Disclaimer: i don't own rick riodan or his works, nor do i own any characters here, i hate the idea of OCs unless they're either really good, crucial to the story or play a very small part

Percys pov,

A tent had been set up for me in the middle of the camp, I walked there with Malcom in silence, after the meeting he pulled me aside and said he needed to show me something, I followed; after all, I wasn't even sure where my tent was...

When we got in the tent Malcom looked like he had the weight of the sky on his shoulders, he told me to sit so I obliged and sat on a camp bed in the spacious tent, he turned to me he shook as he spoke, I was really starting to get concerned for the kid he really did not look well, he said, "if you don't mind telling me and its' okay if you don't, how did it happen?"

"Honestly Malcom" I said, "I don't know if I can talk about it yet, let me vent my anger in battle tomorrow then we'll talk about it, was there anything else?"

"Yes, I have a letter Annabeth gave me to give to you in the event anything happened to her; she gave it to me just after the titan war, made me swear on the Styx to give it to you, no matter what"

I allowed myself a smile, it was such Annabeth things to do, always prepared, and always have a plan.

"But Percy" he said "whatever it says in there, do not allow it to make you look for death, we have lost one leader, we cannot afford to lose another"

"You've read it?"

"No, I wouldn't spoil Annabeths memory like that"

"And the leader thing, surely they'll have you, and Piper and Leo?"

He laughed darkly "No Percy, we all have our qualities, but we're no saviours of Olympus"

I looked at my shoes "Okay, so where's this letter?" I said, he handed me a folded piece of architects paper with an owl wax seal on it, he turned to walk out of the tent without looking back he said "And uhh Percy, Annabeth wasn't the only child of Athena looking out for you, if you ever need anything, we've all got your back"

"Thanks Malcom, means a lot" I said but he'd already left the tent.

I braced myself looking at the paper in front of me, I'm going to have to read it one day, so I will now. I ripped the owl seal and looked down at Annabeths neatly written script.

Seaweed Brain,

If you're reading this then I'm dead, If you're having to read this then I'm sorry, but it had to happen, everyone has there time and mine came. I love you Percy and I always have, straight after our first quest, I knew I'd made a friend for life, but i didn't ever think we'd be this good friends. I always had a secret little dream that one day we'd grow up, get married and have kids y'know, they'd have my blonde hair and your sea green eyes, and they'd be good kids and go on quests, but they'd always come home. Ii guess that's not going to happen now though. Move on Percy, you have to, for your own sake, and for everyone's sake, you're their leader more than I was, you big saviour of Olympus. Anyway, I had Malcom give this to you, because even in death I love you, and I WILL see you again Percy I promise, maybe not in this life though. I love you seaweed brain and don't ever forget it, I won't. You've already saved my heart Perseus Jackson, Now go save the world again. Oh look at me crying as I write this.

Yours forever, Annabeth

I was shaking with tears after the first line, by the last line I was crying so hard I crushed the paper in my hands and threw it across the tent I instantly regretted it and crawled across the room to get it back. I felt so pathetic crawling across the floor crying, naturally at this point someone had to come in. The nervous face of Katie Gardner looked through the doors "Percy I know I don't really talk to you that much but can I- oh my gods Percy!" she ran across the tent and picked me up and hugged me tightly, set me down of the bed and sat next to me, she looked really concerned. "Percy, do you want to talk about it?"

I shoved the letter into her hands and said "read". She ran her eyes down the page, her eyes filling with tears as they went down.

"Percy, you know how I used to be good friends with Annabeth?" she said, I just nodded I didn't think I could speak at the moment. "Well, one of the more recent conversations we had was a few years back, before you went to Manhattan for the battle and it sort of went like this..."

Flashback story telling from katies perspective

So I was working in the strawberry fields, it was a pretty hot day but it had to happen, especially with the titan war looming, everyone was going to need strawberries. I looked up and saw the girl who used to be sort of my best friend coming towards me, there were no dramatic fall-outs or anything, we just grew apart. Anyway she was walking across the field looking sad, I was kind of glad she came to me, we hadn't had a girl chat in ages and I was kind of looking forward to it, I got up from my work and grappled her in a hug and told her to sit down.

"What's up?" I asked

"How did you know something's wrong?" she asked completely dumbfounded I read her like that,

"Because I know you" I smiled

"Well there's this boy..."

"Percy" I mused "go on"

"I think I'm losing him Katie, there's this mortal girl that I think he likes and nothings working out and"

"Annabeth, stop talking, don't you usually have a plan for this kind of thing?"

"Nothing I try works"

"My favourite flower is a tulip, it's beautiful and simple" I said this while rising a tulip from the ground "they're strong and versatile and consistent, and they're hard to kill, anyway, a wise girl once told me that the best plans are simple and not to over complicate things, you're thinking to deeply into it Annabeth, just make a simple plan and let what happens happen, everything will work out in the end, trust me, he definitely likes you, he just might need a push to realise it"

"Thanks Katie, we need to do this more often"

"What? Have deep saddening emotional conversations? I'll just go for the conversations thanks hun" I winked and we laughed, Annabeth left and i watched her walk into the distance

Back to Percys pov

"Be like a tulip Percy, don't over complicate what you're feeling, go down to the deep base emotions, that's where you'll find salvation"

I just looked at her confused and she laughed a little.

"So what did you originally come here for before you got caught up in my problems?" I asked

"well uh I actually feel quite guilty coming to you about it, I probably should have come to someone else, I came to have a bit of a cry about Annabeth and" she looked guiltily at her shoes "and to talk about Travis, but don't worry about that I won't talk to you about love for a while"

"No don't worry fire away" I said

"Well uh, I know we all may die in the next week and I want to do tell Travis how I feel but I don't know how and-"

"Just be like a tulip Katie" I cut her off "you're not following your own advice, keep it simple, you'll know when the time is right"

"Thanks Percy" she said as she got up "Remember, be like a tulip" she smiled as she left, and I'm pretty sure we both left that conversation more confused than when we started...

I'm not sure i did too well on this one, i confused myself writing the katie bit, but i was pleased with the letter, i'll focus on the battle next, and the hate side of percys emotions, review this one please, i think it may have been crap