Heroes of Olympus- After the War

Chapter 1: Love Doves

Annabeth POV: 

“Percy, where are we going?” I asked. Percy was taking me somewhere and refused to tell me where; only making me more nervous. Maybe I should tell you a few things that are going on in life. Well for one, we bet Gaea and haven’t seen the new Great Prophecy start yet. Nothing unusual of probably the past 1-2 years, and Percy and I have been together even longer (5 years, 6 months, and 2 weeks and 2 days to be exact)

“All in good time, Annabeth, all in good time,” Percy said with his signature smile on his face. Here’s another thing you should know about me, well I hate surprises and secrets. Being the child of the Goddess of Wisdom, I know a lot of things and I always want to know everything.

We sat in the car in silence while ‘Counting Stars’ by OneRepublic was playing. Gods I love that song, it always reminds me of the hardships we’ve been through. Memories started washing back to me. Despite being 20 years old, we both still lived at Camp-Half Blood, but we are ready to buy a house in camp boundaries.

“We’re here!” Percy looked so excited, and then he shoved his hands in his pocket, like he was looking for something. I started becoming suspicious looking at Percy with my eyebrows up. He got out of the car and stepped onto the beach. He motioned for me to come and I had no choice but to follow. I stepped out of the car and smelled the salty air. It was late July and the sun was starting to set. I swear I could almost see Apollo winking at me like he knew the same secret that Percy did.

“Why are we here again?” I asked, getting very curious.

“To enjoy ourselves, of course, how about we go underwater and hang out there?” Percy asked. That’s something Percy can do. Being the son of the Sea God and all, he breathes underwater. When he wants me with him, we for an underwater bubble and talk for a while. This time I had brought along a picnic basket, to eat underwater.

“Why not enjoy ourselves while we’re here,” I said trying to be enthusiastic. I heard a few rustles behind us and swirled around, but found nothing. I decided not to let it get to my head.

“Can I ask you something?” He said nervously. I could see he was looking for the right words. Then it hit me.

“Fire away!” I said smiling. He got down on one knee took a small box out of his pocket and smiled. All the worries that we had for years, all those years running away with my Seaweed Brain, all that just melted away as I stood there in awe.

“Will you, Annabeth Chase, marry me?” He asked and I choked back a cry of joy. I knew at this moment that my life has started and we will live happily. Then I hear the rustling again and cheering came from all around. Sally, Paul, my stepmom, Dad, my stepbrothers, Thalia, Hazel, Frank, Piper, Jason, Nico, and so many more friends from Camp and work were cheering. I looked at Percy, on one knee waiting for my reply.

“Yes, Seaweed Brain, what kind of question is-” I was cut off with a kiss from him. I could help laughing. I could feel him radiating with joy. We were in the middle of our kiss when everyone starting cracking up. We looked at each other and knew exactly what to do. We jumped into the ocean with everyone running behind us.

Percy swam me as well as himself as deep as he could without losing the sight of the sun. I saw Apollo smiling and reciting another poem that I couldn’t hear, but I’m sure it was something about us. I could hear the laughing die out and people now shouting for us to come up, but when your fiancé is the son of the Sea God, we really don’t have to hurry. There we were kissing until the sun set and we saw Artemis on top of the moon smiling at us. Soon we came up to see our friends and family made a campfire on the beach with the Hunter’s making camp for all of us.

Percy POV:

I must have been smiling out of my mind because Mom came up to me and asked if everything was okay. I told her yes and pulled Annabeth closer to me. That’s when Poseidon, my dad, and Athena (my mother-in-law to be?!?! I still can’t believe it) showed up. They told us how proud they were of both of us and they both (yes, even Athena) approved for this relationship. That’s when Poseidon pulled me aside for a bit.

“I’m very happy for you, son. I know that this was hard to do with my niece, Athena, giving you such a hard time. I’m here to congratulate you and to warn you. Marriage leads to children, and children lead to many stirrings. Even if they are decedents from me, Poseidon always has a strong aura. I advise you to stay in Camp Half-Blood.” My father had a stern look on his face and I knew he was serious.

“Thanks for the warning, Dad. I’ll keep that in mind.” Then he did something that I would not have expected for him. He hugged me, bringing me in closer than ever.

“I’m proud of you, son. I love you and please always keep that in mind. I am always looking after you and you’re soon to be children. I am going to be a very happy grandfather. Also, on the bright side, Zeus is going to be SOOOO jealous of my soon to be family. He hasn’t had one for himself for a long time.” I was on the verge of tears, but I bit that back.

“I love you too, Dad,” I said. It sounded a little cheesy, but what the heck.

We both when back to the campfire and started singing campfire songs.

Annabeth POV:

I was laying my head on Percy’s lap half asleep. I was admiring the ring that he had given me. It was, no doubt, that Tyson (Percy’s brother- long story) had made this. It was Imperial Gold and on top was a little emerald, and engraved throughout was ‘Percabeth Forever’. Also there were the tiniest drawings on there from each quest we had, like the Master Bolt, Mt. Olympus, and many more, but finally there was one sign that meant everything, peace. I fell asleep outside looking at the stars and constellations. For once, I had a dreamless night. 

Okay, so how was it? I did my best to start with a great start. I know it's a little long, but I wanted as much detail as possible.

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