Disclaimer-I don't own Percy Jackson, or Zach Goode or anyone else that is mentioned in either book.

POV Percy

Yeah, I guess you could say I am a troubled kid. No, it isn't bullies, or homework, it's my cousin, Zach Goode. You see, we aren't on the best terms, cousins can be (even Thalia and I are better cousins).

Apparently, he's a total "babe" magnet. I really don't know why though, he is way too stuck up. He is the second worse cousin I have (first being Edward Cullen… but then there's Athena… and Justin Bieber…)

My cousin, Zach goes to a rich snotty school for boys, all the way up in Maine. Since I live in New York, I luckily don't have to visit him. Unfortunately, that means when ever we get a chance to see him, we do. Recently, he was in Virginia doing an exchange program with a school called Gallagher, Blackthorne's (his school) sister school. Gallagher too, is for snotty rich kid school, except for girls. I really don't know why, but whoever is in charge, let the guys go free when they stopped in New York, while waiting to change flights to go to Maine from Virginia. When my mom heard this, she rushed over to the airport to get Zach, because he would have to wait 10 hours. She invited his friends, and two are coming, I think their names were Grady and Joel… but I am not real sure.

Enough about that though, I will get to that Tartarus later. My name is Perseus Jackson, but call me that, and you'll regret it (the only one to call me that is Zach, because for some reason I just can't win a fight with him, when I was little, back then, I didn't master my powers, and after, I couldn't tell him my secret!). Please call me Percy. I have black shaggy hair, with green eyes. I happen to have ADHD and dyslexia. My worst subject is English, due to my dyslexia. I have a girlfriend, named Annabeth; she's been my best friend since I was 12, me being 17. Oh yeah, I almost forgot, I am a demigod, my father happens to be the god of the sea, Poseidon.

POV Zach

I was going to New York City, one of the greatest cities in the US, and I had to spend it with my lame cousin Perseus. Geeky name huh? He's geekier than Jonas (and dude, that's real hard to beat). You see, I was at Gallagher, a school for teenage girl spies. Yes, spies. I am in a school, Blackthorne, which is a school for teenage guy spies in training. Gallagher is all the way down in Virginia, whereas Blackthorne is in Maine, so New York is in the middle, where my cousin lives. For us, we couldn't take a non stop flight, so here we are in New York. Apparently, Steve, my headmaster, thought it was a good idea to see my cousin and his mother again, so he is making us take the latest flight to Maine, which is in 10 hours. 10 hours of pure torture. At least his mother, Sally Jackson, invited my best buds, Grant and Jonas to come along with me, if I'm lucky we can all make fun of Perseus together, but probably not, because Jonas would be guilty, he's such a goody two shoes.

I should probably say some stuff about me. My name is Zach Goode. I am a babe magnet, who can get any girl, but one, Cammie Morgan, the hottest girl (in my opinion) in Gallagher, and also the headmistress' daughter. People say I am stuck up and cocky, but that's usually the guys who I take their girlfriend's breathes' away. I happen to smirk a lot, that's my thing, so you better not steal it. I am also a spy, who has mad skillz. I am also the top student in my school/grade. I wouldn't dare make me mad, because like I said earlier, I have mad skillz. If you need an example, look at my weakling cousin Perseus in second grade. He still hasn't completely forgiven me.

Grant, Jonas, and I were sitting in the airport, when were they ever going to come to pick us up? I mean really, it's not like they have anything important to do. There was a massive crowd of people. There was one guy, in a tan trench coat, black sunglasses (even in the middle of winter) that looked very odd. COC? Grant and Jonas wondered too. COC, stands for Circle of Cavan. It is an organization, founded by Ioseph Cavan. Ever since Gillian Gallagher killed Ioseph, Cavan and Gallagher were enemies. Since Blackthorne is the sister school of Gallagher, COC is our enemy too.

Percy POV

My mother, Grover (yes, mother said I could bring a friend, and Grover just happened to be available), and I were in the car, but in New York City, there's massive traffic jams.

We got to the airport an hour later.

"Monsters," Grover said. You see, my best friend, Grover, is a satyr, half goat. One thing with satyrs (and Cyclops too) is that they both can smell monsters. I grabbed hold of Riptide in my pocket, ready to attack if needed.

"Let's just get my cousin and go."

We walked a little way, and got bumped by some weird dude in a trench coat. When we reached Zach, he was tapping his foot impatiently on the floor. A green duffle bag was by his feet, and his best friends (I later found out were named Grant and Jonas… not Grady and Joel) were sitting next to him. Jonas was on his laptop, while Grant was upside down on his chair. They all looked bored to death.

"About time," Zach smirked. Smirking. I rolled my eyes, Zach has an obsession with smirking, I really don't know why.

"Zach" I said.

"Perseus" I grunted "Will you ever stop calling me that, and start calling me Percy?"

"No need to have an outburst cuz" he said, "these are my best friends, Grant Newman and Jonas Anderson (A/N is that his last name? I wasn't really sure…)."

"Hey" I greeted them, "this is my best friend Grover." Zach snickered. "Grover? As in the dude that lives in a trash can on some lame kids show his mother probably named him after." Zach and his friends stared laughing hysterically. He and Grant did one of those fist pound things.

"Dude, that's Oscar," I pointed out.

"Yeah, you should know." Again, Zach started laughing hysterically.

"Perce, we have to leave; now I can feel the presence of monsters, and they are coming really close." Grover whispered in my ear.

"C'mon guys, let's go." I ordered them. We started walking away. There just happened to be an enchilada stand and Grover just had to go.

A/N this is my longest chapter ever; I usually write about 500 words. I know the characters are OOC, Zach in particular. This is my first Gallagher part story, so please give me some slack. I will try to make this better.

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