Vampires

A/N: Ok guys. I never read Twilight but I have read the Mortal Instruments series. Besides, I watched 'My Babysitter's a Vampire' like two years ago. So some vampire stuff will be from my imagination. See ya. -EndOfBeginning

        Annabeth was a vampire, and she hated it. Well, technically she was a half-vampire since she was bitten but never drank blood. Annabeth vowed never to drink blood. If she was a half-vampire, there was still a chance to be reverted back to human.

        It was the dead of the night, and Annabeth quickly rounded the corner of the desolate street. She quickly neared the old church, and kneeled in front of the doors. Annabeth prayed. She prayed God would forgive her, and change her back to a mortal. No matter what happened, Annabeth would always find time to visit a church. The rays of early morning peaked over the horizon, but Annabeth didn't run to find shelter.

        On her ring finger was a tattoo ring that allowed Annabeth to become a daylighter. The symbol glowed whenever Annabeth walked in daylight. Annabeth smiled faintly at the memory.

        Her ex-boyfriend Luke Castellan had been a vampire, and he bit Annabeth. When Annabeth woke up that day to find that she couldn't look at herself in a mirror and there were two bite marks on her neck, the least adjective to describe her at that moment is confused. But using her highly intellegent mind, Annabeth figured out she was a vampire, and hunted Luke down in search of answers.

        And so Luke gave her answers and how he ruled a clan of vampires, and she could be his queen. Annabeth played along, until Luke gave her a silver ring, so they could be out in daylight. Once Annabeth secured the ring and went up to Luke's room in his clan den, she knocked him out using a chair. Vampire strength was very handy.

        But as the days passed by as Annabeth ran away farther from Luke, she didn't dare take that ring off her finger. Soon, the ring just 'melted' into her skin as a tattoo, as if binding Annabeth to the life of daylight.

        Annabeth walked down the newly lit New York City Street, and tried to look normal among the bustling workers heading for their jobs. Sometimes, she would visit a Starbucks place and buy a cup of coffee. Annabeth forced herself to eat normal food, so she could fight off the crave for blood. As Annabeth walked down the street looking at the different stores, she saw a crowd of people at Central Park. The people held up signs like 'Save the enviroment' and 'Trees r us'. Probably an eco rant.

        Annabeth didn't know why, but she felt kind of drawn towards the rant. There were too many people, so Annabeth decided to sit down at the base of a tree. For a few minutes she just looked at the crowd.

        "You don't look much like an activist."

        Annabeth twirled to her left. Leaning against the tree was a tall guy with windblown black hair and beautiful sea green eyes. He was wearing a blue t-shirt and jeans.

        "You don't seem like one either," Annabeth said in response.

        "Yeah," said the guy. "My friend Grover made me go here. He's really fond of the enviroment."

        The guy looked at Annabeth and examined her. She was wearing black skinny jeans, and a black hoodie. The guy kept looking at Annabeth, as if expecting an answer.

        "Is there an answer to everything? What if I felt like going here?" said Annabeth, not looking at the guy.

        "Good questions. Since you said there isn't an answer to everything, unfortunately I cannot answer your question," said the guy with a smirk. He reached out his hand towards Annabeth. "Percy Jackson."

        Annabeth smiled. She felt like pulling a vampire prank on Percy. So she flashed him a fangy smile, and ran vampire-speed into the crowd. When Annabeth looked back, all she saw was a bewildered Percy, his hand stretched out to nothing.

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        It was starting to get dark, and Annabeth's thirst for blood grew. Lately, the crave for the red liquid was insistent, and Annabeth was frankly starting to get annoyed. Now, it was truely dark, and the light of a small shop pierced through the night. Annabeth grinned. She vampire-speeded through the shop, and came out with a bag of chips. Nobody in the shop noticed the blur of black zooming through the aisles.

        Annabeth opened the bag of chips and popped a sour cream and onion chip into her mouth.That ought to divert her thirst for now. She strolled down the desolate streets, cloaked in her black clothing. Just as Annabeth was about to turn a corner, she heard a familiar voice that made her freeze. It was Luke.

        "Ethan, I don't care how hard it will be to find her, but you must track her down and bring her to me."

        "But sire, Annabeth might not even be here."

        "No." Annabeth could imagine Luke holding up a hand. "She's here. I can feel it. In fact..."

        Annabeth heard the rustling of clothing, and felt adrenaline flow in her veins when she realized Luke was going to turn the corner. She dropped the bag of chips, and twirled in a circle. Bat form Annabeth flapped her wings, and flew higher into the shadows of a tall building, where she could still see Luke and his comrade Ethan.

        "She was here," snarled Luke, poking at the deserted chip bag. "She can't be that far away."

        Luke stood up, and scanned his surroundings. He could just make out two yellow eyes looking at him from the shadow of a tall building.

        "There," growled Luke to Ethan, and they both turned into bats.

        Annabeth's eyes widened, and she zoomed away. Luke and Ethan flew after her. The two boys were much bigger than Annabeth, so she decided to use speed and agility to fight them off. The pursuers started to gain on Annabeth, so she cut a corner and found herself flying through apartments where people hung their clothing across a line through the street.

        Perfect thought Annabeth. She darted through the clothing, and heard the strangled yells of Luke and Ethan behind her. Annabeth made it through the clothing street, and flew up in the air in circles. She laughed (or did whatever bats did when they're happy) in triumph. Her victory was cut short when something large barrled into her.

        "I got you," hissed Luke into Annabeth's ear. Annabeth thrashed and clawed at Luke, desperate to get away. Unfortunately, vampire strength vs stronger vampire strength was bad. Luke tried to harness Annabeth, but being a bat and tumbling through the air was not a good situation to do so.

        As Luke was trying to bind Annabeth, he accidentally clawed her wing. Annabeth was falling, and Luke tried to catch her, but she was too heavy. Imagine carrying a person 2/3 the weight of you. Yeah. So Annabeth slipped from Luke's grasp, and freefalled to the ground. Then blackness overwhealmed her.

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        "Hey, are you awake?"

        Annabeth groaned, and started to move but a burning pain shot up her left arm.

        "Whoa, there. Just keep on sleeping until you feel better, okay?"

        With that, Annabeth fell back asleep.

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        Annabeth opened her eyes into narrow slits, trying to adjust to the bright light. She found herself on a comfy bed that smelled like the ocean.

        "I made you some chicken noodle soup. Whenever I got sick, my mom would always make me that."

        Annabeth turned to the source of the voice...and the steaming soup. It was no other than Percy Jackson. She looked at her throbbing left arm, where Luke had clawed her, only to find it was wrapped up in bandages.

        "Here, I'll feed you," said Percy, as he spoon fed Annabeth some soup. It was delicious. It almost made Annabeth forget about blood.

        "How'd you find me?" Annabeth said weakly.

        "I heard screaming and bumping in the middle of the night, so I decided to go and check what was happening," said Percy nonchalantly as he spoon fed Annabeth more soup. "When I got to the scene, I saw you in a heap on the ground. I recognized you from that enviroment activist thing, so I decided to take you in."

        Annabeth blushed. No one had ever been this kind to her. Then her eyes widened when she realized Luke was still out there. She sat up abruptly.

        "I have to go!" said Annabeth, but winced when she moved her left arm.

        Percy gently pushed Annabeth back down into the bed.

        "Stay," said Percy sternly. "Rest at least until your arm is better."

        Annabeth didn't object, and Percy finished feeding her the soup.

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        Two days passed, and Annabeth healed quickly due to her being a vampire. She took a liking to Percy already, and her heart skipped a beat whenever he smiled. But a sickening thought crept into Annabeth's mind. What if Luke found her? What if Luke found him? The third day, Annabeth made a resolve to leave and let Percy live in peace. She opened the door, and the person in front of her nearly made her have a heart attack.

        "Can I come in?" said Luke with a smirk.

        "Oh my God!" screamed Annabeth. "Why do you keep on hunting me down? Why can't you let me live in peace?!"

        Luke smirked even more. "I can't let a pretty lady like you get away, my dear."

        Annabeth rolled her eyes. "Stop with the bull and answer my question."

        Luke leaned in, but his face was just behind the doorframe. "I want the ring."

        Luke made no move to go into the apartment, and Annabeth realized he couldn't. It was Percy's home, and you needed to invite a vampire into your house in order for the vampire to come in. Percy probably had invited her in on purpose that night when she fell.

        "Who's this?" said Percy, suddenly behind Annabeth. Annabeth slammed the door in Luke's face and locked the door. She turned to face Percy.

        "Do. Not. Let. Him. In," said Annabeth, emphasizing each word.

        Percy wore a confused face. "Why not? He seems okay."

        Annabeth struggled to find the right words to convince Percy to not invite Luke in, and to not give away she was a vampire.

        "Urgh!" seethed Annabeth out of frustration. Percy seemed to be taken aback by Annabeth's obvious anger.

        "It's okay, I mean, if you really don't like that guy...oh my God was he a pervert?" said Percy as he stared at Annabeth.

        Annabeth shook her head frantically. "No! No, okay? Just no."

        Annabeth sighed. She sat down on one of Percy's dusty couches and motioned for him to sit down next to her. Percy did what he was told.

        Annabeth took a deep breath. "I'm a vampire."

        Silence.

        Then laughter.

        "HAHAHAHA!" Percy wiped away a tear of amusement. "I know I'm pretty gullible but this is just ridiculous."

        Annabeth frowned and crossed her arms. When Percy finally stopped laughing and looked at her, Annabeth's facial features were contorted into an evil and dark one.

        "Whoa, Annabeth..." said Percy. "Are you alright?!"

        Suddenly, Annabeth unleashed her long and pointy vampire fangs. Percy jumped back in shock.

        "Gah!" said Percy and he toppled over the couch's armrest. Just like that, Annabeth's facade crumbled and she giggled.

        "Okay. So you're a vampire. Any other things you should tell me, like if Voldemort has really been trying to kill people this whole time?" said Percy.

        "No," said Annabeth. "But that guy out there, his name's Luke. Also a vampire, and hunting me down."

        "Why's he hunting you down?" inquired Percy.

        "I actually found out a few minutes ago. He wants the ring."

        "Ring? Wait, you're married?!"

        "NO! You idiot!" Annabeth whacked Percy on the back of the head. "It's a daylight ring, but over time it just burned itself into my skin, so it's just a tattoo now."

        Annabeth showed Percy the tattoo around her finger. Percy gazed at it in wonder.

        "Whoa."

        "Yeah, whoa," said Annabeth. "Now, do you understand to not let Luke in?"

        Percy nodded.

        "Good."

        "And Annabeth?"

        "Yeah?"

        "You're not going to bite me...right?"

        "Pfft. As if I would drink your blood." Annabeth winked at Percy to let him know it was a joke. "Nah. I'm only a half-vampire. Haven't drank any blood yet, so I can still turn back to human."

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        For a week, Annabeth barricaded herself and Percy in his apartment. They spent days pigging out on ice cream and chips while watching reruns of The Middle and The Big Bang Theory. Eating junk food and watching comedy shows really bonds two people. Annabeth knows that Percy likes blue food, and misses his mom Sally. Percy knows why Annabeth's so pale and has really red lips. Also, he learned not to annoy her. Which he always did.

        But by the end of that week, they were running out of food.

        "Great," said Annabeth, waving her hands for emphasis. "We can't get out of here to buy food because of Luke."

        "I can go out," said Percy. "I don't have that ring."

        "Yeah...but," Annabeth stopped. She was blushing. I don't want anything to happen to you Annabeth thought. Luke must have noticed my attraction towards you, so he can use you to get me.

        Annabeth settled with,"You think you can fight off a vampire?"

        "...Maybe?"

        Annabeth stared at him.

        Percy put up his hands in defeat. "Okay, okay. So what are we going to do?"

        "Don't know," said Annabeth.

        "Never thought I'd see the day the great Annabeth Chase would not know what to do," teased Percy.

        "Shut up and go to your room."

        "You sound just like my mom," Percy whined. "Except cut out the 'shut up' part."

        But he obeyed orders anyways. Annabeth paced around the living room, desperate for answers. She wasn't going to let Percy die of starvation. That's the worst thing to die of...just slowly wasting away. That's it.

        Annabeth straightened herself. She was the problem here. If she wasn't at Percy's, then he wouldn't be in danger. She would divert Luke away from here...and maybe Luke would forget about Percy. Maybe Annabeth would put aside the ache and forget Percy too. So Annabeth picked up a pen and paper and started to write.

        Percy,

        I know I've put you in danger, with Luke and all that. I'm going to leave and get Luke away from you. Please forget this ever happened.

        Annabeth

        P.S. Go shopping at least 30 minutes after you have read this.

        With a sinking heart, Annabeth climbed out the window. She crawled against the wall, and looked into the window connected to the hallway outside of Percy's apartment. Luke turned and saw Annabeth. Annabeth waited until Luke ran out the building and threw a rock at him. Luke narrowed his eyes at Annabeth and chased after her.

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        Annabeth walked briskly to the church a few blocks away from the supermarket in the night. When Annabeth was being chased by Luke, she had turned right before hitting a wall, and of course Luke slammed face first into it. Annabeth had decided to leave the state of New York, but after praying at that abandoned church again. Who knows when she'll find another abandoned church.

        Annabeth kneeled at the doors and closed her eyes. She prayed she would be back to being a human. She prayed she would grow old and start a family. She prayed she wouldn't have to think about blood. Annabeth sighed after she was done and was about to turn around when something grabbed both of her arms.

        "Hey there," whispered Luke into Annabeth's ear.

        "I thought the last time I saw you you were bleeding on the wall," hissed Annabeth.

        "I'm a vampire...have you seem to forget that?" said Luke. "Give me the ring."

        "I can't."

        Luke narrowed his eyes. "Liar."

        Annabeth held up her hand and let Luke see the tattoo on her finger. Luke clutched at her hand in disbelief.

        "There are only two rings out there," boomed Luke. "You have one and I have one. I don't know what witchcraft you've done, but reverse it!"

        "I don't know how!" screamed Annabeth in Luke's face. Luke grabbed Annabeth's arm and twisted it behind her back. Annabeth screamed out in pain. She tried to kick Luke where the sun don't shine, but Luke saw that one coming. He twisted Annabeth's leg.

        "Stop it!"

        Annabeth and Luke both stopped what they were doing and turned to the source of the voice. It was Percy carrying bags of groceries and wearing a determined look on his face.

        Luke suddenly grinned. Annabeth felt more scared. When Luke grinned, it meant business.

        "And what would you do to stop me?" said Luke.

        "I...I" said Percy.

        "Exactly," said Luke. He turned to Annabeth. "Maybe if you turned into a full vampire, the ring will come off. Perhaps you being a half-vampire makes you eligible for its eternal use."

        Luke vampire-speeded over to Percy and knocked away his groceries. Percy yelped, but Luke covered Percy's mouth with his hand and unleashed his fangs.

        "No!" shouted Annabeth as she lunged for Luke but it was already too late. Luke sank his fangs into Percy's neck. Annabeth suddenly was there, pulling and prying Luke off of Percy.

        Luke smiled at Annabeth, blood dripping from his mouth. Percy lay on the ground, twisting and turning. He was turning into a vampire.

        "So," said Luke. "Are you going to suck the bad vampire turning blood out of him? Or are you going to just stay a half vampire, and see to it that he is condemned to a life at night?"

        Annabeth took one last despicable look at Luke and turned to Percy. She held down his flailing arms, and put her mouth over his neck wound. Annabeth didn't put her fangs in. She closed her eyes, and sucked the vampire blood out of Percy. When she was done, Annabeth wiped her mouth and glared at Luke.

        "The ring," was all that Luke said.

        Annabeth looked at her finger, and the ring was there instead of the tattoo. The ring seemed to be struggling off her finger by itself.

        Luke laughed. "I guess this is the end, my friend."

        He reached out to get Annabeth's ring, but at that moment the ring on Luke's finger flew off, and so did Annabeth's ring. The two rings met in the middle, and there was a huge light. When the light was gone, the rings were nowhere to be found.

        "What did you do!?" screeched Luke as he stormed towards Annabeth.

        Percy opened his eyes. "Annabeth?"

        "I'm going to kill you!" screamed Luke. And he looked like he meant it. Just then, Annabeth realized the sky was getting lighter.

        "The sun!" gasped Annabeth.

        Luke seemed to be shaken out of his blind rage. He looked around, and realized the sun was going to rise. A few rays peaked over the horizon, and hit Luke like bullets. He crumpled to the ground yelling in agony. As the sun rised even higher, Luke's whole body glowed, and just like that, he exploded into a pile of ashes.

        Annabeth could feel something off with her too.

        "Annabeth!" screamed Percy. He reached out for her, but covered his eyes when Annabeth's form began to glow excrusiatingly bright.

        Annabeth looked sadly at Percy, trying to memorize every single detail about him.

        "Percy," Annabeth whispered, and the light seemed to engulf her whole.

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        "Annabeth."

        Am I dead? Annabeth thought. Is this God?

        "Annabeth."

        The voice sounded familiar...

        Percy.

        The name surprised Annabeth so much she jerked and opened her eyes. It was bright outside, and not just the superficial light of a lamp. It was the sun.

        "Hey," said Percy. He was kneeling next to Annabeth's lying form. "Turns out you didn't evaporate into a pile of ashes."

        Annabeth rubbed her eyes. She could hear the birds singing, and the sweet smell of flowers. Like a new day has been born. Sure, Annabeth used to hear the birds sing when she was wearing the ring, but now she wasn't. The song of the birds without the ring seemed...more free.

        "I didn't die?" said Annabeth in disbelief.

        "Nope," said Percy as he shook his head.

        Annabeth looked at her hand. It was tan instead of pale, just like her skin tone before she was turned into a vampire.

        "I'm a human," murmured Annabeth. "I'm a human. I'm a human! I'M A HUMAN!"

        Annabeth felt such joy that she kissed Percy right then and there.

        It was the best day.

A/N: Sorry if the ending was kind of abrupt. I had no idea how to end it.

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