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alternate realities by judoflippedd
Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan
14 Feb 2026
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Summary
It was harder to think about Annabeth Chase, who was living but might as well be dead to Percy.
The Incident, which had killed Percy’s best friends, Grover and Thalia, had hit everyone hard, but it had hit Annabeth hardest.
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Annabeth couldn’t handle the deaths of the people who had raised her, nor the betrayal of her biggest hero, Luke Castellan. She was hurt, broken beyond repair, a fractured girl. Luke took advantage of her hurt and turned her into Skull.
She’d strayed so far away from Annabeth that she’d turned into something else entirely. Something entirely of Luke’s creation.
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What if Percy's mom, Thalia, and Grover had all died? What if Annabeth had chosen to side with Luke?
This is heavily inspired by Arcane (especially TimeBomb).
Annabeth betrays the camp after Thalia and Grover die, and Luke sides with Kronos, which leaves Percy alone. He stays at camp year-round, goes on quests (they're a bit different from in the books), and finds a group of friends, all while quietly missing his childhood best friend, who is on the opposing side of a war.