was really weird because I didn't know ther were underwater cameras videoing us sitting at the top. "Today, our competitors are... From Seaside Sharks, is Michael Yew!" Michael's side of the arena roared loudly at the sound of his name. "And from Atlantis Snipers... Is Luie Castellan!" My eyes widened, alerted by the sound of his name. People were cheering loudly for him since most people here go for Atlantis.
I suddenly felt dizzy in the head. What was Luke doing here? I saw him standing on the stage smiling at everyone around him. "Annabeth, are you okay?" Percy asked. He his bright sea green eyes looked worried and sad. He tooled my hand and I squeezed it. I tried to put on a reassuring smile, "I'm fine, Percy."
I looked back down at Luke and Michaelm growling at each other menacingly. I gulped. Luke could get hurt! Didn't he know that? (She's not saying it in a loving him as a boyfriend way, btw.) "Luke," I whispered. As if in cue he turned to face me staring at him. He looked so different from the last time I have seen him. Well, the last time I've seen him was that he had beautiful golden hair, tanned skin and sky blue eyes. But what I was seeing in front of me wasn't Luke. His hair looked messy and wild. His hair was a pale blonde and so was his skin. But the most that frightened me was that his eyes. They were still sky blue but I saw something shining. I swore I saw a fraction of his eye color was turning gold. Luke plastered a grin at me and winked. Percy saw and grabbed my wrist. "Is he bothering you?" his face was full on concerned. "Once again, Percy. I'm fine, thank you," I said, trying to keep my calm. He nodded grimly and leaned back into his chair and started munching on some orange colored looking popcorn.
"OKAY!" Yelled the referee, which made me jump, startled. "We all know the rules! You mustn't use your magic or else you will get a fine consequence, second of all... Have fun!" I looked towards Michael who was wearing full chain mail armor and was holding a pyrite sword. Luke had an iron chest plate and helmet and help a copper scythe. "Three... Two... One.. Go!" Michael, who was an idiot who didn't have a plan, lunged at Luke instantly trying to plunge his sword into Luke's chest. Luke easily brushed it off with his scythe and twirled his sword around as he sidestepped, getting behind Michael. Michael noticed and turned around and ducked quickly as the scythe nearly whipped his head off. He bounced up and got ready to attack. But Luke just used his scythe and swung it at Michael. It tired his armor off. Even worse. It scraped a full thirty centimetres of his skin.
Michael grabbed his side and groaned and fell to the floor, dropping his sword with a flop. Luke grinned down evilly at him. He bended low and picked up the pyrite sword. He then walked over to Michael and slashed a big X on his back. The crowd made ooh's at the sight of Michael on floor, bleeding to death. I gasped. Tears were pouring out of my eyes. This wasn't the Luke I know of. I left my seat abruptly and swam away quickly. "Annabeth! Annabeth!" Percy's voice yelled behind me.
I swam toward a park which looked deserted and empty. I sat down on a bench and leaned my head into my hands. I was sobbing at the sight of my friend acting so cruelly to another person. "Annabeth," a calm voice wavered over me. Percy wrapped his warm arms around me and said, "Why are you crying?" He held my cheek making me look up into his mesmerizing green eyes. "H-he's gone. He's n-not the s-same," I said in agony. My sadness had radiated to Percy, also making him look sad. "Explain everything to me, Annabeth. I will help you," he said. I blinked my eyes, "Ok."
I explained how I met Luke in the ordinary world of mine. About how we grew up as very good friends. He went to my house dwily to play different games with me. He was my protector. He stood up for me like a brother. I love him as my brother. And nothing will ever change that fact in my heart. Ever.
End of chapter! Secrets revealed. Ooohhhh. That was interesting to read about. What about you press that favorite or follow button and I will be on my way!
as always, stay happy- GOA