Annabeth stumbled out of her room, hoping to find a healer to tend to her wounds. She was bruised in many places, and her left arm was likely broken. She ran into the last person she expected, however.

"Annabeth!" Perseus yelled, as he ran toward her, "what happened, who did this!"

"I... I can't," Annabeth started.

"Was it your father?" Perseus demanded, "I swear if it was him!"

"Stop, please," Annabeth choked out.

Perseus began to calm down. He set his right hand on a bruise, right on her cheek and it began to heal, slowly, but after a minute it was healed.

"How… how did you?"

Perseus sighed, "I was training, Apollo came to me…he told me he had seen my future, and that I would be great. He said that he wanted to be a part of it, my future, and gave me his blessing, and from then on, I could heal minor wounds. I thought that he was giving that to me so I could become the greatest warrior ever, but I realize now that he really saw my forming this treaty."

Annabeth stared at Perseus after his narrative, stunned. A god, not even his father, had come to him, not demanding anything, to give him his blessing. Annabeth was amazed that he was deemed so important that Apollo had taken notice.

Perseus stared at Annabeth. Then he finally asked, "Who did this?"

Annabeth flinched, his voice was hard, unforgiving. Annabeth was stunned; she didn't think he would be that protective of her, not when they were polar opposites, and when he was being forced into a relationship with her.

After a while he asked again, harder, colder.

Annabeth eventually choked out, "Athena"

Perseus was furious, "that little… she must have been trying to find a way to punish me, for what! For defiling her sacred city!"

"No," Annabeth had tears in her eyes, "it was to punish me and she has the right…"

"No," Perseus' voice had a note of finality to it, "not even a goddess has the right to hurt you."

Annabeth asked, under her breath, "Not even my mother?"

Perseus stared at her agape, "what did you just say!"

Ooh, fun. I left you hanging, I hope…

So, I am so sorry that I haven't updated ANYTHING in a while. I just have no ideas whatsoever.

So, in my life, I have gotten second place out of five in my category at my conference meet for speech…

…then second to last out of 18 Thursday at the sectional.

If anyone has any ideas for any of my stories, or they want to suggest a new one, I would appreciate it!

Thank you for reading my small rant.