A/N: Happy late Percabeth day! April 15 was the day but I missed the deadline by 6 days! I'm apologizing for the delay and I've decided to split the chapter into 2, so technically you won't find out about the so called "truth" till the next chapter… sorry. Make sure to let me know what you think!
As I strolled through Olympus, I couldn't help but admire the structure of everything. The marvelous monuments glazing in the sun. Thalia was leading and Luke was trailing behind, nodding glumly to our short conversations. It was easily noted that he was upset, considering how he didn't even bother to hide it. Thalia was humming and I had half a mind to tell her to stop because of how sad Luke was. Oh and the humming thing too. My mind curiously wandered back to the dream and before I knew it, I was trying to suppress a frown.
"What's wrong?"
I looked to my left to find Thalia. Funny how she's always there when I'm thinking.
"Look Thalia, whatever this "truth" is, it's not going to be that bad, right?"
She gave me a look, not reassuring me much. Distracted, I bumped into Thalia and luckily Percy was there to catch me. "Woah." Luke sent a glare to Percy. Confused, I looked down, seeing his hands on my waist. Clearing my throat quite loudly, I brushed myself off.
"Well that was a nice scene", a voice said. I snapped my head to the source of the sound. There standing in front of me was the one and only, Hera and coming after her, her face still changing, was Aphrodite.
(Moments later)
"So Ares was like I'll punch you in the-"
"Enough! I've had absolutely ENOUGH!" Hera declared.
Frankly I'm surprised they haven't ripped the hair off of each other's head's yet.
"Moving on to more important matters", Hera continued, "I'll get the boy and you handle the girl."
Figuring it'd be best, I didn't pipe up an objection. Aphrodite nodded and sent me a wink. "Thalia, Luke, why don't you guys tour Olympus for the meantime?" Thalia looked all for it, while Luke seemed hesitant, as if he wanted to say something.
"Not today, you don't" Thalia said fiercely as she pushed him away.
"Well, it's on to business" Aphrodite said as she clapped her hands together. Hera steered Percy to the left while Aphrodite took me to the right.
"Oh my, how I missed Percabeth! It was my favorite on top of Jasper!" Aphrodite declared. While she was continuously muttering, I was busy wondering what this beautiful lady was saying. Percabeth? Jasper? Did I miss something?
"Oh my my…. I'm getting off topic here," Aphrodite started, "so many visions!" My bewildered expression must've really shown through as Aphrodite laughed in reply. "You're a smart girl Annabeth, help me out here."
"With what?" My irritation was really starting to build and get the best of me. Feeling clueless at all probably wouldn't make Athena happy all that much.
"Well you know," Aphrodite sighed as if she was getting tired of explaining, "what was the last thing you remember?"
I gave her a shrug, as there was always too many things to remember for a child of Athena.
"Oh well, lets start with the visions." She led me through the grand hall, every once in a while stopping to gesture to one of her statues. "That outfit was so 2 hours ago." I was beginning to see Hera's point of view but I continued to grit my teeth. "What's the last thing you remember about Luke?" Aphrodite had set her face, as if she was always the stern lady standing in front of me. Figuring that I didn't want to get on her bad side, I wracked my brain.
"Him coming to visit me at school, I guess."
Aphrodite gave me a knowing eye but directs another question to me.
"What about before that?"
I thought on it and the image of a sword fight came up. I opened up my mouth to speak but Aphrodite interrupted, putting her hand up before my face. "How old were you then?" The question caught me by surprise as my mind widened. The image of a shorter Annabeth, with slightly less curls popped into my head. "There has to be more than that" I thought. I've known him for years, that couldn't have been it.
"I assure you, that's the last you remember."
"The last thing I remember? You make it sound as if there's more."
She walked again, once again leading me to an empty room. The walls were pink, while the sofa was a lighter shade of salmon pink. It seemed as if everything was in Aphrodite land considering the "Aphrodite Land" sign. "But there is, there is so much more!" She frantically waved her hands around. "Your friend plays a dangerous game! Messing with fate for the lo-" She stopped as if she let something slip. "The love of what?"
She shook her head, letting the unfinished sentence dangle.
"Luke has been talking to Hera" she stated. "He's changed his fate but the conclusion may be deadly, as fate cannot be changed."
A/N: I know terrible conclusion but I hoped you liked the chapter! Never give up on Percabeth and R&R!