Hi guys!

Sooooo new story…

Hopefully, it turns out better than the first one…

So this is set one year and one month after the war with Gaea.

Chapter 1

Annabeth pov

It's been a year since I left. A year since I said I had enough and left. I went to SanFransisco and tried to live normally with my dad. I tried to forget, but I never could. I will always remember that day. The look on their faces when I told them. When they realized I was leaving. Hurt, betrayal, and sadness flashing across their faces, their shock undescribable. It's been a year since I left him. Standing there on the beach defeated. When I think of our last conversation in a year, it still brings me to tears. By then though, there was no turning back.

(Begin Flashback)

I walked to the beach, knowing what was to come, or so I thought. I saw him, sitting there, fiddling with something. I pushed it to the side of my mind and said,

"Hey Percy"

He jumped and quickly stuffed whatever was in his hands into his pocket.

"What was that?" I asked

"Nothing, what's up?" He asked

I took a deep breath, looking into his sea-green eyes. He looked so calm then, so relaxed. I felt bad. I had already told everyone that I was leaving. Jason and Thalia freaked out, Hazel just cried, Leo just shrugged it off but gave her a hug anyway, Nico freaked out too, saying he thought she was his friend. Piper had been the most understanding of all of them, saying she would miss her and that she should visit at some point. Now, she had to tell the last person in the world she wanted to.

"Annabeth? You've been standing there for like a minute, you okay?" Percy asked

"Yeah Percy I'm fine...listen, this is important. I'm tired of dealing with all this pain that comes with being a demigod." I said

"Well, yeah we all are, you know?" he said, clearly not getting where I was going with this

"Percy, I am leaving. I'm going to go to SF and stay with my dad. I'm going to try and live normally. I'm sorry." I said

His face went through a rollercoaster of emotions within a second. Calm, then surprise, then shock, then hurt, then pure pain. It hurt just seeing him like this. It looked like he was in shock, but he spoke, softly and slowly.

"You're serious, aren't you" he whispered

"I'm sorry" was all I could think of saying back

He had been looking down, but slowly he looked up, pulling something out of his pocket, and I finally saw what he had been fiddling with just a few minutes ago. It was a small box.

"This was going to be for you," he said, opening the box, pulling out a ring. It was beautiful. I large emerald in the center with diamonds and aquamarine surrounding it. He threw the box on the ground in vengeance and showed me the ring. "I was going to give it to you tonight. I know very well we are too young to get married, but it was going to be a promise, that I would never leave you." he scoffed, "What's the point of it now, if you're the one leaving me?" he spat.

He held the ring between his index finger and his thumb, looking at it in rage and sadness at the same time.

"Now I see the worth of love. Here, let me show you."

I had been crying this whole time, and I watched in horror as he used his powers to crush the ring completely, then throw it into the ocean, where the waves had been rampaging and crashing on the shore.

"You're mom was right. Love and loyalty have become my downfall." with those last words, he walked away, leaving me to wallow in the realization that I had been selfish and hurt the best person in the world.

(End flashback)

Now, after a year, I have decided I want to go home. I realized that I made a mistake, that being a demigod, I'm going to have to deal with problems no matter what, and, most importantly, I will never be able to forget what we (meaning the 7 plus Reyna and Nico and Thalia) accomplished and did in the years we spent together. At the age of 18, I walk through the gates of Camp Half-Blood, back home, once again.

I was greeted by Chiron, who saw me and hugged me.

"I am glad to have you back child," he said

"It's good to be back Chiron," I said

He smiled, then ushered me off to go to my friends. As I walked down, I saw Leo, or, I think it was Leo, fighting who looked like Nico? Leo was at least 5 inches taller, and less scrawny, while Nico had become ripped and tall. I walked up to them, and Leo saw me first.

"Oh shit! Nico! Look who it is."

Nico turned, and as he saw me, he turned more pale than usual. Then his face froze and he glared at me.

"What the hell are you doing here, traitor?" he said

SOOOOO whatcha think?

I'll try to update soon, maybe by next week

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