The Son of Night

Chapter 4

Percy POV

When I went and asked Malcolm he gave me a letter which I just stared at. As I was about to open it he said,

"Maybe you should read it at the beach or in the forest" Then he slammed the door. Ooookay?

I walked to the beach which was deserted and opened the letter.

Dear Percy,

Where the heck have you been?! You've been gone for 6 months! I asked Chiron but he just smiled and said he doesn't know but I bet he does. If you've come back and your reading this then I'm sorry but I can't stand it, you disappeared again! And you were already gone for 8 months before the Giant War. I'm really sorry Seaweed Brain...but I don't think it's going to work anymore, when you were gone I went back to San Francisco and I'm going to college where I can study architecture...and I also met a guy...I'm really sorry, I hope we can still be freinds but I don't like it when you - or Chiron- keep secrets.

From, Annabeth.

When I read it I didn't even notice the tears streaming down my face. She left me...for architecture...AND A MORTAL! The sky darkened and it began to rain and thunder boomed as lightning flashed across the sky.

The sea became restless and I carried on staring at the letter being crushed in my fist, barely noticing the

hurricane building up around me. All the quests we went on...the wars we've been through...the kiss underwater...I turned down immortality and godhood for her...I fell through fucking Tartarus for her...and she left me...As I just stood there, my mind racing as it just couldn't comprehend everything I didn't notice someone shouting my name or the huge crowd of campers standing a good 150 meter away from me so they could be safe.

"Percy! Percy calm down! PERCY!" I heard someone shouting and it snapped me out of my daze. I looked around and was shocked and guilty as I saw the fear on the new campers' faces and confusion on the older campers faces. I took a deep breath and calmed down stopping the storm and the hurricane although the sky was still dark and the sea, whilst calmer, was still restless.

"Prissy what happened?" Asked Clarisse, I didn't answer her and made to turn around when I felt a hand on my shoulder.

"Percy what's wrong?" I turned around, it was Katie. Even though I'd calmed down I was still really upset and shaky so I just handed her the letter whilst I saw the ring I had Hephaestus made on the floor. I picked it up and just stared. Then I looked back at the ocean and opened the small black velvet box and took the ring, which everyone gasped at because of its beauty, and threw it into the sea. By the time I'd thrown it into the sea Katie gasped indicating she had read it all then passed it to Clarisse.

"I'm so sorry Percy..." Katie started but I cut her off when I got my voice back.

"Don't apologise" I croaked "it's not your fault" Katie continued to look at me sadly whilst Clarisse passed the letter to the Stolls.

"She was one dumb daughter of Athena. I'm sorry Prissy but if it makes you feel better she never even deserved you." Clarisse said looking at me seriously to which I gave her a weak smile.

"A mortal? San Francisco? Well maybe we can unleash our wrath - ahem - get...back...at...her?" Said Travis as Connor nodded for once being serious to which I smiled at them as another tear rolled down my cheek. After Chris, Malcolm, Piper, Leo, Nyssa, Will and Chiron finished reading it I took the letter and went back to my cabin and sat on my bed staring at the wall.

After all I did...

Malcolm POV

I can't believe my sister. She left the greatest guy for a mortal. Ok the architecture I understand seeing as a child of Athena I have the fatal flaw of Hubris and pride, so a child of Athena would easily accept any opportunity to study at college or school and do the subject they loved but a mortal?! That's just selfish.

What was going on in Annabeths head? Percy's gone and the only solutions would be he was kidnapped which won't happen since Zeus, Hera and the other gods said they had no plan of taking Percy away again. So that leaves cheating, which is impossible for Percy as his fatal flaw is loyalty, specifically, personal loyalty, and out of everyone I knew Annabeth meant the most to Percy so it's basically impossible for him to cheat.

But I thought I knew my sister. I thought she would have gone looking for him instead but she didn't even bother apart from Iris Messaging and asking Chiron or mother. She just left! We walked towards the amphitheater and sat down as Chiron explained - with a few colourful comments from Clarisse, Katie, The Stolls, Chris and the Ares cabin surprisingly and more - the letter briefly and told everyone how the ring Percy had was so he could propose to Annabethas he completed a task for mother to get her permission to marry her... he was going to propose? That's even worse because she left him when he was planning to finally settle down!

Chiron POV

I can't believe that Annabeth, who's like my daughter, left Percy who's my favourite student and is like a son to as I finished explaining I noticed all the minor gods' children and the cabin counselours and some other older campers and even the whole Ares cabin who I knew respected him for being a great hero and warrior, were angry. If Annabeth comes here again she's going to be in trouble... I dismissed everyone as I went to find Dionysus and tell him. I saw him at the big house as he flashed back from a meeting on Olympus and galloped over to him.

"Oh hello Chiron" He said with a bored tone, "shouldn't you be celebrating? All of us gods knew Peter went to do a task - which Athena kept quiet about what task - to propose to Annibelle. Aphrodite wouldn't stop squealing but at the meeting today she seemed sad which was odd-"

"Dionysus we're not celebrating" I said

"What? Why not? I'm practically the god of partying

Did you not notice Annabeth had left a yesterday? And as to why not it's because Annabeth wrote him a letter when she left saying she's breaking up with him for architecture and a mortal at college" I frowned.

"She left him? For architecture? And col- wait a MORTAL?" To say he was surprised was an understatement and even under the cold walls he built up I could see a hint of sympathy.

"I believe that's what I said"

"That explains the storms and loud thunder. I thought Poseidon was mad but it was Percy, when Poseidon and Zeus and the gods that like him will be furious when they learn of this." I noticed he actually said Percy's name right.

"Especially Poseidon and I guess this also answers your Aphrodite-is-sad problem"

Percy POV

Now it's midnight and I was still awake. I realised I needed a break so I packed quickly and ran out trying to avoid the Harpies. When I finally made it out of the Camp borders I ran to the rode and walked to New York as there were no taxis nearby. When I finally made it to New York I called a taxi to take me to my moms apartment. I had my own key so I just walked right in being as quiet as I could. I went to my bedroom, set down my bag and crawled under the covers and fell asleep.