*cowers behind my giant bookshelf* SORRY! I am so sorry I've been so busy lately with stupid homework (even as the biggest nerd in class I'm now tired of homework) the end-of year exams are coming up in MAY. MAY. Yikes. And the dance production last week, and just generally I've been so tired. Last term maybe? Or this term I was so tired I fell asleep in Latin. FOR TWENTY MINUTES. Twenty whole frikking minutes and being the only person who would NEVER do that in class, my wonderful form holds it against me to this date to make fun of me. Luckily my teacher didn't give me a detention, instead he was more concerned and now I'm rambling. But this girl in my class, Chloe she goes in Latin, "Can I pull a [my name] and go to sleep now?" Mr Hunt (My Latin teacher) said, "How about I give you a detention? Stop being so SARKY!" I'm still rambling so let's cut to the real reason you're here, not to read my crazy author notes. I swear to the gods, I really need help...
I'm high on SHERBET. SHERBET. All I see is sugar now; I'm most definitely drunk on sherbet. That explains the craziness of this chapter, I've been high on sherbet for the past two days and I was talking to a statue in Art. A statue. And I was talking to it about aliens. If that doesn't tell you I need help then I don't know what does. And my supposedly 'crazy' friend says I am not crazy. I disagree.
I think I want to die of happiness from your reviews. Yep, that's what I'm gonna do! Goodbye! :)
*Dies of happiness*
Hades: "You can't die! You have to give your readers another chapter! And finish the story! GO BACK TO EARTH ALIVE CHILD."
Me: "'Kay Lord Hades. Cya the next time I die!"
*returns to laptop alive*
Hmm, that didn't go as planned. Oh well, it's good! Now I can write another chapter! But seriously, your reviews just make me so happy, so keep them coming! I love reading what you guys think xx
Noah – Aw thank you! Are you the same as the other Noah who reviewed? And here the update is! :)
Darker Angel- The fact this is one of your favourites really means a lot to me thank you! I'm assuming you are the same reviewer as angel? But thank you!
Angel – Thank you! Here's the update!
Lillian – Aww thanks! I wanted to make the story have a twist and Lily and Drew feature majorly to the story and plot so I'm glad you like them! And me too, I'm definitely NOT going to make it a story where the characters have…it…because I think it ruins the characters like Percy and Annabeth and I personally find it disgusting so yeah. What exactly do you mean by a simple romance though? Like the kind how Rick did it? 'Cause that's the kind I'm doing, nothing like too serious… and Thanks for reviewing!
Noah – Your review made me die of happiness. That's the first time someone's said they hold me up to the writer legends known as J.K Rowling and Rick Riordan and I'm so ecstatic I just don't know what to say! And also yes, that is true and I facepalmed myself when I realised I'd made a mistake, I've changed it now so thanks for pointing it out! I'm so happy you liked it and continue to read and enjoy the story! (But don't break your phone for it!)
May Salome Love – Me too! Me and my friend are dying for the paperback version to come out, I just can't wait either! The version which is at the end of the paperback edition of the Serpents Shadow is coming out on the 7th May!
Grod44 – It certainly is coming out, and that too soon! Have fun reading it!
SheaJackson – Haha Thank you! I thought Percy would want to hear what they were saying; especially considering Lily was going to talk about him!
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PercyJacksonROX – Aw thanks! And definitely Percabeth shall arrive, with lots of drama, but it shall arrive soon!
I definitely do that as well, book characters are my family :) (As lame as that probably sounds, it's true) I care for my characters, I'm VERY protective of them, you wouldn't want to insult them in front of me haha :) And I hated Gabe for doing that, but it was very necessary unfortunately because it marks the beginning to a twisted new character and plot twist that brings a Hades of a time for the demigods and mortals!
I screamed as well for ages and me and my friend are dying for it to come out, it's agony since I know Uncle Rick is going to make it mindblowing, and ! And same here, I want Percy's POV back! I miss his sarcastic, loveable funny ways :) I think too it should be Sadie or Percy's first person POV, although, imagine if it were in say Zia's or Walt/Anubis' POV? An interesting twist for Uncle Rick I would think…
Haha it's fine and I know exactly how you feel! Thanks so much again and well I am Directioner too! :)
Lileverlark – Thank you! Xxxx
Wrestling is my best skill – Thank you! And I have a huge twisted drama plot for their relationship to endure! I can't wait!
Thank you all to my lovely readers, you are the best, every single one of you love you all so much for just reading this story! So please, enjoy the next chapter and review! Xxxx
Annabeth
"Percy, wake up." I moan and push his shoulder, trying to wake him up. Seaweed Brain just groans and covers himself with the blanket and pillows. I yank them all off leaving the boy in just his boxers on the bed, but he doesn't seem to notice, instead he's snoring blissfully. "LILY!" I yell for his sister in the hope she can awake him. She comes running in with a bottle of whipped cream and the stuff is all around her mouth. "Annabeth? What's wrong? Oh, the doofus isn't up?" she asks and I shake my head. Lily smiles and looks at her whipped cream. "Excellent."
I connect the dots and laugh; she's going to do the classic cream trick. I watch as Lily puts whipped cream all over Percy's hair and body, and his hands. I'm still astounded he doesn't wake up. She runs and brings a bottle of honey, beats me why she brought all of this, and squirts it all over the floor beside his bed. Oh gods, this should be funny. I look for a feather and climb up next to Perce, tickling him with it. His nose twitches at first then his hands come up to push it away, which of course ends up in his face being covered in cream.
"WHAT THE HADES IS GOING ON!?" he yells and Lily bursts into laughter. I'm already giggling when he gets up smothered in the fluffy white cream, and then he steps into the honey. I start laughing so hard that I'm crying when Percy slips about in the runny honey, trying to move. Lily gently nudges him and he goes sprawling, concealed in a mass of honey and cream. I fall off the bed on top of him then, still laughing. Oops. We slide around trying to get up; I glare at Lily who stands by laughing at us and not helping. I think she meant for me to get slathered in honey and cream as well. "Ow-Perce-OUCH-Percy-Sto-OW!-Percy-Ju-yeah-don't- P-plea- JACKSON STOP MOVING!"
"Well get OFF ME THEN!" he yells back and I roll my eyes. "In case you haven't noticed, I'm trying!" I protest, trying to slide off his back, but it doesn't work. Sally and Paul then choose to walk in, standing next to Lily, who's on the floor crying and laughing. "Lily, what on earth-" Paul starts then catches sight of us, spontaneously bursting into laughter. "Gee, thanks for the help Paul." I mutter and Percy chuckles. Sally shakes her head and disappears to get something to clean us up, saying she's not getting honey or cream on herself.
We struggle to rise and somehow I end up on top of Percy's stomach, gazing into his eyes. They're sparkling with amusement and he smiles at me. We stare at each other for about two minutes, my mind goes blank and I get a feeling I've never got before. Then I shake my head and finally manage to slide off him and onto the honey puddle. But my mind is on something else, what just happened?
Seaweed Brain manages to get himself up onto his knees and slowly he rises, glaring at the giggling girl and man, who noticed nothing of our 'moment.' Not that it was a 'moment.' I scramble up, sliding a little and then Sally chooses to finally walk in with some stuff to clean us up. I gladly grab a cloth and wipe the underside of my feet so I can walk, then throw the fabric so it collides with Lily's face. "EWWWWW! Foot Honey and Cream!" she squeals and throws the towel off, gagging in disgust. I laugh and high-five Percy, who seems oblivious to the totally non-existent moment.
"So who's idea was it to pour honey and cream all over me?" Seaweed Brain demands. "I agree, explanation girls?" adds Paul sternly. "Hey! Paul you were giggling like a girl!" I protest. "Okay, Paul can't act stern. I'll be the strict parent. What is going on?"
Sally tries to act all harsh but I can see the smile tugging at her lips, she can't keep the act up. That's what I love about her and Paul, they just can't be mad at us. "Seriously, who's idea was this?" She asks when no one answers. Immediately Lily and I both name each other as the culprit.
"Annabeth!"
"Lily!"
"Hey it was so not me! I just yelled for you to come so you could wake Lazy Jackson over here up! I never saw the whole cream thing coming! How was I to expect you'd bring whipped cream and honey with you to Montauk and you'd be eating it in the morning AND happen to be holding it when you came to our room? It was not normal!" I protest indignantly.
"Well, you didn't stop me from doing it; you even were the one to tickle him!" she retorts. "First, I thought you were just going to cream his hand, but you took it too far and hey, it's just a little cream. I never thought I'd fall on top of Percy and you told me to tickle him!"
Percy then decides to intervene. "Whoever's idea it was, it seems that it was originally planned for Lil and Wise Girl to cream and honey me then Lily decided to let Annabeth get covered too rather than helping her when she fell off the bed. So I see it as both of you so you better WATCH OUT!" he yells. We yelp and start frantically running for the door as Percy dashes after us.
We make it outside, laughing until Lily trips and sends us both sprawling in the sand. I get sand on me everywhere thanks to the sticky substances on my skin. Percy than catches up to us and effortlessly picks us up, and then carries us to the water. My eyes widen as I realise what he's going to do seconds before he dumps us in, cannon balling in after us. I yelp again as the water goes in my eyes, then go under to see Percy rolling around in the sea, and the stuff comes off his skin. Isn't he worried about pollution?
But the honey is already starting to come off so I just rub myself and it all slides off. I guess it's alright because Percy has the effect of un-polluting water just by being near it. (A/N: I think it's that, but if it isn't, hey presto Percy has another power! It is fiction after all) Lily is still dry when we come out. Percy willed himself to get wet so he'd clean himself therefore we are both drenched and run up to the cabin to get dressed. Sally is making breakfast and Paul is busy clearing up the mess we made. I grab a t-shirt and some shorts then hop into them quickly, leaving the wet ones out to dry.
Percy is ready by the time I'm tucking into the blue pancakes Sally's making. He grabs like, five and starts wolfing them down hungrily. Honestly, where does he put all that food? I finish my own, but I'm still hungry so before leaving I grab one off Percy's plate and run while laughing at his shocked face. He throws another at my face but I effortlessly catch it, stuffing it in my mouth, still giggling. "Seriously Percy? I steal a pancake so throw another at me? Real good plan you got there…" He rolls his eyes at my sarcasm. "Well I don't have a genius for a mother do I? Miss-Athena-always-has-a-plan,"
"You're just jealous!" I playfully stick my tongue out at him while he snorts and finishes the stack of food on his plate. "You wish." Sally smiles at the two of us, a knowing smile as if she knows something we don't before going to find Lily, who is no doubt talking to Scarlett.
"So Seaweed Brain, what shall we do today?" I ask, sitting next to him. He ponders the thought before replying. "Who said I wanted to do anything with you? Kidding, kidding. Hmm, Wise Girl shall we do what we usually do in Montauk?" My eyes light up at his suggestion. "Why, yes, yes we should. Let's go!" I jump up, pulling him along with me. We slip on shoes and leave the cabin, walking along the beach.
Around Percy, I can open up really and be the kind of mischievous Annabeth I've never been before, pranking people and joking around, stuff you wouldn't see me doing at all. Unless I'm with Seaweed Brain, when I'm with my best friend he can get me to do the craziest things.
(A/N: I don't live in the USA, my geography at the moment is terrible and I can't be asked to look on a map so suddenly there's a made up town next to the beach.) We reach the town, laughing over some lame joke and immediately buy ice-creams; Percy goes back for another after he finished his first. When he's done, I turn towards him with a glint in my eye. "Shall we?"
"Oh yeah." His reply makes me giggle and I look around for an unsuspecting, innocent stranger to traumatise. I catch sight of a guy with blond hair and blue eyes coming our way. Percy nods and spills water all over himself from a bottle we brought along and I go up to him with the best sad face I have.
"Hello, stranger. Could you help me? My best friend here peed himself except he got it everywhere and well his parents disowned him then and he came to me for help but my parents ran away together when I was little because they thought I was crazy and-" the sob story continues and I can see Percy trying not to laugh as the eyebrows of the dude go higher and higher. I wouldn't be surprised if they disappeared off his face completely. At the end he goes, "What is your name?" I smile and looking around to see if anyone's near, bring out my dagger. His eyes widen in fear. "Oh poor stranger, if I told you, I'd have to kill you." I burst out laughing when he runs away in terror, screaming his head off about a crazy killer girl. I put away the dagger, which of course can't kill humans, and see that Percy has willed himself dry but is laughing so hard he looks as if he's really about to pee himself.
"Come on Seaweed Brain; let's go prank some more people."
Our afternoon continues like that, and by the end we're both in hysterics. I try to eat a bunch of doughnuts in five minutes at some shop, which fails epically and then Percy just eats them in thirty seconds.
When I come out of the bathroom, Percy is talking to a really pretty girl with brown hair and greeny blue eyes, I see him laughing at something she said. Out of nowhere a pang of jealousy shoots through me. Wait, what? Me jealous? Yeah right, I'm really high on the blue candy we ate last night. That explains all my crazy antics today. I go up to the two, ignoring that uncomfortable feeling. "Hey Wise Girl, this is Allie. She was telling me about how her father is a marine biologist. Allie, this is Annabeth, or as I like to call her, Wise Girl." I smile at Allie and she returns it. She seems really sweet and we all carry on talking for a while, until we have to leave. She gives us her number and leaves, waving at us. "So we tricked a bunch of strangers, ate doughnuts and made a new friend, sounds pretty productive to me. Let's go back; we can spend the evening watching movies again."
"That sounds brilliant to me. By the way, does Allie have a boyfriend?" I don't know why I'm asking this, but it slips out of my mouth. "Yeah, she really loves him by the sounds of it. Why?" He replies, a little surprised while we walk along the sand. "Oh, I was just wondering. She's really nice,"
The sun sets slowly, a dazzling array of colours lighting up the sky while we walk, talking about all sorts of things. I see other silhouettes against the sun, families and couples enjoying. After a while, Percy falls silent and when I look at him, he has a troubled look on his face.
"You know that dream I was having, at the fire last night?" He asks hesitantly, as if he doesn't want to share it with me. "Yes of course I do Perce, you scared me with your shouting and yelling. What happened in it?" He bites his lip before continuing. "Not exactly sure. I dreamt about the times with Smelly Gabe, the one that Lily saw, you know," I nod, I know precisely what he means. The horrible times before he came to camp. Of course I know what he's talking about.
"What does it mean? That's something that happened in the past, not what's going to happen though. But it's you dreaming it, so surely there must be some inner meaning to it, and it's related to Gabe. But what? Gabe's now gone, he's a statue now!" I stamp my foot in front of the cabin in frustration, I hate not knowing things. I'm also slightly worried about Percy, I know what he's suffered with that bastard of a man and I wouldn't be able to bear it if he got hurt again. Percy takes my hand calmly and rubs circles on it with his thumb while we walk in. "Relax Annabeth, don't worry. I'm sure it's just because I was reminded of that time when I was looking at Lil. Don't try to kill yourself because you don't know. Let's unwind with a bunch of movies with Mom, Paul and Lily, okay?" I nod and we call them all.
After about three movies, we're all starving so I order pizza, making sure Percy can't ask for ten this time. The pizza delivery guy is moody, AGAIN, and just grunts unhappily when I say anything. When I turn around, Percy appears in front of me to grab one of the boxes all for himself. I just chuckle at him and go back to the rest of the family, opening the pizza. We just eat and talk for the rest of the evening pretty much, and I feel so at home. When night comes, I sluggishly walk back to bed and collapse, exhausted. After a few seconds, I drift off to a very peculiar and scary dream.
"So, what's that girl's name again? The one with the boy? Annabeth Chase?" A guy asks that I've never seen before. He has the same look as the Ares campers though, and strong certainly. He's talking to another guy, a son of Hermes perhaps? He has the cheeky look and upturned nose alright. "What about her? Do we need her too?" the dude asks in a raspy voice. Guy number 1 grunts. "Yes, but not yet. For now we have Perseus Jackson. Then we'll need Lily and finally Annabeth." Number 2 nods and walks away. I'm paralyzed in fear, what on earth does this mean? He's got Percy? Kidnapped? Or worse?
The scene suddenly shifts and I see myself, on a park bench. Allie is there with me, rubbing my back while I have my head in my hands and I seem to be…crying. When I look up, I can see how puffy my eyes are, and my nose is red too. "I can't believe it…he's just gone? Like that?" I whisper, bursting into tears again and sobbing into Allie's shoulder. "Shh, Annabeth. Percy's powerful, you know that. If any monsters have got him, he'll fight his way out. After all, he is a son of Poseidon." What? Allie knows about us? Is she a demigod too? I guess she must be, because otherwise she wouldn't know this. My other self nods, still crying silent tears and she stands up with Allie, and they walk off. I still don't understand. What's this all about?
I'm in another place, the beach, maybe this will explain what's going on. Again, it's me sitting there, looking happy now this time. I seem to be waiting for someone. A sound of footsteps reaches my ears and we both turn to see a grinning Percy walk towards us. He sits down beside us, smiling at the Annabeth in the scene. He takes her hand and she leans her head against his shoulder. They start talking about things I don't know about, just having a peaceful time while the sun sets. Then Percy tenses and Annabeth notices. She looks up at him concerned, and their eyes meet before there's a flash of blinding light and we both look away from Percy. When it fades, he's gone. And Annabeth just sits there, horror struck, before scrambling up and running away.
I wake up in a cold sweat, the middle of the night and remember the dream. What the hell just happened?
*evil laugh* *coughs* *never evil laughs again* Soo, cliffie for you lovely readers, haha now we start to get into the drama and action! Can't wait to see your responses, I always love reading the comments from my favourite people in the world, my readers :)
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