This is my first fanfic so I hope you all enjoy it. For those of you who are getting emails and such about an update, it's because I'm going back and revising the chapters.

Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson, end of story.


Prologue

"Zoë is that you?" my mom called out to me.

"Yes!" I called back. First, let me tell you about myself. My name is Zoë Jackson. I have black hair and gray eyes. My parents are Annabeth and Percy Jackson. We lived in Manhattan, New York. I know what you're probably thinking. How awesome it must be, being the daughter of the Hero of Olympus. But it's not all it's cracked up to be, and to be honest, I had no ideathat my parents were demigods. Absolutely. No. Clue. Not at first, anyway, but we'll get to that later because I learned that there were a lot of things I didn't know.

"How was school?" Mom asked when I came into the living room after dropping my book bag on the couch.

"School was fine mom. Same old, same old," I said as she gave me a hug. "Plus I had no homework since it's a Friday."

"That's good," she told me going back to reading whatever book she happened to be reading at the time. Like my parents, I have ADHD and dyslexia. So how my mom could read so much, I had no idea.

"So mom, I was wondering if we could go down to the beach…" I asked her with a smile I was prepared to do whatever I can so she'll say yes. The beach is one of my favorite places to spend my weekends, but we so rarely got the opportunity to go.

"Sure Zoë," my mom said. I was honestly surprised, but I wasn't about to question her decision.

I smile and kissed her on the cheek, "Thanks Mom." I shouldered my school bag and walked to my room. I unceremoniously dropped my bag next to my bed after removing one of my architecture books. I walked over to my closet and flung the doors open, rummaging around to find a decent outfit and bathing suit. When I heard the click of the front door I paused in my search to walk in on my dad greeting my mom with a kiss.

When they parted, I gave my dad a hug, and he said, "So I hear we're going to the beach?"

I nod, "Yep." I smiled pleasantly at him.

He grinned. "Well, you better hurry up and get ready, then." I grinned at him and ran to my room. I loved that Dad was always so ready to drop everything and have a little fun.

I walked back into my room with a smile on my face and got dressed. I put my bathing suit on and then put a pair of shorts and a shirt over it. It would save time because that way I wouldn't have to change later.

I walked out of my room in shorts, a t-shirt, and tennis shoes. I remembered to put my flip-flops in my bag, too, because I knew I would want them later. Walking into the living room, I noticed both of my parents were almost ready.

I just thought this would be regular trip to the beach. Nothing out of the ordinary, perfectly mundane. If I had had any inkling of what was to come, I would have gladly shut myself in my room and never come out again.

Percy POV

I wasn't sure if this was a good idea, going to the beach. It was so close to where the Minotaur had attacked us, all those years ago. I just had a bad feeling about this. And a demigod's have eerily accurate bad feelings, which isn't a good thing. We kept her safe for so long; I'm just hoping we can keep her safe for as long as possible. Annabeth and I faced so much at such a young age, and I don't what the same thing happening to my daughter. She deserves to stay innocent and free of obligation.