Blood of Olympus

Chapter Seven: Annabeth

When Jason told the remainder of the seven about his dream, Annabeth thought she was going to throw up. Geryon was one of the toughest monsters to kill, he had three chests and she didn't think Percy or Piper had any arrows with them when they got kidnapped. She was snapped out of her thoughts when Hazel put her hand on her shoulder.

"Annabeth, what's wrong? Do you know Geryon?" she asked.

"Y-yeah," she replied, "Percy killed him when we were 15." she replied, shakily.

"Jeez," Leo said, "did Percy just kill every monster there is?" he asked.

"Close." Annabeth whispered.

"It's alright guys, Percy and Piper are pwerful demigods, they'll get out of this, we'll see them again." Jason assured everyone.

"Yeh you're r-" Hazel couldn't finish because they heard a thump coming from the deck..

The five of them ran up to the deck to find a beautiful woman glowing gold, standing on the deck, staring at herself in the mirror. Annabeth immedietley knew who it was, and she wasn't in the mood for anouther lecture from Aphrodite about her relationship and how to make it more interesting for her.

When Aphrodite saw them she immedietly perked up. "Ah," she cooed,"good you're all here-, wait, where is my daughter, and my favourite hero Percy Jackson?" she questioned. Annabeth rolled her eyes at the favourite demigod comment, as did all the other demigods.

"They're, eh, gone- but we're gonna find them." Jason explained. Aphrodite clapped her hands in delight.

"Oh, wonderful," Aphrodite squeaked, "a quest to save your loved ones, oh, Annabeth this reminds me of the first time I ever spoke to you're boyfriend. He was on that quest to save you from that titan man. Oh, you two were so young." Aphrodite was gazing off into space, as if remembering wonderful memories.

"So, em, what brings you here, Aphrodite?" Frank asked.

"Oh, there is just so much romance buzzing around, I had to come and see how things were." She explained.

"Now, Jason Grace, I need to talk to you about something." Aphrodite stated.

"Which is?" Jason asked.

"I heard that you and a certain son of Hades visited cupid recentely." she said.

"Oh, em, yeh but..nothing happ-"

"Oh, don't try and keep it from everyone, Jason. You are hiding a very interesting secret from the rest of the crew."

"I- I'm not hiding anything," Jason stated.

"Don't you think the crew should know, don't you think Percy deserves to know the truth." She asked.

"No." Jason replied. "I made a promise to Nico and I intend to keep it."

"Oh, Jason, the truth always comes out, especially the truth about love." she exclaimed.

"Wait, what's going on?" Annabeth asked. She hated not knowing what was going on, especially now that Jason was hiding something about Nico from them.

Aphrodite turned her head, "Annabeth Chase, you should watch out or someone is going to steal your boyfriend from you." She giggled.

"Aphrodite, stop!" Jason shrieked.

"My daughters always told me so much about how brave and handsome the son of Poseidon is, and I do believe that they aren't the only ones who have had their eye on him." she added.

"Wait," Hazel stopped her, "what has this got to do with my brother?" she asked.

"Oh, Hazel Levesque," Aphrodite giggled," are you still not getting it?"

"Eh," Frank raised his hand, "I don't think any of us are getting it." he stated.

Suddenley, it popped into Annabeth's head. Oh, gods. Could it really be true? Annabeth didn't notice that her mouth was wide open.

"Ah," Aphrodite turned to Annabeth, "it seems the daughter of Athena has figured it out, I always knew you were smart!" she cheered.

"What is going on?!" Leo shrieked.

"Oh, Leo Valdez! I almost forgot! You have a little preoblem involving a pretty girl, aren't you. All I can tell you is that you will find her, I am sure of it! Oh, I cannot wait!" Aphrodite clapped her hands.

"Well, as much fun as I am having, I must be going. Ares is waiting for me." Aphrodite blew a kiss and vanished.

After a few minutes of silence, Hazel said, " what. was. that."

Jason shot Annabeth a pleading look, she nodded. She wasn't going to tell anyone about Nico's secret, they all had enough things on their mind.

Leo was trembling, "eh, can we just forget that converstaion ever happened, please?" he asked.

"wait but-" Frank couldn't finish.

"Yes! Cool! What conversation!" Jason interfeared, he gave a nervous laugh and Frank sighed.

"O-kayyyy," he said.