Seaweed Brain

A New School

It had been almost a year since Percy and Annabeth escaped the edge of Tartarus. They were finally back home. Camp Half-Blood.

Percy closed his book and sighed. He gently got up and walked over to Annabeth. "Annabeth, I have to go." She looked puzzled. "What do you mean, Percy? Where are you going?" At first she asked with a bit of a joking matter, then her voice got serious, as she saw Percy was not laughing. "I'm leaving the camp." Annabeth then replied with complete seriousness, "What? Why? Did Chiron or Mr. D give you a quest? How long will it take?" He looked down at his book in his hands, in silence, and looked back up at Annabeth. "I'm leaving the camp. I didn't get assigned a quest. I'm going to go to a new school. In Europe." Annabeth almost lost her balance. "You're joking right?!?!" Annabeth seemed very concerned. "Nope, I'm not joking. I'm going to a wizarding school. Hogwarts." Annabeth was completely lost her train of thought. " Oh my gosh, Percy you're so funny. That's not a real place you know. It's just in your book." Percy forced a small, quiet laugh. "No, it's real. The school itself is in Scotland. It's not just a place in a book. Even it was, it wouldn't be, because all the stories are true." Annabeth's smile died down. Her face started getting red and blotchy. Her eyes became red. She threw herself into Percy's arms and started bawling her eyes out. Percy hugged her and tried to comfort her. Moments later, Chiron walked feet away from where they were standing. He stood there. Silently. He just stared at Percy, waiting for him to notice him. Percy finally saw him. He lifted Annabeth's head and shoulders up and smiled. "We'll see each other again. I promise."  Chiron then said, "Come on, Percy. It's time to go." Percy nodded and hugged Annabeth one last time. He turned away and headed to Chiron. Chiron started walking to the Big House and Percy followed. Annabeth stood there crying. Watching her boyfriend walk away forever. She knew she would never see him after he left the camp. Moments before Percy was done walking, he turned around. "Goodbye, Annabeth."