AN: Hey guys! Well, I bet my friend (pen name Feedingnow) that if XXX happened, I would write him a chapter and if XXX didn't, he would write me one. I lost, so expect that to come soon.

Chapter 18

Annabeth POV (hey, my first!)

(Wandering on the beach)

Hmmm… Oh, hey! Hi! Welcome to your first chapter at my POV. Yes, I know that this is a fanfiction. For Zeus' sake, I would know that. I'm the cabin leader of cabin 6, the Athena cabin. Anyway, I was just wandering on the beach, looking out where Percy was last seen. I wonder where he is now. He didn't even say goodbye… Oh right, you don't know that he disappeared… Well, he is a seaweed brain sometimes. BTW, Jenny and Charlotte went with Teresa to Hogwarts. Jenny is a demigod daughter of Athena (the one which Sam was dating before he disappeared), like me, and Charlotte is a demigod daughter of Akhlys (you know, the goddess who tried to kill Percy with poison but ended up hiding us with the Death Mist in Tartarus). I'll ask them to write about it later on. (AN: ! BOOK TWO CONFIRMED? Depends if you want it and if I have time) Well, I don't really know much about Percy's disappearance, but I know that Nico saw him last, so I'll pass over the pen to Nico

(Nico: Do I really have to?)

(Annabeth: Yes, you do, or I'll steal the sword of Hades and kill you with it. From what I know, even Hades needs a long time to free you and just you touching it will absorb you.)

(Nico: But you'll get absorbed as well when you touch it…)

(Annabeth: Not if I stole it by the handle.)

(Nico: LOL I dare you to try to find the handle. Hades had it cut off last year because he could hold it without being absorbed anyways and made a new handle with the remaining parts of the Key Metal.)

(Annabeth: Fine, then I'll tell Percy about you having a crush on him.)

(Nico: OK, OK, OK, I'll write it.)

(Annabeth: You know that once he knows, you're basically dead.)

(Nico: HE DOESN'T KNOW?!)

(Annabeth: You'd think that as inspector of the cabins he would notice the photos of him in your cabinet and even as your desktop photo on your computer, huh? Nope. He's that dumb.)

Nico POV

Great, I just got blackmailed into writing some stuff for you guys. But I'm going to leave no cliffhangers other than literal cliffhangers (like Percy was a literal cliffhanger after Annabeth fell into Tartarus). That is if I find any. Well, I was just in New Rome, when Aphrodite told me that something was happening to Percy. As a result, I shadow-travelled to where Aphrodite told me he was. I saw him say, "Hi, Nico. I got to go somewhere. See you soon," to me. "Wait! Where are you going?" I asked. "Here and there, just anywhere but here. I did something that I can never forget until I leave. So I'm leaving until I've forgot. Just do what the minor gods' children do. Wait it out. Never come back." "But… But… What about the others? Are you going to just leave everyone for one mistake? What about Annabeth? And Malcom? And Jason? And Piper? And Will? And all the rest?" "No, Nico, this mistake is too serious to ignore. I'm sorry, but you should have noticed what happened by now. I'm leaving the States, starting up a new life in another country." "What? But what about Sam? And Kennedy and Joshua? They aren't back yet!" "Sorry, but I just can't. Maybe in a year or two. You know what, I'll promise you this. I will be back in 4 years. I swear this on the River Styx." Lightning flashed above, showing that the promise was sealed. "Take your time Percy. You don't have to come back so soon if you can't take it. I swear on the River Styx that if Percy forces himself to be back in 4 years even if he isn't ready, I'll attack whoever yells at him for being gone for so long and not even care who it is." Another flash of lightning sealed that promise. "Percy, just tell me. What did you do?" "Nico, don't. Please." "No one will believe me. Everyone will think that you ran away because of something stupid or are dead just because I said otherwise." "Fine. You know how I am on patrol duty half the time? Well, when I was on patrol duty, I saw this kid. He was lying nearly dead on the floor. 'Help me!' he said weakly. He had been gored by the Minotaur, running from school after some bullies were bullying him, beating him up. He said that he was claimed in the school. He was my brother. And I didn't manage to save him." "Percy, just because one demigod dies, doesn't mean that you're the worst person ever." "He was my brother. And I didn't even know his name. And you know what? I took a leak a few minutes ago, delaying me from getting there. I could have saved him. And I didn't." "Percy, this is exactly your fatal flaw. You're too loyal too your friends and family, even family you never knew. And you blame yourself for everything. Don't be so harsh on yourself." "I can't forget him. Not at all. I have to go. Goodbye, Nico. See you soon." With that, he threw a drachma and summoned the Grey Sisters Taxi Service. "Redhook, Brooklyn." Wow. He was planning to even leave the continent. I knew there is a ship that goes to Southampton there.

AN: Yes, Percy is going away. For a while. Don't hate.