AN: hey everybody. here's another chapter for you.

ANNABETH

Annabeth really did not like this new demigod. It wasn't just because he had held a sword to her throat, though that was a big part of it. The real reason she didn't like him, however, was because he acted so confident and stuck-up. The way he carried himself, like he had nothing to fear at all by being with them, made her so mad. He just smiled and looked ahead without even the slightest care in the world, and Annabeth had to resist the urge to smack that confident expression from his face. After what seemed like hours, they finally made it back to camp half-blood, and the sun was starting to go down. Annabeth realized that they had been gone for the entire day. Then, a second later, she realized how hungry she was. She hadn't eaten anything since breakfast after all. When they got to the top of half-blood hill, Grover sighed.

"You guys take him to Chiron; I have to go see Juniper." He said. Then he skipped away before Annabeth or Percy could protest. They just stood on top of half-blood hill for a moment, and then Annabeth decided that she should just get this over with. The less time she had to hang around A.J, the better.

"Come on; let's take you to meet Chiron." She said, and started walking down the hill. Percy and A.J fell in step beside her. When they got to the big house, they found Chiron on the porch. He looked at them as they approached. When he saw A.J, he smiled.

"It seems we have a new camper." Said Chiron. He held out his hand, and A.J shook it. He didn't seem fazed at all by the fact that Chiron was a centaur.

"Hello Chiron, my name is A.J" said A.J. "Are you the same Chiron from the stories?" he asked. Chiron's smile grew bigger.

"Why yes young hero, I am." He said, and suddenly A.J started shaking, like he had suddenly had an overdose of caffeine. Then, just as quickly, he stopped. He let go of Chiron's hand and looked around as if nothing had happened. Chiron looked like he wanted to comment, but he apparently thought better of it. Annabeth thought that after thousands of years training heroes to fight magical monsters, Chiron had seen weirder things that a slightly hyperactive kid. He looked at A.J for another moment, and then turned to Annabeth.

"You have made it just in time for dinner. Go join your cabins and get ready. I have some things I wish to talk about with A.J." Chiron's tone left no room for argument, not that Annabeth cared. She was happy to leave that arrogant demigod to Chiron. She nodded, turned toward her cabin, and walked away to get ready for dinner.

By the time Annabeth sat down at her table, her stomach was growling so loudly, she was sure the demigods across the dining pavilion could hear her. She got her food, burnt some as an offering to the gods, and started wolfing down the rest. Dinner went on for a little bit, then Mr.D, Dionysus (their camp director) stood and Called for silence.

"As torturous as it is for me to babysit all of you brats, the generous Zeus has found it necessary to drop another one of you into my care." He said. Then he sat back down. A.J stood up from where he was sitting at the front table, smiling that arrogant smile that annoyed Annabeth so much.

"Hey everyone. Name's A.J" he said. He turned around and whispered a question that Annabeth couldn't hear. When he faced them again, his face was deadly serious. "Where is Jason, son of Zeus?" he asked loudly. Everybody became absolutely still. Did this guy seriously just ask for Jason grace? How did he know Jason? Why did A.J want to know where he was? All these questions swirled around Annabeth's mind, but before she could get her thoughts under control, somebody in the back stood up.

"I'm Jason, but it's the son of Jupiter, not Zeus." Said Jason. "Why do you want me?" Before Jason could finish his question, A.J was holding his sword. It was then that Annabeth realize that she hadn't seen his sword since that incident in the park. She had just enough time to wonder where he kept it, before he lunged at Jason. She stood up and unsheathed her dagger. Out of the corner of her eyes, she saw Percy leap after A.J with riptide drawn. He was still too far away to help Jason. A.J crashed into him with enough force to send them both flying out of the dining hall. For some reason, Annabeth looked behind her. She saw a little girl sitting at the hearth were they burned offerings to the gods. Before Annabeth could focus on that however, a scream tore her vision back to the fight between A.J and Jason. Jason had lost his sword in the tumble, and he was desperately dodging A.J's strikes. Percy threw him a sword, his own sword, and he started using it to block. There was a sound almost like desperate screaming, and it took Annabeth a moment to realize that it was A.J screaming.

"Fight me, Jason." He shouted, and Annabeth could definitely hear a slight bit of desperation in his voice. "Fight me. FIGHT ME!" A.J lunged at Jason again, but this time Jason parried his sword. As A.J's sword was diverted, he spun around and knocked Jason down with a roundhouse kick, chuck Norris style. In a flash A.J had his sword to Jason's throat. Annabeth was sure that A.J would bring down the finishing blow, but instead, A.J started smoking. Then, his sword arm caught on fire, followed by the rest of his body. He looked at his body calmly, as if he was inspecting a new outfit, and when he spoke, Annabeth could hear the happiness in his voice.

"Thank-you" he said. "Thank-you so very much, son of Jupiter." Then, right in front of everybody, A.J collapsed.

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