These drabbles were written for: Percy Jackson Fanfiction Challenges - kitty132383: The 100 Prompts/100 Drabbles Challenge
Disclaimer: I don't own the Percy Jackson and the Olympians or the Heroes of Olympus series, all rights go to Rick Riordan.
21. Yesterday
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Going back to normal after years as a pine tree wasn't easy for Thalia.
She felt like it was only yesterday that she was fighting for her life, but in the mean time, nearly a decade has passed.
The little girl, the bouncy seven-year-old Annabeth was gone and instead she saw a teenager genius. Her best friend, the boy she thought she was in love when she was only twelve was now the antagonist. The boy who meant everything for her was gone, he betrayed all of them and Thalia didn't know what to do.
The life she knew was gone.
She was sitting under a tree close to the canoe lake and watched the water. Her thoughts were fuzzy and messy. She felt lonely even though she was surrounded by nearly a hundred demigods.
"I've tried to find you," she heard and when she looked up, a girl around thirteen was sitting next to her. It was still hard for her to accept that girl was the same she was on run with, Annabeth. How could someone change so much? It seemed like it was only yesterday...
"You have found me," she pointed out lamely and the grey-eyed girl looked at her slightly worriedly and sadly.
"I don't know how I could make it easier for you. I've looked through some psychology books, but none of them mentions what you should do when your friend wakes up from being a tree for years," Annabeth laughed dryly.
"Maybe I should write a book then. It would be bestseller and unique," Thalia suggested.
"I could ask if you were okay, but I'm sure, that you aren't," the daughter of Athena said.
"I'm not," the other demigod nodded.
"I'm happy that I got you back, Thals. I've missed you. It was hard without you," Annabeth said and Thalia had a small sad smile on her face.
"You have managed well. I have heard about Dad's lightning bolt and about the Golden Fleece too," she told the younger girl.
"Well, Athena always has a plan," the blond girl smiled and Thalia chuckled.
"You have grown up," the daughter of Zeus mentioned softly and Annabeth raised her eyebrows.
"Everyone does," she said simply.
"Did... did he change a lot before he left?" Thalia suddenly asked and she closed her eyes.
"He did," Annabeth said softly.
"I'm not the only one who can't believe what has happened, am I?" the daughter of the King of the gods asked and fixed her blue eyes on the other girl who shook her head slowly.
"Only yesterday, we were a family," Thalia said softly and lowly, but Annabeth has heard.
"He changed, Thals, we all did," she said reassuringly.
"I haven't," Thalia said softly and looked at the pine tree at the border of Camp Half-Blood.
She felt lonely.
She felt left out.
She was confused.
She was furious.
She was desperate.