Never What It Seems, Chapter Three

I know. I AM A DESPICABLE HUMAN BEING FOR NOT UPDATING. It's so easy to give up and forget, but I promised you guys. I read TFIOS and I will never be the same. I'm listening to Stay by Rihanna and Ronan by Taylor Swift on a loop because I'm so sad. I don't mean to brag or anything, but by a buisness standpoint (do you know what I mean? I'm still a little awkward with words) you can see how much more sophisticated my writing has become by reading the PERFECTION OF THE FAULT IN OUR STARS.

SOSOSOSOSOSOSOOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOOOOOO SORRY FOR THE LATE POST! Let's try this again- Why hello there! Thank you very much for joining me today, and I wonder if anyone even reads these. Please read these and-

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So I've figured out the schedule for this, I'll post every sometime, no matter the reviews. I don't think you guys should fret about how many reviews for the next chapter. I'd like about five reviews for this chappie, but it doesn't matter. A good amount of people are following this story and I don't want to stop this story, so I will be posting chapters every little bit. I might be a little late a lot, though. THIS DOES NOT MEAN I WON'T PUT THIS STORY ON HIATUS. I have this new humor story I want to work on- I'm not really good on serious plots like this.

One day for drafting, leaving plenty of room for editing and reviewing, plus a social life. Trust me, I don't want one, but my parents make me. I honestly love you all more. I've gotten so many positive reviews, and I'm so happy you guys love it. If you read one of my stories and review, I do the same.

I totally forgot about my Thalico story, and I'm probably not going to post that yet. I'll wait until I finish this story. I'm hoping this story will be around 15-20 chapters.

Someone also asked me to do Annabeth and Marco's POVs, and I think that would give away too much if I did that in every chapter, so I'll just do Annabeth's POV and Percy's POV in this chapter. Marco is a very... unique and special character, and he has a lot of secrets that can't be revealed, so sorry! No Marco POV until the end maybe. Sorry this is such a small chappie :(

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PS: If you want feels while reading, listen to Stay by Rihanna while listening. If not, listen to Stay Stay Stay by Taylor Swift or something.

ANNABETH POV

The camp was in havoc.

Percy had been missing for a day, but our best campers were out looking for him. It was really stupid that nobody bothered to go into his cabin, so I decided to do some investigation.

Honestly, I was scared to death. Last time Percy had disappeared, it meant the start of a new, horrible war. And the gods know we need another war.

I crept into his cabin, looking around to see something out of the ordinary. Everything seemed normal, except for the fact he WASN'T THERE. But my awesome eyesight said,

"No-eth no-eth no-eth no-eth fairest maideneth Annabeth! Looketh hither!" Yeah, my subconcious talks in Old English. It's awesome like that.

There was a letter on his bed. My heart dropped when I read who it was addressed to:

Piper McLean, Daughter of Aphrodite

My mind was racing; Why would he address it to Piper? Why isn't there one for me? Why did he leave? Was he having an affair- wait what? No, Seaweed Brain is too loyal. Now I was thinking, "To open or to not open?"

My curiosity got the best of me, as a daughter of Athena. It said,

Dear Piper,

You're probably wondering why I wrote this to you, and why I didn't write one to Annabeth. You're about to find out. You're a daughter of Aphrodite, even though you try to hide it, so I thought you could help. Actually, don't help. Just listen- you'd probably confront Annabeth, and I don't want you to do that.

The thing is, I thought she'd tell me. Don't I at least deserve that? I fell into Tartarus for her. So I've left Camp. Not for good, just to clear my head. You can expect me gone for a year or two, though. I bet you want to know why I'm gone, though.

Yesterday, I went to Annabeth's Cabin, and I clearly saw her talking to Marco about how she loves him. He kissed her and she kissed back. I saw it with my own eyes. They've been flirting since he got here.

Don't try to contact me- it won't work. I IMed Iris and asked her not to accept anyone's calls for me.

~Percy

All I could think was, "If somebody found this letter, everybody would hate me." I couldn't let them see it. I shoved the letter into my pocket.

Definitely not one of my smartest moments.

But then again, fear makes you do crazy things.

I was gonna stop there, but nah. I mean, it's been so long and this chapter is short. Here's a little extra:

ANNABETH'S POV

The conch shell was blown for the campfire after dinner. After we all got situated, Dionysus made an announcement about Percy's disappearance, but he sounded genuinely concerned for the health and well-being of Percy. His speech reminded me so much of Severus Snape in the Deathly Hallows.

"As most of you may know, Percy Jackson is missing. Now, as he is one of the most important assets to this camp, I would advise anyone with information about the whereabouts of Perseus Jackson not to refrain from telling us or suffer the wrath of the camp. If you were in any way responsible or have any knowledge you are withholding, you WILL be punished. I request anyone with information to step.. forward... NOW."

But unlike the Deathly Hallows, Percy did not suddenly emerge from a crowd of students and bask in all glory. Mr. D smirked, and I should have known then that under no circumstances would Mr. D prepare such a long and praise filled speech without an alterior motive.

He held up the blue, sea-salt-smelling envelope that was previously residing in my pocket. And... the broken locket that Percy had given me. The chain had snapped when I was fighting a hellhound, so I put it in my pocket. Everyone at camp knew it was mine, since Percy had ceremoniously presented it to me when we got back from Tarta-

"Annabeth Chase, can you come up here?"

Aaahhhhhhhh IM SORRY IM SUCH A TROLL! Thanks to everyone who has faith in me that the story will turn out different, because it definitely will be unique. Please read and review, because I appreciate and reply to each one. They all inspire me, and you all are great. Wow did you read that top author's note? I just realized how long it was.