Percy Gets Some Love Advice

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Percy's POV

The rest of the summer seemed strange because it was so normal. The daily activities continued: archery, rock climbing, pegasus riding. We played capture the flag (though we all avoided Zeus's Fist). We sang at the campfire and raced chariots and played practical jokes on the other cabins. I spent a lot of time with Tyson, playing with Mrs. O'Leary, but she would still howl at night when she got lonely for her old master. Annabeth and I pretty much skirted around each other, and (Y/N) seemed to be depressed all the time.

He would still hang out with me, and we would joke around, but something felt different. I think it mostly had to due with the fact that Phoebe didn't remember anything from before her imprisonment, so (Y/N) still didn't know if she was his mom or not. And I couldn't blame him for feeling upset about it. I could tell he was trying to hide it, but he didn't do a good job at it.

I also felt like things were a lot more awkward between us, and it was all thanks to that kiss on Mount St. Helens. I still couldn't find the nerve to talk to him about it, mostly because I was scared. Of what, I don't even know.

July passed, with fireworks on the beach on the Fourth. August turned so hot the strawberries started baking in the fields. Finally, the last day of camp arrived. The standard form letter appeared on my bed after breakfast, warning me that the cleaning harpies would devour me if I stayed past noon.

At ten o'clock I stood on the top of Half-Blood Hill, waiting for the camp van that would take me into the city. I'd made arrangements to leave Mrs. O'Leary at camp, where Chiron promised she'd be looked after. Tyson and I would take turns visiting her during the year. (Y/N) originally offered, but Mrs. O'Leary clearly didn't like him, so that was a bust.

Neither (Y/N) or Annabeth would be riding into Manhattan with me, but they came to see me off. Annabeth had arranged to stay at camp a little longer. She would tend to Chiron until his leg was fully recovered, and keep studying Daedalus's laptop, which had engrossed her for the last two months. Then she would head back to her father's place in San Francisco.

"There's a private school out there that I'll be going to," she said. "I'll probably hate it, but..." She shrugged.

"Yeah, well, call me, okay?"

"Sure," she said half-heartedly. "I'll keep my eyes open for..."

There it was again. Luke. She couldn't even say his name without opening up a huge box of hurt and worry and anger.

"Annabeth," I said. "What was the rest of the prophecy?"

She glanced at (Y/N) like she didn't want him to hear before fixing her eyes on the woods in the distance. She didn't say anything.

"You shall delve in the darkness of the endless maze," I remembered. "The dead, the traitor, and the lost one raise. We raised a lot of the dead. We saved Ethan Nakamura, who turned out to be a traitor. We raised the spirit of Pan, the lost one."

Annabeth shook her head like she wanted me to stop.

"You shall rise or fall by the ghost king's hand," I pressed on. "That wasn't Minos, like I'd thought. It was Nico. By choosing to be on our side, he saved us. And the child of Athena's final stand—that was Daedalus."

"Percy—"

"Destroy with a hero's final breath. That makes sense now. Daedalus died to destroy the Labyrinth. But what was the last—"

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