It has been, fourteen years since I wrote this fanfic. Fourteen whole years and I haven't gone back once and edited a thing. Why? Because I honestly don't write much anymore. Why? Because, I used to write for myself and then wanted to share the thoughts and ideas with others.
Then I started to listen too heavily to people and how they wanted me to change one thing or another.
Your Character is too Mary Sue
They're too powerful
They're too weak
You spelled this wrong (and to be fair I never had anyone go through and edit my things so I'm sure there's plenty of errors)
This isn't cannon
This is too cannon
Percy and Annabeth shouldn't end up together
Percy and Arina should have been together.
And well, after fourteen years I do agree. I originally wrote the ending with Arina and Percy getting married but when I thought about it and what everyone failed to see was...both Percy and Arina made sacrifices. Including the love for one another. I wrote Percy and Annabeth together because I was going to write a sequel. With Percy's kids and Arina being their mentor and guide.
And then to be honest everyone ruined that.
So, spoiler alert...if ya don't want to read it because of that. Don't.
I think the journey is good. It was never about the ending when I wrote it. I wanted a strong character that didn't make the journey for love to be the end all be all. She chose herself in the end and she chose the greater good. Not love.
At its root it is a Percy and Arina love story. Love stories don't always end the way you want them to. Kinda like real life.
If you'd like to continue, I invite you to. This lovely fourteen year old story that I wrote as an outlet for my imagination. And fourteen years ago I was a much younger person. Someone who didn't chose myself when I probably should have and all this I think was a reflection upon a person who wasn't as mature at the time. But my thoughts and wishes yearned for that. This story I am incredibly fond of. I put a lot of hours into writing it.
I won't be changing it.
And sadly the sequel is lost anyways so, I won't be writing one.
I hope whatever you do get out of it, maybe you'll understand.
Or maybe it'll incur a rage monster cause nobody likes Annabeth...which...same tbh lol
Anywaaaayysss...happy reading.
