Two Broken Souls

Chapter one: The Betrayal

Edited

I was walking by Thalia's tree when I saw a girl running from a few hellhounds. She looked a little younger than me and had kelp green eyes and brown wavy hair. I quickly ran over to and killed the hellhounds. As I severely wounded the last hellhound, the girl grabbed Riptide from my hands and finished it off just as the campers arrived.

"You!" She pointed Riptide in my direction. "Why didn't you help me?! I just killed all those hellhounds while you sat there and watched," the girl said angrily.

Now that caught me off guard. I blinked, shocked.

The campers all shook their heads at me, clearly believing the girl with the exception of the Athena cabin (they knew Percy would never let a demigod fight alone), the Stolls, Clarisse La Rue, Katie Gardner, and Will Solace.

Nico, Grover, Thalia, Leo, Piper, and the Romans weren't here. But I was fine with it. They were happy where they were and my Anthony (male Annabeth) was here.

Chiron trotted forward, asking her name. "Veronica Fischer."

Before anything else could be asked of her, a trident appeared above her and Pegasus circled above her head. Okay, now I was jealous because father gave her way more attention than me. "All hail Veronica Fischer daughter of Poseidon!" Chiron yelled.

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A week later

I couldn't believe that one person could could ruin another person's life in a week, but Veronica somehow managed. She basically hurt everyone I cared about and blamed it on me. As if I could do such a thing. My fatal flaw is loyalty. The only one she didn't get yet was my beloved Anthony and I was determined not to lose him.

That night Capture the Flag was being held. Veronica and I was on the same team. "The games have begun" Chiron yelled. We each took off running. I knew that the red team would hide the flag on a mound. When I got there I saw a bulky Ares kid guarding the flag. So I snuck up on him and knocked him out with the hilt of my new blade (Veronica never gave back Riptide. Which I was pretty livid about.) just as I turned around Veronica ran and took the flag. She continued running until she got to the blue team's side. The blue team cheered and then Poseidon, my father appeared.

"Behold my favorite child has triumphed yet again," Poseidon announced. Then Anthony, my Anthony went up to her and kissed her directly on the lips. I finally broke at that. I ran off to my cabin. I threw all my essentials in a backpack and ripped all of the pictures with Anthony in them, but then I got to the last one, which was one of my favorite ones. I looked at it.

I was in Anthony's arms. We were all laughing in it. I knew I would not laugh like that again because that was the laugh I have only when I am completed by another. A true laugh. A laugh that really mattered. I mean I laugh all the time, but there's always one laugh that is only for my lover. I don't know why, but I kept it. I then started thinking about where I would go. I couldn't go see my other friends because they would be ashamed of me and the sad part was that I knew that I deserved it. I decided to go to mom's apartment, if only for a little while. So I called a taxi and left.