Chapter Eleven: My Diary Gives me a Pep Talk (Annabeth POV)
Annabeth's Diary—Currently
Percy is gone. I don't know where, but all I know is that he left.
The only clue I have is three words he wrote to me.
"I'm sorry, Annabeth."
What do they mean? Do they speak of what's happening right now?
I'm so confused. It feels like everything's going against me right now. I'm still on the run. I know for a fact that the possessed demigods are still after me.
At least I get to have more food when I don't have to share it with Percy.
But I don't have a single clue on how I'll ever survive when he's not there.
-Annabeth.
The wind ruffled my hair. I hugged my legs against my body and sighed longingly. I felt lonely. It didn't help that possessed demigods were still chasing me, either.
I was quite shocked when my diary closed by itself, and something seemed to be coming out of it. It pulled itself out and stood up. I gasped. It was that dark shape from yesterday. The one with red eyes. Except now I could see the shape clearly.
It was me.
Except with red eyes and an updo. She had fangs, too, but those contracted to look like normal teeth. She smiled at me.
"Hello, Annabeth. You seem to be having a rough day," she said.
I gaped at her.
"Oh." She chuckled. "I completely forgot to introduce myself. I'm Hikana Solette, the spirit of your diary. Kana for short." She stuck her hand out to me.
I shook it awkwardly. She smiled. "What's wrong? You look a little shaken to see me."
"Well, it's not every day that a spirit emerges out of your diary," I said.
"Okay, yeah," she admitted. "Anyways, your diary entries have been sad lately, so I came to ask you what's up."
"Oh." My face fell. "Percy…"
"Oh," she said. "Him again? You know, I had a brief meeting with him not so long ago. He seems to miss you too."
"Where did he go?" I asked.
"Oh… someone abducted him."
"WHAT!? Who is it!?"
"Classified information, cupcake."
"Ugh…"
"Come on," she said. "Cheer up. Everything will be okay in the end, right?"
"Hopefully," I sighed.
"Hey, look. You two are heroes. You saved Olympus and all that! You'll be able to endure this, I promise," she said.
She disappeared, leaving only a few flower petals.
I picked one of the petals up. It immediately disintegrated in my hand. All that was left were some pink sparkles. I sighed. Kana said that everything would get better, but that was hard to believe.
I picked up another petal, and it fell apart as well.
It reminded me of my heart—breaking into a million pieces.
