Chapter 1

The name tags on two baby cribs fell down.

"Oh goodness, Jon, could you pick those up?" A nurse asked.

The new intern came over and picked them up, putting them back on each crib.

Who knew that he had unknowingly switched the name tags on the cribs.

"You have a beautiful baby." The nurse smiled as she gave the baby to Sally Jackson.

Sally smiled warmly as the baby came into her arms.

An overwhelming joy filled her as she held the cute little girl who was smiling back at her.

"You can take her home now. She's all yours." Th nurse said happily.

"Thank you so much." Sally said as she and her husband walked out. Little two year old Percy followed excitedly behind, wanting to see his baby sister.

"I wanna swee her."

Sally crouched so that Percy could see, "Percy, you have to be a great big brother. You got that?"

"Yes, mommy." he said, admiring the sleeping baby in her mom's arms.

He held the baby's hand in his, making the baby smile beautifully up at him.

ten years later

"Annabeth, watch out!" Percy yelled.

"Wah! Percy! Help!" Annabeth yelped as her bike hit a rock and she went flying. She fell face downward in a mud pile.

Percy tried to stifle his laugh as he went over to help her.

"You okay, Annie?"

She laughed, "Nope."

Percy smiled at her. Annabeth always was the tough one. She rarely cried about anything.

"Here, let me help you." Percy said as he helped her out of the mud.

He tried to clean her up, but she still looked like a train wreck. He couldn't help laughing.

Annabeth gave him a frown, "Not helping Percy."

"Alright, I'm sorry. I'll carry you all the way to school then."

"Yay." Annabeth exclaimed as she jumped into Percy's arms.

"You seem totally okay if you're able to jump like that." Percy smirked at her.

Annabeth instantly acted weak, "Oh my god, I'm going to diee." She wailed, as she swung her head back dramatically.

"Help meh." she groaned.

Percy laughed as he carried her the whole mile to school.

"Ugh, why are you so heavy?" Percy whined as he got to the school.

Annabeth punched his shoulder, "Hey! I'm a growing child. Get used to it."

"Right." Percy said sarcastically, as he rested her on her feet, "You sure you can walk?"

"Yeah, thanks a bunch, Percy!"

He waved at her as she walked to her class. The bell rang, signaling everyone to get to class. He went over to where all the other seventh graders were filing into Mrs. Brady's classroom.

A voice stopped him in his tracks.

"Hey, Percy!"

Percy turned around to see one of his best friends, Thalia Grace.

"Hey, Thalia. What's up?"

"Nothing much. But hey, I just saw Annie limping to her class. What happened?"

"Oh, she fell off her bike."

"And you left the bikes."

"My dad probably has it taken care of."

Thalia shook her head, "I don't get why you two don't just use one of your dad's many cheuffeurs to drive you to school."

"Annie insists. And come on, how can I resist the puppy dog face she always gives me."

Thalia smiled, but while giving him a weird glance, "I have never seen such sibling love."

Percy laughed as they both walked into class.

After school, Percy went over to Annabeth's classroom to pick her up like he usually did. He saw the familiar adorable blonde, bounding out the classroom door with her cute pigtail braids bouncing as she ran to him. He smiled brightly and waved.

Many students gave them weird glances— mostly people who didn't know they were siblings. You see, Percy did not look anything like Annabeth. Percy didn't give it much thought. He didn't think anything was wrong about the fact that Annabeth had blonde hair and grey eyes and that he had dark hair and green eyes.

Their mom would always say that Annabeth inherited the traits of some other ancestors of theirs.

But Percy didn't care— he was glad his sister was Annabeth.

Annabeth gave Percy a big bear hug before they started their walk back home.

They walked the mile and then they came to an opening of acres and acres of land. There was a huge mansion-like house behind gates.

Percy and Annabeth walked through the lawn after going through the gates. The lawn was very nicely decorated an tended to .

They bounded up the steps where a butler took their coats before they entered the doors. Percy led Annabeth to the bathroom first to tend to her leg wound which had a small scratch on it.

"Be more careful next time, Annie."

"Okay. okay."

Percy smiled up at her as he finished tending her wound.

"Percy! Annabeth! Are you home?" A voice called from the kitchen.

"Yeah! We're home mom!"

Sally came into the bathroom and saw Annabeth with a bandaid, "Oh, Annabeth honey. What happened?"

"It's fine, mom. I fell off my bike on the way to school."

"Oh. be careful next time, will you darling. Anyways, I made blue chocolate chip cookies. It's fresh from the oven."

Annabeth was out of the bathroom, right when Sally said 'blue'.

Percy shook his head, "Pfft..Kids." he said scoffing.

Sally looked amusedly at him, "You know, Percy, you don't have to act all grown up. I know you want the cookies too. And I think their going to all gone soon."

Percy was gone in a blink, "Thanks mom!" He yelled behind him.

Annabeth was stuffing her face when Percy got there.

"Hey, crazy, don't eat all of them." Percy said as he snatched the cookie that was in Annabeth's hand.

"Hey! I was eewtingg dat." Annabeth said with her mouth full.

Percy laughed as he stuffed his mouth with cookie after cookie.

"No fair!" Annabeth exclaimed, "You have a bigger mouth than me!"

"Says who!"

"Says me!"

"Ew, you spit on me!"

"Good."

Then Percy laughed as he ran for a towel to wipe the spit off his face. Annabeth started to laugh too as he did so.

Sally watched from the doorway, smiling warmly at her two little darlings.

"Never get older, you two." She said—more to herself than to anyone else.