Like you promised

~~Chapter 11~~

I just stared at it oddly. I didn't understand what this all summed up to,my thumb caressing the small box.

I flipped the lid open expecting the worse. Wondering if Connor already looked inside, or if him being him swapped the items. Maybe he'd been lying that whole time and just wanted to pull some prank. That option seemed more believable then my current situation.

A folded piece of paper fell out and I quickly bent down to pick it up. The white paper was pristine and when I unfolded the small thing, it looked more like Luke just quickly grabbed paper and pen in some kind of haste.

Happy birthday

I don't know if they went through with the plans made to surprise you for your birthday, but I wish I was there non the less. I know you hate me. I wish I could change that.

But please wear this necklace, it will protect you and your dreams, especially from him.

Luke

My finger slightly trembled reading it all over and over. But when I finally got the courage to look at the necklace I learned at the delicate thing. The chain was ancient looking, it's not silver, it's celestial bronze... on a necklace. It was a square looking emerald, when you looked closer at it, what was inside the emerald when I was looking closer, it would change colours, as if someone was throwing fireworks in it and it was exploding like colourful dust.

The old celestial bronze wrapped around the square from the corners forming a prison or barrier on both sides. I don't think I've ever seen anything like it, I've never seen celestial look as old and abandoned as this. But the necklace it's self looked like it could've been crafted by Hephaestus and prized by Hecate for centuries.

Putting it in my pocket, I realised what I wanted to do. Percy must be doing something at this point, maybe hanging out with Grover. I don't think I could ever be secretive like Luke, he was always who I usually turned to talk. And discovering things wasn't much of something I could keep buried, everything eventually always came out no matter how long it took, while Connor could die happily with a thousand secrets dying with him.

I didn't recognise Percy anywhere in particular. I looked in the training room and the rock climbing wall. I saw the nymphs crowded around the beach. Maybe Grover and Percy are there and the nymphs are observing what he's doing. Or Grover's once again hanging out with that special someone he hasn't opened up about yet and the nymphs are all spying and giggling.

It starkly quiet and getting closer to the beach, there were demigods around too. But there not playing dodgeball or volleyball and the nymphs are hiding and giggling. They're all bowing. Percy who was also obviously bowing and now rising.

I don't know how I didn't notice it before, maybe it was because of the sun setting behind him that blinds any chance of sighting him. But there in his godly glory, was poisdon.

He was in mid discussion with Percy when his green eyes so similar to Percy looked up and directly at her.

She stopped walking and Percy turned to also looked at her.

"Annabeth Chase, child of Athena. Step forward."

I obliged and wish I could joke to myself about how this is maybe about Athena and Poisodon in another fight and now he's going to another level by wiping me out from the face of the earth. But everything was all so somber and dealthy for a god of the ocean.

Walking up beside Percy and bowing my head to show my respect. When I lifted my head, I looked to Poseidon.

"Annabeth Chase, I'd like to speak to you. Alone."

I bowed my head again and with one look from the god the demigod hurriedly walking off trying to act smoothly why satyrs and my nytmths scattered.

Percy bowed his head one more more looked at her like he was wishing me luck. It's strange how I trusted him to watch my back against his own dad. How I knew I would still be in his view range.

"Poseidon. It's an honour." I stated.

He had a regal calmness, yet his aura of his godly power was still strong.

"I'm aware that recently you were on my domain in the hands of our enemy." He stated sternly.

"Yes." Though I cant say I see Luke as an enemy whole still telling the truth.

"It's come to attention that something is to come and I've come to assist you."

I kept my face neutral.

Poseidon fished something out of his kaki fishermen shorts. "These should assist you." He handed out three different seashells in his large palm.

Gently taking them I stated at them. One was a regular shell, another a shell a crab probably used as a home, and the last shell they'd refer to as butterfly's two shells stuck together in the shape of a butterfly.

"Thank you," I said.

"Good luck Annabeth Chase."

His figure turned to misty water. A wave of current washing out to sea.

I looked at the shells in my palm. They had to be magical. They could've of been of value or trade but nothing stood out as any specific, just regular shells.

When I turned to start walking back to my cabin or find some way to the oracle I caught Percy worriedly staring at me.

"What did he ask?"

I faked a sigh, "he requested that after everything I keep you out of trouble."

"How is that it?"

I shrugged, "I don't even know, maybe he has some other motive."

I knew he could tell there was something else, he maybe didn't know exactly what. Maybe I wasn't even sure exactly what poiesdon had in plan for me or was it all just a warning?

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Posted: 11/May/2020

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