When I Met Percabeth

Number 19

I took us 20 minutes to get to New Orleans.

20 MINUTES.

We ran across the country in 20 freaking minutes.

Is it possible to domesticate a centaur?

I need to.

"Hey, Autumn?" Sky shakes me out of my reverie and I can hear soft trumpet music in the background.

"Yeah, yes, yeah?" I cringe. Wow, I sound worst than usual. She raises her eyebrows. Where is my normality when I need it? "Ignore me for the next couple minutes," I respond.

"I'd like too, but we really need to find a place to eat and I don't know, sleep? Plus, we've all forgotten something as we've been busy running around the country."

"Two countries," I interrupt.

"What?"

"Canada."

"Right, Ottawa. Anyways, but on the subject. We've all kind of forgotten how Percy got stabbed. There are a bunch of rouge demigods running around and they're under the power of Gaea."

I forgot about those rogue demigods. I've been so focused on our quest and Percy being injured and Annabeth caring for him but not being able to be there, that I forgot about why. And then something else pierces my mind.

"Gaea?" We've all heard of Leo heroism that destroyed her. She is back?

"Yeah, Leo destroyed her, but in the last couple months or so she been conscious long enough to take control of a very influential demigod who we had presumed dead. Octavian."

Even though I'd only been there a week, I'd heard of the panda burning augur Octavian. "He's back?"

Sky nods gravely and says, "and he's got one hell of an army. Mainly Mars and Ares's kids."

"Wait he's got Greeks?"

"Yeah, he finally likes us. Just not in the way we were all hoping for."

I sit down on a curb. "This sucks."

Sky sits beside me. "Yeah."

We sit there in silence for a while, looking into the distance. I know, melodramatic much? Annabeth and Ty come over pretty quickly. He slings an arm around me and leans his head on my hair. Meaning he knows exactly what Sky and I - wow if rhymes - were talking about. Did everyone know except me? That stinks. How did Annabeth tell them all this without letting me know? Grr.

"Well, are we gonna eat or what?" I demand, standing up from the curb quickly, not wanting to be trapped with only my thoughts at the moment.

Annabeth smiles and drags me across the street to a family diner. "Here good?"

I shrug and the four of us walk in.

****4 hours 23 minutes 56 seconds later****

I have no social life. It's sad that that is literally the only thing I can think of at the moment. Screw rogue demigods and crazy Romans and the freaking goddess of the earth, I must remind myself of my non-existent social life. I'm at war with myself people:

I need a social life.

If I get a social life I'll just end up with a lot more upset people when some hellhound or empousai slaughters me.

I need a social life.

Disappoint when I die.

SOCIAL LIFE.

DEATH.

...So this is what I'm dealing with. I look at everyone sitting around me. By the looks on their faces I can tell they're trying to figure out how to beet Octavian and therefore Gaea. Oh well, I guess I could use my brain for something useful. I may not be an Athena child, but I can still work the lump inside my skull.

How do we disconnect Gaea from Octavian? How do we deal with all the demigods who made this choice without hypnosis? Better yet, how do we deal with Octavian? Actually no, best question, is Octavian truly evil? I mean, Gaea had to hypnotize him to do this. If Gaea had simply asked him, would he have done it?

Ugh! Why is life so complicated?

Yes Autumn, why is life so complicated? I must know.

In other news and random stuff I like to say, I'm so so so so sorry for not updating in
what? Almost a month? Probably less, but still.

(Wow you guys must be sick of me saying sorry so much. I appreciate you guys hanging around to read this. Means a lot.)

I just recently had five pretty big test schedule within three days not counting the weekend and I got about a week's warning for each one. I've been driving myself a little crazy the past week or so. Now I'm just trying to catch up on sleep.

Really isn't working too well.

Anywho, I've said enough. So I'm just going to wish you a Happy Halloween, pray no one will get beat up for not giving someone their candy and tell you your my faves in all places and in all times and in all...well I think I just named everything. (Vote/comment)
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