The Mark of Athena Chapter I

Chapter I

Annabeth

    Annabeth gazed aimlessly up at the clear blue sky, nervously thinking about all the possible scenarios of the day to follow. It seemed a lifetime ago when she sat with Percy by the lake in camp half-blood, discussing their plans for the summer. After their last goodbye that evening, she hadn't seen him again, because Hera stole Percy from her in an effort to bring together the Roman and Greek camps to destroy our common enemy, Gaea the earth Goddess. The queen of the Gods had "exchanged" Percy for a Roman leader named Jason as a test to show that we can co-operate.

    Hera was already Annabeth's least favourite Goddess, sending cow upon cow to follow her around leaving little presents for her to step in wherever she went, but now she had drawn the last straw, taking away Percy from what had been the best time of her life. He had been gone eight months and he probably has no memory of his life or worst, Annabeth.

    Annabeth sat in her room in the Argo II, which was quiet and peaceful. It was fairly simple with a drawer next to her bed and a large cupboard opposite. It was painted sky blue and even had clouds painted on, it was also the only room to have a glass roof, which in Annabeth's opinion made it the best room on the sky ship. Although she had assumed Leo gave it to her to cheer her up, as she has been worrying non-stop about Percy, whether he will remember her, or what if he had found another Romen girl and forgotten about Annabeth. She didn't even want to think about that.

    Recently she picked up new hobbies to occupy her time instead of worrying, which has become her second nature. Rachel, Annabeth's mortal friend and the camp's Oracle, gave her some mortal books to read. She was currently reading a book called Harry Potter, and so far loved it. She was already on the last book in the series, for the fourth time this month. 'Avada Kedavra!' 'Expelliarmus!' The bang was like a cannon-blast and the golden flames that erupted between them, at the dead centre of the circle they has been treading, marked the point where the spells collided. Harry saw Voldemort's green jet meet his own spell...

    The story line was absurd though, who ever heard of magic, pfft... Anyway, Harry won and he lived happily ever after the end. Annabeth though the story could be a little more realistic, so she settled on writing a biography of Percy's adventures. She called it Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Her first book was called lightning thief, who was of course Luke.

    The other campers and friends also tried to cheer her up by telling her everything will be alright, but she still couldn't get rid of the anxiety holding her back and the images in her head of what could have happened to Percy. Just then there was a small tapping on the door and a voice saying, "Can I come in please?"

    Annabeth noticed that her face was wet with tears that had rolled down her cheeks and onto the pillow, making it feel like a wet bean bag, ugh. She threw the wet pilliow under her bed and dried her face with a small towel, then called back, "Come in."

    It was Jason. He had short cropped blond hair, a small cut on his lip and electric blue eyes. "Hey Annabeth, how are you feeling?" he called.

    "Oh, hey Jason, I feel really nervous. What if the Romans attack us because they think we are the enemy, because they are really violent wild animals. Oops, no offence" replied Annabeth. Even though Jason seems really friendly and nice, she can't help feeling a little suspicious of his behaviour, it was too.....Perfect. He never got into any trouble and helps out people when they need it, and he has befriended almost everyone back at camp half-blood. Yet Annabeth still can't get over the idea of a last minute betrayal from him, as this could all be a very organised trap to take control of the Greek forces. Jason has not been rude to her, so she now feels guilty about insulting him.

    "Uh, okaaaaay... I know your nervous and worried, but my friends at Camp Jupiter won't hurt us if they see me on board. Plus Leo sent that video scroll so everything should be fine. And about Percy, if he meant that much to you and he felt the same way as you said, then it would take a lot of Hera's power to make him forget. I'm positive everything will be okay" replied Jason in a soothing tone.

    "Great" Anabeth thought, "Now he's being nice to me. I feel ten times worse for insulting him now". "Sorry about that" Annabeth apologised, "It's just that I have a lot on my mind and I can't stop thinking what if something goes wrong."

"Well I can't really talk for the Romans at camp because they can be a little unpredictable, but with me on board they'll at the least let us land and come in peace"

"Thanks Jason, and sorry if I haven't been very welcoming towards you"

"It's fine, I know what you are going though anyway there's nothing to worry about. Leo says were landing in five minutes so you'd better get packing" with that Jason left the room, closing the door behind him.

    "Yeah, a lot of packing to do" thought Annabeth, as the only possessions she had were her baseball invisibility cap, a few clothes and a few pictures of her, Percy and camp Half-blood.

    Annabeth let out a heavy sigh, and with her possessions packed in her bag she walked through the door outside onto the deck of the ship. "Here goes nothing."



    Hey guys, what do you think of my first chapter, and first piece of work altogether? I want to make it more action and with some twists that i know won't actually come in the story, so i can make it different from the rest. Comment Please and tell me what you thought