Hey guys, this is my take on the Mark of Athena. I hope you like it because it is my first fanfic. Enjoy!

Chapter 1: Annabeth

Annabeth was sprawled out on her bed in the girl's room on the Argo II. She bent over the edge and grabbed the scrapbook of her and Percy. She put it on her bed and flipped it open. As much as she hated to admit it, a daughter of Aphrodite helped her with it. The girl was nice enough though, and didn't gossip as much as Drew. Annabeth was so absorbed in memories that she didn't notice Thalia come in.

"Hey, how you doing," Thalia asked gentley.

She kept a distance from Annabeth. She didn't blame her. Over the last few months she had become a monster. She hardly ate or slept, hardly combed her hair, burst into tears whenever someone mentioned Percy, and yelled at people when they didn't work hard enough on the Argo II. She barely smiled, and people had a dagger at their throat whenever they made fum of her. Most people didn't, as they were just as upset as her, but Leo still hadn't learnt his lesson. Everyone was sad that Percy was gone, including the Ares cabin. They didn't pick on anybody because they said that without Percy telling them it was wrong it wasn't fun. They liked arguing with him and sparring with him.

In the few months only Rachel. Thalia, Grover, Piper, and some times even Clarisse helped her through the pain of not seeing Percy. Thalia hardly came because she was always searching for Percy on her own time with the Hunters. But only Percy could make the pain in her heart go away.

"Oh come on, I'm not that scary am I?" she said. " Bit to be honest, I'm scared. What if he doesn't remember me? What if he has a new girlfriend? Then what will I do?" She burst out crying now. Thalia came over and hugged her.

"It'll be ok. If he doesn't remember then I'll team up with Clarisse and pound It back in. Besides, no one can forget a girl like you Annabeth,"said Thalia.

Just then, Piper came in.

"Hey guys, Jason called a meeting and all the counselers have to be there," she said.

"Well," said Thalia, getting up, " let's go figure out how to greet the Romans."

We walked to the meeting room. It had a big table with chairs in front of a white board. There was a snack table as well. When we walked in, everyone quieted down. Annabeth went to a chair and sat down. The ship was pretty full now, but once the quest began there would only be seven demigods. She wondered who they were, other that Jason, Leo,and Piper. Then my mind wandered to Percy. She wonderd what he was doing right now.

"Ok so we need to figure out a way to confront the Romans," started Jason. "Then we have to find out if this Percy Jackson has his memory back. I have mine, but there are a lot of missing parts."

"I think Jason should go out first so they know that we come in peace," said Piper.

"I should go with him," said Leo. "I mean they wouldn't kill us once they see a handsome man like me." Leo was grinning like crazy now.

"You least of all!" said an annoyed Piper. " You'll probably say something stupid to get us killed. And you're not much of a man either. I think Annabeth should go with Jason."

"Ok so I'll go with Annabeth. When it's all clear, we'll call for you guys," said Jason.

"What about Percy?" said Connor Stoll. Both the Stoll brothers were allowed in meetings. They insisted.

A look pf annoyance passed over Jason's face but he quickly recovered. What was up with him?

Everyone turned to look at her. "What?" she asked.

"What should we do about Percy?" asked Katie Gardener. Now everyone was focused on me. "What if we just ask one of the leaders once we know it's all clear and you guys have come out. I mean we can't just barge in there looking for him and asking him if he remembers us, cause if he doesn't…."her voice faltered and she trailed off. She looked down and fiddled with her fingers.

"Ok I guess. Um, meeting over," said Jason. Everyone filed out of the room. Annabeth went to the deck and leaned over the railing. She looked out into the distance and could just make out a teeny tiny speck of a city.

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