Chapter 1
Annabeth
I was going out of my mind with worry. We had to get to the Roman camp by the summer solstice and that was a month away. The boat may have been almost finished but that didn’t help. I still had one thought going through my head over and over. What if Percy had gotten a new girlfriend before he got his memories back? I had tried to get help from Piper but she wasn’t exactly in a mood for it. She had her own problems, like how Jason had remembered a girl from his past, Reyna, he tried to avoid it but he was still stuck. Jason wasn’t sure if he dated Reyna but he really liked Piper.
And now the Hunters were staying here to help on the Argo II. Sure, I liked that Thalia was here but the rest of the Hunters were driving me crazy. They kept saying that I should give up on Percy and become a Hunter. But after Percy sacrificed being a god to stay with me, no way. I tried to keep myself focused on the boat but that was maybe even more difficult. Since there were constant holdbacks. I knew that we would have more troubles the moment Leo met Conner and Travis. Whenever Leo wasn’t practicing his powers or working on the boat he was making pranks with the Stolls. Every time they were in a group people ran away. Luckily, Leo hadn’t incorporated his fire manipulation into the pranks.
Now on to the boat, I was in Bunker 9 waiting for the status report from Leo. I had done this every day from the beginning to see how much longer it would take to finish the boat. I had just been standing there until I heard a swooshing and out of darkness behind me someone appeared. I whipped out my knife and pointed it to their neck.
“Can’t a guy shadow travel without getting weapons pointed at him?” It was Nico.
“Maybe if you didn’t appear out of thin air.” I said. “What do you want?” I’m normally not like this but since I was getting closer to getting Percy back I’ve been kind of easily annoyed.
“Leo just asked me to tell you that the boat will be finished in three weeks tops.” He said that in the same annoyed tone that I had used. He just traveled away. I went out of the bunker to the arena. It always helped Percy get relaxed so I figured it could help me. I don’t know how a fighting arena could help you relax but demigods were strange. Once I came in I saw Jason and Thalia dueling while Leo and Piper were watching. Leo had a look on his face like he couldn’t decide whom to cheer for. I’m sure Jason tried to explain to Leo months ago that Thalia was a Hunter and would never date him. But Leo probably had the worst case of ADHD a demigod ever had because he kept trying.
Thalia and Jason kept throwing volts of electricity at each other but they didn’t feel a thing. In the end they decided a draw and Thalia left quickly and gave me a look that said ‘Please trip Leo so he doesn’t follow me’. Jason sheathed his sword, and started talking to Leo about the boat. Piper walked over to me.
“Annabeth, can you give me some advice?” she said.
“Let me guess, about Reyna and Jason?” I asked. She nodded so I said “Piper, Jason really likes you but, he’s pretty sure he wasn’t dating Reyna but not for sure.”
“So what should I do?” she asked.
“Well, I think there are several ways. One, you could leave the decision up to Jason.” I saw that she didn’t like this idea so I kept going. “You could charmspeak him into liking you.” I saw that she found this one worse. “You also could tell him you’d join the Hunter’s if he didn’t choose you.”
“Those seem kind of mean.” She said.
“Well, you didn’t let me finish, you could try to make yourself as attractive as possible. So, you could pray to your mom for that.”
“So for the only one that wouldn’t be hurtful or that leaves it up to him without any persuasion is making me look like I have the Aphrodite blessing again. Oh, and by the way, do you normally have four plans ready?”
“No,” I said that then I smiled, ”I normally have five plans.” She smiled too and walked away. When Jason and Leo walked away from each other Jason had a look on his face that told me he had the exact same problem. Then again, he was the guy that had to choose, so I guess it would be even harder for him. Maybe I should get Mitchell to help him, I thought.
But I think I’ll get Thalia first, after all, she is his sister. She should know him best. So I walked out of the arena and went down to cabin eight. Thalia had just come out seeing that Leo wasn’t around.
“Hi Annabeth,” she said.
“Hi, quick question, what do you think of Piper?” I asked.
“I like her.” Thalia said.
“Well, can you help her with something?”
“I’m assuming this thing you want me to help her with starts with a J and ends with an ason.”
“Yeah, I thought you knew him best.” I said.
“Okay, as long as you can find another girl to distract Leo from me.” She said.
“Okay,” I said as I smiled.
Annabeth
I was going out of my mind with worry. We had to get to the Roman camp by the summer solstice and that was a month away. The boat may have been almost finished but that didn’t help. I still had one thought going through my head over and over. What if Percy had gotten a new girlfriend before he got his memories back? I had tried to get help from Piper but she wasn’t exactly in a mood for it. She had her own problems, like how Jason had remembered a girl from his past, Reyna, he tried to avoid it but he was still stuck. Jason wasn’t sure if he dated Reyna but he really liked Piper.
And now the Hunters were staying here to help on the Argo II. Sure, I liked that Thalia was here but the rest of the Hunters were driving me crazy. They kept saying that I should give up on Percy and become a Hunter. But after Percy sacrificed being a god to stay with me, no way. I tried to keep myself focused on the boat but that was maybe even more difficult. Since there were constant holdbacks. I knew that we would have more troubles the moment Leo met Conner and Travis. Whenever Leo wasn’t practicing his powers or working on the boat he was making pranks with the Stolls. Every time they were in a group people ran away. Luckily, Leo hadn’t incorporated his fire manipulation into the pranks.
Now on to the boat, I was in Bunker 9 waiting for the status report from Leo. I had done this every day from the beginning to see how much longer it would take to finish the boat. I had just been standing there until I heard a swooshing and out of darkness behind me someone appeared. I whipped out my knife and pointed it to their neck.
“Can’t a guy shadow travel without getting weapons pointed at him?” It was Nico.
“Maybe if you didn’t appear out of thin air.” I said. “What do you want?” I’m normally not like this but since I was getting closer to getting Percy back I’ve been kind of easily annoyed.
“Leo just asked me to tell you that the boat will be finished in three weeks tops.” He said that in the same annoyed tone that I had used. He just traveled away. I went out of the bunker to the arena. It always helped Percy get relaxed so I figured it could help me. I don’t know how a fighting arena could help you relax but demigods were strange. Once I came in I saw Jason and Thalia dueling while Leo and Piper were watching. Leo had a look on his face like he couldn’t decide whom to cheer for. I’m sure Jason tried to explain to Leo months ago that Thalia was a Hunter and would never date him. But Leo probably had the worst case of ADHD a demigod ever had because he kept trying.
Thalia and Jason kept throwing volts of electricity at each other but they didn’t feel a thing. In the end they decided a draw and Thalia left quickly and gave me a look that said ‘Please trip Leo so he doesn’t follow me’. Jason sheathed his sword, and started talking to Leo about the boat. Piper walked over to me.
“Annabeth, can you give me some advice?” she said.
“Let me guess, about Reyna and Jason?” I asked. She nodded so I said “Piper, Jason really likes you but, he’s pretty sure he wasn’t dating Reyna but not for sure.”
“So what should I do?” she asked.
“Well, I think there are several ways. One, you could leave the decision up to Jason.” I saw that she didn’t like this idea so I kept going. “You could charmspeak him into liking you.” I saw that she found this one worse. “You also could tell him you’d join the Hunter’s if he didn’t choose you.”
“Those seem kind of mean.” She said.
“Well, you didn’t let me finish, you could try to make yourself as attractive as possible. So, you could pray to your mom for that.”
“So for the only one that wouldn’t be hurtful or that leaves it up to him without any persuasion is making me look like I have the Aphrodite blessing again. Oh, and by the way, do you normally have four plans ready?”
“No,” I said that then I smiled, ”I normally have five plans.” She smiled too and walked away. When Jason and Leo walked away from each other Jason had a look on his face that told me he had the exact same problem. Then again, he was the guy that had to choose, so I guess it would be even harder for him. Maybe I should get Mitchell to help him, I thought.
But I think I’ll get Thalia first, after all, she is his sister. She should know him best. So I walked out of the arena and went down to cabin eight. Thalia had just come out seeing that Leo wasn’t around.
“Hi Annabeth,” she said.
“Hi, quick question, what do you think of Piper?” I asked.
“I like her.” Thalia said.
“Well, can you help her with something?”
“I’m assuming this thing you want me to help her with starts with a J and ends with an ason.”
“Yeah, I thought you knew him best.” I said.
“Okay, as long as you can find another girl to distract Leo from me.” She said.
“Okay,” I said as I smiled.