Percabeth One-Shots

13. An Old Story

Oh my gosh, so I just looked at this an hour ago and I saw that the number of views went over 200 in one night!!!!!! Thank you guys sooo much. As a thank you I'm publishing an extra chapter. This chapter is not really a one shot, instead it is the first chapter of my other Percy Jackson fanfic called Enemy of the Cosmos. But don't worry, it features Percabeth!!! Please check out that story as I will post the second chapter after this and the third chapter will only come after I get at least one view.

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Annabeth

"Percy, Annabeth, we got barrier action!" Will shouted, bursting into the arena.

I looked at Percy, it had been weeks since we had a little action around here and we were inching to stab something. We ran to Thalia's Tree where Percy was greeted with a roar. The Minotaur.

The other campers were scrambling away as they saw us coming, both exhausted and eager to get away from the aim of our blades. We parted, going to seperate side of the monster.

This would be easy, although something was nagging at the back of my mind. Something had changed, and it wasn't good. I looked at the Minotaur's eyes and felt a small tug telling me to run.

"Percy!" I yelled to get his attention. We needed more campers, I could feel it, but I was too late. The Minotaur swung its horns, taking advantage of Percy's distraction, and flung him against a tree. Percy slumped into the roots and I didn't see any sign of him rising. "Perc-" I tried to call but the wind was knocked out of me when the Minotaur's horns crashed into my chest and I slammed against another tree. Spots danced on the edge of my vision but I chased them away when I saw the Minotaur's next move. He was charging.

Twenty yards, fifteen, ten, five then something burst into sight, slamming into the monster and quickly dispatching it into a pile of dust. The second body disappeared as the dust settled but something else rose from it. A girl with dirty blonde hair, a sea green windbreaker, and jeans. She looked how people told me I did, and I guess I could see it, she had the same curled hair that I did and carried herself with pride.

"Are you okay?" Breath hit my face, carrying a question.

"I um," was my brilliant answer and I took the outstretched hand and was brought to my feet. I looked up to meet deep blue eyes that reminded me of the bottom of the ocean. "Who-" I tried to ask but the eyes disappeared in a small breeze and I was left alone.

That is until Chiron, followed by multiple campers came charging up the hill. I ignored them and rushed to where Percy was still slumped over the roots of the tree. "Percy, wake up." I begged shaking his shoulder.

Will soon was by my side. He held his fingers to Percy's neck then turned to me. "He's fine just unconscious." I breathed in relief as two other campers placed Percy on a stretcher and carted him to the infirmary. I moved to follow only to be stopped by Chiron.

"What happened here, child?" He asked. It was only then when I looked back and thought, what had happened?

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"Um, the Minotaur was about to charge then something killed it and all that was left was dust and that girl." I finished retelling what I had seen.

I sat in the big house in front of Chiron. Will looked over me, patching minor cuts and bruises while I held an ice pack to my head. Somewhere along the way my head had made an uncomfortable contact with the tree and I had a splitting headache.

"What did the girl look like?" Percy asked while Chiron was stroking his beard, thinking. Percy had woken up ten minutes after the incident and had come with me, he was being very protective.