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Chapter One
Annabeth's New Task
Annabeth's POV
The speaker on the ceiling of the cabin crackled to life.
"All campers please report to the Amphitheater as soon as possible. Thank you." The short message ended and I walked over to the bathroom of the cabin. I pull open the glass sliding door, shut it behind me, and grab a round wooden hairbrush and run it through my long blonde curls. I twist on the faucet and cool running water spurts out of it. I quickly wash my face and run out of the cabin. All of the campers at Camp Half-Blood are swarming towards the Amphitheater. I wonder what's happening. They don't usually call everyone there unless it's really important.
I search through the crowd and finally spot a messy head of black hair and sea-green eyes. Percy. I start to walk towards him, and he takes my hand gently. We walk to the Amphitheater and sit down next to each other. Chiron walks towards the center of the stage-like area. A girl timidly walks behind us. She has thick brown hair, in natural waves coming down to her stomach. Her eyes are a warm shade of chocolate brown, and she's wearing a new Camp Half-Blood shirt with jeans. She looks about my age. Maybe sixteen or seventeen. She's really pretty. I've always wanted to be a brunette, because everyone is so stereotypical and everyone thinks that I'm not good enough or not smart enough to go on quests and things like that. The thing I hate most about having blond hair is those dumb blonde jokes. Whenever someone uses one of them, I want to get my fist and smash it into their face.
The new girl slowly walks toward us.
"Hi," she starts to say. Her voice cracks. I hear a few snickers in the crowd of people as her face flushes. A wave of sympathy washes over me as I realize how nervous she must be. "I'm Olivia Allen." she approaches slightly more confidently. "Daughter of Athena." At this, murmurs of surprise come from the crowd. They're obviously surprised that this shy girl is a daughter of one of Athena's children. I'm surprised myself. I catch Percy's eyes and we share a look of amusement. I guess we're related then. Then Chiron says, "I want you all to make sure she has a good time here at Camp Half-Blood and that she's well-respected. Is that clear?" We all nod. "Annabeth Chase," I suddenly look up. Me? "You're in charge of being the one person who has to look after Olivia, since you're both in the Athena cabin. You're her new best friend." I groan internally. Why me? I'm not good at these sorts of things, nor do I like them very much.
The bell rings for lunch as I start to go down and get Olivia. Everyone else is heading towards the mess hall. Percy gives my hand a gentle squeeze and kisses me on my lips lightly.
"I'll see you at lunch. Good luck. I love you." He says, looking into my steel gray eyes.
"I love you too," I say, giving him a quick kiss on the cheek. Our fingers untwine as Olivia reaches me.
"Um… Hi Annabeth.." she says nervously. I cross my arms over my chest defiantly so that she knows that I'm not the type who you can just make fun of because of my blond hair. I sigh.
"Hey." I say cautiously. She looks at me patiently. "Well? What are you waiting for? Let's go to lunch. It's time you met everyone." I say, walking towards the mass of people. She follows.
Percy's POV
I'm laughing at a joke Grover made when Annabeth enters with the new girl. I think her name's Olivia. Annabeth doesn't really look happy... I quickly stand up, and put my hand around Annabeth's waist. She smiles. Thankfully, her mood seems to have improved a little. Olivia trails after her shyly.
"Hi," she manages to squeak out. That's all she seems to say... Grover grins. I put my hand up for a second to signify a sort of greeting. Jason slightly acknowledges her, and Frank smiles a little. Hazel nods and says a little "hey".
"Hey, gorgeous." Leo says mischievously, his eyes twinkling. He waggles his eyebrows at Olivia as she turns tomato red. Calypso slaps him playfully. I laugh.
"Sorry about that, Olivia." Calypso says.
"It's really nice to meet you, Olivia. I hope you have a great time at Camp Half-Blood, and that we become fast friends." Piper says, and shoots Olivia a smile. Olivia seems to relax a bit- probably because Piper's using charmspeak.
"Let's go get some food. I'm hungry." Annabeth says. Leo salutes, and Annabeth rolls her eyes. She grabs my hand as we walk to get some food. I never noticed Olivia staring at me and analyzing me.
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