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C H A P T E R 9 : An angry Annabeth= a dangerous Annabeth

Recap (Annabeth's POV):

Inside were two matching bracelets with owls and elves on it. One of which was being fiddled by Seaweed brain on this present day.

Percy's POV: 

(A/N: Ah, finally, our little Persassius Jacksonus can claim his POV, after all these chapters!)

        My stupid ADHD must have been forcing me to run my fingers along the Elves and Owls embroided the cute bracelet in my hands.

        Annabeth was still staring into space, looking like she was thinking of something important, or maybe she was just calculating her next strategy for the 'Capture The Flag'.

        I looked down at the bracelet in my hands. It was honestly cute, it had tiny elves and owls on it. It was a little childish, but I was more than childish so it fit well with me.

        Annabeth's beautiful grey eyes snapped back at me. Without warning, they suddenly turned fierce.

"Give me that." she snarled, snatching the bracelet from my hands.

        I blinked, taking aback, not moving.

Why was Annabeth snapping at me?

        She stomped away.

"Annabeth!" I called, running to her. "What is it?"

"None of your business." she snapped, not looking at me.

        I stopped dead in my tracks, letting her walk away to spend some time alone. I knew better than to try to comfort Annabeth, she hated pity.

        I sighed.

        What was up with that bracelet?

        And why did it make Annabeth's mood go downhill because of it?

        Having so many question, I walked back to Camp Half-Blood with my head low.

"Dude!" Someone yelled as I entered after crossing the Pine-Cone trees. 

        I looked up to see Jason running toward me, with his blonde hair a mess, as if he had been shaken awake at 3 A.M.

(A/N: Well that was oddly specific, do you have anything to say for yourself, Percy?)

"What is it?" I grumbled.

        He stopped in front of me.

"Annabeth is scaring everyone, she just went back to her cabin but she looks like she could kill som-" he stopped.

        I waited for him to continue.

"Wait, does this have to do with you?" He asked raising an eyebrow.

        Suddenly, my anger burst.

"Well I can't know, can I? She just found this stupid bracelet, and then she was staring off into space, but suddenly she's all mean and stomps off to her cabin, and I can't even know what it's about!" I exclaimed.

        He blinked at me.

"Wellllll..." he dragged the word as if it was the hardest thing to say in the world. "Just go talk to her."

        He turned around and walked off, as if he was scared of facing an angry Annabeth.

C H A P T E R 8 : One one condition

Tammy Boy's POV:

As I walked through Havenfield's pastures, voices came to my ears, making me curious.

"SOKEEFE IS CANNON!!!" I heard someone scream a few moments later before pure silence rang through the fields.

        I walked over to the source of the squealing, which made me think of a certain teal-eyed girl with dark hair. I smiled at the thought.

        I had simply come to Havenfield to guilt Sophie into telling Linh to stop forcing me to wear that pink "HAPPY SHADOW THOUGHTS!" T-shirt my sister had made.

        Pink just wasn't my color.

        Except if it was Biana's pink, with that shade of light-.

Stop it, stupid brain., I told myself, mentally beating myself up with a belt. Sometimes, I was kind of hard on myself, though that's how you tame your brain, especially when you have a light crush on-

        I hit my brain harder, making it shut up.

        I forced myself to become aware of my surroundings, before seeing a familiar brunette clenching her mouth with her small hand. If only I could hold it...

        This time, I didn't even bother beating myself up, because I knew my heart would simply flutter harder when I saw her, and that my brain would keep thinking of her.

        I smiled instead.

        Biana Vacker and I were meeting out of nowhere, a pure coincidence.

"What are you so excited about?" I asked, curious of what made Biana look like she was containing a squeal every two seconds.

        She turned around to see me, and her cheeks turned the slightest bit pink, making her even more beautiful.

Snap out of it Tam, she doesn't even like you back.,  I thought to myself sternly.

"H-hey." she greeted shyly.

        I smiled at her.

"Hey." I answered, my voice slightly wavering.

        I stared at her for a few seconds, silent.

"So are you going to answer my question?" I asked, putting my hands in my pockets.

        She tilted her head slightly.

"Which question?" she asked.

"Why are you so excited?" I asked again.

"Oh." she said, with realization painted all over her cute face.

        I waited for her to answer.

"It's just that Sophie and Keefe are  going out, that's all." she muttered.

        My smile turned into a grimace.

"You mean Mr. Annoying got a date before I did?" I asked incredulously.

        She laughed.

"Yep!" she teased.

'If only you could be my date.' I thought to myself, blushing the slightest.

"What did you just say?" Biana asked.

        My eyes widened.

'Did I just say that out loud?', I panicked.

"Yeah, you did." Biana answered with her eyebrows furrowed.

I felt my eyes widen even more.

"I'm so sorry Biana, I didn't-" I was interrupted by lips being pressed against mine.

        At first, I was shocked, and didn't kiss back with my shoulders as tense as a brick.

(A/N: Oop- slight Trials of Apollo reference! Didn't mean to, sorry... XD)

        Biana Vacker, my long time crush from the first day I met her in Exillium, was kissing me. My brain needed time to process that for a few seconds, before I decided to kiss back.

(I don't know how to describe a kiss sooooo...)

TIME SKIP TO AFTER THE KISS

        We both laid on the ground, in comfortable silence.

"Do you want to go out with me?" I suddenly asked.

        Biana turned to me, her side to the ground.

"Of course, Tam, but I get to call you Tammy." she answered with a laugh.

        My eyes widened.

"You wouldn't!" I exclaimed in shock.

"Oh yes I would!" she giggled. 

"Fine, but only because it's you." I told her, smiling softly.

        Biana nodded happily.

        So now I was officially Biana's Tammy.

C H A P T E R 7 : Biana to the rescue

Biana (the queen)'s POV:

Sophie's eyes were puffy, making her look like she had been crying, and her chest was heaving heavily, as if she was having a heart attack.

"It's nothing." Sophie answered. I immediately knew she was lying.

        I mean, she had red eyes and was hugging something that looked like a crush cuff, but that was a hundred times thinner and had cute birds and people on it 

(A/N: do elves know what friendship bracelets are? Or even just bracelets? Or what owls are?).

        She was also holding onto a pretty necklace. I looked at her with a look I hoped said 'sure'.

"Then can you explain why you look like you’ve been listening to thousands of banshees scream in your ear?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.

"I told you it's nothing, okay?" she said, her tone icy.

        I blinked, taken aback by the outburst. Sophie never really raised her voice, but when she did, it was scary.

        Okay, Sophie was not okay and I couldn't ask her what's wrong.

        Great!

"So, can you try this dress on? It's ice blue!" I said in a teasing tone, trying to lighten up the mood.

        Keefe had told my dad that they were going to the beach, so I had picked a cute ice blue dress that could be taken off easily.  

(A/N: dress and stuff at the top of the page)

        Sophie tried to smile, but it actually turned out as a grimace as she stood up before taking the ice blue dress and heading to her closet to get changed into it.

"Don't forget to put that white swim-suit underneath!" I called.

        I could actually hear her rolling her eyes.

        After waiting for a few minutes, the door to the bathroom opened to reveal Sophie.

        I smiled.

"You look awesome!" I squealed happily.

        I realized she had slipped around her neck the necklace she had been clutching and had the mini crush-cuff around her wrist. Without realizing it, my eyes softened.

"Biana, I'm waiting for you to tell  me when I have to plan my funeral right now." Sophie groaned.

        I smiled at her.

"I'm going to spare you and only do your hair!" I said, standing from where I was sitting.

        She looked relieved.

"Thank goodness" she muttered, most likely hoping I wouldn't hear.

        I didn't need to make Sophie look even more miserable than she looked right now. Plus, she looked beautiful naturally, unlike some people.

        I made her sit down at her desk, keeping my hands on her shoulders to stop her from running away.

I curled her hair into golden locks and placed a few flowers onto it, to make it even more golden than what it was. 

(A/N: picture at the top of the page)

When I had finished, I looked at Sophie to see that the hair suited her perfectly. 

        Keefe was up for a surprise! I squealed at the thought.

"What?" Sophie asked in confusion.

"Oh, you just look great, hun'." I said in my stylist manner.

        She rolled her eyes and went to her spectral mirror.

        I smiled.

        I had been shipping Sokeefe since my crush on Keefe had disappeared, and it was now their first date, I was so excited!

'Why can't Tam and I be like that?' I thought.

        I shook my head, trying to make those thoughts disappear.

        Stupid brain.

Even though my crush on Keefe had gone, one for Tam had apparently replaced it a few months ago. It was annoying. But he was just so perfect, I mean-

"Uhm, are you okay Biana?" Sophie asked from her Spectral Mirror. "You keep shaking your head as if you're scolding yourself, and you didn't reply when I said I wanted a makeover, which should've made you jump up in surprise."

        I plastered a smile on my face.

"Yep, just thinking!" I said.

        I checked the time on my watch.

18:28

        Keefe had told my dad it was at 6:30 pm

"Soph', you're going to be late!" I exclaimed.

        She looked at her watch.

"It's 6:28 pm, Biana, I can just teleport there and arrive in, like two seconds." she said, smiling.

"STILL! A girl's has to be be at least three minutes early for a date!" I shouted, pushing her out of the door and leading her outside.

"How do you even know this kind of stuff?..." Sophie muttered under her breath.

        We arrived onto Havenfield's cliff.

        I hugged her.

"See you Soph'!" I said.

        She pulled away from the hug.

"Bye!" she told me, before jumping from the cliff and disappearing into thin air.

        I squealed, pumping my fist in the air.

"SOKEEFE IS CANNON!!" I screamed, before covering my mouth, realizing I had been a tad too  loud.

        I looked around, checking if anyone had heard me. No one was there.

Phew.

"What are you so excited about?" a familiar voice asked from behind me.

        I looked at who the voice belonged to, but I was 50% sure I knew who it was.

C H A P T E R 6 : Remembering you with jewelry

Sophie's POV:

I searched through my bag, looking for the friendship bracelet Annabeth had given me for my seventh birthday.

        I didn't really know why this was so important to me, maybe it was the feeling in my gut telling me I had to find it.

        The friendship necklace and the bracelet were the only things left of Annabeth before she ran away. I had been the only one she had said goodbye to at the last moment.

        I wiped my humid eyes furiously before continuing to search.

        Why did she have to go?

SLIGHT SPOILER IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE REAL REASON ANNABETH RAN AWAY, BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER, YOU CAN JUST READ THE NEXT LINE!:

        I knew it was because she felt like her family didn't care about her and some magical spiders appeared in her room when she was alone, but I cared about her, and we could've had a sleepover together so that the spiders would go away in my presence.

        Tears continued to flow down my cheeks as I dumped everything my bag contained on the floor. I searched desperately for a gray chained bracelet in the mess.

        Suddenly, my eyes caught (I don't know why that got me laughing, is that even English? XD) on a bracelet with owls and stereotypical elves. 

        I smiled while I took it carefully in my hand and sprawled onto the ground, hugging the bracelet as if it was Annabeth and clutching the friendship necklace like it was her hand. (A/N: Am i the only one who thinks this sounds as if I ship them? Just so you know: I DONNNNNNNNNNNNN'T)

        I missed her. I don't know how much time I stayed there.

        I just stared into space, until someone knocked on my door.

"Come in." I called just loud enough for the person to hear. 

        The door slid open to reveal Biana Vacker, my best friend, with an excited expression on her face.

        She wasn't looking at me, or else she would already pitying and being worried for me.

Good., I thought.

"I heard Keefe asked you out on a date!" she squealed, already looking through my overly gigantic closet.

"Where did you hear that from?" I asked groaning.

        How did information spread so much?

"Well, he came over to Evergleen to ask dad some stuff, and I may have vanished and eavesdropped on them..." she trailed off, picking a few dresses. 

(A/N: I was going to say 'to tell Fitz' because he's his best friend, but I think Fitz would just be jealy because... you know, so I was like: Alden is like a father to him! So I just put this)

        Of course, out of all the Abilites she could get, Biana had to have the one that permitted her to eavesdrop on everyone.

        I blushed.

"So you're here to help me get ready." I guessed, still lying on the ground.

        She turned to me, with her grin still plastered on her face.

"Of cour- Sophie, what happened to you?" she asked, her voice changing from excited to worrying, with a little crinkle between her eyebrows.

        I must have looked a mess, lying down with my puffy red eyes.

C H A P T E R 5 : What's in the present?

Annabeth's POV:

        I closed my eyes, remembering unwanted memories.

F L A S H B A C K  

        I had just given Sophie the friendship necklace.

'Please like it, please like it, please' I thought, repeating the mantra a million times in my head.

        I had literally dragged my step-mom to a relatively expensive store to buy these friendship necklaces. I had also promised her that I would do the cleaning in our house without telling dad for three weeks.

        If Sophie didn't like it, it would all be wasted.

“You didn't have to!” Sophie exclaimed.

“I took both our eye color for the wrapping, and I think they go really well together!” I said happily. “And of course I had to get you something! You’re my BFF!!”

“It looks amazing, thank you so much! I'm actually scared of ripping it!” she laughed.

I shrugged nonchalantly.

“It doesn't matter if you rip it.” I smiled.

'Just wait until you see the inside' I thought excitedly.

Sophie grinned and repeated her thanks, then went on to carefully unfolding the wrapping paper.

The beautiful box was revealed and before I could count the seconds, the friendship necklaces were out.

She looked back at me in shock.

"This is incredible, thank you so much!" she said before launching herself at me for a bear hug.

        I laughed, blowing a breath I didn't know I was holding, and smiling happily.

"Of course!" I said, my arms tightening the hug.

        After a few moments, Sophie pulled away and gave me one of the necklaces and slipped the other around her own neck.

        I fastened the clip around my neck and grinned at her. She smiled right back.

"Can we try to fasten them together?" she asked shyly.

"Yep!" I answered.

        We pushed the two half-hearts pendants together to form a whole heart.

(A/N: I know this  explaining is really very trashy but they're actually just putting their two friendship necklaces together 'cause that's what friendship necklaces together)

"It's so pretty!" Sophie said.

"Yeah!" I said.

        She looked at me for a second before placing a blue packaging in my hands.

"And this is for YOU!" she said excitedly.

        I stared at the ice blue packaging. And me being me, I asked the most stupid question in the world.

"What is in it?" I asked, my eyes widening.

        Sophie laughed.

"I guess you'll have to open it to find out." she said, putting her hands in front of her eyes mysteriously.

        I ripped the wrapping paper.

        Inside were two matching bracelets with owls and elves on it.

One of which was being fiddled by Seaweed brain on this present day.

2 N D

F L A S H B A C K  

"I'll hold them off, GO!" Thalia told us, as enormous monsters stomped over to us.

        I gasped at the Cyclops as Luke pulled my arm to take me away.

"Wait! You'll need this." I shook my arm away from Luke's grip, and took the bracelet Sophie had given me off of my wrist before giving it to Thalia. "For good luck, my best friend gave it to me, give it to me after you've kicked those big Cyclops' butts!"

        Thalia nodded with her electric blue eyes sparkling.

"I will." she reassured me, determination painted on her face.

        Luke grabbed my arm, and we started running up the hill. My legs burnt from how fast we were going, but I just kept running, not daring to stop, from fear that the Cyclops would catch up with us.

        A shout of victory echoed throughout the hill. But it wasn't Thalia's voice: it was a low groan.

        I looked behind me, feeling Luke do the same.

"Thalia!" I yelled, seeing Zeus's daughter fall to the ground.

        Luke pulled me toward an opening in the Pine trees that surrounded us.

"We don't have time, she sacrificed herself for us to have time, we can't waste that." he told me, though his voice was cracked.

        I sobbed, still staring at Thalia's fallen figure. She had been like a big sister to me, and now she was gone. I would never be able to see her again.

        My eyes suddenly widened at the sight of an opening, where a tall entrance presented itself a few feet from us.