It's back for another round! This month with our favorite girl in the entire series: Annabeth 'wiser than you' Chase. This series has been so amazing to plan and write out! I can't believe we're back for a fourth month.
In this month's magazine we'...
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And we are back! This time with part two of the killer one-shot On the Dark Side.
For those who haven't read part one, this short story follows a lone Percy as he travels through Tartarus on his own, encountering Nyx and other beings alike.
Jump right in and read on!
His shock caught him by surprise, and Bob and Damasen froze as their blood bubbled under the imposters' skin and then they kneeled against their will in front of the new god.
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Annabeth cried.
She knew she shouldn't, but she could not help but let the tears fall.
Annabeth could hear the cries of monsters and the roars of Tartarus, and it only made her cry harder than her Seaweed Brain was fighting or maybe dying amid the chaos.
Suddenly, the Doors slid open, and Annabeth stifled a scream. A slimy hand was prying the Doors open, and Annabeth was rooted to the spot.
Frozen, all she could do was gape at the thing, then when she heard another scream from below, she grabbed her drakon bone sword. With one slice, the hand no longer belonged to its owner, but it dissolved into ashes.
Breathing heavily, Annabeth sank back to the ground. She studied the Doors from the inside and held up her sword. Any monster could appear from the gap at any time.
Dropping her sword, Annabeth forced the Doors together. One hand pushing each side towards the other. She smelled something and gagged.
It smelled something like Smelly Gabe.
With all her might, Annabeth held the Doors together but after sometime, she began to tire.
Wise Girl.
Annabeth's eyes widened.
Percy.
Wise Girl... I'm sorry. But one thing I know for sure is that you can do it.
Hearing Percy's voice made a lump appear in her throat, even though it was only in her head.
She had to make it out alive.
"I'll tear Gaia apart with my bare hands," Annabeth growled.
She had to.
For the world.
For Percy.
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"Annabeth! Oh gods, Annabeth wake up!"
Annabeth groaned and sat up straight. She rubbed her eyes, adjusting to the new light. Above her, she could see Piper's relieved face.
"Piper?"
Piper hugged Annabeth, crushing her in a hug. Annabeth could smell Piper's lemon-scented shampoo in her hair and being once again in her friend's embrace, Annabeth cried, for what seemed the millionth time that day.
