One Final Act of Desperation

Chapter 3: My Math Teacher Went Poof

A/N: Lord Chalupa here. I have made quite a few big changes. I have decided to go back and add a Grover from the 2010 group. So, after those two chapters have been edited this chapter will have been uploaded. I have also decided to put everyone's thoughts into italics.

So, Grover from 2005 will still be seen as "Grover" while Grover from 2010 will be "Grover"

Everyone's thoughts (Italicized): "I'll have to find a time to talk to my older self and tell her to keep her distance from other guys, in case Luke gets the wrong idea," Annabeth thought to herself.

For those confused about which characters are from which timeline then here is the timeline I used:

-2005 group and gods are from the winter solstice when Zeus' bolt was stolen. December of 2005.

-2010 group (both Greeks and Romans) are from after 'The Lost Hero' and from a month before Percy wakes up at the Wolf House. March of 2010.

-Enforcers are from a year after the end of 'Trials of Apollo'. May of 2012. (I never read the Trials of Apollo but I got the dates based off the link below.)

Here is the link I used for the dates of all the characters in case people are curious: (seems like I cant put in a link, so if you go to riordan .fandom .com and then click on important dates, that is where you will find the timeline I use.)

Disclaimer: Characters and test written in bold all belong to Rick Riordan. Cover art is not mine so if there are any willing artists out there, please send some of your work and I may use it for the cover.

Now onto the chapter!

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"Book 1" Athena read, "Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief."

Percy gaped at the title of the book, "Why does this have to be about me!?"

"Well, the Fates did say that the books would be in the perspective of a demigod," Annabeth told him.

"Stilllll! There are so many other demigods out there and it just had to be meeeeee!"

"Stop complaining kelp head," Thalia rolled her eyes. "Is it really that surprising? I may have not been there for all of your quests, but from what I know, you've had the most crazy experiences out of all of us."

"Yeah. The life of a demigod is whack, but yours is the whackiest of them all," Nico deadpanned.

"So true," Thalia agreed.

Percy's mouth hung open in disbelief, "You two are so mean to me, I thought we were cousins."

"We are but that doesn't change the fact that you're the most abnormal out of all of us," Nico reasoned and Thalia nodded along, humming in agreement.

"I hate you two," Percy cried.

"Based off the title of the book, I'm pretty certain I know what it will be about," Annabeth said.

"O joy. I wonder what that is?" Percy cheered sarcastically, and then said, too quietly for anyone to hear, "If this entire book is going to be in my perspective, then this is really going to suck. Now everyone is going to see me for the coward I really am."

"What was that?" Annabeth asked.

"Just talking to myself," Percy lied. Annabeth looked at him unconvinced but didn't ask him anything else. She wrapped her hand in his and planted a chaste kiss on the cheek. "Everything will be fine," she told Percy. "We're together again."