CHAPTER 8:
Annabeth POV
I woke up to a horrible screeching sound. I sat bolt upright, and reached for my dagger on my nightstand, and saw Percy reaching for Riptide.
Then the noise stopped. I furrowed my brow.
"I guess it's an alarm that shuts off automatically when we wake up." I state logically. Percy smiles.
"That's a nice way to wake us up." He says sarcastically. I smile back.
We brush our teeth, then I take a shower as Percy hurriedly rushes to finish his homework. I change into a gray sundress with a blue neckline with athletic shorts underneath. I fishtail braid my hair and throw the braid carelessly over one shoulder. I reach for a pair of gray flats that my mother gave me. She said that they were good for fighting in, and Aphrodite-approved. I strap my dagger on my thigh, just in case.
I walk out of the bathroom. Percy looks up and falls off the bed. I giggle. "What's wrong Seaweed Brain?" I ask, pulling him up.
He stares at me and I blush. "Y-y-you just l-l-look gorgeous." He stutters, and I blush even deeper.
"You're so sweet Seaweed Brain." I say, kissing his cheek. He smiles goofily, and rushes off to take his own shower. He comes out a few minutes later, in jeans and a V-neck sea green shirt with a gray belt, his hair as messy as always, and dry as can be. He looked extremely handsome.
He picks up his backpack, and hands me mine, and we head down the stairs to the giant kitchen. We are the first ones down, and so I tell Percy that I have a surprise for him. Sally taught me how to make blue pancakes, so I thought that Percy would enjoy some. There was a whole cupboard full of blue food coloring, and I sent a silent thank you to Poseidon.
After I made the pancakes, I set 7 on a plate for Seaweed Brain, and wrote in sloppy cursive 'Love you!' with syrup. I made myself a stack of 2 pancakes and carried both plates to the table, leaving the rest of the pancakes on a plate for the others to get some when they get down.
Percy saw the pancakes in his plate, and his jaw dropped. "Wise Girl. You are the most amazing person in the entire world, after mom of course." He said kissing me.
I giggled. I thought it was adorable how Percy wasn't afraid to show how much he loved his mom. We ate and talked about random things until Jason, Piper and Leo showed up.
Piper was wearing a purple and pink skirt with a pretty white blouse and a denim jacket. She had a necklace that matched Hazel's and mine. It said 'One of the Seven' in Greek and in silver. The boys got wristbands instead.
Jason was wearing a sky blue shirt with jeans. He had on white sneakers and his 'One of the Seven' wristband.
Leo was wearing a red and orange graphic T-shirt with jeans and his tool belt. He had his 'One of the Seven' wristband on as well.
"Annabeth! You look adorable!" Piper complimented, and I blushed all the way down to my toes.
"She does, doesn't she?" Percy said, pulling me in closer to his side.
Jason and Leo were focusing on the pancakes in our plates. "Are there any more pancakes?" Leo asked. I rolled my eyes and nodded.
"Over there." I said pointing to the huge pile. I made a bunch, because with this many people, you can never have too much food.
They got their food and settled down on the long table next to Percy and me. After a few moments, Hazel and Frank appeared. Hazel looked really cute. She was wearing gold shirt with a black short-sleeved jacket. She had jeans on and black boots with gold buckles, and, of course, her 'One of the Seven' necklace. Frank was wearing a red T-shirt and jeans, with black sneakers. He had his wristband on, too.
They helped themselves to pancakes, and joined us. Everyone was talking, except for me. I was watching everyone.
"Is everything okay, Wise Girl?" Percy asked, concerned.
I nodded. "It's just, I'm glad the war's over and all, but I kind of miss when it was just the Seven, you know?" They all smiled and nodded. I continued. "But with the whole 'war' thing going on, I feel like I didn't get to know you guys well. I mean, I know Percy like the back of my hand, and Piper and Hazel and I have gotten close, but still not close enough. I mean, we should all be like family after all we've been through together. Maybe we should have like a 'Seven' bonding day, or something? We could go to the beach or do something together that wouldn't be life threatening. That'd be a nice change." I offer. They all readily agreed.
Piper smirked. "But then we'd need Coach Hedge also." We laughed.
Then I abruptly stopped, and a smile grew on my face. "You know, with all the extra rooms we have, I'm sure that Coach, Mellie and Marissa could move in here…" I suggest. They all cheered.
"Great idea, Annabeth." Frank said, and I smiled at him.
Just then, Grover, Thalia and Nico came thundering down the stairs. They helped themselves to my spectacular pancakes as well.
Grover was wearing his Rasta cap to hide his horns, and a T-shirt that said 'Save the World!' on it, and jeans and his fake feet with his crutches.
Thalia was wearing a shirt that was black and said, 'I don't think I'm better than you, I know so,' and her hunters jacket, with denim shorts on and her lieutenant circlet.
Nico was wearing a blue shirt with his black aviator's jacket and black jeans. He stuffed his hands in his pockets, and I can't help but think he looks so much older than he did when we first met him.
"You guys ready for today's meeting on Olympus?" Thalia asked, shoveling food in her mouth. We laughed and nodded. But I can't help but wonder what it's about.
"If they ask us to save the world again, I'm saying NO WAY, because I'm pretty sure twice is more than the average person has saved the world." Percy said, laughing slightly.
We all agreed, and just then, Clarisse, Chris, Katie and the Stolls came down.
Clarisse had her hair French-braided, like Silena would always have hers, and a dark purple shirt, with a black leather jacket on, and dark wash jeans and converse.
Chris was wearing a blue shirt that said 'Watch out, I'm tricky' and light wash jeans with green sneakers.
Katie was wearing a green and pink sundress that flared out at her knees and had her signature flower earrings in, with her hair in a high bun, and her heart locket necklace that Travis had given her when they first started dating.
The Stolls were both wearing jeans and polo shirts, but Travis's was green, and Connor's was red, and they both had sweatshirts that matched.
We all quickly finished eating, then raced to the garage. Percy, Grover and I hopped into his car, Nico drove away on his brand new motorcycle, Jason and Piper drove away in Jason's car, Thalia drove away on her new silver motorcycle (which she was psyched about), Leo drove away in his new car, which was black with a flame design on it, Frank and Hazel left in Frank's car, which was red; Chris and Clarisse left in Chris's car, which was green, and Katie and the Stolls left in the Stolls' new car, which was white.
We all arrived at school, and sighed heavily. Another day of school. Great.
After our first few classes, we met up with our mortal friends and had lunch together. Krystal tried flirting with Percy again, and David tried flirting with me. Both, obviously, were unsuccessful.
What was really funny, though, was when one of David jerk jock friends, Kyle, tried flirting with THALIA.
She SO told him off.
"HOW DARE YOU TRY TO FLIRT WITH A MAIDEN. YOU DARE TRY ON THE LIEUTENANT OF ARTEM-" Then Jason covered her mouth with his hand. He shot a death glare at the boy.
"Walk away now, or I will unleash my sister on you, and when she's mad, she won't hesitate in trying to kill you." He stated firmly.
The idiot gulped and turned around, not before winking at Thalia one more time though.
Jason removed his hand and Thalia looked murderous. Before she could start ranting in Greek, I cut her off. "Let's go to Greek class, you guys!"
Thalia, still looking positively livid, stalked off towards the direction of the Greek classroom. Percy laughs as he watches his retreating cousin's figure. He throws his arm around my shoulder and we follow Thals.
In Greek class, Chiron sees Thalia still seething and chuckles softly. He waves Percy and me over. "A boy tried flirting with her, I assume?" He asked. We nod, laughing also.
We settle in our seats and Chiron asks for a Greek demonstration, seeing as we would be doing one in the beginning of each class. He calls me, Thalia, Nico and Percy to demonstrate.
We let Thalia begin. "How dare that insufferable mortal PIG try flirting with Artemis's lieutenant!" She shouted.
Percy replied gently. "Thalia, it's okay. I swear, if you'd like I can beat him up for you!" Oh Percy; always too loyal for his own good.
Thalia laughed, and I was glad that she wasn't upset anymore.
Nico joined in, "Or, I'm sure Lady Artemis would have no problem turning him into a jackalope for you!" and we all laughed at that, and thunder rumbled in the distance, agreeing with us, which made us laugh harder.
"So what do you think that meeting on Olympus is about today?" I ask, desperate for an answer.
Chiron interrupted with a frown on his face. "You're going to Olympus today?" He asked.
We nodded, reluctantly. "Do you know why?" Nico asked.
Chiron furrowed his brow and then he smiled suddenly. "I think I do, actually. But I don't think I should tell you…" He trailed off and we all glared at him, and you could tell that it took all of his willpower to not flinch at the 4 harshest glares in demigod history (Mine, Seaweed Brain's, Nico's and Thalia's). He smiled sheepishly afterwards.
"Well, let's get on with the lesson!" Chiron said hastily looking away from our glares. "Today, what I want you to do is to 'see things in the eyes of a demigod.'" He said, winking at us. "You must write a report in GREEK and explain who's child you would be if you could be one, why you would want to be a child of that specific god or goddess, what powers you would have, what monsters you would have to face, etc." All of the demigods laughed.
Grover raised his hand, eyes twinkling. "Mr. Brunner, do you have to be a demigod? Could you possibly be some sort of 'mythological' creature, like a satyr or a centaur?" He said, trying to hold in his laughter.
Chiron just full-out laughed. "That is perfectly fine, Mr. Underwood." Naturally, we all had a REALLY easy time doing this. I (duh) made myself a daughter of Athena, Percy a son of Poseidon and so on.
Once we were all finished, Chiron had us all read them aloud. Percy went first.
"I would be son of Poseidon because I love everything having to do with the ocean. I would be able to breathe underwater, create a mini hurricane, make small earthquakes, stay perfectly dry if I wanted to, create air bubbles underwater," I blushed slightly at that, and Thalia and Nico shot me knowing looks. "Control water in general and be slightly fire-resistant. I think, that since I would be child of the Big Three, I would have to face a lot of monsters, ranging from hellhounds to empousa, to dracnae." We all winced with each monster name that he said, praying that nothing would pop out at us.
"Spectacular Percy! Now how about we let Krystal go?" Chiron said, pointing to the stuck up snob covered in make-up.
She smiled, which looked incredibly evil and demented. "I would be a daughter of Aphrodite, because I am incredibly gorgeous." Piper choked on air as she said that. Chiron turned red from holding in his laughter. The rest of the demigods didn't even bother trying to hold it in; we just cracked up. She frowned at us, but then smiled widely at Percy, who shivered with disgust in response.
"Anyways, to continue, my powers would be to be so beautiful that everyone would listen to me, not that that doesn't happen already… I wouldn't face any monsters, because what sort of ugly creatures would want to ruin this pretty face?" She asked, stunned that someone would ask that question. The sky rumbled threateningly, which made the demigods fall out of our seats laughing so hard, except for Piper, who was narrowing her eyes.
"If I may interrupt, I would say that Aphrodite kids aren't 'just pretty faces.' They could be fierce fighters as well, and just because you have a 'so-called pretty face' doesn't mean that monsters still wouldn't come after you. Have you listened in class at all?" Piper demanded. Clarisse nodded, in remembrance of Silena. Krystal flushed at the accusation, but then sniffed haughtily and stuck her nose in the air.
Chiron smiled at Piper. "Let's have two more people go today, and we can finish the rest next class. Annabeth, dear, you go, and then David, you can go." Chiron said, and I smiled at him.
I cleared my throat. "I would be a daughter of Athena. I would want to be a child of Athena because Athena's children would be known as being extremely intelligent and amazing strategists. My powers would include wicked fighting skills, incredible strategic reasoning, and overall intelligence. Monsters, unfortunately would still follow me around, because although I may not be a Big Three child, Athena is still a powerful goddess and her children would be easily found by monsters." I read from my paper, and then sat back down. Percy grinned at me.
"Wise Girl, that was positively perfect." He said, and I laughed.
"I just told what I could actually do, and who I am." I whispered back.
"That's what made it perfect." He responded softly, winking at me. I blushed.
Just then, David stood up. "I would be a son of Poseidon." Percy tensed beside me. "I would be his son, and may I add, his FAVORITE son because I am the most amazing swimmer in the entire world, and will obviously be decided as captain of the swim team next week at tryouts. I would be able to do ANYTHING and monsters couldn't attack me, because they are so scared of me." He stated cockily. Thunder rumbled angrily in the distance. Seems like Poseidon wouldn't want him as a son, not that I could blame him…
Chiron rolled his eyes slightly, and told us to pack up. As if on cue, the bell rang and we all headed to English class.