Synopsis of parts I and II

Percy, Annabeth, Piper, Jason, Nico, Will, Frank, Hazel, Leo, and Calypso are living in the mortal world. Due to logistics and common sense, they are all in one house. Annabeth (World History and Percy (P.E.) are teaching at the local high school when a monster attacks, seemingly one of the students.

SPOILER: There end up being three students and Percy and Annabeth foster the last one. Oh, they still are.

Let me know if you are still into the story! I still can't let go of it, it's too much fun.

"Hey, Will," Percy catches up to his friend, crunching fall leaves under his sneakers, "I didn't see Calypso this morning. How is she doing?"

He shrugs, sheepish, "She seems to be doing well, all things considered. Magical obstetrics isn't exactly my area of expertise, so I might be more nervous than she is."

Buses are starting to unload, officially starting the day.

"I'm sure everything will be fine. Oh, and, have you seen Annabeth?"

Will raises his eyebrows in a smirk, "Is there anything I should know?"

Blood drains from his face, "No. No connection there, nothing to talk about," Percy insists. "Just tell her to find me, okay?"

"Whatever you say, man."

If I ever say "the end" again, it's safe to assume I'm lying.

"Get out of here, Trevor!"

Turning the corner towards their locker, Carter hides in the crowd at the sight of the boy. Their friend, Sophia is trying to shoo him away from their lockers, but he isn't budging.

They edges closer, wanting so badly to help their friend. I'm the reason they're here.

Trevor puts his hand on the row of lockers, leaning in with a taunt, "Come on, Sophia, wouldn't you rather go out with a real man, instead of whatever your friend is?"

There's my entrance, I guess.

"Trust me, if I wanted a real man, I sure as hell wouldn't be coming to you."

Carter storms up to Trevor, sick of his antics. He has been harassing them and Sophia for weeks, but Annabeth keeps telling Carter to keep their cool.

Not today.

Carter pulls him by the shirt and slams him back against the lockers. "I'm only going to say this once." Trevor's laughter dies down the longer Carter stares at him. "If you bother me or my friend again or, gods, dare touch her, I will," a whisper only he can hear, "beat you until you have bones outside of your body and then I will cut off your tongue and make you eat it. Got it?"

They drop him on the ground, having slowly been lifting him against the lockers. Hee falls, trips, and then starts running down the hall.

"Freak!" He yells. His friends run off with him, copying his disgust.

Carter sighs and slides off their backpack. "I don't think he will bother us again."

I think she's right.

Students are starting to file in, but Annabeth is nowhere to be found. Nico is trying to stay calm but keeps looking at the clock as if it will be any different this time.

Annabeth asked him to come in to aid her lecture on some Italian history, but that will be hard to do if she doesn't show up.

Come on, Nico thinks, hurry up.

Meanwhile, across the school, Will answers his phone, "You can't call me at work unless it's an emergency."

"It is!" Nico forces his volume down. "She's not here!"

"Who isn't where?"

"Annabeth! I'm at the school, so technically since I'm at the place where you work, it doesn't count."

The day is just getting started. Just because he's an Apollo kid, doesn't mean he likes the morning.

He sighs, "Does everyone worry about me this much when I'm sick?" Nico starts to protest.

"Yeah, whatever. No, I don't know if she's sick. Why are you here?"

"She begged me to help with a section on Ancient Rome."

"How come you are the expert?"

"Focus! What do I do? There are students in here."

True to their form, they were settling in checking out who they thought their substitute teacher was.

"I'll call Percy," Will says, and then, "After I get someone to cover that class ASAP."

After getting hung up, Nico keeps his phone to his face. If I don't put my phone down, he thinks, maybe it won't start.

Poor Nico. High school wasn't his best time, especially considering his mother died and he was brainwashed the entirety of the time he was in an actual school.

Percy spends the morning trying to call Annabeth. He doesn't have any classes until second block, so he just keeps calling.

It's not like he has other things to do (he does).

"Where are you? Call me back, I'm freaking out! Oh, it's Percy by the way." Voicemail #27.

He would have made more, but that was the last one he got before the phone said her mailbox was full.

Something was wrong, he just knew it. He already called Piper, but she just called him paranoid.

His heart almost gives out when the phone rang.

It wasn't Annabeth. "Percy? Listen, I know you don't usually do this, but I need you to cover a class this morning. Just make sure they don't kill each other."

"Fine, uh, what classroom?"

He pauses, "Annabeth's," Will says, "Nico is alone in there right now and scared stupid."

"Well, where is she?"

Will needed Percy to calm down, but as long as Annabeth's safety was in question, he would never. There are rules and there can't be a classroom functionally unsupervised, sorry Nico.

"She's okay, I promise. Just, go watch her class."

So far, nobody knew where she was.