Hi everyone, Allie here. Sorry for not updating Owls and Waves. I'm thinking of replacing it with a better story. And this is it.

I do hope it's better and that it makes more sense than the OW. Our exams start in the first week of August and that's...two weeks from now so I guess I won't be updating in the following weeks.

And now, for the disclaimer: Ahem, I do not own the PJO series or its characters.

Chapter one

Road Trip

One thing I love about summer is that I am able to hangout with my friends at the mall, buy books from the bookstore and read them once I get home. The truth, I didn't have much friends, and how can I read books if I'm dyslexic? The only person I have as a friend is probably my black Cocker Spaniel named Shana-and my thirteen-year-old stepbrother, Justin Williams, of course.

At least today, we're going to our summerhouse in New York.

My name is Andie Reid.

I'm fifteen years old and I live in Boston, Massachusetts. Mom and Cedric-my stepfather-decided that we should take a short trip to New York to visit our grandmother.

Mom and Cedric were downstairs, fixing the luggage, while I had to wait for my stepbrother, Justin to finish packing his bags.

"Hurry up kids," Mom called from downstairs," We don't want to get caught in traffic."

I placed my laptop in my blue backpack and peeked into Justin's room. "Hey Justin, you finished packing?" He had his carryall in one hand and his backpack on his back. He had a silly grin on his pale face.

"Are you just standing there or are we going to the villa?" He said with a goofy grin on his face.

I playfully punched him on the shoulder and said, "Let's go then."

A little bit of family info about us. My mom is Juliet Reid. She's an Australian marine biologist and she's probably the most caring mother in the world. Riley and Fallon, my grandparents, currently reside in England. I look mostly like her. We have the same raven hair, but her eyes were an onyx black, while mine were green, which according to mom, was like dad's. I never met him though. I think he's dead and I don't really care. Cedric Williams, my stepfather and Justin's father, is an ex-Marine and now, he teaches American History in a school at Boston. He and Justin look mostly alike, with the same blond hair and same smile. Only, Justin's eyes were startling gray while Cedric's eyes were deep blue. What was with eye colours these days?

Mom and Cedric married when I was seven and Justin was four. They didn't have their children, but they told us that they don't need another child to look after. "We don't need another child. The two of you are already keeping us busy." Mom used to say when Justin and I asked for a baby brother or sister.

We waited in our white Hummer h3X while mom and Cedric talked outside.

The inside of the Hummer was full of different plush toys, mostly of dolphins and owls, which was a tad bit weird to me. I left the door open and called Shana inside.

"I think it's time we should take them to where they belong." I heard Cedric say. I glanced at Justin who was playing Wrestle Mania in his PSP.

I leaned in a bit closer to the door, plugging my earphones into my ears while bobbing my head gently to imaginary music.

"I don't know, honey. I don't think I could stand them being away from us for the whole summer." Mom's voice was merely a whisper.

He tried to comfort her. "Don't worry, Jules, we won't bring them there unless it's really necessary."

Mom sniffled, "I guess we shouldn't worry that much. I think it's best if we would arrive at the villa as soon as we can. We can protect the two of them a lot better that here since we're closer there."

I pretended that I didn't hear anything and as far as I could see, Justin wasn't paying attention to it. Of course, I was trying to analyze the facts of what I just heard. For one thing, Cedric was thinking of bringing us to that place he was talking about. Mom didn't want us going there and something about our safety.

It was by ten in the evening when we reached New York. Justin fell asleep beside me; I on the other hand, kept on looking out the window. I felt restless and my iPod ran out of battery since, being lazy 'ole me, forgot to charge its batteries the night before. Me, being diagnosed with ADHD couldn't find anything to do to pass the time. I looked at Shana who was dozing on the doggie bed in between Justin and me. I began to fiddle with a blue beanbag dolphin, which I named Dolly when I was little. I kept it with me at all times since it was one of the things that-according to mom-my dad gave me before he 'left'. The other one was a silver chain bracelet with two small silver shell charms in the middle. Anyway, on the side of the blue dolphin had a small three-pronged spearhead, like a…what was the word…A green trident, like in the Greek Myths, the one that Poseidon uses as a weapon. I always wondered what it meant…until now…

I hadn't noticed that I fell asleep as well. The last thing that popped in my mind was: Who was dad?

I rarely had dreams and the rarer the dream, the scarier it becomes.

I was standing beside a murky river, and from the way I see it, it hadn't been clean in a very long time.

Someone was crouching beside me, but somehow, she didn't notice me. I looked at my arms and tried to scream but couldn't. My hands were almost transparent and I couldn't make any kind of sound.

She was holding a stick and dipped it in the muck. When she pulled it up, slime covered the stick.

The girl beside me was almost as old as I was. She looked no older than fifteen years old with spiky auburn hair and wide green eyes.

"I can't believe what's happening to the rivers now." she said as she tossed the stick aside. She looked like she ran away from home since her clothes were tattered at the edges and her face had dried mud on it.

She stood up and began pacing. "Where the hell is that guy? He was supposed to be here minutes ago." She stopped then walked back to the edge of the river and looked at the river sadly.

Her head abruptly snapped up, as if she sensed something. We could hear growls from the distance. She unsheathed a knife that I noticed just then.

I could see someone running towards us. He was about a year older with unruly, midnight black hair and violet eyes. His cinnamon coloured skin was pale and on his left hand was a bronze sword. He was panting, "Hellhounds are coming. We have to get out of here, Rhian; Jayden sent them to get us."

She gripped the knife's hilt so tight, her knuckles turned white. "That asshole, if he only knew that his father's just using him." she muttered.

The person signalled to the forest, "Come on, we have to get out of here before they get us. You're the one they want."

The girl, Rhian, glanced at me as if she could see me then turned back to him. "Let's just hope they haven't gotten to my twin yet, Ian." And they ran into the forest.

I woke with a start. We arrived at the villa.

The villa is located in Montauk, New York. It wasn't very big, just a simple three-story villa which faces the ocean. For some reason, mom insisted on building the villa here, something about her past.

"Andie, are you okay? You look pale-paler than usual." Justin said.

I forced a smile, "Of course I am, Justin. Let's go." We took our bags from the compartment and went to our usual rooms. Shana decided to explore the garden.

So...what do you guys think? I'll be setting up a poll to see if which is a better story.

But please do review. I accept any forms of criticisms, advice, or any kind of review. I'm expecting it :]

-Allie