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"I'm telling you, it's the truth!" I said waving my arms like an idiot. [Shut up Sadie, I'm not a real idiot.]

Anyway, I was just telling my annoying sister Sadie, [You are very annoying.] about my meeting with Percy. It was the night and we were in the library (we had to kick poor Cleo out.)

"Yeah," Sadie snickered. "You guys fought a crocodile, he called you a chicken-man, and you guys ate a cheeseburger. What's not to believe? But he does seem to have some sense of common sense."

I glared at her. "What do you mean, common sense?"

"The chicken-man comment," she replied and I groaned.

"It's true! I wrote him the calling hieroglyph on his hand, and he went to... wherever he stays. I don't know, his side. But he's not Egyptian."

"Yeah, tell me something that's actually true. Next thing you're going to tell me is that flying horses are real."

"They are!" I said. "I told you, that petsuchos ate their pegasi! And pegasi are like the plural form of pegasus which are flying horses. Like the time I thought I saw a flying horse and you told me I was just hallucinating. Which I wasn't," I sighed. "Either way, the one that made us meet up and put that necklace around Alexander's neck wanted us to be enemies."

By the way, Alexander is the name of Philip's new friend. They were a bit edgy at first, but Philip eventually warmed up to him.

Sadie's expression turned more serious. It's actually surprising that she has a serious expression. [Ow Sadie, that hurt!] "It's not Apophis is it?"

"No, I don't think so," I said. "If he came back from the Duat, the gods would've come back too."

My sister nodded. "Right. I'll believe you for now, but I won't mention it to anybody."

"For now?" I asked.

"Yes," she said turning around. "Good night, brother dear."

She left and made me feel clueless about the whole thing. I wondered how Percy was doing on his side. Did he find out anything? I knew I shouldn't be expecting much either. From my short time with him, I found out that he wasn't smart (no offense) in these things.

I walked to my room and plopped into my bed. I decided that I would go try to find out what I can about today's situation tomorrow. I had trouble sleeping that night, and when I finally did, my ba took on a little trip.

I was in the form of the chicken again. [Shut up Sadie. I don't need you rubbing it in.]

I was with Percy who was by a beach. The wind was kind of chilly, even for me though I was a ba, but Percy didn't seem bothered at all. His gaze was fixated on a point of the sea while he was muttering to himself.

"Who can it be?" he muttered.

He looked at the palm of his hand where I had written the Eye of Horus. Then he said some names under his breath while counting on his fingers. He growled in frustration and ruffled his hair making it messier.

"Well, guess he might find out," he concluded.

I had the feeling he was me and was kind of annoyed that he just dismissed something so important like that. And he expected me to come up with the answers. I considered telling him that, but he wouldn't hear me anyway.

Percy got up and brushed the sand off his jeans then turned his head in my direction as if he sensed something. I gulped. I didn't need him to see me, especially in my ba form. It would just give him another reason to call me "chicken-man." Then he just shrugged and ran off.

I exhaled. I was just thinking about burying myself in the sand. [No Sadie. I wasn't going to bury myself alive and stay there until I died.]

Then I woke up. The sun was shining through the windows and I quickly got changed. When I went out, the initiates were already finishing breakfast.

"Ah, you finally woke up," Sadie said.

"What time is it right now?" I asked getting some scrambled eggs and a cluster of grapes.

"Around… 8:30?" Walt suggested looking at the clock.

I shrugged. It wasn't as bad as I thought. I thought it was around nine.

"Agh, agh!" Khufu screeched looking up from his Cheerios.

"Oh no, I forgot," Walt said. "That clock is like thirty minutes slower so it should be around nineish."

"Thanks for not waking me up," I grumbled quickly finishing my breakfast.

"We didn't think you'd appreciate it," Julian said glancing at Sadie.

"You were talking in your sleep while your ba was taking a trip," my sister said waving her hands for emphasis.

"Anyway, Sadie, can you take over some of the classes for me?" I asked (though she didn't know much about history kind of things). [Stop punching me Sadie. You know it's true.]

Our eyes met and she understood.

"Sure, why not," she shrugged and I went to the library.

"Hey Cleo," I said.

"Uh, you need the room? I can leave if you want," she said standing up, probably tired of this.

"No, it's okay," I said quickly. I didn't see the harm in having someone else in in the room while looking at stuff.

She sat back down while I proceeded to look at some old scrolls. I looked through the Egyptian ones, but none of them gave a lot of details. Mostly they were about Apophis, but that was impossible, at least for now. The gods couldn't have done it either since they were retreated. And no monsters, at least the ones that I knew of were strong or clever enough to do this. Before I knew it, I started just putting scrolls on the floor or tossing them back, which wasn't really like me, but I was desperate for some information.

"Carter!" Cleo shrieked.

"Sorry!" I said and began putting them back in their shelves.

"Did you find what you were looking for?" Cleo asked after all the scrolls were put away.

"No, not really," I said.

"Oh," she said. "Well, if you come here again, don't make a mess next time!"

A few months later, in the dead of the night, I heard Percy's voice calling out. I immediately got up.

Carter.

A portal opened up in front of me when Sadie burst in my room.

"Carter, what's the problem?" she asked.

Her hair was a mess, but at least she managed to change into her regular clothes.

"Percy's in trouble," I said.

She looked at the portal and nodded. "Let's go."

And we jumped in.

Sorry if the characters are a bit OOC. I didn't read the KC for some time (just because I enjoy PJO and HoO better so don't shoot me). So yeah, I might hae gotten some info wrong since I just got it all from my head.

Also, this might not be updated as often until I finish Bianca's New Life, so don't be expecting too much. ^^' Well, actually, it just depends on inspiration.