Percy's Point of view

I walk hurriedly through the streets of New Rome, heading for Annabeth's apartment. Before we came here I had asked her about moving in together but she had said that she wasn't ready for that.  I passed a park where I saw several children playing. a few years ago, I would never have believed that demigods could live past their teens much less live long enough to have a family, once I learned of New Rome though I couldn't help but hope that maybe I could have a future with Annabeth.

When we first came here it felt as though that dream might become reality, I thought that our relationship was as strong as ever, but I think I was just fooling myself because I had soon come to realize that Annabeth seemed to be drifting away from me. We started our courses at the university and spent time together in the evenings. I know that I love Annabeth more than anything, but I have come to realize that she has seemed a bit distant.

  Our kisses don't feel the same, we aren't seeing each other as often, I'm debating whether to say something to her about it. I know I love her, but I no longer know if she feels the same way. I'd like to think that her feelings haven't changed but there's too much evidence suggesting otherwise.

When I reached her apartment, I knocked on the door and she let me in, as we talked I couldn't help but debate whether to say something about her distance, but it appeared that I wouldn't have to since she eventually said, "Percy I'm sorry but I can't keep pretending anymore, a while ago I realized that I don't feel the same way about you as I know you do me."

"So, you don't love me anymore?" I asked, hurt.

She replied,"No, I'm sorry, I thought I did but no."

"Why Annabeth? Why did you pretend? I knew something seemed off I just didn't want to admit it."I said hurt that she had let me think our relationship was fine for so long.

"I didn't want to hurt you, and I wasn't ready to explain why we had drifted apart."She answered.

"Annabeth, it would have hurt less if you had just come out with it instead of faking it. What changed your mind, and how long have you been faking it?" I asked.

She answered, "I realized the truth about how I felt about you shortly after we came here,"

I shouted, "Annabeth! That was months ago, how could you leave me hanging for that long, I knew something was off, but I was in denial."

She said,"Percy I'm sorry, but I wasn't ready to tell you the truth then, I couldn't bring myself to talk about it. I realized that I no longer saw you as more than a friend, think about it, we missed so much time together because of Hera or I might have realized it sooner. I've known for a while now that I'm bisexual, and I was happy with you for a while but I realised  that now I like someone else."

I looked at her completely shocked, I was hurt that she'd faked it for so long letting me believe that she felt the same way I did when she, no longer felt the same way about me. I finally said, "Annabeth I understand that this wouldn't have been easy for you to talk about but couldn't you have at least told me that your feelings had changed, it's not like you had to tell the whole camp, I wouldn't have told anyone anything other than the fact that you ended things."

That night before I left her apartment I made sure that she understood that I wasn't judging her because of her sexuality, I told her that I was just hurt that she hadn't admitted it to me sooner, it's not like I was going to shout it out to the whole camp. It hurt to learn that my feelings hadn't really been returned for a while now but due to my loyalty I didn't judge Annabeth and tried to let her go.

I stayed at camp Jupiter and finished that semester, but I found that I couldn't stay there or return to camp half blood because both camps held too many memories for me now. I decided that I would leave, say goodbye to frank, Hazel, Reyna, and the rest of my Roman friends, I would Iris message my Greek friends and my mother, I needed some time alone to accept what had happened. 

What was my plan beyond that? Well, I didn't really have one, I wanted time to myself and I guessed I would use that time to take out as many monsters as I could. I would probably visit my mom and Paul and little sister at some point, but I also wanted to keep them safe and I knew that they would be safer without me in their lives. So after saying goodbye to my friends I left Camp Jupiter, I didn't really have a particular destination in mind, I supposed that I would mainly just wander and try to avoid the gods, I wanted to be alone and although I knew my dad cared about me I didn't feel like being dragged into more problems if I could help it.

I might help any demigods that I come across but if I do that I'll have to find a way to conceal my identity.

Several months later

Somehow Hades found out about my situation and gave me his blessing out of thanks for me convincing the other gods to give him permission to enter Olympus more than once a year and giving him a throne on the council. I'd had a brainwave a while back and realized that since Chiron had finally taught me how to manipulate the mist I could use that ability to disguise myself.

Unfortunately, though that would only work on mortals and maybe demigods if I was lucky. Monsters or gods would still see me for who I was.  I wasn't sure yet what to do to solve that problem but for now, I will have to make do and kill the monsters before they can spread the word about me, and hope that I won't run into any gods. I still hadn't come to terms with the breakup and I knew I would need more time. I'd Iris messaged my mom and Paul to let them know what had happened and that I was okay but when they asked me I refused to come home, they would be safer without me there anyway.

Now I was walking through a forest when I suddenly got the feeling that I was in danger, I assumed it was a monster and grasped riptide in pen form prepared to uncap it at any moment. I   was hoping it was just a hellhound or something else that wouldn't be too hard to deal with. As usual, though my luck wasn't so good because as I stood there a wolf suddenly burst out of the trees and it wasn't a normal wolf either.

From what I had heard from Jason Piper and Leo I knew that it was a werewolf. Knowing I didn't have any silver to kill it with I tried to make a run for it, though another wolf came at me from the direction that I was planning to go, before long they had me surrounded. I got the feeling I wouldn't be getting out of this one and that if they didn't kill me they would probably turn me. I also knew that if they did turn me I would not follow them. I would resist everything they did and refuse to become a monster like them. I know that technically I would be a monster if they turned me but I would refuse to behave like one.

Even though I was pretty sure that it would be useless against the werewolves I uncapped riptide, I knew that there weren't any water sources nearby so I wouldn't be able to use my powers. But I would still prefer to make it out of this alive. Just as I was thinking about what to do next one of the gathered wolves transformed to its human form and based on what Piper Jason and Leo had told me I was pretty sure that it was Lycaon.

I was trying to decide what to do next, should I attack first, catching at least some of them by surprise and maybe incapacitate some of them? or should I let them attack first? I'm certainly not the best strategist, after all my plans are usually completely crazy yet somehow, they usually work.   I didn't figure I could talk my way out of this one like Annabeth and I have tried to talk our way out of numerous other situations, I knew enough about werewolves to know that they weren't as dumb as some other monsters. So, this wouldn't be easy. I was pretty sure I was doomed either way but I made another attempt to get the Hades out of there.  

I ran toward one of the werewolves attempting to kill or in the least hurt it enough so it couldn't follow me. Unfortunately, the luck I seem to have in situations like this wasn't there and riptide had no effect on the creature. After I attempted to get away one of the other werewolves ran toward me and once it was close enough jumped at me causing me to lose my balance, fall to the ground, and ultimately get pinned by the werewolf which was larger and heavier than an average wolf. I tried to squirm out from under it but it pressed down harder on my chest and snarled at me ensuring that I wouldn't be going anywhere.

What I couldn't understand was why the wolf was pinning me, why hadn't it just killed me?  As far as I knew that's what they normally do to demigods, and they'd helped Gaea in the last war so I thought they might still be annoyed that she was defeated, for some strange reason they seemed to want me alive which meant they would most likely try to turn me and considering my current predicament they would probably succeed. I gave up on trying to get out from under the massive animal that was on top of me instead fresh determination went through me to get away from them after they turned me since I had no intention of becoming a monster like them. That was when Lycaon and the other werewolves came even closer surrounding me and the werewolf that was on top of me. After he was closer Lycaon began speaking and it wasn't long before he revealed what he wanted to do with me.

I mentioned that I was working on this story a while back in my perodite story. It took me a while to finish the first chapter due to life and the fact that I made multiple changes before I was satisfied with it. I will probably be able to get the next chapter up soon.