Disclaimer:- Percy doesn't belong to me, he belongs Rick Riordan.

This is my first story. Hope you guys like it.

Chapter 1

There were just five days of school left so I thought I could pull through my sophomore year without any major incident. But as usual, I was wrong.

I was in chemistry lab, walking to the sink to rinse out the fuming green mixture I had just created. While washing the lime green sludge from my test tube, I happened to glance up and saw Annabeth being pursued by a large Cyclops which had her cornered in the alley outside my school.

It moved with speed completely unexpected of a ten-foot tall Cyclops and knocked her flat on her back, completely helpless.

I did the natural thing.

I uncapped my pen and it turned into a glowing blade of Celestial bronze (deadly to monsters) that was three feet in length, Riptide. I stepped back a few feet and jumped out of the third story window and landed with perfect balance on the pavement. Most mortals and demigods would have broken a few bones but I'm special that way. (My dip in the river Styx probably helped; giving me invulnerability and few extra perks but the bad part was that I was extremely vulnerable in a small area, in the middle of my back.)

Then dodging a swing from his club, I rolled between his legs and drove Riptide up to the hilt in his back. He dissolved into dust, leaving Annabeth's knife covered in dust which I wiped off and returned it to her.

"Hey Seaweed Brain, how's it going?" she asked.

"Um, aren't you supposed to thank me for saving your life?"

"You act like it's the first time. We're demigods. That's what we do." Replied Annabeth.

"What are you doing here anyway, weren't we supposed to meet tomorrow evening?" I asked.

"Well, to make a long story short, I got a message from camp that we needed to get there urgently so I came here to extract you from school but I didn't notice Big Ugly here before he cornered me. So, we have to get to camp ASAP" she said.

"I'm not sure we can get a taxi, because neither of us has any money, so let's just call a friend." I whistled twice, and in a moment, a winged figure could be seen on the horizon.

"Hey Boss, how's it going?" asked Blackjack.

"We're fine, Blackjack. Do you mind taking us to camp?"

He stomped his hoof and said "Are you doubtin' my flyin' skills, Boss?"

I grinned and said "Ladies first." And gestured for Annabeth to climb on first.

"Blackjack, why isn't any other Pegasus here, I thought I whistled twice?"

"Boss, the rest of 'em are busy either on extraction missions or reconnaissance missions." answered Blackjack.

"Reconnaissance for what?" asked Annabeth.

All Blackjack said was "I dunno?" and "I want donuts."

The afternoon sun was still high in the sky and Annabeth's blonde hair whipped my face as we left behind New York and sped toward the North Shore of Long Island.