Percy's POV.

As surprising as it sounds I've only ever been in Annabeth's room a few times before. I know from all the talk and rumors I hear at camp that we're like the "Canon couple" or whatever you call it but that doesn't mean we make out all the time.

Between saving the world, attending various counselor meetings, and helping my dad out(my biological dad, ya know the one that's a god. Yeah him.)with different things under the sea (A.N. I had the strong urge to start singing the song)I haven't had much time to spend with Annabeth. So most of the alone time we do get to spend with each other is spent going on dates or just hanging out with each other. Sometimes watching movies but most of the time we just work on what we each have to do but cuddle together on the couch or listen to music we both like.

Anyways that's not the reason I'm here. The reason I'm here is because Annabeth's crying and I don't know why.

It's been 5 minutes and I still haven't coaxed her into telling me what's wrong.

"Annie please," I wrap an arm around her comfortingly, "I'm worried. Why are you crying?" She just curls up tighter against me and doesn't say anything for awhile. I'm about to say something when she whispers.

"L-Leo…" I lean in closer, her voice was so soft I could barely hear it.

"What about Leo? What did he do?" She cries harder, he rarely saw her like this except for when she had nightmares about being at home with her stepmom.

"He...He...His wrist, I-I saw lines...w-with b-blood.."

"What do you me-no. He wouldn't." I shake my head. "H-He'd never do that, right?..." She cries into my chest as my heart starts to fill with dread.

"So...w-what do we do? Do we confront him or tell the others?" She sits up and wipes her eyes.

"We won't confront him yet, j-just keep a close eye on him." Percy nods.

"Is anything else wrong Annie?" She shakes her head no. "Do you want me to sleep in here tonight?" It wasn't odd for him to ask that, sure sleeping together involved a lot of sneaking around since that seemed to be the one thing Coach Hedge was actually alert about, but he'd spent the night with her many times. Simply because the demigod dreams were better for both of them when they did.

She hesitates but nods and from that simple hesitation Percy knows she's slowly going back to the normal Annabeth he knows better. The one who could glare at him till he shivered, something that few people were capable of doing. The one who was calm and collected. The one who didn't like to show weakness. The one who wouldn't seem at all like they were associated with the scene that had just happened. The one who almost never cried in front of people.

Sometimes he liked the fact that she could stay calm most all the time. Sometimes even loved it like when they were in the middle of a heated battle and instead of panicking she'd rise to the occasion and come up with an Athena worthy battle strategy. But then at times it was almost frustrating, and a bit saddening and disappointing when even he couldn't break through the walls she'd built around her.

But now wasn't the time to try and get her to talk. No, he could already see it in her stony grey eyes. She had closed herself off again and even if he wanted to he wouldn't be able to scale those walls and get to the center of it all.

No, the farthest he could get for now was over the walls and on the outskirts of what was inside. Until she decided to let him in completely. And knowing Annabeth, that would take awhile. A long while.

~Elsewhere in the World~

"Captain."

"Yes Lieutenant?"

"Those demigods are getting closer and closer to Ancient Greece. Don't you think it is time to send our troops to meet them?" The man nods and turns to face him, a thin jagged scar running down the side of his face. It seems more prominent in the eery light of the room.

"Yes. Send our troops to meet them there, I believe those demigods will be arriving later in the evening." He frowns and shakes his head. "They'll need all the help they can get to defeat those giants. They must succeed where I failed."