Those blue eyes. A.C x oc fem

1.5- The quest begins.

◇◇◇◇◇◇Annabeth Chase◇◇◇◇◇◇

It didn't took us long to pack, the Camp store had granted Percy one hundred dollars and twenty golden drachmas. Chiron gaved Percy, Vic and I each a canteen of nectar and a bag full of squares of ambrosia.

I'd bringed my yankees cap, a book of clasical architecture written in ancient greek of course and my celestial bronze knife hidden in my shirt sleeve.

Grover wore his fake feet and his pants to pass as human. He wore a green rasta-style cap, because when it rained his curly hair flattened and you could just see the tips of his horns. His bright orange backpack was full of scrap metal and apples to snack on. In his pocket was a set of reed pipes his daddy goat had carved for him, even though he only knew two songs: Mozart's Piano Concerto no. 12 and Hilary Duff 's "So Yesterday," both of which sounded pretty bad on reed pipes

Percy had a backpack, inside it he had clothes and the money.

Vic was wearing one of her purple hodies (she has a ton of those), some jeans and a water green bracelet on her left hand. She had packed clothes, (more purple hodies), a sketchbook,a pencil case full of colored pencils, markers and erasers and a flashlight.

We waved good-bye to the other campers, took one last look at the strawberry fields, the ocean, and
the Big House, then hiked up Half-Blood Hill to the tall pine tree that used to be my friend Thalia, daughter of Zeus, when we arrived, V was staring at the tree weirdly, maybe she just realized she and Thalia were sisters.

Chiron was waiting for us in his wheelchair. Next to him stood Argus, the security guard.

"This is Argus," Chiron told Percy. "He will drive you into the city, and, er, well, keep an eye on things."

I heard footsteps behind us.

Luke came running up the hill, carrying a pair of basketball shoes.
"Hey!" he panted. "Glad I caught you"

I felt the heat raising to my cheeks, both Avery and Jackson noticed it.

"Just wanted to say good luck," Luke told the dark haired boy. "And I thought . . . um, maybe you could use these."

He handed Percy the sneakers, which looked pretty normal. They even smelled kind of normal. Luke said, "Maia!"

White bird’s wings sprouted out of the heels, startling the son of Poseidon so much, he dropped them. The shoes flapped around on the ground until the wings folded up and disappeared.

"Awesome!" Grover said.

Luke smiled. "Those served me well when I was on my quest. Gift from Dad. Of course, I don't use
them much these days. . . ." His expression turned sad.

Just by one look at Percy's face, I could tell he didn't know what to say, but he was grateful. By one look at him, you could also notice he was blushing like hell.

"Hey, man," Percy said. "Thanks."

"Listen, Percy . . ." Luke looked uncomfortable. "A lot of hopes are riding on you. So just . . . kill
some monsters for me, okay?"

They shook hands. Luke patted Grover's head between his horns, gave a good-bye hug to me, and gave V a high-five, he seemed like he was leaving but at the last moment he ruffled her hair.

After Luke was gone, Percy told me.

"You're hyperventilating."

"Am not."

"You let him capture the flag instead of you, didn't you?"

"Oh . . . why do I want to go anywhere with you, Percy? Vic being such an idiot sometimes is enough."